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Contemporary Art

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Period: 1970s
Pope John Paul II - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pope John Paul II is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the Late 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Steve Wonder - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Steve Wonder is a color photograph realized in the Late 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Herbert von Karajan and his Family - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Herbert von Karajan and his Familyis a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana  is a vintage photograph realized in the Late 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Dukes of Windsor - Photograph - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Dukes of Windsor is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1970s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, metic...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photo - Louis Malle - Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Louis Malle is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, meticulous...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Lorin Maazel - Photograph - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Lorin Maazel is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, meticulou...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Reportage from Albania - Tirana - Photograph - Late 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reportage from Albania - Tirana  is a vintage photograph realized in the Late 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Prince Charles - Early 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Prince Charles is a black and white vintage photo, realized in the 1980s. It belongs to historical album including photo reportages of historical moment and political events, meticul...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Franco Interlenghi and Carlo Simoni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Franco Interlenghi and Carlo Simoni is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Historical Photos of Prisons - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Historical Photos of Prisons  - Carcere dell'Ucciardone Palermo is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the 1970s. Titled and hand signed by the Author. Good conditions.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Photographic Paper

Sojourner
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Sojourner" by Morakinyo Femi is a captivating artwork that presents a young man seated in a fashionable attire, adorned with striking jewelry and sport...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Pastel, Canvas, Acrylic

Eyvind Earle 'Fog Passes By' 1973 signed & numbered Serigraph
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Fog Passes By" by Eyvind Earle Type: Limited Edition Media: Serigraph on Paper Image Dimensions: 30" x 40" Year Produced: 1973 Edition Size" 200 Numbered, 109 AP, 5 Printers Proof, ...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen

RENJISHI(The Lion Dance)Original Lithograph, Japanese Kabuki Theater, White Hair
Located in Union City, NJ
RENJISHI is a hand drawn, limited edition lithograph by the renowned artist/caricaturist Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003) printed by hand using traditional lithography techniques on archival Arches printmaking paper. RENISHI depicts the white haired shishi, mythological lion-like animal who is the father character in this Kabuki dance drama. Hirschfeld masterfully expresses dramatic movement with the character's sweeping white hair, bold black and white dotted robe and fierce theatrical face makeup. Subtle textured strokes within the olive green background mirror the white maned lion dancer...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Sans Vie - Lithograph by Jean Michel Folon - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 90. Very good condition.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, New York City, USA, 1978
Located in New York, NY
A policewoman plays with local kids in Harlem, New York City, USA, 1978 1978/2023 Estate stamp in black ink, verso Archival pigment print 6 x 6 inches, sheet 3.75 x 5.5 inches, im...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Archival Pigment

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Paint on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.091
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.091 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Paint on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.091 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pai...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Acrylic, Paper

EYVIND EARLE 'VALLEY OF MYSTERY' 1973, HAND SIGNED LIMITED EDITION SERIGRAPH
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
"Valley of Mystery" by Eyvind Earle Type: Limited Edition Media: Serigraph on Paper Image Dimensions: 24" x 36" Year Produced: 1973 Edition Number: 177/188 Hand signed and numbered b...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.063
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.063 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.063 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and painting...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Graphite, Paper

Crossing the Suez Canal, Yom Kippur War by Micha Bar-Am, 1973
Located in Dallas, TX
Crossing the Suez Canal, Yom Kippur War by Micha Bar-Am presents a brief moment of joy amidst a dark time. Two men smile while riding in a car, with other men looking onward with a b...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Silver Gelatin

Our Easy, Mixed Media OIl on Canvas by Beth Park-Field
Located in Pasadena, CA
Mixed media on canvas, framed. EXcondition Exploring the common properties of shaping, firing, and glazing clay along with creating collage works with encaustic medium and acrylic has inspired Beth Field to create a wide range of creative pieces. She draws on her love for color, pattern, and old things of all kinds to craft individual pieces that carry an echo of another time and place. Beth Fields has followed a wandering path before finding her heart home in McKinney, TX. After growing up in the North Dallas suburbs, Beth received a BA from Eugene Lang College in NYC, NY and a MEd from Boston College...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Photographic Paper

Artillery Barrage, Suez Canal, Yom Kippur War by Micha Bar-Am, 1973
Located in Dallas, TX
Artillery Barrage, Suez Canal, Yom Kippur War by Micha Bar-Am depicts soldiers amidst a battle. The men are laying on the ground, ducking for cover in the...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Silver Gelatin

NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER Signed Serigraph, Abstract Cornucopia, Fruit
Located in Union City, NJ
"NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER" is a brightly colored serigraph by the American artist/sculptor Chaim Gross printed in 16 colors including shades of yellow, blue, purple, salmon p...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Bea with a whip at The Other Side
Located in New York, NY
Nan Goldin Bea with a whip at The Other Side 1973 Gelatin silver print 14 x 11 inches; 36 x 28 cm Edition of 100 Signed, titled, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower right verso) ...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Silver Gelatin

Woman with Monkey - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman with monkey is an artwork realized by Leo Guida, in 1971.  Etching, 50 x 70 cm. Edition II/XX Hand signed and dated lower right margin. Very good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

Letter H - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Letter H from the Alphabet series is a lithograph realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972. Hand-signed. Artist's Proof. Edition, I/XX prints. The state of preservation is very good. The artwork represents the alphabet letter, with a poetical abstract composition which is Rafael Alberti's style of expression, joyfully creating a dreamlike vision of the world of the literature through vivid colors and shapes, characterized by soft strokes in harmony like musical tones. Rafael Alberti (El Puerto de Santa Maria...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Letter Q - Lithograph and Screen Print by Erté - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph/Serigraph. Hand signed and numbered. Edition of 350 prints. From the suite "Alphabet". Excellent condition.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen, Lithograph

Ex-Libris - Woodcut by Gergely Czuczok - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Ex-Libris is an Artwork realized in 1974, by the Artist Gergely Czuczok, from Hungary. Woodcut print on paper. Hand Signed and dated on back. The work is glued on colored cardboard...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Woodcut

Letter S - Lithograph and Screen Print by Erté - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and numbered. Limited edition of 350 prints. From the suite "Alphabet". Excellent condition. Lithograph/Serigraph.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen, Lithograph

“Rainy Sunset Florence, Italy”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a very well executed oil on masonite original painting by the Italian artist, Mario Poggiali. Signed lower right. Circa 1970. Gallery label and certi...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Masonite

Joan Miró Vinyl Record Art
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Joan Miró vinyl album art, 1979: Raimon and Joan Miró were close friends that first collaborated on the 1966 album Cançons de la roda del temps. In 1979, Miró designed a cover for th...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph, Offset

Street Scene 4
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Lester Johnson Title: Street Scene 4 Medium: Lithograph Signed: Hand Signed Edition: Edition of 175 Measurements: 29" x 21" Year: 1978 Note: This piece is sold UNFRAMED Con...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

MECKLENBURG AUTUMN Signed Lithograph, Black Women Portrait, African Mask, Quilt
Located in Union City, NJ
MECKLENBURG AUTUMN is an original limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Arches printmaking...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Screen Print by Carla Accardi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original screen print realized by Carla Accardi in the 1970s. Good condition with slight foxing and folding on the white margins. Not signed. Carla Accar...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen

Man Ray, 'Costume De Bal' Aquatint Engraving - 1975
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Man Ray 'Costume de Bal' Aquatint/Engraving 1975 Edition: From the rare limited edition of 150 Size: 50x35 CM Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist Published by Cleto Polcina E...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Engraving, Etching, Aquatint

Smoke Sulphur SFE-183
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph in colors, on Rives BFK paper, 1973 Signed in pencil, numbered 16/30 Published by The Litho Shop, Inc. California with their blindstamp Very good condition Sam Francis w...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Seven Sculptural Ideas - Lithograph by Henry Moore - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed, numbered and dated. Edition of 65 prints. Very good condition.
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Hunter S. Thompson by Al Satterwhite, 1974, Archival Pigment Print
Located in Dallas, TX
Hunter S. Thompson by Al Satterwhite presents a portrait of Hunter S. Thompson sitting on a beach with a cigarette in his hand and a drink off to his side. This photograph is liste...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Archival Pigment

Pink Rose - Screen Print by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Pink rose is an original artwork realized byLeo Guida, 1971.  Screen print nd embossing on paper. 48 x 37 cm. Good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen

FLAG SERIES 1980 Signed Lithograph Colorful Flag Collage Madagascar Stamp, Birds
Located in Union City, NJ
FLAG SERIES 1980 is a brightly colored lithograph by the American artist/sculptor Chaim Gross printed in 10 colors on archival Arches printmaking paper. FLAG SERIES 1980 depicts a bold graphic image comprised of colorful flag segments intermixed to form a varied bird-shaped designs. Chaim Gross' FLAG SERIES was specially commissioned by The World Federation of UN Associations (WFUNA) in 1980 as a limited edition lithograph for the UN stamp issue. Print is pencil signed by the artist numbered 166/1500. Postal Stamp and First Day cancel on lower left. Print size - 11.0" x 8.5" unframed, fresh, vivid colors, very good condition. Chaim Gross,(1904 - 1991) was a sculptor, artist, and teacher, known for his wood carvings, sculptures of moving human figures, religious imagery, acrobats, mothers and children. Chaim was born on March 17, 1904 to a Jewish family in Austrian Galicia, in the village of Wolowa in the Carpathian Mountains. In 1911, his family moved to Kolomyia. During World War I, Russian forces invaded Austria-Hungary; amidst the turmoil, the Grosses fled Kolomyia. They returned when Austria retook the town in 1915, refugees of the war. When World War I ended, Gross and brother Avrom-Leib went to Budapest, where Gross attended the city's art academy and studied with painter Béla Uitz, though within a year a new regime under Miklos Horthy took over and attempted to expel all Jews and foreigners from the country. After being deported from Hungary, Gross began art studies at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna shortly before emigrating to New York City in 1921. In the U.S., Gross's studies continued at the Beaux-Arts Institute of Design, where he studied sculpture with Elie Nadelman and others, and at the Art Students League, with sculptor Robert Laurent. He also attended the Educational Alliance Art School, studying under Abbo Ostrowsky. In the late 1920s and early 1930s Gross exhibited at the Salons of America exhibitions at the Anderson Galleries and, beginning in 1928, at the Whitney Studio Club (the precursor to the Whitney Museum of American Art). In March 1932 Gross had his first solo exhibition at Gallery 144 in New York City. Also in 1932, Gross married Renee Nechin (1909-2005), and they had two children, Yehuda and Mimi (Mimi Gross is a New York-based artist, and was married to the artist Red Grooms from 1963-1976). In 1933, Gross joined the government's PWAP (Public Works of Art Project), which transitioned into the WPA (Works Progress Administration). Under these programs Gross taught and demonstrated art, made sculptures for schools and public colleges, and created works for Federal buildings including the Federal Trade Commission Building, and for the France Overseas and Finnish Buildings at the 1939 New York World's Fair. Gross was also recognized during these years with a silver medal at the 1937 Exposition universelle in Paris. Chaim Gross, Sculptor by Josef Vincent Lombardo, the first major book on Gross, came out in 1949 and included a catalogue raisonne of his sculpture. In the 1950s Gross began to make more...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Fountain of the Four Rivers - Etching by Giuseppe Malandrino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Fountain of the Four Rivers is a contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the Italian artist Giuseppe Malandrino (Modica, 1910 - Rome, 1979). Etching on cardboard. Hand-signed in pe...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

Abstract Green Composition - Mixed Media by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Green Composition is an artwork realized by Leo Guida, in 1970s.  Oil painting on canvas, with frame.  122 x 81 cm. Good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Mixed Media

Les Piler, by JMM Mathieux-Marie
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed, titled and numbered, from the edition of 180. The base and parapets of a bridge. Mathieux-Marie was born in Paris in 1947 and has been honored throughout his career with awa...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Drypoint

Nude - Etching by Leo Guida - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an artwork realized by Leo Guida, 1971.  Etching. 35 x 49 cm. Good considitons!
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

Elisa and the Dragon - Etching by Leo Guida - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Elisa and the dragon is an artwork realized by Leo Guida, 1989.  Etching, 50 x 35 cm. Titled, handsigned, dated lower bottom.  Very good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

Association Day
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
"Association Day" by Morakinyo Femi captures the essence of everyday life with remarkable finesse. In this captivating artwork, we see a woman with her ...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Oil, Acrylic, Canvas

Rat at the Border - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Rat at the border is an artwork realized by Leo Guida, 1971.  Etching, 50 x 70 cm. Limited edition. Good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

MORNING Signed Lithograph, Interior Scene Black Women, African American Culture
Located in Union City, NJ
MORNING is an original limited edition lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. MORNING by the African Am...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

The Encounter - Screen Print by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The encounter is an artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1972.  Etching, 34 x 50 cm. Hand signed, dated, titled lower side. Good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen

Rat at the Border - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Rat at the border is an artwork realized by Leo Guida, 1971.  Etching, 50 x 70 cm. Edition I/XXX  Handsigned lower right margin. Good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

Birds - Lithograph by Marcello Pirro - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is a lithograph realized by Marcello Pirro. Hand-signed, numbered, edition of 53/75 prints. The state of preservation is very good. The artwork represents a brilliant comp...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Lithograph

Woman with Monkey - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman with monkey is an artwork realized by Leo Guida, in 1971.  Etching, 50 x 70 cm. Edition I/XX Handsigned and dated lower right margin. Very good conditions
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

A Yellow Leaf - Screen Print by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
A yellow leaf is an artwork realized byLeo Guida, 1970s.  Screenprint and embossing 50 x 35 cm. Good conditions!
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Screen

EUR - Vintage Offset by Franco Fontana - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
EUR is a beautiful offset realized by Franco Fontana . Very Good conditions. Colored poster from a photograph by Franco Fontana (Modena, 1933), one of the Italian most famous conte...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Offset

New Finnish Abstraction, 1972-2002, Acrylic on canvas, Flags, Visual Poetry
Located in Milano, IT
Work part of the series "New International Abstraction" produced from 1972 to 2002 accompanied by certificate of authenticity on photograph issued by the Sarenco Foundation. Coming f...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Moses - Etching by Gianpaolo Berto - 1974
Located in Roma, IT
Moses is an  artwork realized by Gianpaolo Berto, 1974.  Etching, 60 x 50 cm. Edition 18/40, Dated 74' in the lower left part. Very good conditions Gian Paolo Berto was born an...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Etching

New French Abstraction, 1972-2002, Acrilico su tela, Bandiere, Poesia Visiva
Located in Milano, IT
Opera parte della serie "Nuova astrazione internazionale" firmato, titolato e datato al verso. Prodotta dal 1972 al 2002 accompagnata da certificazione di autenticità su fotografia ...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

From Valentina to O - Vintage Offset Print by Guido Crepax - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Vintagel offset print from "Valentina" to "O”in an artwork realized in 1976 by Guido Crepax. This Crepax offset is hand signed. This original print is from an edition of 40 signed co...
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1970s Contemporary Art

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Offset

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