Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”
Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.
Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.
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En Vol Lithograph by Georges Braque, Cubist Style, 1959, Unframed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a first edition lithograph reproduction of Georges Braque's En Vol (In Flight), published in 1959 as part of Derrière le Miroir (DLM) No. 115. The lithograph is featured on p...
Lithograph
$1,544Sale Price|20% Off
Huge 20th Century French Cubist Abstract Cityscape in Blue Amazing Colors
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Cityscape by H. de Sainte Foi (French 20th century) signed oil on board, unframed board: 24 x 47 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: all corners are w...
Oil
$1,995
Pablo Picasso Etching, 1949, Carmen IV, Square Head of a Man with Soft Features
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Square Head of a Man with Soft Features (Plate IV) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" ...
Etching
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...
Engraving
$4,500
"Untitled" Tully Filmus, Abstract, Cubist, Colorful, Pink, Blue and Yellow
By Tully Filmus
Located in New York, NY
Tully Filmus Untitled, circa 1950s Signed lower right Oil on canvas 30 x 24 inches Tully Filmus was a Russian-born American realist painter known for his figurative scenes, portrai...
Canvas, Oil
$1,916Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Mechanical Elements, 1929 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Elements mecaniques (Mechanical Elements), from the album L'Art Cubiste, Theories et Realisations, Etude...
Lithograph, Stencil
Tete de Femme, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Tete de Femme". The original painting was completed in 1958. In the 1970's after Picasso's d...
Lithograph
$890
Color Bloom, Bauhaus Vertical Painting in Purple & Turquoise Arches Grid, Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and curves of Bauhaus architecture, while at the same time exploring bright an...
Paper, Oil, Acrylic
Antique Danish Modernist Abstract Signed & Framed Cubist Rare Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique Danish modernist abstract cubist oil painting by Eugène Sala (1899 - 1987). Oil on canvas. Signed. Framed. Measuring: 19 by 13 inches overall. In excellent original conditi...
Oil, Board
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Georges Braque, Untitled, from The Intimate Sketchbooks, 1955 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Georges Braque (1882-1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from Carnets Intimes de G. Braque, Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VIII, No. 31-...
Lithograph
$980Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage American Modernist Abstract Cubist Still Life Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive mid 20th century cubist abstract. Oil on canvas. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
French Park Scene with Figures at Table 20th C Post-Impressionist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Garden Scene with Figures at Table, Post-Impressionist Oil Painting by Laure Noetzlin-Azam (French, 1929–2024), pupil of André Lhote oil on canvas, unframed Canvas: 18 x 22 ...
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Still Life Vases and Bowl
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Vases by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 22 x 15 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist ...
Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Jacques Villon, Portrait of a Young Girl, 1973 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Jacques Villon (1875–1963), titled Portrait d'une jeune fille (Portrait of a Young Girl), originates from the 1972 edition published by Editions A. C....
Lithograph
Visage sur Fond Rouge, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting "Visage sur Fond Rouge". The original painting was completed in 1914. In the 1970's after Pic...
Lithograph
$1,180Sale Price|20% Off
Vintage Signed American School Modernist Abstract Cubist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Very impressive signed 1967 abstract landscape. Appears to be an abstract coastal scene. Framed.
Canvas, Oil
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...
Engraving
Visage, Cubist Portrait Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Grabbing the faces of one another, the two women in this Pablo Picasso print tenderly kiss one another. Seen in profile view from the position of the viewer, the scene is loving albe...
Lithograph
$276
Ginger Jar Extraordinaire, Vibrant Still Life Painting, Interior Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
A joyful ginger jar in a colourful room, this piece takes a little inspiration from Matisse with the striped wall and organic patterning on the vase. Painted in acrylic on an extra d...
Canvas, Acrylic
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, Seated Woman and Two Dancers, from The Honeysuckle, 1943
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite zincograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Femme assise et deux danseurs (Seated Woman and Two Dancers), from the album Le Chevre-Feuille (The Honeysuckle), origi...
Lithograph
Mystical Portrait, Universal Woman Haitian School of Beauty Caribean painting
Located in Norwich, GB
A captivating oil painting by the Haitian master, Albert Desmangles. This piece is a wonderful example of his work within the highly sought-after School of Beauty art movement, which...
Masonite, Oil, Acrylic
Tauromachie, Cubist Lithograph by Oscar Dominguez
Located in Long Island City, NY
Oscar Dominguez, Spanish (1906 - 1957) - Tauromachie, Year: 1950, Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 99/200, Image Size: 19 x 12.75 inches, Size:...
Lithograph
Pablo Picasso Etching, 1949, Carmen I, Head of a Woman with Mantilla
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Pablo Picasso Title: Head of a Woman with Mantilla (Plate I) Portfolio: Carmen Medium: Original etching on Montval wove paper Year: 1949 Edition: 289 Frame Size: 21" x 18" Sh...
Etching
Cubist mid-century abstract expressionist painting
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Bernard Segal (1907-1986). Cubist painting, ca. 1960. Gouache and watercolor on paper, sheet measures 9 x 12.25 inches. Unsigned. Estate stamp on verso side. Excellent condition. N...
Paper, Gouache
$1,260
Moonlight Mirrors, Colorful Bauhaus Patterns, Large Geometric Diptych on Paper
Located in Barcelona, ES
In Moonlight Mirrors, Natalia Roman presents a Bauhaus-inspired diptych where geometric abstraction and calibrated color transitions construct a poetic, landscape-like rhythm. Inters...
Paper, Acrylic
$940Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th-Century French Cubist Portrait Reclining Posed Nude Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Abstract by Therese Hummel (French, 1911-1999) oil on canvas, unframed canvas : 10.75 x 14 inches Provenance: private collection of this artists work, Paris Condition: sound and...
Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Georges Braque, Study of Birds, from Le Solitaire, XXe siecle, 1959 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir after Georges Braque (1882–1963), titled Etude oiseaux (Study of Birds), from the album Georges Braque, Le Solitaire (The Solitary), originates ...
Lithograph
Composition au verre a pied (Composition with stemmed glass)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Composition au verre a pied (Composition with stemmed glass) Lithograph (Ink drawing, pen and brush transferred to lithograph stone) , 1947 Unsigned Editi...
Ink, Lithograph
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Georges Braque, Untitled, from The Intimate Sketchbooks, 1955 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Georges Braque (1882-1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from Carnets Intimes de G. Braque, Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VIII, No. 3...
Lithograph
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
Georges Braque, Untitled, from The Intimate Sketchbooks, 1955 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Georges Braque (1882-1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from Carnets Intimes de G. Braque, Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VIII, No. 3...
Lithograph
L’Etreinte - Etching by Pablo Picasso - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
L’Etreinte is an artwork realized by Pablo Picasso in 1963. Etching and Aquatint on BFK Rives-Velin paper. Hand Signed lower right. Numbered on the lower margin. Edition of 14/50....
Etching
$1,020Sale Price|20% Off
Antique American Impressionist New York Cityscape Framed Original Oil Painting
By Kamil Kubik
Located in Buffalo, NY
Nicely painted mid century impressionist oil painting by Kamil Kubik (1930 - 2011). Oil on board. Housed in a nice giltwood impressionist frame. Signed.
Canvas, Oil
$2,396Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from Carmen, 1949
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite engraving by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio Picasso, Carmen (Picasso, Carmen), originates from the 1949 edition published by L...
Engraving
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
$4,750
Cubist American Modernist Opera Box Seat Theatre Interior Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist opera view interior oil painting by Dorothy Van Loan (1904 - 1999). Framed. Oil on canvas. Signed. Image size,...
Canvas, Oil
Four Dancers
Located in New York, NY
Partially glazed terre-de-faïence convex wall plaque painted in black and white, 1956. Edition of 450. With the Madoura Plein Feu and Empreinte Originale de Picasso stamps, verso. ...
Clay, Ceramic
$20,000
Femme Profile (Marie-Therese Walter), Lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate
Located in Long Island City, NY
Rendered in profile, Marie-Therese Walter is shown wearing a purple beret and a brown coat with fluffy trim. One of Pablo Picasso's famed muses, this representation of her is reminis...
Lithograph
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, Bather, from Not Wanting, 1942
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite zincograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Baigneuse (Bather), from the album Non vouloir (Not Wanting), originates from the 1942 edition published by Editions Je...
Lithograph
$849Sale Price|20% Off
French Modernist 1960's Oil Painting Cubist Village Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Village Landscape The artist, Raymond Guidot (1935 - 2021) was a Parisian art historian, critique and teacher. oil painting on board, unframed board: 9 x 10.5 inches stamped ve...
Oil
$10,396Sale Price|20% Off
Pablo Picasso, Untitled, from In living memory, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the folio De memoire d'homme (In living memory), originates from the 1950 edition published...
Lithograph
$12,400
Femme a la Robe, Blanche Couronee de Fleurs - Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wearing a crown of white flowers, the woman in the white dress has clear blue eyes and pink lips. A classic example of Pablo Picasso's work, the woman's face is disjointed and fragme...
Lithograph
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Sonia Delaunay, Untitled, from XXe Siecle, 1956
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and pochoir by Sonia Delaunay (1885–1979), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album XXe Siecle, Nouvelle serie, No. 7 (double), Juin 1956, originates fr...
Lithograph
Fine 20th Century French Post Cubist Oil Painting Still Life of Flowers Interior
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Still Life of Flowers by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, framed framed: 29 x 24 inches canvas: 28 x 23 inches Provenance: all the paintings ...
Oil
1950s "Yellow Cubist Figure" Abstract Figurative Painting
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry Opper & Ruth Friedmann Opper Yellow Cubist FIgure c. 1940-1950's Gouache 15" x 18", silver wood frame 16"x19" Unsigned This striking gouache painting featur...
Gouache
Comme il vous Plaira: Ascension
Located in New York, NY
Color lithograph, 1958. Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right. Numbered 19/50 in pencil, lower left. Printed by Mourlot, Paris Overall sheet dimension 24 x 16.5 inches, wit...
Lithograph, Color
$1,700
Hot Air Balloon Flight, Geometric Landscape, Vivid Tones Hue Transitions, Canvas
Located in Barcelona, ES
"Hot Air Balloon Flight" is a painting by Spanish artist Natalia Roman. This series of abstract geometric paintings by Natalia Roman draws its inspiration from the sleek grids and cu...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
Fine Mid 20th Century French Cubist Oil Painting Portrait of Angular Seated Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Lady by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 24 x 14 inches Provenance: all the paintings we have by this artist h...
Oil
20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Cubist Figure Grey Black and Blue
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Cubist Figure in Grey.Black and Blue colors by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE oil on canvas, unframed canvas: 25.5 x 19.5 inches Provenance:...
Oil
$1,996Sale Price|20% Off
Fernand Leger, Untitled, from Circus, 1950
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Fernand Leger (1881–1955), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from the album Cirque, Lithographies Originales (Circus, Original Lithographs), originates from ...
Lithograph
A Cubist French City, 1919
Located in Stockholm, SE
Dick Beer (b. London 1893 - d. Stockholm 1938) A French City, 1919 (Fransk stad) oil on canvas canvas dimensions 82x66 cm frame 94x78.5 cm signed Dick ...
Canvas, Oil
JASPER JOHNS Two Cups Picasso, Lithograph Pop Art Vintage
By Jasper Johns
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Currently framed in a light wood frame with a face profile width of .5 inch and side profile depth of 1 inches with plexiglass. The overall outside dimensions of the frame are 8.5 X...
Lithograph
$1,320Sale Price|20% Off
"Juggler on a Tightrope" Etching in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Juggler on a Tightrope" Etching in Ink on Paper Playful etching of a performer by Dick Swift (American, 1918-2010). A juggler is show in a cubist style, w...
Paper, Ink, Etching
Untitled (Modernist Three-Panel Screen)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Untitled (Modernist Three-Panel Screen), 1948, mixed media on paperboard mounted into a three-section screen, 58 x 45 inches, signed and dated on each panel upper right This work is part of our exhibition America Coast to Coast: Artists of the 1940s. Charles Malcolm Campbell...
Board
Portrait d’Homme, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
This fragmented portrait of a painter by Pablo Picasso features bright, bold colors and relies on visible brushstrokes to show the figure of the man instead of the geometric shapes a...
Lithograph
$772Sale Price|20% Off
Mid 20th Century Cubist Oil Painting on Paper, Abstract Composition
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cubist Abstract Construction French School, Mid 20th Century Oil painting on paper, laid on a board, unframed Board size: 28.5 x 23.5 inches Expressionist mid 20th French oil painti...
Oil
Green Sunflower, Cubist Oil on Canvas Painting by Claude Venard
Located in Long Island City, NY
Claude Venard, French (1913 - 1999) - Green Sunflower, Year: 1968, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower left and dated on verso, Canvas Size: 39.5 x 39.5 in. (100.33 x 100.33 cm), ...
Oil
Cubist Floral Still Life
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Isabelle Graham Reese (1927-2005). Floral Still Life, ca. 1950s. Oil on canvas measuring 16 x 20 inches; 22 x 26 inches in period frame. Signed l...
Oil
$716Sale Price|20% Off
Georges Braque, Untitled, from The Intimate Sketchbooks, 1955 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Georges Braque (1882-1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), from Carnets Intimes de G. Braque, Verve: Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. VIII, No. 3...
Lithograph
$636Sale Price|33% Off
Untitled Abstract Seaside Lithograph, Cubist, Mid-20th Century, Signed
Located in Belgrade, MT
Pencil signed black and white lithograph original limited edition pencil signed , Guilde De La Gravure. Mid 20th Century, part of my private collection. Very Good condition.
Lithograph