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Modern Art

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Two Elms, Modern Etching by Linda Plotkin
Located in Long Island City, NY
Linda Plotkin, American (1938 - ) - Two Elms, Year: circa 1965, Medium: Etching on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 6/120, Image Size: 22 x 18 inches, Size...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Time Zone 5 - Modern Resin Minimalist Colorful Geometric Abstraction Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed-media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past, which led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acryl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Le Cocu Magnifique -- complete with 12 original etchings
Located in New York, NY
About In-folio Oblong Dimensions : 29x39 cm. Paris Atelier Crommelynck 1968 Edition #41 of 200 copies including 12 original out-of-text etchings (7 etchings, 4 etchings and aquatint...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Washerwoman from the back
Located in Genève, GE
Work on wood Plaster molding frame and gilded wood 36.5 x 28.5 x 4.5 cm
Category

Mid-19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Form on Black Background (Abstract, Modern, Mid-Century)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Paul Herrmann Form on Black Background (Abstract, Modern, Mid-Century) Linocut 1970 Signed, titled and dated in stone on verso (along lower margin) Edition: 100 (not individually num...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Linocut

Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for Giant - Oversize Limited Print
Located in London, GB
Elizabeth Taylor with Sunglasses for "Giant" 1955 by Frank Worth This iconic and elegant portrait captured by celebrity photographer Frank Worth features actress Elizabeth Taylor o...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

MB 808 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Male Nudes Models)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 30 x 13 inches, unframed This unique life study drawing of two standing male nudes was made by Mar...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

The Fruit Seller - Tall original ink and charcoals drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Miguel CONDE (1939-) The fruit seller, 1998 Original ink drawing with charcoal enhancement Signed bottom left On heavy tinted vellum 79 x 60 cm (c. 32 x 26 in) Excellent condition
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Ink

Design for Architectural Fantasy architectural drawing Mid Century Modern
Located in London, GB
To see our other Architectural Drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012) An Architectur...
Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Spring Morning - Seal Beach
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869 – 1958) SPRING MORNING – SEAL BEACH c. 1929 Color block print, signed in pencil. Image 8 ½” x 9 3/4”, sheet, 11 3/8 x 11 7/8”. Full margins as issued with...
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1920s Modern Art

Materials

Linocut, Woodcut

Calder, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin Chiffon de Mandeure paper. Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Lithographies et Eaux-Fortes Originales, Livres I...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Signed limited edition nude fine art print, Contemporary black white - Helene
Located in Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona
An original signed archival pigment print on Hahnemühle Photo Rag® Baryta 315 gsm paper by Scottish artist Ian Sanderson (1951- 2020) titled ‘ Helene ‘ Signed by Ian Sanderson lower...
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Black and White, ...

A Large, Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Figurative Landscape Painting by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A large, dynamic Mid-Century Modern summer landscape painting with standing female bathers by noted Chicago artist, Rudolph Pen. A wonderful example of the artist's uniquely express...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

2004 Marc Chagall 'Opera Bleu' Billboard Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This first release exhibition billboard-poster, printed for the Musée Maillol from November 3, 2003, to March 15, 2004, was produced by Galerie Maeght and printed by Imprimerie A. Ka...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

Vintage Hawaiian Landscape Framed Tropical Modern Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Finely painted contemporary tropical landscape. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed verso.
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Framed Original Vintage Signed Modernist Landscape Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American school modernist landscape painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed.
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Minoutaure et nue
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Minoutaure et nue Lithograph from 1967. The edition of 89/500 on Auvergne Richard de Bas paper. With two watermarks - one of the paper, second of the p...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Profil de Femme, Framed Modern Lithograph by Georges Braque
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Georges Braque (after), French (1882 - 1963) Title: Profil de Femme from Souvenirs de Portraits d'Artistes. Jacques Prévert: Le Coeur à l'ouvrage (M.25) Year: 1972 Medium: Li...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

English School Oil Painting Napoleonic Wars Naval Engagement Battle at Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Contemporay English School signed oil painting on copper panel in impressive gilt frame framed: 13 x 14.5 inches panel: 8 x 10 inches provenance: private collection, England conditi...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Trampled - Pen drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Trampled is an original artwork realized in the half of 20th century by Mino Maccari. Pen drawing on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin. Included an elegant gilded frame....
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Pen

Kinder der Strasse - Illustrated Book by Heinrich Zille - 1908
Located in Roma, IT
Kinder der strasse is a modern rare book illustrated by Heinrich Zille (Radeburg, 10 January 1858 - Berlin, 9 August 1929) in 1908. Original First Edit...
Category

Early 1900s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Slim Aarons 'Porto Rotondo' 1990 Official Limited Estate Edition
Located in London, GB
'Porto Rotondo' Pleasure yachts moored in a sandy cove at Porto Rotondo, Sardinia, July 1990. 40 x 30" inches / 101 x 76 cm paper size Estate Stamped Collection Edition to 150...
Category

1990s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Aventure d'une libertine II. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aventure d'une libertine II, Paris, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP. Unframed The Secret Album Series This series is born from a personal experience. The mod...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Composition, Derrière le miroir
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 156, 1966. Published by Aimé Mae...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Cocaine - Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Cocaine is a satiric drawing realized by an Anonymous artist in the mid-20th century. Watercolor and China ink on paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is created...
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

A Fabulous, Beautifully Rendered 1945 Modern Seated Female Nude by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, Finely Rendered 1945 Modern Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). The drawing is charcoal on paper and dates from 1945. Artwork siz...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Palazzo, Florence
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Palazzo, Florence Etching, engraving, aquatint, soft ground and lift ground, printed in colors from three copper plates. 1954 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Edition 250 plis 10 on Rives wove paper, printed by the artist Published by The Print Club of Cleveland, No. 33 for 1955 REFERENCE: Geske #32 Condition: Mint Image size: 9 3/16 x 13 1/8 inches Impressions of this image can be found in the following museums: National Gallery of Art, Washington Toledo Museum of Art Oberlin, Allen Museum of Art Cornell Univeristy Cleveland Museum of Art Indianapolis Museum of Art Baltimore Museum of Art Georgetown University Indiana Univeristy, Eskenazi Museum of Art David Museum of Art at Wellesley College "Painter and printmaker Rudolph Otto "Rudy" Pozzatti was born in Telluride, Colorado, on January 14, 1925. Upon graduation from high school, he received a scholarship to attend the University of Colorado in Boulder where he enrolled as an art major. In 1943, his studies were interrupted by his induction into the U. S. Army. After his discharge in 1946, he re-enrolled in the University of Colorado where he studied under Wendell...
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1950s Modern Art

Materials

Aquatint

Cycles, White Carrara Statuary Marble Abstract Sculpture
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This monumental abstract sculpture named “Cycles” is created and curved by Lutfi Romhein. Its polished surface provides a perfectly smooth and soft touch...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Marble

Signed Lowell Herrero Beach Scene Painting
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Herrero (American, 1921-2015) Untitled, c. Late 20th-Early 21st Century Oil on canvas 16 x 20 in. Framed: 19 3/4 x 23 5/8 in. Signed lower right:...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cocteau, Peineta de teja, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Taureaux, Lithographies de Jean Cocteau, 1965....
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Colourful French Interior View, The Artist's Atelier, Chez Marie Astoin
Located in Cotignac, FR
French gouache on card, an interior view of an artist's atelier by Claude Gemy. The painting is signed bottom right and is annotated, signed and dated to the back of the card. Prove...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Gouache

Dark Green Field, Signed Pastel on Paper by Oliviero Masi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dark Green Field Oliviero Masi Italian (1948) Date: 1980 Pastel on paper, signed lower right Size: 17.5 x 17.5 in. (44.45 x 44.45 cm)
Category

1980s Modern Art

Materials

Pastel

Nu assis
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Nu assis Lithograph, pochoir from 1962. An unnumbered copy from a limited edition of 268. Dimensions of work: 48.5 x 36 cm Publisher: Leda, Éditions d...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Mother and Child II
Located in London, GB
'Mother and Child II', watercolour on fine art paper (1970), by Raymond Debiève. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter (Picasso pain...
Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

1970's French Modernist Signed Oil Nude Lady on Beach Superb Quality Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
'Place Privee' by Danie Gruau ( 20th Century French School) signed oil on canvas, unframed dated 76' canvas: 15 x 24 inches Provenance: private collection, France Condition: very goo...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Boy with Duffle Coat - Original hansigned oil on paper
Located in Paris, IDF
Rene GENIS (1922-2004) Boy with Duffle Coat Original watercolor and oil painting on paper Signed bottom middle 31 x 23 cm (c. 12 x 9 inch) Excellent condition
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Icart, Composition, Le Sopha (after)
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
La pointe sèche etching on vélin de Rives filigrané à notre nom paper. Paper size: 9.5 x 7.5 inches; image size: 6.5 x 4.5 inches. Inscription: unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. No...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Costume - Original Mixed Media on Paper by Alkis Matheos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Costume is an original painting in mixed media, tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by the Greek-French artist Alkis Matheos. Very good conditions. Signed by artist's stamp....
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Tempera, Watercolor

„Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs“ Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie, USA 1937.
Located in Cologne, DE
Original American Lobby Card of Walt Disney’s Movie „Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs“, USA 1937. Still the fairest of them all. Keywords: Animation, Family, Fantasy, Fairy tale, Pri...
Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Color

Peru : Quiet Square - Original oil on canvas painting - Signed
Located in Paris, IDF
Louis Toffoli (1907-1999) Peru : Quiet Square Original oil painting Signed bottom right On canvas 65 x 92 cm (c. 26 x 36 inch) Presented in a golden wood frame 84 x 110 cm (c. 33 x ...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Composition (Duthuit N° 17), Pierre à feu, Les Miroirs profonds, Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin supérieur paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Published by Maeght, éditeur, Paris; printed by Mourlot Frères, Paris, January 17, 1947. Note...
Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

'Chinchilla Glamour' Silver Gelatin Print
Located in London, GB
'Chinchilla Glamour' Silver Gelatin Print George Mayer Exquisite, very large 40x40" inches / 101 x 101 cm Silver Gelatin resin Print. Certificate of authenticity provided. Stampe...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait - Tempera on Board by Virgilio Guidi - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Virgilio Guidi in the half of 20th century. Tempera on board Good conditions. Includes frame. Hand-signed on the lower right. Virgili...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Tempera, Board

Lost and Found Chickens
Located in Carmel, CA
A Hawaiian tropical painting features colorful chickens embedded, if not camouflaged in the verdant jungle.
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Untitled, Two Women Sitting
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled, Two Women Sitting" is an original color serigraph on paper by noted Israeli artist Isaac Maimon, b.1955. It hand signed and numbered XXVI/CXXV in pencil by t...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Henri Matisse, Themes et Variations
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Matisse, Henri Title: Themes et Variations Series: Dessins: Themes et Variations Date: 1942 Medium: Lithograph Unframed Dimensions: 12.25" x 9" Framed Dimensions: 21" ...
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1940s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

MB 809 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Paper of Two Seated Male Nude Models)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 21.5 x 28 inches, unframed This unique life study drawing of two seated male nude models was made ...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

Kabukie - Woodcut by Utagawa Kuniyoshi - 1850
Located in Roma, IT
Kabukie is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798 – 1861) in the half of the 19th Century. Original woodcut from the series...
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1850s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Composition (Sabatier 393), Centre Noeuds, Roberto Matta
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Etching on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 23.875 x 17.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed and numbered, 38/125, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Centre Noeuds, 1974. Published by ...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Mid Century Modern Painting American interior table scape Framed Red Stripe B&W
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dorothy Rivo Still Life with Striped Wall Acrylic on panel Framed dimensions: 24 in. H × 26 in. W Contemporary black frame Dorothy Rivo’s Still Life with Striped Wall distills the s...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Violets - Etching by Luigi Bartolini - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Violets is a modern artwork realzied by Luigi Bartolini in 1936 Black and white etching. Hand signed, titled and numbered on the lower margin. Includes frame Edition of 13/50 Go...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Antique American Modernist Framed Fauvist Forest Landscape Abstract Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Impressive early American modernist abstracted forest landscape oil painting. Framed. Oil on canvas. Image size, 24H by 36L.
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Falaise d'Aval"
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), "Falaise d'Aval", Pastel on Paper, 1960, signed lower right, titled to verso, wood frame. Image: 30" H x 22" W; frame: 32" H x 24" ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Intermission
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Intermission" 1995 is an original colors serigraph by American artist Barbara A. wood, born 1926. It is hand signed and numbered 251/350 in pencil by the artist. The a...
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Screen

1966 Vintage Lithograph Poster Antonio Frasconi Terry Dintenfass Gallery NYC
Located in Surfside, FL
Antonio Frasconi (28 April 1919 in Montevideo, Uruguay – 8 January 2013 in Norwalk, CT, USA) was an Uruguayan - American visual artist, best known for his woodcuts. He was raised in ...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Signed Modernist New York City Street Scene Washington Square Park View Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Contemporary American modernist Washington Square Park street scene oil painting. Oil on canvas. Signed. In excellent original condition. Excellent condition, ready to hang and en...
Category

Early 2000s Modern Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

24x18 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Poster
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken. Archival museum quality poster print Premium Gloss Framing options available NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope’s mid...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Summer Joy
Located in Lexington, MA
“Summer Joy” is a vibrant original encaustic painting by Maine-based artist Marcia Crumley, measuring 24 x 24 inches. Created with layers of molten beeswax and richly pigmented color...
Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Encaustic

Aventure d'une libertine I. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Aventure d'une libertine I, Paris, 2015 From The Secret Album Series Edition 6/6 ex. 5 AP. Unframed The Secret Album Series This series is born from a personal experience. The mode...
Category

1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Man with a Beard - Lithograph - Printed Signature
Located in Paris, IDF
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Head of a Bearded Man, 1966 Lithograph Printed signature in the plate Justified Artist's proof in the plate On thick paper 60 x 40 cm INFORMATION: Lithogr...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

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