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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
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller
"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller

"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller

By Lawrence Schiller

Located in Culver City, CA

"Marilyn Monroe, 1962" Photography 24 x 16 in Edition 3/35 by Lawrence Schiller Silver Gelatin print Edition 3/35 Signed and numbered on recto by the artist Printed later On Wednesday, May 23, 1962, Marilyn Monroe stepped onto the set of Something’s Got to Give to film what would become one of the most iconic and talked-about moments of her career: the now-legendary nude swimming pool scene. This extraordinary day—captured in a series of rare photographs by renowned photographer Lawrence Schiller—has since become a cornerstone of Hollywood history. Key moments that make this session truly historic: A Bold Cinematic First: Monroe spent nearly four hours in the pool on the 20th Century Fox lot, filming a sequence in which her character, Ellen Arden, appears to swim nude...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Greg Copeland 3-Dimensional Multi-Layered Cut Paper Nine Shapes
Greg Copeland 3-Dimensional Multi-Layered Cut Paper Nine Shapes

Greg Copeland 3-Dimensional Multi-Layered Cut Paper Nine Shapes

Located in Detroit, MI

Nine unique 3-Dimensional multi-layered abstract structural and architectural shapes fill the frame with the added interest of the shadows cast by the layering. Greg Copeland was the...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixeranderie - Etching by C. Meryon - 1852
Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixeranderie - Etching by C. Meryon - 1852

Tourelle de la Rue de la Tixeranderie - Etching by C. Meryon - 1852

By Charles Meryon

Located in Roma, IT

Tourelle de la rue de la Tixeranderie is an original Modern Artwork realized in the half of the 19th Century by Charles Meryon (sometimes Méryon, 23 November 1821 – 14 February 1868). Original Etching. Fine impression printed by the artist. II/III state on V. Total dimensions: 24 x 12 cm. Passepartout is included. Excellent conditions of sheet. Reference: Salimbeni no.163; Schneiderman n. 24; Delteil n. 29. Charles Meryon (sometimes Méryon, 23 November 1821 – 14 February 1868). He was a French artist who worked almost entirely in etching, as he suffered from color blindness. Although now little-known in the English-speaking world, he is generally recognized as the most significant etcher of 19th century France. His most famous works by him are a series of views powerfully conveying his distinctive Gothic vision of Paris. He also suffered from mental illness, dying in an asylum. Meryon had sketched in Athens, Algiers and other exotic places he had visited, and by late 1840 decided to take lessons in drawing from the Toulon...

Category

1850s Modern Art

Materials

Etching

Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio - Street Photography, Park
Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio - Street Photography, Park

Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio - Street Photography, Park

By Garry Winogrand

Located in Denton, TX

Untitled, from Women are Beautiful Portfolio, by Garry Winogrand is a black and white gelatin silver print of two women in matching outfits, walking through a park with people staring as they pass by. Edition of 80 Signed, numbered and misc. notations by Garry Winogrand Gelatin silver print Paper size: 11 x 14 in., Image size: 8 3/4 x 13 in. Printed 1981 From the Women are Beautiful Portfolio Garry Winogrand was an American photographer from New York. He is known for his extensive documentation of American life.. Winogrand was the recipient of the various Guggenheim Fellowships and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. His work is included in the George Eastman Museum, Museum of Modern Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Center for Creative Photography...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Bouteilles – lithograph, hand-signed and numbered
Bouteilles – lithograph, hand-signed and numbered

Bouteilles – lithograph, hand-signed and numbered

By Le Corbusier

Located in Zurich, CH

Together with "Les Musiciennes" one of the largest and most sought after lithographs by Le Corbusier – a purist still-life –, printed by Mourlot on Arches after a collage by LC. Pr...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper

Solneman der Unsichtbare - Rare Book Illustrated by Otto Nuckel - 1914
Solneman der Unsichtbare - Rare Book Illustrated by Otto Nuckel - 1914

Solneman der Unsichtbare - Rare Book Illustrated by Otto Nuckel - 1914

Located in Roma, IT

Solneman der Unsichtbare is an original Rare Book illustrated by Otto Nückel (Cologne, 6 September 1888 – Cologne, 12 November 1955) and written by Alexander Moritz Frey (1881–1957) ...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Vase Deux Anses Hautes (A.R. 141)
Vase Deux Anses Hautes (A.R. 141)

Vase Deux Anses Hautes (A.R. 141)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

• Picasso began working with ceramics in 1946 at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris, marking the beginning of an important and highly productive chapter in his career. What initially ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Abstraction (Untitled)

Abstraction (Untitled)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Abstraction (Untitled), c. 1930s, mixed media on board, signed lower right, 8 ¼ x 7 inches (image), 15 x 10 inches (board), Literature: Achieving Recognition, American Fine Art Magaz...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Mixed Media, Board

Pichet aux Arums, (A.R.189)
Pichet aux Arums, (A.R.189)

Pichet aux Arums, (A.R.189)

By Pablo Picasso

Located in PARIS, FR

• Picasso began working with ceramics in 1946 at the Madoura workshop in Vallauris, marking the beginning of an important and highly productive chapter in his career. What initially ...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Ceramic

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing
Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing

By Irina Hale

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Paired Studies of Lions in Profile 1960's British Modernist Drawing by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawings on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed ove...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

Make Fast, Plate 2.
Make Fast, Plate 2.

Make Fast, Plate 2.

By Arthur John Trevor Briscoe

Located in Plano, TX

Make Fast, plate 2. 1929. Etching. Laver catalog number 146; Hurst catalog number 258. Plate: 14 3/8 x 9 13/16 (sheet 17 5/8 x 11 3/4). Trial proof 2, before the edition or 75. Ill...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Head Series, Pen & Ink on Paper (Set of 2) by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
Head Series, Pen & Ink on Paper (Set of 2) by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"

Head Series, Pen & Ink on Paper (Set of 2) by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"

By Sunil Das

Located in Kolkata, West Bengal

Sunil Das - Untitled - 6 x 7 inches & 7 x 7 inches (unframed size) Pen and Ink on Paper, 2012 (Set of 2) Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. for auction : Please Note: The reserve price set is for one work only The exceptions are the faces such as the profiles of bearded men in which the content is a mere excuse for the lines to create a pattern of untrammeled playfulness. Of course the Japanese face...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Horses - Photo- Early 20th Century

Horses - Photo- Early 20th Century

Located in Roma, IT

Horses is a vintage black and white photograph realized in the early 20th Century. Good conditions with come folding and missing parts.

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper

The Hand - Spanish Surrealism
The Hand - Spanish Surrealism

The Hand - Spanish Surrealism

By Joan Miró

Located in London, GB

This etching and aquatint in colours is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Miró" in the lower right margin. It is dated ‘1953’ beneath the signature. It is also hand numbered "20/7...

Category

1950s Modern Art

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Delicate Makeup in Fashion - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1830

Delicate Makeup in Fashion - Woodcut Print by Utagawa Kunisada - 1830

By Utagawa Kunisada 4

Located in Roma, IT

Delicate makeup in fashion is an original modern artwork realized by Utagawa Kunisada in 1830s. Woodcut Print Oban Dyptich Format. From the series "Jisei usugesho" (Delicate makeup in fashion). An actor prepares him self for a rolle as Onnagata in a Shosagoto play, with the ghost characters of the sister Matsukaze and Murasame. He sits in front of a makeup table and applies makeup to his eyebrows, behind him on a black lacquer shelf...

Category

19th Century Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 - Limited Edition Estate C-Type Print
Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 - Limited Edition Estate C-Type Print

Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 - Limited Edition Estate C-Type Print

By Slim Aarons

Located in Brighton, GB

Rhode Island Surfers, 1965 Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. "Rhode Island Surfers, 1965" is a Limited Edition Estate...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Color, C Print, Digital

Oiseau Bleu
Oiseau Bleu

Oiseau Bleu

By François-Xavier Lalanne

Located in PARIS, FR

• Model created in 1979 by François-Xavier Lalanne, edited by Artcurial, cast in patinated bronze and brass • Part of Lalanne’s celebrated bestiary, a central theme in his sculptura...

Category

1970s Modern Art

Materials

Bronze

Mystery Dutch Modernist, Flower Still Life
Mystery Dutch Modernist, Flower Still Life

Mystery Dutch Modernist, Flower Still Life

Located in New York, NY

Unknown Dutch Modernist Flower Piece After the Dutch KMM, c. 1970 Oil on canvas 36 1/2 x 28 1/4 in. Framed: 39 x 29 1/2 in. Signed illegibly verso Inscribed verso: Flower Piece After...

Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"EK IK" from the series Homage to the Square
"EK IK" from the series Homage to the Square

"EK IK" from the series Homage to the Square

By Josef Albers

Located in Zug, CH

JOSEF ALBERS (1888-1976) "EK Ii" from the series Homage to the Square 1970 Screenprint on Hahnemühle Buttenboard 55 x 55 cm 21.65 x 21.65 inches Number 31 of 125 Edition Keller, Star...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Board

Nude Woman Posted In Purple Interior 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting
Nude Woman Posted In Purple Interior 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting

Nude Woman Posted In Purple Interior 20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting

By Jacqueline Boisselot

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Posed Nude Interior by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 14 x 10.75 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a private co...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Inner Pearl
Inner Pearl

Inner Pearl

By Svitlana Van Rossum

Located in Zofingen, AG

Flower II Inner Pearl (part of the “State of Bloom” series) “Inner Pearl” is part of the “Bloom of State” series, which explores the inner nature of feminine presence. Here, the cl...

Category

2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Oval Watercolor Mirror Painting Landscape Framed with Decorative Border
Oval Watercolor Mirror Painting Landscape Framed with Decorative Border

Oval Watercolor Mirror Painting Landscape Framed with Decorative Border

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Oval Watercolor Landscape watercolour on artist paper, stuck on black paper painting: 12.75 x 10 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Watercolor

Women
Women

Women

By Jose Clemente Orozco

Located in Santa Monica, CA

JOSE CLEMENTE OROZCO (1893 – 1949) WOMEN, 1934 ( Orozco 25) Lithograph, One of 127 signed & unnumbered impressions, (total printed 255) Printer Jesus Arteaga. Image 12 1/2 x 17 inches, sheet 17 x 23 inches. Large sheet. top sheet edge with deckle edge and with some remnants of old old tape. Some slight mat burn verso., just a hint on the recto. This impression is also dedicated to Rosita Boyce by Clemente Orozco - (the Artist's Son) in 1961 From "Jose Clemente Orozco - Graphic Work" by Clemente Orozco, University of Texas Press, 2004. "The image is a detail of the Mural "Contemporary World" in the Palace of Fine Arts, Mexico City. The mural depicts "the real prostitution of power is implied by prostitutes fighting for survival. in a game of exuberance and decadence. The theme of women, especially prostitutes, has a special significance in Orozco's work, from his early watercolors to this fresco.." This print is related to Orozco's MACHINES also on 1stdibs offered by this dealer. Mexican Prints...

Category

1930s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Signed & Dated French 1990's Modernist Figures in Abstract Landscape Oil
Signed & Dated French 1990's Modernist Figures in Abstract Landscape Oil

Signed & Dated French 1990's Modernist Figures in Abstract Landscape Oil

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Modernist Figures French, signed lower right and dated 91' oil on canvas, in wooden frame framed: 25 x 19 inches canvas: 24 x 18 inches Provenance: private collection, France Conditi...

Category

Late 20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

Hoover Dam, Power Generator, Nevada
Hoover Dam, Power Generator, Nevada

Hoover Dam, Power Generator, Nevada

By Ansel Adams

Located in Pacific Grove, CA

This incredibly rare, early silver gelatin print mounted to "shirt" board was likely printed in the 1940s. The Virginia Adams Collection stamp with her inventory number in pencil on ...

Category

1940s Modern Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Les Contes de Perrault - Vintage Illustrated Book - 1928
Les Contes de Perrault - Vintage Illustrated Book - 1928

Les Contes de Perrault - Vintage Illustrated Book - 1928

Located in Roma, IT

Edition of 340 copies including 33 original engravings. Copy on vélin Montgolfier d'Annonay, including: - 11 etchings by J. Daragnes, H. David, P. Ganon, P. Guastalla, J. Hechr, Cha...

Category

1920s Modern Art

Materials

Paper

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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kevin Westenberg, Stuart Möller, Destro, and Christel Haag. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $33 and tops out at $390,000, while the average work sells for $1,912.