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Modern Abstract Prints

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
Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Serbian, Modern, ~34% OFF - MUST GO)
Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Serbian, Modern, ~34% OFF - MUST GO)

Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Serbian, Modern, ~34% OFF - MUST GO)

By Vladimir Velickovic

Located in Kansas City, MO

Vladimir Veličković Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 1000 Size: 10 x 7.325 inches ...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images
Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images

Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images

By Georges Braque

Located in Middletown, NY

Teriade, E. (director) Texts by Georges Braque, Paul Valéry, André Gide, André Malraux, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, et. al. Verve, Volume One No. 2; Verve for For Spring 1938 (Mar...

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20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

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Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph

Georges Braque Lithograph Exhibition Poster, Modern, Late 20th Century

Georges Braque Lithograph Exhibition Poster, Modern, Late 20th Century

By (after) Georges Braque

Located in Brooklyn, NY

This original poster was created for a Georges Braque exhibition at the Maeght Gallery in Zurich. The artwork prominently features two birds in flight, with one outlined in white and...

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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Scarlet Arrow, Original Signed Lithograph
The Scarlet Arrow, Original Signed Lithograph

The Scarlet Arrow, Original Signed Lithograph

Located in Paris, IDF

Jean-Pierre VIELFAURE (1930–2015) The Scarlet Arrow, 1986 Original lithograph Signed and dated in pencil Numbered /65 On vellum, 57.5 x 45.5 cm (22.64 x 17.91 in) In excellent cond...

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1980s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition VI, from: Gaudí - Spanish Surrealism
Composition VI, from: Gaudí - Spanish Surrealism

Composition VI, from: Gaudí - Spanish Surrealism

By Joan Miró

Located in London, GB

This etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist "Miró" in the lower right margin. It is also hand numbered 28 in pencil from the edition of 50, in the lower left margin. The work...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print
Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print

Pool Patterns, Nautical Abstract Seascape Triptych, Blue Cyanotype Print

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition of a cyanotype. This beautiful triptych is called "Fresh California Pool patterns", which shows the semi-abstract movements of light reflecting in a California swimming pool. Details: + Edition Size: only 20 + Medium: Cyanotype Print on Watercolor Paper + Stamped and Certificate of Authenticity provided. + Measurements : 100x210 cm (40 x 84 in.) Each paper measures 100cm x 70cm (about 40 in. x 28 in.) each. , a standard frame size. + All cyanotype prints...

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2010s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró
Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró

Modern Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miró

By Joan Miró

Located in Long Island City, NY

Joan Miro is known for his abstract, expressive, and child-like Modern style. Original lithograph published in Miro Lithographe III Catalogue Raisonne. Nicely framed. Artist: Joan ...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Joan Miro und Katalonien - Lithograph by Joan Miró
Joan Miro und Katalonien - Lithograph by Joan Miró

Joan Miro und Katalonien - Lithograph by Joan Miró

By Joan Miró

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Joan Miro und Katalonien Year: 1969 Medium: Lithograph on Arches, signed in the plate Size: 20 in. x 26 in. (50.8 cm x 66.04 cm) Frame...

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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled (Architectural Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)
Untitled (Architectural Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)

Untitled (Architectural Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, ~33% OFF - LIMITED TIME)

By Martel Wiegand

Located in Kansas City, MO

Martel Wiegand Untitled (Architectural Abstract, Modern, Beige, Brown, Linocut) Color Linoleum Cut on light Japanese Washi Paper with Centerfold 1990 24.01 x 35.43 inches (61 x 90 cm...

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1990s Modern Abstract Prints

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Linocut, Washi Paper

Totem by Le Corbusier

Totem by Le Corbusier

By Le Corbusier

Located in New York, NY

“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.” This colorful modern lithograph was printed at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris in 1963 and is from the printer's edition. It is signed and dated in the plate in the bottom left quadrant. Le Corbusier...

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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Original Stone Garden - psychedelic pop-art 1960s vintage poster
Original Stone Garden - psychedelic pop-art 1960s vintage poster

Original Stone Garden - psychedelic pop-art 1960s vintage poster

Located in Spokane, WA

The original Stone Garden vintage psychedelic 1960s poster is in excellent condition. The artist is Wilfred Satty (1939 – 1982). German-born collage artist and graphic designer ...

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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Three Lovely Kozo Inoue Pastel Prints, 1980s
Three Lovely Kozo Inoue Pastel Prints, 1980s

Three Lovely Kozo Inoue Pastel Prints, 1980s

By Kozo Inoue

Located in New York, NY

Kozo Inoue (Japanese, 1937-2017) Untitled, 1980 Lithograph Sight: 22 x 31 in. (Each) Framed: 34 x 42 1/2 x 1 in. (Each) Signed and dated 1980 lower right Inscribed lower left Kozo Inoue was a contemporary Japanese printmaker. Born in Osaka, he graduated from the Department of Art History at Keio University in 1960. During life, he worked during the winter months in the Izu Peninsula and Dordogne or Paris in the summer. He is known for his surrealistic silkscreen prints. His prints can be found in the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, Royal Library of Belgium, Modern Museum of Art Osaka and the Spencer Museum of Art, to name just a few. (Bio sourced from Ronin Gallery)

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1980s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sculptures (M. 950), Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro 1974
Sculptures (M. 950), Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro 1974

Sculptures (M. 950), Modern Lithograph by Joan Miro 1974

By Joan Miró

Located in Long Island City, NY

Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Sculptures (M. 950) Year: 1974 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Image Size: 19 x 27 inches Size: 20.5 x 29 in. (52.07 x 73.66 ...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Catalan, Landscape, 70% OFF - MUST GO)
Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Catalan, Landscape, 70% OFF - MUST GO)

Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Catalan, Landscape, 70% OFF - MUST GO)

By Joan Hernandez Pijuan

Located in Kansas City, MO

Joan Hernandez Pijuan Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 1000 Size: 10 x 7.325 inche...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Modulor
Modulor

Modulor

By Le Corbusier

Located in New York, NY

Color lithograph on cream wove paper, 1956. Edition of 200. Printed by Mourlout, Paris.

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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Color

Untitled Composition De Luxe Edition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Modern Art, ~35% OFF)
Untitled Composition De Luxe Edition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Modern Art, ~35% OFF)

Untitled Composition De Luxe Edition (Poligrafa, Redfern, Modern Art, ~35% OFF)

By Herve Telemaque

Located in Kansas City, MO

Herve Telemaque Untitled Composition (Poligrafa, Redfern, French Modern Art) from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Siz...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

'Diptych' —  Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17
'Diptych' —  Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17

'Diptych' — Modernist Abstraction, Atelier 17

By Stanley William Hayter

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Stanley William Hayter, 'Diptych', color engraving and scorper, 1967, edition 50, Black & Moorhead 314. Signed, titled, dated, and numbered '10/50' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, with fresh, vibrant colors on antique-white wove BFK Rives paper; the full sheet with margins (2 1/2 to 3 1/4 inches). Minor skinning and tape residue on the top and bottom sheet edges, verso, otherwise in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 13 7/8 x 19 1/2 inches (146 x 108 mm); sheet size 19 7/8 x 25 3/8 inches (394 x 292 mm). Hayter created this work using engraving and scorper on 2 plates, printed side by side. He used alkali blue, printed intaglio, and a phthalo green with a hard roller on the surface. The proofing was in three states, the first with engraving (a single proof); the second adding further engraving and scorper (a single proof); the third added further engraving and editioned: color trial proofs, 5 artist's proofs, edition of 50. The edition was completed in three printings: 8 in 1967; then Hector Saunier printed numbers 9 through 18 in 1968, and numbers 19 through 50 in 1969. This impression is from the Saunier 1968 printing. Note: the online image cannot accurately convey the vibrancy of the printed alkali blue/phthalo green. An impression of this work is held in the collection of the National Gallery of Art. ABOUT THE ARTIST Stanley William Hayter (1901-1988) was a British painter and printmaker associated in the 1930s with Surrealism and from 1940 onward with Abstract Expressionism. Regarded as one of the most significant printmakers of the 20th century, Hayter founded the legendary Atelier 17 studio in Paris, now known as Atelier Contrepoint. Among the artists he is credited with influencing are Pablo Picasso, Alberto Giacometti, Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, and Marc Chagall. The hallmark of the workshop was its egalitarian structure, breaking sharply with the traditional French engraving studios by insisting on a cooperative approach to labor and technical discoveries. In 1929 Hayter was introduced to Surrealism by Yves Tanguy and André Masson, who, with other Surrealists, worked with Hayter at Atelier 17. The often violent imagery of Hayter’s Surrealist period was stimulated in part by his passionate response to the Spanish Civil War and the rise of Fascism. He organized portfolios of graphic works to raise funds for the Spanish cause, including Solidarité (Paris, 1938), a portfolio of seven prints, one of them by Picasso. Hayter frequently exhibited with the Surrealists during the 1930s but left the movement when Paul Eluard was expelled. Eluard’s poem Facile Proie (1939) was written in response to a set of Hayter’s engravings. Other writers with whom Hayter collaborated in this way included Samuel Beckett and Georges Hugnet. Hayter joined the exile of the Parisian avant-garde in 1939, moving with his second wife, the American sculptor Helen...

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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Engraving

The Four Elements, Original Signed Etching
The Four Elements, Original Signed Etching

The Four Elements, Original Signed Etching

Located in Paris, IDF

Jean-Pierre VIELFAURE (1930–2015) The Four Elements, 1963 Original engraving Signed and dated in pencil Numbered /10 copies On vellum, 43 x 27.5 cm (16.92 x 10.62 in) Very good con...

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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Midnight Flower 1969 Signed Limited Edition Large Woodcut

Midnight Flower 1969 Signed Limited Edition Large Woodcut

Located in Rochester Hills, MI

Peter Green Midnight Flower Paper Size = 26½" x 38½" inches Signed in pencil, titled, dated and marked 1/30 Born in 1933, Peter Green studied at Brighton College of Art and the In...

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1960s Modern Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Untitled III
Untitled III

Untitled III

By Joseph Zirker

Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist: Joseph Zirker (American, born 1924) Title: Untitled Year: 1988 Medium: Color monotype Paper: Arche 88 Size: 42 x 30 inches Signature: Signed and dated in pencil by the artist Printer: The artist Condition: Very good Frame: Unframed About the artist. Joseph Zirker is a noted American modern artist, educator, lecturer that was born on August 13, 1924 in Los Angeles, California, United States. As a young man he Served with United States Navy, from 1944 to 1946. He attended the University of California in Los Angeles 1946—1947. He got a bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Denver in 1949 and a master of Fine Arts, University Southern California, 1951. He was a printer and research fellow at Tamarind Lithography Workshop in Los Angeles, 1961—1963. Lecturer University Southern California, 1963. Instructor Los Angeles County Art Institute, 1964, San Jose City College, California, 1966—1980. Lecturer Stanford University, 1981—1983, 1986—1990. All along his carer, he had numerous acclaimed shows in the U.S and abroad. He is known worldwide as an innovator in monotype and printmaking. His works are represented in private and public collections, both in the USA and worldwide, including: Grunwald Collection, U.C.L.A., Los Angeles, California, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, New York Free Library of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania June Wayne, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California Tamarind Archives, Tamarind Lithography Workshop, Los Angeles, California, Charles White, Los Angeles, California Stanley Freeman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles, California Ben Smith...

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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

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Monotype

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...

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1950s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

ALBERT RÀFOLS-CASAMADA: Estructures 2 - Lithograph on paper, Spanish Abstraction
ALBERT RÀFOLS-CASAMADA: Estructures 2 - Lithograph on paper, Spanish Abstraction

ALBERT RÀFOLS-CASAMADA: Estructures 2 - Lithograph on paper, Spanish Abstraction

By Albert Rafols Casamada

Located in Madrid, Madrid

ESTRUCTURES 2 Date of creation: 2006 Medium: Lithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 41 x 31 cm Observations: Lithograph on paper signed by the artist and numbered edition of 75. Alber...

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2010s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Composition VII, from: Gaudí - Spanish Surrealism
Composition VII, from: Gaudí - Spanish Surrealism

Composition VII, from: Gaudí - Spanish Surrealism

By Joan Miró

Located in London, GB

Original Hand Signed and Numbered Etching with Aquatint on Arches Wove Paper Paper size: 66 x 50 cm. / 26 x 19.7 in. Additional Information: This etching is hand signed in pencil ...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled Composition (British Modernism, Postwar, London, ~44% OFF - MUST GO!)
Untitled Composition (British Modernism, Postwar, London, ~44% OFF - MUST GO!)

Untitled Composition (British Modernism, Postwar, London, ~44% OFF - MUST GO!)

By Graham Sutherland

Located in Kansas City, MO

Graham Sutherland Untitled Composition from "Ediciones Poligrafa, Barcelona at Redfern Gallery, London" Original Color Lithograph Year: 1979 Edition: 1000 Size: 10 x 7.325 inches (2...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Octopus
Octopus

Octopus

By Alexander Calder

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Alexander Calder’s signature creation is the mobile. One of the most delightful examples of Modernist sculpture, Calder’s works are instantly recognizable in museums around the world...

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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Modern abstract prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Modern abstract prints 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 abstract prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Pablo Picasso, and Conrad Marca-Relli. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Etching 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 abstract prints, so small editions measuring 1.88 inches across are also available. Prices for abstract prints 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 $22 and tops out at $100,000, while the average work sells for $950.