Frank Stella Art Sale
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Stainless Steel
1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Screen
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Engraving, Etching, Aquatint
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Linocut
1970s Minimalist Figurative Prints
Etching, Stencil
Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings
Oil, Board
1970s Pop Art Nude Prints
Screen
Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Mixed Media
Lucite, Acrylic, Cardboard
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Linen, Acrylic
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Linen
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Acrylic, Linen
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Linen, Acrylic
1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings
Linen, Acrylic
1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Screen, Rag Paper
1980s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Fabric, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
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20th Century North American Modern Prints
Paper
1990s Abstract Abstract Prints
Textile, Silk, Archival Ink, Digital, Archival Pigment
Antique Late 19th Century Balinese Mounted Objects
Iron
1960s Modern Portrait Prints
Linocut
1960s Modern Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1970s Abstract Geometric Prints and Multiples
Paper, Lithograph
20th Century Cubist Figurative Prints
Linocut
Antique 19th Century Balinese Other Sculptures and Carvings
Wood
1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset, Mixed Media
1990s Pop Art Figurative Prints
Screen
20th Century American Regency Desks and Writing Tables
Wood
Antique 19th Century Balinese Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Wood
1960s Contemporary Abstract Prints
Lithograph
1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Offset
Vintage 1960s Balinese Tribal Coffee and Cocktail Tables
Glass, Wood
Recent Sales
1980s Abstract Abstract Prints
Etching
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Handmade Paper, Etching, Aquatint
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Linocut, Screen
1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Handmade Paper, Engraving, Etching, Lithograph, Screen, Stencil
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Linocut, Screen
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Screen, Color, Lithograph, Linocut
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Linocut, Screen
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Linocut, Screen
1980s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Prints
Lithograph, Linocut, Screen
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints
Lithograph, Screen
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Screen
1970s Pop Art Abstract Prints
Screen
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A Close Look at Abstract Art
Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.
Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.
Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.
Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.
Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.
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