Levallois Records from Derriere le Miroir, Illustrative Lithograph by Saul Stein
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
In 1943, he married the artist Hedda Sterne and also had his first one-man show, held at the Wakefield Gallery in Manhattan.
Lithograph
"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionist, Light Blue, Mid-Century
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Oil
"White Night" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionist, Geometric Abstraction
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Oil
"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism, Subtle Color, Blue-Grey
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Oil
"Meridian" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism Hard-edge Vertical Stripes
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Acrylic
$25,000
"Illumination" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism, Hard-edge Stripes
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Notes XXI" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism Hardedge Vertical Stripes
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Acrylic
"A Stripe" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism, Hard-edge Vertical Lines
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism Hard-edge Stripes
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Notes I" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism Hard-edge Vertical Stripes
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Notes XX" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism Hard-edge Vertical Stripes
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Acrylic
"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, Abstract Expressionism, Black, Grey, and White
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, and ...
Canvas, Oil
Modern art painted disc by Jimmy Ernst
By Jimmy Ernst
Located in Colfax, CA
Members of the group included Willem de Kooning, Adolph Gottlieb, Ad Reinhardt, Hedda Sterne, Richard Pousette-Dart, William Baziotes, Jimmy Ernst, Jackson Pollock, James Brooks, Cly...
Metal
Vintage Poster Saul Steinberg Galerie Maeght Paris France
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Shipped back to Washington in 1944, he married the Romanian-born painter Hedda Sterne. After World War II, Steinberg continued to publish drawings in The New Yorker and other period...
Screen
Untitled (The Vertical Horizontals I, II, IV and V
Located in New York, NY
Very good impressions of these four scarce lithographs on Copperplate Deluxe paper. Each an edition of 20. Each signed and numbered in pencil by Sterne. Published by the Tamarind Ins...
Lithograph
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H 47.5 in W 38.5 in
"Untitled" Calvert Coggeshall, White and Blue, Gestural, Abstract Expressionism
By Calvert Coggeshall
Located in New York, NY
An early member of Betty Parson's stable of painters, Coggeshall was friends with other artists, including Jack Tworkov, Grace Hartigan, Katherine Kuh, Nora Sayre, Hedda Sterne, Walk...
Canvas, Oil
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
"Pen and Ink Interior" Pen and Ink Abstract on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
Other New York School artists, including those of the 1960s, have included painters Richard Pousette-Dart, Cecile Gray Bazelon, William Baziotes, Nell Blaine, Seymour Boardman, Ilya ...
Ink, Pen, Paper
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H 22.5 in W 29 in
Lithograph with Gold Foil Seal Via Air Mail New Yorker Cartoonist
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Shipped back to Washington in 1944, he married the Romanian-born painter Hedda Sterne. After World War II, Steinberg continued to publish drawings in The New Yorker and other period...
Lithograph, Screen
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
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H 20.13 in W 26.5 in
Abstract Expressionist Aquatint Etching Elaine de Kooning Animal Cave Drawing
By Elaine de Kooning
Located in Surfside, FL
In 2015, the Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center hosted "Elaine de Kooning Portrayed," an exhibition dedicated to portraits, likenesses, and reflections on de Kooning by other art...
Aquatint
Hedda Sterne IV
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Hedda Sterne IV, 2020 monotype, unique print from a series of VII 27 x 20 5/8 in. (68.6 x 52.4 cm)
Monotype
Odile Mir Filo lounge chair Prisunic France 1971
By Prisunic, Odile Mir
Located in Roosendaal, Noord Brabant
This rare Filo lounge chair model 203, designed by French artist and designer Odile Mir in 1971 and manufactured by Prisunic, exemplifies the innovative spirit of 1970s French design...
Chrome
Peony and Buttercup
By Margaret Kennedy
Located in New York, NY
Signed and dated by artist on verso
Foil
The 'Matisse' Etagere
Located in London, GB
The 'Matisse' wrought iron side table. A hand made and patinated wrought iron etagere with whimsical Matisse style cut-out decoration. Made to order based on a 1960s original. Avail...
Wrought Iron
$777
H 20 in W 24.5 in
Post-Cubist Gouache Painting on Paper, Mid-20th Century, Unframed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Town Landscape by Laure Noetzin-Azam (French 1929-2024) pupil of André LHOTE gouache painting on artist paper stuck on board, unframed board: 20 x 24.5 inches Provenance: al...
Gouache
$6,081
H 23.63 in W 23.63 in
Quayside Figures - Grey + Green Seascape Landscape Oil Painting with Boats
By Nicholas Turner
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Nicholas Turner b. 1972 Quayside Figures, 2025 oil on canvas 60 x 60 cm 23 5/8 x 23 5/8 in signed, titled and dated verso Born in London, Turner spent many years in Bristol before ...
Canvas, Oil
Side table by Svend Thoresen & Torgny Roloff, Sweden, c. 1930s
By NK (Nordiska Kompaniet)
Located in Eskilstuna, SE
An elegant Swedish Grace table in dark-stained oak, designed for Nordiska Kompaniet during the 1930s. Svend A. Thoresen, a Danish interior architect active in Stockholm, worked at N...
Oak
$16,554 / item
H 53.15 in W 125.99 in D 59.06 in
Oval Brass and Parchment Chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires
By Diego Mardegan
Located in Saint-Ouen, IDF
Beautiful chandelier by Diego Mardegan for Glustin Luminaires, this other version of the spider chandelier has longer arms on the sides giving the oval shape. The metal arms paint...
Metal, Brass
Rupert Bevan Art Deco Overmantel Mirror - Large
By Rupert Bevan
Located in London, GB
A signature piece for Rupert Bevan, our elegant Art Deco Overmantel Mirror features a patinated brass angle frame with lightly antiqued mirror glass panels. Handcrafted in our Shrop...
Brass
Nemo Escargot Floor Lamp in Brass by Le Corbusier
By Le Corbusier
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sculptural floor lamp, limited edition. Body in aged cast brass. Inner reflector is a curved surface in anodized aluminum, reflecting the light hidden in the body, for a widespread i...
Brass
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.
Find original abstract paintings, sculptures, prints and other art on 1stDibs.
The Italian-American’s 2020 abstract painting “The Hoe” personifies his “art of not knowing.”
Beneath the inky blackness, the painter’s irrepressible energy electrifies this pair of intaglio prints.
The New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx, has mounted a multifaceted show honoring the polymath modernist's legacy, including new work by contemporary landscape maker Raymond Jungles.
In his current show at New York's Lehmann Maupin gallery, the Puerto Rican–born talent reveals new paintings with a semiautobiographical aspect.