1960s "Metaphor" Abstract Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Metaphor" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper, A/P 1.75"x2.25 unframed Signed and dated in pencil Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belar...
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1960s "Antique" Woodcut Portrait NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Antique" portrait c.1960s Woodcut on tissue affixed to orange paper 3.5"x5.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vite...
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1960s "After Brueghel" Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "After Brueghel" c.1960s Intaglio etching, ink on paper 6"x4" site unframed Titled in pencil, estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia...
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1960s Blue Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Untitled c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3.75"x2" site unframed Signed in ink lower right Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (...
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1960s "Duo" Orange, Teal, Green Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Duo" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 2."
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1960s "Hierophany" Red, Blue, Yellow Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Hierophany" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 2"x2" ash wood gallery frame 9.5"x9.5 Signed and titled in pencil Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, R...
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1960s Blue & Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Untitled c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3.75"x1.75" site unframed Signed in ink lower right Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russi...
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1960s Blue & Pink Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Untitled c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3.75"x1.75" site unframed Signed in ink lower right Very Good Condition- Wear consistent with age and history.
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1960s Abstract Vessel Orange and Yellow Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Vessel c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 8.25"x 10" unframed Estate stamp lower right Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus), and imm...
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1960s "Temple Mount" Purple to Orange Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Temple Mount" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 2"x2" ash wood gallery frame 9.5"x9.5" Titled in pencil, estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vite...
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1960s "Jerusalem" Ombre Red to Orange Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Jerusalem" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 2.75"x2.75 ash wood gallery frame 9.5"x9.5" Titled in pencil, estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vi...
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1960s "Bud" Abstract Black and Red Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Bud" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 1.75"x2.25 unframed Titled in pencil with estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus)...
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1960s "Magic Grotto" Red and Green Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Magic Grotto" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 2.25"x2.25" unframed Titled in pencil, estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Be...
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1960s Abstract Orange, Green, Blue, Black Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Untitled c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 10"x8.25" unframed Estate stamp on reverse Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus), and imm...
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1960s "Goldenscape" Green, Orange, Yellow Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Goldenscape" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 5.75"x2.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, R...
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1960s Blue & Yellow II Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Untitled c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3.75"x1.75" site unframed Signed in ink lower right Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russi...
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1960s "Shifting" Collage Intaglio Etching Blue Yellow Pink NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Shifting" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 5.25"x2.5" unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (no...
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1960s "Flare" Blue, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Flare" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 4.75"x2.75" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia ...
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Crusade Intaglio Etching on Paper, 1960s, Framed, 9.5x9.5 Inches
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Crusade" c.1960s Intaglio etching ink on paper 2"x2" ash wood gallery frame 9.5"x9.5" Titled in pencil, estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vite...
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Reconstruction Collagraph Print, Teal to Red, Circa 1960s, Framed
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Reconstruction" c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 2.25"x2.25" ash wood gallery frame 9.5"x9.5" Titled in pencil, estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 ...
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Abstract in Blue and Orange, Mixed Media Print, Signed, c.1960s
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Abstract in Blue and Orange c.1960s Mixed Media 5"x2.5" unframed Signed in pencil Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus), and immig...
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Figurative Blues Collagraph Print, Ink on Paper, c.1960s
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Figurative in Blues c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 1.5"x2.5" unframed Estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus), and im...
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1960s "Brightscape" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Brightscape" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 5.75"x2.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Ru...
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1960s "Sunscape III" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Sunscape III" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 5.75"x2.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, R...
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1960s "Equatorial Curtain" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Equatorial Curtain" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 5.75"x2.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vite...
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1960s "Greenscape" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Greenscape" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 6"x3" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (...
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1960s "Dancer" Blind Embossment Print NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Dancer c.1960s Blind embossment on paper 4"x5.5" site attached to black silk mat Signed in print and in pencil Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Ru...
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1960s Teal, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Untitled c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3"x6" mahogany wood gallery frame 8.25"x11.25" Estate stamp lower right Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1...
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1960s Figurative in Red and Yellow Collagraph NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler Figurative in Red and Yellow c.1960s Collagraph ink on paper 1.5"x2.5" unframed Estate stamp Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belarus)...
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1960s "Melody" Collage Print Purple and Orange NY Artist Myril Adler
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Melody" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 5"x3" unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Belar...
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1960s "Magic Journeys" Teal, Pink, Orange Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Magic Journeys" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 6"x3" mahogany wood gallery frame 11.25"x8.25" Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on Septemb...
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1960s "Magic Journey" Teal, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Magic Journey" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3"x6" mahogany wood gallery frame 8.25"x11.25" Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September...
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1960s "Night Magic" Teal, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Night Magic" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3"x6" framed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (now Be...
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1960s "Moonscape" Red, Pink, Orange Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Moonscape" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper 3"x6" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on September 22, 1920 in Vitebsk, Russia (n...
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1960s "Magic Window" Green, Pink, Yellow Collage Intaglio Etching NY Artist
By Myril Adler
Located in Arp, TX
Myril Adler "Magic Window" c.1960s Intaglio etching collage, ink on paper Image outlined in blue ink 5.75"x2.5" site unframed Signed and titled in ink Myril Adler, was born on Septe...
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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.
Explore a vast range of abstract prints on 1stDibs to find a piece to enhance your existing collection or transform a space.
Unlike figurative paintings and other figurative art, which focuses on realism and representational perspectives, abstract art concentrates on visual interpretation. An artist may use a single color or simple geometric forms to create a world of depth. Printmaking has a rich history of abstraction. Through materials like stone, metal, wood and wax, an image can be transferred from one surface to another.
During the 19th century, iconic artists, including Edvard Munch, Paul Cézanne, Georgiana Houghton and others, began exploring works based on shapes and colors. This was a departure from the academic conventions of European painting and would influence the rise of 20th-century abstraction and its pioneers, like Pablo Picasso and Piet Mondrian.
Some leaders of European abstraction, including Franz Kline, were influenced by the gestural shapes of East Asian calligraphy. Calligraphy interprets poetry, songs, symbols or other means of storytelling into art, from works on paper in Japan to elements of Islamic architecture.
Bold, daring and expressive, abstract art is constantly evolving and dazzling viewers. And entire genres have blossomed from it, such as Color Field painting and Minimalism.
The collection of abstract art prints on 1stDibs includes etchings, lithographs, screen-prints and other works, and you can find prints by artists such as Joan Miró, Alexander Calder and more.