Sean Scully: Material World (Monograph Hand signed and dated by Sean Scully)
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
In an in-depth essay, Raphy Sarkissian places Scully's work in dialogue with selected works of abstract and figurative, modern and premodern painting and sculpture, as well as with a...
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
$3,850
H 9.75 in W 7.75 in D 1.5 in
Sol Lewitt - original drawing - geometric abstraction (signed twice), Framed
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol Lewitt - original drawing - geometric abstraction (signed twice), 1980 Marker drawing on postmarked (franked) postcard - signed and inscribed twice original drawing black felt ti...
Postcard, Permanent Marker
$550
H 9.75 in W 11 in D 1 in
Richard Serra Drawings Zeichnungen 1969-1990 Book (Hand signed by Richard Serra)
By Richard Serra
Located in New York, NY
Richard Serra Drawings Zeichnungen 1969-1990 (Hand signed by Richard Serra), 1990 Softback monograph Book (Hand signed by Richard Serra) Hand signed by Richard Serra on the half titl...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$7,500
H 27.5 in W 35 in
Sean Scully - Munich offset print Germany SCARCE when Hand Signed by Sean Scully
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Munich 1996 (Hand Signed), 2001 Offset Lithograph print Hand signed and dated by Sean Scully in 2018 Boldly signed in black marker on the recto. Hand signed by Sean Scull...
Ink, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Brice Marden -- Tiles
By Brice Marden
Located in BRUCE, ACT
Brice Marden Tiles, 1979 Etching with aquatint, on Somerset satin paper Edition 5 / 50 lower left Hang signed and dated lower right Image size 20 x 20 cm Sheet size 75 x 57 cm Refer...
Etching, Aquatint
$9,500
H 11.5 in W 9 in
Colored Wall, Signed Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Sean Scully
By Sean Scully
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sean Scully's work has shifted the paradigm in American abstraction from Minimalism and its reduced vocabulary towards an emotional form of abstraction, returning to the metaphor and...
Lithograph
$5,500
H 4 in W 6 in
Ellsworth Kelly - Handwritten signed note on card to renowned collector, Framed
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in New York, NY
Ellsworth Kelly Handwritten, signed note on card to CBS cameraman and collector Dan Pope Ink on offset lithograph card Handwritten note signed and inscribed to Dan Pope. It reads, "D...
Ink, Lithograph, Offset
$750
H 12 in W 10 in D 1.6 in
Hardback Monograph: Early Work (Hand signed and dated by Richard Serra)
By Richard Serra
Located in New York, NY
Richard Serra Early Work (Hand signed and dated by Richard Serra), 2013 Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Hand signed and dated 2014 by Richard Serra) Hand signed an...
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
"Merida", Series of 16 Photographs by Sean Scully, circa 2001, Mexico
By Sean Scully
Located in Girona, Spain
"Merida", by Sean Scully The complete series of 16 C-print photographs Signed and numbered on the cover page with a “Certificate of Authenticity”. The photographs were taken by Se...
Paper
$3,800
H 7.75 in W 9.75 in D 1.5 in
Sol Lewitt Lines in Four Different Directions original signed inscribed drawing
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol LeWitt Lines in Four Different Directions, 1997 Original drawing in black felt tip pen on postmarked (franked) postcard Signed, dated and inscribed "For Andrew Thanks for the Dra...
Postcard, Felt Pen
$5,500
H 8 in W 10 in
Shadow, 1970, offset lithograph on card (uniquely signed by Sean Scully), Framed
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Shadow, 1970, 2016 (uniquely hand signed) Offset lithograph print on card depicting Scully's painting "Shadow" Boldly signed in black marker by Sean Scully for the prese...
Cardboard, Lithograph, Offset
$2,500
H 29.75 in W 20 in
Whitechapel Gallery Gallery London Exhibition print, Hand Signed by Sean Scully
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Hand Signed print Geometric Abstraction Minimalist, 1989 Offset lithograph poster Boldly signed in black marker on the front by Sean Scully 29 3/4 x 20 inches Unframed Th...
Lithograph, Offset
$750
H 16 in W 12.5 in D 2.25 in
From the Cradle to the Grave Book (limited edition hand signed monograph in box)
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst From the Cradle to the Grave, 2005 Limited Edition hardback monograph (Hand signed and numbered) Hand signed and numbered 998/1500 by Damien Hirst on the title page 16 ×...
Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset
$5,500
H 29.75 in W 22.5 in
Roland Garros French Open tennis Paris offset print (Hand signed by Sean Scully)
By Sean Scully
Located in New York, NY
Sean Scully Roland Garros French Open tennis tournament, Paris, France (Hand signed by Sean Scully), 2001 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Sean Scully) 29 3/4 inches (vertica...
Lithograph, Offset
$750
H 48 in W 29.5 in
Historic Ace Gallery offset print, Hand Signed by Minimalist sculptor Carl Andre
By Carl Andre
Located in New York, NY
Carl Andre Zinc: Historic Ace Gallery poster (Hand Signed by Carl Andre), 2007 Limited Edition Offset lithograph poster (hand signed by Carl Andre) Hand signed in white marker by Car...
Lithograph, Offset
$280
H 11 in W 12 in D 1.5 in
George Segal hardback monograph (Hand signed, dated and inscribed)
By George Segal
Located in New York, NY
George Segal (Hand signed, dated and inscribed), 1979 Hardback monograph with dust jacket, hand signed, dated and warmly inscribed to David by George Segal Hand signed, dated and ins...
Ink, Mixed Media, Offset
$15,000
H 17 in W 22 in D 2 in
Kenneth Noland - original signed oil pastel drawing, done on hardback monograph
By Kenneth Noland
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland - original signed oil pastel drawing, from the Estate of Ira Licht, 1999 Original oil pastel (hand signed) on the inside boards of hardback monograph Original drawing ...
Crayon, Oil Pastel
$235,000
H 29.63 in W 24.44 in
Pablo Picasso, "Grand Tête" original linocut in colors, hand signed
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Chatsworth, CA
Grand Tête, Portrait of Jacqueline with sleek hair Color linocut printed in beige, yellow, red, blue, and black on cream wove paper with Arches watermark Numbered 14/50 from the edit...
Linocut
$960Sale Price|20% Off
H 30.25 in W 39.75 in
Ferris Wheel: abstract modern minimalist color field drawing with rainbow colors
By Gene Davis
Located in New York, NY
This geometric, minimalist print glows in rainbow shades. Vibrant raspberry pink, magenta, yellow, lime green, and sky-blue lines take on the organic quality of handmade paper, resul...
Lithograph
$2,000
H 16 in W 22.88 in
Untitled (One Cent Life) /// Joan Mitchell Female Artist Abstract Expressionism
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1992) Title: "Untitled" (Page 92-93) Portfolio: One Cent Life *Unsigned edition Year: 1964 Medium: Original Lithograph on wove paper Limited edi...
Lithograph
Brice Marden Set of 4 Etching Tiles, 1979
By Brice Marden
Located in Toledo, OH
Brice Marden tile set of 4, Circa 1979. Four framed Etchings with Aquatint on Somerset Satin Paper. All tiles are signed and numbered from an edition of 50 published by Parasol Press...
Satin, Paper
$2,813
H 30 in W 43.25 in D 1 in
Signed Crane Renverse, Signed Lithograph, Edition of 75, 1986, 30x43 in. Framed
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Aventura, FL
Lithograph on paper. Hand signed and numbered by the artist. . Artwork size 12.5 x 26 in. Frame size approx. 30 x 43.75 in. Certificate of authenticity included. Edition of 75. Artwo...
Lithograph
Elegy Study
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on Twinrocker handmade paper 1979 64.1 x 95.3 cm (25 1/4 x 37 1/2 inches)
Lithograph
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph and chine colle 73.9 x 56.9 cms (29.1 x 22.4 ins) Edition of 19
Lithograph
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
29.88 x 22.36 ins (75.9 x 56.8 cms) Edition of 96 Signature:Signed "R. Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions:Numbered in pencil lower right; artist's chop mark lower right ...
Color, Etching, Aquatint
Game of Chance
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
88.3 x 69.9 cms (34.7 x 27.51 ins) Edition of 100
Mixed Media, Color, Aquatint, Lithograph
Butterflies and Flowers
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art, but has had an unrivalled and lasting influence on artists an...
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Lament for Lorca
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Lithograph on white Tyler Graphics Ltd. (TGL) handmade paper 44x61 in (111.8x154.9cm) Edition of 52
Color, Lithograph
$2,200
H 25 in W 21 in
Three Poems: Nocturne III, Abstract Minimalist Lithograph by Robert Motherwell
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Robert Motherwell, American (1915 - 1991) Title: No. 3 from Three Poems, collaboration with Octavio Paz Year: 1987 Medium: Lithograph on Japon with Chine Colle Edition: 750 I...
Rice Paper, Lithograph
$343
H 20.48 in W 14.57 in D 0.04 in
Sunday for Women I - Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
Sunday for Women I is offset and lithograph print realized on Fabriano Paper after a drawing by Willem De Kooning of 1952. The print suite was realized in 1985 in a limited edition ...
Lithograph, Offset
$3,800
H 20 in W 16 in
Helen Frankenthaler Studio, Black and White Photo, Silver Print, Signed, 20x16
By Burt Glinn
Located in New york, NY
A portrait of Helen Frankenthaler (1925-2011) in her studio in New York. Glinn captures the celebrated artist, Frankenthaler, in the process of making art - surrounded by paint, mate...
Photographic Film, Photographic Paper, Silver Gelatin
Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Edition of 24 73.7 x 64.8 cms (29 x 25 1/2 ins)
Lithograph
The Berggruen Series: Untitled
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
40 x 42.2 cms (15 3/4 x 16 5/8 ins) Signature: Signed "Motherwell" in pencil lower right Inscriptions: Numbered in pencil lower right Edition: 100
Lithograph
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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