Emerging in the mid-1960s with the Southern California Light and Space movement, James Turrell (b. 1943) has devoted his career to artwork that challenges the limits of human perception. From his early experiments with geometric projections that transfigured space with light to the colossal decades-long undertaking of transforming an extinct volcano in northern Arizona into the immersive Roden Crater, he has strived to “create an experience of wordless thought” through his art.
An avid pilot as well as an artist, the Los Angeles native has long considered the sky to be his studio. Before creating his first light sculptures as a graduate student at the University of California at Irvine, he studied perceptual psychology and math at Pomona College. His practice has been an ongoing investigation of new techniques that would envelop viewers in light and color, whether through his research of optical phenomena related to sensory deprivation or his construction of complex architectural spaces that allow visitors to meditate on the materiality of light.
Most encounters with Turrell’s art are site-specific, such as his series of Skyspaces, which includes more than 80 chambers around the globe with apertures open to the sky. The shifts of daylight from sunrise to sunset make every moment in a Skyspace unique. To build his frequently monumental visions of space, light and color, he has also worked in far-flung corners of the planet, from the 1996 Celestial Vault — situated in an artificial crater in the Netherlands, where visitors can contemplate the contour where Earth meets sky — to the nine installations in the James Turrell Museum nestled in a remote vineyard in Argentina. Whether installations, prints, drawings, models or holograms, all of Turrell’s art has engaged with the wonder of light and how it shapes our observation of the world.
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James Turrell, Key Lime, Scarce LACMA Museum Exhibition poster offset lithograph
By James Turrell
Located in New York, NY
“Light is not so much something that reveals, as it is itself the revelation.” - James Turrell James Turrell Key Lime, Rare LACMA Exhibition print, 2013 Scarce Offset lithograph pos...
Lithograph, Offset
James Turrell, "Image Stone: Moon Side" Portfolio of Six Images
By James Turrell
Located in Stamford, CT
A complete portfolio of "Image Stone: Moon Side" by James Turrell. Lithograph, gravure and aquatint. Made in 1999 each signed and numbered 30/40. Now each framed in black gallery fra...
Paper
James Turrell Photograph of Roden Crater
By James Turrell
Located in Long Island City, NY
“Roden Crater has knowledge in it and it does something with that knowledge. Environmental events occur; a space lights up. Something happens in there, for a moment, or for a time. I...
Paper
$175
H 18 in W 12 in D 0.004 in
"The Lightness of Being" Figurative Archival Print on Textured Watercolor Paper
By Louis Shields
Located in Middleburg, VA
Offered is a luminous limited edition print by artist Louis Shields, titled "The Lightness of Being." Created as part of Shields' 2018 Dancer Se...
Paper, Paint
$700
H 15 in W 22 in
Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School) /// Abstract Expressionist Sam Francis Art
By Sam Francis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Untitled (SF-348) (Fresh Air School)" Portfolio: Fresh Air School *Unsigned edition Year: 1972 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph on...
Lithograph, Offset
Selection of Alexander Calder Lithographs
By Alexander Calder
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Alexander Calder color lithographs, circa 1960s. They have been recently framed in clean lined black lacquered wood gallery frames...
Glass, Wood, Paper
Framed Photograph by John Patrick Dugdale
By John Dugdale
Located in Atlanta, GA
Artist: John Patrick Dugdale (New York, b. 1960) Title: The Spirit Eye Medium: Cyanotype Year: 1998 Edition: number 3/12 Measurement: H 14", W 11"...
Wood, Paper
$348 / item
H 24 in W 24 in D 0.75 in
Limited Edition Posrche 911 RS 1973 Pop Art Print in the Manner of Andy Warhol
Located in Llanbrynmair, GB
The iconic Porsche 911 RS 1973, pop art print in the style of Andy Warhol. Vibrant wall art, a great addition to your art collection. Probably 1980s, these are signed limited editi...
Papercord, Paper
Purring Chamber Vertigo Photograph by EV Day
By E.V. Day
Located in New Canaan, CT
EV Day. Purring Chamber Vertigo, 2013. Archival pigment print. Measures: 16 in. x 16 in. Signed and numbered on front. Edition: 60. Unframed. SNAP! by E.V. Day...
Paper
Stones III (~22% OFF LIST PRICE)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Avraham Inlender Stones III Color Offset Lithograph Year: 2003 Size: 5.9 x 5.5 inches (15 x 14 cm) Signed in pencil COA provided Avraham Inlender (1932–2003) was a Polish-born arti...
Lithograph, Offset
$900
H 24.07 in W 36 in
Lee Krasner: A Retrospective - The Museum of Modern Art (Celebration) Poster
By Lee Krasner
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: (after) Lee Krasner (American, 1908-1984) Title: "Lee Krasner: A Retrospective - The Museum of Modern Art (Celebration)" *Signed and dated in the plate (printed signature) lo...
Lithograph, Offset
$303
H 14.57 in W 20.48 in D 0.04 in
Untitled- Offset and Lithograph after Willem De Kooning - 1985
By Willem de Kooning
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is an offset and lithograph print realized on Fabriano Paper after a drawing by Willem De Kooning of 1950. The print suite was realized in 1985 in a limited edition of 2500...
Lithograph, Offset
Alexander Calder lithograph (derrière le miroir)
By Alexander Calder
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1967 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 11 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; well-preseved. Unsigned from an edition of u...
Lithograph, Offset
$850
H 36 in W 36 in D 0.19 in
"1 H Sustaining, " Limited Edition Print by Renée Rey from a Series of Four
Located in New York, NY
"1 H Sustaining," is an orange, white and gray archival Fine Art print in a limited edition of 75 by Renée Rey. Each signed Archival Pigment numbered work is printed on hot press rag...
Paper
$600
H 39.13 in W 25.13 in
Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght) Poster /// Sam Francis Abstract Expression
By Sam Francis
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sam Francis (American, 1923-1994) Title: "Untitled (SF-229P) (Fondation Maeght)" Year: 1983 Medium: Original Offset-Lithograph, Exhibition Poster on light wove paper Limited ...
Lithograph, Offset
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H 18.35 in W 15.28 in
Crystal light, 2022, Turrell, limited editions of 42 unique pieces, light art
By James Turrell
Located in Zug, CH
James Turrell Crystal Light, 2022 Clear Crystal 46.6 × 38.8 cm (18.3 × 15.3 in) Engraved with the signatures of James Turrell and Lalique Edition of 42 + 2 AP + 5 HC For almost 50 ...
Glass
Sky-Space
By James Turrell
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: James Turrell Title: Sky Space Year: 2008 Medium: Conglomerate from the Austrian Mountain Mönschberg, with a wooden box Edition: /50, numbered on t...
Cast Stone
JAMES TURRELL
By James Turrell
Located in New York, NY
Ciscar, Consuelo et al.. JAMES TURRELL. 540 pp. fully illustrated in color and b&w. 4to, boards. Valencia, IVAM, 2004. Catalogue Raisonne. Long out-of-print, this is the most comp...
Meeting
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
James Turrell Meeting, 1989-90 Aquatint 47 7/16 x 29 13/16" Framed
Aquatint
From the Guggenheim, Set 1, Blue, Mixed, Small Vertical, 2013
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
James Turrell From the Guggenheim, Set 1, Blue, Mixed, Small Vertical, 2013 Archival Ink Jet, Artist Designed Frame 9 x 6 1/4, left 5 5/8 x 8 3/8, center 6 1/2 x 5 3/8, right ...
From the Guggenheim, Set 1, Black, Mixed, 2013
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
James Turrell From the Guggenheim, Set 1, Black, Mixed , 2013 Archival Ink Jet, Artist Designed Frame 6 1/2 x 5 3/8 left 9 1/8 x 6 1/8 center 6 3/4 x 5 1/2 right 17 x 15 1/2 e...
Gard
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
Aquatint
2013 Site Plan Blueprint
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
1983 Site Plan Blueprint
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
Carn
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
Aquatint
Meeting
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
Aquatint
Alta
By James Turrell
Located in Houston, TX
Aquatint