James Welling Prints and Multiples

American, b. 1951

James Welling (b. 1951 in Hartford, Connecticut) is a postmodern artist. He earned both a BFA and an MFA at California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, California, where he studied with, among others, Dan Graham. He emerged in the 1970s as a postconceptual artist for whom photographic norms and the representational field itself were and remain contested and problematized. Welling lives and works in Los Angeles. During his career, Welling has experimented with different photographic mediums, including Polaroids, gelatin silver prints, photograms, and digital prints. Having studied under John Baldessari at CalArts and exhibited with Sherrie Levine at Metro Pictures, Welling began his career in the so-called Pictures Generation. His self-education in photography began in 1976 with the series Los Angeles Architecture & Portraits. In 1977 his second series, Diary/Landscape, matched the handwriting of his great-grandparents' letters with winter landscapes in Connecticut. Another well-known 2009 series by Welling is a meditation over a period of three years on Philip Johnson’s Glass House, shot in situ using colored filters. By contrast, his images of the Maison de Verre, are digitally manipulated. The rooms are lightened and brightened so that in some cases they glow unnaturally like a magazine spread. Yet another series consists of rectangles of pure color, made in the darkroom using colored filters. For his photogram series Torsos (2005–08), Welling cut screening, of the same type used for windows, to follow bodily contours and placed them on chromogenic paper before exposing them. Welling was the photographer of the cover art for Sonic Youth's 1985 album Bad Moon Rising. He collaborated with U.S. poet Susan Howe, providing six black-and-white photograms to accompany the text of That This, published in 2010. In 2009 he designed a hand-knotted rug for BravinLee programs. For the spring collection of Italian fashion label Brioni, Welling collaborated with the brand's creative director Brendan Mullane on a triple exposed floral print that was showered over zip front collared jackets, short sleeved silk shirts and Prince of Wales check suits. In 2014, the New York Times considered Welling one of today’s most influential photographers. That year, the artist was named one of the recipients of the Infinity Award given by the International Center of Photography, New York.

Artist: James Welling

James WellingTile Photograph 8, 1985/2013

Price Upon Request

Tile Photograph 8

By James Welling

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print (Edition of 50) Signed and numbered in purple, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

Category

1980s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Erik PawassarH2O I Homage to David Hockney - abstact pattern pool surface water reflections, 2014

$4,400

H 48 in Dm 72 in

H2O I Homage to David Hockney - abstact pattern pool surface water reflections

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

Light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, large format photograph of sun reflecting on a summer pool, an homage to the iconic pool reflections p...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Erik PawassarH2O IV - Homage to David Hockney, 2014

$4,400

H 60 in W 48 in

H2O IV - Homage to David Hockney

By Erik Pawassar

Located in San Francisco, CA

large format photograph of sun reflections on pool water surface, mesmerizing light reflections of glistening sunlight on turquoise aquamarine water surface, an homage to the iconic ...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée

George McLeodFire Study 1 - Flames abstract, Mounted and Framed with antireflective Art Glass, 2020

$2,710

H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 1.19 in

Fire Study 1 - Flames abstract, Mounted and Framed with antireflective Art Glass

By George McLeod

Located in London, GB

Inspired by East Asian Sumi ink drawings, George McLeod wanted to find a photographic way of producing intricately detailed images. As with Sumi ink draw...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Color, Silver Gelatin

Kind of CyanRectangular Portal, Unique Cyanotype Abstract Geometric, Blue Minimalism, Paper, 2025

$550

H 40 in W 28 in

Rectangular Portal, Unique Cyanotype Abstract Geometric, Blue Minimalism, Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

Rectangular Portal is a cyanotype monotype that plays with depth, geometry, and light. Composed of layered indigo gradients, the work creates a rhythmic sense of movement, drawing t...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Kind of CyanPile of Stones in Blue, Handmade Cyanotype Monotype, Organic Geology Set, Paper, 2026

$545

H 40 in W 28 in

Pile of Stones in Blue, Handmade Cyanotype Monotype, Organic Geology Set, Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

“Pile of Stones” is an original handmade cyanotype monotype that distills the quiet presence of stacked forms into a refined, contemporary composition. Rendered in layered blues with...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Kind of CyanThe Snake, Monotype Cyanotype, Blue Tones Serpentine, Geometric Organic on Paper, 2025

$545

H 40 in W 28 in

The Snake, Monotype Cyanotype, Blue Tones Serpentine, Geometric Organic on Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This handmade monotype cyanotype explores repetition, rhythm, and flow through a singular serpentine form suspended in layered blues. The work is not mechanically reproduced; it emer...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Kind of CyanBlue Mountains, Nature Inspired, Calming Landscape Cyanotype Monotype on Paper, 2025

$545

H 40 in W 28 in

Blue Mountains, Nature Inspired, Calming Landscape Cyanotype Monotype on Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This handmade cyanotype monotype presents a serene, atmospheric landscape composed of softly layered mountain forms rendered in nuanced shades of blue. Through the cyanotype process,...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Kind of CyanContemporary Minimal, Horizontal Diptych, Geometric Blue Diamond Cyanotype Paper, 2025

$680Sale Price|20% Off

H 28 in W 80 in

Contemporary Minimal, Horizontal Diptych, Geometric Blue Diamond Cyanotype Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

Blue Diamond is a unique handmade cyanotype diptych on watercolor paper. Its layered gradients of deep indigo and radiant white form a luminous diamond shape, blending geometric prec...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Kind of CyanMisty Mountain Eve, Contemporary Cyanotype Print, Blue Tones on Watercolor Paper, 2025

$545

H 40 in W 28 in

Misty Mountain Eve, Contemporary Cyanotype Print, Blue Tones on Watercolor Paper

By Kind of Cyan

Located in Barcelona, ES

This handmade cyanotype monotype explores the depth and resonance of blue through layered forms and subtle tonal shifts. Working within the historic photographic process, the artist ...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Paper, Monotype

Abstract Photography - Fluid Rings of Sultry I (24 x24" image)

$3,500

H 24 in W 24 in

Abstract Photography - Fluid Rings of Sultry I (24 x24" image)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

We present this black and white series of abstract art photography. This series of sultry fluid rings evokes a timeless elegance. The aesthetic patterns evo...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Pigment

Stephen MallonLarge Zurick

$2,150

H 20 in W 30 in

Large Zurick

By Stephen Mallon

Located in New York, NY

C Print Photograph, signed on reverse available as 20"x30" edition of 5 This is from Stephen Mallon's series, "American Reclamation" which captures the abstract beauty within...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

C Print

Gary CruzPupil #1, 2022, digitally made abstract print, edition of 2/3, signed, 2022

$650

H 30 in W 18 in D 1 in

Pupil #1, 2022, digitally made abstract print, edition of 2/3, signed

By Gary Cruz

Located in New York, NY

Pupil #1, opens into a quieter, meditative, and contemplative geometry. Here, a dark core anchors the composition, radiating petal-like forms that seem to dilate outward, echoing bo...

Category

2010s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Archival Pigment

Previously Available Items

James WellingUntitled (42), 1980

Sold

H 24.75 in W 20.5 in

Untitled (42)

By James Welling

Located in Toronto, Ontario

James Welling (b. 1951) is an American conceptual artist known for his experimental and pioneering photographic practice. By constantly pushing the boundaries of the conceptual, aest...

Category

1980s Conceptual James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Platinum

James WellingJames Welling-Ellwood Beach, 2011

Sold

H 11 in W 17 in

James Welling-Ellwood Beach

By James Welling

Located in Brooklyn, NY

Signed, Numbered out of 150, Dated and Titled in Pencil on the verso. Multiple Impression inkjet printed on rag paper (Epson 3880 print on Museum Silver Rag paper).

Category

2010s James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Giclée

James WellingThe Waterfall, 1981, 2001

Sold

H 10 in W 8 in

The Waterfall, 1981

By James Welling

Located in New York, NY

Gelatin silver print Signed, inscribed, and numbered, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary James Welling Prints and Multiples

Materials

Silver Gelatin

James Welling prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic James Welling prints and multiples available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by James Welling in silver gelatin print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1980s and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large James Welling prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 11 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Kate Petley, Peter Voulkos, and Jennifer Bartlett.