Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
American, b. 1949
Influential contemporary artist Ross Bleckner is renowned for his large-scale abstract and figurative paintings that convey themes of change, loss and memory. Using recurring symbolism such as flowers, birds, urns and candelabras, along with patterns like stripes and dots, Bleckner’s immersive works elicit a hypnotic effect while suggesting ideas related to the body, health and disease.
Born in 1949 in New York City, Bleckner later studied at New York University alongside artists such as Chuck Close and Sol LeWitt. He went on to study at the California Institute of the Arts, graduating with a Master of Fine Arts in 1973.
In 1979, he began exhibiting with Mary Boone Gallery. During the 1980s, Bleckner became one of New York’s most prominent emerging artists through paintings that tackled the emotional toll of the AIDS crisis, particularly on the gay community. Bleckner’s powerful works depicting multicolored volumetric circles, or “cells as seen under a microscope,” garnered acclaim from art critics and collectors. In 1995, he became the youngest artist to have a retrospective at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
In recent years, Bleckner’s paintings, watercolors and abstract, landscape and still-life prints have continued to capture international attention. His works have been exhibited at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía in Madrid, Kunstmuseum Luzern in Lucerne, the Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern and the Gropius Bau in Berlin.
Bleckner’s art is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh and the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis.
On 1stDibs, discover a range of Ross Bleckner’s prints, paintings and drawings and watercolor paintings.
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Artist: Ross Bleckner
PS, III
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
27-color silkscreen
Category
1990s Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Just Because #2
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Irvine, CA
This is "Just Because #2" screen print by Ross Bleckner. It is a unique 17-color screen print and measures 33 in. x 42 in. and approximately 40 in. x 50 in. with the frame, please se...
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1990s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Just Because #3
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Irvine, CA
This is "Just Because #3" screen print by Ross Bleckner. It is a unique 17-color screen print and measures 33 in. x 42 in. This is part of a rare, limited edition set of 75 prints an...
Category
1990s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Ross Bleckner, Dome (Grey)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Dome, Blue, 2017
Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm fine art paper
37 x 34 inches (94 x 86 cm)
Edition of 40
Suite of 3 also available for $7500
Ross Bleckner is an i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
Beginners
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Houston, TX
Ross Bleckner
Beginners, 2007
Color aquatint etching
29 x 28 inches
Edition of 35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
PS lll
By Ross Bleckner
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Ross Bleckner
"PS III"
1997
Screenprint
42 x 33 inches
Edition of 75
unframed
Category
1990s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Ross Bleckner, Dome (Blue)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Dome, Blue, 2017
Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm fine art paper
37 x 34 inches (94 x 86 cm)
Edition of 40
Suite of 3 also available for $7500
Ross Bleckner is an i...
Category
1990s Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
Dome (Red)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Year: 2017
Medium: Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm fine art paper
Size: 37 x 34 inches (94 x 86 cm)
Edition: 40
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blend...
Category
2010s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
PS, I
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
27-color silkscreen
Category
1990s Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Beginners and Others
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Houston, TX
Ross Bleckner
Beginners and Others, 2007
Color aquatint etching
29 x 28 inches
Edition of 35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Dome (Blue)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Year: 2017
Medium: Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm fine art paper
Size: 37 x 34 inches (94 x 86 cm)
Edition: 40
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blend...
Category
2010s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
The Water Lilies (C.M.)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blends abstraction with recognizable symbols to create meditations on perception, transcendence and loss.
Ross Bleckner was born in 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Floating Red
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blends abstraction with recognizable symbols to create meditations on perception, transcendence and loss.
Ross Bleckner was born in 1...
Category
2010s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ross Bleckner, Water Lilies (C.M.)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner
THE WATER LILIES (C.M.)
Year: 2019
Medium: Archival pigment print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
Size: 42 x 70 inches (107 x 178 cm)
Edition: 30
Price: $7,000
Also sold as a set with Floating Red
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blends abstraction with recognizable symbols to create meditations on perception, transcendence and loss.
Ross Bleckner was born in 1949 in New York and grew up in the prosperous town of Hewlett Harbor on Long Island. The first art exhibition he saw—The Responsive Eye, a show of Op art on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965—had a strong impact on him. He decided to become an artist when he was in college, studying with Sol LeWitt and Chuck Close at New York University, where he earned a BA in 1971. Two years later, he completed an MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, where he met David Salle.
After moving back to New York, Bleckner purchased and moved into a Tribeca loft building in 1974. Painter Julian Schnabel rented three floors of the building, and the Mudd Club, a nightclub frequented by musicians and artists, occupied space there from 1977 to 1983. Bleckner sold the building in 2004. His first solo exhibition was held in 1975 at Cunningham Ward Gallery in New York. In 1979 he began his long association with Mary Boone Gallery in New York, which championed several of the so-called art stars of the 1980s. In 1981 Bleckner met Thomas Ammann, an important Swiss art dealer who went on to collect his work.
Bleckner’s early 1980s Stripe...
Category
1990s Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
PS, II
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
27-color silkscreen
Category
1990s Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Dome (Grey)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Atlanta, GA
Year: 2017
Medium: Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm fine art paper
Size: 37 x 34 inches (94 x 86 cm)
Edition: 40
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blend...
Category
2010s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ross Bleckner, Dome (Red)
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Dome, Red, 2017
Archival pigment inks on Crane Museo Max 365 gsm fine art paper
37 x 34 inches (94 x 86 cm)
Edition of 40
Suite of 3 also available for $7500
Ross Bleckner is an in...
Category
1990s Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
Ross Bleckner, Floating Red
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner
FLOATING RED
Year: 2019
Medium: Archival pigment print on Innova Etching Cotton Rag 315 gsm fine art paper
Size: 42 x 70 inches (107 x 178 cm)
Edition: 30
Price: $7,000
Also sold as a set with Floating Red
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blends abstraction with recognizable symbols to create meditations on perception, transcendence and loss.
Ross Bleckner was born in 1949 in New York and grew up in the prosperous town of Hewlett Harbor on Long Island. The first art exhibition he saw—The Responsive Eye, a show of Op art on view at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1965—had a strong impact on him. He decided to become an artist when he was in college, studying with Sol LeWitt and Chuck Close at New York University, where he earned a BA in 1971. Two years later, he completed an MFA at the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia, where he met David Salle.
After moving back to New York, Bleckner purchased and moved into a Tribeca loft building in 1974. Painter Julian Schnabel rented three floors of the building, and the Mudd Club, a nightclub frequented by musicians and artists, occupied space there from 1977 to 1983. Bleckner sold the building in 2004. His first solo exhibition was held in 1975 at Cunningham Ward Gallery in New York. In 1979 he began his long association with Mary Boone Gallery in New York, which championed several of the so-called art stars of the 1980s. In 1981 Bleckner met Thomas Ammann, an important Swiss art dealer who went on to collect his work.
Bleckner’s early 1980s Stripe...
Category
2010s Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sky On Head
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color sugarlift aquatint with chine colle.
Edition of 50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Dream and Do
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
13-color silkscreen. Edition 114/250.
Category
1990s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Dome (Red, Blue and Grey) A Suite of 3
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
edition of 40
unframed
Category
2010s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Four Locations
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color spitbite aquatint with chine colle.
Edition of 50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Happiness for Instance III
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
17-color silkscreen
Category
1990s Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Happiness for Instance II
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
17-color silkscreen
Category
1990s Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Silver Bonfire
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color sugarlift and spitbite aquatint.
Edition of 35
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Happiness for Instance I
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Fairfield, CT
17-color silkscreen
Category
1990s Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Five Locations
By Ross Bleckner
Located in Berkeley, CA
Color spitbite aquatint with chine colle.
Edition of 50
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Meditations
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
2010, set of 9 etchings with aquatint, 22 x 22 1/4 inches each, edition of 40
Category
2010s Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Dream & Do III
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screen print was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75. Available for local pick up from Mic...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Ross Bleckner, Just Because #3
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner
Just Because #3
1997
17-color screenprints
Size: 33 x 42 inches (84 x 107 cm)
Edition: 75
Suite of 3 also available
Category
1990s Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
Ross Bleckner, Just Because #1
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner
Just Because
1997
17-color screenprint
Size: 33 x 42 inches (84 x 107 cm)
Edition: 75
Suite of 3 also available
Category
1990s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
Just Because #2
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Ross Bleckner
Just Because
1997
17-color screenprint
Size: 33 x 42 inches (84 x 107 cm)
Edition: 75
Suite of 3 also available
Category
1990s Abstract Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Archival Ink
PS III
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Glowing and contemplative, Ross Bleckner’s work blends abstraction with recognizable symbols to create meditations on perception, transcendence and loss. The artist created PS III -...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Dream & Do II
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screen print was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75. Available for local pick up from Mic...
Category
20th Century Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Happiness For Instance II
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screenprint was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75 measuring. Available for local pick up...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Happiness For Instance I
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screenprint was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75 measuring. Available for local pick up...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Dream & Do I
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screen print was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75. Available for local pick up from Mic...
Category
20th Century Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Happiness For Instance III
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screenprint was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75 measuring. Available for local pick up...
Category
20th Century Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Just Because II
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screenprint was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75 measuring 33 x 42 in., unframed. Available for local pick up from M...
Category
20th Century Contemporary Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Just Because I
By Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
This 17-color screenprint was created by the artist in 1997. Signed in pencil and numbered, from the edition of 75 measuring 33 x 42 in., unframed. Available for local pick up from M...
Category
20th Century Ross Bleckner Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Ross Bleckner abstract prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Ross Bleckner abstract prints available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of abstract prints to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of orange, blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Ross Bleckner in screen print, archival pigment print, pigment print and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large Ross Bleckner abstract prints, so small editions measuring 23 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Patricia A Pearce, Eduardo Chillida, and Nicholas Krushenick. Ross Bleckner abstract prints prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,725 and tops out at $15,000, while the average work can sell for $4,000.