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MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
Original Lithograph 843 (from "Peintures, Gouaches, Dessins") (Abstract, Modern)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Original Lithograph 843 (from "Peintures, Gouaches, Dessins") (Abstract, Modern, Colorful, Iconic) Medium: Color Lithograph Year: 1972 Size: 12.45 x 17.95 inches (31.62 x 4...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

NATURE - Flight of birds - Facsimile, Ltd /450
Located in Paris, IDF
M.C. ESCHER (1898-1972) Flight of birds, 2008 Facsimile after the original woodcut from 1938 Unsigned Numbered / 450 copies (the number you can see can be different) On vellum 45 x ...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Color

"Morris’s lover 2" Original nude oil painting on wood .Nudes across mediums
Located in Oslo, NO
This artwork presents a masterful blend of human form and intricate botanical patterns, creating a striking visual contrast. Dominating the piece, a reclining female nude is rendered...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Wood, Oil

1960's British Modernist Painting Crayon Sketch Two Long Horned Cattle
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Long Horn Cattle by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil crayon drawing on brown artist paper stuck on A4 artist paper, unframed overall size: 8.5 x 12.5 inches drawing: 4 x 4.5 inches...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil Crayon

50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Unsigned Framing op...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

'The Relay Race" — Original Olympic Poster, Munich — Black American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Jacob Lawrence, 'The Relay Race' (Olympische Spiele München 1972), 12-color serigraph, signed in the matrix, lower right. From the 1972 limited edition silk screen edition of not mor...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Screen

Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Nude Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Venice, 1954 - Venetian Sunbathing in Vintage Italian Fashion by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped C-Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. A...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

Guns N' Roses Appetite for Destruction 30x50 Photography Cassette Tape Pop Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A contemporary photograph of Guns N' Roses iconic "Appetite for Destruction" cassette tape. This is s the first release in the much anticipated series "The Music" by pop Artists Dest...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

Sculptures I (Abstract, Modern, Surrealism, Colorful, Iconic, ~34% OFF)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Sculptures I Color Lithograph Year: 1973 Size: 10.875 x 22.125 inches (27.62 x 56.19 cm) Catalogue Raisonné: Weber, Genf 949, p.86 Signed in stone, lower center/right mar...
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1970s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Couple Strolling Along The Village Path British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Couple Strolling by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on artist paper, unframed size: 6.25 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: very good Iri...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Oil

50x40 Pillars of Creation James Webb Telescope Space Photography NASA Photo Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
The WEBB imagery is of the most important imagery every taken. The finest museum quality WEBB images available. Printed on archival paper using archival inks. 50x40 Edition of 150 ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

Verve No. 2; Spring 1938 – Kandinsky & Masson lithographs & many images
Located in Middletown, NY
Teriade, E. (director) Texts by Georges Braque, Paul Valéry, André Gide, André Malraux, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, et. al. Verve, Volume One No. 2; Verve for For Spring 1938 (Mar...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Photogravure, Lithograph

Circus Colourful Scene Sketches British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Circus Scenes by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) signed oil crayon drawings on artist paper, unframed overallsize : 12.5 x 9 inches drawing sizes: 4 x 4.5 inches provenance: private c...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Oil Crayon

A History of Sex (Head)
Located in Miami Beach, FL
In the portraits of The History of Sex, taken in 1996 in the Netherlands, the camera looks directly at the models, who respond in kind. Eyes first seems to be the guiding principle o...
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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Plexiglass, Silicone

50x40 " Marilyn Monroe" Photomosaic Pop Fine Art Photography Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
"Marilyn" is a photomosaic artwork by Destro. Destro has created large prints which are made up of many hundreds of smaller images. Archival photographic paper Signed edition of 2...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Archival Pigment

1960's British Modernist Oil Painting Sludgy Green Moody Atmospheric Landscape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Atmospheric Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on artist paper, unframed painting: 11 x 15 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: very good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Oil

Japanese Print, Herons - Signed Woodcut
Located in Paris, IDF
Mokuchu URUSHIBARA Herons, c. 1930 Woodcut after on an ink drawing Signed with the artist's stamp On paper 32.5 x 22 cm (c. 12.59 x 8.66 in) INFORMATION : Engraving published by Mo...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Woodcut

Maravillas con Variaciones, Framed Abstract Lithograph by Joan Miro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Number 6) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 1500...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Original U.S. Military 1944 Propaganda Poster: In Mein Kampf...without a fight!
Located in Spokane, WA
This rare, original Newsmap for the Armed Forces poster from 1944 is a significant artifact of World War II history. Distributed weekly by the Army Information Branch, these maps kep...
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1940s Modern Art

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Offset

20th Century French Modernist Oil Painting Nude Woman Seated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Seated Nude Woman by Jacqueline Boisselot, French late 20th century 11 x 7.5 inches oil on canvas, unframed condition: very good and ready to enjoy provenance: from a private collect...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

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Oil

Picasso, Pour Roby, Noir (Bloch 680; Cramer 57), L'Âge de Soleil
Located in Southampton, NY
Engraving on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, L'Âge de Soleil, 1950. Published by Robert J. Godet, Paris; rendered by ...
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1950s Modern Art

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Engraving

Jean Cocteau, Untitled, from Recipes for a Friend, 1964
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889–1963), titled Sans titre (Untitled), originates from the 1964 album Recettes pour un ami, illustrations de Jean Cocteau (Recipes for a...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

Diptych: Aventure d'une libertine XI and XII. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Diptych: Aventure d'une libertine IX and X. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Marilyn Candid Moment - Marilyn Monroe at Ambassador Hotel in New York City
Located in Brighton, GB
American actress Marilyn Monroe relaxes on the sofa of her suite at the Ambassador Hotel in New York whilst reading 'To the Actor: On the Technique of Acting', the classic guide to a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

A Striking Mid-Century Modern 1940s Figure Study of a Reclining Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1940s Mid-Century Modern Studio Figure Study of a Reclining Female Nude by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed Modernist figure study ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Paper, Ink

Diptych: Aventure d'une libertine XX and XXI. From The Secret Album Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

"BUTTERFLY HEART" 48x36 Pop Art Archival Print Butterflies Signed Limited Editon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Archival pigment pop art print of butterflies creating a heart shape created by DESTRO – signed & limited edition. Paper Size 36×48 inches edition of 150 Signed and number...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Pigment

The Conversation, Signed Modern Lithograph by Romare Bearden
Located in Long Island City, NY
This print by African American Modern artist Romare Bearden is a limited edition, lithograph on Somerset paper. The scene comes from Bearden's Mecklenburg series, a collection of ima...
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1970s Modern Art

Materials

Lithograph

The Window 333 - Modern Resin Minimalist Red Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Quiet Village Churchyard at Dusk British Modernist Oil Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Church Courtyard by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) oil painting on artist paper, unframed size: 5 x 7.25 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condition: very good Irina...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Oil

The Window 338 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Aventure d'une libertine, 16 Photographs. From The Secret Album series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
This series is born from a personal experience. The model's husband told Uwe Ommer an idea: he wanted to watch his wife with other men hiding behind the curtains. This is how the ser...
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1960s Modern Art

Materials

Color, Archival Pigment

Jeu de la Cape Lithograph by Pablo Picasso, 1961, Excellent Condition
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Jeu de la Cape Lithograph from 1961. Dimensions of work: 31 x 25 cm. Reference: Bloch 1015; Mourlot 350; Cramer 113.IV. Printed by Atelier Fernand Mour...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

A Fine, Modern 1930s Art Deco Female Figure Study (Seated Nude, Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Art Deco Female Figure Study (Seated Nude, Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930s charcoal ...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Portrait of a Female Deep In Thought British Modernist Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Female Portrait by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pencil sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 3.75 x 4.5 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Pencil

A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study, Seated Male Nude Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal anatomical composite drawing...
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1930s Modern Art

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Paper, Charcoal

'La Salle and Washington Street (Chicago, Illinois)' — WPA American Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Turzak, 'La Salle and Washington Street (Chicago, Illinois)', woodcut, c. 1935, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impre...
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1930s Modern Art

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Woodcut

The Drop of Tenderness
Located in Zofingen, AG
The Drop of Tenderness (from the “Becoming” series) In this work, the artist continues to explore the inner states that shape a person from within. The figure holding a lily embod...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph
Located in Brighton, GB
Dining Out - New York Dinner Portrait Couple Dining Black and White Photograph A couple dining out at an elegant hotel in New York is caught momentarily distracted by the floor show...
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20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, Black and White, Silver Gelatin

A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study, Standing Female Nude Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon showi...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Charcoal, Paper

Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing
Located in Brighton, GB
Sunbathing in Capri, 1974 - Sunbathers on French Island of Capri Summer Bronzing by Slim Aarons 16 x 20" print. Limited Edition Estate Stamped Print. Edition of 150. Printed Later. ...
Category

20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Digital

The Window 342 - Modern Resin Minimalist Blue Two Tone Color Field Abstract Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ricky Hunt’s mixed media minimalist wall art is influenced by his tumultuous past that led to a paradigm shift in creativity and life. He covers the wood panel with layers of acrylic...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art

Materials

Resin, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

DAMIEN HIRST - THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA - Limited edition Contemporary Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
THE EMPRESSES - THEODORA Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Laminated giclée print on aluminium composite and screen printed with glitter. Edition number: 1226/3315 (1.566 physical + 1.7...
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2010s Modern Art

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Glitter, Panel, Giclée, Screen

Colourful and Bright Chateau Valley Landscape British Modernist Pastel Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Pastel Landscape by Irina Hale (British 1932-2022) pastel sketch on brown artist tracing paper , unframed painting: 4.5 x 3.75 inches provenance: private collection, Cotswolds condit...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Pastel, Pencil

Royal Albert Hall - Mid 20th Century Modern British London Landscape Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A very quirky mid 20th century Modern British oil on canvas depicting the Royal Albert Hall in Kensington, London. Very nice quality and condition work. Artist: British School, mid ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Echoes of the Atelier XII
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier XII, acrylic on canvas mounted on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an agei...
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1980s Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

Echoes of the Atelier X
Located in London, GB
Echoes of the Atelier X, acrylic on board, Florentine School (circa 1980s-90s). This gallery has acquired a number of paintings through an intermediary of an ageing art professor fro...
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1980s Modern Art

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Acrylic, Board

The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions
Located in London, GB
"The Vanguard Series Nr. XIX: A Collection of Postwar European Abstractions", oil on board, by unknown artist (circa 1950s–70s). A compelling body of work emerging from the forgotten...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Oil, Board

Vintage American Modernist Abstract Framed Mid Century Original Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Vintage American modernist abstract oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Provenance from a Sag Harbor, NY collection. Measuring: 20 by 16 inches image alone. Handsomely framed in w...
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1960s Modern Art

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Oil, Canvas

Don Quichote
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Publisher: Éditions Cercle ...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

ROBY DWI ANTONO - DI RESTORAN Limited edition Contemporary Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Roby Dwi Antono - Di Restoran Date of creation: 2021 Medium: Screen print on Somerset Velvet paper Edition: 99 + 8AP Size: 51 x 69 cm Condition: In perfect conditions Di Restoran i...
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2010s Modern Art

Materials

Archival Paper, Screen

Silos/Iowa Yellow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This work is part of our exhibition Marina Stern Luminary, the first retrospective of the artist since 2007. Previously exhibited: 1) Forum Gallery, New York, NY (label verso), unkn...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Art

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Canvas, Oil

Farm in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Vibrant Field Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Farm in Berlin Heights, c. 1930 Oil on masonite Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches 27.75 x 36 inches, framed A versatile painter who worked in a v...
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1930s Modern Art

Materials

Oil

"Final Judgement" Large original colors lithograph.
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "The Final Judgement" c.1990, is an original colors lithograph on paper by noted French artist Guy Buffet, 1943-2023. It is hand signed and numbered 188/350 in pe...
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Late 20th Century Modern Art

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Lithograph

Jean Dubuffet 'Mele Moments, 1976' - Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This reproduction of Mêlé Moments, originally created by Jean Dubuffet in 1976, was printed in Germany by Editions 5 in Düsseldorf. Characteristic of Dubuffet’s signature Art Brut st...
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Early 2000s Modern Art

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Offset

A Captivating 1930s Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A captivating, 1930s portrait painting of a young woman by famed Chicago artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). A sensitive, skilled portrait of a young female model, most likely h...
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1930s Modern Art

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Masonite, Oil

Virgin Mary
Located in OPOLE, PL
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) - Don Quichote Lithograph with quadrochromy from 1961. Dimensions of sheet: 37.9 x 27 cm Dimensions in frame: 53.2 x 43.2 cm Refrence: Cramer 112; Orozc...
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1960s Modern Art

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Lithograph

Virgin Mary
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Charlotte
Located in Zofingen, AG
Charlotte (from the “Becoming” series) In this work, the artist continues to explore themes of inner growth, presence, and the search for her own voice. The figure remains central —...
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2010s Modern Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Mark Rothko 'Pink, Black, Orange, 1953' Mid Century Modern
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Poster advertising the National Gallery of Art, Washington, featuring Mark Rothko’s Pink, Black, Orange (1953). This iconic work showcases Rothko's signature use of color and depth, ...
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1990s Modern Art

Materials

Offset

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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, red, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Kevin Westenberg, Stuart Möller, Destro, and Christel Haag. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Paper and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern art, so small editions measuring 0.4 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $33 and tops out at $390,000, while the average work sells for $1,912.