Modern Prints
MODERN STYLE
The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw sweeping social change and major scientific advances — both of which contributed to a new aesthetic: modernism. Rejecting the rigidity of Victorian artistic conventions, modernists sought a new means of expression. References to the natural world and ornate classical embellishments gave way to the sleek simplicity of the Machine Age. Architect Philip Johnson characterized the hallmarks of modernism as “machine-like simplicity, smoothness or surface [and] avoidance of ornament.”
Early practitioners of modernist design include the De Stijl (“The Style”) group, founded in the Netherlands in 1917, and the Bauhaus School, founded two years later in Germany.
Followers of both groups produced sleek, spare designs — many of which became icons of daily life in the 20th century. The modernists rejected both natural and historical references and relied primarily on industrial materials such as metal, glass, plywood, and, later, plastics. While Bauhaus principals Marcel Breuer and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created furniture from mass-produced, chrome-plated steel, American visionaries like Charles and Ray Eames worked in materials as novel as molded plywood and fiberglass. Today, Breuer’s Wassily chair, Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair — crafted with his romantic partner, designer Lilly Reich — and the Eames lounge chair are emblems of progressive design and vintage originals are prized cornerstones of collections.
It’s difficult to overstate the influence that modernism continues to wield over designers and architects — and equally difficult to overstate how revolutionary it was when it first appeared a century ago. But because modernist furniture designs are so simple, they can blend in seamlessly with just about any type of décor. Don’t overlook them.
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Robert Motherwell Signed Limited Edition Large Aquatint Etching Blackened Sun
Located in Studio City, CA
A breathtaking, large in scope and scale, rivetting work by American abstract expressionist painter, and master printmaker Robert Motherwell (1915-1991).
This aquatint/lift ground ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Italian Contemporary Gliceé Ottoman Print n.2 with Printed Leopard Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Ottoman print number 2. Multi-color Giclèe print on 100% cotton paper. Ottoman personage against a ground of architecture and tropical flora. Bluette passepartout. Wide wood fashion ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Wood, Glass, Paper
Original Mezzotint The Red Dress 1980 by Gatja Helgart Rothe aka G.H. Rothe
By Gatja Helgart Rothe
Located in Tustin, CA
Original mezzotint on paper entitled "The Red Dress 1980" by well known listed artist, Gatja Helgart Rothe, also known as G.H. Rothe (1935-2007). This collectible work of art has bee...
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1980s German Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Abel, Limited and Numbered Portrait Print with Matte Frame
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
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Limited and numbered portrait print with matte frame
"Certifi...
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21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Prints
Materials
Aluminum
Contemporary Monument Forms Abstract Art Print with Red & Blue
By Louis Jobst
Located in London, GB
Monument forms are a series of contemporary abstract paintings by Louis Jobst experimenting with form and color. These two striking black forms could be seen as an architectural monu...
Category
2010s British Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Multicolored Geometric Screen Print
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Mid-century screen print formed of blocks of garnet, sky blue, and carob. The blocks of colors build onto each other against a warm, ivory background. A lined coat on top of the base...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
Opium Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by the poetry of Charles Baudelaire, this digital painting is based off a photograph of a famous German dancer from the early 20th century. In the foreground, poppy buds evoke a drug-induced state of altered consciousness, amplified by the dreamlike atmosphere of the background. A robin emerges from the woman's chest, symbolizing her obsession. Signed, numbered Limited Edition.
Year of Creation: 2015
Edition Number: 1/300
Artist’s Signature: Printed on the Canvas + original signature on Limited Edition Certificate...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton
Butterfly Hunter Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
The protagonist of this Pop-Surrealist digital painting is a butterfly hunter, who catches her prey in the palms of her hands to experience the fleeting throb of its wings. She then releases it to fly free and light, like thoughts of joy. Signed, numbered limited edition with “Certificate of Authenticity”. Basswood box frame.
Year of Creation: 2015
Edition Number: 1/300
Artist’s Signature: Printed on the Canvas + original signature on Limited Edition Certificate...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Cotton
Flutter Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
This work celebrates the artist's dreamlike Pop Surrealism. It portrays a woman protected by the green cloak of Mother Nature. She is lost in imaginative thought, which soars to the ...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Wood
Contemporary Scatalogical Astronaut Comic
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary cartoon strip in yellow and blue of an astronaut urinating titled "Stellar Moments" in a black rectangular frame and white matting.
Category
20th Century American Modern Prints
1979 Randy Owens Harpers Ferry West Virginia City Land Cityscape Serigraph Print
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage serigraph landscape print of “Harpers Ferry, W. Virginia” by Randy Owens, 1979, pencil signed and numbered 76/90. A rare departure from his most c...
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Italian Contemporary Gliceé Ottoman Print n.2 with Black Laquered Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Ottoman prints 2. Multi-color Giclèe print on 100% cotton paper. Ottoman personage paired with romantic country views. Bluette passepartout. Black lacquered designer wood frame.
Fro...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Leo Posillico Serigraph Pencil Sign Numbered "Artists Have All the Fun" 216/295
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Leo Posillico serigraph pencil signed & numbered "Artists Have all the Fun" 216/295. Item is pencil signed to lower right, pencil numbered 216/295, glass...
Category
Late 20th Century North American Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Wood
Contemporary Scatalogical Astronaut and Robot Comic
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary cartoon strip in yellow green a blue of an astronaut and a robot regarding hygiene and alternative fuel options titled "Stellar Moments" with Oluf Olufsen in a black fra...
Category
20th Century American Modern Prints
Italian Contemporary Gliceé Ottoman Print n.1 with Black Laquered Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Ottoman print 1. Multi-color Giclèe print on 100% cotton paper. Ottoman personage paired with romantic country views. Bluette passepartout. Black lacquered designer wood frame.
From...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Wood, Glass, Paper
Lithograph of Woman by Stephen White Titled 'Visitor'
By Stephen White (Artist)
Located in New York, NY
Lithograph of a woman by Stephen White. Numbered 199/220. Dated 1975.
Titled: Visitor.
Medium: Woodcut on wove paper, signed and numbered in pencil.
Metal frame.
Category
1970s American Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Metal
"Bad Day" by George Crionas Lithograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
An extraordinary "Bad Day" by George Crionas Lithograph 162/200 from the 1960s and in great condition. The piece is title "Bad Day" and depicts a clown thinking looking out a window....
Category
1950s American Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Brass
Nest Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
This Pop-Surrealist digital painting depicts a blue woodpecker nestled in a woman's hair, lost in happy thoughts. Viewed from behind, the female figure looks out at the leaden horizo...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Wood
Michael Parkes "Night Flight" Limited Edition Giclee on Canvas Nude Swans
By Michael Parkes 1
Located in Dayton, OH
"Night Flight by Michael Parkes
Giclee on canvas with gold toned Baroque style frame.
In pursuit of the Unknowable, the swan princess is encouraged b...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas
Set of 7 Cal Schenkel 1979 Silkscreen Lithographs Captain Beefheart Frank Zappa
Located in Dayton, OH
"Signed Cal Schenkel 1979 Silkscreen Lithographs (Frank Zappa)
An original collection of silkscreen lithographs signed by Cal Schenkel, creator of many Mothers of Invention and Captain Beefheart...
Category
1970s Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Joan Miro, Le point Cardinal, 1963, Exhibition Poster
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Exhibition poster - Joan Miró - " Cardinal point "
Editor Maeght
1963
Measure: 50 x 65 cm.
Category
1960s European Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Diane Guyot de Saint Michel Cantillana Artwork, 2017
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lithography intervened by Diane Guyot de Saint Michel, 2017.
Limited edition of 50 copies.
Each lithographies are different from the others and are unique pieces. Hand signed b...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Marjorie Tomchuk Canadian Art Signed Limited Edition Embossed Etching "Sachem"
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful and strong print or image by Canadian born artist Marjorie Tomchuk of a Native American chief.
The print is pencil signed, titled (Sac...
Category
20th Century North American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso 'after' from Au Baiser d'Avignon
Located in Vienna, AT
Lithograph from the portfolio "Au Baiser d'Avignon" limited 350 copies from 1972
by Pablo Picasso (after) 19.7 x 15.7 inches (50 x 40cm) on Paper Arches Vellum
Excellent light agin...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Diane Guyot de Saint Michel Contemporary Art Lithography Cantillana Artwork 2017
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lithography intervened by Diane Guyot de Saint Michel, 2017.
Limited edition of 50 copies.
Each lithographies is different from the others and are unique pieces. Hand signed by...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Andy Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft 1981 Gallery Poster
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A vintage Warhol Kestner-Gesellschaft retrospective German gallery show poster which ran through Oct. 23rd-Dec. 13th 1981. Printed to the lower edg...
Category
Late 20th Century German Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Ladies of the Lake Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
Painted in a Pop-Surrealist style, this digital painting depicts two women on the misty shores of a lake. Adorned in elegant, unusual head coverings, one...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Textile, Canvas, Wood, Fir
Reclining Nude Ladies with Cat by Guillaume Corneille, Circa 1979
Located in Toledo, OH
Modern stylized print by Dutch artist Guillaume Corneille circa 1979. Two nude female figures with a cat. Very good condition. Dimensions: 1.5" depth x 33" W x 27" H. This piece has ...
Category
1970s European Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Monument Forms Abstract Art Print with warm Mauve
By Louis Jobst
Located in London, GB
Monument forms are a series of contemporary abstract paintings by Louis Jobst experimenting with form and color. The warm mauve and pale red in the background depict an abstract land...
Category
2010s British Modern Prints
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Pablo Picasso 'after' from Au Baiser d'Avignon Nr. 4
Located in Vienna, AT
Lithograph from the portfolio "Au Baiser d'Avignon" limited 350 copies from 1972
by Pablo Picasso (after) 19.7 x 15.7 inches (50 x 40cm) on paper arches vellum
Excellent light agin...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Diane Guyot de Saint Michel Cantillana Artwork, 2017
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lithography intervened by Diane Guyot de Saint Michel, 2017.
Limited edition of 50 copies.
Each lithography’s are different from the others and are unique pieces. Hand signed b...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Modern Drypoint Etching Peter Voulkos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
1924-2002
A rare and late piece of art on paper by one of the great abstract ceramic artist of California.
A nice print image of a stacked sculpture idea in textured sgraffito.
The ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso 'after' from Au Baiser d'Avignon Nr. 2
Located in Vienna, AT
Lithograph from the portfolio "Au Baiser d'Avignon" limited 350 copies from 1972
by Pablo PICASSO (after) 19.7 x 15.7 inches (50 x 40cm) on Paper Arches Vellum
Excellent light agin...
Category
1960s Spanish Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Bird Queen Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
Inspired by 17th century English portraiture, this digital painting portrays female intellectuality. Painted in a pop-surrealist manner, it depicts a woman whose body is in the shape...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Wood
Peter Gee Pop Art Silk Screen
By Peter Gee
Located in New York, NY
Pop Art graphic silk screen featuring chocolate brown and violet targets alongside stylized flower motif. Professionally framed with matte and anti UV plexiglass. Signed on back.
Category
20th Century American Modern Prints
Materials
Paint, Paper
Siri Lovisa Rathsman, Sweden, Color Lithography, Abstract Composition
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Siri Lovisa Rathsman (1895-1974), Sweden. Color lithography. Abstract composition with fish. 147/160.
Dated 1963.
Measures: 71 x 54 cm.
The frame measures: 1 cm.
In excellent co...
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Joan Brossa Etching
By Joan Brossa
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Etching made by Joan Brossa, circa 1970.
Limited edition of 50 copies. Numbered (36/50) and hand-signed.
In original good condition.
Joan Brossa (1919-1998) was a Catalan po...
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1970s Spanish Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Walking in Are Place Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
Female sacredness is recurrent in this artist's pop-surrealist works. The splendid priestess crosses the metaphysical architecture of her palace, embodying the archaic mystery of femininity. On a panel of fine cotton pictorial canvas, the piece is complete with an American box frame in basswood. Signed and numbered limited edition...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas, Cotton, Wood
Sense of Motherhood Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
An intriguing limited edition artwork this digital pictorial piece represents the dreamlike transposition of the unfulfilled desire for motherhood. Two female figures, one with a bir...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Wood
Italian Contemporary Gliceé Ottoman Print n.1 with Printed Leopard Wood Frame
Located in Scandicci, Florence
Multicolor Giclèe print on 100% cotton paper. Ottoman personage against a ground of architecture and tropical flora. Bluette passepartout. Wide wood fashion frame with Leopard patter...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Truyard Signed and Numbered Lithograph
Located in Pasadena, TX
Lithograph by Truyard, depicting a feather among sticks. Signed and numbered. (144/150) Framed.
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20th Century North American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Monumental Annette Leamiex Multiplication Loaves Bread Mixed Media Catfish 145"
Located in Dayton, OH
"Annette Lemieux is one of the few wunderkind of the 1980s global art scene who has endured beyond that feverish time to become a significant artist wh...
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1980s Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas
Gravure Lithograph Signed Ferrer
By FERRER
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Gravure Lithograph signed Ferrer April 1992, entitled "shared consciousness"
Litho: 75cmx55cm
Encadrement: l: 93cm, h: 75cm, p: 3cm
Category
1990s French Modern Prints
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Paper
Masquerade Digital Painting
Located in Milan, IT
This digital painting symbolizes the restraints imposed by the 2020 coronavirus pandemic. A woman's face is masked by a flutter of bird wings. Her gaze shines through, seeking freedo...
Category
2010s Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Cotton, Canvas, Wood
KAWS "Urge" Portfolio of 10 Silkscreens with Additional Silkscreened Title Page
By KAWS
Located in Stamford, CT
Based off of a series of paintings currently showing at the Brooklyn Museum. The limited edition works consist of 10 high quality screen prints portraying his signature CHUM characte...
Category
2010s American Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
1980s Abstract Wall Art Leonardo Nierman Lithograph #1 Signed 154/200
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a vintage lithography by Leonardo Nierman. Signed on pencil in the lower right. Inscription in the lower left “154/200”.
Be...
Category
1980s Mexican Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Monument Forms Abstract Art Print with Black and Yellow
By Louis Jobst
Located in London, GB
Monument forms are a series of paintings by Louis Jobst experimenting with form and color. Here there are two black abstract forms amongst a metaphysical landscape. The painting focu...
Category
2010s British Modern Prints
Materials
Acrylic, Paper
Diane Guyot de Saint Michel Cantillana Artwork, 2017
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Lithography intervened by Diane Guyot de Saint Michel, 2017.
Limited edition of 50 copies.
Each lithography’s are different from the others and are unique pieces. Hand signed b...
Category
2010s Spanish Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Giorgio Zennaro Vintage Italian Rare Silkscreen, Unframed, 1972 Venice, Italy
Located in Palm Springs, CA
If you like Pucci and the amazing geometric modern art from Italy in the 60s and 70s, these RARE and very special artworks are for you. We have been a huge Giorgio Zennaro fan ever since we discovered his work in a fabulous art gallery in Venice, Italy in the 80s. This rare Giorgio Zennaro (1926-2005) silkscreen on paper, 1972. Signed. Number 2/100 was purchased in Venice. One of three pieces currently listed from a major Palm Springs art collector’s private collection. Amazing colorations. Never framed. Stored since purchase. Please check the addition 2 images in amazing colorations availa...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Prints
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Paper
André Derain, Canvas Portfolio, Pierre Levy Collection, 1970
By Mourlot
Located in Saint ouen, FR
André Derain canvas portfolio between 1935 and 1949 V - Pierre Levy Collection
8 lithographs
Complete Portofolio
Measures: 68 x 52 cm
1000 copies printed on arches vellum
Publi...
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1970s European Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
21st Century Papier Powder Print with Frame by Etro Home Interiors
By Etro
Located in Cantù, Lombardia
PAPIER Powder Print with white passe-partout and frame in gold finishing.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Prints
Materials
Canvas
Jean Dewasne, Untitled, 1969, Silkscreen
Located in Saint ouen, FR
Jean Dewasne
Untitled, 1969
Silkscreen
Edition A.R.C
Numbered n • 511/500
Stamp on the back
64 x 49 cm.
Category
1960s European Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
"Jupiter Four 9/10" Framed Lithograph by Louise Siekman
Located in Pasadena, CA
An abstract, black and white lithograph contained in an interesting shape enclosed by clean negative space. Signed L. Siekman, titled Jupiter Four and numbered 9/10. It is part of a ...
Category
1980s American Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Pictorialist Photography, "Pensive Woman"
Located in Rochester, NY
Pictorialist photograph of a young woman. Silver print in the original oak frame. Inscribed on reverse R.S. Paddock, Early 20th century.
Pictorialism is the name given to an intern...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Prints
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Paper
Giorgio Zennaro Vintage Modern Rare Silkscreen, Unframed, 1972 Venice, Italy
Located in Palm Springs, CA
If you like Pucci and the amazing geometric modern art from Italy in the 60s and 70s, these RARE and very special artworks are for you. We have be...
Category
1970s Italian Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Giorgio Zennaro Vintage Modern Rare Silkscreen #2, Unframed, 1972 Venice, Italy
Located in Palm Springs, CA
If you like Pucci and the amazing geometric modern art from Italy in the 60s and 70s, these RARE and very special artworks are for you. We have be...
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1970s Italian Vintage Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Large Colorful Geometric Lithograph Signed and Numbered by Karim Rashid
By Karim Rashid
Located in San Diego, CA
Large colorful geometric lithograph signed and numbered by Canadian artist and designer Karim Rashid, circa 2000s. The bright and vibrant colors fuse with the progressive geometric d...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Modern Prints
Materials
Paper, Wood
14 Joan Miro 1980 La Melodie Acide Suite Original Lithograph Set Framed COA
Located in Dayton, OH
La Melodie Acide Suite by Joan Miro (Includes Certificate of Appraisal)
Original suite of 14 lithographs in excellent condition, professionally framed in high gloss black with woven mat...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Prints
Materials
Paper
Modern prints for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a broad range of unique Modern prints for sale on 1stDibs. Many of these items were first offered in the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artisans have continued to produce works inspired by this style. If you’re looking to add vintage prints created in this style to your space, the works available on 1stDibs include wall decorations, asian art and furniture, decorative objects and other home furnishings, frequently crafted with paper, wood and other materials. If you’re shopping for used Modern prints made in a specific country, there are Europe, Italy, and Spain pieces for sale on 1stDibs. While there are many designers and brands associated with original prints, popular names associated with this style include Daria Petrilli, Diane Guyot de Saint Michel, Pablo Picasso, and Massimiliano Giornetti. It’s true that these talented designers have at times inspired knockoffs, but our experienced specialists have partnered with only top vetted sellers to offer authentic pieces that come with a buyer protection guarantee. Prices for prints differ depending upon multiple factors, including designer, materials, construction methods, condition and provenance. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $110 and tops out at $145,236 while the average work can sell for $1,186.
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