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A Throw of the Dice (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Miró (tariff free*), L'Oiseau solaire (C. 117; D. 447-48) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 12.5 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Catalogue raisonné references: Cramer, Patrick, and Joa...
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1960s Surrealist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Edo, Abstract Expressionist Screenprint by Dan Christensen
By Dan Christensen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dan Christensen, American (1942 - 2007) - Edo, Year: circa 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: HC, Image Size: 38.5 x 27 inches, Size: 42 ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Johnny Friedlaender Abstract Composition Aquatint
By Johnny Friedlaender
Located in Astoria, NY
Johnny Gotthard Friedlaender (German, 1912-1992), Abstract Composition, Etching and Aquatint in color on "L'Oeuvre Gravee" paper, blind stamped lower left, signed in pencil lower rig...
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20th Century Abstract New York - Abstract Prints

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Paper, Etching, Aquatint, Intaglio

Monograph: You Left Me Breathing (Hand signed and inscribed by Tracey Emin)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin You Left Me Breathing (Hand signed and inscribed with a hand drawn heart flourish by Tracey Emin), 2008 Hardback monograph with no dust jacket as issued (Hand signed and ...
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Early 2000s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Pablo Picasso, Woman with Necklace, from Linogravures, 1962 (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite linocut after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) titled Femme au Collier (Woman with Necklace), originates from the rare 1962 album Pablo Picasso, Grabados al linoleo (Linoleum...
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1960s Cubist New York - Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Orange Sunset, Minimalist Abstract Screenprint by Joseph Grippi
By Joseph Grippi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Joseph Grippi, American (1924 - 2001) - Orange Sunset, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Screenprint Monoprint, signed in pencil, Image Size: 29.25 x 40 inches, Size: 31.5 x 42 in. (80.01 x ...
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1970s Minimalist New York - Abstract Prints

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Monoprint, Screen

'Studland Bay' Giclée Print
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Studland Bay Cove which is part of the ’Coast Paintings’ series. Created in 2019, ’Coast Paintings’ are colourful action paintings which convey the energy, excitement and change expe...
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2010s Contemporary New York - Abstract Prints

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Giclée

Miró, Sans titre (Cramer 102; Mourlot 428-449), Derrière le miroir (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 15 x 11 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Notes: From the folio, Derrière le miroir, N° 151-152, 1965. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éd...
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1960s Surrealist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, The Lagoon, from Jazz, Special Edition for MoMA, 1983 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Le Lagon (The Lagoon), from Henri Matisse, Jazz, originates from the 1983 second edition published by George Brazi...
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1980s Fauvist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sunscrapers, Geometric Abstract Aquatint Etching by Patrick Hughes
By Patrick Hughes
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Patrick Hughes, British (1939 - ) Title: Sunscrapers Year: 1980 Medium: Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 24/90 Size: 36 x 29.25 inches
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1980s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Aquatint

Lauren Bacall Lights Humphrey Bogart's Cigarette iconic 1966 Pop Art silkscreen
By Bob Stanley
Located in New York, NY
Bob Stanley Lauren Bacall Lights Humphrey Bogart's Cigarette, 1966 Color Silkscreen on paper with full margins (S/N) 22 1/2 × 17 inches Hand signed and dated on the lower right front...
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1960s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Homage to the Square - P2, F4, I1
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Geometric New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Monet Portrait of Jeanne Duval: Ricard drawing vintage typewriter love poetry
By Rene Ricard
Located in New York, NY
Touched by the influence of Andy Warhol, champion of a young Jean-Michel Basquiat, Rene Ricard served as enfant terrible of the 1980s New York art scene. Here, Ricard traverses visual art, text, and the pleasure of sculptural trompe-l’œil with this printed drawing of melancholy hand-written and typed love poetry, composed with natural earthen shades of antique white and brown. Monet Portrait of Jeanne Duval...
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1980s Contemporary New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Rothko Comfort Blanket (limited edition textile with hand signed tag with label)
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin Rothko Comfort Blanket, 2010 Blanket, Embroidery, Thread, Linen 7 × 7 inches Edition 14/100 Hand signed and numbered with ink title and inscription on tag "Rothko Comfort Blanket for Private Views and Other State Occasions." Held in original Emin International packaging (unframed) Provenance: Emin International Accompanied by Certificate of Guarantee issued by Alpha 137 Gallery An article in Artnews recounts the story: When Tracey Emin was going to the Royal College of Art in London in the late 1980s, she broke down while viewing a radiant pink-and-yellow Mark Rothko painting...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) New York - Abstract Prints

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Textile, Cotton, Thread, Ink, Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Calder, The Blue Balloon, Spanish Refugee Aid (after)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin de Rives paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published and printed by Bank Street Atelier, New York, 1973. I...
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1970s Modern New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Nocturne I (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on Japon à la main, attached with chine appliqué to vélin d’Arches paper. Paper Size: 21.5 x 17.875 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From th...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Henri Matisse, The Swimmer in the Aquarium, Jazz, Special Edition, 1983 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite heliogravure after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled La Nageuse dans l'aquarium (The Swimmer in the Aquarium), from Henri Matisse, Jazz, originates from the 1983 secon...
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1980s Fauvist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me, The 1st Commandment Lithograph Signed/N
By Kenny Scharf
Located in New York, NY
Kenny Scharf Thou Shalt Have No Other Gods Before Me (The First Commandment), 1987 5-Color lithograph on Dieu Donne handmade paper with deckled edges 24 × 18 inches Hand signed, date...
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1980s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Jasha Green, Abstract 9 Lithograph, circa 1976
By Jasha Green
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by American artist Jasha Green (1923-2006). Known for his abstract expressionist vision, some of his prints also show his appreciation for op art and surrealism...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Dwan Gallery Rare, Historic Pop Art exhibition print Hand Signed by Larry Rivers
By Larry Rivers
Located in New York, NY
Larry Rivers At The Dwan Gallery: Rivers Small Recent Work (Hand Signed), 1965 Silkscreen on wove paper Hand signed and dated "Rivers, 1965" in graphite pencil lower right front Fram...
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1960s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Pencil, Screen

Composition (Arntz 148-175; Hagenbach A 25; Bolliger 54), Dreams and Projects
By Jean Arp
Located in Southampton, NY
Woodcut on vélin d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Jean Arp, Dreams and Projects, 1951-1952. Published by Curt V...
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1950s Modern New York - Abstract Prints

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Woodcut

Composition with Red, Blue, Black, Yellow and Gray
By (after) Piet Mondrian
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Composition with Red, Blue, Black, Yellow, and Gray by Piet Mondrian was originally painted in 1921. This period falls within Mondrian's mature phase, where he refined his abstract s...
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Mid-20th Century Modern New York - Abstract Prints

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Offset

Paper Highways Uno
By Maria Piessis
Located in New York, NY
ABOUT THIS ARTIST: Maria Piessis is a multimedia artist based in NYC and Paris. She is always playing somewhere in the endless universe where photography, art and design meet. She ha...
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2010s New York - Abstract Prints

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Photographic Paper

Fragments of a Dream, Abstract Screenprint by John Hultberg
By John Hultberg
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: John Hultberg Title: Fragments of a Dream Year: 1977 Medium: Serigraph, Signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 200, AP 30 Image Size: 24 x 32.5 inches Paper Size: 26 in. x 3...
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1970s Surrealist New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

De Stijl Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Jean Gorin 1970
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jean Albert Gorin (French, 1899-1981), 1970, silkscreen printed in colors, pencil-signed and numbered 22/175, Image 23.75 x 23.75 inches, Published ...
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1970s De Stijl New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Pablo Picasso, The Stripped Corrigan, Daytime, Cutouts and Photographs, 1962
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph and stencil by Pablo Picasso (1881–1973), titled Le corrigan effeuillé (The Stripped Corrigan), originates from the 1962 folio Pablo Picasso, André Villers,...
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1960s Cubist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Stencil

Olympische Spiele Muenchen, Signed Folk Art Lithograph by Alan Davie
By Alan Davie
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alan Davie, Scottish (1920 - 2014) Title: Olympische Spiele Muenchen Year: 1972 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Ed...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Delaunay, La Tour et la femme (Habasque 720-728), Allo! Paris! (after)
By Robert Delaunay
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition; never framed or matted. Notes: From the volume, Allo! Paris!, 1926. Published by Éditions des ...
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1920s Modern New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

untitled from St. Gallen, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Antoni Tapies
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Antoni Tapies, Spanish (1923 - 2012) Title: untitled from St. Gallen Year: 1965 Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 15/75 Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Rare 1970s offset lithograph exhibition poster (pencil signed by Philip Guston)
By Philip Guston
Located in New York, NY
Philip Guston at David McKee Gallery (pencil signed by Philip Guston), 1974 Lithograph and offset lithograph poster Signed in graphite pencil under the image 24 1/2 × 20 inches Unframed, unnumbered Rare vintage lithographic poster of 1974 Guston exhibition at David McKee Gallery Signed under the image in graphite pencil by Philip Guston Another hand signed edition is in the permanent collection of Vassar College; otherwise we haven't seen another besides the present work; a true collectors item when hand signed by the artist. Philip Guston Biography Philip Guston (1913 – 1980) is one of the great luminaries of twentieth-century art. His commitment to producing work from genuine emotion and lived experience ensures its enduring impact. Guston’s legendary career spanned a half century, from 1930 to 1980. His paintings—particularly the liberated and instinctual forms of his late work—continue to exert a powerful influence on younger generations of contemporary painters. Born in Montreal, Canada, in 1913 to poor Russian Jewish émigrés, Guston moved with his family to California in 1919. Briefly attending the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles in 1930, he was otherwise completely self-taught. Guston’s first precocious work, Mother and Child, was completed when he was only seventeen years of age. Influenced by the social and political landscape of the 1930s, his earliest works evoked the stylized forms of Giorgio de Chirico and Pablo Picasso, social realist motifs of the Mexican muralists, and classical properties of Italian Renaissance frescoes of Piero della Francesca and Masaccio that he had seen only in reproduction. Painted in Mexico with another young artist, the huge fresco The Struggle Against War and Fascism drew national attention in the US. Guston’s success continued in the WPA, a Depression-era government program that commissioned American artists to create murals in public buildings. While not widely known today, the young artist’s early experiences as a mural painter allowed a development of narrative and scale that he would draw upon in his late figurative work. In the early 1940s, as the WPA program was ending, Guston found work teaching at universities in the Midwestern United States. In his studio, he was working in oils on easel paintings that were more personal and smaller in scale, focusing on portraits and allegories, like Martial Memory and If This Be Not I. His first solo exhibition in Iowa was well received and, within a few years, he was offered his first solo show in New York City. Guston was awarded a Prix de Rome, allowing him to leave teaching and spend a year in Italy, studying firsthand the Italian masters he loved. By the time he had finished The Tormentors, Guston’s move to abstraction was all but complete. On his return from Italy, he continued dividing his time between the artists’ colony of Woodstock in Upstate New York and New York City, which was then emerging as the center of the postwar art world. He rented a studio on 10th Street, where abstract expressionists Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Mark Rothko also worked. For Guston, success was never what mattered most. He was already impatient with the language of pure abstraction and experimenting with larger forms, using a limited palette of grays, pinks and blacks. As his forms became still more reduced, he stopped painting altogether and embarked on a series of simplified abstract “pure drawings” in brush or charcoal. At this juncture, Guston removed himself from the art scene in New York, living and working in Woodstock for the remainder of his life. Guston’s move ­was hardly a withdrawal. Freed from the distractions and formal constraints of the art world and the opinions of critics, he was able to experiment with new forms and to engage more deeply with the issues that mattered to him. The 1960s was a period of great social upheaval in the United States, characterized by assassinations and violence, civil rights and anti-war protests. “When the 1960s came along I was feeling split, schizophrenic,” Guston later said. “The war, what was happening to America, the brutality of the world. What kind of man am I, sitting at home, reading magazines...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Pegwell Bay, H13-6 Where the Land Meets the Sea hand signed/N giclee on aluminum
By Damien Hirst
Located in New York, NY
Damien Hirst Pegwell Bay, H13-6, from Where the Land Meets the Sea, 2023 Laminated Giclée print on aluminium composite panel 35 2/5 × 35 2/5 in 89.9 × 89.9 cm Hand-signed on the lab...
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2010s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Metal

No. 7 from "Als Mestres de Catalunya, " Lithograph by Antoni Tapies
By Antoni Tàpies
Located in Long Island City, NY
This lithograph was created by Catalan artist Antoni Tapies. Tàpies started as a surrealist painter, and his early works were influenced by Paul Klee and Joan Miró. However, he soon ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Shiny Nude (Stealingworth, 33) silkscreen on kromekote paper + envelope AP/1000
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in New York, NY
Tom Wesselmann Shiny Nude (Stealingworth, 33), 1977 Silkscreen on glossy cast-coated Kromekote paper 8 × 8 inches Edition of 1000 (AP/1000) Pencil numbered ...
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1970s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen, Paper

de Staël (tariff free*), Nu debout, Peintres d'aujourd'hui (after)
By Nicolas de Staël
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Paper Size: 13.78 x 10.83 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Nicolas de Staël, Peintres d'aujourd'hui, 1960. Published by Fernand Hazan, Éditeur, Paris; rendered by Bussière et Nouël, Paris; printed by l'Imprimerie Lecot, Paris, May 1960. Excerpted from the folio (translated from French), CCCLXXV examples of this album, numbered from I to CCCLXXV, are accompanied by an unpublished board illustrating a glued paper of the artist and shot on the presses of Daniel Jacomet, in Paris. The illustrations of this album, completed in May 1960, were shot by Bussière and Nouël and printed by the l'Imprimerie Lecot. The text was drawn by l'Imprimerie Damien and the binding made by F.l.A.P. according to the models of Marcel Jacno. Fernand Hazan Éditeur, 35-37, rue de Seine, Paris. 1960. Droits de reproduction réservés A.D.A.G.P. - Paris. NICOLAS DE STAEL (1914-1955) was a French painter of Russian origin known for his use of a thick impasto and his highly abstract landscape painting. He also worked with collage, illustration and textiles. Known for his abstract landscapes and still lifes that uniquely blend colour, form and texture, Nicolas de Staël was fascinated by the world’s many spectacles and documented them through his art. De Staël was born in 1914 into an aristocratic family in Saint Petersburg, Russia. His father served as a cavalry general under Tsar Nicholas II and the family was forced to flee after the Russian Revolution. Both Nicolas’s parents died in the early 1920s, meaning he and his siblings were raised by a foster family in Brussels where he would begin his formal art education at the Académie Royale des Beaux-Arts. De Staël’s early work was influenced by the European avant-garde movements of the early 20th century, including Cubism and Fauvism. However, he soon developed his own distinctive style with thick impasto and a bold use of colour. His early paintings, often sombre in tone, gradually evolved into more vibrant and dynamic compositions, reflecting his growing interest in the emotional and expressive potential of colour and form. In 1938 de Staël had moved to France, where he became an integral part of the post-war Parisian art scene. Having worked initially in the atelier of Fernand Léger, de Staël’s circle of friends came to include Sonia Delaunay, Le Corbusier and Jean Arp, who encouraged his tendencies towards abstract work. His work during this period marked a significant departure from traditional representation, moving towards abstraction while maintaining a strong sense of structure and form. De Staël's paintings from this era showcase his ability to balance abstraction with figuration, using broad, gestural strokes and a vibrant palette to convey movement and energy. What truly set de Staël apart, though, was the step he took beyond abstraction. This came with his football paintings...
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1960s Modern New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Marlborough Gallery, Rome
By Achille Perilli
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original lithographic poster was created to accompany an exhibition of works by Achille Perilli at the prestigious Marlborough Gallery in Rome. A striking example of mid-20th-ce...
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1970s Contemporary New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Marlborough Gallery, Rome
Marlborough Gallery, Rome
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Flower Vase, Bright Abstract Art on Paper
By a.muse
Located in New york, NY
Inspired by Matisse, Flower Vase, 2020 by a.muse blooms with color and energy. A 14" x 10" one-of-a-kind abstract art on watercolor paper hand-pulled by the artist on an etching pres...
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2010s Abstract New York - Abstract Prints

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Ink, Rag Paper, Monotype

Totem by Le Corbusier
By Le Corbusier
Located in New York, NY
“I prefer drawing to talking. Drawing is faster, and leaves less room for lies.” This colorful modern lithograph was printed at the Atelier Mourlot in Paris in 1963 and is from the printer's edition. It is signed and dated in the plate in the bottom left quadrant. Le Corbusier...
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Late 20th Century Modern New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Navaho, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Dorothy Dehner
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dorothy Dehner, American (1901 - 1994) - Navaho, Year: 1970, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 77/150, Image Size: 17 x 22 inches, Size: 20 x 26 in. ...
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1970s Abstract Geometric New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Monseignor St. Thomas
By Cyril Power
Located in New York, NY
Cyril Power (1872-1951) color linoleum cut, Monseignor St. Thomas, circa 1931, signed and titled in pencil at the lower right, apart from the edition of 60. Reference: Redfern 24. In very good condition, on buff oriental laid tissue, conservation matted, with margins, 13 7/8 x 11 1/8, the sheet 15 x 12 5/8 inches. A fine impression, with the colors fresh and vivid. Printed in four colors (yellow, red, blue and dark blue). The prints of the Grosvenor School artists were created by applying colors with successive blocks. The margins show the colors of each of these blocks (see illustration of the margin). The subject matter of this print relates to TS Eliot...
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1930s Futurist New York - Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Peter Halley, Jablonka Galerie Köln rare abstract exhibition print (Hand Signed)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley Jablonka Galerie, Köln (Hand Signed), 1990 Offset lithograph (Hand Signed by Peter Halley) 26 1/2 × 30 inches (ships rolled in a tube 37 x 6 x 6) Signed by Peter Halley ...
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1990s Abstract Geometric New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset, Permanent Marker

Historic invitation poster for 1970 ACE Gallery exhibition Minimalist light art
By Dan Flavin
Located in New York, NY
Dan Flavin Rare invitation poster for 1970 ACE Gallery exhibition, 1970 Letterpress and stencil on colored paper Not signed Frame included Floated in the original ACE gallery vintage wood frame. Measurements: Framed: 17.75" x 17.75" x 1.6 inches Poster: 16 inches x 16 inches Extremely uncommon letterpress and stencil poster designed by Dan Flavin on the occasion of his 1970 exhibition “Two Cornered Installations in Colored Fluorescent Light from Dan Flavin” at the legendary Ace Gallery in Los Angeles. The poster, like most exhibition invitations of that era (including those from the Leo Castelli gallery in New York) was undated, as these works were so much of the moment. This work was acquired directly from the collection of the ACE Gallery. Other than the present work, we've never seen another example of this collectors item anywhere in the world, on or off the market (If anyone is aware of others, we'd love to see!) More about the legendary ACE gallery, and the sale of some of its art collection from the bankruptcy estate, from where the present work was acquired: ACE Gallery founder Douglas Chrismas opened his own frame shop and gallery in Vancouver at the age of 17. His gallery became known as a venue where Vancouver artists could show alongside major New Yorkers, and get the feeling of belonging to a bigger scene. In the 60s and early 70s he brought artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Carl Andre, Sol LeWitt, Bruce Nauman, and Donald Judd to Vancouver, Canada. The gallery expanded to Los Angeles in 1967 at the former Virginia Dwan Gallery space in Westwood, and then further expanded to New York in 1994. The galleries were noted for doing museum-level exhibitions by up and coming and internationally renowned artists. While in New York the gallery’s presence was amplified by doing exhibitions in conjunction with cultural institutions such as the Guggenheim Museum and the Cartier Foundation (Paris). Under Chrismas' directorship, ACE Gallery has had either offices or galleries in art centers outside of the United States, such as Mexico City, Paris, Berlin. and Beijing. In 1972, Chrismas mounted Robert Irwin’s installation Room Angle Light Volume at the first ACE/Venice, which opened at 72 Market Street in 1971. In 1977, ACE mounted exhibitions of work by Frank Stella and Robert Motherwell, along with Michael Heizer’s Displaced/Replaced Mass. Installed at ACE/Venice, the Heizer piece required that huge chunks be gouged out of the gallery floor to create recessed areas able to accommodate boulders. In April 2016, ACE Gallery emerged from a three-year bankruptcy proceeding under the leadership of Sam S. Leslie. In May 2016, founder Douglas Chrismas was terminated from all roles at the gallery. In July 2021, Douglas Chrismas was arrested by the FBI and charged with embezzlement. In May 2022, Douglas Chrismas was ordered to repay 14.2 million in ACE art sale profits, which were diverted to personal accounts. Chrismas is awaiting criminal trial in January, 2023. He faces up to 15 years in prison if convicted. Controversies In a 1983 lawsuit in Los Angeles federal court, Rauschenberg sought $500,000 from Chrismas' Flow ACE Gallery; the artist won a $140,000 judgment in the suit in 1984. Eventually the two reconciled their differences and in 1997 Robert Rauschenberg insisted that ACE Gallery New York (in conjunction with the Guggenheim Museum) host his Retrospective. In 1986, Chrismas pleaded no contest after Canadian real estate developer C. Frederick Stimpson alleged that he had improperly sold work belonging to the collector, among them pieces by Andy Warhol and Rauschenberg. Under the terms of the settlement, Chrismas agreed to pay Stimpson $650,000 over a period of five years. He continues to work with the Stimpson family in handling their art interests. In 1989, ACE Gallery wanted to borrow a work by Judd along with Carl Andre's 1968 Fall, both owned by Count Giuseppe Panza, for an exhibition devoted to minimal art called The Innovators Entering into the Sculpture. Rather than shipping the two large scale works from Italy, Panza authorized ACE Gallery to refabricate the pieces in Los Angeles. In Panza's collection archives, there is a series of signed certificates signed by Judd that granted Panza broad authority over the works by Judd in his collection. These certificates "authorized Panza and followers to reconstruct work for a variety of reasons," as long as instructions and documentation provided by Judd were followed and either he or his estate was notified. This even included the right to make "temporary exhibition copies, as long as the temporary copy was destroyed after the exhibition; and the right to recreate the work to save expense and difficulty in transportation as long as the original was then destroyed." Miwon Kwon, in her account of site specificity: "One Place After Another," presents the account of ACE Gallery recreating artworks by Donald Judd and Carl Andre without the artist's permission. Andre and Judd both publicly denounced these recreations as "a gross falsification" and a "forgery," in letters to Art in America, however, the fabrication of the pieces were permitted by Panza Collection in Italy, the owner of the works. Despite the confusion surrounding the Panza refabrications, both Carl Andre and Donald Judd maintained a professional relationship with Douglas Chrismas and ACE Gallery. Andre showcased works at ACE Gallery in 1997, 2002, 2007, 2011 and present day. In 2007, Carl Andre's show entitled "Zinc" was exhibited at ACE Gallery in Beverly Hills. Donald Judd paid a visit to The Innovators Entering into the Sculpture exhibition at ACE Gallery and agreed to keep his sculpture in the exhibition. After the exhibition was over, Chrismas planned to sell the metal used for the re-fabrication of Judd's work for scrap metal but Judd wanted to own the re-fabrication for himself. ACE Gallery then sold the re-fabrication of Donald Judd's work to Donald Judd. After having consigned more than $4 million worth of art to ACE Gallery to sell in 1997 and 1998, the sculptor Jannis Kounellis filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court in 2006, accusing Chrismas of keeping most of the profits of artworks and refusing to return the pieces that did not sell. According to the lawsuit, the primary agreement between Kounellis and Chrismas was oral. Chrismas returned all of Kouenllis' artwork, and did a full accounting of the proceeds from Kounellis' work—minus the expense of exhibiting it. The matter was resolved between the two of them and ACE Gallery still sells and exhibits Kounellis' work today. By 2006, Chrismas had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection at least six times since 1982, barring most of his creditors from collecting the money immediately owed to them. Chrismas filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy to protect the gallery's extensive real estate holdings from the problematic landlord. The landlord of the Wilshire Boulevard space, Wilshire Dunsmuir Company, claimed that ACE owed back rent and penalties however, the claim was disputed by Douglas Chrismas. In court papers, Chrismas Fine Art claimed that it would cure "the pre-petition" debt by Feb. 1, 2000, and was asking the court to protect its right to remain in the property. A declaration filed by Douglas Chrismas characterized this leasehold as the business' primary asset. -Courtesy Wikipedia About Dan Flavin Dan Flavin (1933–1996) was a pioneer of Minimal Art. He rose to fame in the 1960s with his work with industrially manufactured fluorescent tubes, inventing a new art form and securing his place in art history. The exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel focuses on his works that are dedicated to other artists or make reference to certain events. Back in 1963 Dan Flavin mounted a single, industrial fluorescent light tube at a 45-degree angle to the wall of his studio declaring it art; the act was radical, and it still is. Indeed, it was owing to this action that standard commercial products would be introduced into art: The nascent Minimal Art of the era emphasised seriality, reduction and matter-of-factness. Somewhat ironically, while the autodidact Flavin never himself sought membership to this movement in art, he would, and quite literally, go on to become one of its most illustrious exponents. Flavin began work with fluorescent light tubes from the early 1960s on; arranged in so-called ‘situations’, he would then further develop them into series and large-scale installations. The colours and dimensions of the materials he used were prescribed by industrial production. Flooded in light, viewers themselves become part of the works: The space, along with the objects within it, are set in relation to each other and thus become immersive experiences of art triggering sensual, almost spiritual experiences. Flavin liberated color from the two-dimensionality of painting. The prevalent perception of his light works has, to date, largely centred on their minimalist, industrial aspect, and thus on the inherent simplicity of their beauty. The exhibition at Kunstmuseum Basel, by contrast, places emphasis on looking at Flavin’s oeuvre in a less familiar setting: His pieces, although initially without clearly recognisable signature, frequently make reference in their titles to concrete events, such as wartime atrocities or police violence, or are dedicated to other artists—as in the work untitled (in memory of Urs Graf...
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1970s Minimalist New York - Abstract Prints

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Stencil, Etching

Wufu Wu, The Five Chinese Blessings Etching on Japanese Kozo paper Signed Framed
By Judy Pfaff
Located in New York, NY
Judy Pfaff Wufu Wu (The Five Chinese Blessings), 1995 Signed, dated, numbered and titled in graphite pencil on the front Edition of 120 (unnumbered) Original etching on Japanese Kozo...
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1990s Abstract New York - Abstract Prints

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Etching

Homage to the Square - P1, F19, I1 - Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 1, Folder 19, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origin...
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1970s Abstract Geometric New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Totems and Taboos of the Nine to Five Day, Pop Art Lithograph by Paolozzi
By Eduardo Paolozzi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eduardo Paolozzi, British (1924 - 2005) - Totems and Taboos of the Nine to Five Day, Portfolio: General Dynamic F.U.N. Portfolio, Year: 1970, Medium: Photolithograph, signed and numb...
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1970s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The Beware Danger, Pop Art Screenprint by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in Long Island City, NY
Robert Indiana, American (1928 -2018) - The Beware Danger from the American Dream Portfolio, Year: 1963 (1997), Medium: Screenprint on wove paper (unsigned), Edition: 395, Image S...
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1960s Pop Art New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Rare historic 1960s Lt Ed Fluxus poster Pittsburgh International Carnegie Museum
By Mary Bauermeister
Located in New York, NY
Mary Bauermeister Pittsburgh International Carnegie Museum, 1967 Offset Lithograph Poster 20 × 37 inches Edition of 500 Unframed This is the original, historic poster designed by Mar...
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1960s Abstract New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset, Lithograph

Personnages, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle
By Joan Miró
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 9.65 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, XXe siècle, Nouvelle série N° 8...
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1950s Surrealist New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Braque (tariff free*), Pómmes, Le Solitaire, XXe siècle (after)
By Georges Braque
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph, stencil on vélin d'Arches paper. Paper Size: 7.25 x 9.375 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the album, Georges Braque, Le Solitaire, 19...
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1950s Cubist New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse, Series C, Var. 3, Dessins, Themes et Variations, 1943 (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph after Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled Series C, Variation 3, originates from the rare 1943 folio Henri Matisse, Dessins, Themes et Variations. Published b...
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1940s Fauvist New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Fall of Icarus, from Verve, Revue Artistique, 1945
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Henri Matisse (1869–1954), titled La Chute d’Icare (The Fall of Icarus), from Verve, Revue Artistique et Litteraire, Vol. IV, No. 13, originates from the...
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1940s Fauvist New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ellsworth Kelly, Three Panels (Black), from Derriere le Miroir, 1964
By Ellsworth Kelly
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite lithograph by Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), titled Trois panneaux (noir) (Three Panels [Black]), originates from the historic 1964 folio Derriere le Miroir, No. 149. Pu...
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1960s Hard-Edge New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Driving the World to Destruction (iconic silkscreen, signed, #35/50) Wood Frame
By Judy Chicago
Located in New York, NY
Judy Chicago Driving the World to Destruction, 1988 Silkscreen on wove paper Pencil signed, titled, dated and numbered 35/50 on the front Included with this work is an elegant hand ...
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1980s Feminist New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

da Silva (tariff free*), La bataille des couteaux (after)
By Maria Helena Vieira da Silva
Located in Southampton, NY
Héliogravure on vélin paper. Paper Size: 10.83 x 13.78 inches. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, Vieira da Silva, Peintres d'aujourd'...
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1960s Modern New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

L'eau est Mana, Surrealist Lithograph by Roberto Matta
By Roberto Matta
Located in Long Island City, NY
Roberto Matta, Chilean (1911 - 2002) - L'eau est Mana, Year: 1974, Medium: Lithograph on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 50/200, Image Size: 21.5 x 30 inche...
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1970s Surrealist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Homage to the Square - P2, F28, I2
By Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
From the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 original silkscreens that are a definitive survey of the artist...
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1970s Abstract Geometric New York - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Pablo Picasso, Fauns and Goat, from Linogravures, 1962 (after)
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite linocut after Pablo Picasso (1881–1973) titled Faunes et Chevre (Fauns and Goat), originates from the rare 1962 album Pablo Picasso, Grabados al linoleo (Linoleum Engr...
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1960s Cubist New York - Abstract Prints

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Linocut

Matisse, Découpages, Société internationale d'art XXe siècle (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin paper. Paper Size: 12.4 x 19.3 inches, with centerfold and stitch perforations, as issued. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From...
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1950s Fauvist New York - Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Sven Lukin Modernist Original Screenprint Framed 1969 Bright Modern Mid Century
By Sven Lukin
Located in Buffalo, NY
This incredible work comes with a COA. The work is currently framed in a new acid free mat and the original 1969 silver metal frame, but new framing is available included in the pric...
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1960s Abstract Geometric New York - Abstract Prints

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Silver

Split Infinity #9BS, OP Art Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Aach
By Herbert Aach
Located in Long Island City, NY
This screenprint was created by German Op artist Herbert Aach. Aach's prints play with geometry and form, and trick the viewer's eyes by juxtaposing bright neon colors. This print is...
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1980s Op Art New York - Abstract Prints

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Screen

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