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Item Ships From: USA
'Sculpturegraph' — Modernist Abstraction, Contemporary African American Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
George Rogers, 'Sculpturegraph' (Black, Gray, and Silver), color sculpturegraph, edition 40, 1984. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '25/40' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked, pain...
Category

1980s American Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Visage de Femme de Face
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pablo Picasso's techniques under Cubism can be summarized from this print. In the portrait, a figure's face stares vacantly at the viewer from head-...
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Late 20th Century Cubist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Novena Theater Festival mid-century exhibition poster (Puerto Rican artist)
By Lorenzo Homar
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Rare exhibition poster by Puerto Rican artist, Lorenzo Homar (1913-2004). Noveno Festival de Theatro Puertorriqueno, 1966. Screen print poster on p...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

“Cuba 8” Limited Print • Edition of 58 by Frank Arnold
By Frank Arnold
Located in Fresno, CA
Frank Arnold is thought by many to be one of the foremost abstract figurative painters and sculptors of our time. He is a living master whose work is considered to be both personal a...
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2010s Abstract USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Archival Pigment

Three Square Composition, 1978 Signed Limited Edition Screen Print
By Larry Zox
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Larry Zox (1937-2006) Three Square Composition, 1978 Print, Silkscreen, on Arches archival paper - 1978 52 " x 25 " inches Signed in pencil and marked VIII/LV Unframed.  Larry Zox i...
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1970s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian gallery 1989 (Basquiat Red Warrior announcement)
By Jean-Michel Basquiat
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Basquiat: Vrej Baghoomian gallery New York, 1989: Vintage original folding announcement card to Jean-Michel Basquiat at Vrej Baghoomian Gallery New York: 10/21 to 11/25, 1989. Pictured on front side is an image of Basquiat's iconic, 'Red Warrior.' A rare, highly collectible Basquiat ephemera piece that works well in any collection. Off-set printed gallery announcement. 8.75 x 5.75 inches (folded closed). Light signs of handling; otherwise very good overall vintage condition. Published by Vrej Baghoomian Gallery, New York, 1989. Unsigned from an edition of unknown. Scarce. Jean-Michel Basquiat rose to success during the 1980s. Basquiat’s paintings are largely responsible for elevating graffiti artists into the realm of the New York gallery scene. His spray-painted crowns and scribbled words referenced everything from his Haitian and Puerto Rican heritage, to political issues, pop-culture icons, and Biblical verse. The gestural marks and expressive nature of his work not only aligned him with the street art of Keith Haring and Kenny Scharf, but also the Neo-Expressionists Julian Schnabel and David Salle. “If you wanna talk about influence, man, then you've got to realize that influence is not influence,” he said of his process. After quickly rising to fame in the early 1980s, Basquiat was befriended by many celebrities and artists, including Andy Warhol, with whom he made several collaborative works. At only 27, his troubles with fame and drug addiction led to his tragic death from a heroin overdose on August 12, 1988 in New York, NY. The Whitney Museum of American Art held the artist’s first retrospective from October 1992 to February 1993. Related Categories: Basquiat Tony Shafrazi. Basquiat ephemera. Basquiat poster. Basquiat prints...
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1980s Pop Art USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Donald Baechler Creamsicle 1999 (Donald Baechler prints)
By Donald Baechler
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Donald Baechler, Creamsicle, 1999: A fun, whimsical, and highly decorative signed limited edition Baechler piece that works well in any setting. Medium: Soft-ground etching and aq...
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1990s Contemporary USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint, Lithograph, Screen

Judy Chicago, Through the Flower Iconic signed/n silkscreen Feminist art, Framed
By Judy Chicago
Located in New York, NY
Judy Chicago Through the Flower, 1991 Silkscreen on Stonehenge natural white paper with deckled edges Publisher: Unified Arts, Albuquerque, New Mexico Signed, titled and numbered 24/...
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1990s Feminist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Innocence, from the suite, Pleni Luna.
By Wifredo Lam
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Innocence" from the suite, Pleni Luna, 1974, is an original color lithograph on watermarked Arches paper by Cuban artist Wilfredo Lam, 1902-1982. It is hand sig...
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1970s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Number 4)
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Number 4) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 1500...
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1970s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled Self-Portrait
By John Chamberlain
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
JOHN CHAMBERLAIN Untitled Self-Portrait, 2006 Digital monoprint on canvas, mounted on wood. Unsigned. W 27” x H 90 1⁄2” Chamberlain began to explore photography in the late 1960s...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Canvas, Digital

Magnelli, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
By Alberto Magnelli
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From the volume, XXe Siècle, vol. n°29, 1967. Published and printed u...
Category

1960s Surrealist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Matisse, Série N Gc'S, var. 3 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
Category

1940s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Untitled" serigraph and collage by Max Bill from the "Kinderstern" portfolio
By Max Bill
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" geometric abstract multi-color serigraph and collage by artist Max Bill from the "Kinderstern" portfolio, published in 1989 by Edition Domberger to raise money to house families of children hospitalized with cancer. Hand-numbered 66/100 in lower left corner. Hand-signed bill...
Category

1980s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

David Borawski, Untitled_Single Point, 2016, aluminum, print, Minimalist
By David Borawski
Located in Darien, CT
David Borawski's works are responses to specific spaces, virtual, found, and political. Disturbances on a television screen became a minimal poem to the artist. These series of dig...
Category

2010s Minimalist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Metal

Untitled, Two Birds
By Ruth Leaf
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled, Two Birds" 1991, is an original woodcut monoprint on artisanal hand made paper by noted American artist Ruth Leaf, 1923-2015. It is hand signed and dated in r...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Calder, Spring Carnival, The Collector's Guild Ltd. (after)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: Published by The Collector's Guild Ltd., New York in association with Th...
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1960s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Oraison du soir (Evening Prayer)
By Christian Bozon
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Signed and numbered from the edition of 50. Bozon's prints are often a balance between abstraction and landscape, which he creates with drypoint and aquatint. He has decided against...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

l"ange du Foyer
By (after) Max Ernst
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original exhibition poster features L'Ange du Foyer, one of the most iconic and recognized images by the surrealist master Max Ernst. Created for the Max Ernst exhibition at the...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Norcamphor from “40 Woodcut Spots"
By Damien Hirst
Located in Calabasas, CA
Artist: Damien Hirst Title: Norcamphor from “40 Woodcut Spots" Year: 2011 Medium: Woodcut on 410gsm Somerset White Paper Edition: 43/55; signed (recto) and numbered (verso) in penci...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Tondo (Mourlot, Paris, Print, Design, Modern, ~30% OFF LIST PRICE, LIMITED TIME)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Fritz Glarner Tondo 1964 Original Color Reproduction on Velin d'Arches after painting Size: 10x7.375in Signed in the stone Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Pr...
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1960s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Conversation, Abstract Expressionist Monoprint by Lucio Pozzi
By Lucio Pozzi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Conversation Lucio Pozzi, Italian (1935) Date: 1987 Monoprint, signed, numbered, dated, and titled in pencil Edition of 1/1 Image Size: 15 x 34 inches Size: 22 x 40.5 in. (55.88 x 10...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Futbol Club Barcelona, Modern Art Lithograph by Joan Miro
By Joan Miró
Located in Long Island City, NY
Original poster for the 75th Anniversary of "Futbol Club Barcelona" by Joan Miro. Printer: Poligrafa, Barcelona. Publisher: Futbol Club Barcelona. Reference: M.931
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1970s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Red Samurai! (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
By Robert Motherwell
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
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 USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henry Miller 'Dream of Spring' Signed Artist's Proof Lithograph Print
By Henry Miller
Located in San Rafael, CA
Henry Miller (American, 1891-1980) Dream of Spring, circa 1966 Color lithograph on wove paper Signed and titled, annotated 'Artist's Proof' (Aside from the edition of 200) Image: 14i...
Category

Late 20th Century Abstract USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rouault, Composition, XXe Siècle (after)
By Georges Rouault
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered. Good condition. Notes: From XXe siècle, Hommage à Georges Rouault, 1971. Published and printed under the direction of...
Category

1970s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Masken (Masks)' — German Expressionism, Bauhaus
By Lyonel Feininger
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lyonel Feininger, 'Masken (Masks)' also 'Carnival Masks', woodcut, 1920, proofs only. Prasse W193. Signed and titled in pencil. Annotated '1973', the artist’s inventory number. A fin...
Category

1920s Bauhaus USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Syntax - P1, F31, I1, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
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...
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Sam Gilliam, Buoy Landscape IV Mixed media signed/n Abstract Expressionist print
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam Buoy Landscape IV, 1982 Color relief print, etching, screenprint, drypoint, aquatint and roulette all from deeply etched copper plates, on handmade wove paper 31 1/2 × 24 inches Hand signed and numbered 3/25 in graphite pencil Hand-signed by artist, Signed by artist, numbered, and dated in pencil and blind-stamped by printer-publisher on lower right, titled in pencil on lower left, recto Unframed with elegant deckled edges Rare vintage intaglio and relief, all from deeply etched copper plates. Other works from this series are in the permanent collections of major museums & institutions like the Smithsonian, so they are quite scarce on the open market. Steven M. Andersen (Printer) Philip Barber (Printer) Hang Nguyen (Printer) Stephanie Nowack (Printer) Michael Reid (Printer) Daniel Rounds (Printer) Vermillion Editions Limited (Publisher) Sam Gilliam Biography: Sam Gilliam was one of the great innovators in postwar American painting. He emerged from the Washington, D.C. scene in the mid 1960s with works that elaborated upon and disrupted the ethos of Color School painting. A series of formal breakthroughs would soon result in his canonical Drape paintings, which expanded upon the tenets of Abstract Expressionism in entirely new ways. Suspending stretcherless lengths of painted canvas from the walls or ceilings of exhibition spaces, Gilliam transformed his medium and the contexts in which it was viewed. As an artist in the nation’s capital at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, this was not merely an aesthetic proposition; it was a way of defining art’s role in a society undergoing dramatic change. Gilliam pursued a pioneering course in which experimentation was the only constant. Inspired by the improvisatory ethos of jazz, his lyrical abstractions took on an increasing variety of forms, moods, and materials. In addition to a traveling retrospective organized by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. in 2005, Sam Gilliam was the subject of solo exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York (1971); The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York (1982); Whitney Museum of American Art, Philip Morris Branch, New York (1993); J.B. Speed Memorial Museum, Louisville, Kentucky (1996); Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C. (2011); and Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland (2018), among many other institutions. A semi-permanent installation of Gilliam’s paintings opened at Dia:Beacon in August 2019. His work is included in over fifty public collections, including those of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Tate Modern, London; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and the Art Institute of Chicago. Sam Gilliam, Green April, 1969, acrylic on canvas, 98 x 271 x 3 7/8 inches (248.9 x 688.3 x 9.8 cm), Collection of Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Courtesy of David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, photography by Lee Thompson...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint, Screen

Untitled mixed media geometric abstraction collage
Located in New York, NY
Alan Shields Untitled mixed media geometric abstraction collage, ca. 1979 Etching and aquatint in colors with collage Pencil signed and numbered 15...
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1970s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching, Aquatint

Royal Academy of Arts, London UK offset lithograph (Hand Signed by Frank Stella)
By Frank Stella
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella Frank Stella, Royal Academy of Arts (Hand Signed), 2000 Offset Lithograph poster on thin Boldly hand signed and dated by Frank Stella in ink on the front 29 3/4 x 20 inches Unframed Accompanied by Certificate of Guarantee issued by Alpha 137 Gallery This Frank Stella poster...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Doric Game IV, Abstract Screenprint by Evelyn B. Johnson
By Evelyn B. Johnson
Located in Long Island City, NY
Evelyn B. Johnson was an American Optical artist. Her work specialized in striking geometric abstract forms in bright colors whose shading mimics the effects of neon lighting. These ...
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1980s Op Art USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

South Ridge Series #66, Abstract Landscape
By Katherine Chang Liu
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful abstracted landscape, mixed media print and painting, in soft pastel hues by California artist Katherine Chang Liu (American, 20th-century). Signed and dated "Katherine C...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Ink, Oil, Archival Paper, Etching

Composition (Cramer 105), Femmes, Joan Miró
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Héliogravure on vélin d’Arches paper. Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Joan Miró, Femmes, 1965. Published by Maeght Éditeur, Paris; printed ...
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1960s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sam Francis Original Color Lithograph, 1965 - “Variant of Fifty”
By Sam Francis
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This bright colorful lithograph is by California abstract artist Sam Francis (1923-1995). The work is in excellent condition and archivally framed in a period minimalist metal frame....
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Mid-20th Century USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper

La Mélodie Acide - 11 (Surrealism, Colorful, Modern, ~26% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
By Joan Miró
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró La Mélodie Acide - 11 Color lithograph Year: 1980 Edition: 1500 Artist Dry Stamp lower right, Annotated "H.C" (hors commerce) in pencil lower left Size: 8.2 × 6.6 on 12.9...
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1980s Surrealist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Matisse, Série N Gc'S, var. 4 (Duthuit 9), Dessins, Thèmes et variations (after)
By Henri Matisse
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin pur fil paper. Inscription: Signed in the plate and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the folio, Henri Matisse, Dessins, Thèmes et Variations, 19...
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1940s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled (Tamarind H)
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in New York, NY
Leon Polk Smith (1906 -1996) holds a unique place in a long tradition of American geometric abstract painting. Born near Chikasha, a Native American territory later annexed by the U....
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1960s Hard-Edge USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Colorful RainBow Epicenter I (Limited Edition of 30 Prints - WHITE BACKGROUND)
By Mauro Oliveira
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
**ANNUAL SUPER SALE UNTIL JUNE 15TH ONLY** *This Price Won't Be Repeated Again This Year - Take Advantage Of It* **Important: THIS IS A LIMITED EDITION OF ONLY 30 PRIN...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Canvas, Giclée

Untitled, 1961 (Album 19, M.250)
By Joan Miró
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled (M.250) from the Album 19 suite is a lithograph on paper, image size 20 x 26.5 inches and framed in a contemporary, black wood frame, colors vibrant, initialed 'M.' lower ri...
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20th Century Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Composition (Modern, Mourlot, France, Mid-Century, Colorful, Iconic, ~41% OFF)
By Maurice Estève
Located in Kansas City, MO
Maurice Esteve Composition 1964 Original Color Lithograph on Velin d'Arches Size: 10x7.375in Edition: 2,000 Annotated verso Unsigned as issued Publisher: Mourlot, Paris Printer: Mour...
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1960s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Vellum, Lithograph

Miró, Composition (Cramer 69; Dupin 292; Mourlot 286-294) (after)
By Joan Miró
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good Condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From folio, Miró 1959-1960, 1961. Published by Pierre M...
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1960s Surrealist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sonata
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
A very good, richly-inked impression of this color screenprint on Japon nacré. The deluxe, Roman numeral edition of 60 on Japon nacré, aside from the regular edition of 100. Signed a...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Screen

Untitled
Located in Nashville, TN
Nicole Dikon lives and works between Oahu and Mississippi. Her work spans various media and practices, including woodcut printmaking, writing poetry, making artist books, installing ...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Monoprint

Lincoln Center Festival print, hand signed & inscribed by Glenn Ligon, Black Art
By Glenn Ligon
Located in New York, NY
Glenn Ligon Lincoln Center Festival (Hand signed, inscribed and dated), 2004 Offset lithograph on wove paper LARGE: 41 1/2 inches (vertical) × 32 inches (horizontal) (Ships in a tube...
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Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Original Absolut Vodka Absolument Galerie Lavignes, Paris poster
By (after) Andy Warhol
Located in Spokane, WA
Original Absolut Vodka Absolument vintage exhibition poster. Archival linen backed invery good condition, ready to frame. Like most Warhol artwork, this is very vibrant and colorful. This 1994 poster was used for the exposition of contemporary artists at Galerie Lauvigne in Paris. Andy Warhol...
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1990s Pop Art USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Offset

Untitled #1
By Ian Tyson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" 1970 is an original silkscreen on Wove paper by noted British artist Ian Tyson, born 1933. It is hand signed, dated and numbered 60/75 in pencil by the art...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Giacometti, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 127, 1961. Published by Aimé Maeght, Éditeur, Paris; pr...
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1960s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Silver Liner
By Nicholas Krushenick
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Nicholas Krushenick Medium: Screenprint Title: Silver Liner Year: 1977 Edition: 103/200 Framed Size: 33 3/4" x 27 3/4" Sheet Size: 34" x 26" Signed: Hand signed in pencil
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1970s USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Braque, Composition, Derrière le miroir (after)
By Georges Braque
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Lithograph on vélin paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition, with centerfold, as issued. Notes: From Derrière le miroir, N° 135-136, 1962-1963. Publish...
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1960s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Robot
By Mary Weatherford
Located in Houston, TX
Mary Weatherford The Robot, 2018 Spit bite aquatint on gampi paper chine collé 35 1/4 x 28 1/2 in (89.5 x 72.4 cm) Edition of 25
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Aquatint

Rolling Stones American Tour, rare original 1972 poster designed by John Pasche
By John Pasche
Located in New York, NY
John Pasche Rolling Stones American Tour, original 1972 poster, 1972 Original vintage offset lithograph poster (this is the original poster, not a reprint 35 1/2 × 25 inches Unframed...
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1970s Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Work Bench — Mid-century Modern
By Charles Quest
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Quest, 'Work Bench', 1949, wood engraving, edition 40. Signed, dated and numbered 9/40 in pencil. Titled and annotated 'wood engraving 1949' in pencil, in the artist’s hand, lower right margin. A fine, richly-inked impression, on off-white wove Japan, with full margins (1 3/4 to 2 inches), in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. ABOUT THE ARTIST Charles Quest, a successful artist, and fine art instructor, worked in a variety of mediums including mosaic, stained glass, mural painting, and sculpture, but remains best known as a printmaker. Quest grew up in St. Louis, his talent evident as a teenager when he began copying the works of masters such as Michelangelo on his bedroom walls. He studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts where he later taught from 1944 to 1971. He traveled to Europe after his graduation in 1929, and studied at La Grande Chaumière and Academie Colarossi, Paris, continuing to draw inspiration from the works of the Old Masters. After returning to St. Louis, Quest received several commissions to paint murals in public buildings, schools, and churches, including one from Joseph Cardinal Ritter to paint a replica of Velasquez's Crucifixion over the main altar of the Old Cathedral in St. Louis. Quest soon became interested in the woodcut medium which he apparently learned through his study of J. J. Lankes' A Woodcut Manual (1932) and Paul Landacre's articles in American Artist magazine ‘since no artists in St. Louis were working in wood’ at that time. Quest also revealed that for him, wood cutting and engraving were ‘more enjoyable than any other means of expression.’ In the late 1940s, his graphic works began attracting a lot of critical attention—several of his woodcuts won prizes and were acquired by major American and European museums. His wood engraving entitled ‘Lovers’ was included in the American Federation of Art's traveling print exhibition in 1947. Two years later Quest's two prize-winning prints, ‘Still Life with Grindstone’ and ‘Break Forth into Singing’ were exhibited in major American museums in a traveling show organized by the Philadelphia Print Club. His work was included in the Chicago Art Institute's exhibition, ‘Woodcut Through Six Centuries’ and the print ‘Still Life with Vise’, was purchased by the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 1951 he was invited by artist-Curator Jacob Kainen to exhibit thirty wood engravings and color woodcuts in the Graphic Arts Division of the Smithsonian's National Museum (now known as the American History Museum). This one-man exhibition was a remarkable achievement for Quest, who had been working in the medium for only about ten years. In the press release for the show, Kainen praised the ‘technical refinement’ of Quest's work: ‘He obtains a great variety of textural effects through the use of the graver, and these dense or transparent grays are set off against whites or blacks to achieve sparkling results. His work has the handsome qualities characteristic of the craftsman and designer.’ At the time of the Smithsonian exhibition, Quest's work was represented by three New York galleries in addition to one in his home town. He had also won 38 prizes, and his prints were in the collections of the Library of Congress, the Chicago Art Institute, the Metropolitan Museum and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. In cooperation with the Art in Embassies program, his color woodcuts were displayed at the American Embassy in Paris in 1951. Recognition at home came in 1955 with his first solo exhibition in St. Louis. Press coverage of the show heralded the ‘growth of graphic arts toward rivaling painting and sculpture as a major independent medium’. Charles Quest retired from teaching in 1971 and made relatively few prints in his later years, as the rigors of the medium were too demanding. He moved to Tryon, North Carolina, with his wife Dorothy, an artist and portrait painter, and remained active as a painter until his death in 1993. An exhibition of his prints at the Bethesda Art Gallery in 1983 attracted the interest of Curator Emeritus Joseph A. Haller, S.J., who began purchasing his work for the University's collection. In 1990 Georgetown University Library's Special Collections Division became the grateful recipient of a large body of Quest's work including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, and stained glass, as well as his archive of correspondence and professional memorabilia. These extensive holdings, including some 260 of his fine prints, provide a rich opportunity for further study and appreciation of this versatile and not-to-be-forgotten mid-Western American artist...
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1940s American Modern USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie, Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí­
Located in Fairfield, CT
Title: Picasso: Un Billet Pur la Glorie Year: 1974 Medium: Engraving on Arches paper Edition: F.122/195, plus proofs Size: 25.75 x 19.75 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Signed an...
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1970s Surrealist USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Engraving

Fugue - P1, F8, I1, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
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 USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Harlequin, OP Art Silkscreen by Victor Vasarely
By Victor Vasarely
Located in Long Island City, NY
Harlequin by Victor Vasarely, Hungarian (1908–1997) Date: circa 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 78/250 Image Size: 25.75 x 16 inches Size: 30.5 x 19.75 in....
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1980s Op Art USA - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Werkubersicht/Work-Overview F
By Leon Polk Smith
Located in New York, NY
Leon Polk Smith (1906 -1996) holds a unique place in a long tradition of American geometric abstract painting. Born near Chikasha, a Native American territory later annexed by the U....
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1980s Abstract Geometric USA - Abstract Prints

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Screen

Condo, Parallel Figures, Drawing Paintings (after)
By George Condo
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Four color process print on vélin paper. Paper size: 10.75 x 18.5 inches, with centerfold, as issued. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, George C...
Category

2010s Contemporary USA - Abstract Prints

Materials

Archival Pigment

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