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Composition, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Stuart Shedletsky
Located in Long Island City, NY
Stuart Shedletsky (1944 - 2006) - Composition, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, numbered and dated in pencil, Edition: 21/250, Im...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Parcours - From Sols, Terres - Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Parcours - From Sols, Terres is an original black and white lithograph realized by Jean Dubuffet (1901 Le Havre - Paris 1985). The artwork is the plate n. 10 from the portfolio Sols...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Carnivalesque Composition - Lithograph by Wladimiro Tulli - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Carnivalesque Composition is a colored screen print on paper, realized in 1973 by the Italian artist Wladimiro Tulli. Hand-signed on the lower. Artist's proof. A beautiful artwork...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

The King s Feast, King Ubu - Original Lithograph (Maeght #399)
Located in Paris, IDF
Joan MIRO The King's Feast, King Ubu, 1966 Original lithograph (Atelier Mourlot, Paris) Unsigned Numbered / 75 copies On Arches vellum 54 x 75 cm (c. 21.2 x 29.5 in) REFERENCE : Ca...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Two Warped Corners, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Herbert Bayer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Two Warped Corners Herbert Bayer, Austrian (1900–1985) Date: 1973 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 5/50 Image Size: 29.75 x 29.75 inches Size: 32 in. x 32 in. (8...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Zebra on a Rainbow (Op Art) - Original Lithograph, HANDSIGNED
Located in Paris, IDF
Victor VASARELY Zebra on a Rainbow (Op Art), 1984 Original lithograph Signed in pencil Numbered /75 On Arches vellum 61 x 78 cm (c.24 x 31 in) REFRENCE : Catalog raisonne Vasarely ...
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1980s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Ost-West Transit IV, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Georg Karl Pfahler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Georg Karl Pfahler, German (1926 - 2002) - Ost-West Transit IV, Portfolio: Ost-West Transit, Year: 1971, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil on verso, Edition: 52/...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Diamond Composition, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Hugo Dietz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hugo Dietz, Swiss (1930 - 1973) Title: Diamond Composition Year: 1973 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 25/50 Size: 22 x 22 inches Frame: 31.5 x 31....
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Red Six - Lithograph by Lorenzo Indrimi - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Red Six is a lithograph realized by the Italian painter Lorenzo Indrimi in the 1970s. The artist found inspiration in the most primitive human experiences. This print is a hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Legende - Lithograph by Jean Dubuffet - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Legende is an original lithograph on watermarked paper "Arc". Abstract composition by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. From the album of "Theatre du sol" (1953-1959). In excellent co...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Celadon Muse
Located in New York, NY
Brice Marden Celadon Muse 2003 Two color etching / one color lithograph 22 x 30 inches; 56 x 76 cm Edition of 45 Signed, dated, and numbered in graphite (lower recto) Frame available...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Lithograph

Red and Green Composition, Abstract Geometric Etching by Jacqueline De Butler
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jacqueline De Butler, French (1928 - ) - Red and Green Composition, Year: circa 1968, Medium: Etching with Aquatint on Arches, signed and number...
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1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Red Dog (limited edition print with gold foil) by famous Street Art Pop Artists
Located in New York, NY
FAILE Red Dog, 2018 Offset Print with gold foil on Lenox 100 paper. Faile studio stamp on the back Annotated and hand signed in pencil on the lower front with studio stamp on the bac...
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2010s Street Art Animal Prints

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Gold Leaf

Abstract mixed media lithograph and relief by Spanish artist, Picasso friend S/N
Located in New York, NY
Antoni Clavé Untitled, from the Album International 2 Portfolio, 1977 Mixed media: Lithograph in relief 29 1/4 × 19 3/4 inches Edition 1/50 Signed and number on front Unframed This ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Mixed Media, Lithograph

Collage Lithograph by Eduardo Chillida, Modern Abstract, Signed, 1995
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Collage by Eduardo Chillida is a limited edition lithograph, expertly printed on Stonehenge Super White mat finish paper and published by ARTE in Paris in 1995. This print features a...
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2010s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Hommage a Nobutaka Shikanai, " Zao Wou-Ki, Abstract Lithograph Mid-century Print
Located in New York, NY
Zao Wou-Ki (1920 - 2013) Hommage a Nobutaka Shikanai - 1991, (Agerup 354) Color lithograph on BFK Rives watermarked paper, full margins 24 x 18 1/4 inches Signed and titled in the sheet Published by Fuji Television Gallery, Tokyo Zao (Zhao) Wou Ki combines Oriental landscape abstraction with French influence. He was born in Beijing on February 13, 1921, and from the age of ten, Zao drew and painted with great freedom. He learned from his grandfather that calligraphy is an art when it transmits an emotion to the person looking at it. At age fourteen he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts in Hangzhou, where he remained for six years. He studied and then taught at the Hongchow National Academy of Fine Arts. In 1942, he organized an exhibition of works by his teacher, Wu Dayu, along with some of his own. In 1948, he moved to Paris where he has lived and worked ever since, although he has exhibited in New York City. He attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and lived at Rue du Moulin Vert nearby Alberto Giacometti's studio. Making the acquaintance of Hans Hartung, Nicolas de Staël, Pierre Soulages, Viera da Silva...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Ohne Titel
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ohne Titel" 1973 is an original color silkscreen by noted New York artist Nicholas Krushenick, 1929-1999. It is hand signed, dated and ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Screen

Minimalist Abstract Screenprint from the New York 10 Portfolio by David Diao
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: David Diao, Chinese/American (1943 - ) Title: Untitled from New York 10 Year: 1969 Medium: Screenprint, signed, numbered, and dated in pencil Edition: 67/100 Image Size: 9 x...
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1960s Minimalist Abstract Prints

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Screen

From Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (VII/XV)
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Very rare lithograph, signed by Joan Miro. Edition: VII/XV. Framed in museum-quality, archival materials, including a 23K gold moulding. Reference: Miro: Lithographs. Volumes 1-4. ...
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1970s Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

115 Bank Street New York Atelier Mourlot by Andre Beaudin, 1967
Located in New York, NY
This bright yellow modern lithographic poster was printed at the Atelier Mourlot in New York City in 1967. Certificate of Provenance: Each individual work of art carefully curated...
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Letter C - Lithograph by Rafael Alberti - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Letter C, from the Alphabet series,  is a lithograph, realized by Rafael Alberti in 1972. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin.  Numbered in pencil on the lower, from an...
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Abstract Composition - Etching by Hsiao Chin - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a colored etching realized by Hsiao Chin in 1977. The artwork is hand-signed and dated in pencil on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left.  Edition of...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

Avec moi-même
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil Edition : 13/15 Publisher : Société Internationale d’Art XXe siècle 66.00 cm. x 50.50 cm. 25.98 in. x 19.88 in. (paper)...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Untitled 5 from Album, Abstract Minimalist Etching by Terry Winters
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Terry Winters, American (1949 - ) Title: untitled 5 from Album Year: 1988 Medium: Etching with Aquatint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: HC 2/2 Image: 20 x 16 inches S...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Green and Blue Rectangles, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Chris Cristofaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Cris Cristofaro, American Title: Untitled - Green and Blue Rectangles Year: 1978 Medium: Silkscreen on Arches Paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 50 Size: 22 x...
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Screen

Des Ongles et Du Bec (abstract female portrait)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Artist Georges Rouault (1871, France - 1958, France) Main title "Des ongles et du bec" Etching and aquatint on wove paper. Creation date 1926 / 1948 Publisher: Etoile Filante, P...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Julian Stanczak Blue Op Art Screen Print
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Julian Stanczak Blue Op Art Screen Print screenprint Pencil signed (lower right) edition numbered 20/165, measures 28" x 28". Black frame under Plexiglas. Julian Stanczak American/Polish, 1928-2017. Julian Stanczak explores the visual, psychological, and emotional resonance of color in his Op art paintings, through which he aims to induce a “color meltdown,” as he describes: “I want to fuse many colorants and their gradations into a single color experience.” Influenced by Josef Albers and Russian Suprematism...
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1970s Op Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

August Evening Photography Fine Art Print Limited Edition
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Limited edition of 10, fine art print, signed by the author.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Photography

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Color

Joyce T. Nagel Monoprint Abstract "Dropout" Signed Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
"Dropout" is one of the monoprints that Joyce Nagel so enjoyed creating. This monoprint is a one-off abstract print. The arrangement of shapes and colors p...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink

British Pop Art Artist RB Kitaj Screenprint Day Book Serigraph Silkscreen Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
R.B. Kitaj (British American 1932-2007) Hand signed and numbered Screenprint Measures approximately 24.5 X 16.65 inches This is from the Robert Creeley daybook. They were done in ...
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1970s Pop Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Limited Edition Waterfall Abstract Print on Photographic Paper
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Limited edition 10 in this size. Fine Art Print. Other sizes on request.
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Still-life Prints

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Photographic Paper, Color, Digital

Vintage Poster - Exhibition at Galerie Maeght - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 –...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

Vintage Exhibition Poster at Galerie Maeght - Offset and Lithograph - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Mirò - Fondation Maeght is an original artwork realized after Joan Miró. Offset and Lithograph. The artwork was realized in the occasion of the exhibition dedicated to the graphic ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Roy Lichtenstein -Guggenheim Museum-1969 Serigraph Pop Art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This original poster, designed by Roy Lichtenstein for his first solo exhibition at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (September 19–November 16, 1969), is a screen print on white glo...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Screen

Calder- La Grenouille et la Scie (large) Lithograph Mid Century Vintage
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Reproduction of Alexander Calder's lithograph "La Grenouille et la Scie" ("The Frog and the Saw"), showcases his signature abstract style, employing bold colors and geometric shapes...
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1970s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Mexican Japanese woman artist 1998 signed original engraving art proof 21x25in
Located in Miami, FL
Namiko Prado Arai (Mexico, 1963) 'Untitled 3 (Buril)', 1998 etching, aquatint on paper Deponte 400g. 20.9 x 24.5 in. (53 x 62 cm.) Unframed ID: PRA-305 Hand-signed by author
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Ink, Etching

"Requiem/Let Them Be, " Etching and Aquatint signed by Joan Snyder
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Requiem" is an original etching and aquatint by Joan Snyder. The artist signed the piece, and the edition is of 120. This piece features abstract, expressionist text and an striking portrait of a woman with red lipstick on a pink background. 25 5/8" x 20" art 32" x 26" frame Joan Snyder was born on April 16, 1940, in Highland Park, New Jersey. She received her AB from Douglass College in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1962), and an MFA from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey (1966). She was the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974) and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship (1983). Snyder lives in Brooklyn and Woodstock, New York. Although Snyder’s paintings are often placed under various art-movement umbrellas—Abstract...
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Pleased to Meet You Again
Located in North Adams, MA
Silkscreen in 9 colors on 320 gram Coventry Rag Dimensions: 29" x 29" Signed by the Artists in pencil An edition of 75 John “CRASH” Matos and Eric Orr met for the first time as high school students. Although the exact location is unclear, both agree that it would have been at either Fashion Moda or the Writers’ Bench at 149th Street and Grand Concourse. Founded by Stefan Eins in 1978, Fashion Moda began as a “cultural concept” whose principles revolved around the fact that art can be made by anyone, anywhere and art should be accessible to anyone, anywhere. Located in the South Bronx, Fashion Moda embraced new talent and encouraged creative production across all mediums. The gallery has been credited as a major force behind the recognition of graffiti writing as an art form and it played a pivotal role in a community where Hip Hop was rapidly emerging. CRASH was only 19 years old when he curated “Graffiti Art Success for America” at Fashion Moda and his varied experiences at the gallery would later inspire his founding of WALLWORKS. The 149th Street Writers’ Bench, located at the back of the uptown...
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21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Figurative Prints

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Screen

Summer Apple
Located in Toronto, ON
29" x 22" Unframed Limited Edition Giclee with Hand Embellishment of 95 Hand Signed by Aleah Koury
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints

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Giclée

Joan Miro - Moon Bird, Sun Bird - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Joan Miro - Moon Bird, Sun Bird - Original Lithograph 1967 Deluxe fold-out from the journal XXe Siecle Unsigned, as issued Dimensions: 32 x 70 cm Publisher...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el Jardin de Miro (Number 16)
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joan Miro, Spanish (1893 - 1983) Title: Maravillas con Variaciones Acrosticas en el jardin de Miro (Number 16) Year: 1975 Medium: Lithograph, signed in the plate Edition: 150...
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1970s Modern Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Lithograph Edward Avedisian Color Field Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian (1936-2007) Cleo, Fur Queen, 1969 Lithograph in color on Arches wove paper. Hand signed, dated and numbered in pencil. Edition 100 Dimensions: 22.25 inches X 30.25...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Vintage Poster Modern Art Museum - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Vintage Poster Exhibition Galerie Maeght is a vintage Lithograph and Offset poster realized after Joan Mirò (1893-1983) in 1978. Good conditions. Joan Miró i Ferrà (20 April 1893 –...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Offset, Lithograph

"State 2" Abstract Geometric Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Dramatic abstract geometric lithograph by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Labeled "State 2" in the lower left corner. This piece ...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Hecatombe de Toros
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Hecatombe de Toros" 1971, is an original color lithograph on Arches paper by renown Chilean artist Roberto Sebastian Matta, 1911-2002. It is hand signed and numb...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Violet Composition - Screen Print by Uberto Maria Casotti - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Violet Composition is a screen print realized by Umberto Maria Casotti in 1971. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Numbered on the lower left. Edition of 27/80 prints The ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Composition grey, red and yellow L27
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1960 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 70/100 Publisher : Galerie Creuzeveult, Paris Printer : E. Desjobert, Paris Catalog : Schneider 27 LCD4013
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Geometric Post-modern Lithograph Signed Numbered by Chester Solomon
Located in San Diego, CA
Beautiful Lithograph unframed si2gned and numbered 3/18 circa 1980' s in the style of Victor Vasarely very nice condition. Signed by Chester Solomon , title Cubist Extensions #2.
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Paper

Continual, Julian Stanczak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Julian Stanczak (1928-2017) Title: Continual Year: 1979 Edition: 41/175, plus proofs Medium: Silkscreen on Somerset paper Size: 25 x 25 inches Condition: Good Inscription: Si...
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1970s Op Art Landscape Prints

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Screen

Texture Profuse - Original Lithograph by Jean Dubuff - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Texture Profuse is an original lithograph. Abstract composition by the French artist Jean Dubuffet. From the album of "Theatre du sol" (1953-1959). In excellent conditions. Referenc...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Wave Crest (1999). Screenprint. Limited Edition of 60 by Yayoi Kusama (ABE 251)
Located in Hong Kong, HK
Yayoi Kusama Wave Crest (1999). Edition 15/60 Screenprint [3 screens, 2 colors, 3 runs] 59.7 x 47.8 cm (image) 76x 56.5cm (sheet) Edition of 60 + 6 Artist Proofs + 5 Printer Proof...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Attack on the Windmils - Original Lithograph Joseph FORET, Paris, 1957 PRINTER : Atelier Mourlot. SIGNATURE : printed in the image LIMITED : 197 copies. SIZE : 64.5...
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Charles Arnoldi (American, born 1931) Title: Untitled Year: 2001 Medium: Off set lithograph Edition: Numbered VII 4/5 in pencil Image size: 17 x 17 inches Signature...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Offset

Claude et Paloma, Cubist Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
A lithograph from the Marina Picasso Estate Collection after the Pablo Picasso painting “Claude et Paloma”. The original painting was completed in 1950. In the 1970’s after Picasso’s...
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1980s Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition
By Geoffrey Bowman
Located in Soquel, CA
"Orange Row", Abstract Geometric Minimalist Composition w Ovals, Limited Edition Delicate and perfect ovals in orange, yellow, red, and blue are purposefully arranged on lined paper...
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1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph, Etching

Frocin, the Bad Dwarf, from Tristan and Iseult
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Salvador Dali Title: Frocin, the Bad Dwarf Portfolio: Tristan and Iseult Medium: Color engraving Year: 1970 Edition: 12/25 Frame Size: 25 1/4" x 20 3/4" Sheet Size: 17 3/4" x...
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints

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Engraving

"Caught" Framed Limited Edition Print, 30" x 30"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited Edition giclee landscape print by Bri Custer is an edition size of 195. It features a light green, blue, and mint green palette. Printed ...
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2010s Impressionist Landscape Prints

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Digital, Giclée

Les Chiens Ont Soif V, Surrealist Lithograph by Max Ernst
Located in Long Island City, NY
Max Ernst, German (1891 - 1976) - Les Chiens Ont Soif V, Portfolio: Les Chiens Ont Soif, Year: 1964, Medium: Lithograph, Edition: 165/320, Size: 17 x 24.5 in. (43.18 x 62.23 cm)...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

A thought by Dieter Roth abstract geometric black and white etching
Located in New York, NY
Sliced sausage, a fork and knife, a cutting board, and a cow mid-slurp comprise this elegant yet tongue-in-cheek black and white Dieter Roth etching. Diet...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Drypoint, Etching

Rare 1970s offset lithograph exhibition poster (pencil signed 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 Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset