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Abstract Abstract Prints

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Myopic Abstract Triptych of Pastel Gradient Dream, Giclée Print in Soft Tones
Located in Barcelona, ES
Cyd Fontaine (Lausanne, 1992) is a contemporary artist renowned for her captivating use of dreamy atmospheric gradients, which has helped her carve a distinctive niche in the world o...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée, Archival Pigment

Series 6, De Stijl Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Bolotowsky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A silkscreen print by Ilya Bolotowsky circa 1970. A retro modern piece with an abstract geometric design. Artist: Ilya Bolotowsky, Russian/American (1907 - 1981) Title: Series 6 Yea...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

"A Summer Day in Nantucket" Limited Edition Framed Print, 50" x 40"
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "Blueberry Hill," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on canvas, this giclee ships framed in a white floater frame wired and ready to han...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Digital, Giclée

Pitcher III /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Screenprint Food The Rolling Stones
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023) Title: "Pitcher III" *Signed and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right Year: 1981 Medium: Original Monotype on Arches paper...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paint, Acrylic, Monotype

Generations 9
Located in London, GB
Etching with aquatint on watercolour wash on paper 53 x 71 cms (21 x 28 ins) Edition of 35, Set of 24 Signed, dated, and numbered 3/35 Published by Bernard Jacobson Ltd., London Prin...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Color, Etching, Aquatint

de Kooning, Sans titre, In Memory of My Feelings (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Lithograph on vélin Mohawk Superfine Smooth paper. Paper Size: 11.937 x 8.96 inches. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Notes: From the folio, In Memory of My Feelings,...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Geometric Abstract Lithograph in the Style of Kandinsky by Harold Weiner
Located in Soquel, CA
Geometric Abstract Lithograph in the Style of Kandinsky by Harold Weiner Playful abstract composition titled "Abstract" by Harold Weiner (20th Century). A small edition of 6 impressi...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

UNTITLED, by Joel Shapiro (red and black abstract shapes)
Located in New York, NY
This screenprint has vibrant red and black tones on wove paper Created in 2006, It is hand signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 118. 32 by 24 3/8 inches (image), 36 3/4 ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

James Siena at PACE poster Hand signed by James Siena complex linear abstraction
Located in New York, NY
James Siena at PACE Gallery, 2019 Offset lithograph exhibition invitation (Hand signed by James Siena) 19 1/2 × 14 1/2 inches Unframed This exquisite fold...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Offset, Graphite, Pencil, Lithograph

One Plate, from We are the Jocular Clan
Located in London, GB
Offset lithograph in colours, 2018, on wove paper, signed in ink and numbered from the edition of 300, published by Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 47.6 x 47.6 cm. (18 3/4 x 18 3/4 in....
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Barnabas Voyage State 2" Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Stunning, vivid non-objective abstract screen print titled "Barnabas' Voyage State 2" by Michael Gallagher (American, b. 1945). Signed and numbered lower left corner. Ink on paper using unique bleed screening process. #10/20. Unframed. Size 49"H x 37"W. Shipped in tube. Born 1945 in Los Angeles, California. In 1965 Gallagher attended UCLA and studied painting and drawing with David Hockney, Alfred Leslie, Jan Stussy, Sam Amato & Richard Diebenkorn. Michael has studied painting with Edgar Ewing and Keith Crown...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Ink, Paper

Kaspar Thomas Lenk Series A B C 1971 Signed Limited Edition Screenprints
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Thomas (Kasper) Lenk Title: Series A B C (Pink, Yellow, Black) Year : 1971 Medium Type: Screenprint on Heavy Paper Size-Width Size-Height : 26½'' 26½'' Signed Editio...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Hallelujah, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Barbara Kohl-Spiro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Barbara Kohl-Spiro, American (1941 - ) - Hallelujah, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint on Arches, signed, titled and numbered in pencil, Edition: 93/100, Image Size: 25 x 21 inches...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Transformation - Lithograph by Mark Tobey - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Screen print on Richard de Bas paper, realized in 1970 ca. Hand signed and numbered in pencil. Edition 89/100. Published by Edition de Beauclair. Very good condition.
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

1970 Signed Limited Edition Large Screen Print III
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Jimmy Ernst  Title: Plate III Year: 1970 Print: Screen Print on Heavy Paper 28'' x 37'' inches Edition: Signed in pencil and numbered 1 /125 Jimmy Ernst’s artwork was inf...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Neuberg Osculating Circle. /Chartreuse
Located in Henderson, NV
Neuberg Osculating Circle is a complex integration of mathematical elements through collinear intersects completing a geometric picture with vivid colors.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Archival Pigment

Abstract in Coral and Gold , Academie Colarossi, Grand Prix National des Arts
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower right, 'Estève' for Maurice Estève (French, 1904-2001) and inscribed, lower left 'E d'A' for Epreuve d'Artiste. Provenance: Collection of Ann and Norman Bikales, Pebble...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Laid Paper, Lithograph

Space City Vortex 1/7 - contemporary, abstract, digital collage print
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This contemporary abstract colorful collage is a signed digital print made by Paul Fournier. The distinctive ethereal styling of Paul Fournier, a significant Canadian abstract artist is found in this digital image representing space. Fournier’s gift lies in his ability to explore the limitless potential of color and expressive form to create new fantastical worlds. The Space City...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Digital

Inner Life
Located in Washington , DC, DC
This work is included in the collection of MoMA NY which was donated by the artist. From a limited edition of 2000 Artist’s Remarks:"This is like a snake plant...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Inner Life
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Composition - Etching by Italo Scelza - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a beautiful artwork realized by Italo Scelza in 1977. Etching. Hand signed and dated in the lower right margin of the artwork. Numbered (29/100) in the lower left mar...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

La Demoiselle aux Papillons
Located in Washington, DC
Artist: Joan Miro Medium: Original lithograph Title: La Demoiselle aux Papillons Portfolio: Derriere le Miroir Miro: Peintures sur Papier Year:...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Futuristica 3 (Limited Edition Print)
Located in LOS ANGELES, CA
This Futuristica skyline series by Mauro Oliveira has been a bestseller for the past 10 years. All pieces of the series are one of a kind, representing well known cities such as New...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

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Giclée

Umberto Mastroianni Italian Signed 1960s Original Black and White Etching
Located in Roma, IT
Umberto Mastroianni 1960s Original Etching Beautiful black and white lithograph by the great 20th century Italian artist Umberto Mastroianni. This work best represents the work of o...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Climate Shit Drawing 1
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This rare and beautifully presented portfolio by internationally acclaimed artist Yinka Shonibare was published in 2008 by James Cohan Gallery. The set includes a first-printing, mix...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Mixed Media

Variant - P2, F29, I2, Geometric Abstract Screenprint 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 Abstract Prints

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Screen

Historic lithograph (Hand signed by Sol Lewitt, Philip Glass and Meredith Monk)
Located in New York, NY
Sol Lewitt Benefit Concert (Hand signed by Sol Lewitt, Philip Glass and Meredith Monk), 1978 Offset lithograph 19 1/2 × 21 1/2 inches Limited Edition of 75 (unnumbered) Hand signed b...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Pencil, Lithograph, Offset

Forêt Perdue
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Lithographon BFK Rives paper , 1955 Limited edition of 125 copies Numbered as: epreuve d'essai ( a proof before the final print run ) Sheet size: 65.5 x 50.5 cm Publisher : L'oeuvre ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paper

Untitled Composition
Located in Miami, FL
Beautiful lithograph by Mercedes Pardo, excellent condition. From the limited edition of 25 signed copies Mercedes Pardo was born July 29, 1921 in Cara...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Herbes Solaires (Solar Grass)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Johnny Friedlaender – German/French (1912-1992) Title: Herbes Solaires (Solar Grass) Year: 1969 Medium: Aquatint etching with embossing Size: 30 x 22.25 inches. Signature: S...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Composition (Belknap 354-380; Engberg/Banach 415-441), Three Poems
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 Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Cosmic Energy Suite 3, Abstract Expressionist Lithograph by Leonardo Nierman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Energía Cosmica 3 (Cosmic Energy 3) Leonardo Nierman Mexican (1932) Portfolio: Cosmic Energy Suite Date: 1980 Lithograph with embossing, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 31/2...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

"Black Gouache" lithograph
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: lithograph (after the gouache). Printed in 1992 by l'Imprimerie Karcher and published by Nouvelles Editions Seguier in an edition of 1000 for the Sol LeWitt "Black Gouaches" ...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma, Art Brut Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Pietro Consagra (Italian, 1920-2005). Hand signed in pencil and numbered limited edition color lithograph on Magnani paper. Embossed stamp with limited edition numbers in pencil to lower left, and having artist pencil signature to lower right. (from a limited edition of 80 with 15 artist's proofs) Published by Stamperia 2RC, Rome Italy and Marlborough Gallery, Rome, Italy. Abstract Modernist work in colors, produced in the style of the Forma art movement of Postwar Italy, of which the artist was a prominent member. Pietro Consagra (1920 – 2005) was an Italian Post war artist working in painting, printmaking and sculpture. In 1947 he was among the founding members of the Forma 1 group of artists, proponents of structured abstraction. (similar to the Art Informel and Art Brut in France and the Brutalist artists) Consagra was born on 6 October 1920 in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani in south-western Sicily, to Luigi Consagra and Maria Lentini. From 1931 he enrolled in a trade school for sailors, studying first to become a mechanic, and later to become a captain. In 1938 he moved to Palermo, where he enrolled in the liceo artistico; despite an attack of tuberculosis, he graduated in 1941, and in the same year signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied sculpture under Archimede Campini. After the Invasion of Sicily and the Allied occupation of Palermo in 1943, Consagra found work as a caricaturist for the American Red Cross club of the city; he also joined the Italian Communist Party. Early in 1944, armed with a letter of introduction from an American officer, he travelled to Rome. There he came into contact with the Sicilian artist Concetto Maugeri, and through him with Renato Guttuso, who was also Sicilian and who introduced him to the intellectual life of the city and to other postwar artists such as Leoncillo Leonardi, Mario Mafai and Giulio Turcato. Consagra signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in September 1944 and studied sculpture there under Michele Guerrisi, but left before completing his diploma. In 1947, with Carla Accardi, Ugo Attardi, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato, Consagra started the artist's group Forma 1, which advocated both Marxism and structured abstraction. Steadily Consagra's work began to find an audience. Working primarily in metal, and later in marble and wood, his thin, roughly carved reliefs, began to be collected by Peggy Guggenheim and other important patrons of the arts. He showed at the Venice Biennale eleven times between 1950 and 1993, and in 1960 won the sculpture prize at the exhibition. During the 1960s he was associated with the Continuità group, an offshoot of Forma I, and in 1967 taught at the School of Arts in Minneapolis. Large commissions allowed him to begin working on a more monumental scale, and works of his were installed in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry in Rome and in the European Parliament, Strasbourg. His work is found in the collections of The Tate Gallery, London, in Museo Cantonale d'Arte of Lugano and the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. Consagra returned to Sicily where he sculpted a number of significant works during the 1980s. With Senator Ludovico Corrao, he helped created an open-air museum in the new town of Gibellina, after the older town had been destroyed in the earthquake of 1968. Consagra designed the gates to the town's entrance, the building named "Meeting" and the gates to the cemetery, where he was later buried. In 1952 Consagra published La necessità della scultura ("the need for sculpture"), a response to the essay La scultura lingua morta ("sculpture, a dead language"), published in 1945 by Arturo Martini. Other works include L'agguato c'è ("the snare exists", 1960), and La città frontale ("the frontal city", 1969). His autobiography, Vita Mia, was published by Feltrinelli in 1980. In 1989 a substantial retrospective exhibition of work by Consagra was shown at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome; in 1993 a permanent exhibition of his work was installed there. In 1991 his work was shown in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2002 the Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart opened a permanent exhibition of his work. He was one of ten artists invited by Giovanni Carandente, along with David Smith, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Lynn Chadwick, and Beverly Pepper, to fabricate works in Italsider factories in Italy for an outdoor exhibition, "Sculture nella città", held in Spoleto during the summer of 1962. He was included in the The 1962 International Prize for Sculpture the jury included Argan, Romero Brest and James Johnson Sweeney the former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The participants included Louise Nevelson and John Chamberlain for the United States; Lygia Clark for Brazil; Pietro Consagra, Lucio Fontana, Nino Franchina, and Gió Pomodoro for Italy; Pablo Serrano for Spain; and Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull, and Kenneth Armitage for England. Gyula Kosice, Noemí Gerstein...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma Art Informel Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Pietro Consagra (Italian, 1920-2005). Hand signed in pencil and numbered limited edition color lithograph on Magnani paper. Embossed stamp with limited edition numbers in pencil to lower left, and having artist pencil signature to lower right. (from a limited edition of 80 with 15 artist's proofs) Published by Stamperia 2RC, Rome Italy and Marlborough Gallery, Rome, Italy. Abstract Modernist work in colors, produced in the style of the Forma art movement of Postwar Italy, of which the artist was a prominent member. Pietro Consagra (1920 – 2005) was an Italian Post war artist working in painting, printmaking and sculpture. In 1947 he was among the founding members of the Forma 1 group of artists, proponents of structured abstraction. (similar to the Art Informel and Art Brut in France and the Brutalist artists) Consagra was born on 6 October 1920 in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani in south-western Sicily, to Luigi Consagra and Maria Lentini. From 1931 he enrolled in a trade school for sailors, studying first to become a mechanic, and later to become a captain. In 1938 he moved to Palermo, where he enrolled in the liceo artistico; despite an attack of tuberculosis, he graduated in 1941, and in the same year signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied sculpture under Archimede Campini. After the Invasion of Sicily and the Allied occupation of Palermo in 1943, Consagra found work as a caricaturist for the American Red Cross club of the city; he also joined the Italian Communist Party. Early in 1944, armed with a letter of introduction from an American officer, he travelled to Rome. There he came into contact with the Sicilian artist Concetto Maugeri, and through him with Renato Guttuso, who was also Sicilian and who introduced him to the intellectual life of the city and to other postwar artists such as Leoncillo Leonardi, Mario Mafai and Giulio Turcato. Consagra signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in September 1944 and studied sculpture there under Michele Guerrisi, but left before completing his diploma. In 1947, with Carla Accardi, Ugo Attardi, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato, Consagra started the artist's group Forma 1, which advocated both Marxism and structured abstraction. Steadily Consagra's work began to find an audience. Working primarily in metal, and later in marble and wood, his thin, roughly carved reliefs, began to be collected by Peggy Guggenheim and other important patrons of the arts. He showed at the Venice Biennale eleven times between 1950 and 1993, and in 1960 won the sculpture prize at the exhibition. During the 1960s he was associated with the Continuità group, an offshoot of Forma I, and in 1967 taught at the School of Arts in Minneapolis. Large commissions allowed him to begin working on a more monumental scale, and works of his were installed in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry in Rome and in the European Parliament, Strasbourg. His work is found in the collections of The Tate Gallery, London, in Museo Cantonale d'Arte of Lugano and the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. Consagra returned to Sicily where he sculpted a number of significant works during the 1980s. With Senator Ludovico Corrao, he helped created an open-air museum in the new town of Gibellina, after the older town had been destroyed in the earthquake of 1968. Consagra designed the gates to the town's entrance, the building named "Meeting" and the gates to the cemetery, where he was later buried. In 1952 Consagra published La necessità della scultura ("the need for sculpture"), a response to the essay La scultura lingua morta ("sculpture, a dead language"), published in 1945 by Arturo Martini. Other works include L'agguato c'è ("the snare exists", 1960), and La città frontale ("the frontal city", 1969). His autobiography, Vita Mia, was published by Feltrinelli in 1980. In 1989 a substantial retrospective exhibition of work by Consagra was shown at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome; in 1993 a permanent exhibition of his work was installed there. In 1991 his work was shown in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2002 the Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart opened a permanent exhibition of his work. He was one of ten artists invited by Giovanni Carandente, along with David Smith, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Lynn Chadwick, and Beverly Pepper, to fabricate works in Italsider factories in Italy for an outdoor exhibition, "Sculture nella città", held in Spoleto during the summer of 1962. He was included in the The 1962 International Prize for Sculpture the jury included Argan, Romero Brest and James Johnson Sweeney the former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The participants included Louise Nevelson and John Chamberlain for the United States; Lygia Clark for Brazil; Pietro Consagra, Lucio Fontana, Nino Franchina, and Gió Pomodoro for Italy; Pablo Serrano for Spain; and Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull, and Kenneth Armitage for England. Gyula Kosice, Noemí Gerstein...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Two Figures - Etching by Luciano Minguzzi - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image 29.5 x 24 cm. Two Figures is an original etching on paper, realized by the Italian artist Luciano Minguzzi, the artwork is hand-signed, numbered by the artist in pencil on the...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

Pietro Consagra Italian Mod Abstract Expressionist Forma Brutalist Lithograph
Located in Surfside, FL
Pietro Consagra (Italian, 1920-2005). Hand signed in pencil and numbered limited edition color lithograph on Magnani paper. Embossed stamp with limited edition numbers in pencil to lower left, and having artist pencil signature to lower right. (from a limited edition of 80 with 15 artist's proofs) Published by Stamperia 2RC, Rome Italy and Marlborough Gallery, Rome, Italy. Abstract Modernist work in colors, produced in the style of the Forma art movement of Postwar Italy, of which the artist was a prominent member. Pietro Consagra (1920 – 2005) was an Italian Post war artist working in painting, printmaking and sculpture. In 1947 he was among the founding members of the Forma 1 group of artists, proponents of structured abstraction. Consagra was born on 6 October 1920 in Mazara del Vallo, in the province of Trapani in south-western Sicily, to Luigi Consagra and Maria Lentini. From 1931 he enrolled in a trade school for sailors, studying first to become a mechanic, and later to become a captain. In 1938 he moved to Palermo, where he enrolled in the liceo artistico; despite an attack of tuberculosis, he graduated in 1941, and in the same year signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti, where he studied sculpture under Archimede Campini. After the Invasion of Sicily and the Allied occupation of Palermo in 1943, Consagra found work as a caricaturist for the American Red Cross club of the city; he also joined the Italian Communist Party. Early in 1944, armed with a letter of introduction from an American officer, he travelled to Rome. There he came into contact with the Sicilian artist Concetto Maugeri, and through him with Renato Guttuso, who was also Sicilian and who introduced him to the intellectual life of the city and to other postwar artists such as Leoncillo Leonardi, Mario Mafai and Giulio Turcato. Consagra signed up at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma in September 1944 and studied sculpture there under Michele Guerrisi, but left before completing his diploma. In 1947, with Carla Accardi, Ugo Attardi, Piero Dorazio, Mino Guerrini, Achille Perilli, Antonio Sanfilippo and Giulio Turcato, Consagra started the artist's group Forma 1, which advocated both Marxism and structured abstraction. Steadily Consagra's work began to find an audience. Working primarily in metal, and later in marble and wood, his thin, roughly carved reliefs, began to be collected by Peggy Guggenheim and other important patrons of the arts. He showed at the Venice Biennale eleven times between 1950 and 1993, and in 1960 won the sculpture prize at the exhibition. During the 1960s he was associated with the Continuità group, an offshoot of Forma I, and in 1967 taught at the School of Arts in Minneapolis. Large commissions allowed him to begin working on a more monumental scale, and works of his were installed in the courtyard of the Foreign Ministry in Rome and in the European Parliament, Strasbourg. His work is found in the collections of The Tate Gallery, London, in Museo Cantonale d'Arte of Lugano and the Museum of Modern Art, Paris, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.. Consagra returned to Sicily where he sculpted a number of significant works during the 1980s. With Senator Ludovico Corrao, he helped created an open-air museum in the new town of Gibellina, after the older town had been destroyed in the earthquake of 1968. Consagra designed the gates to the town's entrance, the building named "Meeting" and the gates to the cemetery, where he was later buried. In 1952 Consagra published La necessità della scultura ("the need for sculpture"), a response to the essay La scultura lingua morta ("sculpture, a dead language"), published in 1945 by Arturo Martini. Other works include L'agguato c'è ("the snare exists", 1960), and La città frontale ("the frontal city", 1969). His autobiography, Vita Mia, was published by Feltrinelli in 1980. In 1989 a substantial retrospective exhibition of work by Consagra was shown at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome; in 1993 a permanent exhibition of his work was installed there. In 1991 his work was shown in the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. In 2002 the Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart opened a permanent exhibition of his work. He was one of ten artists invited by Giovanni Carandente, along with David Smith, Alexander Calder, Arnaldo Pomodoro, Lynn Chadwick, and Beverly Pepper, to fabricate works in Italsider factories in Italy for an outdoor exhibition, "Sculture nella città", held in Spoleto during the summer of 1962. He was included in the The 1962 International Prize for Sculpture the jury included Argan, Romero Brest and James Johnson Sweeney the former director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York. The participants included Louise Nevelson and John Chamberlain for the United States; Lygia Clark for Brazil; Pietro Consagra, Lucio Fontana, Nino Franchina, and Gió Pomodoro for Italy; Pablo Serrano for Spain; and Eduardo Paolozzi, William Turnbull, and Kenneth Armitage for England. Gyula Kosice, Noemí Gerstein...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 2006 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 2/20 56.00 cm. x 77.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 30.31 in. (paper) 50.00 cm. x 65.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 25.59 in. (image) On BFK...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Flavio Garciandia, "Sin título IV", 2004, Silkscreen, 39.4x27.6 in
Located in Miami, FL
"Flavio Garciandia (Cuba, 1954) 'Sin título IV', 2004 silkscreen on paper 39.4 x 27.6 in. (100 x 70 cm.) Edition of 106 ID: GAR1570-004-106"
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Colossal Building - P1, F22, I1 from Formulation: Articulation (Portfolio)
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 Abstract Prints

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Screen

Untitled - Screen Print by Emilio Scanavino - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 42.5 x 62 cm. Untitled is an original print realized by Emilio Scanavino in the 1970s. Black serigraph on paper. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin. Numb...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Lettrism: Codex of the Unknown - Original etching, Handsigned and Numbered /20
Located in Paris, IDF
Isidore ISOU (1925-2007) Lettrism: Codex of the Unknown, c. 1980 Original etching Signed in pencil Numbered / 20 copies On Arches vellum, 53 x 38.5 cm Very good condition, minor wa...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Etching

Tree, Bindu Five Elements - Original handsigned lithograph /150 copies #INDIA
Located in Paris, IDF
RAZA Sayed Haider Tree, bindu and five elements, 2008 Original Lithograph Handsigned in pencil Numbered / 150 copies On vellum 22 x 43" (56 x 110 cm) Authenticated by the Editor sta...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Clandestine Game, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Omar Rayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An abstract geometric screenprint by Omar Rayo from 1966. Artist: Omar Rayo, Colombian (1928 - 2010) Title: Clandestine Game Year: 1966 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Litografia sobre papel - Constelación abstracta - Tiraje: 183/250
Located in Sant Celoni, ES
Firmada a lápiz por el artista en la parte inferior y con tiraje 183/250 En buen estado de conservación Sin enmarcar Medidas: 49 cm x 58 cm.
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Times Square Fragment #2, Pop Art Screenprint by Chryssa
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Chryssa, Greek (1933 - 2013) Title: Times Square Fragment #2 Year: 1979 Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 300; AP 35 Paper Size: 39 in. x 25 in. (...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Le Chapiteau et la Guitare , Paris, Atelier 17, Tokyo, NYMOMA, V&A, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right in graphite, 'Shoichi Hasegawa 長谷川 彰一' (Japanese-French, born 1929), titled lower center, 'le chapiteau et la guitare', with number and limitation, lower left, '18...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Mulberry Paper, Engraving, Intaglio

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Engraving Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 56/99 Publisher : Jacqueline de Champvallins (Paris) 65.50 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.79 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 34.50 cm. x 30.0...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Engraving

"SPRING FLOWERS 04042018 559pm", Abstract, Digital Print, Blue, Rose, Pink, Grey
Located in Toronto, Ontario
The abstract print "SPRING FLOWERS 04042018 559pm" is a digital artwork, created with the Brushes Redux iPhone app, and printed at 36x36" on museum-quality Canson Platine Fibre Rag 310gsm archival paper. As the title indicates, the artwork was created on April 4, 2018 at 5:59 pm. While Justin Neely...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Prints

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Archival Paper, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment

Garden of Eden
Located in Santa Monica, CA
LEONARD EDMONDSON (1906 – 2001) GARDEN OF EDEN c. 1960 Color intaglio (carborundum?) Signed and titled in pencil. Small edition, these larger prints...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Intaglio

The Clocktower Exhibition signed inscribed, Rare 1970s poster, 108 Leonard St.
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen The Clocktower Exhibition (Hand signed and inscribed), 1979 Offset lithograph poster (hand signed and warmly inscribed) Warmly signed and inscribed "For Marilyn Love ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

La Mélodie Acide - 2 (Surrealism, Colorful, Modern, ~26% OFF LIMITED TIME ONLY)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró La Mélodie Acide - 2 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 Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Signe-Paysage Loire
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1992 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and annotated EA Edition : 50 ex. Printer : Art Estampe (Paris) 56.50 cm. x 75.50 cm. 22.24 in. x 29.72 in. (paper) 50.00 cm. x 6...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

I , Hockney s Alphabet, David Hockney and Stephen Spender, Lithograph, 1991
Located in Manchester, GB
David Hockney, 'I' from 'Hockney's Alphabet', 1991 Limited Edition - Unknown Edition Size Free Delivery for UK Customers From the special edition of Hockney's Alphabet, published ...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Cuban Artist signed limited edition original art print slkscreen abstract
Located in Miami, FL
Flavio Garciandia (Cuba, 1954) 'Sin título III', 2004 silkscreen on paper 39.4 x 27.6 in. (100 x 70 cm.) Edition of 99 Unframed ID: GAR1570-003-106
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paper, Screen

Abstract Composition in Red - Lithograph by Primo Conti - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition in Red is a beautiful original colored lithograph on cream-colored paper realized by the Italian artist Primo Conti (1900-1988). Thi...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

De Beyerd Breda, 1986 Modern Poster by Menashe Kadishman
Located in Long Island City, NY
De Beyerd Breda by Menashe Kadishman, Israeli (1932–2015) Date: 1986 Poster, signed Size: 33 x 23.5 in. (83.82 x 59.69 cm)
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Offset

Shusaku Arakawa, Japanese-American, A Man Walking, Abstract Silkscreen signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Shusaku Arakawa A Man Walking, 1968 Silkscreen on velincarton (thin board) 29 4/5 × 21 4/5 inches Edition of 100 Hand signed and numbered from the edition of 100 on the front Unframed Rarely found on the marketplace, another example of this work is in the permanent collection of the Walker Art Center (donated by legendary art dealer Virginia Dwan) Another rarely seen, richly colored mid century silkscreen...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen, Board

"Under the Mountain" - Modern Abstract Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
"Under the Mountain" - Modern Abstract Lithograph Bold abstract lithograph by Fran Ciscus (American, 20th Century). Signed "Fran Ciscus". The colors in this piece have a slight irid...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Paper, Lithograph

Two Metamorphosed Women with a Mythological Creature
Located in Belgrade, MT
This lithograph is part of my private collection. It is limited in edition artist signed lower right and is in very good condition. Walter Becker was a German artist. Another impress...
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Mid-19th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

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Lithograph

Apparatus in a Yellow Sky, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Kate Van Houten
Located in Long Island City, NY
Apparatus in a Yellow Sky Kate Van Houten, American (1940) Date: 1970 Screenprint, signed, titled and numbered in pencil Edition of 14/30 Image Size: 22.5 x 21 inches Size: 24 x 22.5...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

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Screen

Abstract abstract prints for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract abstract prints available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add abstract prints created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, red, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Dadodu , Francisco Nicolás, Teodora Guererra, and Joan Miró. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Screen Print and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Abstract abstract prints, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.

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