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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
Wavy Irregular Bands - Etching by Sol Lewitt - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Wavy Irregular Bands is an artwork realized by Sol Lewitt in 1996.  Etching and Aquatint on Arches 88 Paper. Edition of 35 + 8 AP + 8 T + 1 BAT + 1 NB. Edition 19/35. Signed and n...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Hand painted Large Artist s Proof#2-Gladiolus SummerBloom-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
This stunning Artist's Proof is an one-off, oil hand-painted by the artist , signed at front and on the back label too; each proof is 80% hand painted by Shizico Yi, because the natu...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée

Olympische Spiele Muenchen (Foot), Pop Art Screenprint Poster by Tom Wesselmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Tom Wesselmann (1931 - 2004) Title: Olympische Spiele Muenchen (Foot) Year: 1972 Medium: Screenprint Poster mounted on linen Edition: 3000 Size: 40 in. x 25 in. (101.6 cm x 6...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Tropical Leaf
Located in Toronto, Ontario
As always, Caviar20 is thrilled to present the esteemed work of Louise Nevelson - one of the most revered and unique artists of the 20th century. Although Nevelson is best known f...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Brussels City Hall
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1966 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 39/150 Catalog : Sorlier 66 80.00 cm. x 57.00 cm. 31.5 in. x 22.44 in. (paper) 65.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.59 in. x 19...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Variant II /// Josef Albers Abstract Geometric Screenprint Minimalism Bauhaus
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Josef Albers (German-American, 1888-1976) Title: "Variant II" Portfolio: Ten Variants *Unsigned edition Year: 1967 Medium: Original Screenprint on Rives BFK paper Limited edi...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Composition Orphique - Lithograph by Sonia Delaunay - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Color Lithograph on Arches paper realized by Sonia Delaunay in 1972. Hand signed in pencil, dated 72 and numbered 43/90. Prov. Private Collection, Milan. Very good condition.
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Anadyomine 1969 Signed Limited Edition Etching
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Barbara Kwasniewska Title: Anadyomine Year: 1969 Medium Type: etching Size-Width Size-Height: 22.5'' x 30" inches Signed Edition Size: Signed, Titled, and Numbered 5...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Hemisphere I - large format photograph of abstract liquid cloudscape in water
Located in San Francisco, CA
mesmerizing color compositions of liquid cloudscape painting in water, hypnotizing abstract liquidscapes from Christian Stoll‘s body of works titled 'Hemisphere' Hemisphere I by Christian Stoll 58 x 58 inches (147 x 147cm) signed edition of 7 48 x 48 inches (122 x 122cm) signed edition of 7 40 x 40 inches (102 x 102cm) signed edition of 25 archival fine art pigment print signed + numbered by artist on certificate label „frameless“ glass face mounting available on request _________________________ Christian Stoll has experimented with the photography medium since 1991. His predominant interest is the still-life on a monumental scale. As his subject matter, Stoll shoots static objects, forms...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

"Oiseaux dans un paysage" pochoir
Located in Henderson, NV
Medium: pochoir (after the oil on paper). Printed in 1965 at the atelier Daniel Jacomet in an edition of 1200 for the rare exhibition catalogue "Miro Cartones 1959-1965" and publishe...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Robert Motherwell, Untitled, from Ten Works by Ten Painters, 1964
Located in Southampton, NY
This exquisite silkscreen by Robert Motherwell (1915–1991), titled Untitled, originates from the landmark 1964 folio X + X (Ten Works by Ten Painters). Published by the Wadsworth Ath...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Peter Halley, CORE Geometric Abstraction Silkscreen Lithograph Signed/N Framed
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley Core, 1991 Limited Edition Silkscreen with lithography on Coventry Rag paper. Pencil signed and numbered 13/50 on the front Publisher: Edition Schellmann Pace Edit...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Screen

Provence #7 (Provence France Landscape)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roger Muhl (1929-2008) Provence #7, 1986. Signed and numbered in pencil by the artist, lower margins. Artwork is in excellent condition with no damage or conservation. Frame shows ...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Wifredo Lam (1902–1982) - Untitled from Visible Invisible folder - Aquatint
Located in Varese, IT
Aquatint etching on Goya paper limited edition in 99 exemplars in cardinal numbers plus 11 from A to M Current exemplar numbered as: 27/99 paper size: 50,5 x 71,5 cm Very good condit...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

"Blueberry Hill, " Limited Edition Giclee Print, 30" x 45", Framed
Located in Westport, CT
This Limited-Edition abstract print, "Blueberry Hill," by Sofie Swann is an edition of 95. Printed on 30 x 45 canvas, this giclee ships framed in a whit...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Digital, Giclée

Dance, Colorful Geometric Abstract by Charles Hinman
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Hinman is best known for his custom-shaped geometric canvas paintings. This is an original silkscreen from the Licht Calendar portfolio, unsigned from the edition of 3000. Fr...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Etching IV - Original etching, HANDSIGNED Numbered (BNF #4)
Located in Paris, IDF
Pierre SOULAGES (1919-2022) Etching IV, 1957 Original etching (Lacourière workshop) Signed in pencil Numbered / 100 On BFK Rives vellum, 32.5 x 25 (c 13 x 10 in) Presented in woodfr...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Original 1972 Munich Olympics vintage poster - art series
Located in Spokane, WA
Original, for the 1972 Munich, Germany Olympics. Linen-backed Art Series poster done For the Olympische Spiele Munchen 1972. The contemporary abstrac...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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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 Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Rare 1923 Cubist Reuven Rubin Woodcut Woodblock Kabbalah Print Israeli Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
This is from the original first edition 1923 printing. there was a much later edition done after these originals. These are individually hand signed in pencil by artist as issued. This listing is for the one print. the other documentation is included here for provenance and is not included in this listing. The various images inspired by the Jewish Mysticism and rabbis and mystics of jerusalem and Kabbalah is holy, dramatic and optimistic Rubin succeeded to evoke the spirit of life in Israel in those early days. They are done in a modern art style influenced by German Expressionism, particularly, Ernst Barlach, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, and Franz Marc, as introduced to Israel by Jakob Steinhardt, Hermann Struck and Joseph Budko. Reuven Rubin 1893 -1974 was a Romanian-born Israeli painter and Israel's first ambassador to Romania. Rubin Zelicovich (later Reuven Rubin) was born in Galati to a poor Romanian Jewish Hasidic family. He was the eighth of 13 children. In 1912, he left for Ottoman-ruled Palestine to study art at Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem. Finding himself at odds with the artistic views of the Academy's teachers, he left for Paris, France, in 1913 to pursue his studies at the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts. He was of the well known Jewish artists in Paris along with Marc Chagall and Chaim Soutine, At the outbreak of World War I, he was returned to Romania, where he spent the war years. In 1921, he traveled to the United States with his friend and fellow artist, Arthur Kolnik. In New York City, the two met artist Alfred Stieglitz, who was instrumental in organizing their first American show at the Anderson Gallery. Following the exhibition, in 1922, they both returned to Europe. In 1923, Rubin emigrated to Mandate Palestine. Rubin met his wife, Esther, in 1928, aboard a passenger ship to Palestine on his return from a show in New York. She was a Bronx girl who had won a trip to Palestine in a Young Judaea competition. He died in 1974. Part of the early generation of artists in Israel, Joseph Zaritsky, Arieh Lubin, Reuven Rubin, Sionah Tagger, Pinchas Litvinovsky, Mordecai Ardon, Yitzhak Katz, and Baruch Agadati; These painters depicted the country’s landscapes in the 1920s rebelled against the Bezalel school of Boris Schatz. They sought current styles in Europe that would help portray their own country’s landscape, in keeping with the spirit of the time. Rubin’s Cezannesque landscapes from the 1920s were defined by both a modern and a naive style, portraying the landscape and inhabitants of Israel in a sensitive fashion. His landscape paintings in particular paid special detail to a spiritual, translucent light. His early work bore the influences of Futurism, Vorticism, Cubism and Surrealism. In Palestine, he became one of the founders of the new Eretz-Yisrael style. Recurring themes in his work were the bible, the prophet, the biblical landscape, folklore and folk art, people, including Yemenite, Hasidic Jews and Arabs. Many of his paintings are sun-bathed depictions of Jerusalem and the Galilee. Rubin might have been influenced by the work of Henri Rousseau whose naice style combined with Eastern nuances, as well as with the neo-Byzantine art to which Rubin had been exposed in his native Romania. In accordance with his integrative style, he signed his works with his first name in Hebrew and his surname in Roman letters. In 1924, he was the first artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Tower of David, in Jerusalem (later exhibited in Tel Aviv at Gymnasia Herzliya). That year he was elected chairman of the Association of Painters and Sculptors of Palestine. From the 1930s onwards, Rubin designed backdrops for Habima Theater, the Ohel Theater and other theaters. His biography, published in 1969, is titled My Life - My Art. He died in Tel Aviv in October 1974, after having bequeathed his home on 14 Bialik Street and a core collection of his paintings to the city of Tel Aviv. The Rubin Museum opened in 1983. The director and curator of the museum is his daughter-in-law, Carmela Rubin. Rubin's paintings are now increasingly sought after. At a Sotheby's auction in New York in 2007, his work accounted for six of the ten top lots. Along with Yaacov Agam and Menashe Kadishman he is among Israel's best known artists internationally. Education 1912 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem 1913-14 École des Beaux Arts, Paris and Académie Colarossi, Paris Select Group Exhibitions Eged - Palestine Painters Group Eged - Palestine Painters Group, Allenby Street, Tel Aviv 1929 Artists: Chana Orloff, Abraham Melnikoff, Rubin, Reuven Nahum Gutman, Sionah Tagger,Arieh Allweil, Jewish Artists Association, Levant Fair, Tel Aviv, 1929 Artists: Ludwig Blum,Eliyahu Sigad, Shmuel Ovadyahu, Itzhak Frenel Frenkel,Ozer Shabat, Menahem Shemi...
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1920s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Woodcut

Very Special Arts Gallery photolithograph (Hand Signed by Frank Stella) Framed
Located in New York, NY
Frank Stella (after) Untitled, for the Very Special Arts Gallery (Hand Signed by Frank Stella), 1992 Photo lithograph and offset litho on thin board (hand signed) Frame included:: el...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Mid Century Chevaux et Cavalières La Nuit Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Nocturnal Horses with Riders Under Moonlight Lithograph Limited Edition Compelling nocturnal lithograph of two women on horseback by ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Print, 1988 Edition : X/XX 49.50 cm. x 70.00 cm. 19.49 in. x 27.56 in. (paper) 33.00 cm. x 42.00 cm. 12.99 in. x 16.54 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD2878
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Alexander Calder Lithograph Derrière le miroir (Calder serpents)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Alexander Calder Lithograph c. 1973 from Derrière le miroir: Lithograph in colors; 15 x 22 inches. Very good overall vintage condition; contains center fold-line as originally issue...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Flashback III, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback III Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 119/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Jack Youngerman New York City Center 1969- Serigraph
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper Size: 35 x 25 inches ( 88.9 x 63.5 cm ) Image Size: 35 x 25 inches ( 88.9 x 63.5 cm ) Framed: No?Condition: A-: Near Mint, very light signs of handling Supplemental Condition I...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Cuatro, Monoprint with screenprint collage acrylic, stitching embossing Signed
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam Cuatro, 1994 Monoprint with screenprint, collage, acrylic, stitching and embossing in colors on handmade paper Hand signed, dated, titled and annotated P/P by Sam Gilliam...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Monoprint, Screen

Untitled XV, Abstract Geometric Screenprint by Piero Dorazio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Untitled XV Piero Dorazio, Italian (1927–2005) Date: 1973 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 71/100 Size: 31 x 22 in. (78.74 x 55.88 cm)
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: Gilou Brillant Title: Absence Year: Circa 1975 Medium: Etching on Arches paper Dimensions: 22" x 30" Signature: Signed lower left Brillant Edition: Signed EA lower left Condi...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

Untitled
Untitled
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4 from the 10 Horses portfolio, Lithograph by Hoi Lebadang
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lebadang (aka Hoi), Vietnamese (1922 - 2015) - 4 from the 10 Horses portfolio. Year: 1974, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 30 x 21 in. (76 x ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Sunrise
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sunrise" c.1980, is an original colors screen print by noted American artist Arthur Secunda, 1927-2022. It is hand signed, titled and numbered 131/200 in white p...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Pierre Soulages - Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Pierre Soulages - Original Lithograph Published in the deluxe art review "XXe siècle" 1970 Unsigned as published Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Pierre Soulages or the "painter of black" as ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Niagara Series IV Yellow Signed Linocut Lithograph
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist Name: Larry Zox Title:Niagara Series IV Yellow Signed Linocut Lithograph Year : 1979 Medium Type: Print - Linocut Lithograph Size-Width Size-Height : 42.25'' 29.75'' Signed ...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Linocut

Moon Garden
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Caviar20 is thrilled to be offering the work of Louise Nevelson. "Moon Garden" is a superb example of one of her impressive molded reliefs in black paper pulp. Although Nevelson is...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper

Christopher Wool lithograph 2017
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Christopher lithograph 2017: A rare original hand-signed lithograph by Christopher Wool, letter-pressed on fine, textured matte paper. This work was included as part of a ‘Merde 3/4’...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Flamenco : Spanish Dancer - Original lithograph (Mourlot 1972)
Located in Paris, IDF
Sonia DELAUNAY Flamenco : Spanish Dancer, 1972 Original lithograph (Printed in Mourlot workshop) Unsigned On heavy paper 31 x 24 cm (c. 12 x 10 inch) Edited by San Lazzaro in 1972 ...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Homage to the Square - P1, F15, I2
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 4, Image 2" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Homage to the Square - P2, F5, I1 - Geometric Screenprint by Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
"Homage to the Square - Portfolio 2, Folder 5, Image 1" from the portfolio “Formulation: Articulation” created by Josef Albers in 1972. This monumental series consists of 127 origina...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Donald Lipski Roland Garros French Open 1995- Poster
Located in Brooklyn, NY
In 1995, American sculptor Donald Lipski was commissioned to design the official poster for the French Open at Roland Garros. Known for his innovative installations and large-scale p...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Offset

Four trees. Paper, wood carving , 29x29 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Four trees. Paper, wood carving, 29x29 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Woodcut

In the Water - P1, F2, I1, Geometric Abstract Screenprint by Josef Albers
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josef Albers, German (1888 - 1976) Title: In the Water - P1, F2, I1 Year: 1972 Edition size: 1000 Medium: Screenprint on Mohawk Superfine Bristol paper Image Size: 13 x 15 in...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

Musical Instrument II Joiki II - Spanish Abstract Art
Located in London, GB
This original etching is hand signed in pencil by the artist “Chillida” at the lower left margin. It is also hand numbered in pencil from the edition of 100, at the lower right margi...
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

My Journey Portfolio 1998 Mourlot Lithographs Healing Efforts and Big Hearts
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist: Alexandra Nechita Title: My Journey - Blue Portfolio Artworks: Healing Efforts, Big Hearts Are Never Too Big Year: 1998 Lithographs on Arches Archival Paper    Size; 35½'' x...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Hand Painted Limited Edition#7-Constant Gardener series-British Awarded Artist
Located in London, GB
This hand-painted Edition is one of the Summer Bloom series Shizico Yi started in 2022. Veronica and Hydrangea (in the painting) are the summer elements in her garden, Shizico cultiv...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Metal

Early Summer 87/150, Signed Lithograph
Located in Taichung, TW
Early Summer is one of the six prints in Print Series No.4. Print series No.4 embodies Teh-Chun Chu’s signature style of lyrical abstraction. Through rich layers of color and spont...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

No. 4: Small Abstract Expressionist Monotype in Navy Blue, Soft Yellow Green
Located in Hudson, NY
Small abstract expressionist style monotype in navy blue, green, light violet, and soft yellow 'Untitled 4' by Jenny Nelson Monotype, mad...
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2010s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Oil, Archival Paper, Monoprint

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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph, Offset

Julian Schnabel Inviernosexoprimaveral (Sexual Spring-like Winter)
Located in New York, NY
Inviernosexoprimaveral 1995 17-color silkscreen with poured resin 40 x 30 inches (102 x 76 cm) Edition of 80 "Sexual Spring-like Winter" is a large painterly work, created with laye...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

I-S #1 /// Abstract Geometric Sewell Sillman Screenprint Purple Pink Modern Art
By Sewell Sillman
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Sewell Sillman (American, 1924-1992) Title: "I-S #1" *Signed and dated by Sillman in pencil lower right Year: 1968 Medium: Original Screenprint on unbranded heavy white wove ...
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1960s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Screen

"Roots" Abstract Monoprint in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract monoprint by Roxanne Lu (20th Century). This piece is composed of botanical shapes laid across large patches of dark magenta, olive green, black, and pale blue. Extending below the majority of the piece are brushstrokes resembling roots. Signed, dated, titled and marked with the artist's chop in the lower right corner (Roxanne Lu Roots FA 98) Presented in an aluminum frame with an off white mat...
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Ink, Archival Paper, Lithograph

Polychrome composition
Located in Paris, FR
Etching and aquatint, 1970 Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 73/125 66.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.98 in. x 19.69 in. (paper) 49.00 cm. x 40.00 cm. 19.29 in. x 15.75 in. (i...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching, Aquatint

"Untitled Landscape" Orange, Green, Serigraph, Signed Lower Front
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY “Untitled Landscape” is a serigraph in various shades of green and orange. Although it has an Art Nouveau feel to it, it can be described as Lyrical Abstraction. ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Screen

Lithographie Originale (Cover)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Joan Miró Lithographie Originale (Cover) Color Lithograph Year: 1981 Size: 15.6 × 12.75 inches Catalogue Raisonné: Cramer 177, Der Lithograph IV, 1969-1972, Ref.: 1255, p.178 Publisher: Maeght Editeur, Paris, France With coverfold, recto - as issued Recto, right: Typographically annotated: 'Lithographie Originale' Unsigned, Unknown Edition Size COA provided --------------------------------------- Joan Miró i Ferrà was a Spanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist born in Barcelona. A museum dedicated to his work, the Fundació Joan Miró, was established in his native city of Barcelona in 1975, and another, the Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, was established in his adoptive city of Palma de Mallorca in 1981 Surrealism, Fauvism, Cubism, Abstract expressionism, Naive art, Expressionism, Suprematism Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Hans Arp, André Masson, Hieronymus Bosch, Tristan Tzara, Modest Urgell
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1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, BARCELONA
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1990s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Etching

The Sun, Golden Colors, Warm Tones Diptych, Space Age, Abstract Geometry Hue
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 Prints and Multiples

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Archival Ink, Photographic Paper, C Print, Giclée, Archival Pigment

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 Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Momentary Delight 24/150, Signed Lithograph
Located in Taichung, TW
Momentary Delight is one of the six prints in Print Series No.4. Print series No.4 embodies Teh-Chun Chu’s signature style of lyrical abstraction. Through rich layers of color and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Deluxe Hand Signed Numbered 25/30 Cat: Lembark 155 Carnegie Museum lithograph
Located in New York, NY
Sam Francis Untitled Abstract Expressionist lithograph (Hand Signed from the Carnegie Museum Deluxe Edition), 1972 Catalogue Raisonné: 155, Lembark Hand signed and numbered 25/30 on...
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1970s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Homeland of Warmth 87/150, Signed Lithograph
Located in Taichung, TW
Homeland of Warmth is one of the six prints in Print Series No.4. Print series No.4 embodies Teh-Chun Chu’s signature style of lyrical abstraction. Through rich layers of color and...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Paper, Lithograph

Minuit
Located in Miami, FL
Minuit - From the 12 plate Portfolio, 1959 Published by Denise Rene, Paris Lithograph in colors on heavy paper 20 x 26 inches Signed, dated and numbered in ink, edition of 150 copies...
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1950s Abstract Prints and Multiples

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Lithograph

Minuit
$4,500 Sale Price
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Abstract prints and multiples for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Abstract prints and multiples 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 prints and multiples 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 Joan Miró, Francisco Nicolás, Dadodu , and Josef Albers. 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 prints and multiples, so small editions measuring 0.02 inches across are also available.

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