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Conceptual Art

CONCEPTUAL STYLE

In 1967, artist Sol LeWitt wrote that in “Conceptual art the idea or concept is the most important aspect of the work.” He was giving a name to an art movement that had emerged in the 1960s in which artists were less focused on their medium being something traditionally “artistic” and instead engaged in using any object, movement, form, action or place to express an idea.

LeWitt’s work was featured alongside an assemblage of notes, drawings and outlines by other artists in “Working Drawings and Other Visible Things on Paper Not Necessarily Meant to Be Viewed as Art,” a groundbreaking show at New York City’s School of Visual Arts curated by Mel Bochner, another leading exponent of Conceptualism. Building on radical 20th-century statements, like Fountain (1917) by French artist Marcel Duchamp, Conceptual artists around Europe and North and South America were not interested in the commercial art scene and rather directly challenged its systems and values.

Stretching into the 1970s, this movement has also been called Post-Object art and Dematerialized art. Conceptual art reflected a larger era of social and political upheaval. Pieces associated with the style range from Roelof Louw’s Soul City (Pyramid of Oranges) (1967) — a work of installation art that sees fresh oranges stacked into a pyramid from which visitors are allowed to take one orange away — to On Kawara’s “Today” series, which saw the Japanese artist carefully painting a date in white acrylic on canvases consisting of a single color from 1966 to his death in 2014. Artists such as Ed Ruscha, who created the Twentysix Gasoline Stations book — a collection of photos of gas stations that is widely said to be the first modern artists’ book — made photography a major platform for Conceptual art, as did Bruce Nauman, who burned one of Ruscha's books and then photographed it for his own.

Conceptual art’s legacy of questioning artistic authorship, ownership and how to work with complex ideas of space and time had a significant influence on the decades of culture that followed, and it continues to inform art today.

The collection of Conceptual photography, paintings and sculptures on 1stDibs includes artworks by John Baldessari, Jenny Holzer, Lawrence Weiner, Joseph Kosuth and others.

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Style: Conceptual
#189 Yunoyani Village, Nigata Prefecture, Japanese Photography Limited Edition
Located in New york, NY
The photograph Toshio Shibata, #189 Yunoyani Village, Nigata Prefecture, 1989 by Japanese photographer Toshio Shibata is hand-signed (on recto) by the photographer. The 13" x 19" pri...
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1980s Conceptual Art

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Photographic Film, Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Pigment, Arc...

YES - large format photograph of conceptual motivational message sign at night
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on iconic Americana signs in landscape of the American West YES by Frank Schott 48 x 67 inches (122 x 171cm) signed edition of 7 29 x 40 inches (74 x 102cm) signed edition of 25 archival quality fine art pigment print limited art edition published by Edition EKTAlux artist signed + numbered certificate of authenticity _______________ Frank Schott grew up in Germany and attended the prestigious Academy of Arts in Cologne, studying under Professor Arno Jansen, who was an early influence. Moving to California in 1998, Schott's work has evolved to include the epic landscapes and deserts of the American West as well as architectural, conceptual and more formal environments from both home and his travels. Influenced by a number of photographic peers and precursors such as Candida Höfer, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall, Ed Rusha...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Giclée

YES - large format photograph of conceptual motivational sign at night
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale original photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana billboard signs in iconic landscape of the American West YES by Frank Schott ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment

Back in 10 - large format photograph of conceptual message sign in landscape
Located in San Francisco, CA
large scale photograph from a series of conceptual motivational messages on classic Americana billboard signs in landscape of the American West BACK I...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée

Unique piece, Photography made without a camera, Rayogram, Water and plants
Located in Carballo, ES
Ana Paes (A Guarda, 1982) makes us aware of the interstices that exist between one plane and another, shows us that this apparent continuity of the image-movement is, in fact, only a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper

Human nature, Documentary analog photography, 118 x 78 cm, Fred Langford Edwards
Located in Carballo, ES
Fred Langford Edwards turns what seems like documentary research (analogue photographs of curious objects that the artist finds on the beach) into an art of wonder. In this extensive...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper

Boschereccia Palazzo, Hercolani, Bologna
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Boschereccia Palazzo Hercolani, Bologna, Italy 2022 50 x 62.5 inches ed. of 10 $6,000 60 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9,000 70 x 87.5 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on labe...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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C Print, Lambda

1 Rows Hanging Light
Located in PARIS, FR
Martine Drigues grew up in Paris and married at the age of 20 to an ambitious man who opened several restaurants. While she helped at the restaurants, Martine also gave birth to thre...
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1980s Conceptual Art

Materials

Iron

2 Rows Hanging Light
Located in PARIS, FR
Martine Drigues grew up in Paris and married at the age of 20 to an ambitious man who opened several restaurants. While she helped at the restaurants, Martine also gave birth to thre...
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1980s Conceptual Art

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Iron

Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 2 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - Untitled 2 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and photolithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 95 x 68 cm Condition: In mint conditions and not framed Observati...
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1970s Conceptual Art

Materials

Lithograph

Vertical Phythms - Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Playfl monkeys climb exotic colored plants clowning as only monkeys do. in this hot pink painting. Vertical Phythms - Animal Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmer...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Oil

Monkey Time - Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Playfl monkeys climb exotic colored plants clowning as only monkeys do. in this hot pink painting. Monkey Time - Animal Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman c...
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Early 2000s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Surflow - Surfing Art - Figurative Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Surflow - Surfing Art - Figurative - Oil Print By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerman creates playful paintings, whether deep mysterious jungle or delightfully whimsical florals. His colo...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil, Canvas

Tacita Dean, Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron - Contemporary Photography
Located in Hamburg, DE
Tacita Dean (British, born 1965) Aerial View of Teignmouth Electron, Cayman Brac 16th of September 1998, 2000 Medium: Gelatin silver print on paper Dimensions: 21 x 26 cm (8 1/4 x 10...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70 Limited Queen Elizabeth II Photography Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 70 Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Screenprint on Somerset Satin paper Edition number: 2/5 Size: 47 x 38 cm Condition: New in mint conditions, never fra...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Satin Paper, Screen

Yayoi Kusama - DOTS OBSESSION: Red Big Dots Skate set Yellow Conceptual Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Yayoi Kusama - DOTS OBSESSION: RED BIG DOTS Date of creation: 2018 Medium: Screen print on Canadian maple wood Edition: Open Size: 80 x 20 cm Condition: In mint condition, brand new ...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Wood, Maple, Screen

Yayoi Kusama DOTS OBSESSION: Black Big Dots Skate deck Yellow Conceptual Pop Art
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Yayoi Kusama - DOTS OBSESSION: BLACK BIG DOTS Date of creation: 2018 Medium: Screen print on Canadian maple wood Edition: Open Size: 80 x 20 cm Condition: In mint conditions, brand n...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Wood, Maple

Dario Villalba UNTITLED 4 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey Woman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 4 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and photolithograph on paper Edition: 75 Size: 95 x 68 cm Condition: In mint conditions and never framed Observa...
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1970s Conceptual Art

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Paper, Lithograph

Chris Levine - EQUANIMITY_2022 20 Limited Queen Elizabeth II Photography Modern
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Chris Levine EQUANIMITY_2022 20 Date of creation: 2022 Medium: Screenprint on Somerset Satin paper Edition number: 3/5 Size: 47 x 38 cm Condition: New in mint conditions, never frame...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Satin Paper, Screen

Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 4 Etching & Collage Spanish Contemporary Conceptualism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 4 Date of creation: 1991 Medium: Etching and collage on paper Edition: 75 Size: 98 x 69 cm Condition: In very good conditions and never framed Observations: E...
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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Etching

Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 7 Etching Spanish Contemporary Conceptualism Surrealism
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Andrés Nagel - UNTITLED 7 Date of creation: 1991 Medium: Etching on Paper Edition: 75 Size: 98 x 69 cm Condition: In very good conditions and never framed Observations: Etching on p...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Etching

A random meeting. Oil on canvas, 100. 5 x 100. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A random meeting. Oil on canvas, 100. 5 x 100. 5 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument design...
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1990s Conceptual Art

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Path. Oil on canvas, 90x110 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Path. Oil on canvas, 90x110 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of Latvi...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Meeting. 1998. Oil on canvas, 100 x 99. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting. 1998. Oil on canvas, 100x99.5 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, gradua...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Faces, Vintage Color Photograph Digital Photo Collage Print Asian American
Located in Surfside, FL
This was from Muse X publishers. It came in a plastic bag signed Emily Cheng. (the plastic bag is not included) It is on Fuji crystal photo paper. It depicts two Asian faces in a cub...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Photographic Paper, C Print

A walk in the village. Oil on cardboard, 45x45 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A walk in the village Oil on cardboard, 45x45 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Oil, Cardboard

A provincial delight. Oil on canvas, 41 х 51 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A provincial delight. Oil on canvas, 41х51 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, gr...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Oil, Canvas

Portrait in Black, Face Silhouette, Pink Details, Abstract, Line Drawing, White
Located in Barcelona, ES
The paintings of Aleix Font (Sabadell, Spain, 1984) function as a narrative between the collective and the individual world, exploring space and its interactions with concepts such a...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Joy. Oil on cardboard, 47. 5 x 57 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Joy. Oil on cardboard, 47.5x57 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of La...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Oil, Cardboard

Ball game. Oil on canvas, 54x62 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ball game Oil on canvas, 54x62 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of L...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Ball game II. Oil on canvas, 46 x 56. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ball game II Oil on canvas, 46x56.5 cm Victor Karnauh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Make My Day - Chicken Rooster Painting by Marc Zimmerman He stands there, blocking all who dare challenge him in their pursuit to get by. This heroic cock, Charlie, the great intimi...
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2010s Conceptual Art

Materials

Oil

Still life. Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life Oil on canvas, 60x80 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Walk. Oil on canvas, 85x84.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Walk. Oil on canvas, 85x84.5 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of Lat...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Meeting II. Oil on canvas, 85x84.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Meeting II Oil on canvas, 85x84.5 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate ...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

A walk. Oil on canvas, 80x81 cm
Located in Riga, LV
A walk Oil on canvas, 80x81 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate of Lat...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Flight. 1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Flight 1999. Oil on canvas, 76x91 cm Victor Karnaukh (1950, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR – 2012, Dnepropetrovsk Oblast, Ukraine) – a painter, a monument designer, graduate ...
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1990s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Reginald and Perrin 26
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

Reginald and Perrin 22
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

Reginald and Perrin 9
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

Reginald and Perrin 2
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

Reginald and Perrin 24
Located in BARCELONA, ES
"Pinté por primera vez estas obras porque no sabía qué pintar o qué podría pintarse. Se trata, ciertamente, de un comienzo desdichado que no conduce a nada significativo. Sin embargo...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

The Long Room V, Trinity College Library, Dublin Ireland
Located in Los Angeles, CA
40 x 60 inches ed. of 10 $6000 50 x 75 inches ed. of 7 $9000 60 x 90 inches ed. of 5 $11,000 signed and numbered on label, verso Reinhard Görner, with his large format photograph...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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C Print, Lambda

Post Conceptual Digital Artist Oil Painting Screenprint Diptych Joseph Nechvatal
Located in Surfside, FL
Joseph Nechvatal The Oedipal God of Oil Paint and Destruction, Diptych Oil and screenprint on two canvases, 1985, both signed 'Joseph Nechvatal', titled and dated on the reverse, wit...
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1980s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil, Screen

Landscape in Blue - Animal Painting - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
In an abstract forest meadow exotic animals contentedly graze. The trees are lush with inventive surreal flowers and leaves. Landscape in Blue - Animal Paintings - Conceptual Art By...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Reflections in the City - Figurative Painting - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Reflections in store front windows from across the street created fascinating abstract overlaps onto the manicans. This painting is from the mission district in San Francisco. Refle...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Monkeying Around - Animal Painting by Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Monkeys at play in a coral backdrop and colorful foliage. Good for reminding us of our playful nature. Monkeying Around - Animal Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman This m...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Oil

Monkey Time #2 - Animal Painting By Marc Zimmerman
Located in Carmel, CA
Playfl monkeys climb exotic colored plants clowning as only monkeys do. in this hot pink painting. Monkey Time #2 - Animal Painting - Oil on Canvas By Marc Zimmerman Marc Zimmerma...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

Dario Villalba UNTITLED 3 Limited Conceptualism Spanish Contemporary Grey Woman
Located in Madrid, Madrid
Dario Villalba - UNTITLED 3 Date of creation: 1975 Medium: Lithograph and photolithograph on Paper Edition: 75 Size: 95 x 68 cm Condition: In mint conditions and never framed Observa...
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1970s Conceptual Art

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Lithograph

Alkyd Enamel Oil Painting Half A Thought Cut Panel Wall Hanging Modern Sculpture
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil-based alkyd enamel on plywood panel with cuts. this is a cut plywood wall relief sculpture with paint on it. This has an architectural quality to it. Peter Wegner (born 1963) i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Enamel

Shadows on Paper, Nr 4 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrom Photography
Located in Wien, Wien
Ulrike Königshofer Shadows on Paper, Nr 4 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography 100 x 70 cm Edition 3/3+1 AP Signed photo print, not framed In her works, the artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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C Print

Shadows on Paper, Nr 1 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography
Located in Wien, Wien
Ulrike Königshofer Shadows on Paper, Nr 1 - Contemporary Abstract Blue Monochrome Photography 100 x 70 cm Edition 3/3+1 AP Signed photo print, not framed In her works, the artist...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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C Print

Fruitless Endeavor
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Behind The Smile
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Attune - Woman in the Jungle - Mother Nature by Marc
Located in Carmel, CA
Primal woman of the jungle with a headdress of vibrant tropical plants woman portrait - Figurative Paintings - Conceptual Art By Marc Zimmerman This masterpiece is exhibited in th...
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2010s Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Oil

White Lollipop
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Athlete
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

Red Hair
Located in Ibadan, Oyo
Shipping Procedure FREE Shipping Worldwide Ships in a well-protected tube This work is unique, not a print or other type of copy. Accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity. About...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art

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Canvas, Acrylic

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