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Anish Kapoor is a sculptor known for biomorphic forms and his often use of rich colors. One of his best known works is the Cloud Gate in Chicago, which is affectionately referred to as “The Bean.” This was his first permanent site-specific installation in the United States. Shop a selection of Anish Kapoor pieces from some of the world’s top art dealers on 1stDibs.
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Anish Kapoor - Flow (Pink), Abstract Color etching from the UK, Signed/N, Framed
By Anish Kapoor
Located in New York, NY
Color etching on wove paper
Pencil signed and numbered 19/39 on the verso
This work has been elegantly framed in a museum quality handmade wood frame by the prestigious fine art fram...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
The Dark - Giclee Print on Hahnemühle Paper, Signed, Edition 124/250
By Anish Kapoor
Located in London, GB
Artist: Anish Kapoor
Title: The Dark
Year: 2026
Medium: Giclee print on 308gsm Hahnemühle PhotoRag archival cotton paper
Dimensions: 63.5 x 50.8 cm
Edition: 124 of 250
hand-signed an...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Giclée
Anish Kapoor - Tall Tree Royal Academy offset poster Hand signed by Anish Kapoor
By Anish Kapoor
Located in New York, NY
Anish Kapoor
Tall Tree and the Eye at the Royal Academy (hand signed by Anish Kapoor), 2009
Off-set lithograph poster (hand signed by Anish Kapoor)
Signed in black marker lower right...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Anish Kapoor, Breathing Blue, 2020
By Anish Kapoor
Located in Dubai, Dubai
Anish Kapoor, Breathing Blue,
2020
Offset lithograph on 350gsm paper
11.81 H x 16.54 W in
30.0 H x 42.0 W cm
Hand numbered (verso) - edition 40/1...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Offset
Venice Biennale: XLIV Esposizione Internazionale D'arte (Hand signed by Kapoor)
By Anish Kapoor
Located in New York, NY
Rare collectors' item:
Anish Kapoor
Venice Biennale: XLIV Esposizione Internazionale D'arte Biennale Di Venezia (Hand signed and inscribed by Anish Kapoor), 1990
HISTORIC signed poster published on the occasion of Kapoor representing Great Britain at the Venice Biennale
Offset lithograph poster (Hand signed, inscribed to Nadine and dated 2016)
Boldly signed, inscribed and dated by Anish Kapoor on the lower right front
33 × 23 inches
Unframed
Boldly signed and inscribed by Anish Kapoor on the lower right front for the present owner, Nadine, so provenance is direct.
Accompanied by gallery issued Certificate of Guarantee
This offset lithograph poster was published on the occasion of Anish Kapoor's exhibition "XLIV Esposizione Internazionale D'Arte" at the Biennale Di Venezia from May 27 to September 30, 1990. Hand signed posters by Kapoor are quite elusive.
The poster is two sided as it was published on the occasion of the artist's participation in the 1990 Venice Biennale (the verso has his lengthy biography), and it bears the original folds as issued.
British-Indian sculptor Anish Kapoor was chosen to represent Britain at the first Biennale of the 1990s. He had been exhibiting since 1980 but it was this show that brought him widespread recognition on the international stage. Sixteen huge sandstone blocks dominated the Pavilion’s main room; they were so heavy that the floor had to be reinforced with supports. Kapoor had started working in stone in the late 1980s and each block in Void Field (1989) has a hole filled with another motif in his work, the powdered blue pigment used in Indian religious ceremonies. The same vibrant tones, which was also inspired also by Yves Klein’s statement bold blue colour, were used in his low-lying slate sculpture, A Wing at the Heart of Things (1990), in the back gallery of the Pavilion; this work is now part of Tate’s collection.
“Venice is an interchange of East and West, reflecting the way Kapoor borrows from both cultures” said Henry Meyric Hughes, British Council.
Kapoor’s exhibition also wove together references to spiritualism and eroticism, with the red slit in the Pavilion's wall, entitled The Healing of St. Thomas (1989), alluding to the saint that doubted Jesus’ resurrection...
Category
1990s Contemporary Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
Poster for Svayambh at the Royal Academy, London (hand signed by Anish Kapoor)
By Anish Kapoor
Located in New York, NY
Anish Kapoor
Poster for Svayambh at the Royal Academy, London (hand signed by Anish Kapoor), 2009
Offset lithograph poster
Boldly signed by Anish Kapoor on the lower right front
21 ×...
Category
Early 2000s Conceptual Interior Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset


