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David Humphrey Abstract Prints

American, b. 1955
David Humphrey (born August 30, 1955) is an American painter, art critic, and sculptor associated with the postmodern turn in painting that began in the late 1970s. He is best known for his playful, cartoonish, puzzling paintings, which blend figuration and abstraction and create "allegories" about the medium of painting itself. Humphrey holds a BFA from Maryland Institute College of Art (1977) and a MA from New York University (1980), where he studied with film critic Annette Michelson; he also attended the New York Studio School from 1996 – 1997. He has been the recipient of many awards including the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2002, the Rome Prize in 2008, and the American Academy of Arts and Letters Purchase Award in 2011. He was born in Augsburg Germany and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He lives and works in New York City. Though his paintings, works on paper, and sculptures defy categorization, David Humphrey emerged as an artist in the late 1970s along with Postmodernism, an approach that continues to inform his heterogeneous compositions, visual pastiches that, in his words, “erase the breaks” between divergent styles. As he explains: “I suppose that the dynamic of relationship—the psychology of bonding, lovemaking, attachment, and so on—has kept me interested for a long time. I come back to it as a way to thicken the grammar of picture making.” In his paintings, this grammar includes gestural abstraction, cartoonish figuration, Pop Art, Surrealism, and Expressionism. His vibrant compositions feature human figures, narrative vignettes, animals, and objects interwoven into abstract passages. They read as sexually and psychologically charged dreamscapes, through which Humphrey breaks down boundaries to explore our relationships with each other and the world.
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Artist: David Humphrey
David Humphrey - Color monotype of two cats (Two Kitties), Unique Signed print
David Humphrey - Color monotype of two cats (Two Kitties), Unique Signed print

David Humphrey - Color monotype of two cats (Two Kitties), Unique Signed print

By David Humphrey

Located in New York, NY

David Humphrey Two Kitties, 2003 Monotype Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front 20 × 31 1/2 inches Unframed Published by, and acquired from Tamarind Institute ...

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Lies III (unique abstract signed work) with original David McKee Gallery label
Lies III (unique abstract signed work) with original David McKee Gallery label

Lies III (unique abstract signed work) with original David McKee Gallery label

By David Humphrey

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DAVID HUMPHREY Lies III (Framed with David McKee Gallery Label), 1986 Monotype on wove paper Unique signed and dated in graphite on the recto Frame included Measurements: 29 1/2 x 21...

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1980s Abstract David Humphrey Abstract Prints

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Find a wide variety of authentic David Humphrey abstract prints available for sale on 1stDibs. You can also browse by medium to find art by David Humphrey in monotype and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 1980s and is mostly associated with the contemporary style. Not every interior allows for large David Humphrey abstract prints, so small editions measuring 24 inches across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of James Siena, Brad Brown, and Melissa Meyer. David Humphrey abstract prints prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1,500 and tops out at $2,800, while the average work can sell for $2,150.