John Chamberlain, in full John Angus Chamberlain, was an American sculptor, painter, photographer, printmaker, and filmmaker whose Abstract Expressionist works were characterized by an emotional approach to concept and execution.
Chamberlain studied at the Art Institute of Chicago (1951–52), where he began working in metals, and at Black Mountain College in North Carolina (1955–56). In 1957 he had his first one-man show in Chicago. His early pieces were made from welded iron rods, but he later used such materials as heat-shaped Plexiglass, paper, polyurethane, industrial rubber, brown paper bags, and aluminum foil before returning in 1974 to the use of auto body parts. His first sculpture to employ car parts was Shortstop (1957), which featured rusty fenders that he had found in the yard of painter and friend Larry Rivers.
Chamberlain’s sculptures are typified by Mr. Press (1961), a construction of fragments from automobiles, crumpled and jammed together to create an effect of isolated, frozen movement. He often coated his pieces with bright industrial paints. During the 1970s oil crisis, Chamberlain often incorporated oil barrels into his work, notably in the series Socket and Kiss (1979). For a brief interlude, he used car spray paint to create works that combined stencil and Action painting. Chamberlain was also involved in video and film and produced the cinematic Wide Point (1968); he later dabbled in drawing and printmaking.
In 1971 Chamberlain’s work was given a retrospective by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
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Flashback VI, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VI Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 151/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed ...
Lithograph
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Flashback I, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback I Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 50/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed an...
Lithograph
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Flashback III, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By 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...
Lithograph
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Flashback VIII, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VIII Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 120/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signe...
Lithograph
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Flashback V, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback V Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 172/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed a...
Lithograph
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Flashback VII, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VII Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 119/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed...
Lithograph
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Flashback II, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback II Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 88/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed a...
Lithograph
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Flashback IV, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback IV Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 153/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed ...
Lithograph
UNTITLED (From the ARTSOUNDS Collection)
Located in New York, NY
BURTON VAN DEUSEN Untitled (from the Artsounds Collection), 1986 color offset print, ed. 200 12 x 12 cm. 30.5 x 30.5 cm. Edition 49/100 signed and numbered in pencil by the artist...
Offset
$535
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
Hand painted Proof-Gladiolus Common Blue-British Awarded Artist-English Cottage
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
"Gladiolus Common Blue" marks the latest project by Shizico Yi, a continuation of her renowned "Sunlit Series." Initiated in late spring 2023 and extending throughout the years where...
Gesso, Oil, Acrylic, Archival Paper
$576
H 39.38 in W 27.56 in D 0.04 in
After Turner-One Off, Proof No 1-British Awarded Artist-Seascape-river Thames
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
This is a large Artist's Proof with original oil and gesso paint highlighting; it is the No 1 of the only 3 Proofs; the colours of the painting and Shizico's expressive brushstrokes ...
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Giclée, Gesso, Oil, Acrylic
$274
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.2 in
Hand-painted Aluminium Limited Edition#3-Summer Night-British Awarded Artist
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
This is a rare hand-painted Limited Edition by contemporary artist Shizico Yi, created on a deluxe matte-finish giclée aluminium panel. Each edition is 90% hand-painted with Shizico’...
Giclée, Archival Pigment, Digital Pigment
$850
H 37 in W 29.5 in
Bridge in Merida, Abstract Aquatint Etching by Diana Gonzalez Gandolfi
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Etching with Hand Coloring on paper, signed, numbered and dated in pencil by Argentinian/American artist, Diana Gandolfi.
Etching, Aquatint
$602
H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 0.04 in
Hand painted Limited Edition-Rare Square format-British Awarded Artist-Rosarian
By Shizico Yi
Located in London, GB
This stunning extra large hand painted Edition offers a grand scale visual treat to your space and enrich your daily life. Limited Edition only 3 are published, and it's surreal vs a...
Gesso, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Giclée
$1,250
H 22 in W 27 in
VILLA NEUVE Signed Lithograph, Modernist Abstract, City Landscape, Collage, Flag
By Conrad Marca-Relli 1
Located in Union City, NJ
VILLA NEUVE is an original limited edition lithograph printed using hand lithography techniques on archival printmaking paper 100% acid free. VILLA NEUVE is an imaginative modernist ...
Lithograph
$1,412
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Charles Lapicque - Composition - Original Lithograph
By Charles Lapicque
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Charles Lapicque - Composition - Original Lithograph Published in the deluxe art review, XXe Siecle 1951 Dimensions: 32 x 24 cm Publisher: G. di San Lazzaro. Unsigned and unnumbered...
Lithograph
$7,600
H 30 in W 22 in D 1 in
"Torre Blanca", Rufino Tamayo, Figurative Abstraction, Etching, 30x22 in.
By Rufino Tamayo
Located in Dallas, TX
"Torre Blanca" by Rufino Tamayo is a Figurative Abstraction etching limited edition measuring 30x22 in. The piece is framed beautifully with a white matt and light silver frame. Rufi...
Etching
South Ridge Series #66, Abstract Landscape
By Katherine Chang Liu
Located in Soquel, CA
A beautiful abstracted landscape, mixed media print and painting, in soft pastel hues by California artist Katherine Chang Liu (American, 20th-century). Signed and dated "Katherine C...
Ink, Oil, Archival Paper, Etching
Untitled (Edition 80/120)
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled" Edition 80/120, Abstract Lithograph signed and numbered in pencil, 22 x 30, Late 20th Century Colors: Red, Green, Yellow, Black, White, Brown...
Lithograph
Mauna Loa II, Abstract Etching by Gabor Peterdi
By Gabor F. Peterdi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Gabor Peterdi, Hungarian (1915 - 2001) Title: Mauna Loa II Year: 1969 Medium: Color Etching on BFK Rives paper, signed and numbered in pencil Edition...
Etching
Flashback VI, Flashback Series, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VI Year: 1979 Medium: Lithograph on vélin d’Arches paper Edition: 151/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Inscription: Signed ...
Lithograph
Flashback VII, John Chamberlain
By John Chamberlain
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: John Chamberlain (1927-2011) Title: Flashback VII Year: 1981 Medium: Lithograph on Arches paper Edition: 121/175, plus proofs Size: 28 x 20 inches Condition: Good Inscription...
Lithograph