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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Style: Pop Art
Style: American Realist
Infant in Mother's Arms
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Nude and Interior No. 2
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Portrait of a Woman in Ruffles
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Three Quarter Portrait Study No. 2
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Value Study of Woman's Head in Profile
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Graphite

Value Study of Woman's Head
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Charcoal

Nude and Interior No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Child in Profile
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Charcoal

Three Quarter Portrait Study No. 1
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Woman's Head
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Head of Woman
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Original unique signed Flower Drawing limited edition skateboard Street Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
TAKASHI MURAKAMI Original Flower Drawing on skateboard (Hand signed), 2017 Unique Flower Drawing in Marker on skateboard. Signed by Murakami 31 × 8 inches Flower drawing done in marker and boldly signed by Murakami. The skate deck was issued unsigned, but this one was, exceptionally hand signed with a flower drawing by Murakami at Complexcon in 2017. This limited edition Murakami skate deck was created and sold exclusively at the 2017 Complexcon convention and is already considered a collectors' item. Provenance: Signed in person by the artist at Complexcon in 2017 TAKASHI MURAKAMI BIOGRAPHY Takashi Murakami, who has a PhD in nihonga painting, combines the most cutting-edge techniques with the precision and virtuosity of traditional Japanese art. Inspired by anime and character culture...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Screen

Two hearts with hand coloring in oil stick, signed & numbered (unique variation)
Located in New York, NY
Jim Dine The Christmas Print (Burg, 26), 2001 Drypoint, direct gravure, etching over offset lithograph with hand coloring by artist in oil stick, on T.H. Saunders paper, the full she...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Offset, Etching, Drypoint, Engraving, Oil, Mixed Media, Oil Crayon

Wilton Riding Club Horse Event
Located in Greenwich, CT
An award winning artist for her watercolors, Davis was a beloved Connecticut artist. A rare subject done in a contemporary and fresh way. She was a member of this club and enjoyed t...
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1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance.
Located in Middletown, NY
A serene Hudson River scene by a student of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Anna May Walling was born in 1881, a native of Goshen, New York. She was a graduate of the Blair Academy, and Prat...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Female Torso, Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude Female Torso Charcoal on paper, c. 1920 Stamped and initialed in pencil "Asa Cheffetz/A.D.C" Estate signature by wife, A.D.C. Exhibited: Museum of F...
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1920s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch) Pen and ink with wash on heavy wove sketchbook paper, 1938 Signed lower right: Fletcher Martin Directly related to Martin's famous painting of 1942 entitled "Lullaby", which was also used in the lithograph of the same name. (see photo) The drawing depicts the third and final knockdown of Max Schmeling in their rematch of 1938. Condition: Mat staining at the edges of the sketchbook page edges Toning to verso from previous framing. Does not affect framed presentation "It was here that Louis first used sport to bridge America's cavernous racial divide. With Hitler on the march in Europe and using Schmeling's victory over Louis as proof of “Aryan supremacy,” anti-Nazi sentiment ran high in the States. Louis had long grown accustomed to the pressures of representing his race but here the burdens were broader and deeper. Now he was shouldering the hopes of an entire nation. A few weeks before the match Louis visited the White House and U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose tenure lasted even longer than Louis' would, told him, “Joe, we need muscles like yours to beat Germany.” Those muscles certainly beat Schmeling on fight night...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Minimalist Figurative Drawing by Cuban artist Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Minimalist Figurative Drawing by Cuban artist Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima Juan Carlos was born in Havana Cuba June 30th 1986. He Studied at Eduardo Garcia Delgado School of Art. He cur...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Executed in 1930, this abstract yet representational biomorphic charcoal work by African American Artist Charles Henry Alston prefigures his ...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Advertising Graphic project for FIAT by Marco Silombria. Circa 1980
Located in Firenze, IT
Car rally. Fiat factory team. Marco Silombria (Savona, 1035- Turin, 2014) Mixed media: drawing, watercolor, pencils on paper, applied to hard support Around 1980. Marco Silombria...
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1970s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Plastic, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil

Figurative Bull and Boy - Cuban Figurative Painter Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ARTIST— Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima Juan Carlos was born in Havana Cuba June 30th 1986. He Studied at Eduardo Garcia Delgado School of Art. He currently lives and works in Havana. PAI...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Ballpoint Pen

"Backyards" Early 20th Century Watercolor Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
Located in New York, NY
"Backyards" Early 20th Century Watercolor Fauvism Social Realism American Scene Note: We have three similar in style works from 1911 available now on 1stDibs. All are framed identic...
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1910s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Choice I (Monochrome-Strong influence of Church's Baroque / Renaissance art )
Located in New Orleans, LA
Radek Husak, a contemporary process-driven mixed media artist, was born in Poland in 1984. With a Master’s degree from the Royal College of Art, his practice is firmly situated in th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Pigment

Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Answering the Door Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene Note: We have three similar in style works from 1911 available now on 1stDibs. All are framed identi...
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1910s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Two Men on a Street Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Two Men on a Street Early 20th Century w/c Fauvism Social Realism American Scene Note: We have three similar in style works from 1911 available now on 1stDibs. All are framed identi...
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Early 1900s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Bailing Hay 42 x 40 inches Oil on paper c. 1930s Signed lower right Unframed Our gallery is pleased to present the exhibition, "Jo Cain: Echoes of an Era," a tribute to the enduring legacy of Joseph Lambert Cain and a celebration of his art that transcends time and remains relevant today. The exhibition features mural studies, works on paper and paintings from the 1930s and 40s, all are available on 1stDibs. BIO JOSEPH LAMBERT CAIN (1904–2003) A painter, muralist, and art educator, Joseph Cain...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Paper

Ski North Carolina
Located in Raleigh, NC
RGRFineArts is pleased to offer this beautiful watercolor by renowned North Carolina artist William Mangum of skiers on a ski run, likely in Mangum's ho...
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1980s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Mirrored XXXIII (muse of the 21st century – a neo-romantic young and lithe man.)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Rad Husak, a contemporary process-driven mixed media artist, was born in Poland in 1984. With a Master’s degree from the Royal College of Art, his practice is firmly situated in the ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Pigment

Unique, original hand Signed, dated Antiquity Drawing held in monograph Pop Art
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons Untitled (Antiquity Drawing), 2009 Unique original drawing done in silver marker on the first front end page of Koons iconic monograph "Hulk Elvis". (Hand signed and dated...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset, Board

Untitled (Time)
Located in Roma, RM
Alighiero Boetti (Turin 1940 - Rome 1994), Untitled (Time) (1985) Mixed media on paper 70 x 50 cm signed in the bottom center, also at the bottom is an openwork inscription I vedent...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Felt Pen, Pencil

Seashells 6, Beach-strewn seashells from Sanibel Island, Graphite on Paper
Located in New York, NY
This drawing reveals the artist's mastery of the medium and her connection to her subjects. In this one, we peek beach-strewn seashells from her travels to Sanibel Island boast bubbl...
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2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Banana Drawing, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
This is a unique hand-drawn work on paper representing a banana. Bold in its composition, the artwork is executed in yellow, subtle greens, and blues. :: Drawing :: Pop-Art :: This p...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Bernard Gussow 1881 -1957 Bernard Gussow was active/lived in New York, New Jersey / Russian Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings. Ber...
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1940s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Fernando Natalici Area Nightclub: 1983-1987 (collection of 16 works)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Fernando Natalici Area Nightclub 1983-1987: A collection of 16 hand-colored silver gelatin photographs spanning the history of the seminal 1980s New York nightclub known as "Area". These rare images were captured by Fernando Natalici - a noted downtown art scene photographer who is also famous for designing the majority of Area's party invites during this period. These works were exhibited at Area circa 1986 as part of show curated by Serge Becker (featured in image 4) - a key Area figurehead. A much historical & highly decorative assemblage of Area regulars defining the club's historic & vibrant scene. Further details: Medium: A collection of 16 individual hand-colored silver gelatin photographs mounted on illustration board. Overall Dimensions (applies to each individual work): 16x20 inches. Condition: Good overall vintage condition. Some scattered surface markings to margin areas. Each hand-signed on the reverse by Natalici and unique. Provenance: Obtained directly from artist. Literature/References: Area: 1983-1987 by Eric Goode Jennifer Goode (pub. by Abrams 2013). New York Magazine 2013: "It Was the Hottest Club in Town." Area: A brief history (New York Magazine 11/1/13): "Influenced equally by sixties-era happenings and the gonzo childhoods of its proprietors, Area opened its doors in 1983. The club, unlike any that came before it, underwent a painstaking transformation roughly every six weeks, with themes like Confinement, Suburbia, and Science Fiction that incorporated elaborate art installations with taxidermied bears...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Silver Gelatin, Wax Crayon, Oil Crayon

Wildflowers and Sky, Vermont Landscape Black & White Graphite Drawing
Located in New York, NY
This drawing reveals the artist's mastery of the medium and her connection to her subjects. In this one, we peek at a soft horizon line as we gaze though a patch of wildflowers near ...
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2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Paper

Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat: Monotype (unique work, hand signed twice)
Located in New York, NY
Richard Corman Portrait of Jean-Michel Basquiat: Monotype (hand signed twice by Richard Corman), 2015 Silkscreen monotype on 320 gram Coventry Rag paper with deckled edges Signed twi...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Screen, Monotype, Felt Pen, Mixed Media

Nonconformist Removed by the State. Satyr / Pan Mythology
Located in Miami, FL
This cartoon by Charles Addams is generations ahead of its time. To get the punch line, you need to know the meaning of a Satyr or Pan. Satyr: Part man and part beast. - A male nature spirit with ears and a tail resembling those of a horse, as well as a permanent, exaggerated permanent erection. Early artistic representations sometimes include horse-like legs; Satyrs were characterized by their vulgar, indecent ribaldry, and were rowdy lovers of wine, music, dancing, and women. They inhabited remote locales, such as woodlands, and they often attempted to seduce or rape nymphs and mortal women alike. It's prudish 1950s America, where TV programs show husband and wife sleeping in separate beds. The discussion and representation of sex was repressed. To make a bold statement about censorship and the uncompromising moral climate of the time, Addams uses a reference from the mythical world to make a statement about the real world. In doing so, he anticipates the sexual revolution of the late 1960s and 1970s. The satyr/pan symbolizes nonconformistism. He has his own earthy customs, attitudes, and ideas. Because of that is being handcuffed and formally taken away by the state whose goal is to repress natural erotic fun and frolic that is ubiquitous in todays society. A proper and perfectly pressed Park Ranger cleans out a lustful undesirable from pristine woodlands. With startled expressions, a vulnerable family of correct women witness the event as they are about to have a picnic. The Satyr grasps his Pipes of Pan just over his crotch. The background is populated by phallic symbols. This is one a the rare instances where Addams address the issue of sex. The Ranger is a dead ringer as a self portrait of Addams. Original illustration for a cartoon, showing a uniformed ranger leading away a manacled satyr, in front of a startled picnic party. Ink and grisaille wash on Whatman cold press illustration board, signed "Chas Addams...
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1950s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Untitled, 1982 (Cannibal)
Located in Greenwich, CT
Untitled, 1982 is a sumi ink on paper, 38.25 x 50" image size, signed and dated verso 'SEPT.21 - 82 + K. Haring' and framed in a custom, gold-leaf frame. Haring’s image of a man-eating monster is partly influenced by the artist Hieronymus Bosch as Haring often cited Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Sumi Ink

Love You (unique signed watercolor on paper)
Located in New York, NY
Sister Mary Corita Kent Love You, ca. 1975 Original signed watercolor painting on paper Signed in graphite pencil on the recto Floated and framed in white wood frame This is a unique...
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1970s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

A Duck to Remember your House (inscribed and signed 3x by Slonem to Warhol muse)
Located in New York, NY
Superb provenance: gifted by Hunt Slonem to one of Warhol's muses. Hunt Slonem A Duck to Remember Your House By (inscribed and signed three times to Andy Warhol's friend Monique Van Vooren), 1991-2011 Watercolor on Paper Hand signed and dated recto, signed again verso; inscribed "Monique, a duck to remember your house by.Thank you for the birthday Love Hunt 2011" Unique work Frame included: held in the original artist's vintage wood frame Measurements: Framed: 12.5" x 10.5" x .5" Unframed 9.75" x 8" This work is hand signed three times by Hunt Slonem: once on the recto, once on the verso, and once following the written inscription. Provenance is impeccable as this cherished gift from Hunt Slonem was acquired from the estate of the actress and socialite Monique Van Vooren. The work was painted in 1991 (and dated 1991 on the recto), and was gifted by the artist to Monique in 2011, bearing a dated dedication verso. Monique Van Vooren (1927-2020) was a film and stage actress who enjoyed a long career with diverse roles ranging from the 1960s television series Batman to Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein...
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1990s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

Flower in a Chalice
Located in London, GB
This is a unique pencil drawing by the artist Andy Warhol. It was realised circa 1974. It is stamped twice by the estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, verso. It is also initialed 'VF' by Vincent Fremont of the Andy Warhol Foundation and inscribed with the identification number"RO-28.13", verso. Provenance: Estate of Andy Warhol. The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, New York. Susan Sheehan Gallery...
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1970s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Unique drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed & inscribed to Warhol's boyfriend
Located in New York, NY
Kenny Scharf Original drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould, 1984 Permanent marker drawing on Kenny Scharf Tony Shafrazi Gallery exhibition poster (hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf) Boldly signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould Frame included: Framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass. Measurements: Frame: 35 x 28.5 x 1.5 inches Print 28.25 x 22 inches Own a piece of Pop Art history! This is a unique drawing hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf, done on a vintage collectible 1984 poster from the legendary Tony Shafrazi Gallery. If you saw "The Andy Warhol Diaries" on Netflix, you'd know about Warhol's relationship with Jon Gould - Andy's last boyfriend; tragically, Warhol would become Gould's last boyfriend as well, when, soon after, Gould would die of AIDS at the young age of 33 Kenny Scharf created an original drawing, done in marker, and inscribed it to Jon Gould (featured prominently in Andy Warhol's Diaries and the eponymous Netflix series) - and it had not been seen since the 1980s. Jon Gould was a New England educated former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Paramount Pictures - a Boston Brahmin whose real claim to fame was as Andy Warhol's last boyfriend. This work was acquired from the widely publicized sale of the collection of Jon Gould - -a treasure trove of valuable gifts and art works by Warhol and others like Kenny Scharf, Basquiat and Keith Haring to Gould - that had not been seen in nearly four decades. This is one of the works from that impressive sale. Below are links to two of the many articles about the collection of Jon Gould in the New York Times, Artnet News and the New York Post respectively. About Kenny Scharf: Kenny Scharf (b. 1958, United States) is a renowned artist affiliated with the 1980’s East Village Art movement in New York. Scharf developed a distinct and uniquely personal artistic style in paintings as well as sculpture, alongside his mentor Andy Warhol, and contemporaries like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring with whom he pioneered contemporary street art. References to popular culture reoccur throughout his works, such as appropriated cartoon characters from the Flintstones and Jetsons, as well as imagined anthropomorphic creatures. Through ecstatic compositions and a dazzling color palette, Scharf presents an immersive viewing experience that is both intimate and fresh. Scharf’s multifaceted practice—spanning painting, sculpture, installation work, murals, performance and fashion—reflects his dedication to the creation of dynamic forms of art that deconstruct existing artistic hierarchies, echoing the philosophy of Pop artists. Yet Scharf’s artistic significance expands beyond the art historical terrain of Pop Art; the artist instead coined the term “Pop Surrealist” to describe his one-of-a-kind practice. His inclusion in the 1985 Whitney Biennial marked the start of his international phenomenon, a reputation that continues to thrive today. Courtesy of Almine Rech MORE ABOUT JON GOULD: Warhol wrote extensively on Jon Gould in his diaries. In July, 2022, when the Netflix series "The Andy Warhols Diaries" came out, the New York Post (among many other publications) ran a major feature article on Warhol's relationship with Gould and on this very sale: It reads, "When Harriet Woodsom Gould died in 2016 in her nineties, she left behind a trove of family heirlooms dating back to the 1700s in her Amesbury, Mass., home. Yet in her attic, she had a secret veritable shrine to pop art. There, she had stashed her late son Jon Gould’s belongings for decades since his death in 1986 from AIDS. He had vases painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat, works by Keith Haring and dozens and dozens of gifts — photos, valentines, sketches, letters and more — from pop god Andy Warhol. “My mother kept everything,” Jon’s twin brother, Jay Gould, told The Post. Jay knew his brother “had some type of relationship” with Warhol in the 1980s, though Jon always remained discreet about it. “We were very close, identical twins, but we never talked a lot about his sexuality,” Jay, now 68, explained. “It was a different time.” Yet, he was still stunned to read the poetry and love notes Jon wrote to the older artist. “I didn’t realize the relationship was as deep as it was.” Actually, no one really knew. Gould was Warhol’s last romance, a young Paramount executive with floppy hair and preppy good looks who died tragically at 33. And though Warhol frequently mentioned him in his famed diaries, published posthumously in 1989, the artist’s dashed-off musings gave the impression that Jon was more of a crush than a genuine partner...Gould didn’t so much enter into Warhol’s life as Warhol willed him into it. It was April 1981, and Warhol, then 52, was still reeling from his breakup with Jed Johnson... Jed left that December, and that spring Warhol confessed to feeling lonely: “I’ve got these desperate feelings that nothing means anything. And then I decide that I should try to fall in love, and that’s what I’m doing now with Jon Gould.” Gould was a 26-year-old Paramount exec: a New England WASP with a lithe, strong physique and charismatic personality, who looked straight. Warhol reasoned: “Jon is a good person to be in love with because he has his own career, and I can develop movie ideas with him, you know? And maybe he can even convince Paramount to advertise in Interview, too. Right? So my crush on him will be good for business.” Warhol began courting Gould with a vengeance, sending extravagant bouquets of roses to his office at Paramount. He even offered their mutual friend, the photographer Christopher Makos, a fancy watch if he could get Gould to be his boyfriend. “I guess he never got loved,” Makos says in the series. “Because I didn’t get my watch.” (Jay Gould also tells the camera that his brother had admitted that he was in a relationship but that he said they didn’t have sex.) At first, Gould resisted Warhol’s attention, but eventually the two began spending a lot of time together, though Gould would frequently pull away if things got too intense, and he often would tell Warhol not to write about him in his diary. “I think my brother was concerned about his career at that time,” Jay Gould said. But the younger man attended parties and art events with him, invited the artist skiing with his family in Aspen and even for a time moved into his place on 66th Street. “I love going out with Jon because it’s like being on a real date,” Warhol wrote early in their relationship. “He’s tall and strong and I feel like he can take care of me.” Yet it turned out that Warhol would have to take care of Gould. On Feb. 4, 1984, Jon was admitted to New York Hospital with pneumonia — though it was understood that he had AIDS. Warhol stayed with him in the hospital every night for the 30 days he was there, despite his fear of hospitals since getting shot and his fear of getting AIDS. (Warhol couldn’t bring himself to talk about Gould’s illness in the diary, but his editor notes that when Gould was released March 7, Warhol instructed his housekeepers to wash Jon’s clothes and dishes “separate from mine.”). Around 1985, Warhol began working on his massive series of 100 works based on Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Original Figurative Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ARTIST— Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima Juan Carlos was born in Havana Cuba June 30th 1986. He Studied at Eduardo Garcia Delgado School of Art. He currently lives and works in Havana. PAI...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ballpoint Pen, Acrylic

"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Good Health Week 10 ½ x 15 1/2 inches Oil on pape...
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1940s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Untitled (Rose) Unique original signed graphite drawing from MOCA Detroit Framed
Located in New York, NY
Donald Baechler Untitled (Rose), 2015 Original Graphite drawing on archival bond paper. Framed, with museum provenance Signed and dated in graphite pencil on the front Provenance: Do...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite, Charcoal, Pencil

Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Telephone Pole Worker 38 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches Oil on pap...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Seated Man, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Seated Man Year: 1980 Medium: Ink on archival paper Size: 9 x 11.5 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed by the artist PETER MAX (1937- ) P...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Lady Profile, Peter Max
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Umbrella Man Year: 1997 Medium: Ink on archival paper Size: 13 x 14 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed by the artist PETER MAX (1937- ) ...
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1990s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Keith Haring Drawing 1983 (Keith World Tour hat)
Located in NEW YORK, NY
1983 Keith Haring Dancing Figures drawing on Keith Haring World Tour hat: A rare, historic Keith Haring collectible featuring a sharply executed black mar...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Cotton, Ink

Industrial Working Man WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Working Man WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Man with a Tool 39 ¾ x 38 ¼ inches Gouache...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
Located in New York, NY
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Cowboy 33 3/4 x 36 inches Oil on paper, c. 1930s Signed...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism Alfred Mira (1900-1981) Greenwich Village NYC 14 x 17 inches Oil on board,...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil, Board

Original Radiant Baby drawing (hand signed and inscribed by Keith Haring)
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring Untitled drawing inscribed to David, 1988 Original drawing on paper bound in historic monograph, inscribed to David Copley Boldly signed, inscribed and dated in black marker above the drawing This is a unique work Iconic, unique radiant baby drawing...
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1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Permanent Marker, Offset

Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Railroad worker 36 ¼ x 27 inches Oil on paper c. 1930s S...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Surveyors WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism Men Working
Located in New York, NY
Surveyors WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism Men Working Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Surveyors 30 ½ x 40 ¼ inches (sight) Gouache on paper c. 1930s Signed lower rig...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Printing Press 40 ½ x 26 inches (sight) Oil o...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Original Figurative Portrait Painting by Cuban Artist Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ARTIST— Juan Carlos Vazquez Lima Juan Carlos was born in Havana Cuba June 30th 1986. He Studied at Eduardo Garcia Delgado School of Art. He currently lives and works in Havana. PAI...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ballpoint Pen, Acrylic

Original hand signed Flower Drawing on limited edition skateboard
Located in New York, NY
Takashi Murakami Original hand signed Flower Drawing on limited edition skateboard, 2017 Unique Flower Drawing in Marker on skateboard. Signed by Murakami Flower drawing done in marker and boldly signed by Murakami 31 × 8 × 1/4 inches The skate deck was issued unsigned, but this one was, exceptionally hand signed with a flower drawing by Murakami at Complexcon in 2017. Note measurements of 31 x 8 inches apply to each skate deck. This limited edition Murakami skate deck was created and sold exclusively at the 2017 Complexcon convention and is already considered a collectors' item. About Takashi Murakami: We want to see the newest things. That is because we want to see the future, even if only momentarily. It is the moment in which, even if we don’t completely understand what we have glimpsed, we are nonetheless touched by it. This is what we have come to call art. —Takashi Murakami Drawing from traditional Japanese painting, sci-fi, anime, and the global art market, Takashi Murakami creates paintings, sculptures, and films populated by repeated motifs and mutating characters of his own creation. His wide-ranging work embodies an intersection of pop culture, history, and fine art. Murakami earned a BA, MFA, and PhD from Tokyo University of the Arts, where he studied nihonga (traditional Japanese painting). In 1996 he established the Hiropon Factory, a studio/workshop that in subsequent years grew into an art production and artist management company, now known as Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd. Since the early 1990s Murakami has invented characters that combine aspects of popular cartoons from Japan, Europe, and the US—from his first Mr. DOB, who sometimes serves as a stand-in for the artist himself, to various anime characters and smiling flowers, bears, and lions. These figures act as icons and symbols—hosts for more complex themes of violence, technology, and fantasy. In 2000 Murakami curated Superflat, an exhibition featuring works by artists whose techniques and mediums synthesize various aspects of Japanese visual culture, from ukiyo-e (woodblock prints of the Edo period) to anime and kawaii (a particular cuteness in cartoons, handwriting, products, and more). With this exhibition, Murakami advanced his Superflat theory of art, which highlights the “flatness” of Japanese visual culture from traditional painting to contemporary subcultures in the context of World War II and its aftermath. Murakami’s work extends to mass-produced items such as toys, key chains, and t-shirts. In 2002 he began a multiyear collaboration with Marc Jacobs on the redesign of the Louis Vuitton monogram. Murakami then took the radical step of directly incorporating the Vuitton monograms and patterns into his paintings and sculptures. While Murakami’s imagery may appear to present unprecedented characters and forms, many contain explicit art historical references, and some are even direct contemporary updates on traditional Japanese works. In 2009 Murakami and the esteemed art historian Nobuo Tsuji began a creative dialogue centered on a group of Japanese artists known as the Edo eccentrics. This collaboration led to an exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston in 2017, for which Murakami and Tsuji selected Japanese works from the museum’s collection and showed them alongside works by Murakami. The latter included Dragon in Clouds—Red Mutation: The version I painted myself in annoyance after Professor Nobuo Tsuji told me, “Why don’t you paint something yourself for once?” (2010), a red monochrome version of the famous eighteenth-century painting Dragon and Clouds by Soga Shōhaku...
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2010s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Screen

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.

Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art.

The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.

When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.

When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.

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