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Abstract Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Butterfly and Heart
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Butterfly and Heart
Drawing in black felt pen over color screenprint 'spot' composition
Signed in full (bottom edge) and dedicated (top edge)
Dedicated by the artist
Annotated in fe...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
summer:detroit
Located in New York, NY
McArthur Binion (b. 1946, Macon, MS; lives and works in Chicago, IL) combines collage, drawing, and painting to create autobiographical abstractions of painted minimalist patterns ov...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Original-Golden Summer-UK Awarded Artist, British School, Exhibition Collection
Located in London, GB
-In light of new tariffs, we’ve applied a 20% discount off the market price of this piece to support our collectors in facing potential added costs. At the gallery, we work closely w...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gold
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Mark Tobey - 1960
By Mark Tobey
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is a fine and beautiful watercolor and tempera on paper realized by Mark Tobey in 1960. Signed and dated Tobey lower right.
Certificate of authenticity by Mark ...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Swimming jellyfish, fractal painting, naturalistic trompe l'oeil, water animals
Located in Carballo, ES
Black Neoexpressionist Painting. This is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2018. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The dimensions of the painting are 65 x ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Blue Opus Eight - Geometric Abstract Mandala Flower Blue Green Navy, 2019
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Blue Opus Series 8 is a predominately blue m...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
Lion Study
Located in THOMERY, FR
This expressive lion study captures the majestic presence of the king of the savanna with a delicate balance between abstraction and realism. Using fluid ink washes, the artist evoke...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Aqua green painting and shadows, The Magic Flute, visually translated opera
Located in Carballo, ES
Vítor Mejuto introduces a geometric synthesis that breaks down painting into its most structural essence. His work, in which line, stain and shape establish a precise chromatic balan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Meandering Print Series
By Gene Davis
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sophisticated and marvelous work for any forward interior. It both gives a sense of space, calm, playfulness and it actually pulls you in as a focal point work of art. Framing is ...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Screen
Fernando Botero, Original drawing of a woman, marker on paper, signed, inscribed
Located in New York, NY
Fernando Botero
Original drawing of a woman, 1997
Drawing done in marker, signed and inscribed
Boldly hand signed, dated and inscribed in black marker
Unique
This is an original, uni...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
B, Modern Abstract Tempera Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: B
Year: 1984
Medium: Tempera on Paper, sig...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled (crayon on paper
Located in Columbia, MO
Lynn Drexler (American, 1928-1999)
The work of Lynn Drexler is characterized by bold color and rhythmic brushwork, contributing to a distinctive sense of abstract harmony. A student ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
So Slight a Film ex-Lehman Brothers Art Collection unique signed painting Framed
By Emily Mason
Located in New York, NY
Emily Mason
So Slight a Film (from the Lehman Brothers art collection), 1978
Oil on paper Abstract Expressionist painting
Signed and dated 'Emily Mason '78' bottom right in pencil
Fr...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Graphite
Hermes 1929
Located in Stockholm, SE
An interesting and highly decorative chalk drawing by Edvard Andersson, 1929. Drawn on a quite large scale. Signed and dated EA, 1929. A tergo written "Hermes".
The drawing is exec...
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1920s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Milestones Series No. 5 -- Mixed Media Collage
Located in Troy, NY
This is a bright mixed media piece that is charming, and laden beautiful detail. There is a strong theme of geometric forms that break up the background of the piece and draw interes...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
"Drawing Study" Charles Burchfield, American Modernism Design
Located in New York, NY
Charles Burchfield
Drawing Study
Graphite on paper
5 1/2 x 8 inches
Charles Ephraim Burchfield (1893–1967) was an American painter, best known for his watercolor landscapes. Burchfi...
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Early 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Remembering My Arabesque" by Deborah Benedic
Located in Clinton Township, MI
This is a print of an original contour drawing. It is nicely matted and signed by the artist on the back. It is limited edition 1/1.
Shipping options are available.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Mid-century Abstract', NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, MALI, Lima, Peru
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Midcentury Biomorphic Abstract', NYMoMA, Paris, XXXII Venice Biennale, MALI, Lima, Peru
Signed, lower right, 'E.R. Larrain' for Emilio Rodríguez Larraín (Peruvian, 1928-2015), and inscribed 'Roma, Nov 1963, Enero 1964'. (Rome, Nov 1963-January 1964). Verso titled, "L'Homme C'est Sujet à Errer" (Man Tends to Wander), and bearing the artist's self-portrait in india ink and wash.
Exhibited: XXXII Venice Biennale, 1964. (original exhibition label verso)
Previously with Staempfli Galleries, New York. This painting is registered in the Archives of American Art as 'Staempfli Gallery, inventory #775'.
A monumental and historically distinguished work by this groundbreaking Peruvian Modernist who drew inspiration from Peruvian indigenous and pre-colonial culture. The paintings of Emilio Rodríguez Larraín are held in the permanent collections of museums worldwide including the Musée de la Ville de Paris, Peru's Museo de Arte de Lima and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. This painting was selected by the Peruvian Government for exhibition at the XXXII Venice Biennale in 1964 and is the largest single recorded work by the artist.
Emilio Rodríguez Larraín received his Bachelors of Architecture in 1949 from Peru's Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería and held his first solo exhibition in Lima after visiting Europe in 1950. In 1951, he returned to Europe in the company of the artists Alfredo Ruiz Rosas and Joaquín Roca Rey...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fiberboard, Laid Paper, Oil
"Unfolding #3" pressure printed monotype of unfolded package boxes on paper
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Unfolding #3" is an original piece by Yoonmi Nam made from pressure printed monotypes featuring layers of unfolded package outlines, creating dimension and abstraction. This piece m...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink
Tanga
Located in New York, NY
Friederike Oeser, a contemporary abstract painter, lives and works in Munich, Germany. For Oeser there is no hierarchy of visual value. It all has import—whether it be a trickle of w...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Charles Hinman, Minimalist Drawing, Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstract Signed
Located in New York, NY
Charles Hinman
Untitled Minimalist Drawing (Mid-Century Modern), 1980
Pastel on off-white wove paper
Signed in pencil and dated by the artist on the lower-right front. Jeffrey Fuller...
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1980s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Colorful painting on paper, Unique piece, Abstract Expressionist
Located in Carballo, ES
TUSET (1997, A Coruña, España)
Mixed media painting on paper
Ready to frame
One-of-a-kind
Signed on back
Includes certificate of authenticity
2021
65 x 50 cm.
It belongs to the ser...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Crayon, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil
Black ink on paper, sea water, fractal, impossible and poetic drawings
Located in Carballo, ES
Black And White Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2017. The work is unframed but has a rigid support on the back.
The title of this works is "From the A...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Original Drawing Abstract landscape by Marilina Marchica Blue Landscape
Located in Agrigento, AG
Blue Landscape
Original artwork on Paper
50x70 cm
certificate of authenticity
by Marilina Marchica,.
2024
This unique abstract painting explores the relationship between humanity a...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Clinton Hill, (Nude #5), 1951, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. From 1949 to 1951 Hill attended the Brookl...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"residence" abstract cityscape, colorful rowhouses, geometric, marker, pencil
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "residence" is an original artwork made from pencil, maker, acrylic paint collage on panel by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 8"h x 8"w.
Miriam Singer grew up i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Contemporary watercolor painting of pink roses, semi-abstract , art on paper
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This semi-abstract floral painting, titled "Sweet Summer Roses," captures the delicate beauty of pink roses and was inspired by the summer floral landscapes of Provence, South of Fra...
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
"Conversation" - Charcoal and watercolor abstract expression, Limited editon 15
Located in London, GB
"Conversation" intertwines the raw, emotive qualities of charcoal with the fluidity of watercolor. The juxtaposition of the two mediums and dimentions creates a dynamic interplay of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Photographic Film, Charcoal, Watercolor, Giclée, Film
"Through the Trees" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Excellent Provenance
By Arthur Dove
Located in New York, NY
"Through the Trees" Watercolor Mid-20th Century Modern Excellent Provenance
Arthur Dove (1880-1946)
"Through the Trees"
5 x 7
Watercolor on paper, 1938
Singed lower center
Framed: 1...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Gouache and Graphite Drawing on Board by Lois Field, Dated 1947
Located in New York, NY
Lois Field (Am. 1923 - 2010)
Untitled
Gouache and graphite on board, 1947
11 3/4” x 9”
Signed and dated Lois Field ‘47, lower left
Provenance
The artist, Webster Groves, MO (ca. 200...
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"Untitled" Acrylics, Pencils, Oil Pastels on Paper in Neutral Hues of Taupe
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" 2019, 25" x 31" horizontal drawing on paper by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, the...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glaze, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil
"Labyrinth" Acrylics and Ink on Paper in Hues of Raw Umber, Black and White
Located in New York, NY
"Labyrinth" 2021, 23.5" x 21.5" vertical drawing on paper by Argentine-born artist Karina Gentinetta (featured in Elle Decor, Architectural Digest, New York Times, Traditional Home, ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glaze, Ink, Acrylic
Hollywood Pool House Glow, Exclusive Handmade Cyanotype Print of Blue Patterns
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
"Hollywood Pool House Glow" shows the shimmering reflections of a Hollywood, California swimming pool.
Details:
+ Title: ...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Emulsion, Paper, Lithograph
Poptic Nine - Contemporary Geometric Abstract Mandala Yellow Blue Peach, 2020
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Poptic 09 is a predominately yellow, orange ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
7.10.24 #6 - Jewel Tone Emerald Abstract Watercolor Minimalist Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Delicate strokes and natural hues shape Shiri Phillips' watercolor, ink, and colored pencil artworks, showcasing her exploration of minimalism and organic forms. Departing from her u...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Original Triptych-Drawing Time-Gladiolus-PleinAir-Brit Award Artist-ink on paper
Located in London, GB
The Summer Bloom Series is an ongoing project that Shizico Yi returns to each summer, painting en plein air in her garden. She began gardening in 2015 to create a healing space for h...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Gouache, Graphite
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Eight of Hearts, mixed media silkscreen with hand applied acrylic, signed unique
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen
Eight of Hearts, 1989
Mixed media silkscreen with hand applied acrylic on paper with deckled edges
Hand signed, numbered 6/21, dated, and inscribed on the front
Uniqu...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Graphite, Screen
Clinton Hill, Paris, Oct., 1951 (France), mid-century abstract gouache drawing
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images.
He lived in SoHo, New York, and was a frequent Gallery visitor.
Born in Idaho and raised on a working ranch, ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Large Triptych of California Pool Patterns, Handprinted Cyanotype, Summer Style
By Kind of Cyan
Located in Barcelona, ES
This is an exclusive handprinted limited edition cyanotype.
This gorgeous triptych is called "Fresh California Pool Patterns" which shows the semi-abst...
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2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Photographic Film, Emulsion, Watercolor, C Print, Color, Lithograph, Mon...
Miro original pencil, pen and marker drawing on paper
By Joan Miró
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Joan Miro. original pencil, pen and marker drawing on paper
11/12/1964
Certificate per Jaques Dupin. Paris 7 septembre 91.
Jacques Dupin, along with others, founded ADOM (the Associa...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Clinton Hill, (Nude #1), 1951, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
The Horsemen
By Gen Paul
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper
50.00 cm. x 65.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 25.59 in. (paper)
LCD6765
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Constructivist abstraction, blue and yellow color, painted musical opera
Located in Carballo, ES
Vítor Mejuto introduces a geometric synthesis that breaks down painting into its most structural essence. His work, in which line, stain and shape establish a precise chromatic balan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Early Roy Lichtenstein drawing (Roy Lichtenstein, St. Macarius Monastery) c.1951
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Roy Lichtenstein, ‘St. Macarius Before His Monastery,’ circa 1951:
Included in the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné - this unique, rare early sket...
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1950s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Floral artwork on paper 'Gladiolas in madness'
Located in THOMERY, FR
Work realized with watercolor and a little pastels on watercolor paper. It is the memory of blooming gladiolas and lilies in the artist's garden. The result is a lively, energetic, g...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Untitled Abstraction
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstrraction
Gouache, watercolor and pigments on paper, c. 1960
Signed lower right in pencil (see photo)
Image: 17 x 22 inches
Sheet: 25 1/4 x 29 3/4 inches
Frame: 25 1/4 x ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"residence" abstract cityscape, colorful rowhouses, geometric, marker, pencil
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "residence" is an original artwork made from pencil, maker, acrylic paint collage on panel by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 8"h x 8"w.
Miriam Singer grew up i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Panel, Permanent Marker, Pencil
River - Snowflake Lines Dots Pattern Drawing Blue Pink, 2020
Located in Kent, CT
In carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with pink, green, yellow and dark red details, this intricate composition is inspired by patterns in nature. This draw...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we h...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Untitled Geometric Abstraction - unique signed and inscribed work -framed
Located in New York, NY
Paul Pagk
Untitled Geometric Abstraction, 1989
Gouache and watercolor on paper
Signed, dated and inscribed "A Jacqueline".
Frame included
Excellent unique work on paper by contempora...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite
Framed Early Modern Black & White Abstract Drawing Studies of Animals and Birds
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern black and white sketch by iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. Pulled from a collection of previously undiscovered sketchbooks, this work serves as a peak behind t...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Milestones Series No. 1 -- Mixed Media Collage
Located in Troy, NY
This is an exciting mixed media piece that is charming, and laden with bright color. There is a strong theme of geometric forms that break up the background of the piece and draw int...
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
buildings with windows overlooking the blue sea, golden yellow and pure forms
Located in Carballo, ES
Vítor Mejuto introduces a geometric synthesis that breaks down painting into its most structural essence. His work, in which line, stain and shape establish a precise chromatic balan...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 19 x 15.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Ver las estrellas
By Leonora Carrington
Located in Columbia, MO
Leonora Carrington (English, 1917–2011)
A visionary artist, writer, and sculptor, Leonora Carrington created worlds steeped in magic, mythology, and the subconscious. Originally from...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Engraving
Imaginary Geometric City. Second half of the 20th century
Located in Firenze, IT
Imaginary Geometric City.
Date: Second half of the 20th century
Medium: Gouache on cardboard
Dimensions: H 63 cm x W 48 cm approx.
Description: A network of soft shapes and wa...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Cardboard
EXPLOSION OF FLOWERS - Watercolor on paper signed Gibor, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Watercolor on brightly colored paper, signed Gibor, with wooden frame mis.cm.h.65x56
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"#191" Ethel Schwabacher, Mid-Century, Abstract Expressionist Shades of Gray
By Ethel Schwabacher
Located in New York, NY
Ethel Schwabacher
#191, 1956
Initialed and dated upper left
Oil on paper
7 1/4 x 9 1/4 inches
Provenance
The artist
Private Collection, New York (acquired from the above in 1972)
St...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"DANGER!", Blue, Red, and White Abstract Acrylic Paint and Collage on Canvas
By Jim Houser
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This blue, red, and white wall-hanging artwork titled "DANGER!" is an original artwork by Jim Houser made of acrylic and collage on canvas. This piece measures 10"h x 10"w.
Jim Hous...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Magic Carpet Ride 3 - 9"x12" Original Art, Geometric Pattern, Black White Brown
Located in Mississauga, Ontario
This detailed artwork on paper puts emphasis on design and composition. Using pencil, colour pencil and ink, a Navajo inspired rug motif is created using traditional design elements....
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil, Ink
"Colorful Geometric Abstraction, " Simon Samsonian, Armenian Artist
Located in New York, NY
Simon Samsonian (1912 - 2003)
Colorful Geometric Abstraction, 1981
Oil on paper
16 x 22 inches
Signed and dated lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
This survivor of the Armenian genocide wound up in a Cairo orphanage in 1927. He rose to fame as one of Egypt’s great modernists, but after moving to Long Island late in life he withdrew into anonymity. Now his compelling story is being told. Art historians are finally beginning to realize that the power of abstraction in its early years was a zeitgeist not limited to the major European centers of the avant-garde — Paris, Munich, and Moscow — but one that quickly rippled to major cities throughout the world. Within a few decades that original shock of a new vision had inspired thousands of artists from different cultures — particularly those the Middle East — whose translations were not slavish imitations of works by seminal figures like Picasso, Braque, Malevich, and Kandinsky but creative variants colored by their respective cultures.
This essay focuses on an extraordinary Armenian artist, his harrowing survival of the genocide, his rise to fame in Cairo, and his creation of a unique style of abstraction. Art historians have typically formed a chorus that teaches the history of abstraction like this: Just before and during the World War I era, several avant-garde artists emerged to create shockingly different new forms by which artists could express themselves. In Paris, Picasso and Braque broke out with cubism, quickly followed by Mondrian. In Moscow, Malevich created Suprematism, the ultimate hard-edge geometric abstraction. And in Munich, Kandinsky emerged as the father of Abstract Expressionism. Within these few short years a zeitgeist was sensed throughout the art world. American pioneers, too — particularly Stanton Macdonald-Wright and Morgan Russell — felt this explosive freedom of expression. When Europe was recovering after World War I it became clear that Paris would retain its title as capitol of the art world, lasting through the Roaring Twenties and even through the Great Depression. But the end of World War II changed everything. A parallel war had been won by a group of irascible young Abstract Expressionists in New York — led by Pollock, Rothko, DeKooning, and Kline. No sooner had Paris been liberated from the Germans than Picasso, Matisse, Breton, and Duchamp surrendered to the Americans. From that point on New York would be the epicenter of the art world.
But a lens that focuses myopically on the war between the avant-garde of Paris and New York misses the wider narrative of multiple aesthetic modernities that developed in the several decades following World War I. For Armenian artists the matter is even more complex owing to the genocide of 1915 where more than 1.5 million people — seventy-five percent of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire — were massacred. Those not shot on the spot were sent on death marches through the Mesopotamian desert without food or water. Frequently, the marchers were stripped and forced to walk naked under the scorching sun until they dropped dead.
As a child Samsonian witnessed the murder of his parents and most of the members of his family. Soon thereafter, his older sister, Anahid, quickly shepherded him into a line of children being rescued by Greek nuns. But they became separated and he lost her, too. He was sent to a Greek orphanage in Smyrna (now Izmir), on Turkey’s west coast. Because he only knew his first name, the orphanage gave him a last name based on the place where they found him — Samsun — a major port on Turkey’s north coast on the Black Sea. His birth date was unknown, too. According to Samsonian’s vague recollections he assumed he was about three or four years old at the onset of the genocide, which would place his birth year in 1911 or 1912. In 1922, when Samsonian was about 10, the Turks ended their war with the Greeks by putting Smyrna to the torch in what has been called the “Catastrophe of Smyrna.” Once again, the child was on the run, escaping the fire and slaughter. He found temporary refuge in Constantinople, but within a year that major port would fall to the Turks, too, and become renamed as Istanbul. This time, Samsonian was whisked away to an orphanage in Greece founded by the American charity, Near East Relief — which is credited with saving so many Armenian orphans that the American historian Howard M. Sachar said it “quite literally kept an entire nation alive.
Any understanding of Samsonian’s approach to modernism requires careful consideration of the impact of his early years because his art is inseparable from the anguish he experienced. In 1927, when he was a teenager, he was transferred to Cairo, Egypt, then a cosmopolitan city hosting a sizable portion of the Armenian diaspora. There he lived with thirty-two other children on the top floor of the Kalousdian Armenian School. Upon graduating in 1932 he won a scholarship to attend the Leonardo da Vinci Art Institute — an Italian art school in Cairo — where he won first prize in final examinations among one hundred students. He found work with an Armenian lithographic printer and he returned to the Kalousdian Armenian School to teach drawing. In 1939 he married one of his students, Lucy Guendimian.
The Cairo in which Samsonian matured as an artist was home to many prominent art collectors after World War I. In this receptive environment Samsonian exhibited widely and won many awards. Beginning in 1937 and for the next thirty years he exhibited annually at the prestigious Le Salon du Caire hosted by the Société les Amis de l’Art (founded in 1921). After World War II he hit his stride as a modernist in Cairo, counting among his peers other artists of the Armenian diaspora such as Onnig Avedissian, Achod Zorian, Gregoire Meguerdichian, Hagop Hagopian...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
"Casper" Diana Kurz, New York Female Abstract Expressionist Gouache on Paper
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz
Casper
Gouache on paper
11 x 17 inches
Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first to England and then ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Yellow Landscape, Original Art on Paper , One of a kind-large size
Located in Agrigento, AG
Yellow Landscape
Original Art on Fabriano Rosaspina Paper
50x70 cm
2023
The use of natural materials such as mineral oxide powder connects the work to a dimension of respect for the...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pigment
Les chevaux de cirque, original gouache, lithograph
By Yves Brayer
Located in Belgrade, MT
This piece is pencil signed by the artist, it is a very limited editions in very good condition. It is part of my private collection.( Guilde De La Gravure).
Category
Mid-19th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Lithograph
Composition III Sasha - abstraction art, made in black, orange, yellow and white
By Lena Cher
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Abstraction art, made in black, orange, yellow on white foam board.
Also, you can read name Sasha in Russian at the middle of the painting.
Can be as a s...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Epoxy Resin, Foam Board
Abstract impressionist expressive nature oil painting paper "Beauty of nature"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This contemporary abstract impressionist painting with touches of expressionism, Beauty of Nature, is a delicate and emotive creation by French artist Natalya Mougenot. Part of a sum...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Paper
Red Landscape Abstract Drawing - Original Art Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Red Landscape
mineral oxide on paper (canson Paper 300gr)
30x40 cm
Original Art
Authenticity certificate
one of a kind
Marilina Marchica, born in 1984, was born in Agrigento, where...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Pink Twigs Side Escape - Dots Line Pattern Drawing Snowflake Branches, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
In carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with pink, green, yellow and dark red details, this intricate composition is inspired by patterns in nature. This cont...
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Larry Poons, Midget Racer, unique Color Field Abstract Geometric drawing, signed
By Larry Poons
Located in New York, NY
Larry Poons
Midget Racer, 1963
Colored Pencil on Graph Paper
Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the lower right front
Original frame with gallery label included
Provenance: H...
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1960s Color-Field Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Geometric synthesis, emotional abstraction, lines and spots, stage
Located in Carballo, ES
Vítor Mejuto introduces a geometric synthesis that breaks down painting into its most structural essence. His work, in which line, stain and shape establish a precise chromatic balan...
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21st Century and Contemporary Constructivist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Graphite
Untitled #I
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" is a watercolor on paper by California abstract expressionist artist R. Anthony (Tony) Askew, b.1939. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist....
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
