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Size: Small
Feeling by Annemarie Ambrosoli, watercolor on paper, 50x30cm
Located in Kiens, BZ
Feeling (2018) is a watercolor by contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli that measures 49,5x29,5 cm. It is framed with a cream white passepartout, measuring 63,7x43,5 cm and with a...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Le combat des poissons "Pencil study with annotations , cm. 30 x 20 1940 ca
Located in Torino, IT
André Masson ( 1896-1987) Pencil study with annotations on the right side, acquired by the previous owner from Luis Masson son of Andrè Masson
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1940s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

The Dreamcatcher - Collage, Paper, Red, Contemporary Art
Located in Berlin, DE
The Dreamcatcher, 2022 collage on paper 46 H x 37.5 W cm Signed on right side down Raluca Arnăutu dreams the world through collages. A collage, dreamlike and surreal, populated by thousands of pieces of paper, textiles, pieces of plastic, found or made objects, which intertwine on the paper support and as in a well-controlled and thought puzzle give birth to a new universe. The new series of...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Paper

Black, white Homage to Piccaso painting by Modern British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really eye-catching black and white figurative work by Modern British artist Ewart Johns (1923 - 2013) 'A Homage to Picasso' Ewart Johns (British, 1923 – 2013) Homage to Picasso P...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Abstract Boat Composition - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Acte I, La Grande Duchesse By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 | Russian-French Acte I, La Grande Duchesse Signed “Erté” (lower right) Inscribed "La Traviata / 1er acte / Entrée des invités / Composition orig...
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20th Century Art Deco Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Charcoal, Pencil

Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Free flow movement
Located in Sempach, LU
"Free flow movement" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink

Many-Worlds Interpretation (H.C.H.C.E.c)
Located in New York, NY
Looking at a painting by Colin Hunt is like watching someone pass through a hole in our consciousness. As the landscape refracts through the sitter’s absence and fills that emptiness...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Abstract Drawing on Paper Color Pencil "Greens I" line squiggle tangle organic
Located in Hamburg, HH
This colored pencil drawing on delicate very light-cream (almost white) colored paper was made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen, "Greens I" is one in a series of two green line drawings. ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Ave Maria by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Ave Maria Signed "Erté" (center right) Inscribed "N°1.349 / Victor Herbert Finale / Ave Maria / Décor / G.W.S. 1928" (en verso) Go...
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20th Century Art Deco Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Many-Worlds Interpretation (H.C.H.L.V.b)
Located in New York, NY
Looking at a painting by Colin Hunt is like watching someone pass through a hole in our consciousness. As the landscape refracts through the sitter’s absence and fills that emptiness...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Connecting to nature"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I enjoy working on floral compositions. This one was inspired by Vincent Van Gogh's nature paintings. A palette knife was used to obtain the texture. Please read the details below 👇: Title: "Connecting to nature" Description : a blue sky over wildflowers field Style: impressionism, post-impressionism Medium: oil painting on a heavyweight professional paper Fabriano ( 300 gr) I hope this artwork will fill up your space with vibrant rich colors. It is sold without frame. Hanging fixture will be included so you can hang it on the wall. If you don't want to hang it on the wall, you can display it on the console table, buffet , sideboard, shelf, fireplace etc.. My kind advice: you can choose another floral painting from my gallery to create one singular art piece ( a diptych or a triptych). The choice to sell my art unframed is to give my customer an opportunity to pick a frame to his/her taste, space and interior. This is a unique, one of a kind original oil painting. It is signed on the front and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity. The painting will be carefully packed in cardboard box with layers of bubble wrap and sent out to you as soon as possible. Please, give me a couple of days to organize a shipping from France...
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2010s Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil

Abstract Composition - Mixed Media by Paolo Pasotto - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Astract composition is an artwork realized by Paolo Pasotto in 1986.  50 x 35 cm. Hand signed bottom right.  Mixed techinique on paper. Good conditions!
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Untitled Art Nouveau Rondelle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown Artist, France, late 19th century Anonymous c. 1900 Rondelle on antique laid paper Ink, Watercolor and or Gouache Unsigned An Art Nouveau preliminary design for a decorative ...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Pigment

Abstract White & Turquoise Flowers on Pink Background by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract White & Turquoise Flowers on Pink Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in a h...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Gestural Ink Drawing #56, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragains displays a figurative abstract of a nude woman. Gail approaches the composition with spontaneous bursts of expression, followed by thoughtfu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Gestural Ink Drawing #55, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragain displays a nude woman with her leg elegantly raised, standing on her tiptoes. Gail infuses the piece with spontaneous bursts of expression, f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Pre-War Abstraction - Modernism - Tan Bronze Tope - Nonrepresentational
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering female abstract artist Elsie Driggs paints stylized abstract organic forms in a warm palette of orange browns and tope. She merges abstraction with some figuration. A structured face composed of lines and tone emerges from an orange background. It's 1939, and even though Driggs is not well known, she is preceding many of the marquee names of abstraction by a decade. Although under the radar, this is a major work and is titled on the back stretcher is " Egyptian Gothic." It features the artist's inventiveness with her fine pencil lines incorporated in flat washes of color and collage elements. Signed lower right and inscribed on frame verso with title, artist and the date of 1939. Provenance, Christie's, Freemans. Framed under glass.. Elsie Driggs (1898 – July 12, 1992 in New York City) was an American painter known for her contributions to Precisionism, America's one indigenous modern-art movement before Abstract Expressionism, and for her later floral and figurative watercolors, pastels, and oils. She was the only female participant in the Precisionist movement, which in the 1920s and 1930s took a Cubist-inspired approach to painting the skyscrapers and factories that had come to define the new American landscape. Her works are in the collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Houston Museum of the Fine Arts, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, the James A. Michener Art Museum in Pennsylvania, and the Columbus Museum of Art, among others. She was married to the American abstract artist Lee Gatch. Career Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Driggs grew up in New Rochelle, a suburb of New York City, in a family that was supportive of her artistic interests. After a summer spent painting with her sister in New Mexico in her late teens, she felt she had found her life's calling. At twenty, she enrolled in classes at the Art Students League of New York, where she studied under George Luks and Maurice Sterne, both of whom were charismatic, inspirational figures in her early life. She also attended the evening criticism classes held at the home of painter John Sloan. Driggs spent fourteen months in Europe from late 1922 to early 1924, drawing and studying Italian art. There she met Leo Stein, first in Paris and later in Florence, who became an important intellectual influence, and who urged her to study Cézanne. He also introduced her to the works of Piero della Francesca, the Renaissance artist for whom she felt throughout her life the greatest admiration.[1] Driggs eventually settled in New York City, where she found representation with the progressive Charles Daniel Gallery.[2] (Advised that the old-fashioned and misogynistic Daniel would be unlikely to take on a woman artist, she signed the works she left for his consideration simply "Driggs" and waited to meet him in person until he had expressed his eagerness to include her in his gallery.)[3] In sympathy with those artists Daniel represented who were part of the burgeoning Precisionist movement, such as Charles Demuth, Charles Sheeler, George Ault, Niles Spencer, and Preston Dickinson, she too painted "the modern landscape of factories, bridges, and skyscrapers with geometric precision and almost abstract spareness."Impressionism and academic or Ashcan realism represented the past, in Driggs' view, and she intended to be resolutely modern. She was an attractive and engaging woman, but her demeanor belied a strong ambition and a clear sense of what it would take to make her mark in the New York art world. Driggs was part of the pre-eminent first group of Precisionist painters, including Demuth and Sheeler, who exhibited at the Daniel Gallery in the 1920s. Although a later group of Precisionist painters, including Louis Lozowick, Ralston Crawford and others, came on the American Art scene during the 1930s, Driggs felt that the style came to an end with the 1929 stock market crash.[5] In 1926 she painted her most famous work, Pittsburgh, a dark and brooding picture now in the permanent collection of the Whitney Museum of American Art, which depicts the gargantuan smokestacks of the Jones & Laughlin steel mills in Pittsburgh. Its focus is an overpowering mass of black and gray smokestacks, thick piping, and crisscrossing wires with only clouds of smoke to relieve the severity of the image, yet it was an image in which she found an ironic beauty. She called the picture "my El Greco" and expressed surprise that viewers in later years interpreted the painting as a work of social criticism. Like the other Precisionists (e.g., Demuth, Charles Sheeler, Louis Lozowick, Stefan Hirsch), she was concerned with applying modernist techniques to renderings of the new industrial and urban landscape, not in commenting on potential dangers the overly mechanized modern world of 1920s America might present. If anything, Precisionism, like Futurism, was a celebration of man-made energy and technology. One year later, she painted Blast Furnaces, in a similar vein. As noted above, Piero della Francesca's mural depicting "The Story of the True Cross" in Arezzo, with its tubular, static and frozen forms was the major influence on Driggs' "Pittsburgh" (it may have been the major influence for "Blast Furnaces" as well).[7] After Pittsburgh, Driggs' most acclaimed work was probably Queensborough Bridge...
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1930s Mixed Media

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Abstract Face - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media Piece by George De Goya
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Professor George De Goya. PhD. MA. FRSA. Born In Budapest, 1915-1992, related to the Spanish artist Goya on his mother’s side. Educated in Budapest and France where he received a de...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media

Untitled unique Mid Century Modern Abstraction by renowned American painter
By Thomas Brownell Eldred
Located in New York, NY
THOMAS BROWNELL ELDRED Untitled Mid Century Modern Abstraction, 1941 Gouache on paper Hand signed and dated 1941 on the front 14 3/4 × 21 inches Unique Provenance: Acquired from the estate of Thomas Brownell Eldred Unframed This gorgeously colored gouache painting on thick paper was created at a time when the Guggenheim Museum (Museum of Non-Objective Painting) was collecting Eldred's work, alongside works by Kandinsky and Bauer. Unique works like this by Eldred are very desirable in the marketplace. It typifies the artist's eclectic style, reflecting his involvement with Surrealism and the New York School. It also highlights Eldred’s excellent draftsmanship through the characteristic bright colors and patterns that he developed during his time as a naval wood pattern maker in the merchant marines...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

U 45 - white abstract geometric minimalist 3D composition with folded paper
Located in New York, NY
Anna Kruhelska is a visual artist and architect working across fields of art and design. She creates abstract, three-dimensional paper wall reliefs that startle in their intricacy an...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper

Tutti Frutti Multicolor Boobs 16x20 inch Watercolor Painting
Located in New York, NY
This is a new painting in the ongoing series of anthropomorphized shapes using the dispersed watercolor pigment technique. Painted on Arches Watercolor paper, this unique work is 1...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Untitled I" Jane Freilicher, Hamptons Landscape Drawing, Mid-century Abstract
Located in New York, NY
Jane Freilicher Untitled I, 1958-59 Signed lower right Charcoal on paper 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches Provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York Jane Freilic...
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Soft red 3 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Soft red 3 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflective ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

"Brutalist Burgundy Bench" Painting on Paper Furniture Design Raw Gouache rigid
Located in Hamburg, HH
Made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen, this geometric abstract painting on paper is one in a series of nine minimal artworks with a visual simplicity in...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil

Abstract White Daisy Flowers on Turquoise Background by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract White Daisy Flowers on Turquoise Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in the ...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Mixed Media by Paolo Pasotto - 1996
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract composition is an artwork realized by Paolo Pasotto in 1996.  50 x 35 cm. Hand signed on both short sides. Mixed techinique on paper. Good conditions. 
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1990s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Composition No. 416
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic on canvas Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International Fashion Marketing from ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Acrylic

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 426
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink and marker on archival paper Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Master of Science in International F...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

Soft red 1 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Soft red 1 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflective ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Abstract Calligraphic Brush Drawing. Combing Sound
Located in Sempach, LU
"Combing Sound" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time I draw such abstract lines, a flow of energy moves my hand. I paint very fast to give the spontaneous flow as much space as possible. I never know what the result will be. The process of spontaneous drawing is a kind of magic that turns an invisible impulse into a reflection on paper. I feel the vibration in and around my palms and enjoy this dance of vibrations every time I paint. Each drawing is unique and one of a kind." Sve Gri...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Brown Circle Drawing on paper organic asymmetric oval caramel cinnamon tawny
Located in Hamburg, HH
This colored pencil drawing on delicate warm brown colored paper was made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen. Large asymmetrical forms typical in the artists work, connect a group of shapes...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Venn Diagram Drawing on Paper Color Pencil modern organic asymmetric ovals
Located in Hamburg, HH
This colored pencil drawing on delicate dark-grey colored paper was made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen. Large asymmetrical forms typical in the artists work, connect a group of shapes ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Abstract black, white mid century painting by Modern British artist Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really eye-catching black and white abstract work by Modern British artist Ewart Johns (1923 - 2013) Ewart Johns (British, 1923 – 2013) Black On White I Mixed media laid down on b...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Shape 40 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, bright green, white paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 40 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Acrylic

Black and White Landscape , Original Art Ready to Hang Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape B/W charcoal on paper (Canson paper 300 gr) 30x 42 cm framed SIZE 40x50 cm the drawing comes with a passepartout and a rigid support ready to be hung this painting is pub...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Ink

"Energy"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This expressive vibrant abstract floral painting is called "Energy" was done with acrylic paints on a professional heavy weight paper (300 gr). Red, yellow and green are dominant...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Venn Diagram Drawing on Paper Color Pencil blue Wabi-Sabi assymettric shapes
Located in Hamburg, HH
This colored pencil drawing on delicate light-grey colored paper was made in 2023 by Amanda Andersen. Large asymmetrical forms typical in the artists work, connect a group of shapes...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

A Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype, "Palimpsest"
Located in San Diego, CA
A one of a kind 12x24 Bleach Toned Traditional Watercolor Cyanotype on Hahnemuhle Sumi-E Paper. A certificate of authenticity will be provided upon its purchase or delivery. Neil’s ...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Photography

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Photographic Film, Watercolor

Black and White Landscape , Original Art Ready to Hang Made in Italy
Located in Agrigento, AG
Landscape B/W charcoal on paper (Canson paper 300 gr) 30x 42 cm framed SIZE 40x50 cm the drawing comes with a passepartout and a rigid support ready to be hung this painting is pub...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Paper

Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist Drawing 1940s w/c
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non Objective Work on Paper Guggenheim Woman Artist 1940s Drawing w/c HILLA REBAY (1890 - 1967, GERMAN/AMERICAN) Abstract watercolor and graphite on paper 14 x 16 1/2 inche...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

'Roofs of Ravello', Mid-Century Abstract, Harvard Fogg Museum, SFAA, Carmel, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'M. W.' for Margaret Wentworth (American, 1914-1999) and dated 1959. Exhibited: Feingarten Galleries, Carmel, California, 1960, and titled on label, verso, 'Ro...
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1950s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Postcard, Pen

Memories by Annemarie Ambrosoli, watercolor on paper, 34x46 cm
Located in Kiens, BZ
Memories (2018) is a watercolor by contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli that measures 34x46 cm. It is framed with passepartout and gold frame, measuring 51x63 with 2 x 1,5 cm prof...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Musical Moment by Annemarie Ambrosoli, gouache on paper, 39 x 50 cm
Located in Kiens, BZ
Musical Moment (2017), cm 38,5x49,5, by contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli, is a gouache on paper. This gouache is a one-of-a-kind piece. It is signed in the lower right corner...
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2010s Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Untitled (Abstraction)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white, Surrealist watercolor on paper by artist Desmond McLean in a cerused black frame. McLean was born in Sligo, Ireland and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He was a professor...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Guitare sur un guéridon by Pablo Picasso
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pablo Picasso 1881-1973 Spanish Guitare sur un guéridon (Guitar on a pedestal) Gouache on paper laid down on board Signed “Picasso” (upper left) Picasso’s prolific career has been marked by many grand love affairs, both romantic, intellectual and creative. Beyond his lovers like Olga Khoklova and Dora Maar and his intellectual muses like Georges Braques and Gertrude Stein, Picasso’s greatest love and inspiration was perhaps a humble instrument: the guitar. Whether it be the Old Guitarist from his early blue period, his groundbreaking series of three-dimensional guitar sculptures from his nascent explorations in Cubism, or his Mandolin and Guitar composition’s grander explorations with color and biomorphic shapes, the guitar is an elusive calling card for modern art’s greatest genius. In Guitare sur un guéridon, Picasso intertwines his signature guitar and a bowl of fruit. These two elements are playfully brought together and skillfully anchored on the tabletop by a square positioned at the center of the composition. The result is a captivating and harmonious arrangement that showcases Picasso's artistic ingenuity in blending these everyday objects into a visually striking and cohesive composition. This rare gouache was created during the pivotal summer of 1920. During this time, Picasso lived in Juan-les-Pins, a small coastal resort town in the South of France away from the confines of the city and the fallout of World War I. With this newfound freedom, Picasso entered an exciting and innovative creative period and began to interrogate the connections between Neoclassicism and Cubism. Picasso created a series of gouache paintings characterized by their flat, geometric nature, sinuous contours and strikingly vivid colors. Though not a complete departure from his previous Cubist works, this series showcased the influence of the Surrealists, especially the biomorphic subconscious explorations of Joan Miró, upon Picasso’s oeuvre. While the breadth of his creativity grew, he returned back to a familiar motif — the guitar — with a renewed sense of vigor and excitement. Guitare sur un guéridon’s undulating lines and biomorphic appeal bring Picasso's preoccupation with the guitar into deeper focus. The sinuous lines of guitar mirror...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Board

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting on paper mid century modern art
Located in New York, NY
Rolph Scarlett Untitled Abstract Expressionist Painting, ca. 1960 Gouache, Ink, Watercolor on Paper . Hand signed, with original Jonas Aarons Gallery label 23 × 18 3/4 inches Signed ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Study for Abstract Expressionist sculpture Atman, hand signed twice by di Suvero
Located in New York, NY
Mark di Suvero Study for Atman (hand signed twice), ca. 1978 Marker wash on paper (hand signed twice by Mark di Suvero) Signed twice by Mark di Suvero on the lower front center and again on the right 15 × 20 inches Unframed This original, hand signed marker on wash drawing is a study for di Suvero's sculpture Atman, 1978-1979, in the Cincinnati Art Museum Collection. About Mark di Suvero: Internationally renowned sculptor Mark di Suvero was born in Shanghai, China, in 1933. He immigrated to the United States in 1941 and received a BA in Philosophy from the University of California, Berkeley. Di Suvero began showing his sculpture in the late 1950's and is one of the most important American artists to emerge from the Abstract Expressionist era. A pioneer in the use of steel, di Suvero is without peer in the exhibition of public sculpture worldwide. Mark di Suvero's architectural-scale sculptures - many with moving elements that invite viewer participation - have been exhibited in the United States, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Germany, Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom. Di Suvero is the first living artist to exhibit in Le Jardin de Tuileries and Les Esplanades des Invalides in Paris and at Millennium Park-Chicago. His work is in over 100 museums and public collections including the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Walker Art Center, and Storm King Art Center where he has had three major exhibitions. Mark di Suvero is a lifelong activist for peace and social justice, and has demonstrated a generous commitment to helping artists. In 1962, he co-founded Park Place Gallery, the first artists' cooperative in New York City. In 1977, he established the Athena Foundation to assist artists to realize their ambitions. In 1986, he established Socrates Sculpture Park at the site of a landfill on the East River in Queens, New York. Through his leadership, a 4.5 acre parcel was transformed by a coalition of artists and community members into an open studio and exhibition space. To date, the park has hosted the work of over 900 artists. Di Suvero received the Lifetime Achievement Award in Contemporary Sculpture from the International Sculpture Center in 2000 and the Heinz Award for Arts and Humanities in 2005. In 2010, di Suvero was a recipient of the Smithonian Archives of American Art Medal...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker

Original (unique) Self portrait drawing
Located in New York, NY
Al Hirschfeld Original (unique) Self portrait drawing, 1976 Hand signed ink drawing, on typewritten letter with envelope Hand signed in Hirschfel...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Earth Boobs 16x20 inch Watercolor Painting
Located in New York, NY
This is a new painting in the ongoing series of anthropomorphized shapes using the dispersed watercolor pigment technique. Painted on Arches Watercolor paper, this unique work is 1...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Color Block Abstract on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored abstract by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Eggleston's use of various mediums and techniques show through...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Daisies and Sunflowers - Still Life Oil Pastel on Paper This fun, quirky oil pastel by a David Mark (American, 20th C) features bright, abstract yellow and white flowers with contra...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Portrait 2" Drawing 23" x 17" inch by Oleksandr Miroshnychenko
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait 2" Drawing 23" x 17" inch by Oleksandr Miroshnychenko Unique work ball pen, spray paint, paper 180g ARTIST BIO: Oleksandr Miroshnychenko lives and works at his studio in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Spray Paint, Ballpoint Pen

Abstract Expressionist Paris Landscape Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Jacques Yankel, pseudonym of Jakob Kikoine, born on April 14 , 1920 in Paris, is a French painter and sculptor. He is the son of the painter Michel Kikoine. Born in Boucicaut hospital, Jacques lived as a child in the artists' colony La Ruche in Paris. He grew up to the age of ten at La Ruche, the workshop created for artists by the sculptor Alfred Boucher, in the 15th arrondissement of Paris. Around him live also other artists, including the inseparable Pincus Krémègne and Chaïm Soutine, arrived from Vilnius in Russia where they met. It is an extraordinary intellectual and artistic universe where the genius of the artists and their great poverty rub shoulders in a Paris which hosts this Expressionist school which will become "the School of Paris". Chagall, Modigliani, Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Max Jacob and others. When he had just started studying at the École des Arts Appliqués in Paris, he was forced to flee to Southern France with his family to escape the Nazis. During the Second World War, he held temporary jobs in printing and engraving workshops, notably at the Draeger printing press in Toulouse, where events led him to take refuge with his family. From 1940 to 1945, he pursued very advanced studies of geology at the Faculty of Sciences, specializing in micro-geology. He graduated in 1943. In 1947, he participates episodically as an amateur painter in the Chariot group, with the artists Jean Hugon, Michel Goedgebuer, Robert Pagès, Christian Schmidt, Andre-Francois Vernette, Jean Teulieres. The group is active until 1954. In 1949, he was hired by the Colonial Office for the geological map of Gao - Timbuktu - Tabankort in French West Africa . From this episode, he will keep a certain taste for African art of which he will become a collector. The following year, he unexpectedly met Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre in Gao. The latter encourages him to return to painting. He won the Neuman First Prize, which he shared with Reginald Pollack and a Fénéon Prize Scholarship. Among his friends are Clavé, Cottavoz, Pelayo, Hanna Ben-dov, Pollack, Jean Jansem, Roger Lersey. In 1953, accompanied by Orlando...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

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Watercolor

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Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Watercolor

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