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Leonard Baskin Watercolor Ink Illustration Painting Darkened Man, Nude with Bird
Located in Surfside, FL
Leonard Baskin (American, 1922-2000) ink and gouache drawing on paper titled "Darkened Man", signed lower right, circa 1957. Provenance: Grace Borgenicht gallery, Jeffrey M. Kaplan collection. bears label verso Art: 31" H x 22" W; Frame: 36" H x 27" W. Leonard Baskin was an American sculptor, illustrator, wood-engraver, printmaker, graphic artist, writer and teacher. Baskin was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. While he was a student at Yale University, he founded Gehenna Press, a small private press specializing in fine book production. From 1953 until 1974, he taught printmaking and sculpture at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Subsequently Baskin also taught at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts. He lived most of his life in the U.S., but spent nine years in Devon at Lurley Manor, Lurley, near Tiverton, close to his friend Ted Hughes, for whom he illustrated Crow. Sylvia Plath dedicated Sculpto to Leonard Baskin in her famous work, The Colossus and Other Poems (1960). The Funeral Contege (1997) bronze, Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, Washington, D.C. His public commissions include a bas relief for the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial and a bronze statue of a seated figure, erected in 1994 for the Holocaust Memorial in Ann Arbor, Michigan. His works are owned by many major museums including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Museum of Modern Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Boca Raton Museum of Art, the British Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, the Udinotti Museum of Figurative Art and the Vatican Museums. The archive of his work at the Gehenna Press was acquired by the Bodleian Library at Oxford, England, in 2009. The McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton, Ontario owns over 200 of his works (some religious and biblical), most of which were donated by his brother Rabbi Bernard Baskin. He was included in the MoMA show, Summer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism along with Alexander Archipenko, Francis Bacon, Balthus, Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Eugene Berman, Reg Butler, Lovis Corinth, Andre Derain, Otto Dix, Raoul Dufy, Max Ernst, Lucian Freud, George Grosz, Alexei Jawlensky, Oskar Kokoschka, Roberto Matta, Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp and more. In 1955, he was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery, they showed many great artists, Chaim Koppelman, for many years, headed the gallery's Print Division; printmakers such as Will Barnet, Leonard Baskin, Robert Conover, Edmond Casarella, Vincent Longo, and Nicholas Krushenick were frequent exhibitors. the gallery has represented many well-known artists, including Richard Anuszkiewicz, Robert Blackburn, Lois Dodd, William King, Chaim and Dorothy Koppelman, Roy Lichtenstein, Harold Krisel...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Watercolor

Dice Games-Cool tone pattern print edition on paper in square format
Located in New York, NY
This is a Archival Pigment Print. Paper Size: 30 in x 30 in Frame Size: 34 in x 34 in  Artwork priced unframed. Contact the gallery for framing options. About the Artwork:   To cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Archival Pigment

1960s "Cubed Abstract" Pastel Impressionist Landscape Drawing NYC Female Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Edith Isaac-Rose "Cubed Abstract" 1960s Pastel on paper 6.5"x7.25 unframed Signed in pencil lower right. Came from a portfolio of her work. *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks. Born in Chicago in 1929, and neé Ganansky-Teitelbaum, she graduated from The Art Institute of Chicago in 1951 and moved to New York in 1959 where she lived ever since. Taking as her professional name her parents’ first names, Edith was a prolific artist working first as an abstract expressionist then turning in the 1980s to figurative, political work consisting of drawings, paintings, and embroideries which she called “Daily Rage”. She had been represented by the Phyllis Kind...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Tingel-tangel III - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Ink

Sowing Revolutionary Flowers - Drawing by Parimah Avani-2022
Located in Roma, IT
Sowing Revolutionary Flowers is a painting realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored Canson ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

A view over the loch
Located in Deddington, GB
A view over the loch by Natalie Bird [2022] original Pastel Image size: H:36 cm x W:28 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:25 cm x W:20 cm x D:0.5cm Sold Unframed Please note that ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Abstract Drawings a...

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Paper, Pastel

Duo Triptych 03 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Duo Triptych 03 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Hahnemühle paper - Unframed Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use o...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Canto #22 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Canto #22 (Abstract work on paper) Ink, oil on paper - unframed This artwork will be shipped rolled in a dent-resistant tube. Harald Kröner works thoroughly with paper, of which h...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil

Cosmic Lavender Abstract Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
A softly colored watercolor abstract in lavender, blue and green by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned. From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, Califo...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Flowers Painting Blue Red Yellow Purple Colour by Modern British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Flowers Blue Red Yellow Purple Painting entitled 'When Sonny gets Blue' from Modern British Artist Margaret Francis, widow of famous Abstract Expressionist Artist, Sam Francis. Margaret Francis received her Degree in Fine Art from Winchester Art...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Cotton Canvas, Acrylic, Paint, Acrylic Polymer, Polymer, Polymer

MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern. Signed with a "Ramstonev" stamp lower right. RAMSTONEV Cooperative Art Project (1937-1939). In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and Louis Stone. He persuaded them to join him teaching his New Hope summer classes in non-objective painting. Soon, a history-making collaboration began. In 1937, meeting in Evans' studio at the rear of Cryer's Hardware store on Main Street in New Hope, a decision was made to establish the Co-Operative Painting Project. They were intrigued by the cooperative ad-lib process by which jazz musicians created their music. Believing this to be the quintessential American contribution to music, they theorized that a similar result might be obtainable with art, a "visual jam session." This particlarly fascinated Ramsey, who was a jazz buff and had a large collection of jazz records. The objective was to jointly collaborate in the creation of a painting as well as applying collective criticism during its creation. By creating forward movement by general consent, they believed they could produce a higher level of beauty. By consensus it was decided that subject matter would be non-objective. Up to eight people would participate and stop when the painting "felt" finished by common agreement. These co-operative works were done in several different mediums- the majority in pastel, but some in watercolor, gouache, graphite or cut paper collage. On occasion, the group would create a series, as opposed to a single work, created in steps by three or four artists. One of the occasional participants was famed New Hope poet, Stanley Kunitz. These series could range in number from four to sixteen paintings in each. The first of a series would be very basic and the last a fully finished work. In the scope of importance among the New Hope Modernist...
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1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Watercolor on paper, c. 1971 Unsigned From the collection of Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist, had his first solo exhibition in New York C...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Botanical Experiment #4
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela Botanical Experiment #4, 2025 Watercolor and alcohol inks on paper 12 x 9 inches This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. External, visi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Einstein's Ring I
Located in New York, NY
Jody Rasch’s work is drawn from various science practices, including astronomy, biology, and sub-atomic physics. In his subject matter and technique, Rasch builds on historical conce...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Poplar, Gouache

Untitled (Ref 19008)
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstract paintings delight the eye and activate the mind with the...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Paese in estate - Artwork by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Paese in estate is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Cardboard

Sponge Effects, purple abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Pool - Watercolor - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pool is an original watercolor drawing, realized by an anonymous artist of the XX century. The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Sheet dimension: 8.5 x 39.5 cm. Passep...
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Dovetail 1 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Dovetail 1 (Abstract drawing) Charcoal on paper - Unframed. Neill creates works on canvas, linen and paper using a variety of mediums, including graphite, colored pencil, charcoal a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Study for TH" Diana Kurz, Mid-Century Push And Pull Abstract Expressionist Work
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Study for TH Pastel and gouache on paper 21 1/2 x 20 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Gouache

1980s "Olive Green and Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen "Olive Green and Black" 1980s 19.75"x12.5" Soft pastel and pencil on paper Initialed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Castello - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Castello is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivory-...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Cardboard

In the Countryside - Watercolor by Antonio Vangelli - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
In the Countryside is an original watercolor, realized by Antonio Vangelli in 1944. Fair conditions with repaired riping. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident and s...
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1940s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Sardinia - Watercolor Drawing by Antonietta Valente - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Sardinia is an original watercolor on paper 300g/m2 realized by Antonietta Valente in 2020. Hand-signed and dated on the back. Perfect conditions. Certificate of authenticity provid...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980). Good condition. No Signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fran...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Abstract Surrealist Botanical
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed drawing of several flowers and geometric shapes by an unknown artist (20th Century). Signed (illegible) and dated on the right side. Presented in a new double mat (grey, and...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Felt Pen

Contemporary Painting "No Boundaries"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract oil painting on canvas by Southern California artist, Daniel Ketelhut. Its dimensions are 40" x 28" x 2". It is unframed. A certificate of a...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Windswept (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Windswept (Abstract Expressionism painting) Acrylic and mixed media on paper - Unframed. Werfel employs expressive, lyrical gestures ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Orange Composition
Located in Wien, 9
Hermann Kremsmayer, born in Salzburg in 1954, lives and works in Vienna. This work, entitled ‘Orange Composition’ by Hermann Kremsmayer, shows a play between colours, complementary ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

French Form Forme Francaise - Abstract French German
Located in London, GB
This pencil drawing is hand signed at the lower right margin in pencil "Arp". Provenance: Galerie Denise René, Paris, purchased 3rd January, 1962 The Eileen and Herbert C. Bernard ...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Neon II, Line Drawing. Abstract Works on Paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Clemens Wolf declares himself a champion of sensuality: 'I'm really interested in the process of transforming something trivial into a sensual object. The guided coincidence plays a ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Epoxy Resin, Paper

Abstract Composition - Watercolor - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized by a Chinese artist of the late 20th Century. Watercolor on paper mounted on wood board. Signature on the back.
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled 9 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 9 (Abstract painting) Ink and perforantions on indian paper — Unframed. Fluctuating between illustration and expressionism, connecting the geometric and biomorphic worlds, ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Abstract Splashes of Yellow, Red, and Purple
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted composition by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but acquired from the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Presented in a new grey...
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1980s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Lavanderia, abstract watercolor painting, purple
Located in New York, NY
Artist Statement My paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acry...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Untitled Abstraction
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction Graphite on paper. c. 1946 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver Condition: Staining at corners ...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Ghosts - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Ghosts is an original watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1980s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techni...
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1980s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Pop Flower 44B - Golden Orange Navy Geometric Flower Contemporary Mandala, 2021
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary geometric abstract drawing has a beautiful, soft mottled texture created with Judge's unique powered pigment technique. Pop Flower 44B is a predominately light gold...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Rag Paper, Pigment

Emotional color chart 098
Located in London, GB
Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is inspired by the series Color as Adjective, a seri...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Joyful Connection and Brilliance, Diptych. Works on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Neerja Chandna Peters enjoys navigating harmony through the play of lines with their symmetrical synchrony and rhythmic interplay, manipulating the nuances, their saturation and thei...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

1950s Mid Century Abstract Contour Drawing 1
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry and Ruth Opper Abstract Expressionism Contour Drawing 1 c.1950s Ink and Pastel Contour Drawing 18" x 12", Unframed Signed in ink lo...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pastel

Pot and Feu - Original Collage by Sergio Barletta - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pot and Feu is an original collage artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta, hand-signed on the lower right, titled. In very good conditions, with small tearing on the frame margin-righ...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Big Melt #10 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Big Melt #10 (Abstract drawing) Pigment pencil and water on mylar - Unframed. This work is from a series titled Big Melt. It has been created with pigment pencils and ice. It captu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mylar, Pencil

"Sunlight" - Abstracted Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright abstracted landscape by Maxine "Mickey" Spencer (American, 1927-2011). Strong blues and magentas create an abstracted scene, evoking a body of water with trees...
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1980s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Minimalist White Paper work 2024 - 'Impronta 05'
Located in Bruxelles, BE
‍Silvia De Marchi (b. 1967, Melzo, Italy) is an Italian painter currently based in Italy and represented by the Grège Gallery. Her artistic practice reflects a deep exploration of ma...
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

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Paper, Glue, Ink, Mixed Media

Arietta series 2 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Arietta series 2 (Abstract drawing) Charcoal ink and pastel on paper - Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal mater...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Ma questa volta… aspetto (But This Time I'll be waiting) - Drawing- 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Ma questa volta… aspetto (But This Time I'll be Waiting) is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2017. Mixed colored ink on paper. Hand signed by the artist. T...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

1967 "Abstract 7" Ink Brush Drawing NYC Artist Michael Knigin Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Michael Knigin Abstract 7 1967 Ink brush drawing on paper 10.5"x14" unframed $675 Signed and dated in ink lower left Came from artist's estate *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3-5 weeks. Michael Knigin, painter, printmaker, muralist, photographer, and teacher, was born in Brooklyn, New York on December 9, 1942. He received his BFA in 1966 from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia. In 1964 he was awarded a Ford Foundation Grant, which enabled him to study printmaking at the Tamarind Lithography Workshop and collaborate with Rufino Tamayo. Knigin was a full professor at the Pratt Graphic Center in Manhattan between 1967 and 2003. From 1968 through 1972, he also co-owned and directed the Chiron Press where he worked with Andy Warhol, Louise Nevelson, Kenneth Noland, Larry Poons, and Tom Wesselman. In 1974, he served as Art and Technical Director of the Burston Graphics Art Centre in Jerusalem. In 1988, Knigin was appointed to the NASA Art Team and was sent to the Kennedy Space Center...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Black landscape 14 - round textural abstract nature inspired sculpted paper
Located in New York, NY
Anne-Charlotte Saliba's artistic universe is largely inspired by nature, its abyssal dimension as well as its vegetal or mineral forms. Her sculpted artworks are a confrontation of s...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

Abstract Composition - China Ink on Paper by Michel Cadoret - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Michel Cadoret. Penmarker on paper. The monogram of the artist is on the lower right corner. ...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Acrylic on paper, c. 1975 Signed by the artist in ink lower right (see photo) An early Modernist Abstraction, created shortly after the death of her husband, Adolf Dehn in 1968. Condition: Excellent Archival framing Image size: 18 x 24 Provenance: Estate of the artist Dehn Heirs Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn Virginia Dehn in her studio in Santa Fe Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen to draw directly on the stone for her lithographs, which often depicted trees or still lifes. The Dehns' other travels included visits to Key West, Colorado, Mexico, and countries such as Greece, Haiti, Afghanistan, and India. Dehn's style of art differend greatly from that of her husband, though the two sometimes exhibited together. A friend of the couple remarked, "Adolf paints landscapes; Virginia paints inscapes." Virginia Dehn generally painted an interior vision based on her feelings for a subject, rather than a literal rendition of it.] Many of her paintings consist of several layers, with earlier layers showing through. She found inspiration in the Abstract Expressionism movement that dominated the New York and Paris art scenes in the 1950s. Some of her favorite artists included Adolf Gottileb, Rothko, William Baziotes, Pomodoro, and Antonio Tapies. Dehn most often worked with bold, vibrant colors in large formats. Her subjects were not literal, but intuitive. She learned new techniques of lithography from her husband Adolf, and did her own prints. Texture was very important to her in her work. Her art was influenced by a variety of sources. In the late 1960s she came across a book that included photographs of organic patterns of life as revealed under a microscope. These images inspired her to change the direction of some of her paintings. Other influences on Dehn's art came from ancient and traditional arts of various cultures throughout the world, including Persian miniatures, illuminated manuscripts, Dutch still life painting, Asian art, ancient Egyptian artifacts...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Verse XLIX (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Verse XLIX (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical t...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Pink & Purple Abstract Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Pink & purple abstract watercolor by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Sign...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Purple and Green Abstract Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor composition with soft purple and green tones, accented with red by Les Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Unsigned, but was acquired from the estate of Les Anderson ...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled 560 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 560 (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper - Unframed. The technique Johnson employs is extremely rigorous, involving, as he says, “pushing paint around with palette knives ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Thaw 3 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Graphite and colored pencil on two layers of plastic paper. Unframed. Thaw Series is a new series of drawings where the artist continues her work touching upon environmental matter...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic, Color Pencil, Graphite

Dennis Oppenheim Large Abstract Conceptual Sculpture Drawing for Ace Gallery LA
Located in Surfside, FL
Dennis Oppenheim (1938 - 2011) Pencil and colored pencil drawing on paper, 'Memory Generator Receiver; Transmitter project for ACE Gallery Los Angeles' (possibly with watercolor pai...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

British Impressionist Painting Man Fishing With Spear
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982) signed original watercolour painting on artistic paper, unframed size: 10.5 x 15 inches condition: Fair, minor wear to the edges as is normal for ...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Geode, Modern Watercolor and Ink on Paper by G Sinclair
Located in Long Island City, NY
G Sinclair - Geode, Year: 1969, Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed and dated in pencil, Size: 15.5 x 12 in. (39.37 x 30.48 cm)
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Colorful Abstracted Tree
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstracted tree with hues of red, blue, and green by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower right. Unframed. Doris Ann Warner began as an Abstract Ex...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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