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Medium: Ink
Berlin
Located in London, GB
Spray paint, pencil, ink, watercolor on paper. Unframed. Peter Soriano works on relatively large sheets of Japanese paper with a tendency to work from something observed, ideally ar...
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2010s Conceptual Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Spray Paint, Watercolor, Pencil

Lines 5 - abstract geometric black ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract black and white and colorful drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper ar...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Abstract Eye
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French modern abstract painting of green and blue eye, circa 1960. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame....
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1960s Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

GUIA FEDEX and DHL. Tracking, Diptych. From the series Terms and Conditions
Located in Miami Beach, FL
GUIA FEDEX and DHL. Tracking, Diptych by Rodrigo Spinel From the series Terms and Conditions Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Overall Frame size: 52 cm H x 86 cm W x 4 cm D Over...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

'Piercing Shafts'. Botanical nature tropical green blue leaf sky abstract
Located in Penzance, GB
'Piercing Shafts' Original artwork, framed ready to hang _________________ Yucca leaves: lances and swords, flashing shafts of sunlight through the piercing forms, a dance of loyalt...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Pencil, Photogram

Lyric Suite
Located in London, GB
Brown ink with orange bleed on rice paper 22.9 x 27.9 cms (9 x 11 ins)
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20th Century Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

HK1906YP (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
HK1906YP (Abstract work on paper) Ink, enamel, collage on paper - Unframed. This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Enamel

Original Dora Maar, (Picasso's muse) fine ink drawing of abstract forms, 1998
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a beautiful and fine avant-garde finished drawing of abstract forms by the French female artist, Dora Maar. Dora Maar was a distinctive artist in her own right marked by str...
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20th Century Surrealist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

'The Sap is Rising!' Contemporary green blue gold spring maple leaves natural
Located in Penzance, GB
'The Sap is Rising!' Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ Capturing the pulse and flush of fleeting youth, the maples are dressed in their iridescent finery. 'The Sap Is Ris...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold Leaf

Zigzags 8- abstract geometric blue ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract black and white and colorful drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper ar...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Test Pattern 6 (Grey study)
Located in London, GB
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as a poetic prompt to consider how behavioural responses to color and form stim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013), Mixed media collage 6 x 4 inches, Hand signed and dated verso Napoleon from the back, holding a heart. cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art. David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures. David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico. He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967. Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic...
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2010s Surrealist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Yappanoise 47 (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Yappanoise 47 (Abstract work on paper) Ink, enamel on paper - Unframed This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper. T...
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2010s Minimalist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Enamel

Study 8, Russian protest art Unique signed gouache & ink with provenance, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Grisha Bruskin Study 8, 1990 Ink and Gouache on paper Hand signed and inscribed by the artist on the front Original vintage frame with Marlborough Gallery label included This work is...
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1990s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Gouache

Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Balancing Act 3 (Abstract Painting) Gouache, graphite and ink on Rives paper. Unframed. Balancing Act 3 is part of a series of works on paper started in 2016. They are created in the evenings and aptly named after busy days of teaching and other responsibilities. The artist establishes parameters involving the use of a particular palette, certain mark-making gestures and amount of time spent on each drawing. This work incorporates graphite, ink, and gouache, and is a combination of intuition-based and planned execution. Tracey Adams is an American abstract painter and printmaker. Her artworks reflect a strong interest in musical patterns, rhythms, lyrical compositional elements and what she calls a sense of performance. She lives and works in Carmel, California. Work by Adams is part of the permanent collections of several museums, including the Bakersfield Art Museum, the Monterey Museum of Art, the Fresno Art Museum, the Tucson Art...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Gouache, Graphite

Mid Century Cornish gouache abstract painting by William Black 'Doorway'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Black (British, Fl. 1963 – 69) Doorway Ink and watercolour on paper Signed, inscribed and dated ‘Doorway William Black 64’ (lower edge) 7.1/2 x 4.7/8 in. (19.2 x 12.4 cm.) (to site edge) William Black is a little known and underrated member of the St Ives artist group who, having worked as an architect after the Second World War, went on to work as an artist following the inheritance of money in the early 1950s. He was a self taught artist, producing numerous deconstructivist sculptures in the 1960s. He moved to St Ives in Cornwall where he knew artists such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Naum Gabo. There is a clear architectural element to the sculptures that he made . They illustrate an assemblage of fragmented shapes and forms of a deconstructivist nature. William Black’s artwork is very much rooted in the time and Cornish School so one can see elements from those such as Wilhelmina Barns Graham...
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20th Century Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Fenêtres de Paris by Libby Bothway
Located in Coltishall, GB
Libby Bothway's detailed and captivating pen illustration, captures the essence of iconic Parisian architecture. The monochrome drawing vividly showcases three adjoining classical Pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Chateau de Fourcés by Libby Bothway
Located in Coltishall, GB
Libby Bothway's drawing of Chateau de Fourcés in Gascony, France, uses meticulously detailed pen and ink. The Chateau, with its textured stonework and varying shades, exudes an aura ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Pink, Green, Blue, & Red Geometric Abstract Mixed Media Painting of a Figure
By Don Shaw
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful geometric abstract mixed media painting by modern artist Don Shaw. The work features primary colored shapes intertwined with a crouching pink figure. Signed and dated in fro...
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1980s Abstract Geometric Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor

0118.13 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
0118.13 (Abstract Painting) Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almost thirty y...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Wax

American Contemporary Art by Katherine Filice - A Way Through The Woods
Located in Paris, IDF
Paper, Ink and oil on canvas Katherine Filice is an award-winning American abstract artist born in 1963 who lives and works in Hollister, Northern California, USA. Her work is known for its exploration of environmental topics, with a focus on our human understanding of centuries-old forests, particularly concerned with articulating the energy, memories, and stories that vibrate through the ancient trees and woodland landscapes. Filice's artistic development has been shaped by a blend of traditional art education and invaluable guidance from artists, critics, and educators through various critique programs. She has also garnered over 100 design awards for her commercial work. In addition, Filice holds a BS degree from the University of San Francisco. Her extensive education and professional experience have greatly influenced her exploration of human relationships and their reflection within our environment. Katherine has exhibited her work in solo and group exhibitions throughout the United States, Europe, and Asia. Her paintings and drawings are held in private and corporate collections worldwide. Her most recent solo exhibitions include “Lost & Found” at 1202 Contemporary and "Lost in the Woods...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mica, Paper

Fig. 8 BASE VERDE and NARANJA, Diptych. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 8 BASE VERDE and NARANJA, Diptych, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper Overall Frame size: 58.4 H x 85.8 W x 3 ...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study)
Located in London, GB
Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as a poetic prompt to consider how behavioural responses to color and form stim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

"Don't Cry For Me Argentina" by Kim Jones
By Kim Jones
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Kim Jones, American (1944 - ) Title: Don't Cry For Me Argentina Year: 1988 Medium: Ink and Gouache, signed and dated verso Size: 20 x 15.5 in. (50.8 x 39.37 cm) Frame Size: 2...
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1980s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Gouache

Color Circle and Star, Marker on fabric print Hand signed (ed of only 20) Framed
Located in New York, NY
Polly Apfelbaum Color Circle and Star, 2004 Fabric Marker and Fabric Dye on Velvet Cotton Signed and dated in ink by the artist on the front with artist's inkstamp. Frame Included Si...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Fabric, Dye, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Italian Contemporary Art by Fred Borghesi - Unknown Man From Another Time
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor and ink on paper Fred Borghesi is an Italian artist born in 1987 who lives and works in London, UK. He is above all a multidisciplinary artist, constantly switching betwe...
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2010s Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Black and White Abstract Figurative Drawing of Nude Female
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white figurative drawing by Texas artist William Anzalone. The drawing depicts nude women dressing up. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful black modern frame. Dimensions Without Frame: H 16.63 in. x W 21.5 in. Artist Biography: William Anzalone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
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Late 20th Century Modern Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen, Pencil

Fig. 8. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 8, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper Overall Frame size: 58.4 H x 171.6 W x 3 D cm. Overall Image size: 46 H ...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Italian Contemporary Art by Fred Borghesi - The Frowns N2
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor and Ink on paper Fred Borghesi is an Italian artist born in 1987 who lives and works in London, UK. He is above all a multidisciplinary artist, constantly switching betwe...
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2010s Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Composition - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a white paper. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre...
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1970s Modern Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Factory XIII: modernist urban architectural collage on monoprint, red, unframed
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is one-of-a-kind, unframed colored pencil & collage on archival pigment print. See image gallery for example of framing possibilities. These pieces work particularly well as a s...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

Flit, abstract geometric black and white ink drawing on paper, 2022
Located in New York, NY
Flit, is an abstract geometric black ink drawing on white paper, 2022. The work is hand-drawn by the artist without any ruler or straight edge. She works organically from the center,...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Owl Flower Potted Plant - Original Radiant Abstract Botanical Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Fig. 9 BASE VERDE. From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Fig. 9 BASE VERDE, 2025 by Rodrigo Spinel From The Dibujar el Tiempo Series Indian ink on 350g Strathmore Bristol paper Frame size: 73.4 H x 58.1 W x 3 D cm. Image size: 61 H x 45.7...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink

Contemporary blue painting on paper, Seascape, Abstract Expressionist
Located in Carballo, ES
This is an original artwork unframed realized by TUSET in 2020. We can frame it in natural wood or black on request. Dimensions: 65 x 50 cm Original and unique piece 1/1. Includes ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

A Potted Succulent and a Rhizome - Original Vibrant Abstract Botanical Painting
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Krisanne Souter weaves together elements of nature and ancient feminine archetypes, such as the Mother and the Mystic. Botanical themes, playful elements, and unexpected surprises ar...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil

Bicep
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) was an influential American artist who worked with drawing, painting, printmaking, and most notably sculpture. Dehner's legacy has been overshadowed by he...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Walter Darby Bannard, Ammersee #2 signed painting by renowned Color Field artist
Located in New York, NY
Walter Darby Bannard Ammersee #2, 1975 Watercolor and acrylic painting on paper Signed, titled and dated lower recto This is a unique work Frame included: elegantly floated and frame...
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1970s Color-Field Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite

Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Abstract American Modernism Mid-Century WPA Era Drawing Woodstock 20th Century, Sight size is 16 x 12 inches. The drawing is currently at the framers. A photo will be posted asap. A...
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1930s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Original contemporary framed drawing by easily searchable artist Steve McElroy.
Located in Dallas, TX
Black and White Contemporary Form original Drawing in solid wood custom shadowbox frame by Steve McElroy. Frame is 22 x 22 inches at the outer edge. India ink and silver pencil. ...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled - Blush
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Dorothy Dehner (1901–1994) was an influential American multidisciplinary artist who worked with drawing, painting, printmaking, and most notably sculpture. Despite her artistic cont...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Wow Woah - Abstract Pattern Drawing Shaped Paper Blue Branches Droplets, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
In this meticulously detailed contemporary drawing in ink, watercolor, graphite and colored pencil on two pieces of cut paper, carefully drawn dots and lines in shades of blue with p...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Original contemporary drawing by prominent & searchable artist Steve McElroy.
Located in Dallas, TX
Black and White Contemporary Form Drawing in solid wood custom shadowbox frame by Steve McElroy. Frame is 22 x 22 inches at the outer edge. India ink...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"Surrealist Texas Oil Rig, " Original Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Texas Oil Rig" is an original, double-sided watercolor and ink piece by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. It is framed with a w...
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1960s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

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 Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Glue, Ink, Mixed Media

DYAD 11 -Tint and Prismacolor on linen - Red, Yellow Gradient with White Line
Located in Signal Mountain, TN
This abstract painting by Linda King Ferguson is part of a series painted for her show, "The Waiting Room," at Channel to Channel. In this particular painting, a curved, carefully re...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Linen, Ink, Color Pencil

1940s American Modernist Abstract Industrial Watercolor Ink Charcoal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original vintage painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), titled Quitting Time from Bunnell's Black and Blue Series from 1941, exemplifies his unique Abstract Structure ...
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1940s American Modern Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

An Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A striking, black & white figural studio ink drawing on paper depicting an...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Moses Bahelfer BAGEL (1908-1995) Moses Bagel (born Moshe Bahelfer) was a Polish-born Jewish artist and graphic designer associated with the original Bauhaus and then the School of Pa...
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20th Century Modern Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, ABS

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 Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker

Untitled 7 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 7 (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 Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Ron Gorchov Mid Century Modern Abstract Expressionist painting on paper Signed
Located in New York, NY
Ron Gorchov Untitled early 1960s Abstract Expressionist work, 1962 Ink and watercolor painting on paper Signed and dated in black ink lower left recto Frame included: elegantly floa...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed Watercolor, Trees, African American Artist
Located in Union City, NJ
WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES Signed original brush and ink on wove paper, circa 1950. WOODED LANDSCAPE WITH HOUSES is an original watercolor brush and ink on paper, hand signed in ink pen by African-American artist, teacher, and printmaker Ronald Joseph (1910--1992) Artwork depicts an abstract landscape, is in good condition, paper tape remaining on reverse side edges, mounted in an archival acid-free mat, unframed. Artwork paper size - 18 x 21.5 in. Year created - c. 1950 About the artist - Ronald Joseph (1910 -1992) was born on the island of St. Kitts, West Indies In 1910. When he was very young, his mother decided to move to the United States but she could not afford to take him with her. Mr. and Mrs. Theophilus Joseph, a childless couple who were friends of Joseph’s mother, adopted him. Afterwards, the Joseph family moved to the Island of Dominica, where they stayed for ten years. In 1921, his foster parents also decided to come to the United States. In New York, Joseph met his mother but remained living with his foster parents. In 1926 Ronald Joseph received a scholarship for the Ethical Culture School, were he spent two and half years of his high school period. At this time he obtained an art scholarship through Dr. Henry Fritz, with whom he became acquainted through his art teacher in public school. Joseph was taken into the Saturday art class, where he was the only black participant. An artistic prodigy, Ronald Joseph had his student works shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ronald Joseph graduated from Ethical Culture Fieldston School in 1929. He was honored as “the most promising” young artist in New York City’s schools. He began his study at Pratt Institute in 1931 and graduated in 1934. During the 1930s and 1940s, Joseph participated in many exhibitions of African-American art, the Works Progress Administration mural project, and the Harlem Artists Guild. Ronald Joseph enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps at the declaration of World War II and was posted as a member of the ground crew in Tuskegee, Alabama, and in Michigan. At the end of the war in 1945, he received his G. I. Bill of Rights scholarship. In 1948, he was presented with the Rosenwald Fellowship. The funds allowed him to live and work abroad – first in Peru for two years, then in Paris. Joseph used the G.I. bill to study in Paris at the Grande Chaumière. He described this period of his life as being “independent of economy”. His work from these travels is largely undocumented; according to Rosenwald scholar, Daniel Schulman, many pieces of art are undated or simply dated “1948-1952”. After this period he came back to New York without money and work and indicated this as period of hardship. Ronald Joseph left the U.S. in 1956, disappointed in the unreceptiveness of the art world to his work with mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, he felt guilty for having left the U.S. during a period when blacks were struggling for their civil rights; on the other, he felt “lucky” to have been able to live and work in place where he did not feel discrimination as intensely. He emigrated to Belgium and later settled permanently in Brussels. Ronald Joseph was married to Claire Joseph and they had a son, Robin Joseph. In 1989 Joseph returned to the United States after an absence of thirty-three years to attend the Lehman College exhibition and symposium and to renew his old friendships. Afterward, he returned to Brussels where he continued to work as a painter, living there for the remainder of his life. Ronald Joseph started his artistic career in Harlem, New York City at the Harlem Community Arts Center, where he was one of the youngest pupils. Joseph studied lithography and other printmaking techniques with Riva Helfond, who taught him many aspects of the process based on simple techniques, including how to operate the press, and how to prepare the stones. Helfond played a significant role as a teacher of lithography at the Harlem Art Center. Joseph produced his first lithographs under her supervision, and this was at a time when she was just beginning to learn the medium herself. At the Harlem Community Arts Center Joseph met Robert Blackburn, who was his classmate. In 1937 Ronald Joseph depicted Blackburn, in one of his most famous works, that is now located at The Metropolitan Museum collection. Experimenting with lithography and etching, as well as woodblock and silkscreen printing, Joseph explored the techniques of printmaking alongside his friend Robert Blackburn. Joseph described the Harlem Art Center as a “healthy and lively” place, where he had made wonderful friends. In the late thirties, he also served as a teacher at the Harlem Community Arts Center. There Joseph met younger artist Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight. They formed a friendship, where they enjoyed conversations and visiting museums together. Both Joseph and Knight would hire Lawrence to pose for them. Jacob Lawrence considered Ronald Joseph to be a very intellectual artist. In the 1930s, Joseph became chairman of the Harlem Artists Guild and represented it in Washington with Stuart Davis and Hugo Gellert. Ronald Joseph was also a participant in the mural section of WPA and a representative of the Harlem Artists’ Guild to the New York World’s Fair (1939-1940). Joseph’s early oil paintings were influenced by Picasso, Braque and other European artists while most of his contemporaries focused on social realism. By 1943, he was hailed by art historian James Porter as New York’s “foremost Negro abstractionist painter”. His pastels and gouaches from the late forties and early fifties showed a highly structured abstraction combined with a studied spontaneity. Ronald Joseph’s finely tuned abstractions often incorporated representational elements along with apparently “purer” forms. He described this aspect of his work in these terms: “It’s not abstract and abstract at the same time. It’s pure creation.” His works from the 1950s employed both still life and landscape as pretexts for masterly exercises in nearly abstract pictorial construction related to cubism and fauvism. During World War II, Joseph was drafted. After the war he formed “a kind of a group” with Robert Blackburn, Charles White, Larry Potter, and Reginald Gammon...
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1950s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Watercolor, Ink

Indian Contemporary Art by Sumit Mehndiratta - Drawing 435
Located in Paris, IDF
Indian ink and acrylic paint, marker on archival paper Shipped in a tube Sumit Mehndiratta is an Indian artist born in 1986 who lives & works in New Delhi, India. He has pursued Ma...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Acrylic, Archival Paper

325
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gerhard Mayer "325", 2009 ink on paper 13 1/2 x 17 1/8 in
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Road to Love
Located in New York, NY
Andrei Petrov is an American artist of Russian origins. He is best known for his abstract oil paintings where calibrated stratifications of intense shades of colors are scraped to ex...
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2010s Abstract Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Italian Contemporary Art by Fred Borghesi - Our Masks
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor and Ink on paper Fred Borghesi is an Italian artist born in 1987 who lives and works in London, UK. He is above all a multidisciplinary artis...
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2010s Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Italian Contemporary Art by Fred Borghesi - Okinawo
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor, Ink and collage on paper Fred Borghesi is an Italian artist born in 1987 who lives and works in London, UK. He is above all a multidisciplin...
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2010s Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Étoile de Moment - Black China Ink and Pencil Drawing - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
"Étoile de Moment" is a black China ink and pencil drawing on paper glued on ivory-colored cardboard, signed and dated by Flor David (1891-1958). The artwork represents an Étoile de...
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1950s Contemporary Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

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 Ink Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pigment

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