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Medium: Pen
Thomas Anderson Abstract Expressionist painting on paper, unique, signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Thomas Anderson
Abstract Expressionist painting on paper, ca. 1987
Mixed media watercolor, gouache and marker on paper
Signed in black marker lower right front
Unique
Frame included
...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Permanent Marker
Long Time No See... Almost 9 Months
Located in New York, NY
Ink, watercolor, colored marker on paper
Category
2010s Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Participatory Universe, 11 x 15 in, Colorful Layered Abstract w Concentric Forms
By Amy Cheng
Located in New York, NY
"Participatory Universe" is a dynamic 11 x 15-inch (framed 16.5 x 20.5) work on paper by Amy Cheng, rendered in gouache and oil marker. Known for her intricate layering and rhythmic ...
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2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Gouache, Archival Paper, Permanent Marker
Soul Flowers 57 Donna's Portal - Staircase Doorway Black and White Drawing, 2024
Located in Kent, CT
A tiny black figure ascends a stairway to a portal surrounded by meticulously rendered patterns. This contemporary drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in...
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2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
"Love Montecarlo" Robert Indiana, Pop Art Drawing, American Artist, Lettering
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Love Montecarlo, 2014
Signed and dated lower center
Artist's marker on paper
7 3/4 x 5 1/3
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Private collection, Main...
Category
2010s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Sketch for 'The X & Its Tails'. 1967
Located in Palo Alto, CA
This work is registered as an authentic work by Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) in the archives of the Calder Foundation (NY), under application number A.24492. Created in 1967, this original pen and red ink drawing on paper is initialed ‘CA’ in blue ink in the lower right by Alexander Calder (1898 – 1976) with a handwritten dedication, also in blue ink, ‘To Alvin Lane’ along the lower center.
The Sketch for ‘The X & Its Tails’ is an original study and preliminary drawing made by Calder preceding his large-scale sculpture for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Sketches for models and sculptures are rare and this is no exception; according to Alvin S. Lane, collector and friend to Calder, “To the best of my knowledge there were very few, if any, preliminary drawings done by Calder that were on the market, but he was good enough when he did two for commissions to send the drawings to me as a present [including this Sketch for ‘The X & Its Tails’]. I included one of them here to show that although his drawings usually have a flowing steady line, his preliminary drawings are sloppy scribbles” (23).
Provenance:
~ Gift of artist
~ Private Collection (Riverdale, NJ)
Catalogue Raisonné and COA:
Sketch for 'The X & Its Tails,' 1967 is fully documented and referenced in the below catalogue raisonnés and texts (copies will be enclosed as added documentation with the invoices that will accompany the final sale of the work).
1. Registered with the Calder Foundation, NY under application number A.24492.
2. Elvehjem Museum of Art. The Terese and Alvin S. Lane Collection...
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1960s Modern Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Wounded Beast
Located in New York, NY
Colored marker on heavy paper
Category
2010s Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Ruckus Rodeo, unique acrylic painting by famed Pop artist, signed, framed, label
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
Red Grooms
Ruckus Rodeo, 1975
Acrylic and felt tip pen on paper
Signed and dated in black felt marker
Unique work
Provenance: Marlborough-Gerson Gallery, with original label verso
Fr...
Category
1970s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Felt Pen
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 a...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Los Niños (Don't Forget the Children)
Located in Chicago, IL
"Talavera Series #1"
New Mexico - June 24, 2022
Original Work
Image Size: 17" x 14" in
Framed Size: 25.75” x 28.75 x .5” in
Signed on the bottom right hand corner by the artist. ...
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2010s Folk Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Ballpoint Pen
Talavera Series #1
Located in Chicago, IL
"Talavera Series #1"
New Mexico - August 2020
Original Work
Image Size: 17" x 14" in
Framed Size: 25.75” x 28.75 x .5” in
Signed on the bottom right hand corner by the artist.
C...
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2010s Folk Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Permanent Marker, Pencil
Unique Cloud Drawing, hand signed, dated and inscribed to Caroline, in monograph
By KAWS
Located in New York, NY
KAWS
Unique Cloud Drawing, inscribed to Caroline
Original drawing done in silver marker.
Hand signed, inscribed and dated. Held in hardback monograph
11 × 8 3/4 inches
Boldly hand s...
Category
2010s Street Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Offset
Color Circle and Star, Marker on fabric print Hand signed (ed of only 20) Framed
By Polly Apfelbaum
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Dye, Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
"Love Scrap Paper" Robert Indiana, Preparatory Drawing, Pop Art, Sketch
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Love Scrap Paper, 2014
Signed and dated lower left
Artist's marker and ink on paper
6 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Private collec...
Category
2010s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
Moody Abstract Urban Blue and Grey Landscape with Architectural Sketches
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Moody Abstract Urban Landscape
watercolor/gouache painting on artist paper
painting: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
provenance: private collection, England
condition: very good and sound condit...
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20th Century Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Gouache
Soul Flowers 39 Symbiosis, Forest Life, Trees, Doorways, Windows Black and White
Located in Kent, CT
A small outlined figure walks on a bridge looking up at a meticulously rendered forest with trees with tiny leaves and windows and doorway portals peeking out from the branches and t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
"Love in Central Park" Robert Indiana, Pop Art Drawing, American, Typography
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Love in Central Park, 1971-1972
Signed, titled and dated lower center
Pen on ruled paper
10 x 8 inches
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Private coll...
Category
1970s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Soul Flowers 31 Waterfall, Forest Life, Trees, Doorways, Windows Black and White
Located in Kent, CT
A small outlined figure stands a bridge gazing up at a waterfall in a meticulously rendered forest with towering trees with tiny leaves and windows peeking out from the branches and ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Exhibition Poster, Conceptual Poster with Pen Drawing by Genichiro Inokuma
Located in Long Island City, NY
Genichiro Inokuma, Japanese (1902 - 1993) - Exhibition Poster, Year: 1968, Medium: Poster, with pen drawing, signed and dated in the plate, Size: ...
Category
1960s Conceptual Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Offset
Original 1970's French Abstract Surreal Landscape with Geometric Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Soul Flowers 60 Eternal City, Spiral, Staircase, Black and White Flower Pattern
Located in Kent, CT
A surreal scene with spirals, floral shapes and meticulously rendered black and white patterns. This drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in a solid black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
"Mask On, You’re Happy Now", Brightly Colored, Rainbow, Abstract, Mixed Media
By Kelly Kozma
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This brightly colored mixed media artwork titled "Mask On, You’re Happy Now" is an original artwork by Kelly Kozma made of hand embroidery, latex paint, marker and handmade sequins o...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Paper, Sequins, Latex, Permanent Marker
Soul Flowers 61 The Plan, Spiral, Staircase, Black and White Flower Pattern
Located in Kent, CT
A surreal scene with spirals, floral shapes and meticulously rendered black and white patterns. This drawing is entirely hand-drawn using only pen and paper.
Framed in a solid black...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Pen
Original 1970's French Line Drawing with Faces and Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Artist: Claude Lagouche (French 1943-2020)
Claude Lagouche was born January 2, 1943 in Naves, died January 16, 2020.
He quickly gained recognition for his talent and his work, exh...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
"one day into the next" abstract cityscape, geometric, trees, watercolor, marker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "one day into the next" is an original artwork made from watercolor and marker on panel
by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 10"h x 8"w.
Miriam Singer grew up in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Panel, Permanent Marker
An original British 20th Century drawing by British illustrator Heath Robinson
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
William Heath Robinson (British, 1872-1944)
'The Friendly Dog'
Signed 'W. Heath Robinson.' (lower right)
Pen and ink on paper
11 X 8.1/2in. (28 X 21.7cm.) (excluding frame)
46 x 38cm. (18.1/4 x 15in. (including frame)
Literature: 'Old Time Stories', Constable and Co. 1921, P. 143
William Heath Robinson was an artist and illustrator mainly associated with his gloriously complicated inventions for simple objectives. The name Heath Robinson has become commonplace in the English language as a result to describe anything mechanical that is eccentric, ridiculously complex and ingenious at the same time .
Interestingly one of the automatic analysis machines built for Bletchley Park...
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Early 20th Century Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
"Small Vortex" Abstract drawing, Marker on paper
By Patrick Blake
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original drawing by Patrick Blake measures 14in x 11.5in and ships float mounted in the pictured simple black custom frame.
"Though I work in many different mediums, drawing ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Permanent Marker
Ode to Bob Lazar, 2020, gel pen, green, drawing, pink, ufo, science fiction, eye
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Ode to Bob Lazar, 2020, gel pen ,ink and graphite on paper, green, abstract, drawing, pink, pattern, blue, yellow, black, ufo, science fiction, alien, yin ya...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen, Ink, Graphite
Unique, original hand Signed, dated Antiquity Drawing held in monograph Pop Art
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons
Untitled (Antiquity Drawing), 2009
Unique original drawing done in silver marker on the first front end page of Koons iconic monograph "Hulk Elvis". (Hand signed and dated...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset, Board
"Your Own Heart" unique signed, colleague of Warhol, Haring, Basquiat & Scharf
Located in New York, NY
Ronnie Cutrone
Your Own Heart, 1987
Watercolor and Silkscreen on Paper
Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 7, with each work being unique.
40 × 30 inches
Fantastic vintage...
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1980s Street Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Screen
The sprinkling of defiled persons (drawing)
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This is an original drawing on paper by Hunter Stabler measuring 12”h x 12”w x 2.5”d framed. The piece is made from graphite, ink, transfer paper and Gelly Roll® pen on paper.
Hunter Stabler was born in Jefferson City, Missouri and was raised in upstate South Carolina. He received a BFA in painting from The Maryland Institute, College of Art and an MFA in painting from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently pursuing an MFA in Digital Art at Louisiana State University. His work has been widely exhibited across the United States and internationally including exhibitions at the Morbid Anatomy Museum in Brooklyn, NY, The Shelburne Art Museum in Shelburne, VT, the Hunterdon Art Museum in Clinton, NJ, and the Islip Art Museum in East Islip, NY. His hand-cut paper artwork has been published in the books High Touch: Tactile Design and Visual Explorations, Push Paper, Strangers in the Nest (a book of Poems by Anselm Berrigan, Letterpress printed with images accompanying each poem), and published in Laminate Magazine, First Look Magazine, and American Craft Magazine. He was named “Philadelphia’s Next Hot...
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2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite
"Love Notebook Page" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Preparatory Drawing, Sketch
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Love Notebook Page, 2014
Signed and dated lower center
Artist's marker and graphite on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Priv...
Category
2010s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Journey Within 73, 74 and 75 Triptych. From The Journey Within Series
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy print, Hand Signed by Koons
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons
Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy poster (Hand Signed), 2000
Drawing done in silver marker on offset lithograph
Hand signed by Jeff Koons in marker on t...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
"Horsethief", Mixed Media, Assemblage, Acrylic Painting, Abstract, Pen Drawing
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This beige, black, pink, and grey abstract assemblage artwork titled "Horsethief" is an original artwork by Lindsay Jones made of acrylic paint, pen, and collage on paper. The artist...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pen
Acrobat - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Acrobat is an original Drawing in Color Markers realized by an anonymous artist in the 20th Century.
Good Conditions except for a cutaway on the low-left.
The artwork is depicted t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Ink Modern Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Pen and ink abstract by French artist Jaquel, 1978. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Arc...
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1970s Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
First Floor Biogram
By Kory Twaddle
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : First Floor Biogram
Materials : Acrylic, gouache, oil pastel, marker, charcoal, graphite, and conté crayon on paper
Date : 2018
Dimensions : 24 x 18 x .1 in.
Description : ...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Permanent Marker, Oil Pastel, Paint, Graphite, Watercolor, Temper...
$599 Sale Price
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Starfall. Item 6
Located in Zofingen, AG
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
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2010s Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color
Untitled - Drawing by Fred Bugs - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
Fred Bugs (1997)
Year: 2016
Geometric art
Pen ink on paper
Category
2010s Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
"Shares" - Abstract Geometric Outsider Art in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract patterned work by Geanna Shattuc (American, b. 1963). Consisting of overlapping rectangular shapes, this piece is simultaneously repetitive and...
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2010s Outsider Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
"Love Pen Drawing" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Letters, Preparatory Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Love Pen Drawing
Signed lower left
Artist's marker and ink on paper
6 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Private collection, Maine....
Category
2010s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
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 Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Original Drawing in monograph (Signed & inscribed by Harmony Korine to Nadine)
Located in New York, NY
Harmony Korine
Original Drawing (Hand signed and inscribed to Nadine), 2015
Original marker drawing held inside hardback monograph
Signed, dated and inscribed by Harmony Korine with an original drawing across the first two front end pages.
12 × 9 × 3/4 inches
This is a unique, original drawing done in black marker and signed and inscribed to our Nadine, on the first two end pages of Gagosian Gallery's hardback monograph, on fabric boards with no dust jacket as issued. The drawing can be separated and framed independently in a standard frame, or framed on a shadowbox with the entire book or displayed on a bookcase or coffee table.
The monograph holding the drawing was published on the occasion of the exhibition Harmony Korine Shooters at Gagosian Gallery from May 12 to July 29, 2014.
Publisher's blurb:
From 'Kids' (1995), a meditation on New York City youth, to 'Spring Breakers...
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2010s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, ABS, Lithograph, Offset
Ink Modern Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Pen and ink abstract by French artist Jaquel, 1978. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Arc...
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1970s Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Starfall. Item 4
Located in Zofingen, AG
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Digital
Starfall. Item 3
Located in Zofingen, AG
The series of drawings is called Starfall. I was inspired by space, the starry sky, clouds and natural phenomena. I also like to play with linear rhythms and spots of color.
Paintin...
Category
2010s Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Color
'Pointillist Still Life', Royal Society of Artists, Edinburgh Academy, Palo Alto
By Thomas Guise
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'T.G.M. Guise' for Thomas Gladstone Middleton Guise (Scottish, 1916-1984) and dated 1966.
Thomas Guise studied art at Edinburgh College of Art under Thomson Adam...
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1960s Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Drawing for van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, gifted to curator, unique, signed, framed
Located in New York, NY
Mark di Suvero
Sketch for van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, 1972
Marker wash on paper
Signed in graphite pencil by the artist on the lower right front
Frame included: elegantly floated and ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
Black Power Fist, Thumbs Up, Peace Sign - Hand Signals
Located in Miami, FL
Murray Tinkelman builds his works out of tiny meticulously placed cross hatchings that are organized into horizontal and diagonal structures. Most are done with a ruler and some fre...
Category
1970s Pointillist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
The Will - Drawing by Fred Bugs - 2019/2020
Located in Roma, IT
Original artwork by Fred Bugs, from Bosa (b. 1997)
Abstract-geometric art
The Will (Il lascito,Il volere)
Pen on paper
Year: 2019-2020
21x30 cm
Category
2010s Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Abstract Composition - Penmarker on Paper by Michel Cadoret
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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1950s Surrealist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
The Sketch Class, Figurative Study Line Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive line drawing figure study featuring a group of figures in a classroom by David Rosen (Canadian, 1912-2004). Unsigned, but was acquire...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen, Watercolor
"19 Love" Robert Indiana, Pop Art, Modern Art, Black and White, Marker Sketch
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
19 Love , circa 1973
Artist's marker on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Private collection, Maine.
Private Collection, New ...
Category
1970s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Veiled Series X , Abstract Expressionist Organic Drawing Watercolor Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Dorothy Gillespie (June 29, 1920 – September 30, 2012) was an American artist and sculptor who became known for her large and colorful abstract metal sculptures. Gillespie became best known for the aluminum sculptures she started to produce at the end of the 1970s. She would paint sheets of the metal, cut them into strips and connect the strips together to resemble cascades or starbursts of bright colored ribbon. The New York Times once summarized her work as “topsy-turvy, merrymaking fantasy,” and in another review declared, “The artist’s exuberant sculptures of colorful aluminum strips have earned her an international reputation.Her works are featured at her alma mater (Radford University) in Virginia, where she later returned to teach, as well as in New York (where she was artist in residence for the feminist Women's Interart Center), Wilmington, North Carolina and Florida.
She enrolled both at Radford University near her hometown, and the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. The director of the Maryland Institute, Hans Schuler, helped foster her career in fine art.
On June 5, 1943, aged 23, Gillespie moved to New York City. There she took a job at the B. Altman department store as assistant art director. She also joined the Art Students League where she was exposed to new ideas about techniques, materials, and marketing. She also created works at Atelier 17 printmaking studio, where Stanley William Hayter encouraged to experiment with her own ideas.
She and her husband, Bernard Israel, opened a restaurant and night club in Greenwich Village to support their family. She returned to making art in 1957, and worked at art full-time after they sold the nightclub in the 1970.
In 1977 Gillespie gave her first lecture series at the New School for Social Research, and she would give others there until 1982. She taught at her alma mater as a Visiting Artist (1981-1983) and gave Radford University some of her work to begin its permanent art collection. Gillespie then served as Woodrow Wilson visiting Fellow (1985-1994), visiting many small private colleges to give public lectures and teach young artists. She returned to Radnor University to teach as Distinguished Professor of Art (1997–99).[8] She also hosted a radio program, the Dorothy Gillespie Show on Radio Station WHBI in New York from 1967-1973.
Gillespie began moving away from realism and into the abstraction that marked her career. Gillespie returned to New York City in 1963 to continue her career. She maintained a studio through the 70s and advocate worked towards feminist goals in the art industry, picketing the Whitney Museum, helping to organize the Women's Interart Center, curating exhibitions of women's art, and writing articles raising awareness of her cause. Gillespie numbered among her acquaintances such art-world luminaries as Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, Alice Neel, Louise Nevelson and Georgia O’Keeffe. “She had amazing stories that unfortunately are gone,” her son said.
During the 1960s, she built multimedia art installations that made political statements, such as 1965’s “Made in the USA,” that used blinking colored lights, mirrors, shadow boxes, rotating figures and tape recordings to convey a chaotic look at American commercial fads. The floor was strewn with real dollar bills, which visitors assumed were fake.
By the 1980s, Gillespie's work had come to be known internationally. She completed many commissions for sculptures in public places, including Lincoln Center, Rockefeller Center and Walt Disney World Epcot Center in Orlando, Florida. Her work is in many collections across the United States, including the Delaware Museum, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and the National Museum of Women in the Arts. Her sculptures can also be found in the Frankfurt Museum in Germany and the Tel Aviv Museum in Israel.
Group Shows Conceived and Curated by Dorothy Gillespie
Women's Interart Center, New York, NY 1974 included: Betty Parsons, Elsie Asher, Alice Baber, Minna Citron, Nancy Spero, Seena Donneson, Alice Neel, Natalie Edgar, Dorothy Gillespie, and Anita Steckel...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
Blue Blossom unique signed work on handmade hand dyed paper ex Tupperware Coll.
Located in New York, NY
Margie Hughto
Blue Blossom, 1983
Dyed Handmade paper
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front. Titled on the back.
Frame Included in ...
Category
1980s Abstract Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Dye, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
Grass Power, original unique signed drawing, hand signed and inscribed; Framed
Located in New York, NY
Mark di Suvero
Grass Power, 1979-2014
Mixed Media drawing: marker, ink and pencil on paper
Hand titled, signed and inscribed to Nadine by Mark di Suvero
Frame included:
Floated and f...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker, Pencil, Mixed Media
Laser Beams from Star Cities Felt Tip Pen Drawing on Canvas by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
"Laser Beams from Star Cities" Felt Tip Pen Drawing on Canvas by Contemporary British Artist. This unique original depicts an imagined abstract interpretation of a distant planet in ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Felt Pen, Permanent Marker, Pen
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Surrealist Large Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Female Artist Yellow Red
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you, that that you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
The Storm, 140x140cm, collaged woodblock print, acrylic ink, acrylic paint, 2020
* Please note this artwork is on two separate pieces of paper that have been joined together. The join is not obvious when looking at the work. At the time Isabel was desperate to make the piece but did not have a large enough piece of paper in the studio, so she joined two together.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
In Isabels own words:
The Storm
It started with a butterfly flapping its wings, which caused an ant to drop a leaf it was carrying, the leaf fluttered and spun, it tickled the nose of a fox returning to its den, the fox sneezed which awoke a sleeping dog, the dog barked and the fox screamed, a baby in a house began to cry. The storm clouds gathered, threatening, grey, black, blue, like swollen bruises from the blows of life. Round and round they whirled, the butterfly flapping and flipping with them. People looked out of their windows and knew that the sky was falling on their heads. The swirling vortex opened and all life was sucked away, never to be seen again. All that was left was the tiny butterfly who shrugged its tiny shoulders and flapped its wings.
*Please note we are happy to ship this work rolled in an art tube. Whilst the work is on heavy duty art paper and mixed media, the artist is happy that the painting will be fine rolled in a tube. This is a more cost effective and environmentally sound method of shipping. Shipping via this method is free.
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821...
Category
2010s Surrealist Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen, Woodcut
"Love Stacked" Robert Indiana, Drawing, Pop Art, Preparatory Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Love Stacked , 2014
Signed lower left, dated lower right
Artist's marker on ruled paper
10 x 8 inches
Provenance
Gifted by the artist, Vinalhaven, Maine
Private colle...
Category
2010s Pop Art Pen Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
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