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Period: 20th Century
Geometric Abstract Collage Flat Color "Old Lady with Spring Hat "
Located in Miami, FL
Famed graphic designer Ivan Chermayeff creates a portrait made from cut paper and magazine clippings. Chermayeff names it "Old Lady with Spring Hat " and as one views it "charming"...
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Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Magazine Paper, Pencil
Donna Schuster “Nude Bathers” Watercolor, Pencil and Gouache
Located in LA, CA
Donna Schuster (1893-1953) “Nude Bathers” watercolor, pencil and gouache within a giltwood carved frame and protective glass. Signed ‘Donna Schuster’ (Lower Right), circa 1920-1930.
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
John Levee, an American abstract expressionist, served as a pilot in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. Following the war, he harnessed the educational opportunit...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Phizo, " Abstract Portrait Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Phizo" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features an abstracted portrait with expressionistic marks ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"Dune I" Watercolor on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in (1977) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Dune I" Watercolor on Paper Painting 10" x 12" in (1977) by Inji Efflatoun
signed & dated
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibi...
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Post-War 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
"Untitled, " Abstract Oil Pastel on Ragboard signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Untitled" is an original oil pastel drawing on ragboard by Reginald K. Gee. It features surreal drawings on a background of color fields in blue, green, purple, red, and yellow. The...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Board, Rag Paper
Large Watercolor Gouache Oil Pastel Painting Israeli Lea Avizedek Date Night
By Lea Avizedek
Located in Surfside, FL
Post Impressionist original mixed media painting
Date Night
Hand signed in Hebrew
Sight measures 19" x 27". Frame measures 27.5" x 35.5".
Lea Avisdek, Jewish artist and painter, bor...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
Two Crosses
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Two Crosses" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The work is signed in the lower right, "Calder 65”.
Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking sculptures, Alexander Calder started his artistic career as an abstract painter, preferring to use gouache. What is gouache? Gouache is a water-soluble paint – a type of opaque watercolor.
As Calder returned to gouache painting towards the end of his life, he was now armed with a lifetime of experience as a sculptor. He explored the three-dimensional vocabulary of sculptural forms he had developed onto the two-dimensional surface of the paper. Certain shapes and colors recur throughout his gouaches and sculptures. Circles, ovals, and other geometric forms dominate the space. There is the same sense of energy and fluidity. The shapes do not sit on the surface but vibrate giving a feeling of movement in contrast to the static nature of painting.
Like his sculpture, Calder’s gouache...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
"Glimpse of the Party, " Oil Pastel on Board signed on Back by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Glimpse of the Party" is an original oil pastel drawing on board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features abstract marks on a blue background. Some a...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Board
Two Golfers and a Caddy
Located in Missouri, MO
Fred Conway
“Two Golfers and a Caddy” c. 1965
Pen, Ink & Watercolor on Paper
13 x 17 inches
Signed
A member of the faculty of the Washington University Art School from 1929 to 1970, Frederick Conway...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Pen
"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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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Abstract Geometric Illusory Line Art in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract Geometric Illusory Line Art in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
In this line abstract by Jerry O'Day (American, 1912), lines intersect and layer in straight and rounded ways giving a sense of movement to the piece. O'Day uses simple ink on paper and pure geometric form in the Minimalist style of the 1960s.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Mat size: 39"H x 27"W
Paper size: 30"H x 20"W
Image size: 27"H x 16"W
Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. O'Day wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time, the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito, where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986.
Post War California artist, Jerry O'Day studied at the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle; studied with Beniamino Bufano for two years. She lived in the artist's colony at the Cod fishery with artist David Lemon on Belvedere Island in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1942 - 1963.
Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo, 1955; Marin Art Gallery, Sausalito, 1956; Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962; East & West Gallery, Fillmore Street, San Francisco; Landmarks Gallery, Marin County, 1991.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 65th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1945; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963.
Source:
David J Carlson...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Mid Century Abstract Mixed Media Drawing by Rem Raymond Coninckx - Belgium
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Rem Raymond Coninckx was born on 28th March in Couvin (Belgium) 1904 and died in Dinan 1974. He was a painter, draftsman, engraver and also created metallic panels and mosaics.
Cont...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media
Connecticut Summer Fragments
By Lee Hall
Located in New York, NY
Lee Hall (1934-), Connecticut Summer Fragments, a portfolio of watercolor, 29 in all, each about 5 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches, on hand made paper attached to a backing, i...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Montoya Drawing Lady Looking Left Side
Located in Cuauhtemoc, Ciudad de México
Renowned for his stunning ability to capture the essence of Mexican culture, Gustavo Montoya’s drawings offer a powerful narrative through minimalistic yet emotive lines. His works, ...
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Realist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon 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...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$18,500
Gwendolen Young - 1930s Art Deco Design for fabric or paper
Located in London, GB
GWENDOLEN KITTY YOUNG
(1914-1994)
Red, Yellow & Grey Design
Signed on the reverse
Gouache
Unframed
21.5 by 4.5 cm., 8 ½ by 1 ¾ in.
(mount size 35.5 by ...
Category
Art Deco 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Underwater Sunset
Located in Paris, FR
Alexander CALDER (1898-1976)
Underwater Sunset
Painted in 1964
Gouache on paper
Signed and dated lower right
This work is registered in the archives of the Calder Foundation, New Y...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Amay, " Oil Pastel and Watercolor on Red Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Amay" is an original oil pastel and watercolor drawing on red paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features abstracted figures and mountain shapes i...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor
Boogie Woogie II
Located in Missouri, MO
Boogie Woogie II, 1993
Peter Ambrose (American, b. 1953)
Charcoal on Paper
Signed and Dated Lower Right
Titled Lower Left
41 x 29 inches
46.25 x 34.25 inches with frame
BORN
1953
New York, NY
EDUCATION
1977
MFA, The School of Art Institute of Chicago
1975
BFA, Carnegie Mellon University
1974
Yale University, Summer School of Art and Music
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1983
Visiting Artist, 2-D, 3-D Design and Graduate Advisor, Carnegie Mellon University
1995-96
Independent Study in Exhibition installation, art handling, restoration, Saint Louis University
1998
Adjunct faculty, Sculpture, Saint Louis University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999
Elliott Smith...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Liek, " Abstract Portrait Oil Pastel on Paper Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Liek" is an original oil pastel drawing on a paper bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features abstract color fields and gestural marks, over which ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache abstract morden White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Abstract Expressionist design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number . Ilegible signature
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Fractured Light, Abstract Expressionist Watercolor by Danielle Epstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Danielle Epstein - Fractured Light, Year: 1987, Medium: Watercolor and pastel on paper, signed and titled verso, Size: 40 x 32 in. (101.6 x 81.28 cm)
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Sculpture project by Fausto Melotti, 1936
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil on watermarked paper. Signed lower left. The drawing is accompanied by an authentication on photo from the Fausto Melotti Archive, with code DIS 36 015, showing the data of th...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laura...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Large Modernist Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor or gouache composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was bo...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Lao (1.23.98)
By Mala Breuer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
watercolor on Arches, framed
Throughout Mala Breuer’s career she completed well over 400 watercolors and works on paper that preceded each and every one of her large works on canv...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Robert Petersen After A Rain #2 unique abstract signed collage, Castelli Gallery
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen
After A Rain #2, 1987
Collage on Paper: Pencil, Oil, Acrylic and Cloth
Hand signed, dated and titled on lower front with Castelli Graphics label on the back
Frame Inc...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Textile, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Tornado in Space
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Alexander Calder. "Tornado in Space" is a Post-War abstract drawing, ink on paper in black and white by artist Alexander Calder. The artwork is s...
Category
Post-War 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Some of What I Know, A Lot of What You Thought Was a Mistake, " Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Some of What I Know, A Lot of What You Thought Was a Mistake" is an original oil pastel drawing on rag board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower left. It depicts a...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Board, Rag Paper
Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)
1964
Gouache on paper
57.2 x 75.6 cms (22 1/2 x 29 3/4 ins)
Frame size: 82.9 x 103.2 cms (32 5/8 x 40 5/8 ins)
SF14652
$300,000
Exhibit...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Seated Mother and Child, 1 (executed 1982)
By Henry Moore
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Charcoal and gouache on paper
Paper size: 9x 11.5 inches
Framed size: 23.5 x 25.75 inches
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Raymond Spencer Co.;
Galerie Dominion, Montreal, 1982;
Dr Max Stern, Montreal, 1982;
Leslie Sacks Fine Art, Los Angeles;
Purchased by Haynes Fine Art...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
"Man, How Did They Know Me?" Oil Pastel on Illustration Board by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man, How Did They Know Me?" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features a few abstract portraits...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
"Motherhood" Watercolor painting 14.5" x 11" inch (1991) by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Motherhood" Watercolor painting 14.5" x 11" inch (1991) by Shaker El Maadawy
signed & dated
Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fine A...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Transformista 3 - Original Figurative Drawing by Jose Luis Cuevas (b. 1934 d. 2017.)
This original ink drawing by Cuevas depicts two distorted figures pressing their faces together....
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache botanical style White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Abstract Expressionist design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number . Ilegible signature
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled (Abstraction)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
aka Beni Kosh
Untitled (Abstraction)
Watercolor on paper, 1970's
Unsigned
Ben Kosh Estate Stamp verso, No. 754
Condition: Very good
Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 9/16 inches
Provenance: Estate the Artist
Bingham & Vance, Shaker Heights...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"J.D. Wovel Wearing Helmet, " Oil Pastel on Paper Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"J.D. Wovel Wearing Helmet" is an original oil pastel drawing on a paper bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features an abstract portrait in orange, ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
"The Plan Begins, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Plan Begins" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features two abstracted ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Found Objects
Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache botanical Style on White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Abstract Expressionist design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number . Ilegible signature
We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Jamie Nares, Original flower monotype (unique, hand signed) Framed, de-accession
By James Nares
Located in New York, NY
James Nares
Untitled flower monotype, 1988
Monotype on hand made paper
Pencil signed and dated by James Nares on the lower right front
Frame included: floated in the original wood fr...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Monotype
"Untilted composition" Hans Hofmann, Abstract Expressionist, Vibrant, Gestural
By Hans Hofmann
Located in New York, NY
Hans Hofmann
Untilted composition, 1956
Signed and dated lower right
Watercolor on paper
10 1/2 x 8 inches
Provenance
Kootz Gallery, New York
Collection of Samuel Kootz New York
Est...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Brutalist Op Art Abstract Charcoal Drawing by Dordevic Miodrag
Located in Atlanta, GA
Serbian artist Dordevic (or Djordjevic) Miodrag (1936 -), known as "Miodrag," designed this stunning abstract drawing. This work is a charcoal on paper depicting a brutalist abstract...
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Op Art 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Funny and Sad Faces, Surrealist Geometric Colorful Drawing, France 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
This exceptional original project drawing, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, is by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The original painting features a geometri...
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Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
1960s American Pop Art hyperrealist drawing Lucky Strike
Located in Norwich, GB
A striking pop art drawing, dating from the 1960s, featuring lettering and a packet of Lucky Strike cigarettes. Pop art as art movement emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 196...
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Pop Art 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"Abstract Composition III" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Abstract Composition III" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy
signed & dated
Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fin...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Geometric Abstraction (unique, signed graphite drawing gifted to fellow artist)
By Peter Halley
Located in New York, NY
Peter Halley
Untitled Geometric Abstraction, ca. 1990
Graphite and Ink
Signed in graphite pencil by Peter Halley; lower right front
Frame included: floated and framed in wood frame
U...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Unique work
mixed media
H63 x W 78 cm (Framed)
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Synchromist Abstraction watercolor by Jay Van Everen
Located in Hudson, NY
Jay Van Everen was a pioneering early American abstractionist known for his affiliation with the Synchromists. His abstract color studies would take him to the forefront of the Ameri...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Abraham Walkowitz, Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7), pencil, 1918. Signed and dated in pencil, bottom center. A fine, spon...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Colorful Abstract Watercolor by Mac Jamison
By Mac Jamison
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Mac Jamison, American
Title: Untitled
Medium: Watercolor, signed l.r.
Size: 30 in. x 41.5 in. (76.2 cm x 105.41 cm)
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
After Ingres Drawing
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"After Ingres Drawing" is a figurative Modern pencil and watercolor on paper work by Paul Wunderlich in 1973. The artwork is 26 1/8 x 19 inches and 35 1/4 x 28 1/2 x 2 inches with th...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
untitled
Located in New York, US
Nikolai Suetin (Russian: Николай Суетин; 25 October 1897 – 22 January 1954) was a Russian Suprematist artist. He worked as a graphic artist, a designer, and a ceramics painter.
Suet...
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Suprematist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Bay with Boats Color Monotype unique signed abstract color field landscape frame
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn
Bay with Boats, 1987
Color monotype on Somerset white wove paper
Hand signed and dated by Wolf Kahn on the lower right front, bears labels on the back
Frame Included: matte...
Category
Color-Field 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph, Monotype
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, sheet measures 13 x 23 inches; 14 x 18 inches in archival pH-neutral matting. Signed and dated lower right. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration.
Provenance: Sheila Ayers-Whitelaw
Exhibition History: Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams, Woodmere Art Museum, 07/10/2021 - 10/24/2021
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
$3,000 Sale Price
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Untitled IV, Abstract Expressionist Graphite and Ink on Paper by Frank Roth
By Frank Roth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Frank Roth, American (1936 - ) - Untitled IV, Year: 1960, Medium: Graphite and Ink on Paper, signed, dated and dedicated in pen, Image Size: 8 x 9.5 inches, Size: 11.25 x 11 in. (28...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Ink
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...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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Concorde Vintage Poster
Concours Poster
Dali Bas Relief
Damien Hirst Skateboard
David Hockney My Window
Dog Painting On Cushion
Dominican Cross
Duck Hunting Painting
E Willis
Edith White Still Life Painting
Edward Fitzgerald