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Period: 20th Century
Banana /// Contemporary Abstract Pop Art Drawing Fruit Food The Rolling Stones
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Kazuhide Yamazaki (Japanese-American, 1951-2023)
Title: "Banana"
*Titled, signed, and dated by Yamazaki in pencil lower right
Year: 1981
Medium: Original Graphite Pencil and ...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil, Graphite
Post Soviet Nonconformist Avant Garde Russian Israeli Gouache Painting Grobman
Located in Surfside, FL
MIchail Grobman
Gouache and watercolor on paper
Hand signed Lower Left and Dated 1964.
Described inn Cyrillic Russian verso.
Dimensions: L:13.25" W: 11.75".
Michail Grobman (Russ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Arnold Grossman (American, 1923-2016)
Title: Untitled
Year: c.2000
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Size image: 18 x 24 inches
paper: 18 x 24 inches
Signature: ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Adrian Heath Modern British Art 'Abstract Study I' watercolour painting
By Adrian Heath
Located in London, GB
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Adrian Heath (1920-1992)
Abstract Study I (1970)
Gouache and ink
35x33cm
Heath was born in Burma in 1920 and arrived in England aged five. In 1938 he studied art under Stanhope Forbes at Newlyn and later at the Slade School of Art. While serving in WWII, he was captured and placed in a prisoner-of-war camp in Bavaria. Heath attempted to escape from the camp but was recaptured and placed in solitary confinement; this isolation proved crucial to the development of his artistic style, as he spent much of his time there experimenting with abstract forms.
When released from confinement, Heath befriended a fellow prisoner of war: Terry Frost. Together they explored the methods of painting which they had developed during their time in the camps, and following the war both became celebrated artists. We have several Terry Frost pieces available too.
In 1949 and 1951, Heath returned to Cornwall. He spent time with artists like Ben Nicholson, Victor Pasmore, and Anthony Hill...
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Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Sculpture Study, Abstract Gouache on Guarro paper by James Wolfe
By James Wolfe
Located in Long Island City, NY
James Wolfe, American (1944 - ) - Sculpture Study, Year: 1986, Medium: Gouache on Guarro paper, signed and dated in pencil, Size: 22.25 x 30 in. (56.52 x 76.2 cm)
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
By Roz Jennings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration
by Roz Jennings, British
watercolor and ink on card, unframed
size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
A beautifully colorful and characte...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1994 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Zed
By Perry Burns
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist's Statement: "My paintings are an attempt to synthesize and enlighten pursuits of eastern and western art and their traditions. Using the full visual language of abstraction –...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Graphite, Ink, Monoprint
$2,000
“Abstract Face”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a well executed original watercolor and gouache abstract on archival paper by the New Hope, Pennsylvania artist, Lloyd Ney. Ney was considered to be a...
Category
Post-Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,920 Sale Price
20% Off
British Impressionist Painting The Glistening Blue Lake
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
original watercolour painting on board, unframed
size: 14.75 x 21 inches
condition: Fair, minor wear to the edges as is normal for an unframed wo...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1996 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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 Laurahuette, Poland, in 1923, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. In 1939 he began studying architecture in Breslau where he was introduced to the European masters and to the work of some of the German Expressionists, soon afterward banned as "degenerate artists" and removed from museums throughout Germany by the Nazi regime. His studies were interrupted by World War II. Drafted into the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He recorded his impressions of the local population and the landscapes through his watercolors and drawings. Pawel Kontny thereafter moved to Nuremberg, Germany, becoming a member of the Union of Nuremberg Architects and helping to rebuild the city's historic center. He soon decided to concentrate on his professional art career. He married Irmgard Laurer, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera. Pavel Kontny 's career as an artist was launched with his participation in an all German exhibition, held at the Dusseldorf Museum in 1952. He held one-man shows in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. During his trip to the United States in 1960, Kontny became instantly enamored with Colorado, and decided to relocate to Cherry Hills with his wife and two children. He quickly established himself in the local art community, being affiliated for a time with Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries. His subject matter became the Southwest. During this time he received the Prestigious Gold Medal of the Art Academy of Rome. His extensive travel provided material for the paintings he did using his hallmark marble dust technique. he also worked equally in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and pencil-and-ink. in a style which merged abstraction and realist styles, influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting and South Western American landscapes. In the early 1960s he was one of only a few European-born professional artists in the state, a select group that included Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a member of the prewar Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany, and Roland Detre...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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
Abstract Homage to Alexander Calder.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Modern abstract pastel on paper, the work is signed to the back of the paper, Djoklevic.
A bright and colourful abstract pastel in the style of Alexander Calder. It could be an inte...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
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 and Abstract Expressionist master Sam Francis.
Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laurahuette, Poland, in 1923, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. In 1939 he began studying architecture in Breslau where he was introduced to the European masters and to the work of some of the German Expressionists, soon afterward banned as "degenerate artists" and removed from museums throughout Germany by the Nazi regime. His studies were interrupted by World War II. Drafted into the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He recorded his impressions of the local population and the landscapes through his watercolors and drawings. Pawel Kontny thereafter moved to Nuremberg, Germany, becoming a member of the Union of Nuremberg Architects and helping to rebuild the city's historic center. He soon decided to concentrate on his professional art career. He married Irmgard Laurer, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera. Pavel Kontny 's career as an artist was launched with his participation in an all German exhibition, held at the Dusseldorf Museum in 1952. He held one-man shows in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. During his trip to the United States in 1960, Kontny became instantly enamored with Colorado, and decided to relocate to Cherry Hills with his wife and two children. He quickly established himself in the local art community, being affiliated for a time with Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries. His subject matter became the Southwest. During this time he received the Prestigious Gold Medal of the Art Academy of Rome. His extensive travel provided material for the paintings he did using his hallmark marble dust technique. he also worked equally in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and pencil-and-ink. in a style which merged abstraction and realist styles, influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting and South Western American landscapes. In the early 1960s he was one of only a few European-born professional artists in the state, a select group that included Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a member of the prewar Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany, and Roland Detre...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
May 1987, Signed collage, gold leaf, acrylic painting, Framed w/ Castelli label
Located in New York, NY
Robert Petersen
May 1987, 1987
Pure pigment collage, gold leaf, acrylic painting and drawing
Signed, titled and dated on the front. The back of the frame bears the label of Castelli Uptown (4 East 77th Street)
This is a unique work
Frame Included: floated and framed in vintage wood frame under acrylic with Castelli label on back
This unique mixed media Robert Petersen pigment collage, with drawing and gold leaf and acrylic painting is floated against beveled edges, then matted and framed in a gorgeous light wood museum frame. It bears the label of Castelli Uptown on the back.
Petersen, an American contemporary artist born in 1945, worked as an assistant to Robert Rauschenberg for 10 years from 1970 to 1980. He is a versatile artist, working in painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture and collages, but is perhaps best known as a collagist, Robert Petersen was born in 1943 in the small farm town of Le Mars, Iowa.
Petersen lived and worked closely with Rauschenberg on Captiva Island until 1980.
In 1973, Petersen had his first solo show at Galerie Sonnabend in Paris, France, which was followed by numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide. His work is represented in private and public collections internationally including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d'Art Moderne in Paris, France; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Francois Pinault, Venice, Italy; Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, NY; James Rosenquist, Aripeka, FL; Ileana & Michael Sonnabend, New York, NY; Cy Twombly Foundation, Rome, Italy, and Universal Limited Art Editions, NY.
Measurements:
Framed:
31 inches x 38.25 inches x 1.75 inches
Artwork:
25 inches x 32 inches
More about Robert Petersen:
Robert Petersen was born in 1945 in the small farm town of Le Mars, Iowa and was raised there until 1952 when he moved with his family to Whittier, California. His education as an artist began in 1963 at Fullerton Community College where his interest in architectural drafting led him to develop a passion for drawing, painting, and printmaking. In 1966, he pursued his love for printmaking further at California State University, Long Beach under the former Tamarind Lithography Workshop printer, Robert Evermon.
In 1969, Petersen went on to work as an assistant printer at Gemini G.E.L. where he printed editions for Frank Stella, Roy Lichtenstein, and Robert Rauschenberg. Most notably, Petersen served as one of the head printers for Rauschenberg's Stoned Moon series, during which the two formed a close friendship. In late 1970, Rauschenberg invited Petersen to live and work with him on Captiva Island, Florida, which had recently become the artist's permanent residence and studio. In 1971, Rauschenberg and Petersen established the experimental print shop, Untitled Press, Inc., where they not only printed their own work but also for visiting artists including David Bradshaw, Brice Marden, Hisachika Takahashi, Cy Twombly, and Robert Whitman.
Petersen lived and worked closely with Rauschenberg on Captiva Island until 1980. During the early 1970's Petersen predominately created monochromatic minimalist work and then began to explore the possibilities presented by his intricate sketch pages. In 1976, Petersen made his first monthly inspired journal drawing from the highlights of his sketchbook where he collected observations of daily surroundings, drawings for future work, musings, postcards, photographs, and ephemera such as calendar clippings and magazine illustrations. This technique continues to serve as the basis for his present work.
In 1973, Petersen had his first solo show at Galerie Sonnabend in Paris, France, which was followed by numerous solo and group exhibitions worldwide. His work is represented in private and public collections internationally including the Centre Georges Pompidou, Musee National d'Art Moderne in Paris, France; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Francois Pinault, Venice, Italy; Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, New York, NY; James Rosenquist, Aripeka, FL; Ileana & Michael Sonnabend, New York, NY; Cy Twombly Foundation, Rome, Italy, and Universal Limited Art Editions, NY.
Petersen currently works in Tivoli, NY where he lives with his wife, Cinda Sparling...
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Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Surrealist composition of José Gerson n°1 - Drawing 67x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Geometric Female Nude in Pink and Mauve – circa 1970
Medium: Tempera on cardboard
Dimensions: H 65 cm x W 33 cm approx.
Description:
The female body is reimagined through a composit...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Illustration Board
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on thick board
unframed: 8 x 8 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have fo...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Nudes - Ink Drawing and Watercolor - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in 1970s
Original Drawing on cardboard.
Colored inks and watercolor.
Mint conditions.
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Colorful Abstract Watercolor
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract multicolor watercolor with softly blended color fields by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signe...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lyman Kipp, Minimalist Geometric Abstraction, original signed painting Framed
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Untitled Minimalist Geometric Abstraction, 1978
Acrylic painting on paper
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front
Also accompanied by gallery issued C...
Category
Minimalist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor & Gouache Painting by Robert Natkin
Located in New York, NY
This ethereal and beautifully colored Mid-Century Modernist Watercolor & Gouache Painting by Robert Natkin originates from the United States, C.1963. A significant figure in abstract...
Category
20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Abstract drawing n°3 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
By Julien Dinou
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame
Size A4
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
$160 Sale Price
20% Off
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Fire Series', C. 1996 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Woman's head / - Female Wisdom -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Wachter (1921 Neuburgweiser - 2012 Karlsruhe), Woman's head, 1986. Drawing in ink on canvas, 24.5 cm x 19 cm (sheet size), 44.5 cm x 36.4 cm (frame), signed ‘E. Wa[achter]’ lowe...
Category
Realist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting by Sid Gross 1959
By Sidney Gross
Located in Long Island City, NY
An Abstract expressionist gouache painting by American artist, Sid Gross.
Date: 1959
Gouache on paper, signed and dated lower right
Image Size: 18.5 x 12 inches
Frame Size: 28 x 22 ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Original Fashion Design Illustration Watercolor Painting Laura Ashley Designer
By Roz Jennings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Original Fashion Design Illustration
by Roz Jennings, British
watercolor and ink on card, unframed
size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good
A beautifully colorful and characte...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
The Church - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
The Church is a Pencil 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, Fr...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Flag Icon unique signed pastel collage on paper by renowned female artist Framed
Located in New York, NY
Sonia Gechtoff
Flag Icon, 1963
Pastel, graphite and collage
Frame included: elegantly framed in hand made wood frame with UV plexiglass
Evocative mixed media mid century modern work...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite
Abstract Expressionist Outsider Art, Oil Pastel on Black Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Abstract expressionist, pastel on black paper by English artist John McQuirk. Signed bottom right.
McQuirk's work is an example of outsider art or art brut.
Born in 1933, the arti...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
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...
Category
Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, ABS
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 12.75 x 9.75 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
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 Laurahuette, Poland, in 1923, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. In 1939 he began studying architecture in Breslau where he was introduced to the European masters and to the work of some of the German Expressionists, soon afterward banned as "degenerate artists" and removed from museums throughout Germany by the Nazi regime. His studies were interrupted by World War II. Drafted into the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He recorded his impressions of the local population and the landscapes through his watercolors and drawings. Pawel Kontny thereafter moved to Nuremberg, Germany, becoming a member of the Union of Nuremberg Architects and helping to rebuild the city's historic center. He soon decided to concentrate on his professional art career. He married Irmgard Laurer, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera. Pavel Kontny 's career as an artist was launched with his participation in an all German exhibition, held at the Dusseldorf Museum in 1952. He held one-man shows in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. During his trip to the United States in 1960, Kontny became instantly enamored with Colorado, and decided to relocate to Cherry Hills with his wife and two children. He quickly established himself in the local art community, being affiliated for a time with Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries. His subject matter became the Southwest. During this time he received the Prestigious Gold Medal of the Art Academy of Rome. His extensive travel provided material for the paintings he did using his hallmark marble dust technique. he also worked equally in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and pencil-and-ink. in a style which merged abstraction and realist styles, influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting and South Western American landscapes. This one bears the influence of Sam Francis. In the early 1960s he was one of only a few European-born professional artists in the state, a select group that included Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a member of the prewar Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany, and Roland Detre...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Honolulu Watercolor, unique signed work on paper by famed LA Pop Artist, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston
Honolulu Watercolor, 1992
Watercolor on handmade paper with deckled edge in artist's hand made frame with studio label verso
Signed, titled and dated in pencil lowe...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
CURIOUS PHENOMENA Signed Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag, Dreamy Green Landscape
Located in Union City, NJ
CURIOUS PHENOMENA is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsi...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
LAST HOUSE ON KENCH AVE. Signed Oil Pastel, Cliffside Ranch House, Pink, Gray
Located in Union City, NJ
LAST HOUSE ON KENCH AVE. is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, W...
Category
Neo-Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Leda and the Swan
Located in Greenwich, CT
Classical mythology is fraught with stories of sexual misdeeds by Zeus, King of the Gods. Often Zeus would fall in love with a mortal woman and then transform himself into an animal before acting on his desires. These have been recreated by many masters though the millennia. Here, Reuben Nakian masterfully, yet tastefully, recreates the tale of Leda and the...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
(Scottish Rockscape) Untitled
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Scottish Rockscape)
Year: 1973
Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper
Size: 22 x 30 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of Ian Horn...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$10,396 Sale Price
20% Off
Color in Motion - Pointillist Abstract
By Ben Black
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed pointillist watercolor and ink drawing featuring dynamic form and color in motion by Ben Black (American, 1922-2003). Unframed. Signed "Ben Black" lower right. Image,...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$581 Sale Price
35% Off
Abstract Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', C. 1995 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
“Untitled #3”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed in pencil lower right margin. Dated in pencil lower left m...
Category
Post-Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Untitled (abstract 1957)
By Perle Fine
Located in Columbia, MO
Perle Fine (American, 1905–1988)
Perle Fine’s work is distinguished by a refined sense of balance, gestural energy, and a deep engagement with the language of abstraction. A key figu...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Modern British 20th Century Colourful Abstract Painting - Geometric shapes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Composition
British School, monogrammed/ dated lower corner
gouache painting on paper laid over card, unframed
actual painting: 22 x 15.5 inches
Superb - bold - and very co...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Emily Mason, Heart monotype, signed & inscribed in artists frame, Wolf Kahn wife
By Emily Mason
Located in New York, NY
Emily Mason
Untitled (For Douglas), 1990
Carborundum etching and monotype on paper
Pencil signed, dated and inscribed "For Douglas"
Vintage wood frame included
This work was created ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Etching, Monotype
Bourrée Fantasque #12 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on Étoile
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #12 Blue", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 b...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Animal Capers, ca. 1970 .
Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; illustration panel measures 21.5 inches. Unsigned.
Minor staining evident in detail photos
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...
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