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Period: Mid-20th Century
Pastel Portrait of Stella Samuel in the style of Charles Sheldon for Photoplay
Located in Pasadena, CA
The pastel portrait of Stella Samuel, very likely a starlet from the thirties, created in the style of Charles Sheldon, emanates timeless elegance. With a delicate interplay of color...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

“End of Season” Abstract Blue and Grey Toned Watercolor Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract landscape watercolor painting on paper that incorporates blue and grey tones. The painting is signed in the lower center and is currently displayed in a beautiful silver fr...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Larry Zox "Rotation"
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of abstraction in American art of the 20th century. He played an essential role in the Color Field discourse of the 1960s...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil

Man`s study. 1968. Paper, pencil, 35x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Man`s study. 1968. Paper, pencil, 35x25 cm Vladimir Borisovich Glushenkov (May 21, 1948, Riga - December 26, 2009, Riga.) - painter, graphic artist, poet, translator. Born in Riga in a Russian-Polish-German family. Vladimir Glushenkov...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Rowing Sculling Team Regatta, Life Magazine - African American Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbell was the first African-American illustrator/ cartoonist published in nationally distributed, slick magazines, he created Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of Esquire. This early work of 1930 was done on assignment for an interior page of Life Magazine. It features two Rowing teams engaged in spirited competition with cheering onlookers. This is a highly stylized black-and-white illustration and is masterfully executed. The work is composed of two illustrations, 6 x 9 inches and 2-3/4 x 2 inches respectively. It is initialed center bottow ESC. unframed Campbell left the University of Chicago and transferred to and received his degree from the Chicago Art Institute.[3] Professional career During a job as a railroad dining-car waiter, Campbell sometimes drew caricatures of the train passengers, and one of those, impressed by Campbell's talent, gave him a job in a St. Louis art studio, Triad Studios. He spent two years at Triad Studios before moving to New York City in 1929. A month afterward, he found work with the small advertising firm, Munig Studios, and began taking classes at the National Academy of Design.During this time, he contributed to various magazines, notably Life, & Judge Following the suggestion of cartoonist Russell Patterson to focus on good girl art, Campbell created his "Harem Girls", a series of watercolor cartoons that attracted attention in the first issue of Esquire, debuting in 1933. Campbell's artwork was in almost every issue of Esquire from 1933 to 1958 and he was the creator of its continuing mascot, the cartoon character in a silk top hat. He also contributed to The Chicagoan, Cosmopolitan, Ebony, The New Yorker, Playboy, Opportunity: A Journal of Negro Life, Pictorial Review, and Redbook. His commercial artwork for advertising included illustrations for Barbasol, Springmaid, and Hart Schaffner...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Illustration Board, Gouache, Pencil

Bach - English Suite No.2 in A Minor - IV Gigue
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and titled recto A masterful example of the artist's series of music inspired works of art. Haas had the condition known as synesthesia. Frame: 19 1/2 x 22 3/4" Image: 11 3/...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Larry Zox "Black Push" Drawing, 1965
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of 20th century abstraction in America. Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Oklahoma and went o...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

The Green Scuba Diver
Located in Bristol, CT
Abstract scuba diver w/ colorful sea urchins about 1960s Art Sz: 11 3/4"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 17 1/4"H x 13 1/2"W
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

BREAKING DOWN THE FORMS
Located in Aventura, FL
Original pastel on paper. Hand signed on front and authenticated on verso by the artist. Framed. Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of authenticity included. All reasonab...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

DESSIN
Located in PARIS, FR
Philippe Hiquily's original drawings from the early 1960s, housed in a private collection, are a distinctive showcase of the provocative Hiquilian style that defined this era. These ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Composition by Arikha Avigdor - Post-war and Contemporary gouache, c. 1955
Located in London, GB
Composition by Arikha Avigdor (1929-2010) Gouache on paper 39 x 75 cm (15 ³/₈ x 29 ¹/₂ inches) Signed lower right Executed circa 1955 This work is an fine example of the Avigdor’s a...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Prelude to Transition
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Prelude to Transition Pastel on paper, 1953 Signed and dated lower left (See photo) Image size: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches Frame size: 24-5/8 x 1-1/2 inches Exhibited and Illustrated: Z...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Searching the Car - Desaturated Colors Muted Warm Yellows and Grey
Located in Miami, FL
This Harry Beckhoff illustration is masterfully rendered and intricately designed in line and wash. It's as abstract as it's representational with its graphic style, clean lines, and flat patterning. Every element in the composition works in harmony without a line out of place. The flat and abstract nature of the work rivals that of the great modernist painters of the 1930s. Perhaps this was done for a major newsstand magazine like Collier's. Although he studied with Dean Cornwell and Harvey Dunn, he didn't pursue the style of painterly brushstrokes and impastos. Instead, he defined his forms with flat shapes, whose internal forms are defined by thin lines. The emphasis is more on silhouette and line than it is on texture and lighting. Beckhoff also described his work as having been influenced by illustrators like Pierre Brissaud...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Illustration Board

Larry Zox "Untitled (Push)" Drawing
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of abstraction in American art of the 20th century. Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Okla...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Abstract Figure - Czech Art
Located in London, GB
The work is hand signed in ink by the artist "b.ost" in the lower right corner, and hand dated "36" next to the signature. The drawing was created in 1936. Provenance: Collection So...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"Volcano"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980) Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Coun...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Untitled SF64-572 (Acrylic Watercolour)
Located in London, GB
SAM FRANCIS 1923-1994 San Mateo, California 1923 – 1994 Santa Monica (American) Title: Untitled SF64-572 (Acrylic Watercolour), 1964 Technique: Signed and Dated Acrylic and Waterco...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Watercolor

Arcadia V
Located in Boston, MA
Titled verso lower left: "Arcadia V"; signed lower right: "Ruth Eckstein". From the estate of the artist. Ruth Eckstein has received national and international recognition as an abs...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Saint Valery in Winter
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Rodez
Located in Paris, IDF
Charcoal on paper Francine Ledieu is a French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Roche...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Wind"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Larry Zox "Edmonton"
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of abstraction in American art of the 20th century. He played an essential role in the Color Field discourse of the 1960s...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil

"Before Now" Abstract Watercolor by Paul Garland
By Paul Garland
Located in Bristol, CT
Stylish decoupage work by Paul Garland featuring abstract geometric angles in chrome frame Art Sz: 17 1/4"H x 18"W Frame Sz: 18"H x 18"W For over 50 years, Paul Garland (b. 1943) ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Larry Zox "Minus" Drawing
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of 20th century abstraction in America. Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Oklahoma and went o...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Larry Zox "Diamond Drill Series" Drawing
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of abstraction in American art of the 20th century. Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Oklaho...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

"Biomorphic Abstraction" original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the 1960s, Sylvia Spicuzza made several watercolor abstractions with biomorphic qualities like the one presented here. While being a playful abstraction, the watercolor also seeps...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Biomorphic Abstraction" original watercolor painting by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In the 1960s, Sylvia Spicuzza made several watercolor abstractions with biomorphic qualities like the one presented here. While being a playful abstraction, the watercolor also seeps...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Petie (Duck)" conte crayon drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a duck in a watery landscape, rendered in her elegant modernist style. Other forms in the drawing appear to shoot up like le...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté

"Ebb and Flow" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this pastel drawing, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a rhythmic view resembling waves and rolling hills. The colors of the repeating patterns and softness of the undulati...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Billy the Brownie With Flowers #407" original tempera by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Sylvia Spicuzza demonstrates her skill as an illustration artist, representing the Milwaukee character Billie the Brownie with a pair of flowers. An illustration like this could grace the pages of a children's book or illustrated magazine, or as an advertisement for Schuster’s Department Store. 10 x 8 inches, artwork 17 x 13.13 inches, frame stamped with artist signature lower left Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Billie the Brownie was a multi-media star of Christmas in Milwaukee from the 1920s to the 1950s. Years earlier, the writer and artist Palmer Cox...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

"Land, Sea, & Sky, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Land, Sea & Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed in the lower right. This gestural, abstract piece features two lightly washed color fields: yellow on th...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Orbiting the Earth, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orbiting the Earth" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This abstract piece is almost abstract expressionist in style with free...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Orbit, " Abstract Watercolor & Tempera Painting signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Orbit" is an original watercolor and tempera painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece lower left. This artwork features abstract and expressionist marks in gray, black...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

"Visage Interplanetaires" Original Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Visage Interplanetaires" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This watercolor features abstract lines and marks in black, red, green, an...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"What, Water, Color, Sky, " Surreal Abstract Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Whale, Water, Color, Sky" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This surreal, abstract work is composed of expressive brush strok...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Surrealist Sea, " Original Watercolor on Paper signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Surrealist Sea" is an original watercolor painting by David Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. This work is a burst of colors with soft blac...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Flying, " Original Surreal Ink Drawing signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Flying" is an original ink drawing by David Barnett, signed in the lower right corner. This strange, surreal image centers around a figure that appears to have leaped from the broke...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Larry Zox "Mosaic" Drawing, 1966
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Larry Zox (1937-2006) was a central figure in the evolution of 20th century abstraction in America. Raised in Des Moines, Iowa, Zox studied at the University of Oklahoma and went o...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Landscape with Sand Dune, " Original Abstract Watercolor signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Landscape with Sand Dune" is an original watercolor by David Barnett. The artist signed and dated the piece lower left. It depicts an abstracted landscape. 6" x 8 5/8" art 17 5/8"...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Balcony (Drawing for Plate I, Planches de Salut)
Located in London, GB
LOUIS MARCOUSSIS (1883-1941) (Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus) 1878 or 1883 Łódź, Poland – 1941, Cusset, France (Polish/French) Title: The Balcony (Drawing for Plate I, Plan...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

DESSIN
Located in PARIS, FR
Philippe Hiquily's original drawings from the early 1960s, housed in a private collection, are a distinctive showcase of the provocative Hiquilian style that defined this era. These ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

DESSIN
Located in PARIS, FR
Philippe Hiquily's original drawings from the early 1960s, housed in a private collection, are a distinctive showcase of the provocative Hiquilian style that defined this era. These ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled Senza Titolo, Italian Futurism, Drawing
Located in London, GB
MINO DELLE SITE 1914-1996 [Domenico Delle Site] Lecce 1914-1996 Rome (Italian) Title: Untitled Senza Titolo, 1935 Technique: Signed and Dated Crayon...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Pencil

Bauhaus . Untitled (French Barque under Staysail)
Located in Miami, FL
Bauhaus Iconic work by the master or Cubism and Expressionism Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, Los Angeles Bonhams, Exhibited: Moller Fine Art, "Precision ...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Connecticut Hills
Located in Miami, FL
Executed in 1950 during the heyday of Abstract Expressionism and non-representational art, Feininger reduces a landscape to the bare minimums of lines and wash. Moeller Fine Art
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

"Green Colorfield"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Improversation #3
Located in Miami, FL
Gallery tags on verso. Work is frame an in very good condition.
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

"Fish"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Ramstonev Co-operative Project (1937 - 1939) In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and ...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"Labrynth"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (First Theme)
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Burgoyne Diller (1906-1965) Recognized as the first American painter to embrace the tenets of Neo-Plasticism, Burgoyne Dill...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Pencil

"Machinery"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

"Blue Black & Green"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Rain"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Bird
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon HAAN 1947 Gouache on paper 55 x 33 cm. Signed: lower right Provenance: Private collection, the Netherla...
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Abstract Expressionist Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Original Drawing
Located in London, GB
A lovely signed pen drawing in three colours by Thilo Maatsch. Artist: Thilo Maatsch Date: 1966 Framed size: 49 x 37.5cm Signature: Signed in pencil: “TM 66” Mounting: Conservation-...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Gouache and Graphite Drawing on Board by Lois Field, Dated 1947
Located in New York, NY
Lois Field (Am. 1923 - 2010) Untitled Gouache and graphite on board, 1947 11 3/4” x 9” Signed and dated Lois Field ‘47, lower left Provenance The artist, Webster Groves, MO (ca. 200...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

"Lanvin Paris Lady w/ Rose Headress c1950s Artwork"
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 14 3/8"H x 23"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

DESSIN
Located in PARIS, FR
Philippe Hiquily's original drawings from the early 1960s, housed in a private collection, are a distinctive showcase of the provocative Hiquilian style that defined this era. These ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"Energy"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Delaware Water Gap #2"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Graphite

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