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Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Color:  Gray
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018 Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper 19 x 15 in. (48 x 36 cm) Signed and dated in pencil Unframed, excellent condition
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Bamboo Paper

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
2018 Watercolor and ink drawing on bamboo paper 19 x 15 in. Signed and dated in pencil Unframed, excellent condition
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Map
Located in New York, NY
2015 Monotype, ink drawing, and collage on Japanese paper 57 x 37 in. (145 x 95 cm) Signed and dated in pencil Unframed, excellent condition
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Monotype

"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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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper, Watercolor

F6
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán F6, 2016 Ink on paper 19.7 x 19.7 in (50.04h x 50.04w cm)
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Thaw #8
Located in Fairfield, CT
This piece is framed.
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mylar, Color Pencil, Graphite

Subway Topos #1
Located in Fairfield, CT
Bastienne Schmidt is a mixed media artist working with photography, painting and large scale drawings. She was born in Germany, raised in Greece and Italy and has lived in New York f...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Linescape 9
Located in New York, NY
Julián Terán Linescape 9 , 2017 Ink on paper 16.5 x 35.5 in (41.91h x 90.17w cm)
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Barrilete 2
Located in New York, NY
Barrilete 2, 2015 Ferrite and graphite on paper 9.80h x 7.90w in Unframed Miriam Peralta was born in 1957 in Buenos Aires, where she also received her formal academic training at ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

"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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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Switch-It #7
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Ruello Switch-It #7, 2016 graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper 20 x 15 inches Energetic and charged with visual power, the Switch-It series is movement and transition visualized. Ruello’s formal investigation of how we move through and disrupt various environments (digital, analog, and in-between) is rendered through these graphic elements. As he notes, “As a result of this disruption, the array is no longer stable or predictable — visual illusions and shifting figure/ground relationships begin to emerge.” Ruello’s work stems from an enjoyment in the tension between the stable and the unpredictable. Though not figural, his work presents elements that are recognizable from our visual vernacular. Digital screens, popular science...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Switch-It #9
Located in Houston, TX
Robert Ruello Switch-It #9, 2016 graphite, watercolor, and colored pencil on paper 20 x 15 inches Energetic and charged with visual power, the Switch-It series is movement and transition visualized. Ruello’s formal investigation of how we move through and disrupt various environments (digital, analog, and in-between) is rendered through these graphic elements. As he notes, “As a result of this disruption, the array is no longer stable or predictable — visual illusions and shifting figure/ground relationships begin to emerge.” Ruello’s work stems from an enjoyment in the tension between the stable and the unpredictable. Though not figural, his work presents elements that are recognizable from our visual vernacular. Digital screens, popular science...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

"Medallion" Circular Red Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Circular red abstract painting with blue and white accents by artist Robert B. Eaton in 1971.
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Big Blue Melt 14 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Big Blue Melt 14 (Abstract drawing) Pigment, Color Pencil and Ice on Mylar. Unframed. Big Blue Melt are works that have been created with pigment pencils and ice. Peerna starts th...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic, Pigment, Color Pencil

Blue Melt 19 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Blue Melt 19 (Abstract drawing) Pigment, Ice on Yupo. Unframed. Blue Melt are works that have been created with pigment pencils and ice. Peerna starts the drawings by first markin...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic, Color Pencil, Pigment

Thaw 14 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Thaw 14 (Abstract drawing) Color Pencil and Graphite on Mylar. Unframed. Thaw Series is a group of drawings where the artist continues her work touching upon environmental matters...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic, Color Pencil, Graphite

Ablation Zone 6 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Ablation Zone 6 (Abstract drawing) Pigment And Ice on Yupo. Unframed. Ablation is a series of drawings that extend the Blue Melt approach into large, long, excessively vertical wo...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Plastic, Pigment

Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Sculpture', C. 2000 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...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Watercolor N.8 by Dmitry Samygin
Located in Paris, FR
Abstract Watercolor N.8 by Dmitry Samygin Minimalist and geometric paintings. Technique: Watercolor Color: Teal blue Size: H. 35.5 x 27.5 x 0.1 cm Dmitry Samygin is a Furniture a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Christina #2, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Using gestural ink washes, artist Gail Ragains captures a live model's pose with the direct application of ink. She uses expressive application to quickly captu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Christina, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Using gestural ink washes to draw a live model's pose, artist Gail Ragains directly applies her medium in fast strokes. She uses an expressive approach to quick...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Christina #3, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragains paints a live model's pose within five minutes. Her gestural ink washes come from the direct application of ink. She approaches this work wi...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Untitled 2308 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2308 (Abstract Drawing) Oil and paper on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Untitled 2302 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2302 (Abstract Drawing) Oil and paper on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Untitled 2310 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2310 (Abstract Drawing) Oil on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge wh...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

White Moon EC 17 - round textural abstract nature inspired 3Dsculpted paper
Located in New York, NY
Anne-Charlotte Saliba's artistic universe is largely inspired by nature, its abyssal dimension as well as its vegetal or mineral forms. Her sculpted artworks are a confrontation of s...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

Mad green 10 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Mad green 10 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflectiv...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Gestural Ink Drawing #56, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragains displays a figurative abstract of a nude woman. Gail approaches the composition with spontaneous bursts of expression, followed by thoughtfu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Gestural Ink Drawing #50, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragains portrays an abstraction of a nude woman with gestural brushwork. The direct and unfiltered application of ink washes creates a sense of spon...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Gestural Ink Drawing #55, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragain displays a nude woman with her leg elegantly raised, standing on her tiptoes. Gail infuses the piece with spontaneous bursts of expression, f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Soft red 3 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Soft red 3 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflective ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Odds 4 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Odds 4 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflective of n...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Mad green 10 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Mad green 10 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflectiv...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Odds 9 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Odds 9 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflective of n...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Soft red 1 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Soft red 1 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic and pigments on paper — Unframed. Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of natural pigments, reflective ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pigment

Au bout, la lumière
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 100x70 cm Frame size 116x86 cm Signed, titled and dated on the verso. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Working on a variety of perceptual ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen, Graphite

Le jour se lève
Located in Malmo, SE
Signed, titled and dated on the verso. Acquired directly from the artist. Free shipment worldwide. Working on a variety of perceptual levels, Philippe Huart lets one visit his intim...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen, Graphite

Marshland, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
I paint landscapes mostly from imagination. This watercolor comes with a white mat ready for framing. :: Painting :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of auth...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Linda Turner, Art Meditation 7, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Figure 8s.3- abstract geometric black and white ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract black and white drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper are built upon ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Untitled
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
Provenance: Marlborough Gallery David McKee, Inc. Manny Silverman Gallery Private collection, Los Angeles
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Abstract minimalism. Black and silver color. Up.
Located in Sempach, LU
This spontaneous gestural drawing is made with Chinese ink and silver pastel on heavy white paper. Looking at it you can feel the freshness of instant impulse and the charge of cheer...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Abstract drawing n°1 by Julien Dinou - Drawing
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Original ink on Paper, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist , Blue Waves
Located in Carballo, ES
Blue Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. The painting is unframed, we can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The title of this works is "F...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Monument
Located in Paris, FR
Ink , 1960 Handsigned by the artist in pencil 30.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 11.81 in. x 9.45 in. (paper) A drawing in Indian ink and wash by the French artist singled out for his architec...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

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

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Abstract drawing n°8 by Julien Dinou - A4 size
Located in Geneva, CH
Drawing on paper without frame Size A4
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

SAPOE 33
Located in Tulsa, OK
Pascal Pierme, SAPOE 33, Water Color, 11.00 X 11.00 in, $450.00 French-born sculptor, Pascal Pierme is inspired by his surroundings. For the last 20 years, those surroundings have b...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

SAPOE 120
Located in Tulsa, OK
Pascal Pierme, SAPOE 120, Water Color, 5.00 X 14.00 in, $500.00 French-born sculptor, Pascal Pierme is inspired by his surroundings. For the last 20 years, those surroundings have b...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

SAPOE 22
Located in Tulsa, OK
Pascal Pierme SAPOE 22 Water Color, unframed 8.00 X 22.00 in $625.00 French-born sculptor, Pascal Pierme is inspired by his surroundings. For the last 20 years, those surroundings h...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

'Abstract', Canadian Modernist, Regina Five, Post Painterly Abstraction, NYMOMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'A. McKay' for Arthur "Art" Fortescue McKay (Canadian, 1926-2000) and painted circa 1975. An important Canadian painter, draftsman, printmaker and an influential educator, Arthur McKay was born in Saskatchewan and first studied at the Provincial Institute of Technology and Art, Calgary, Alberta, most notably under Jock Macdonald...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Serene * Serenity
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Serene * Serenity Gouache and metallic ink on 1957 Encyclopedia page Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Geometric Abstraction / Gestural Abstraction / Abstract Art / Minimali...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Gouache, Magazine Paper

She Said Wow
Located in Westport, CT
Selena Beaudry’s work is created by marking and cutting up drawings. This has led the artist to rediscovering her visual language. Her work consists of...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Linen, Paper, Acrylic, Gouache, Color Pencil

Original ink on Paper, Contemporary Abstract Expressionist
Located in Carballo, ES
Black And White Minimal Painting is an original artwork realized by TUSET in 2020. The painting is unframed, we can frame it in natural wood or black on request. The title of this ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

Emotional Color Chart 170 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Chart 170 (Abstract painting) Pencil and Acrylic on Fabriano-Pittura paper - Unframed. This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is ins...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Emotional Color Chart 164 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Emotional Color Chart 164 (Abstract painting) Pencil and Acrylic on Fabriano-Pittura paper - Unframed. This series, started in 2016 conveys a color and emotional language and is ins...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Late Fall (Spaetherbst) (Abstract, Drawing, Ink)
Located in Kansas City, MO
Michael Schoenholtz Late Fall (Spaetherbst) Ink on Paper Year: 2017 Monogrammed by hand Edition: Unique Size: 8.3×5.9 on 9.1×6.5 inches Monogramed and dated by hand Signed, dated and titled by hand verso COA provided Ref.: 924802-1584 Michael Schoenholtz (April 8, 1937 in Duisburg – September 30, 2019 in Berlin) was a German sculptor. Michael Schoenholtz was born in Duisburg in April 1937. After graduating from high school, he studied German and art history at the University of Cologne from 1956, and from 1957 at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin, where he was a master student of Ludwig Gabriel Schrieber in 1962/63. From 1971 Schoenholtz taught himself as a professor at the Hochschule (since 2001: University) of the Arts, where he succeeded Schrieber in 1975. Schoenholtz has been a member of the Academy of Arts in Berlin since 1996, from 1997 to 2003 as director of the fine arts section. In 2005 he retired. Schoenholtz was a member of the German Association of Artists, of which he was elected President for two years in 1998. He lived and worked in Berlin and was married to the painter Barbara Keidel...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Blossom Light from Blood- Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Blossom Light from Blood is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper. Hand-si...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

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