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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
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-signed and dated. Excellent conditions. Presented in a Personal exhibition of "le Poesie Di Lutto e Di Lotta " (The Poems of Struggle and Mourning) curated by Leda Bartolucci in Turin, Italy, Bagni Pubblici, 2022. The artwork is poetically created through expressionistic brush strokes, the well-applied dry and watery strokes from the series “The Poems of Struggle and Mourning " in poetic style representing revolutionary figures in a minimalistic manner. The various layer is made perfectly by the expression of brushes, which makes this series unique: is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each figure and abstract form, four colors here have metaphorical features; pink as woman, yellow as hope, silvery as resistance, and red as blood. The panoramic lines inspired by Persian calligraphy...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

Home, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Charcoal, chalk, conte crayon on paper :: Drawing :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Ready to Hang: No :: Signed: Ye...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

U 45 - white abstract geometric minimalist 3D composition with folded paper
Located in New York, NY
Anna Kruhelska is a visual artist and architect working across fields of art and design. She creates abstract, three-dimensional paper wall reliefs that startle in their intricacy an...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

Yellow Picking - abstract nature inspired minimal collage of clay on paper
Located in New York, NY
The new works of Mylinh Nguyen designed from polymer resin, bring us into a nature whose refinement commands admiration. From the physiognomy of living or extinct plant species, the ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Clay, Polymer

Pink & Purple Abstract Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor with soft pinks and purples by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Signed on verso and u...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (ID 1276) (Abstract Painting) Oil and pastel on paper - Unframed In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonie...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Oil

Morgan O'Hara, Movement of the Hands of Martha Rosler Semiotics of the Kitchen
Located in Darien, CT
Live Transmission Morgan O'Hara's conceptually based performative drawing researches the vital movement of living beings, the human experience of time and space. It is culturally co...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Orbiters 7
By Jane Harris
Located in Darien, CT
Jane Harris’ rigorous drawings combine a satisfying game of variations on eliptical forms, B pencils, a toothsome cold-pressed heavy watercolor paper and architectural templates. By ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Rag Paper, Graphite

Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Ink #4 (Abstract painting) Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed. Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm. She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

"#152 – GOOD GIRL", ink, pencil, gouache, found vintage book, hemingway, poetry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#152 – GOOD GIRL" is from Amy Williams' series A Farewell to Arms – wherein the artist is working directly onto page 152 of a found copy of Ernest Heming...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Modern British drawing of abstract figures by Arthur Berridge, 1950
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Arthur Berridge (British, 1902-1957) Abstracted figures #1 1950 Charcoal 14.1/2 x 21.1/2 in. (36.8 x 54.7 cm.) Provenance: David Lay, Penzance Born in Leicester in 1902, Berrid...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Blue Blossom unique signed work on handmade hand dyed paper ex Tupperware Coll.
Located in New York, NY
Margie Hughto Blue Blossom, 1983 Dyed Handmade paper Hand signed and dated by the artist on the lower right front. Titled on the back. Frame Included in ...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Dye, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Abstract Piece - Mid 20th Century Mixed Media Watercolor by John Bolam
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
John Bolam was born in 1922 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He originally studied painting at Hornsey School of Art and furniture design at High Wycombe School of Art. He subsequently became a member of the Great Bardfield group of artists (named after the village in Essex where many of the members settled). Close friends and colleagues from that time included Michael Rotherstein, Edward Bawden, John Aldridge and Edward Middleditch...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Watercolor

Cerulean Portal, Moroccan inspired unique graphic abstract painting on paper
Located in Dallas, TX
"Cerulean Portal" is an original abstract graphic painting on paper. It has patterns, stripes and a dynamic color palette, featuring a cerulean blue. Cerulean Portal is part of Vivei...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

December 4
Located in New York, NY
Rocio Rodriguez December 4, 2020 Pastel and charcoal on paper 11 x 14 in. (rodr054) Rocio's work represents an exploration of the transient and temporal and a process of creating a ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pastel

The Sole Letter of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
The Sole Letter of Freedom is a drawing realised by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed and dated. Excellent co...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Chevron Collage, Signed, de-accessioned from the Honolulu Museum of Art, Framed
Located in New York, NY
KENNETH NOLAND Untitled, for Trustees of the Honolulu Museum of Art, 1984 Mixed Media collage with silver and colored foil on board. Signed on verso (back) with personal inscription. "for Twig and Laila" (Trustees of the Honolulu Museum of Art), Deaccessioned from the Honolulu Museum of Art Collection Inscription done in black marker and reads: "A Little Exercise For Twig and Laila With Thanks For A Wonderful 3 Days At ' Cedar House' On The 'Big Island'... 1 Sept 1984 Honolulu Hawaii." Frame included Measurements Framed: 12.5" x 12.5" x .3" Artwork: 8.75" x 8.75" This reflective Chevron collage was de-accessioned by the Honolulu Museum of Art. In 2018, it was exhibited in the show "On Black Mountain: The Bauhaus Legacy in America", April 5, 2019-April 27, 2019 at the Sager Braudis Gallery in Columbia, Missouri, and is reproduced in the exhibition catalogue. Unique signed and dedicated mixed media collage with silver and colored foil on board by the important Color Field painter Kenneth Noland. It's quite a dazzling work, combining color field, geometric abstraction with Op Art, as the work changes appearance and color with the reflected and refracted light. - sometimes appearing light; sometimes darker. See the photos -- there's a light one and a darker one - and they both depict the same work. What's so impressive is that this work literally changes color depending on how the light reflects against it. The artist wrote a personal and heartfelt inscription on the verso to "Twig and Laila". (Twig (sic), which the artist deliberately misspells, is Thurston Twigg Smith, former publisher of The Honolulu Advertiser, who was married to New York philanthropist Laila Twigg Smith. Laila had lived in Hawaii since 1970, where she and her husband had put together a substantial collection of contemporary art. Unfortunately, the two divorced in 1996 and soon after she returned to New York. Two years later, in 1998, Laila died of liver failure at the young age of only 53. Laila was a major philanthropist and art collector who moved from Manhattan to Hawaii. She was a board member of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and a major donor the Honolulu Museum in Hawaii. Laila donated the present Ken Noland...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Foil

Flushing #3
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

HK1904YP (Abstract work on paper)
Located in London, GB
Ink, enamel, collage on paper - Unframed. This work is part of one of 4 on-going series of large works on paper. The name of this series, "Yappanoise", is inspired by one of the numerous "monster-words" and neologisms invented by James Joyce in his last and famous novel "Finnegans Wake...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Enamel

20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Pierre Montheillet, Composition in grey, gouache and wash on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre MONTHEILLET (1923-2011) Composition in grey Gouache and wash on laid paper Signed "Montheillet" lower right Dimensions of the work: 24 x 32 cm Dimensions of the frame: 40 x 50...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Shape of Resonance 19
Located in Phoenix, AZ
pastel and micron pen on paper, framed b. 1979, Poole, Dorset, UK In this new series of work, I explore the intersection of minimalist architecture, design, and the raw beauty of ma...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper, Pen

Female #5
Located in Brecon, Powys
Another baboon face work from the very talented ant Pearce. Clever stuff. Ink on paper
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Edge Space
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn with pen or pencil and which so...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Marino Marini (1901-1980)–IMMAGINAZIONE DI COLORE (1979)–Color lithograph
Located in Varese, IT
lithograph on Arches paper, edited in 1979 Limited edition of 75 copies plus 50 in roman numbers signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner and numbered 6/75 in lower left corn...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

1988 "Night Glow I" Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Elaine Kaufman Feiner (1922-2018) "Night Glow I" 1988 Watercolor and pastel on paper 30"x30" unframed Signed and dated in pencil lower right, titled reverse
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor

series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Non-standard configurations", 42x30 cm, acrylic on paper
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm, acrylic on paper
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Personal Contacts", 61 x 48 cm The work is sold without a frame and mat
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Watercolour on hot press paper - Unframed This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"The Gathering" Theresa Bernstein, Abstracted Figures Ashcan School Artist
Located in New York, NY
Theresa Bernstein The Gathering, circa 1990 Signed lower right Mixed media on paper 9 x 10 3/4 inches Theresa F. Bernstein was born in Philadelphia in 1895 to cultured, middle-clas...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled (Ref 12102) (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (Ref 12102) (Abstract Painting) Ink on paper mounted on canvas - Unframed. Martín Reyna is an Argentinian-born abstract painter living in Paris, France. His gestural abstr...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Paper, Ink

Untitled Geometric Abstraction (unique two sided acrylic and pencil drawing)
By James Rosati
Located in New York, NY
James Rosati Untitled Geometric Abstraction, 1982 Two-sided Acrylic and Colored Pencil on Paper drawing Hand signed and dated on lower right front 14 1/2 × 13 1/2 inches This is a un...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Color Pencil, Mixed Media

0118.5 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
0118.5 (Abstract painting) Pigmented wax and ink on Shikoku paper - Unframed Working on paper has always been an important part of Tracey Adams daily practice. For almost thirty ye...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Wax

Hangar (Ref 20194) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Hangar (Ref 20194) (Abstract painting) Ink on paper - Unframed. Reyna works with ink, acrylics and oils on canvas or paper. One of his signature techniques is to dilute his mediums...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Everything is Connected
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela Everything is Connected, 2025 Watercolor, alcohol and acrylic inks on paper 14 x 10 inches This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed and ships in a tube. Exte...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Untitled
Located in PARIS, FR
Oil pastel on paper Original work 57 x 53 x 3 cm (framed)
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled 4 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Acrylic and oil on paper - Unframed Claude Tétot is a French abstract artist whose work expresses harmony in disharmony by exploring the enigmatic unity that can exist between seemi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil, Acrylic

"Gate of Hekhalot Visions, Sage Covered with Seals" Modern Neutral Tone Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Modern neutral toned abstract gouache painting by Texas based artist Dee Wolff. The work features Hebrew text from Hekhalot literature surrounded by colorf...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

"This is for Nadine": hand signed unique marker drawing in exhibition catalogue
Located in New York, NY
James Siena "This is for Nadine", signed drawing, 2005 Original drawing done in black marker, bound in the title page of softcover PACE Gallery catalogue with stiff wraps hand signe...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset, Felt Pen

series "Shells", 70x50 cm, acrylic on cardboard
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Shells", 70x50 cm, acrylic on cardboard The work is sold without a frame and mat
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Cardboard

series "Shells", 70x50 cm, acrylic on cardboard
Located in Yerevan, AM
series "Shells", 70x50 cm, acrylic on cardboard The work is sold without a frame and mat
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Rebuilding Goya 24 (Abstract painting) Oil on paper — Unframed Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary my...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Paper

The Light of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
The Light of Freedom is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed and dated. Excellent conditions. Presented in a Personal exhibition of "le Poesie Di Lutto e Di Lotta " (The Poems of Struggle and Mourning)curated by Leda Bartolucci in Turin, Italy, Bagni Pubblici, 2022. The artwork is poetically created through expressionistic brush strokes, the well-applied dry and watery strokes from the series “The Poems of Struggle and Mourning " representing revolutionary figures in a minimalistic manner and in poetic style. What makes this series unique: is deeply behind the dynamic emotion of each figure and abstract form, four colors here have metaphorical features; pink as woman, yellow as hope, silvery as resistance, and red as blood. Inspired by Persian calligraphy...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

Breath
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
"Breath" by Carolyn Coalson, watercolor, 10 X 10 inches (Framed size: 17.5 x 17.5) “Every day brings a challenge. A new year is too big a chunk to deal with. So I’ll just do what ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Cut-Up Paper I.5
Located in London, GB
Acrylic on paper. Unframed. Pedersen works with acrylic paint. When painting a composition, she tends toward a limited color palette, often reducing the composition to minimal, har...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Acrylic on paper, c. 1975 Signed by the artist in ink lower right (see photo) An early Modernist Abstraction, created shortly after the death of her husband, Adolf Dehn in 1968. Condition: Excellent Archival framing Image size: 18 x 24 Provenance: Estate of the artist Dehn Heirs Virginia Dehn From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Virginia Dehn Virginia Dehn in her studio in Santa Fe Virginia Dehn (née Engleman) (October 26, 1922 – July 28, 2005) was an American painter and printmaker. Her work was known for its interpretation of natural themes in almost abstract forms. She exhibited in shows and galleries throughout the U.S. Her paintings are included in many public collections. Life Dehn was born in Nevada, Missouri on October 26, 1922.] Raised in Hamden, Connecticut, she studied at Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri before moving to New York City. She met the artist Adolf Dehn while working at the Art Students League. They married in November 1947. The two artists worked side by side for many years, part of a group of artists who influenced the history of 20th century American art. Their Chelsea brownstone was a place where artists, writers, and intellectuals often gathered. Early career Virginia Dehn studied art at Stephens College in Missouri before continuing her art education at the Traphagen School of Design, and, later, the Art Students League, both located in New York City. In the mid-1940s while working at the Associated American Artists gallery, she met lithographer and watercolorist Adolf Dehn. Adolf was older than Virginia, and he already enjoyed a successful career as an artist. The two were married in 1947 in a private ceremony at Virginia's parents house in Wallingford, Connecticut. Virginia and Adolf Dehn The Dehns lived in a Chelsea brownstone on West 21st Street where they worked side by side. They often hosted gatherings of other influential artists and intellectuals of the 20th century. Among their closest friends were sculptor Federico Castellón and his wife Hilda; writer Sidney Alexander and his wife Frances; artists Sally and Milton Avery; Ferol and Bill Smith, also an artist; and Lily and Georges Schreiber, an artist and writer. Bob Steed and his wife Gittel, an anthropologist, were also good friends of the Dehns. According to friend Gretchen Marple Pracht, "Virginia was a glamorous and sophisticated hostess who welcomed visitors to their home and always invited a diverse crowd of guests..." Despite their active social life, the two were disciplined artists, working at their easels nearly daily and taking Saturdays to visit galleries and view new work. The Dehns made annual trips to France to work on lithographs at the Atelier Desjobert in Paris. Virginia used a bamboo pen to draw directly on the stone for her lithographs, which often depicted trees or still lifes. The Dehns' other travels included visits to Key West, Colorado, Mexico, and countries such as Greece, Haiti, Afghanistan, and India. Dehn's style of art differend greatly from that of her husband, though the two sometimes exhibited together. A friend of the couple remarked, "Adolf paints landscapes; Virginia paints inscapes." Virginia Dehn generally painted an interior vision based on her feelings for a subject, rather than a literal rendition of it.] Many of her paintings consist of several layers, with earlier layers showing through. She found inspiration in the Abstract Expressionism movement that dominated the New York and Paris art scenes in the 1950s. Some of her favorite artists included Adolf Gottileb, Rothko, William Baziotes, Pomodoro, and Antonio Tapies. Dehn most often worked with bold, vibrant colors in large formats. Her subjects were not literal, but intuitive. She learned new techniques of lithography from her husband Adolf, and did her own prints. Texture was very important to her in her work. Her art was influenced by a variety of sources. In the late 1960s she came across a book that included photographs of organic patterns of life as revealed under a microscope. These images inspired her to change the direction of some of her paintings. Other influences on Dehn's art came from ancient and traditional arts of various cultures throughout the world, including Persian miniatures, illuminated manuscripts, Dutch still life painting, Asian art, ancient Egyptian artifacts...
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Le secret que j'aime, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The Secret that I love - 50 × 40 × 2 cm (framed) / 42 × 30 cm (unframed) - India ink on special paper - Signed on the Front / Specifications on the back - Made in 2012 - C...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

U 182 - white abstract geometric minimalist 3D composition with folded paper
Located in New York, NY
Anna Kruhelska is a visual artist and architect working across fields of art and design. She creates abstract, three-dimensional paper wall reliefs that...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

Abstract Lilac Turquoise Red Pink & Green Canvas Art by Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Abstract Lilac Turquoise Red Pink & Green Canvas Art by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. This original is from the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. Framed in a hi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gesso, Watercolor, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Cotton Canvas, Paint, Canvas

Wyoming Mountains, Modern Abstract Geometric Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Wyoming Mountains, Modern Abstract Geometric Landscape Watercolor Energetic modern abstract watercolor in blue and orange hues, by Erle Loran (Ame...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

1980's "Mint, Orange, Yellow, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen Mint, Orange, Yellow, Black 1980s 11.75"x10.5" Soft pastel and pencil on paper Signed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Cut Space (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Cut Space (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies drawn ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic mal...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Ambassade 44 (Abstract Expressionism painting) Watercolour on hot press paper - Unframed This work is part of the watercolour series titled Ambassade which was named after a visit ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Test Pattern 2 (Grey Study) (Abstract Drawing) Ink, gouache and acrylic on Fabriano paper - Unframed. Test Pattern series sets up a generic template as a poetic prompt to consider ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Gouache

Spiral of Time. The Key of F, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
- 50 × 40 × 2 cm (framed) / 42 × 30 cm (unframed) - India ink on special paper - Signed on the Front / Specifications on the back - Made in 2012 - Certificate of Authenticity...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

"The Hurdy Gurdy Man", Colorful Figurative Abstract Street Performer Watercolor
By Hope Tepley
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored watercolor of a 1970's California street performer, done in a colorful, expressive slap-dash style, by Hope Tepley (American, 1919-2010). Signed "Tepley" in the lower right corner. Titled "The Hurdy Gurdy...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Color pencil, ink pen and Chinese ink on wooden panel
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Wood Panel, Color Pencil

Destination (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Destination (Abstract drawing) Pastel on paper - Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal materials such as graphite,...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

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