Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Arabesques Tropicales - Watercolor Drawing - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Arabesques Tropicales" is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated cardboard by Anonymous Artist of XX Century, perhaps Jean Piere (written on the back of the drawing), in...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Composition 6 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 6 is an original drawing in tempera realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
Very good conditions.
No signature. The bright colors make up the design for French fabrics ma...
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1920s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera
Composition 1920 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 1920 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardb...
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1920s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera
Composition 24 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 24 is an original drawing realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is in tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardboard...
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1920s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera
Pool - Watercolor on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pool is an original watercolor drawing, realized by an anonymous artist of the mid XX century.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good.
Sheet dimension: 8 x 30 cm.
Passe...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Transparencies - Pastel Drawing by Claudio Palmieri - 1989s
Located in Roma, IT
"Trasparenze" is an original pastels drawing on ivory-colorated paper, glued on green cardboard, by Claudio Palmieri, in 1989.
In excellent conditions.
Sheet dimension: 50 x 35 cm...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Lithograph
Mid Century Modern British 'Toccata 23' by British German illustrator Kapp, 1976
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edmond Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
Toccata 23
Ink on paper
Signed and dated ‘Kapp 76’ (lower right)
9.1/2 x 14 in. (24.3 x 35.5 cm.)
Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’.
During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing.
Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section.
In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians and other personalities appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, most notably Time & Tide; were collected in further volumes; and were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries. He considered himself to be a ‘character-portraitist’, producing images of psychological not satirical power, and disliking the term ‘caricature’.
Between the wars, Kapp developed other aspects of his artistic talents, the desire to study and the search for subject matter often taking him abroad. For instance, work at the British Academy, Rome, under Antonio Sciortino...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Moses Bahelfer BAGEL (1908-1995)
Moses Bagel (born Moshe Bahelfer) was a Polish-born Jewish artist and graphic designer associated with the original Bauhaus and then the School of Pa...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, ABS
Abstract #7, Abstract Watercolor by Chris Ritter
Located in Long Island City, NY
This unique abstract work is a watercolor by American artist Chris Ritter. The use of broad gestural movement and bold colors creates an engaging composit...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
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Composition
Located in Zug, CH
Abstract composition on paper by Karl Peter Röhl.
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink, Watercolor
Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
"March to Bosque Redondo" Abstract Modern Figure Drawing of the Navajo People
By R.C. Gorman
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract modern figurative drawing by Native American artist R.C. Gorman. The work features a large group of faceless figures representing the Navajo people who were forcefully remov...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Still Life of a Waste Bin
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Still Life of a Waste Bin, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 25.75" H x 20" W. Provenan...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
"Art Deco Abstract, " Conte Crayon in Black & Sepia signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this drawing,"Art Deco Abstract," Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with abstracted biomorphic forms in her elegant modernist style. Dominant in the image are two lilies, their ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Snow Queen, #2239. Horst P. Horst Homage, Mixed media Collage on Paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Natasha Zupan's body of work, 'Homage to Horst P. Horst', explores the manipulation of surface texture, light, and the interweaving of time. She has incorporated found images in book...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Acrylic
THE KIDNAPPING OF EUROPA
Located in Zofingen, AG
This painting, executed in bright and rich shades, depicts the mythological scene of the "Abduction of Europa." The central figure is a red bull, symbolizing Zeus, who to...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor.
Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Lithograph
Composition
Located in Zug, CH
Abstract composition on paper by Karl Peter Röhl.
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink, Aquatint
Abstract Houses and Faces Ink Drawing and Watercolor Painting Shtetl Judaica
Located in Surfside, FL
Image size is 11.60" by 9"
Boris Deutsch (Lithuanian-American Modernist) was born in Krasnogorsk Lithuania june 4 1892 died in Los Angeles 1978. Entered the polytechnic school in rig...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
"Domicile III" Watercolor Painting 12" x 10" inch (1963) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Domicile III" Watercolor Painting 12" x 10" inch (1963) by Zaccaria Zeini
Medium: watercolor on paper
Signed and dated
Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993) was raised in the popular d...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Modern Grey and Orange Geometric Abstract Leaf Pattern Painting
By John Little
Located in Houston, TX
Modern grey and white geometric abstract leaf pattern composition with orange accents by textile designer John Little. The work was created as a proposed design for a wallpaper and features the original color codes in the front lower left corner. Currently hung in a solid black frame with a large white margin.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 27.13 in. x W 31.5 in.
Artist Biography: A painter and textile designer, John Little is best known for gestural works filled with boldly explosive color that reflect the influences of his teacher Hans Hofmann and for his involvement in the Abstract Expressionist movement in East Hampton, where he moved in the late 1940s. In East Hampton Little congregated with Jackson Pollock, Lee Krasner, and the other artists who were the leading innovators in the New York School.
John Little was born in Sanford, Alabama. He left home at the age of fourteen to become an artist, and moved to Buffalo, New York, in 1923. After spending a year working as a stevedore on the docks to save money, he enrolled at the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy and developed an interest in singing. In 1927 he moved to New York City where he continued his vocal work and studied operatic literature. He also became involved in textile design, opening his own store in 1920, called John Little Studios: Fabric and Wallpaper Design. He ran the store until 1950.
In 1933 John Little resumed his painting studies at the Art Students League in New York under the guidance of George Grosz (1893-1959). The following year he made his first visit to East Hampton, Long Island, which he would eventually call home. Later in the decade, he traveled to Paris where he became familiar with European modernism. On his return to America, he taught textile design at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. He hired Josephine Watkins to work for him; she later became his wife. Little's textile store and teaching job gave him a financial security that was rare during the Depression, and he never found it necessary to find employment with the Works Progress Administration. At the end of the decade, John Little studied with Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) in New York and Provincetown. Little was greatly influenced by Hofmann, particularly by his views on color theory.
In 1942 John Little joined the Navy as an aerial photographer. In the late 1940s he purchased a rundown house on Three Mile Harbor...
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Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Situation XXVIII
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985) took inspiration from the margins of society throughout his career. He coined the term "art brut," and pursued artistic authenticity outside of established ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Valley
Located in Buffalo, NY
Ellen Steinfeld is a sculptor, a painter and has worked in several different media. She graduated with a degree in painting and design from Carnegie Mellon University and earned a graduate degree from the University of Pittsburgh. She has received numerous large-scale public and private commissions including an 18’ steel sculpture for the atrium of Roswell Park Cancer Institute and a commission to design 16 large stained glass windows for Christ Church in Detroit. Works in various media have been selected and incorporated into public spaces including schools, hotels, hospitals, museums, airports, stadiums and corporate collections. Her work was selected to represent New York State for the Absolut...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Handmade Paper, Watercolor
"Abstract With Clouds, " Original Pink Ink signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Abstract With Clouds" is an original ink drawing on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza, stamped with her signature in the lower right. The drawing is done entirely in pink with a combination ...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Untitled, Design, Ink on Paper by Modern Artist Jogen Chowdhury "In Stock
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Jogen Chowdhury - Untitled - 12 x 16 inches (unframed size)
Ink on Paper, 2022
Signed in Bengali
Style : He has immense contribution in inspiring young artists of India. Jogen Chowdhury had developed his individual style after his return from Paris. His most famous paintings are in ink, watercolor and pastel. He has painted in oil medium as well.
In Chowdhury’s more recent works the sensory experiences of cloth, bolsters, sofas and the human body are cross-projected to produce an uncanny world of tran-substantiated tumescence and flaccidness.
Jogen Chowdhury has been widely acknowledged to be, the master of the unbroken line. Like Léger, Chowdhury has been stirred by the linear Kalighat pat tradition, but his lines are emotive and used to express and suggest the character of a person. This is done by, distorting the form without breaking the line and in the world of young, contemporary art; distortion has been Jogen Chowdhury’s most significant impact. Perhaps, because of this, a common observation of his work is that his “people” are caricatures. The person feels familiar to the viewer but it is far more individualised – the face is imaginary but the psyche or characteristics are real. The power and beauty of his technique and line is this play between the known and unknown. In Jogen Chowdhury’s work, the figure is always in the foreground, it is primary, it conveys everything. He uses colour to give volume to his figures and the fluidity of his lines bring a sensual aspect to his forms.
About the Artist and his work :
Born : Born 1939 in Daharpara Village, Faridpur, Bangladesh. Jogen Chowdhury is an eminent Indian painter and considered an important painter of 21st century India.
Family Background :
His father Pramatnath Chowdhury was a Brahmin zamindar. Both his parents took interest in art, Jogen Chowdhury’s father Pramatnath Chowdhury painted several mythological scenes from the village theatres and also sculpted various Hindu icons. Whereas his mother was an expert in Alpana drawings.
1939-47 Jogen Chowdhury lived in a village atmosphere. And after partition in 1948, the whole family shifted. Till 1951 the whole family stayed at the police department quarter of his uncle, where on the walls Jogen Chowdhury painted his first painting, 1962 Jogen Chowdhury was employed as Designer in the Handloom Board.
Education :
1955-60: Studied at the Government College of Art and Crafts, Kolkata.
1965 : He went to paris to study in Ecole des Beaux Arts, in William Hayter’s Atelier 17.
Professional Experience :
1968-72 : He worked as an Art-Designer, Madras Handloom Board, Madras.
1970 : A collection of his poems were published, titled ‘Hridoy Train Beje Othey’.
1987 : Joined Kala Bhavan , Santiniketan as a professor of painting.
Selected Exhibitions :
1972, 1975 & 1978 respectively : I, III, IV Triennales at New Delhi.
1979: The Sao Paolo Biennale.
1980: The exhibitions at the Fukuoka Museum, Japan.
1982: The Royal Academy, London.
1982: The Hirschhorn Museum, Washington D.C.
1986: The II Havana Biennale.
1989: ‘Festival of India’, in Geneva.
2002: Saffron...
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2010s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Pen, Permanent Marker
Swallows by the water. 1976, paper, pencil, 45. 5 x 40. 5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Swallows by the water. 1976, paper, pencil, 45. 5 x 40. 5 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she bega...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Abstract Composition Tempera Painting Russian Soviet Avant Garde Ksenia Ender
By Ksenia Ender
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions:
25.5 X 20.5 Frame. Artwork measures 23.25 X 18.25
Tempera painting
Signed by the artist, lower right corner
Ksenia Vladimirovna Ender ( Russian Ксения Владимировна Эндер , also Xenia Ender and Kseniia Ender. born 1895 in Sluzk , died 1955...
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Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Tempera
Abstract Expressionist Blue Pastel Drawing Mid Century Modern WPA Jewish Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Louis Wolchonok was a social realist painter and member of the Woodstock Art Association. His work was exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art, the National Academy of Design...
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Figurative, Ink on Paper by Modern Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 13.5 x 9 inches (unframed size)
Ink on paper
It will be delivered without Frame
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extreme...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Hommage A Chubac, 1976 - ink on paper, 64x59 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Gouache on paper, signed by different Chubac friends artists, lower right.
The artists are: Max Charvolen, Serge Maccaferri et Martin Miguel that constituted the Groupe 70 a Nice. A ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Slays in Cyclone, Modern Gouache Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Slays in Cyclone, Medium: Gouache on Japon Paper on linen backing, signe in pencil and titled on verso, Image Size: 15 x 10 inches, Size: 20 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
"A Long Time Ago" Modern Figurative Abstract Drawing of a Woman in Blue Lingerie
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative drawing of a woman by Houston, TX artist Charles Pebworth. The work features a central female figure with red hair and dressed in blue lingerie. Signed by ...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pen, Watercolor
Horse and Tree
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a modernist American watercolor painting by Robert Noel Blair
Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and te...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Archival Ink, Paper, Watercolor
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
Signed in ink lower left by the artist’s widow “AL” (Adele Lozowick)
Original label from early exhibition verso at The Art Corner
Graphit...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Mario Guglielmotti - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and pastel on paper by Mario Guglielmotti, realized in 1973.
Hand signed and dated.
Includes a coeval wooden frame.
Very good condition.
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
French School Riverside Town
Located in Astoria, NY
French School, Riverside Town, Watercolor on Paper, figures in foreground, wood frame. 7.25" H x 8" W; frame: 12.75" H x 13.25" W. Provenance: From a 33 East End Avenue Estate.
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Beach Horizontal
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Beach Horizontal, Pastel on Paper, signed lower left, in mat, unframed. Image: 9.25" H x 6.5" W; sheet: 11" H x 8.25" W; mat: 17" H...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Connecticut Summer Fragments
By Lee Hall
Located in New York, NY
Lee Hall (1934-), Connecticut Summer Fragments, a portfolio of watercolor, 29 in all, each about 5 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches, on hand made paper attached to a backing, i...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
"Rembrandt Artist's Pastells" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Here, Sylvia Spicuzza has taken the opportunity to create a geometric, crystalline composition of color while testing a set of Rembrandt artist's pastels. Her fractured planes of col...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Her beautiful vagina. 2009, ink on paper, 26x17 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Her beautiful vagina. 2009, ink on paper, 26x17 cm
Erotic ink drawing in black and white colors
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Early 2000s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
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Untitled Minimal Pastel Tonal Abstract
By Kenneth Jewesson
Located in Houston, TX
Minimal pastel abstract by San Antonio artist Kenneth Jewesson. The piece is signed and dated by the artist. It is framed in a silver frame.
Dimensions without Frame: H 14.5 in x W 1...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil, Color Pencil
Modern Abstract Watercolor Blue Cross Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract watercolor painting with blue and grey tones. The artist sketched out crosses within the blue abstract landscape. The piece is signed by the artist. It is framed in a silver metal frame with a white matte.
Dimensions without Frame: H 25 in x W 33 in.
Artist Biography: Peter Keefer...
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1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Beach Seascape
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Beach Seascape, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance: From a 3...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Surrealist Orange Tonal Abstract Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Orange tonal surrealist portrait drawing. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner and is not currently framed.
Artist Biography:
Eyes are a recurring motif in the work of American artist Stanley Clark...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Untitled
Located in London, GB
In ‘Untitled’ 1932, Walkowitz crafts a memorable image. Tessellating lines are centred on the page and form geometric shapes. Faint pencil marking reveal the artists forward planning...
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Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pen, Pencil
"You Owe Me" Circular Drawling of Woman with Wings
Located in Houston, TX
Seated women with wings drawn on a circular sheet of paper. Signed. Matted on a silver reflective matting.
Artist Biography: Charles Pebworth is known for his metal artmaking. He a...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
"Falaise d'Aval"
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), "Falaise d'Aval", Pastel on Paper, apparently unsigned, artist's estate stamp to verso, silvered wood frame. Image: 8.5" H x 10.5" ...
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1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil Pastel
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent abstract work on paper by Swiss artist Albert Chubac measuring 81 x 61.5 x 3 cm
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20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Celestial Tondo Pointillist Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Celestial Tondo, Pointillist Composition, Gouache on Paper, apparently unsigned, artist estate stamp to verso, with red dot sticker...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Gouache
The Trapezist
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), The Trapezist, Pastel on Paper, 1953, signed in pencil and dated lower left, in mat, unframed. Image: 9" H x 7.5" W; sheet: 12" H x...
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Study for "Man and Woman in the Cathedral"
By David Smith
Located in New York, NY
Felt-tip pen and ink and pencil on paper. Dated and extensively annotated in ink on recto.
Study for the same-titled steel sculpture, 1956, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven.
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Felt Pen
Untitled #1
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 23 x 18 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
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Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Love Goes up in Smoke - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Love goes up in smoke is a drawing, realized by Mino Maccari, 1960s.
27 x 21 cm ; Sheet 14 x 9 cm.
Pen on cardboard.
Good conditions!
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent abstract work on paper by Swiss artist Albert Chubac measuring 63.5 x 79 x 3.5 cm
Category
20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Abstract Composition - Drawing by Jean Criton - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a drawing realized by Jean Criton in 1957.
Watercolor, ink on paper.
Hand-signed and dated.
Good conditions.
The artwork is realized poetically through b...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Sans Titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Work on cardboard signed lower left by Swiss artist Albert Chubac, measuring 68 x 53 cm.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard
Abstract Composition - Watercolor - 1961
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1961.
Hand signed.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through organic and ...
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Bourrée Fantasque #11 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on Étoile
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #11 Blue", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the Ne...
Category
1980s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
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