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Medium: Graphite
'The Artist in her Studio', Paris, Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Geneva
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Marguerite Bordet' (French, 1909-2014) and painted circa 1965.
Titled, on old label, 'Le Modele'.
Previously with: Crocker Galleries, CA
From an early age, Marguerite Bordet avidly pursued both drawing and painting. In the late 1930's and early '40s, she attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris where she studied with the sculptor, Antoniucci Volti (Italian, 1915-1989). After several years, and feeling increasingly disconnected with the academic atmosphere of the Salon, she left to develop her independent artistic style.
Bordet's first public exhibition took place at the Galerie Claude (1947) and, for the next forty years, she continued to exhibit widely with success, both throughout France and internationally, including in Cairo (1955), Geneva (1960) and the United States (1966). A 1962 exhibition of her work showed a thematic rejection of the Academy's influence and the artist's shift to a more personal and spiritually driven style.
Bordet continued to take frequent study trips to Italy, especially to Florence, where she was inspired by the Renaissance Masters. She also visited England (1975-76) where the works of J.M.W.Turner and John Martin at the Tate Museum had a pronounced impact on her development.
In an interview with Hervé Serane, Marguerite Bordet described her artistic process in these words:
"I start my painting with spots. Sometimes I cover it completely and everything is dark. But then it's stronger than me, I can't bear that there isn't an opening. Immediately, I place a Light. I need the shadow to bring out the Light. So I start with the shadow to create this Light. I cannot define why I need this Light so much. It's stronger than me. It's something that dominates me without my being able to explain it intellectually. It is for me an absolute necessity to seek the Light in the darkness.. You have to open like you open a window. You have to reveal. I remove the stains that obscure my painting to find the luminous background of the canvas.... I only paint with transparent colors and I apply several layers of glaze to preserve this light."
Partial Exhibition Record:
1947 Paris, Galerie Claude
1951 Paris, Galerie Breteau - Cairo, Galerie Adam - Alexandria, l'Atelier
1954 Paris, Galerie Simone Bdinier
1955 Cairo, l'Atelier
1959 Paris, Galerie A. Weil
1960 Geneva, Galerie Motte
1962 Paris, Marignan Gallery
1964 Paris, Ror Volmar Gallery
1966 San Rafael (U.SA) International Museum
1966 Cagnes-sur-Mer, Castle Gallery...
Category
1960s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Horse Show Preparations, 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland Female Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Algesa O'Sickey (American, 1917-2006)
Horse Show Preparations
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Unsigned
18 x 24 inches
23.25 x 29 inches, framed
Born Algesa D’Agostino on June 4, 1...
Category
20th Century Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.017
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.017 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink, Color Pencil, and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.017 is from Linda Stein's Profiles ser...
Category
2010s Feminist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite, Color Pencil
"Stand Down" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Stand Down" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts a dark cow looking directly at the viewer.
Category
2010s Photorealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Aquarius
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Aquarius' features the face of a young woman with flowering succulents, thorns and a turbulent sky surrounding her body and is a complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. From Japanes...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
"Beloved" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Beloved" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts two cows nuzzling their faces together.
Category
2010s Photorealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
[untitled] Street Scene with Fruit Vendor.
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created [untitled] “STREET SCENE WITH FRUIT VENDOR” in circa 1950. This unsigned watercolor and came to us directly from the Sanchez estate. It is stamped on the verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." This piece is in good to very good condition and painted to the paper's edge. The paper size is 14.88 x 15.25 inches (37.6 x 38.6 cm).
“Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
![[untitled] Street Scene with Fruit Vendor.](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_3312/1641486106885/sanchez_fruit_vendor_79509_master.jpg?width=240 "emilio sanchez age")
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962
Located in Soquel, CA
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962
Beautiful, soft original drawing by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A realistic depiction of a short-haired woman, her large lips parted into a soft smile. She's surrounded in geometric shapes offering a wonderful juxtaposition to the natural curves of her face and hair.
Signed in pencil, "Eugene Hawkins '62"
Presented in a new black mat.
Mat size: 20"H x 16"W
Paper size: 18.5"H x 14.5"W
Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist known for his detailed portraiture and printmaking. He is listed in Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, and his work was exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art. He spent the majority of his life working and exhibiting in Southern California. His work frequently touches upon socio-political subjects, making strong statements about the world. The California African American Museum features Eugene Hawkins's work in the Permanent Collection. Exhibition: 2017
Paperworks: Selections from the Permanent Collection focuses on works on paper produced from 1950-2000 and includes figurative, impressionistic, and abstract styles. The exhibition showcases the radically diverse range of works on paper created by African American and other artists over the last two centuries, and includes drawings, prints, paintings, and collages by Edward Mitchell Bannister...
Category
1960s American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
$1,400 Sale Price
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To England with Love
Located in New York, NY
Mark di Suvero
To England with Love, ca. 1992
Graphite and marker
Signed and inscribed in marker
Unique
Measurements:
Matting:
12.25 inches vertical by 13
Artwork:
8.75 inches by 13 ...
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1990s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Graphite
Gauchos En Un Asado, Modern Watercolor and Graphite on Paper by Ada Peacock
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ada Peacock, American - Gauchos En Un Asado, Medium: Watercolor and Graphite on Paper, signed and titled in pencil, Image Size: 9.5 x 17 inches, Size: 14.25 x 20 in. (36.2 x 50.8 c...
Category
1970s Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Ed Fisher (1926-2013) Original Cartoon Drawing From "The New Yorker"
Located in San Francisco, CA
Ed Fisher (1926-2013) Original Cartoon
From "The New Yorker"
Circa 2009
Graphite on Paper
9" x 12.5" unframed
12" x 16" framed
Category
Early 2000s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Seated Nude in Profile
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite
Crashing Waves on Atlantic Coast, Mid-century Seascape, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Crashing Waves on the Atlantic Coast, 1957
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 29 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery.
In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College.
Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country."
Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
Infanta Flower Head with Mountain Body
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
"Loser's Rack" - Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Loser's Rack" - Original Charcoal and Graphite Drawing on Paper
This drawing by California artist, Angela Stone (American, b. 1983), provides brilliant 1-point perspective in a val...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
$280 Sale Price
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"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #2
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower left.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
Category
2010s Academic Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Clay, Panel, Graphite
Shape, 2019, ink & graphite on paper, nude, floral, figurative, black and white
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Shape" (2019) by Rebecca N. Johnson
Figure drawing, nude portrait, female figure, ink and graphite on paper. Black and White, woman lounging, reclining, figurative, florals; contou...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Untitled (Drill Drawing Series II) #3
Located in Dallas, TX
In his sculptures, drawings and paintings, Michael O’Keefe employs unpredictable processes as a means to discover content. He couples accident and chance with unconventional methods,...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Study for Native American Grand Event
By Jove Wang
Located in Pasadena, CA
Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist
UNFRAMED: 14" x 14" FRAMED: 22" x 20.25" x 1.25"
Artist Statement
“This preliminary study outlines the design for the final painti...
Category
2010s Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Layna with Glasses
Located in Denver, CO
Lone figure with glasses
Category
2010s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
"Jersey Girl" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Jersey Girl" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts a cow in profile.
Category
2010s Photorealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Ocean Piece: unique drawings of studies for ocean painting (hand signed)
Located in New York, NY
Jennifer Losch Bartlett
Ocean piece: Untitled painting studies, 1975
Ink and pastel, mixed media on graph paper
Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front
Frame included: held in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass
Ink and pastel on graph paper drawing.
Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front.
Some of the artist's annotations on the drawings say:
Ocean piece
Sky Water Beach Sometimes looking from water
maybe see mountain
two people on beach lying down
sometimes they face each other
... bwhitefree hand drawing
from water beach w/ towel
sky sand water on a diagonal
on a curve
sky water sand...
Category
1970s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Prov...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$1,880 Sale Price
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"Sleepyhead" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Tammy Liu-Haller's "Sleepyhead" is an original, handmade charcoal and graphite drawing that depicts a cow sleeping on the ground.
Category
2010s Photorealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Final Study for Atalanta, Girl with Apple
By Will Barnet
Located in Greenwich, CT
Will Barnet is one of America's best loved and known artists of the Post War era. He is highly distinctive for his figurative and narrative work and in some ways he is the Edgar All...
Category
1970s American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Vellum, Color Pencil, Graphite
Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bömmels belonged to the co-founders of the Cologne artist group Mülheimer Freiheit , which also included Hans Peter Adamski , Walter Dahn , Jiří Georg Dokoupil , Gerard Kever and Ger...
Category
1980s Surrealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
PARADISE SEEKER - pencil drawing - from Okada's 'Neo Flower Children' series
Located in Burlingame, CA
Paradise Seeker,' from Chikako Okada's 'Neo Flower Children' series. features the face of a young woman with flower petals and tattoos in an intricately patterned and complex graphit...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Value Study of Woman's Head
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Where Have You Been, Where Are You Going?, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
Category
2010s Surrealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Cords, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
The Paths series was born out of a trip I took one summer to LA. The trip itself was more of an escape from my life in New York. At the time I was at a crossroads. Having just gone t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Babel, Drawing 2014
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sing...
Category
2010s Surrealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$2,200 Sale Price
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Talons
Located in Nashville, TN
Talon by Kerry Simmons is a beautiful hyper-realistic graphite figure drawing. Simmons has been working as a fine artist since 2003. Her work is collected nationally and internationa...
Category
2010s Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Prov...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Salon d'Automne
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, LACMA, SFAA, Salon d'Automne
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Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped, verso, with Victor d...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Renaissance Male and Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male and Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$2,200 Sale Price
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Infanta Primavera, 2019
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Primavera' features the face of a young woman's head with a flowering cactus in an intricately patterned and a succulent coated body. It is complex graphite drawing on Kent ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Freedom
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
"Edge Event XXVII", Figurative, Graphite, Drawing, Canvas, Horses, Realism
Located in St. Louis, MO
Joseph Piccillo’s meticulous charcoal and graphite drawings and paintings reveal an exquisite draftsmanship tempered by emotional sensitivity. Piccillo presents an action-based assem...
Category
1980s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Charcoal, Graphite
Infanta de la Resistencia
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through her meticulously detailed, and patterned imagery. The work is mesmerizing, rich in symbolism, and reference feminine power, vulnerability, sadness, longing, and desire. Often featuring adolescent girls and boys that are mysteriously posed, the artist leaves the circumstances of her subjects to the viewer's interpretation. Chikako Okada is inspired by the paintings of European masters, Mexico's Frida Kahlo, and the American surrealists.
The drawing is 16 x 12 inches. Professionally matted and framed in a museum quality rose gold...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
" Studio per ritratto di Philip Bedingfeld" 1870 ca cm. 25 x 36
Located in Torino, IT
Studio a matita e pastelli per lo splendido ritratto di Philip Bedingfeld proprietà del Museo del Norfolk
Frederick Sandys, (Norwich, 1º maggio1829 ...
Category
1870s Pre-Raphaelite Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Graphite, Paper
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$1,880 Sale Price
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A Sensitive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Sensitive, Finely Rendered 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man By Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Artwork is un...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Figure 5
Located in Denver, CO
Figures crouches amid pink flowers
Category
2010s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$480 Sale Price
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Indispensable Losses 11
Located in Dallas, TX
Michael O’Keefe’s sculptures, drawings, and paintings depict figurative narratives born from unpredictable processes. He couples innovative methods with unconventional tools to creat...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Group of 3 Figure Drawings by Attributed to Ross Bleckner
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949)
Group of 3 Double Sided Drawings
Watercolor and graphite on paper
All approx. 24 x 18 in.
Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his teachers. He graduated in 1972, then spent a year at the California Institute of Arts. His contacts in the next few years were very fortuitous; Sol Lewitt and Chuck Close, Carl Andre, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, etc.
Bleckner is on the nervous side, beset by self-doubt, insomnia, and gloom. He is unpretentious, although he is bluntly handsome, with olive complexion, and a compact build. He is "10 percent that is superficial and 90 percent that has to do with the depths and that is threatened by living. He is a very complicated individual. He is a very, very morose, deeply feeling, hardworking artist- he takes a lot from within himself - but always, no matter how successful he is, he feels he is going to fall into those depths." 1
Bleckner first exhibited his work in New York in 1974. The following year he was given his first one-man show; he was included in the 1975 Whitney Biennial.. Since about 1985 has addressed many of his paintings to the subject of AIDS- both documenting it as a historical phenomenon and commemorating specific individuals who have died.
Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California.
Bio sourced from the Archives of askArt.
Sources include:
Ross Bleckner's Mood Indigo by Lisa Liebmann, in ARTnews, May 1993...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Reclining Naturalistic Nude Woman Study
Located in Houston, TX
Reclining nude study of a woman with her leg up on the bed and her eyes closed. The work is signed by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Please inquire ...
Category
1950s Naturalistic Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Les Indestinés, Charcoal, Black & White Drawing, Wave, Sea
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work.
Medium : Charcoal and Graphite on Archival Watercolour paper 300Gsm.
Artist : Fabien Granet
Subject : Les Indestinés (series ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Prodigal Son (VIII)
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
The Piece That Fits
Located in Kansas City, MO
Brittany Noriega
The Piece That Fits
Graphite on Archival Paper
Year: 2021
Size: 35 x 27 x 1.3 inches
Unique
Framed
Signed by hand
COA provided
Ref.: 924802-1047
This piece examines...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
$3,777 Sale Price
49% Off
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$1,880 Sale Price
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Early Portrait Study of a Young Girl
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of a young girl with a styled hair cut. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed.
Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire col...
Category
1930s Naturalistic Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
Punch as Bosch Boy - Funk Art drawing by San Francisco Bay Area artist
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: William Wiley – American (1937- 2021)
Title: Punch as Bosch Boy
Year: 2003
Medium: Graphite and/or crayon on paper
Size: 12 x 9 inches.
Framed size: 17.5 x 14.25 inches
Sign...
Category
Early 2000s Post-Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Graphite
Mechanical Brain, Contemporary Graphite Drawing
By Olaf Breuning
Located in New York, NY
An abstract line drawing on white paper in graphite by Olaf Breuning.
Mechanical Brain
2008
Graphite on paper
11 x 8.5 inches, sheet
$1,875
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Drawings from Mt Gretna, III
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Drawings from Mt Gretna XXIX
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain."
--Thaddeus Radell
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Four Figures and a Shield
Located in Atlanta, GA
"My work principally consists of deeply abstracted figure compositions--intuitive constructions that begin with random marks establishing larger masses of torsos, heads, and limbs in an undefined setting. The emphasis is almost purely on intuition. The figures are born of their surrounding environment, emerging only partially and fugitively from the layers of pigment.
A narrative is evident but never overt. A crown, a shield, a boat, a wheel. Though the subject has recently coalesced around my reading of Dante and Shakespeare, the settings remain extremely vague- a beach, an interior, a woodland. The paintings are, in the end, meditations on the relationship between the protagonists in a wordless drama. In my paintings, I use a cold wax medium combined with dry pigments, oil paint, and embedded fragments of burlap. The surfaces eventually build up into a dense, rugged terrain."
--Thaddeus Radell
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Infanta Futura- graphite pencil drawing - woman with cactus and succulents
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Futura,' features the face of a young woman with succulents and cactus in an intricately patterned and complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. from Japanese artist Chikako O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Color Study of a Child
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Graphite
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