Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Vibrant and fun figurative abstract of creatures on the ocean floor by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. U...

Red Watercolor is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian artist Bruno Conte (Rome, 1939). Original Pencil drawing and watercolor. Titled on the lower...

Landscape is a drawing in mixed media on cardboard, charcoal and oil pastel, realized by Sun Jingyuan in 1970. The state of preservation is very good. Sheet dimension: 54.5 x 39.5 c...

Nude of Woman is an original painting in watercolor on paper by Leo Guida in 1985. The state of preservation is good.. On the lower right margin hand-signed and dated. On the lowe...

Advertisement for Tirreno is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1970's. Colored mixed media drawing on cardboard. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower margin. ...

The Bridge is a mixed colored charcoal drawing realized by Nazareno Gattamelata in the second half of XX century. Hand signed by the artist on the lower right margin. The artwork i...

Landscape is an original drawing artwork in mixed media on cardboard (oil pastel and charcoal), realized by Sun Jingyuan in 1970. The state of preservatio...

Composition is an original painting in watercolor on paper by Leo Guida in 1970. The state of preservation is good. On the lower left margin hand-signed and dated. On the lower ri...

This artwork "Landscape with Houses" c.1970 is a watercolor on Arches paper by California artist Robert Holdeman, 1912-1994. It is hand signed at the l...

Couple Reading is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1970s. Colored mixed media drawing on cardboard (ink and watercolor). Hand signed by the ...

Trees is an original watercolor drawing, realized by Jacques Ciry in the 1970s. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 28 x 38 cm. Included Passep...

Ink on paper Hand signed and dated lower right Unique piece

Man On A Bicycle is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by Mino Maccari. Original black and white drawing on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed in pencil on lower right. Good...

Landscape is an original drawing artwork in mixed media on cardboard (oil pastel and charcoal), realized by Sun Jingyuan in 1970. The state of preservation is very good. Sheet dimen...

Port is a drawing in pen realized by Vito Alghisi in 1997. Hand-signed on the lower right of and dated by the artist. Very good conditions. Includes a white Passepartout: 34 x 49...

Shadow is a mixed colored drawing realized by Nazareno Gattamelata in the second half of the XX century. Hand signed by the artist on the upper left margin. The artwork is framed (...

This artwork titled "Unscrewed" 1981 is a colored pencil on Mylar by American artist Darryl Sapien, b.1950. It is unsigned. The image size is 16.5 x 13.5 inches, framed size is 17.15 x 14.5 inches. It is custom framed in a yellow metal frame. It is in excellent condition. About the artist: Selected exhibitions. San Francisco Art Institute, B.F.A., Sculpture 1974 "Introductions 74," Hansen-Fuller Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1976 San Francisco Art Institute, M.F.A., Sculpture 1976 "17 Artists, Hispano/Mexican American/Chicano," The Mexican Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1976 "Other Sources," San Francisco Art Institute, (catalog)(Group Exhibition) 1977 "Work in Progress,” Union Gallery, San Jose State University, San Jose, California (catalogue) 1977 "Painting and Sculpture in California: The Modern Era," (catalog) San Francisco Museum of Modern Art & The Gallery of the National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition) 1977 "Tokyo-Bay Area Exchange," Kanagawa Prefectural Hall, Tokyo, Japan (Group Exhibition) 1977 "Arte Fiera di Bologna," Bologna, Italy (Group Exhibition) 1978 "California-Hawaii Biennial," San Diego Fine Arts Gallery, Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii (Group Exhibition) 1979 “Darryl Sapien, Recent Work,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California 1979–1980 "From Self-Portrait to Autobiography," Neuberger Museuem, Purchase, New York, New Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cleveland Ohio (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1980 "Space/Time/Sound: A Decade in the Bay Area," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1981 "19 Artists, Emergent Americans," Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1981 "La Vue Independante," The American Center, Paris France (Group Exhibition) 1981 “American Roulette”, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY (Performances) 1982 "California Art on the Road," Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach, California (Group Exhibition) 1984 “Darryl Sapien at Studio Ink,” San Francisco, California 1984 "Crime and Punishment," Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California (Group Exhibition) 1984 "Artists and the Theater," Phillipe Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1985 "The Twentieth Century," San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (Group Exhibition) 1985 Contemporary Art, 30,000 B.C. to the Present," San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art, San Jose, California (Group Exhibition) 1987 "Connotations," Southern Exposure Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1988 “Darryl Sapien: Artspace Painting Grant Award” Artspace Gallery, San Francisco, California (catalogue) 1988 "Digital Visions: Computers and Art," Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse University, New York (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 1989 "Darryl Sapien and David Flipse" Riskin-Sinow Gallery, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1990 "The Written Word," Richmond Art Center, Richmond, California (Group Exhibition) 1991 "Four Hispanic Artists," San Francisco Art Commission Gallery (Group Exhibition) 1994 “Darryl Sapien: Recent Work,” Opts Art, San Francisco, California 1995 "Facing Eden: One Hundred Years of Landscape Art in the Bay Area," M.H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, California (Group Exhibition) 1996 “Darryl Sapien,” City College of San Francisco 2003 "Reactions, Artists Respond to September 11, 2001," Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (Group Exhibition) 2005 “Darryl Sapien,” Swallowtail Gallery, San Francisco, California 2010 "75 Years of Looking Forward" San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 2010 “Radical Light,” U.C. Berkeley Art Museum (catalog) (Group Exhibition) 2011 “State of Mind: new California Art circa 1970” (catalog) Orange County Museum of Art, California (Group Exhibition) 2012 Berkeley Art Museum, U.C. Berkeley, California (Group Exhibition) 2012 Belkin Gallery, University of British Columbia, Canada (Group Exhibition) 2013 Site Santa Fe, NM (Group Exhibition) 2013 The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY (Group Exhibition) 2013 “Son of War Games”, The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York, NY (Performances) 2013–2014 The Smart Museum, Chicago, IL (Group Exhibition) 2014 "The site a live" San Francisco Art Institute (Group Exhibition) 2015 "Out Of This World," Bonnafont Gallery, San Francisco, California Public Collections Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley The Oakland Museum, Oakland, California The American Academy of Opthalmology, San Francisco, California National Automobile and Casualty Insurance Company, Pasadena, California City and County of San Francisco-Public Utilities Commission Building Performances “Synthetic Ritual”, San Francisco Art Institute “Initiation”, San Francisco Art Institute “War Games”, corner of Third & Howard Street San Francisco, California (outdoor sitespecific) “Split-Man Bisects the Pacific”, the ruins of Sutro Baths...

Basilica of the Sacred Heart of Paris is an original drawing in mixed media on cardboard realized by an unknown artist in 1970. Signed and dated on lower right. The State of prese...

Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937) Title: Opel Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic, with silver and gold embellishment Paper: Wove Size image: 29.5 x 39.5 ...

Detailed watercolor by Elizabeth Stiles (20th Century). Signed "Elizabeth Stiles" in the lower left corner. Presented in a new antuque white mat. No frame. Image size: 11"H x 15.25"W

The evening is a mixed colored drawing realized by Nazareno Gattamelata in the second half of XX century. The artwork is framed (40.5 x 3 x 48.5 cm). The artwork represents a noct...

Portrait is an original drawing in watercolor on paper realized by Orfeo Tanburi in 1943, Hand-signed on the lower right. The State of preservation is very good Sheet dimension: 27.5x 21cm. Imncluded a Passepartout: 49 x 34 cm. The artwork represents a portrait of a thinking woman, skillfully depicted by quick and confident strokes. the artwork is characterized by well-balanced harmony. Orfeo Tanburi(1910 - 1994) was Italian artist, in 1936 he went for the first time to Paris where he came into contact with some of the most important painters of the time and discovered the painting of Paul Cézanne. Back in Italy he collaborated with Roman theaters and was commissioned to decorate the atrium of the EUR theater; participates in the Rome Quadrennial and the following year at the Venice Biennale where he has the opportunity to meet the writer Curzio Malaparte...

Signed lower right, 'V. Wilson' for Vernon Wilson (American, 20th century) and created circa 1975. Matted dimensions: 13 H x 14 W x .5 D inches Vernon Wilson studied at the Pasadena Art Center College of Design, the University of Miami and Belmont Abbey College. He exhibited widely and with success including at the Associated Artists of Pittsburgh (1923, 1928, 1929), the Pittsburgh Architectural Club (1933) and the Los Angeles Art Association, among others. In the late 1960's, Wilson joined the faculty of the Art Center's College of Design where he would teach for more than 25 years. A well-respected figure drawing teacher and pastelist, he is a noted influence on contemporary artists including Kurt Wenner, Ken Goldman and America Martin, among many others. In 1997, Wilson retired to New Mexico where he continued to draw and paint for the remainder of his life. Reference: Reference Services, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh; Mallett’s Index of Artists, Daniel Trowbridge Mallett, Peter Smith...

Serene figurative landscape of a Zen sculpture garden surrounded by mountains and trees by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Mon...

Image dimensions: 24 x 30 cm. Black and white drawing. Signed “A.B." lower left. Very good conditions. Includes passepartout 34 x 49 cm.

Portrait is an original artwork in mixed media realized by Italian artist Mino Maccari in 1985 ca. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower up, with his designs on the rear side. In ...

Fleurs dans un Vase is an original oil pastel drawing on paper realized by the French artist Giselle Halff in XX century. Hand-signed in charcoal pencil on lower right margin, this ...

Aphrodite Anadyomene is an original artwork by Emile Deschler in 1976. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right margin. Original painting on green paper. Very good conditions. Emile...

Study for Satyrical Characters is an original drawing with ink on paper realized by Emile Hugon in 1991, hand-signed, there are hand-writing on the back of artwork. In good conditio...

Parade is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by Mino Maccari. Original colored drawing and watercolor on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed in pencil on lower right. Good co...

Mystery Artist Untitled, c. 1990s Sight: 32 1/4 x 21 in. Framed: 37 x 25 1/4 x 1 1/2 in. Signed bottom

This artwork "Ford T" is an original ink drawing and gouache on thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the arti...

Overboard... 1994. Paper, ink. 17x25 cm Illustrated in the magazine "School and Family" in 1994.

Hand-augmented collotype by Patricia A. Pearce (American, b. 1948). Signed "Patricia A. Pearce" in the lower right corner. This piece has an iridescent quality to the coloration. No ...

RETREAT ROOM is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Ge...

Outdoor View is an artwork realized in the 1970s by Caroline Hill (1935-1983). Original watercolor on paper. The artwork is hand-signed on lower left. Good conditions except for a...

HIS NEW DEN is an original oil pastel drawing on brown paper grocery bag by the self taught African American artist Reginald K. Gee, born April 28, 1964, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Gee is known for his Visonary Art filled with comical, expressive faces, figures, and colorful, surreal landscapes and seascapes. He is of African and Native American (Blackfoot/Choctaw) descent. HIS NEW DEN depicts an amusing scene from modern day life - a lanky male figure in a striped shirt, pale yellow toned slacks and blue shoes pushing his upright vacuum cleaner...

Manjit Bawa - Untitled - 6 x 8 inches (unframed size) Graphite on Paper & Pasted on Board. About the Artist 7 his works : Born : July 30, 1941, Dhuri, Punjab. Died : December 29, 2008 New Delhi. Education : 1958-63 Studied at the School of Art, Delhi Polytechnic, New Delhi Exhibitions : Selected Posthumous Exhibitions 2013-14 'Transition', 20th Anniversary Show, Centre of International Modern Art (CIMA), Kolkata 2013 'Ideas of the Sublime', presented by Vadehra Art Gallery at Lalit Kala Akademi, New Delhi 2013 'The Sahmat Collective: Art and Activism in India since 1989', Smart Museum of Art at University of Chicago, Chicago 2012 'Art for Humanity', Coomaraswamy Hall, Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai 2012 'Contemporary: A Selection of Modern and Contemporary Art', prsented by Sakshi Gallery at The Park, Chennai 2012 'Crossings: Time Unfolded, Part 2', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi 2011 'The Path of the Lotus: Indian Art', Grosvenor Gallery, London 2011 'Lets Paint the Sky Red', India Habitat Centre and Vadehra Art Gallery, New Delhi 2011 'Anecdotes', Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai 2011 'High-Light', presented by Sakshi Gallery, Mumbai at The Oberoi, Gurgaon 2011 'Time Unfolded', Kiran Nadar Museum of Art (KNMA), New Delhi 2011 'Roots in the Air, Branches Below: Modern & Contemporary Art from India...

Pastel titled Dona Lupe by Miguel Arguello (Spain, 1941-2005), who was invited in 1978 by the University of Santa Cruz, California to teach as an artist in residence. In 1993 he emba...

Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937) Title: Afternoon Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic on paper Paper: Thick wove Size, image: 29.5 x 39.5 inches Size, pape...

Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (My Mother and Her Sister as Children), State II Year: 1973 Medium: Pencil on heavy archival pa...

Artist: Peter Max (1937) Title: Umbrella Man Year: 1997 Medium: Ink on archival paper Size: 13 x 14 inches Condition: Excellent Inscription: Signed by the artist PETER MAX (1937- ) ...

Compelling figurative nude with a surrealist feel by Ken Bower (American, 20th-C) a San Francisco Bay area artist. Pastel chalk color on paper created in 1980. Signed “Ken Bower 80' ...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Fiddler - VI, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Holding the fi...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Dancing Couple - I, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Ira Moskowitz'...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Fiddler - III, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Sitting down in an a...

This artwork "The Duck Hunter" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back....

This artwork "The Old Barn" 1989 is a watercolor by noted Chinese/American artist Jake Lee, 1915-1991 It is inscribed Jake Lee and dated 89 on the back. The i...

Art: 20"x 26" Frame: 28-1/2"x 32-1/2" Charcoal on paper. Signed, dated and inscribed to David Barnett. Claude Weisbuch was born in Thionville, France in 1927 and was a pupil at L' É...

Ben Macala (1938 - 1997) - Four Faces, Year: 1976, Medium: Charcoal on Paper, signed and dated lower right, Size: 24.5 x 28.5 in. (62.23 x 72.39 cm)

This artwork titled "Oaxaca Coast" c.1990 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Arnold A. Grossman, 1923-2016. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The ...

An abstract expressionist miniature etching on paper depicting insects with arrows forming a path from start to finish by artist R. Silvestrov (Russi...

Artist: Sandra Phipps MacDiarmid (American, born 1937) Title: Signature #15 Year: Circa 1990 Medium: Acrylic on paper Size image: 30 x 22.5 inches Size paper: 30 x 22.5 in...

MALCAH ZELDIS ''Basketball'', 1988, gouache on paper Hand signed and dated bottom right, titled in pencil on paper verso Malcah Zeldis (born Mildred ...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Fiddlers - II, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Holding the fiddles...

Armando Villagran lived from 1945 to 1995 in Mexico. He was a self-taught artist, painter, draftsman and illustrator with a neo-figurative style. He has been considered by Mexican ar...

An 80's style Art Deco work on paper of a Fashionable Lady by contemporary artist Erik Freyman. Collage with airbrush on paper, signed lower right.

Crash Pleased to See You, 1989 Signed and dated lower left Watercolor and ink on paper 30 x 20 1/2 inches A contemporary of Keith Haring and a modern-day master of this present day ...

Color, music, fashion, fame, fishnet stockings, sports, the party scene and allegory - elements of the 1980s - all are captured in this pastel image by Denver artist Zoa Ace (America...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Electric Guitarist - II, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: This...