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Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Gatherers - Original Charcoal Drawing of Huddled Women on Paper by Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This drawing of a group of women huddled in a circle has a blue tones with subtle red and white color. The drawing mixes loose sketch technique with high detail. This artwork is framed with TruVue non-glare museum glass, a white 8ply mat and a black frame. Bruno Surdo Gatherers, 2018 charcoal on prepared paper 15h x 20w in 38.10h x 50.80w cm Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Antivirus flowers - Figurative Pastel Drawing, Colorgul, Vibrant, Still life
Located in Warsaw, PL
HANNA BAKUŁA (born in 1950) Polish painter, stage designer and writer. Bakuła graduated with honors from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw, where she studied under such polish masters as J. Tarasin, E. Eibisch, A. Kobzdej. In 1981 she moved to New York and settled down on Manhattan. She painted, designed scenography and costumes for the avant-garde theatre "The Kitchen". These designs were praised by "The New York Times" as the best of the Off Broadway projects and won the first prize. She received a scholarship from the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1989 she came back to Poland. Since 1996 years Bakuła has organized Franz Schubert...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - T.A.O.L Heart
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. He s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Red Caprice Part 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Oslo, Norway. He s...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - City Blue
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who li...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Swimming Part 1
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who li...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Great Grandfather's Father As A Baby In The Garden
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Watercolor
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Manhattan (with Linda Evangelista) /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Fashion Model
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Manhattan (with Linda Evangelista)" *Signed by Graves in pen lower left Year: 2015 Medium: Original...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen, Color Pencil, Pencil, Graphite

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - Santo Rocco 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Etching Federica Frati is an Italian artist born in 1977 who lives lives and works in Brecia, Italy. She is graduated from art school Foppa where she learned the main artistic techn...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

Three Graces with Pearls, multi-cultural nude women, modern classical theme
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on paper this is a modern interpretation of the thee Graces
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Flowering - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowering is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1950 ca. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989)...
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Imago Mortis - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1992
Located in Roma, IT
Imago Morts is a painting artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in 1992. Ink, Pastel and watercolor on Cardboard Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Sergio Barlett...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pastel, Ink

Female Nude Torso, Watercolor and Graphite in Muted Earth Tones
Located in Chicago, IL
The muted earth tones and quick brush strokes in Eduardo Alvarado's Female Torso convey grace and ease. The contemplative state of this nude invites the viewer to envy her composure. The piece is matted with a heavy mat measuring 20h x 16w inches. Eduardo Alvarado Female Watercolor and pencil on paper 16.25h x 11.75w in 41.27h x 29.84w cm EDA011 EDUARDO ALVARADO b. Spain, 1972 EDUCATION 1990-95 Licenciado en BB AA La Facultad de BB AA de la UPV, Bilbao La Facultad de BB AA de San Fernando, Madrid SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2018 Casa del Libro, Logroño 2016 Casa de Cultura. Miranda de Ebro 2015 Casa de Cultura. Miranda de Ebro Galería Espiral, Noja 2014 Galerie d´Art Anne Broitman. Biarritz, France 2013 Galería de Arte-Centro Cultural (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Novi Sad, Serbia Centro Cultural La Vidriera, Maliaño The Gallery of Contemporary Fine Arts (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Nis, Serbia 2012 Gallery Seasons (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Sofia, Bulgaria Gallery SKC (junto a Vesna Palovic). Belgrado, Serbia Manos para qué os quiero. Logroño Galería Espiral. Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, Santander Sala Asociación Artistas de Guipuzcoa (junto a Juan Carlos Cardesín), San Sebastian 2011 Galería Espiral, San Miguel de Meruelo Galería Jovan Popovic (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Opovo, Serbia Galería Veciti Trkac (junto a Vesna Pavlovic). Nis, Serbia Exit Art Gallery (Fundación Adolfo Dominguez...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Graphite and gouache on handmade paper: 'The Remains: 4'
Located in New York, NY
The Remains, A series of 10 works An insect approaches a crumpled paper doily to eat what remains of a party. This series explores the moment when the trimmings become debris and ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Handmade Paper, Graphite

The Skinning Erotica, Female Nude Obscured by White Lines, Oil on Canvas
Located in Chicago, IL
***This artwork is currently on exhibit at the Instituto Cervantes, Chicago until September 2025. If purchased this artwork will be available to ship after September 1, 2025. Contact...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

Hidden - Cloaked Female Figure Original Charcoal Drawing on Paper by Bruno Surdo
Located in Chicago, IL
This drawing of a woman wrapped in a cloak has blue tones with subtle red and white color. The drawing mixes loos sketch technique with high detail. This artwork is unframed. Contact the gallery if you require framing. Bruno Surdo Hidden, 2017 charcoal on prepared paper 15h x 10w in 38.10h x 25.40w cm Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Pilgrim's Progress'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery. Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil

Posthomous Portrait of Pope John 23° - China Ink Drawing by Emilio Greco - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing in china ink artwork realized in 1973 by Emilio Greco. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. In very good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - In the Field
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache, pastel & oil on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi St...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper, Oil, Gouache

Italian Contemporary Art by Federica Frati - Healer
Located in Paris, IDF
Monotype & collage on paper Federica Frati is an Italian artist born in 1977 who lives lives and works in Brecia, Italy. She is graduated from art school Foppa where she learned the...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Monotype, Paper

Forest in Laski - XXI Century, Contemporary Pastel Drawing, Landscape
Located in Warsaw, PL
Maka Cielecka Graduated from the Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts. Worked in Canada and in the Netherlands as a graphic artist. In the mid-90s she began her extensive travels, including t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Cardboard

Whispers & Hisses Series: 'In Panic'
Located in New York, NY
This series was inspired by a 1950’s era instruction manual found while clearing out my father’s basement workshop. The How To Light A Model manual employed voluptuous female models to teach lighting techniques to amateur photographers such as my father. Diagrams plot the prescribed direction of the lights. The nude women hold the pose, their lips bright red and their feet dirty from the studio floor. As naked props for the authoritarian photographer, their vulnerability seems palpable. This work visualizes the human condition as a balance between feral and fabricated worlds. Vivid, oversized creatures embody instinctual energy. Wax seals, gold spheres and text-like marks signify rational structures. One speaks in a whisper, the other in a hiss. Winifred McNeill...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold Leaf

Untitled #2 Zahra Zeinali Contemporary drawing circus animal charcoal art clown
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist on the back of the drawing THE IMAGINARY LAND OF ZAHRA ZEINALI “Over time Zahra Zeinali develops her universe, which evolves...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Landscape - Watercolor by Armin Guther - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a Watercolor drawing realized by Armin Guther in 1986. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right corner. Good conditions, including a white cardboard passe-partout (40...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

British Contemporary Art by Helen Warner - Dancing in the Dark
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink on paper Helen Warner is a British artist born in 1978 who lives and works in Southampton, UK. She studied Art, Sport Studies and Human Biology at college and being a passionate...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Become Children Again - Painting by Lis Art - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper realized by Experimentart Lis in 2022. Excellen condition. His particular works recall the contemporary style. The extraordinary and explosive artist evokes distan...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

"Midnight Writer Attempting Music "
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Midnight Writer Attempting Music" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower left margin. It features a man in a...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Found Objects

Norwegian Contemporary Art by Dani André Skogfelt - Swimming Part 2
Located in Paris, IDF
Digital Graphic Artwork Framed 67.3 x 49.7 x 1 cm, acrylic frame Dani André Skogfelt is a visual self-taught Norwegian artist born in 1978 who li...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

American Contemporary Art by Michael Alan - Systematic Language Enhanced Culture
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolor, ink & colored pencil on paper Michael Alan is an American artist born in 1977 who lives & works in New York, USA. As a multidisciplinary artist. His work has been featur...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pen

Together - Drawing by David Euler - 1985
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media realized by David Euler in 1985. Two figures, a man and a woman drawn in white pastel on a gouache stain are depicted sitting in a cell-like s...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Autumn Thoughts - Drawing by David Euler - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
This Gouache painting is one of two paintings looking at a Native American figure. It was inspired by documentary films I saw in the 80's of different Native American tribes and their attire and traditions. The fascination of the strong presence and mergence with nature made a lasting impression on me. Here I chose to highlight a silhouette of what appears to be a warrior with his spear up next to him. He is sitting on the ground with a hazy sky sunset in the background. The ocher, black and gray color palette encased in an uneven rectangle is lending the painting a more antique and authentic look of an old...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Guilt - Drawing by David Euler - 1987
Located in Roma, IT
Original Gouache on paper. Two figures silently interacting. A larger, female figure is sitting naked on the floor, reaching towards her knee. Standing next to her, in a doorway opp...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Holy Scene - Mixed Media Drawing by E. Baumgart - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Holy Scene is a modern artwork realized by E. Baumgart. Mixed media (ink, tempera and watercolor) on cardboard. Hand signed on the left margin. Includes frame: 33 x 29 cm
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Mixed Media

Illustration Framed on Canvas: 'Cecily's Cloche'
Located in New York, NY
The murder of John Lennon. The birth of my children. Nixon’s resignation. Brain surgery. Driven by the desire to express myself, and leave a physical record of my life and times, I’v...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Wood, Color Pencil

"Salomè" by Anna Pennati - acrylic and oil pastel on paper
Located in Milano, MI
Inspired by George Byrons's poem "Visions of Belshazzar" Original. Hand made Exhibited in Milan (Italy) in 2005. Exclusively on 1stdibs measures are referred to the painting. Passep...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Acrylic

Lion Skull Drawing - Anatomical Study, Upper Casing by Michael Burgess - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Original Drawing - Anatomical Study: Lion Skull - Frontal View, Upper, and Lower Casing - Graphite Drawing on Strathmore - 90 Gsm Paper. Using a series of...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Life Drawing - Standing Female Nude - Drawing by Michael Burgess - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Life Drawing: Standing Female Nude, Pen & Ink, with Wash on Watercolor Paper. (Early work) Life Drawing is as primordial as art itself. Often it is more of an exercise as opposed to an intentional, finished work. The use of Pen and Ink, with a Brush Wash...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Night Ghosts - China ink Drawing by Maryna Vashchenko - 2016
Located in Roma, IT
China ink drawing realized by Maryna Vashchenko in 2016. Excellent condition. Maryna Vashchenko was born and lives in Kyiv, Ukraine. She is an active Ukrainian artist working in sev...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Whispers & Hisses Series: 'In Defence'
Located in New York, NY
This series was inspired by a 1950’s era instruction manual found while clearing out my father’s basement workshop. The How To Light A Model manual employed voluptuous female models to teach lighting techniques to amateur photographers such as my father. Diagrams plot the prescribed direction of the lights. The nude women hold the pose, their lips bright red and their feet dirty from the studio floor. As naked props for the authoritarian photographer, their vulnerability seems palpable. This work visualizes the human condition as a balance between feral and fabricated worlds. Vivid, oversized creatures embody instinctual energy. Wax seals, gold spheres and text-like marks signify rational structures. One speaks in a whisper, the other in a hiss. Winifred McNeill...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold Leaf

Dancers III
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Whether obscured by the smoky nightclub lighting or enlivened by the strong color of the Mardi Gras dancers, David Remfry’s life-size watercolors evoke a kaleidoscope of movement. M...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Abstract Nature - Painting by Lis Art - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Original tempera on paper realized by Experimentartlis in 2020. Excellent condition.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

Chinese Contemporary Art by Wang Fei - Untitled 14
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & collage on Chinese paper Framed 100 x 90 cm
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Passage Study III
Located in Belfast, GB
Passage Study III, 2024 Signed Charcoal on Arches Aquarelle Paper 55.9 x 55.9 cm 22 x 22 in Framed: 71 x 71 cm with Glass Stephen Forbes was born in No...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Glass

Georgian Contemporary Art by Maria Vanishvili - N666
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolour, marker & ink on paper Maria Vanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 2004 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She signa her...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

Sleeping - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland. Good conditions. Hand-signed. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composit...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Confrontation - Pencil Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1989
Located in Roma, IT
Confrontation is an original Drawing in Pencil artwork realized by Antony Roland. Good conditions. Hand-signed. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced com...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Sam, Reclining Male Nude with Hounds Tooth Background and Floral Foreground
By Brian Driscoll
Located in Chicago, IL
"Sam" by Brian Driscoll is presented in three layers. The male nude reclines in front of a background of hounds tooth wall paper and then Sam is overlayed with a veil of floral designs. It is as if are being allowed to draw back the curtain into this very private space. This three-dimensional quality of Driscoll's drawing is highly complex in its execution. Each layer is a different geometrical pattern - the heavy lines that take up the wallpaper, the tiny hash marks that evolve into Sam and finally, the absence of color to create the floral curtain. Brian Driscoll Sam, 2019 ink on paper 17h x 14w in 43.18h x 35.56w cm BWD013 Through drawing, Driscoll creates Midwestern mythologies exploring aspects of masculinity in working-class rural America...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper

Nude of Woman - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original artwork realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s. Pen ink drawing on paper. Includes a beautiful gilded frame. Hand signed on the lower margin.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Giardino Incantato - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Giardino Incantato is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1973 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original colored ink drawing on paper. Fram...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Matador - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Matador is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1964 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Colored Ink and ecoline on paper. Wood frame i...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Matador 7 - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Matador 7 is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1964 by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Colored Ink and ecoline on paper. Wood frame is included...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Colored figures - Drawing by C. Bissattini - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Colored figures is an original contemporary artwork realized by Claudio Bissattini in the 1970s. Mixed colored pastel drawing. Includes frame: 37 ...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro - Figurative drawing
Located in London, GB
Farmhands by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Pencil on paper 56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches) Signed below left end of stick, Yvon Vey Executed 1982 Provenance Studio of the Artist, Montpellier ...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

'Speak to My Heart No. 4' - figurative - black & white - cut paper - embrace
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is a black and white figurative work made of cut paper. Jerushia Graham is an Atlanta-based artist whose work straddles various media, including printmaking, book arts and fiber arts...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

'Speak to My Heart No. 5' - figurative - black & white - cut paper - embrace
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is a black and white figurative work made of cut paper. Jerushia Graham is an Atlanta-based artist whose work straddles various media, including printmaking, book arts and fiber arts...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper

Visible Fusion - Painting by Contempologyc E.M. - 2021
Located in Roma, IT
Visible fusion in an original tempera on paper realized by the contemporary Artist Contempologyc in 2021. Excellet conditions. Unframed.
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

Smoke, collage woman with cigarette female, patterns
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone, furiously tearing and pasting images from magazines, v...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Swing #9 - Ink and Watercolor by EMPHI - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
This original artwork Swing #9 was realized by the Italian artist EMPHI in 2019. Watercolor on cardboard from the series Tuttifrutti. Hand-signed on the lower right. Certificate o...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Freeze #4 - Ink Drawing by EMPHI - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
This original artwork Freeze #4 was realized by the Italian artist EMPHI in 2019. Watercolor and ink on cardboard from the series Tuttifrutti. Hand-signed on the upper left. Certi...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

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