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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
Period: 1970s
Preisung der Unzucht II
By Felix Waske
Located in Wien, 9
Signed, dated and titled lower left. Felix Waske was born in Vienna in 1942. From 1958 to 1967, he studied at the University of Applied Arts under Prof Eduard Bäumer and at the Acad...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite, Pencil

Angle with Flowers - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Angle with Flowers is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Ink drawing on paper. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on art and...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Profile - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Profile is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Ink and watercolor on paper. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on art and...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Angle with Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Angle with Bird is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Ink drawing on paper. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on art and th...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Indigenous Woman - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Indigenous Woman is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Ink and watercolor on paper. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on ar...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Still Life - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Felt Pen drawing on paper. Good condition. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on art and th...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Angel on Clouds - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Angle on Clouds is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Ink drawing on paper. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on art and th...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Self Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Man With Animal on Shoulder is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in 1973. Pencil drawing on paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Good condition. Leo Guida has be...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Paint on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.091
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.091 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Paint on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.091 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pai...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Paper

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.063
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.063 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.063 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and painting...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

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...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Graphite, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel

Texas Dancing, Hand Colored Stone Lithograph
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Texaz Dancing, Hand colored stone lithograph by Luis Jimenez 26 x 20 inches. For Larry, "Thanks for the book" Stone Lithograph, hand colored by Luis Jimenez. Signed to the great novelist and Academy Award Winner, Larry McMurty, author of Lonesome Dove...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Cat - Drawing by Novella Parigini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is an artwork realized by Novella Parigini in 1970s. Oil Pastels on Cardboard. Handsigned in green in the lower right part. 74 x 54 cm. Very good conditions!
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Two Boys (one standing, the other seated and drawing)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Boys (one standing, the other seated and drawing) Graphite and colored pencils on wove paper, 1975 Signed and dated lower left center (see photo) Condition: Excellent Slight waviness visible only on reverse Image size: 11 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches Sheet size: 14 x 17 3/4 inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist By descent Mary Spain (Colie) (1934-1983) Mary Spain was born in Raleigh, North Carolina. She taught art in Chagrin Falls...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil

Aphrodite Anadyomene - 1970s - Emile Deschler - Watercolor - Contemporary
Located in Roma, IT
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...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

City view - Drawing by Daniel Pipard - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
City view is an original artwork realized in the half of 20th century by Daniel Pipard (1914-1978). Permanent marker drawing on paper. Hand signed on t...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker

The Painter - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Seductive Woman is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ballpoint Pen, Paper

Cat - Drawing by Novella Parigini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is an artwork realized by Novella Parigini (Chiusi 1921 - Rome 1993) Polychrome chalk on black paper. 83x63 cm frame included. Hand signed in t...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Dans l'Oeil de l'Amour il y a une Mine de Verre by Henry Maurice - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Dans l'oeil de l'amour il y a une mine de verre is an artwork realized by Maurice Henry (Cambrai 1907 - Milan 1984) in 1975. Watercolor and ink on paper 30.5x39 cm with frame. Si...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Mooseplunge, 1976 51/100 - figurative, playful, pop-art, serigraph limited print
Located in Bloomfield, ON
The iconic Canadian image of a moose— ‘the Monarch of the North’ is captured in this early serigraph by Charles Pachter. The black outline of a moose is viewed plunging off a cliff i...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Screen

Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Colour Market Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a sheet of notebook. No Signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Paper

Norina's Room - Gouache by Erté - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Norina's Room is an artwork realized by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). Gouache on paper, hand signed lower right. Titled on rear. cm. 28x18 Good conditions. Romain de Tirtoff, know...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Streetcar Situation Green A/P 1/1 -figurative, playful, pop-art, limited edition
Located in Bloomfield, ON
This artist’s proof (1/1) is a playful homage to the beloved image of a Toronto streetcar. Pop Artist Charlie Pachter was inspired to create a series of prints on streetcars for one of his first exhibitions in the seventies. This serigraph features the detailed outline of a streetcar angled across three panels—the back and front of a streetcar painted green appears on either side—top and bottom. The backdrop is neutral, bordered in gold. Pachter is a much-admired Canadian artistic polymath, his colourful pop artwork merging playful even irreverent elements with deeply iconic imagery. “….a good art critic would compare it with Warhol’s soup cans...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Screen

Drooling Ain't Fun, Caricature Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
William Anthony was born in 1934, in Forth Monmouth, NJ. and grew up in Washington State. Education 1958 Yale, New Haven, CT, B.A European History 1959-60 San Francisco Art Institu...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Sketch - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a black market drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a little sheet of notebook. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born ...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Paper

Kachina Figures, by Dan Namingha, green, black, framed, Hopi, drawing, katsina
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Kachina Figures, by Dan Namingha, green, black, framed, Hopi, drawing, katsina
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Study for David and Goliath
Located in New York, NY
Study for David and Goliath 1971 Color pastel on paper 10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

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

“Decorating the Tree”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor and gouache on archival paper by the American artist, Helen Fleming. This watercolor was later printed by the Fravessi Greeting Card...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

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

Fidelio - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Fidelio is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a yellowed little paper. Monogrammed, titled and dated on the lower mar...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Streetcar Circus 5/20 - figurative, playful, pop-art, editioned lithograph
Located in Bloomfield, ON
For pop artist Charles Pachter, the Toronto streetcar symbolizes the urban landscape he calls home. The iconic image of the streetcar whose tracks have criss-crossed Canada’s largest city for decades was once known as ‘the red rocket’ because of its deep red paint colour. In this lithograph the bright colours of a large image of the back of the streetcar in hot pink and blue with three more smaller images of streetcars in classic red, yellow and one in green pop against a black backdrop. Pachter is a much-admired Canadian artistic polymath, his colourful pop artwork merging playful even irreverent elements with deeply iconic imagery. “….a good art critic would compare it with Warhol’s soup cans...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Dante's Inferno - Drawing by Michael Burgess - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Original Conceptual Drawing: Passage from the Divine Comedy - Dante's Inferno. Pen and Ink - 75 gsm Paper (Early Work) This drawing is a visual interpretation of the written wor...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Ross Bleckner Watercolor Figure Painting
Located in Larchmont, NY
Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949) Untitled, c. 1970 Watercolor on paper Sight size: 21 x 15 in. Framed: 31 2/3 x 25 3/4 in. Signed verso: Ross B/ho 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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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

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

Anatomical Study - Drawing by Michael Burgess - 1978
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

Costume Design - Gouache by Erté - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume Design is a contemporary artwork realized in 1970s by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). Mixed colored gouache on paper. Hand signed. Includes passepa...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Life Cycles - Dying Sunflower - Drawing by Michael Burgess - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Life Cycles - Dying Sunflower: This drawing was done in Oil Pastel on Ingres Grey, Textured Pastel Paper. (Early Drawing) The work is framed in a unique st...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

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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Pen, Ink

Lovers - Original Drawing- 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an original modern artwork realized by Artist of 1970s. Black and white pen drawing. Includes frame: 53 x 43 cm
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Portrait - Drawing by Marcello Muccini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by Marcello Muccini. Black and white marker drawing. Includes frame: 52 x 47 cm
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Paper

Untitled (Joe and Patsy LoGuidice at the Casa Luna)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Joe and Patsy LoGuidice at the Casa Luna) Pastel, charcoal and colored pencil, 1970-1975 Signed lower right in pencil: Larry Rivers Inscribed on the rabbit of the original white frame: LOGUIDICE in ink Provenance: Private Collection, New York (Westchester County) Condition: Excellent Image size: 31 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches Frame size: 39 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches Note: The image depicts Ciprian “Joe” LoGuidice (d. 2008) and his wife Patsy with their dog (Golden Retriever?) in their famous house Casa Luna, located in Zihautenajo, Mexico. Joe LoGuidice had a most colorful life as stated in his memorial posting by Pam Barkentin: Ciprian "Joe" LoGiudice, of Los Angeles and Zihautanejo, Mexico Art Dealer, Political Activist, Environmentalist, Film Producer, and Executor of the Terry Southern Estate died at home in Los Angeles on September 3, 2008. A major benefactor of the Chicago Seven, he hosted a benefit for the anti-war activists at his Ontario Street Gallery in Chicago and later harbored the fugitive Abbie Hoffman in Zihautenajo where Joe designed and built the famous Casa Luna, the house without walls, in a compound that included Larry River's Studio as well as the garden where Julian Schnabel painted with the assistance of Ramon Pedrazo, Joe's gardener and the husband of his faithful housekeeper, Concha Pedrazo. Here at Casa Luna, from the early seventies on, Joe and his wife, Patsy, generously hosted friends and enemies alike with great enthusiasm and humor.Most recently, through his participation in "Save the Bay", Joe was instrumental in preventing cruise ships from anchoring in the Bay of Zihautanejo. He was also producing "Five Easy Steps to Metaphysical Fitness", a documentary about the philosopher/comic, Emily Levine. Christo's first wrapping of a building in the United States, the Chicago Museum of Art, was produced by LoGiudice. Other artists he represented, in both his Chicago and New York Galleries, included John Chamberlin, Larry Poons, Mark de Suvero, Leon Golub and Jules Olitski. Joe is survived by his wife of 25 years, Patsy Cummings. An important work by Rivers showing his friend and art dealer in their famous house, Casa Luna, in Mexico. The cultural import of LoGuidice cannot be understated. He was a major figure in the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles art cultures. The artist’s who were his friends and guests were many of the leading icons of late 20th century art. Larry Rivers Larry Rivers in 1961 Born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg August 17, 1923 Bronx, New York, U.S. Died August 14, 2002 (aged 78) Southampton, New York, U.S. Nationality American Education Hans Hofmann School Known for Painting, sculpture Movement East Coast figurative painting, new realism, pop art Spouse(s) Augusta Berger (m. 1945; div. 1946) Clarice Price (m. 1961; sep. 1967) Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, August 17, 1923 – August 14, 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, Long Island, and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Early life Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx to Samuel and Sonya Grossberg, Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. From 1940–1945 he worked as a jazz saxophonist in New York City, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" at a local pub. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music in 1945–46, along with Miles Davis, with whom he remained friends until Davis's death in 1991. Training and career Larry Rivers in 1961 Rivers is considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, because he was one of the first artists to really merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction. Rivers took up painting in 1945 and studied at the Hans Hofmann School from 1947–48. He earned a BA in art education from New York University in 1951. He was a pop artist of the New York School, reproducing everyday objects of American popular culture as art. He was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery in 1955. During the early 1960s Rivers lived in the Hotel Chelsea, notable for its artistic residents such as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Arthur C. Clarke, Dylan Thomas, Sid Vicious and multiple people associated with Andy Warhol's Factory and where he brought several of his French nouveau réalistes friends like Yves Klein who wrote there in April 1961 his Manifeste de l'hôtel Chelsea, Arman, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Christo, Daniel Spoerri or Alain Jacquet, several of whom left, like him, some pieces of art in the lobby of the hotel for payment of their rooms. In 1965 Rivers had his first comprehensive retrospective in five important American museums. His final work for the exhibition was The History of the Russian Revolution, which was later on extended permanent display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. During 1967 he was in London collaborating with the American painter Howard Kanovitz. In 1968, Rivers traveled to Africa for a second time with Pierre Dominique Gaisseau to finish their documentary Africa and I, which was a part of the groundbreaking NBC series Experiments in Television. During this trip they narrowly escaped execution as suspected mercenaries.[citation needed] During the 1970s Rivers worked closely with Diana Molinari and Michel Auder on many video tape projects, including the infamous Tits, and also worked in neon. Rivers's legs appeared in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 film Up Your Legs Forever. Personal life Rivers married Augusta Berger in 1945, and they had one son, Steven. Rivers also adopted Berger's son from a previous relationship, Joseph, and reared both children after the couple divorced. He married Clarice Price in 1961, a Welsh school teacher who cared for his two sons. Rivers and Clarice Price had two daughters, Gwynne and Emma. After six years, they separated. Shortly after, he lived and collaborated with Diana Molinari, who featured in many of his works of the 1970s. After that Rivers lived with Sheila Lanham, a Baltimore artist...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Albero - Etching by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Albero is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1973 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original print. Aquatint and etching. Hand-signed , date...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching, Aquatint

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

Untitled - Drawing by Remo Brindisi - 1970s
By Remo Brindisi
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a modern artwork realized by Remo Brindisi in 1970s Black and white china ink drawing. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes f...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Sibil - Etching by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sibil is an original etching in sanguine realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historica...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

Bondage - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Bondage is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Black Marker pen Watercolor on paper. Good c...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Watercolor

"The Racetrack Paddock and Thoroughbred Owners, " Saratoga Springs, Anne Diggory
Located in New York, NY
Anne Diggory (b. 1951) The Racetrack Paddock and Thoroughbred Owners, Saratoga Springs New York, circa 1978 Watercolor on paper 9 x 12 inches Signed and d...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Drawing by Nani Tedeschi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original artwork realized by Nani Tedeschi in 1970s. Beautiful colored pencil and pastel drawing on cardboard. Good conditions. Illegible sign...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Pastel

The Lovers - Drawing by Leon V. Rosenberg - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
The lower is an orginal contemporary artwork realized by Leon V. Rosenberg in 1971. Cement on plate. Hand signed and dated on the lower margin. Fair conditions (stains and tears)
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Laid Paper

Out of the Sun (Under the Racetrack Grandstand), Saratoga Springs, Anne Diggory
Located in New York, NY
Anne Diggory (b. 1951) Out of the Sun (Under the Racetrack Grandstand), 1978 Watercolor on paper 7 x 10 inches Signed and dated lower left Provenance: Ac...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in watercolor on paper. Good conditions but aged...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Smell of the Flower - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
The smell of the flower is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 ca. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Included two original drawings in mixed on ivory...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Plants and Flowers - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Plants and Flowers is an original drawing in watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition except for some foxings and consumed margins. The artwork is depicted thr...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Bird - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original drawing in China ink realized by Leo Guida in 1972. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical tec...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Knight and Lemur - Original Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Knight and Lemur is an original drawing in china ink realized by Leo Guida in 1972. Good condition. Hand-signed. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes.
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original artwork realized in 1972 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed and dated on...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in Oil Pastel realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

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