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Style: Contemporary
Style: Abstract
Medium: Crayon
"Gorda 4" (Honey 4) 2007 Original Signed Drawing Watercolor Ink Acrylic 21x15in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Gorda 4', 2007 acrylic on paper Canson 320 g. 21.5 x 15 in. (54.5 x 38 cm.) ID: 1D200715 Hand-signed by author ______________________________________...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Crayon, Watercolor

"Pastel Landscape in Blues 2" Original Impressionist Landscape Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Edith Isaac-Rose "Pastel Landscape in Blues 2" c.1960 Pastel on paper 17"x15" unframed Unsigned Edith Isaac-Rose (1929-2018) Born in Chicago in 1929, and neé Ganansky-Teitelbaum, she graduated from The Art Institute of Chicago in 1951 and moved to New York in 1959 where she lived ever since. Taking as her professional name her parents’ first names, Edith was a prolific artist working first as an abstract expressionist then turning in the 1980s to figurative, political work consisting of drawings, paintings, and embroideries which she called “Daily Rage”. She had been represented by the Phyllis Kind Gallery and her work is in the Hirshhorn Museum as well as numerous private collections. Edith, along with her partner of 35 years, Bea Kreloff, (1925-2016), founded Art Workshop International in 1981 where they held art and writing workshops in Assisi, Italy, Monhegan Island, Maine, and Puerto Escondido, Mexico. Edith was a resident at the Westbeth Artist Housing in Greenwich Village and was actively involved with the anti-war movement, gay liberation...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Correct" - Figurative drawing on paper with text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello. Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas. Size 17 x 14 in. Offered unframed. Ships rolled Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic

Plate Six from Novecento (Mixed media lithograph with chalk pastel), Signed/N
Located in New York, NY
Nam June Paik Untitled, Plate Six from Novecento, 1992 Mixed Media: Color offset lithograph with unique chalk pastel drawing 13 3/10 × 18 inches Hand signed, Edition 104/130 Pencil numbered 104/130, hand signed in pastel chalk on the front Edizioni Carte Segrete, Rome, Italy Excellent condition; held in matting which can be easily removed The matting measures 18" x 21" This was part of a series of works produced for the Nam June Paik retrospective at the Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1992, Nam June Paik: Arti Elletroniche. This is one of the editions which bears unique hand coloring with pastel chalk. A comparable work sold at auction in 2015 for US $12,583. (see details below): Nam June Paik Title Novecento Description Nam June PAI K Novecento 1930-1940, 1992 Pastel sur offset en couleurs, épreuve signée et numérotée 104/130 Edizioni Carte Segrete, Rome 23,5 x 39,5 cm EH Oeuvre réalisée a l'occasion de la rétrospective Paik au Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome, 1992, Nam June Paik: Arti Elletroniche, cinema e Media Verso il XXI Secolo Medium pastel Year of Work 1992 Size Height 9.3 in.; Width 15.6 in. / Height 23.5 cm.; Width 39.5 cm. Misc. Signed Sale of Millon & Associés: Monday, June 22, 2015 [Lot 00090] Design Sold For 11,057 EUR Hammer (12,583 USD) Nam June Paik Biography Nam June Paik was born in 1932 in Seoul. He received a BA in aesthetics from the University of Tokyo in 1956 where he also studied music and art history. After graduating, he studied for a year with composer Thrasybulus Georgiades Georgiades at the University of Munich and for two years with composer Woflgang Fortner at the International Music College in Freiburg. He attended the International Summer Courses for New Music in Darmstadt in 1957, when he met Karlheinz Stockhausen, and in 1958, when he met John Cage. Cage, and through him Marcel Duchamp, had a significant influence on Paik as he became a major force in the avant-garde through performances. In Hommage à John Cage (1959), Paik employed audiotape and performance to attack traditional musical instrumentation and compositional practices, splicing together piano playing, screaming, bits of classical music, and sound effects. Realizing that taped sound was not enough, he decided to move into performance, first by introducing performative actions into his audio works. In 1961 Paik performed Simple, Zen for Head and Étude Platonique No. 3, in which he became a volatile figure, thrashing about in unexpected patterns and sudden movements to his signature soundtracks. In 1962 Paik participated in the Fluxus International Festival of the New Music in Weisbaden. Paik's first exhibition, entitled Exposition of Music - Electronic Television, in 1963 at Galerie Parnass at Wuppertal, launched his transition from composer and performance artist to the inventor of a new art form: an engagement with the material site of television as an instrument. In the exhibition, thirteen televisions lay on their backs and sides with their reception altered; for example, Zen for TV (1963) reduced the television picture to a horizontal line and Kuba TV (1963) shrank and expanded the image on the television set according to the changing volume. In 1964 Paik traveled to the US. He quickly settled in New York and became a leading innovator among an emerging generation of artists seeking new modes of artistic expression and distribution. That same year, Paik collaborated with Shuya Abe to create Robot K-456 (1964), a remote controlled robot that played audiotaped speeches by John F. Kennedy and defecated beans in Paik's Robot Opera (1964). In the interactive work Magnet TV (1965), Paik invited viewers to modify the television's output into swerving abstract lines through the movement of a magnet over the TV. In 1967 Paik and frequent collaborator Charlotte Moorman were arrested when Moorman performed Paik's Opera Sextronique (1967), a striptease as she played the cello at the Filmmakers' Cinematheque in New York. Paik's TV Bra for Living Sculpture (1969), which Moorman wore in performances, featured two television tubes...
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1990s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Offset, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Graphite, Lithograph

Seated Woman (Elizabeth)
Located in New York, NY
EX COLL.: the artist; to I. David Orr (1904–1997), Long Island, New York; to his estate, 1997 until the present Originally trained as a figurative painter, Kline was an exceptional ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper, Ink

"Frozen Lake" Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative abstract landscape by Martin Kallman (American, 1925-1992). This piece has large sections of light and shadow that overlap each other, as if c...
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1980s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Ink, Monotype

Neige (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Neige (Abstract painting) Collage, Gouache, acrylic and oil pastel on Arches paper — Unframed Marie de Lignerolles is an artist, designer, illust...
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2010s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Gouache

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Blue Rabbit
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolour, crayon & pencils on marouflaged paper with wooden panel & signed on reverse
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Wood Panel, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Pencil

1960s "Fruit Bowl in Mexico" Gouache & Oil Pastel Abstract Mid Century
Located in Arp, TX
Gloria Dudfield Mexican Fruit Bowl 1960s Oil Pastel and Gouache on Paper 36"x32" unframed $1600 *Custom framing available for additional charge. Please...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

Untitled 2003 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 2003 (Abstract Painting) Pastel, acrylic and pencil on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and ...
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2010s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Acrylic

"Liberation." Contemporary Figurative Watercolour
By T Welby
Located in Brecon, Powys
A dream landscape, this piece is ethereal and subtle. It would make a lovely addition to a bedroom or study. A figurative piece that's currently very on trend; the technique hints at...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil, Color Pencil

Rocio Rodriguez "25-Feb-13" Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper
Located in New York, NY
Rocio Rodriguez February 25, 2013, 2013 pastel, oil pastel and charcoal on paper 18 x 24 in. This original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted rec...
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2010s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel

Dancer
Located in New York, NY
Dancer Signed in pencil, l.c. Pastel on paper mounted to Glassine 14 x 10 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Summer, Iceland #5
Located in New York, NY
Jennifer Bartlett Summer, Iceland #5, 2000 Pastel on paper 30 x 44 1/4 inches (sheet) Unsigned
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Early 2000s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled
Located in Ottikon, CH
Provenienz: -Galerie Bruno Bischofberger, Zurich -Galerie Gmurzynska Zürich -Privatsammlung Schweiz
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Late 20th Century Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

Woman with Red Sash
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
An influential critic, writer and teacher, Philip Leslie Hale was an American Impressionist with an experimental, avant-garde approach to painting. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, the son of author Edward Everett Hale and the younger brother of artist Ellen Day Hale, Philip was raised in a lively intellectual atmosphere. He probably received his first artistic training from his paternal aunt Susan Hale, after which he entered the Boston Museum of Fine Arts School under Edmund Tarbell, an American Impressionist painter who greatly influenced Hale’s style. A year later in 1884, the young artist moved to New York City, where he enrolled at the Art Students League and studied under Kenyon Cox and J. Alden Weir. There, his fellow students included Theodore Butler and William Howard “Peggy” Hart. In 1887, Hale traveled to Paris with Theodore Butler and Susan Hale, where he furthered his artistic training at Ecole des Beaux-Arts and Académie Julian. During this first year, he studied with Jules-Joseph Lefebvre, Gustave Boulanger and Henri Lucien Doucet...
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1890s Abstract Impressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

BEFORE THE STORM 2 - Contemporary Nature Oil Pastel Painting, Warm Tones, Light
Located in Salzburg, AT
Janusz Kokot was born in Kalisz in 1960. He studied at the Pedagogical University in Częstochowa at the Art Institute. He practices painting and drawing. In the years 1988 - 2020 he ...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

"Study for TH" Diana Kurz, Mid-Century Push And Pull Abstract Expressionist Work
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Study for TH Pastel and gouache on paper 21 1/2 x 20 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is an Austrian-born feminist painter. In 1938, Diana Kurz's family fled Austria, first...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Dancing. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil

"Paride / Paris" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, greek mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. Paris of Tr...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel

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 Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Rainbow Field, Abstract Expressionist Pastel on Paper by Souleymane Keita
Located in Long Island City, NY
Souleymane Keita - Rainbow Field, Year: 1983, Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed and dated lower left, Size: 22.25 x 30 in. (56.52 x 76.2 cm), Descript...
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1980s Abstract Expressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Portrait of Nude Female Figure on Paper, Woman With Knees Up by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman With Knees Up" Pastel & Ink on Paper 24” x 18” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Ink

Abstract Landscape Mid 20th Century Work on Paper Hamptons, NY Drawing Pastel
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Landscape Mid 20th Century Work on Paper Hamptons, NY Drawing Pastel. Signed and dated '62 lower right. 9 x 12 inches (sight) and 15. 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches framed. BIO Robert Dash is known for his Hamptons paintings...
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1960s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled
Located in Miami, FL
Tomas Sanchez "Untitled" 1995 Pastel on paper 12 x 18 in Included a certificate of authenticity by the artist Tomás Sánchez paints imagined landscapes that fall into two radically d...
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1990s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Laid Paper

Study for "David and Goliath"
Located in New York, NY
Study for “David and Goliath” Crayon on paper 11.25 x 10 inches (28.6 x 25.4 cm) $2,800 This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon

Woman on a Patio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman on a Patio Pastel on paper, c. 1915 Unsigned Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr By decent to the artist's niece, daughter of Will...
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Asleep. Contemporary Mixed Media on paper
Located in Brecon, Powys
Angela brings vibrant immediacy to her figurative paintings. She uses a depth of colour and bright outlines of her figures to emphasize shape and contours. In all her works Angela gi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil

Untitled (Līnea Study), 2022
Located in Washington, DC
Original work on Arches paper by Mary Early. "The production, or “pouring,” of beeswax elements has become a meditative process that is integral to my art practice, serving as an observation of time, materials, and space. The raw beeswax I use has taken its form at the end of a long series of natural processes followed by a manufacturing process, and once it is in my hands, the studio becomes a factory. I apply my own methods of transforming the material by casting the beeswax into three-dimensional forms. Once I have fixed both a place and a time in the future for a potential installation, I begin to determine how the beeswax lines will take their aggregated shape in that space and, simultaneously, how many lines might be manufactured for that particular space in the amount of time available." Mary Early (born 1975, Washington, DC) lives and works in Washington, DC. She studied visual art, film, and video at Bennington College, and her work has been exhibited at the United States Botanic Garden, Washington Project for the Arts, the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Second Street Gallery (Charlottesville, VA), Hemphill Fine Arts (Washington DC,) the Austrian Cultural Forum (Washington DC), Galerie Im Ersten (Vienna, Austria), Kloster Schloss Salem (Salem, Germany), Kunstlerbund Tubingen (Tubingen, Germany), and the American University Museum (Washington DC) among other regional and national galleries. Her early work incorporated formed concrete, tarpaper and paraffin wax, fabricated wood structures, and, increasingly over the years, surfaces coated with wax as a method of preserving or concealing an object within. Recent works have relied solely on solid forms cast in wax, abandoning the use of any permanent armature. Temporary installations are guided by schematic drawings and plans, which then serve as a permanent record. In 2014 she exhibited her first large-scale installation of wax lines at Second Street Gallery in Charlottesville, VA, followed by temporary installations in response to various historical sites in Salem, Germany (2016) and Tubingen Germany (2017). In 2017 she participated in the exhibition “Twist-Layer-Pour” at the American University Museum, which included Untitled [Curve], an installation of thousands of beeswax lines assembled on the floor of the museum. In spring 2018 she was commissioned to create a temporary installation at the Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Sun Valley Idaho. This work took the form of two intersecting curtains of hanging beeswax lines bisecting a 12’ foot x 18’ foot room, providing an immersive and enclosed viewing space. Early’s work is included in the collections of the US Department of State/Embassy of Panama, Kimpton Hotels, and the District of Columbia Art Bank among other public and private collections. She is a recipient of the Artist Fellowship Grant from the DC Commission on Arts & Humanities, Washington DC (2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2011, 2009, 2007). Early is the director of HEMPHILL Fine Arts, Washington, DC, and serves on the boards of Hamiltonian Artists and Washington Sculptors Group. She handles the work of contemporary artists and artist estates, including the work of William Christenberry, Colby Caldwell, Hedieh Javanshir Ilchi, Linling Lu, Mingering Mike, Robin Rose, Renée Stout...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wax Crayon, Sumi Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite

Ballet Folklorico Festival, Pastel Drawing by Kamil Kubik
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ballet Folklorico Festival - San Antonio, TX by Kamil Kubik, Czech/American (1930–2011) Pastel on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 19.5 x 25.5 in. (49.53 x 64.77 cm)
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Drawing, Pastel, Ink And Colored Pencils. "The Unseen"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper. The base of this drawing is Fabriano paper of 120g /m2. I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the fir...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil

Composition - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1970 ca. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Included two original drawings in mixed on ivory-c...
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1980s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Ink, Watercolor

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...
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1970s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Abstract female in blues and yellow by Modern British 20th C artist, Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A really striking and original work by mid century Modern British artist, Ewart Johns (1923 - 2013). This eye-catching piece depicted in contrasting yellows and blues was executed i...
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20th Century Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Paper

Sir Eduardo Paolozzi industrial drawings, (2 drawings), 20th Century, Scottish
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Sir Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi CBE RA (Scottish, 1924 – 2005) Industrial abstract; and another similar Pencil, crayon and ink on paper 8 x 11.1/2 in. (20.3 x 29 cm.) (both)
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Ink, Pencil

"Lascaux" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist
Located in New York, NY
"Abstraction" Mid-20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Modernist James Daugherty (1887-1974) "Lascaux" 5 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches Pastel on paper Initialed lower left, titled lo...
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1960s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) Untitled 12 ¼ x 15 ¼ inches Initialed and dated February 21, 1966 lower ri...
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1960s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Woman Figure - Original Ink and Pastel on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Woman Figure" is an original erotic ink and colored pastels drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on white paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the XX Century. In excellent cond...
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20th Century Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Ink

Arietta series 2 (Abstract drawing)
Located in London, GB
Arietta series 2 (Abstract drawing) Charcoal ink and pastel on paper - Unframed. Margaret Neill works for a time on a group of pieces in a series, using classic almost primal mater...
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2010s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
"Untitled" Mid 20th Century American Abstract 1960s Color Field Abstraction James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) Untitled 9 x 16 inches Initialed lower right Dated November 1, 1966 lower ...
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1960s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

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...
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1970s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

One Peony, interior still life scene, green work on paper
Located in New York, NY
A’Court begins each painting with a broad, color plane—red, blue, pink or yellow—which acts as a table for the artist’s still life vocabulary. This practice allows her to contain the...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Pastel on paper, 1922 Signed with the artist's initials in pencil Provenance: Estate of the artist Francis M. Nauman (label) Private collection, NY A very early abstract/cubist work by Kelly. Created while the artist was studying with Arthur Carles in Philadelphia. Leon Kelly (October 21, 1901 – June 28, 1982) was an American artist born in Philadelphia, PA. He is most well known for his contributions to American Surrealism, but his work also encompassed styles such as Cubism, Social Realism, and Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited by the trends of his time. His large output of paintings is complemented by a prolific number of drawings that span his career of 50 years. Some of the collections where his work is represented are: The Metropolitan Museum in New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Boston Public Library. Biography Kelly was born in 1901 at home at 1533 Newkirk Street, Philadelphia, PA. He was the only child of Elizabeth (née Stevenson) and Pantaleon L. Kelly. The family resided in Philadelphia where Pantaleon and two of his cousins owned Kelly Brothers, a successful tailoring business. The prosperity of the firm enabled his father to purchase a 144-acre farm in Bucks County PA in 1902, which he named "Rural Retreat" It was here that Pantaleon took Leon to spend every weekend away from the pressures of business and from the disappointments in his failing marriage. Idyllic and peaceful memories of the farm stayed with Leon and embued his work with a love of nature that emerged later in the Lunar Series, in Return and Departure, and in the insect imagery of his Surrealist work. "If anything," he once said,"I am a Pantheist and see a spirit in everything, the grass, the rocks, everything." At thirteen, Leon left school and began private painting lessons with Albert Jean Adolphe, a teacher at the School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) in Philadelphia. He learned technique by copying the works of the old masters and visiting the Philadelphia Zoo, where he would draw animals. Drawings done in 1916 and 1917 of elephants, snakes and antelope, as well as copies of old master paintings by Holbein and Michelangelo, heralded an impressive emerging talent. In 1917, he studied sculpture with Alexander Portnoff but his studies came to an abrupt halt with the start of World War I. Being too young to enlist, he joined the Quartermaster Corp at the Army Depot in Philadelphia, where he served for more than a year loading ships with supplies and, along with other artists, working on drawings for camouflage. By 1920, the family's fortunes drastically changed. His father's business had failed due to the introduction of ready made clothing and his marriage, unhappy from the beginning, dissolved. Broken by circumstance Pantaleon left Philadelphia to begin a wandering existence looking for work leaving Leon to support his mother and grandmother. He found a job in 1920 at the Freihofer Baking Company where he worked nights for the next four years. Under these circumstances Leon continued to develop his skills in drawing and painting and learned of the revolutionary developments in art that were taking place in Paris. During the day he was granted permission to study anatomy at the Philadelphia School of Osteopathy where he dissected a cadaver and perfected his knowledge of the human figure. He also met and studied etching with Earl Horter, a well known illustrator, who had amassed a significant collection of modern art which included work by Brancusi, Matisse, and Cubist works by Picasso and Braque. Among the artists around Horter was Arthur Carles, a charismatic and controversial painter who taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Leon enrolled in the Academy in 1922, becoming what Carles described as, "his best student". In the next three years Leon work ranged from academic studies of plaster casts, to pointillism, to landscapes of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, as well as a series of pastels showing influences from Matisse to Picasso. Clearly influenced by Earl Horter's collection and Arthur Carles he mastered analytical cubism in works such as The Three Pears, 1923 and 1925 experimented with Purism in Moon Behind the Italian House. In 1925 Kelly was awarded a Cresson Scholarship and on June 14 he left for Europe. Paris The first trip to Europe lasted for approximately three and a half months and introduced Kelly to a culture and place where he felt he belonged. Though he returned to the Academy in the Fall, he left for Europe again a few months later to begin a four-year stay in Paris. He moved into an apartment at 19 rue Daguerre in Paris and began an existence intellectually rich but in creature comforts, very poor. "I kept a cinderblock over the drain in the kitchen sink to keep the rats out of the apartment" he once explained. He frequented the cafes making acquaintances with Henry Miller, James Joyce and the critic Félix Fénéon as well as others. His days were split between copying old master paintings in the Louvre and pursuing modernist ideas that were swirling through the work of all the artists around him. The Lake, 1926 and Interior of the Studio, 1927, now in the Newark Museum. Patrons during this time were the police official Leon Zamaran, a collector of Courbets, Lautrecs and others, who began collecting Kelly's work. Another was Alfred Barnes of the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia. In 1929 Kelly married a young French woman, Henriette D'Erfurth. She appears frequently in paintings and drawings done between 1928 and the early 1930s. Philadelphia The stock market crash of 1929 made it impossible to continue living in Paris and Kelly and Henriette returned to Philadelphia in 1930. He rented a studio on Thompson Street and began working and participating in shows in the city's galleries. Work from 1930 to 1940 showed continuing influences and experimentation with the themes and techniques acquired in Paris as well as a brief foray into Social Realism. The Little Gallery of Contemporary Art purchased the Absinthe Drinker...
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1920s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original Charcoal and oil pastel drawing realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition except for some foxings and consumed margins. The artwork is depicte...
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1970s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Tingel-tangel III - XXI Century, Mixed media drawing, Abstraction, Colorful
Located in Warsaw, PL
LESZEK RÓZGA (1924-2015) He studied painting at Maria Skarbek-Kruszewska private atelier in 1945-46. In 1948, he began studies at the art school in Łódź (later: Academy of Fine Arts)...
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2010s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Ink

The Boy at the Sea - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
The boy at the sea is an original drawing on pencil and pastel realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. In the foregroun...
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1980s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Pastel

Glance, female nude pastel painting direct gaze
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artists switch to working w...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper, Mixed Media

Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing 2, Original Contemporary Figurative Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Solfrid Dancing 2 Original Figurative Drawing Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Plea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

1980s "Olive Green and Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen "Olive Green and Black" 1980s 19.75"x12.5" Soft pastel and pencil on paper Initialed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Geometric Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Untitled
Located in Greenwich, CT
This Vicente has a color glow akin to a Mark Rothko. Vicente explored parallel ideas to Rothko and others of the abstract expressionist and color field era. The pastel gives this w...
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1980s Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Blue Hour (blue, floral, flowers, vessels, textured, pastel on paper)
Located in New York, NY
28.25 X 25.75 Inches framed This piece is featured in A’Court’’s 2024 solo exhibition at Susan Eley Fine Art titled, “Keeping Memories”. Artist Biography:...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Yellow Butterflies" - pastel drawing, nature, plants, still life, landscape
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 27.5 by 35 inches. Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealis...
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2010s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

late 20th century still life oil painting with flowers and fruit signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Grey Pitcher" is a pastel still life by American artist Warren Brandt created in 1986. Warren Brandt is known for his still-life paintings being especial...
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1980s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Smiling Boy - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Smiling boy is an original pastel drawing realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The boy is depicted with a delicate an...
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1980s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Pen

1980's Cubist "Yellow, Blue, Black" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen "Yellow,Blue, Black" 1980s 12.75"x10" period frame 17.75"x16.75 Soft pastel and pencil on paper Initialed in pencil lower right
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1980s Abstract Geometric Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Nudes Study - Pastel Drawing on Paper by Arnold Heldink - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes Study is an original modern artwork realized in the first years of the 20th Century by the artist Arnold Heldink (b. 1860-?). Original drawing on paper. Sigled in black char...
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Blue Profile - Original Colored Pastel - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Blue Profile is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the half of the 20 Century. Original Drawing on cardboard. Colored Pastels. Mint conditions. Excellent work depicting...
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1950s Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Jon Reading
Located in New York, NY
Jon Reading Color pastels on paper 25 x 18 inches (63.5 x 45.7 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

1960s "Storm at Sea" Gouache and Oil Pastel Abstract SF Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Storm at Sea 1960s Gouache and Oil Pastel on paper 35.75"x33.25 float mount black wood frame measures 38.5"x1.5"x36" Gloria (Fischer) Dudfield July 12, 1922 – May 27, 2015 Came from...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Gouache

untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned Authenticated verso by the artist's nephew, Andrew Lowe Provenance: Estate of the Artist
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Crayon Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

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