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Medium: Ink
Mission Impossible Original TV Guide Drawing Illustration Caricature Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
"Mission Impossible" Original TV Guide Drawing Illustration Caricature Mid Century NYC with Greg Morris, Barbara Bain, and Steve Hill. This original drawing...
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1960s American Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Board

Woman and Dog - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman and Dog is an original drawing in Original Ink and Watercolor, realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. The status of preservation Good. The artwork i...
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1970s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

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 Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Ink

"#159 – SLEEP", ink, pencil, gouache, vintage book page, hemingway, poetry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#159 – SLEEP" is from Amy Williams' series "A Farewell to Arms" – wherein the artist works directly onto page 159 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway's WWII romance novel. The artis...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Oscar Winning 1958 film The Defiant Ones Caricature
Located in New York, NY
"The Defiant Ones" Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Oscar Winning 1958 film Caricature. Two escaped convicts chained together, one white and one black, must l...
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1950s Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Board

Moroccan Female Players - Original Ink by Helen Vogt - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Moroccan female players is an original blue china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt, in 1930. The state of preservation is very good. Not signed. Sta...
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1930s Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

FAUNE MUSICIEN . Edouard DERMIT collection
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau from Edouard DERMIT collection . signed and dated 1957 . framed .
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink

JOSEPHINE BAKER .Original drawing by JEAN COCTEAU . ART DECO .
Located in CANNES, FR
double portrait de Joséphine Baker by Jean Cocteau . Ink on paper . executed in 1925-1927. 27x21cm . Framed : 45x38cm . The authenticity of the work has been confirmed by Annie Gued...
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1920s Art Deco Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Scandal in the Background, London Landscape, Illustrative Contemporary Cityscape
Located in Deddington, GB
Inspiration and process: Laura takes her inspiration from visiting cities and captures her ideas initially through photography. As well as photographing for research Laura will spend a large amount of time people watching and trying to understand how the people of the city function and move about their daily lives. She divides her attention between the physical spaces colour and shape of a city and the cultural economical and social behaviour of a city, eventually being able to combine the different elements and making visual connections. Once back in the studio she will then create lots of small...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Paris with Apples Neo Mythology by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Paris with Apples" The original legend says Paris, prince of Troy had one golden apple, and had to choose between 3 goddesses. Modern Paris has more than one apple, and he is depi...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Tempera

Underworld
Located in San Francisco, CA
Paula Valenzuela Underworld, 2025 Alcohol ink and watercolor ink on Yupo paper 14 x 11 inches This one-of-a-kind work on paper comes unframed. External, visible frame and glass in s...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

By the Fireside
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Edouard Bernard DEBAT-PONSAN (Toulouse 1847 – 1913 Paris) By the Fireside Ink, wash, and gouache on paper 15 3/8 x 15 3/4 in 39 x 40 cm Monogrammed lower right “DP” Provenance Private collection, France This work is a preparatory study related to the artist’s painting Before the Ball...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

Factory XII: modernist urban architectural collage on monoprint in red, unframed
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is one-of-a-kind, unframed colored pencil & collage on archival pigment print. See image gallery for example of framing possibilities. These pieces work particularly well as a s...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

Anonymous Self Portrait LIV
Located in New York, NY
Ink, graphite, and oil paint on double-sided frosted Mylar film mounted to board Signed and dated on label, verso This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Cub...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mylar, Oil, Board, Graphite, Ink

Marcel GROMAIRE (1892-1971), female nude
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Gromaire (1892 – 1971) was a French painter. He painted many works on social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an ...
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1950s French School Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Como. The mountain on the lake - Original Ink and Watercolor - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Como. The mountain on the lake is an original artwork realized in the half of 20th century by Anonymous artist. Mixed color watercolor depicting a beautiful landscape. Included an ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration
Located in Soquel, CA
Pigs on a Trolley - Vintage Picture Book Two-Page Spread Illustration A two-page spread in India ink pen and watercolor by Irene Pattinson (Ameri...
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1950s American Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Pink Song of Freedom - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Pink Song of Freedom is a Drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper. Hand-sign...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

Figures in The Frame - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in The Frame is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16,...
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1960s Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Oxford all night party 1983 after a picture by Dafydd Jones, Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him. The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Gouache, Paper

Studio 54 - Code Blue - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting of an Octopus
Located in Chicago, IL
A small octopus is inked in the Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making. Using sumi ink to "print" the octopus, the artist then embellishes it with colored pencil to convey an extra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

French 19th century Pen and Ink River landscape with boat from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century River landscape with boat sketch, in pen and ink and sepia color. Emile Cagniart was born in Paris wh...
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1890s Impressionist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

"#70 – I AM TIRED", ink, pencil, gouache, collage, vintage, hemingway, poetry
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#70 – I AM TIRED" is from Amy Williams' series "A Farewell to Arms" – wherein the artist works directly onto page 70 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway'...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil

Signed original ink drawing 'Hinge' by British artist Richard Wentworth
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Richard Wentworth (British, b. 1947) Hinge From the colouring book project Signed, dated and description (on reverse), Ink on paper 11.1/4 x 8 in. (28.5 x 20.3 cm) Richard Wentwort...
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20th Century Pop Art Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Design for Modernist Brutalist Institute I mid-century architectural drawing
Located in London, GB
To see our other Architectural Drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller"; you can also search for other drawings by this artist. V A Hards...
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1950s Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Pen

Woman with Blossoms, America Martin_Ink on Paper_Figurative/Portrait/Floral
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman with Blossoms" Ink on Paper 33.75” x 31” Framed AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America ...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

2013.14 - XXI century, Black and white minimalistic drawing, Abstraction
Located in Warsaw, PL
Work on paper, by Łukasz Blikle
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2010s Other Art Style Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Untitled (P95.93) White Brown abstract
Located in Greenwich, CT
From his most desirable period, this restrained in color palette Fonseca is for a collector and room where sophistication is key. Long held that his works on heavy paper are the mos...
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1990s Abstract Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

Travelers - Original Drawing by Charles Joseph Traviès - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Travelers is an Original ink, pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Joseph Traviès (1804-1859). The little artwork represents two poor men in the street. Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm). Hand-signed and notes by the artist on the lower margin. Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, also known simply as Traviès, (21 February 1804 – 13 August 1859) was a Swiss-born French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist whose work appeared regularly in Le Charivari...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Color pencil, ink pen and Chinese ink on wooden panel
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2010s Abstract Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Wood Panel, Color Pencil

Tayo Heuser, Nomad, 2013, Ink on handburnished paper, Abstraction, Meditative
Located in Darien, CT
By developing a geometry between line and the spaces in between in their work, the abstract paintings of Tayo Heuser create a point of departure for the mind into a spiritual consci...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Handmade Paper, Pigment

Man and Woman with Lamp
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz (1893-1959) Title: Man and Woman with Lamp Year: circa 1940 Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper, signed l.r. Paper Size: 23.5 in. x 18 in. (59.69 cm x 45.72 cm) Frame ...
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1940s Expressionist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

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 Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Ink, Watercolor

Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTÉ, Art Deco theatre set designs, signed
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Romain de Tirtoff, called ERTÉ (French/Russian, 1892-1990) Plus ca change – Plus c`est la meme chose, Décor; and Rideau du Coeur Ink pen Signed with studio stamp (lower right) 5 x 7 ...
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20th Century Art Deco Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Seated Nude Figure
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower left): FK [in monogram] 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 fig...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Amos Green, Near Ingleton, Yorkshire
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This fine early 19th-century watercolour by British artist Amos Green (1735-1807) depicts an asperous gorge near Ingleton in Yorkshire. On either side of a shallow river, trees clin...
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Early 1800s English School Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Paper

Study for “David and Goliath”
Located in New York, NY
Study for “David and Goliath” Graphite and black ink on paper 8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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1960s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Graphite

Nosferatu The Vampire - Drawing by Enrico Josef Cucchi - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Nosferatu The Vampire is an original China ink drawing realized by the Italian artist Enrico Josef Cucchi in 2019. Hand-signed and dated on the lower r...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Flowers in a Pot, 1947 - Still Life Watercolour Painting, with Fruit and Flowers
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Rowland Suddaby was a painter and illustrator, mainly of landscapes. Suddaby was born in Kimberworth, Yorkshire, and studied at Sheffield College of Art from 1926, winning a scholars...
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Mid-20th Century Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Lines 5 - abstract geometric black ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract black and white and colorful drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper ar...
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2010s Abstract Geometric Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Street - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Street is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a white paper. No signature, dated on the lower right corner. Reynold ...
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1970s Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Child Portrait - Original Drawing by Lucien Coutaud - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Child Portrait is an Original drawing in China Ink realized by Lucien Coutaud in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions. The delicate and dynamic strokes created in a ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Watercolor Painting American Modern Painting Bridge Harbor Female Artist 1950
Located in Buffalo, NY
Dorothy Rivo Untitled (Bridge Tower), c. 1960s–70s Acrylic on paper, floated in a mat Framed dimensions: 30 in. H × 24 in. W Contemporary walnut or black wood frame with white archiv...
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1940s American Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Acrylic

Edward Bawden drawing 'White Collar Worker Cat' pen and ink Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
From a series of Bawden Cat illustrations we have listed. To see the others and our other Modern British Art, scroll down to "More from this Seller" a...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pen

A Moment of Reflection
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
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20th Century Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink

Factory IX: modernist urban architectural collage on monoprint in red, framed
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This framed work is one-of-a-kind colored pencil & collage on archival pigment print. The work itself is 20" x 16", and it is framed to 26" x 20" in a contemporary, simple white wood...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Monoprint, Monotype, Handmade Paper

Wolf Moon
Located in Chicago, IL
Born in Hollywood and raised in the urban sprawls of Los Angeles, Julio’s artistic aesthetic was shaped early on by the platinum light and expansive concrete horizons of southern Cal...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Rag Paper, Ink

Portrait, Original Painting, Ink on Paper, Black and White
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Mkrtich Sarkisyan (Mcho) Work: Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Ink on Paper Year: 2023 Style: Abstract Figurative Subject: Porrtrait, Size: 12" x...
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2010s Impressionist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Peruvian Lily - Botanical Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant watercolor, pen and ink floral study of Peruvian lilies, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.194...
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1980s American Realist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

French 19th century Pen and Ink landscapes from a sketch folder
Located in Woodbury, CT
Interesting and well-drawn French late 19th-century landscape sketch in pen and ink . Emile Cagniart was born in Paris where he would remain for his sixty years. Like many young asp...
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1890s Impressionist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

1950s "Lounge" Mid Century Figurative Ink Drawing NYC Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Lounge" c. 1950s Ink on paper 14" x 16.5" unframed Unsigned Came from artist estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League Pratt Graphic Arts Center University of Paris 1953-54 University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55 Faculty: Art Department of the New School Museum of Modern Art School of Visual Arts Stacy Studio Workshop Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns George Wittenborn The New School Print Exhibitions, Chicago University of Oklahoma Honolulu Museum Monclair Museum Wisconsin State College Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Dorothy Dehner, (Poster Design), mid-century, for Willard Gallery
Located in New York, NY
This (Poster Design) was made for the exhibition 'Dorothy Dehner, Sculptures and Watercolors,' at the Willard Gallery, May 7 through 31, 1957. It's a perfect mid-century American i...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Ma questa volta… aspetto (But This Time I'll be waiting) - Drawing- 2017
Located in Roma, IT
Ma questa volta… aspetto (But This Time I'll be Waiting) is a beautiful artwork realized by Maurizio Gracceva in the 2017. Mixed colored ink on paper. Hand signed by the artist. T...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Factory X: modernist urban architectural collage on monoprint in red, framed
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This framed work is one-of-a-kind colored pencil & collage on archival pigment print. The work itself is 20" x 16", and it is framed to 26" x 20" in a contemporary, simple white wood...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

Walpurgis Nacht - Drawing by A. Kubin - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Walpurgis Nacht is a drawing with pen and Indian ink on paper, realized by Alfred Kubin in 1920, Hand-signed. Provenance Zevi Collection Milan. Included a frame. In very good co...
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1920s Symbolist Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Pen

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), A trophy of arms, original signed Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) A trophy of arms 11.5 x 20 cm Pen and ink with heightenings of white gouache on paper Signed and dated 1885 lower right and annotated "Armée française...
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1880s Academic Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in china ink . Good conditions except for...
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1970s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Cuban Artist - Caricature of Adolphe Menjou Debonair Devil
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Cuban Artist/Caricaturist Conrado Walter Massaguer presents Hollywood star Adolphe Menjou in a satirical dual portrait. In the foreground, the subject is seen in a dapper top hat, tux, fashionable cigarette and boutonnière, and is shown as being the epitome of being stylishly debonair. To make a larger point about this subject, Massaguer paints a cast shadow of Menjou as a burning red devil who studies his alter ego from above. Keeping with the artist's sarcasm, we see the good and bad in one image. Works by Massaguer are rare and this work is in keeping with his signature style. This work was most likely done on assignment for Life Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker or Vanity Fair. Signed upper right. Inscribe lower right. Titled on verso. Unframed, Slight bend to board; toning to board; scattered faint foxing; pin point abrasions to margins, not affecting image. 19-1/2 x 15-1/8 inches board size. Conrado Walter Massaguer y Diaz was a Cuban artist, political satirist, and magazine publisher. He is considered a student of the Art Nouveau. He was the first caricaturist in the world to broadcast his art on television.He was first caricaturist to exhibit on Fifth Avenue. He was the first caricaturist in the world to exhibit his caricatures on wood. He, and his brother Oscar, were the first magazine publishers in the world to use photolithographic printing. Self portrait of Conrado Walter Massaguer, depicted on a carrousel ride, with the devil over his left shoulder and an angel over his right. (1945) He created the magazine Social with his brother Oscar to showcase Cuban artistic talent. The duo later created the magazine Carteles, which became for a period the most popular magazine in Cuba, which was purchased by Miguel Ángel Quevedo in 1953. In his life, he met and drew caricatures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, the King of Spain, and many others.[ In sum total, he was the author of more than 28 thousand caricatures and drawings.Ernest Hemingway once had to refrain himself from punching Massaguer in the face after the artist drew an unflattering caricature of him. The dictator Gerardo Machado, however, did not punch Massaguer for his own unflattering caricature - he had the artist deported. He was one of the most internationally renowned Cuban artists of his day, and his art is still regularly featured in galleries across the Western Hemisphere and Europe. Early life Massaguer was born on October 18, 1889, in Cárdenas, Cuba.[In 1892, his family moved to Havana. When the Cuban War of Independence broke out, Massaguer's family escaped the country. From 1896 to 1908, he lived in Mérida, Mexico. However, during this time, his parents enrolled him in the New York Military Academy, where he stayed during school years. In 1905, after graduating the military academy, he briefly attended the San Fernando school in Havana, where he was tutored by Ricardo de la Torriente and Leopoldo Romañach. In 1906, less than a year later, he returned to the family home in Mexico. Career as artist Early career While living in Yucatán, Mexico, Massaguer published his first caricatures in local newspapers and magazines. These included La Campana, La Arcadia, and the Diario Yucateco. In 1908, he moved back to Havana. After returning to the island in 1908, Massaguer began mingling with Havana's aristocratic circles, forming close friendships with some of the city's most powerful and influential men, as well as winning the favor of many women who were quickly charmed by him. Massaguer, largely self-taught, honed his style using the avant-garde techniques he studied from the European and American magazines that were widely available in Cuba at the time. Cover of the immensely popular Cuban magazine El Figaro, drawn by Massaguer in 1909. This cover depicts two bumbling, incompetent American tourists to the island. He started drawing for El Fígaro, and was featured prominently on the cover in 1909. After two years of refining his craft, Havana announced a poster contest aimed at attracting North American tourists to stay in the city during the winter months. Notable figures like Leopoldo Romañach, Armando Menocal, Rodríguez Morey, Jaime Valls, and others also entered the competition. The jury was particularly impressed by the modern execution and creative solution of one piece, signed by Massaguer, who was relatively unknown at the time. The jury deliberations caused a great controversy.[5] The prize was ultimately awarded to the Galician painter Mariano Miguel, who had recently married the daughter of Nicolás Rivero, the wealthy owner of the conservative newspaper Diario de la Marina. Although Massaguer received only an honorable mention, the fraud scandal caused such an uproar that his name quickly entered the public spotlight, and he became an overnight sensation. In 1910, he became co-owner of the advertising agency Mercurio, with Laureano Rodríguez Castells. At Mercurio, he led the Susini cigar campaign, and earned substantial wealth. Massaguer has been described as a restless man, in both mind and body.After earning enough money from his art to begin traveling, he was almost always doing so. He constantly traveled between New York City and Havana, Mexico and France, Europe and the Americas. In 1911, his reputation among the Havana socialites solidified when he organized his own first public caricature exhibit, and also the first Caricature Salon ever held in the Americas, hosted at Athenaeum of Havana (the Ateneo), and the Círculo de La Habana. Other exhibitors here included Maribona, Riverón, Portell Vilá, Valer, Botet, Barsó, García Cabrera, Carlos Fernández, Rafael Blanco, and Hamilton de Grau. "Messaguer Visits Broadway." Caricatures of theatrical and literary figures. Elsie Janis, Raymond Hitchcock, S. Jay Kaufman (columnist), Ibanez, author of The Four Horsemen, and Frances White In 1912, in the New York American Journal, he published his first Broadway drawings. From 1913 to 1918, he was an editor for Gráfico. Social Main article: Social (magazine) Cover of the magazine Social, July 7, 1923 In 1916, he created the magazine Social with his brother, Oscar H. Massaguer. Social's contributors included Guillén Carpentier, Chacón y Calvo, Enrique José Varona and others.Social has been described as Massaguer's great love in the magazine industry, and was the property that historians say he cared the most about. Social was an innovative magazine, being the first magazine in the world to use a modern printing process called photolithographic printing. Social set cultural trends, not only in the fashion of Cuba, but in art, politics, and Cuban identity.[11] Social catered to a certain aesthetic in Cuba - that of the sophisticated elite socialite - but Massaguer would also use this magazine to ridicule and jibe against that same class of society when he found their personalities worthy of his contempt. In Social, readers could find a variety of content, including short stories, avant-garde poetry, art reviews, philosophical essays, and serialized novels, as well as articles on interior design, haute couture, and fashion. Occasionally, the magazine also featured reports on sports such as motor racing, rowing, tennis, and horse riding.The cultural promotion efforts of both Massaguer and Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring are evident in the magazine. Notably, this period overlaps with their involvement in the Minorista Group, which was then at the forefront of the country's intellectual life.[5] Many contributors were devoted members of the group, leading some experts to consider Social as the cultural voice of the Minoristas. One of the features of Social magazine was its section called "Massa Girls," which was a play on his own name, and pronounced with a glottal 'g' in a similar fashion to the letter in Massaguer.[12] Massaguer drew women as independent and free-thinking, and never drew the woman celebrity as a caricature of herself, but as a free agent surrounded by caricatures.[11] However, Massaguer himself has been described as a womanizer in his personal life, and hesitant to fully embrace every facet of women's liberation. In 1916, he also established la Unión de Artes Gráficas and the advertising agency Kesevén Anuncios.[9] The art critic Bernardo González Barroa wrote: “Massaguer has solved the problem of working hard, living comfortably off what his art produces and not missing any artistic, sporting or social event. His broad, childish laugh, of a carefree individual who carries his luck hidden in a pocket, appears everywhere for the moment, disguising the pranks of pupils that lurk, mock and, finally, flash with satisfaction at finding the characteristic point after having analyzed a soul... Massaguer's personality is beginning to solidify now. He has been the best-known and most popular caricaturist for a long time, but his technique had not reached the security, the mastery of values that he presents in his latest works, which is very natural and explainable”[5] Carteles Main article: Carteles Cover of the magazine Carteles, November 29, 1931 In 1919, Massaguer and his brother created the magazine Carteles.[9] Carteles gained the widest circulation of any magazine in Latin America, and the most popular magazine in Cuba for a time, until that title was claimed by Revista Bohemia. Carteles remained in print until July 1960.This magazine showcased Cuban commerce, art, sports, and social life before the revolution. In 1924, Carteles took a more political turn, with articles criticizing Gerardo Machado's government. it became a prime example of the humor and graphic design employed by artists like Horacio Rodríguez Suria and Andrés García...
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1930s Art Nouveau Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Illustration Board

"Perfil" 1994 Original Signed Watercolor Acrylic Work on Paper 15x22in Profile
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949) 'Perfil', 1994 watercolor, acrylic, ink on paper Velin Arches 300 g. 15 x 22.1 in. (38 x 56 cm.) ID: 1D199409 Hand-signed by author __________________...
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1990s Contemporary Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Acrylic, Charcoal, Watercolor

Il Kaiser - Original Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Il Kaiser is an original drawing in China ink, watercolor and white lead on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions. This artwotk presents ...
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1910s Modern Ink Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

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