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Medium: Pastel
"Under the Magnolia" - pastel drawing, nature, figurative, surreal, dream, dark
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 53.5 by 39 inches.
Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Carol Diehl, Adriana, 2011, powder pastel on Masonite, 9 x 12 inches, Abstract
By Carol Diehl
Located in Darien, CT
ODETTA is pleased to present works by Carol Diehl as our Flat File Feature Artist.
Opening each drawer in the cabinet presents one in a series of pastel drawings that the artist beg...
Category
2010s Suprematist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
Torrent, Drawing, Pastels on Pastel Sandpaper
Located in Yardley, PA
Torrent was inspired by a visit to Bond Falls in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. :: Drawing :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing III Pink, Blue
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing III"
1990's
Pastel, pencil on paper affixed to mat board
Site measures 1.75"x1.75" silver wood frame 8.5"x8.5"
Unsigned came from arti...
Category
1990s Abstract Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board, Pencil
Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing IV Bill Shields Pink, Green, Blue
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing III"
1990's
Pastel, pencil on paper affixed to mat board
Site measures 2.75"x2.5" silver wood frame 9.5"x9"
Unsigned came from artist'...
Category
1990s Abstract Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Board, Pencil
Silhouettes. May, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Elena Done
Located in Yardley, PA
Silhouettes You can access artist’s inspiration from the celebrations, dance events, ferias, festivals taking place in AndalucÃ
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Dream Catchers, Original Signed Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting
By Dina Gardner
Located in Boston, MA
Dream Catchers, Original Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Painting, 2020
8" x 8" (HxW) Pastel on Paper
Hand-signed by the artist.
An impressionist, almost abstract, landscape pa...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Fourteen, 20x16", pastel, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Fourteen by Lu Haskew
Pastel 20x16" image size
30x26" framed
Vintage Portrait of a young person. This painting has been in the artist's family collection since Lu painted it in the 1...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Progression 1A - Drawing by David Euler - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and pastel drawing realized in 2022.
Here, in the background two head profiles are facing each other in sepia outline on a blue, gray, and yellow abstract surface. In the f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Cardinal - Drawing by Giovanni Boffa - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Cardinal is an original artwork realized by Giovanni Boffa in 1980s.
Mixed colored drawing on paper.
Includes wooden frame: 55 x 2 x 44 cm
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Category
1980s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
$530 Sale Price
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Colored figures - Drawing by C. Bissattini - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Colored figures is an original contemporary artwork realized by Claudio Bissattini in the 1970s.
Mixed colored pastel drawing.
Includes frame: 37 ...
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Secret Garden, White Lilies, colorful pastel painting on toned paper
By Janet Morgan
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on black paper.
Ms. Morgan says:
During 2020 we discovered a small garden next to a church in our neighborhood in Brooklyn that was well taken care of and always open. We brought our ground...
Category
2010s Expressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Greenhouse Effect" interior scene with plants female figure surreal undertones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
unframed soft pastel on toned paper signed and dated on bottom.
mythological theme with humorous undertones
references ecology
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Writer - Original Pencil Drawing by André MeauxSaint-Marc - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Writer Behind The Table is an original drawing in pencil and pastel realized by André Meaux Saint-Marc (1885-1941) in the early 20th Century.
Included a Passepartout: 30 x 20 cm
G...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
1981 "Orange and Blue" Soft Pastel Abstract Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
D. Tongen
"Orange and Blue"
1980s
11.75"x9.75"
Soft pastel and pencil on paper
Initialed and dated in pencil lower right
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Contemporary pastel colorful landscape trees grass forest scene signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Humming of Cicadas at Chenequa" is an original pastel drawing on Canson paper by Peggy Leonard. The artist signed the piece lower left. This piece depicts a view into dense vegetation, likely the edge of a forest, in green, orange, yellow, and blue.
19 1/2" x 25 1/2" art
26" x 32" frame
Peggy Leonard received her BFA in painting and drawing and an associate’s degree in nursing from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. She is both a registered nurse, and accomplished artist, residing in Milwaukee, WI.
From the artist:
“These paintings are my prayers,” muses Leonard, reflecting on her driving need to express herself through her art. “We are made of the stuff that requires us to respond with our hearts and hands. Often, it requires terrible sacrifice and suffering, something not everyone can understand. But it is done with reverence of life, not irreverence.”
Leonard’s pastels and oil paintings capture her reverence of life and reflect her own life’s journey, including earlier forays into the wilderness. Her venture into art began in early childhood, as childless neighbors nurtured her natural ability to draw; concurrently, Leonard’s parents instilled a respect for academic excellence and the higher order of nurturing others.
As a young nurse, Leonard “heard and saw poignant messages to travel while one was young and free…while one had one’s health.” Consequently, she took to the open road and public lands, camping across America for months at a time. During these years, her “celebration of the natural splendor of this country” helped shape her sense of artistic expression. She was moved by such sights as the sunset on St. Mary’s Lake...
Category
1990s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
erotica al fresco, narrative architectural fantasy w female nudes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paperABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive wi...
Category
2010s Surrealist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
E. L. - English School 1901 Pastel, Lady with The Heart Shaped Locket
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Edwardian portrait depicting a lady in lace with a heart shaped pendant. Signed 'E.L.' and dated to the upper right quadrant. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
Early 20th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$361 Sale Price
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Portrait - Original Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized in France by Hermann-Paul (1879 - 1969).
Original Pencil Drawing and Pastel.
Good condition on a grey paper.
Monogrammed by the art...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Landscape in Lagny - Original Drawing by Paul Alouard-Carny - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Lagny is an Original Pastel and Watercolour realized by Paul Alouard-Carny (1884-1961) in 1936.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lo...
Category
1910s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Wolf Lake A-18, " Pastel Landscape signed by Jan Richardson-Baughman
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Wolf Lake A-18" by Janet Richardson-Baughman is a pastel drawing on paper. It is signed in the lower right corner and titled in the lower left, both in pencil. The piece is framed a...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled (Jazz Scene) - Charlie Mackesy, Original Pastel, Musician, Instruments
Located in Knowle Lane, Cranleigh
Untitled (Jazz Scene) is an original Charcoal & pastel drawing on paper by British artist Charlie Mackesy. Mackesy's clever work and style here give us a glimpse into this intimate &...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Georgian Contemporary Art by Shota Imerlishvili - Shark
Located in Paris, IDF
Pastel, markers on paper.
Shota Imerlishvili is a Georgian artist born in 1991 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. He is graduated from the Ge...
Category
2010s Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Permanent Marker
$1,760 Sale Price
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I Dreamed a Strong Wind - Mixed Media Drawing by KEZIAT - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
I Dreamed a Strong Wind is a beautiful painting realized by the Italian artist KEZIAT in 2020.
Ink, pastel and watercolor on canvas. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right.
P...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor
1990s Mixed Media "Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing II"
Located in Arp, TX
Bill Shields
"Micro Biomorphic Abstract Drawing II"
1990's
Pastel, pencil charcoal on illustration board
Site measures 3.5"x2.5" silver wood frame 10.5"x10.5"
Unsigned came from arti...
Category
1990s Abstract Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Illustration Board, Pencil
German Expressionist Bakers, colorful painting with food cakes
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imagina...
Category
2010s Expressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Untitled #1
By Jerry Opper
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled #1" c.1970 is a colors pastel and crayon on thick paper by American artist Jerry Opper, 1924-2014. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower right corner by the artist. The image size is 23 x 18 inches, sheet size is 24 x 19 inches. It is in excellent condition, there are pastel marks on the margin all around the artwork and also on the back, see picture #1.
About the artist:
Jerry Opper was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 5, 1924. He moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1933. After graduating from Hollywood High School, he worked in movie studios and attended art classes at Chouinard Art Institute. In May 1942, Opper was drafted into the army and was then able to study at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center while his outfit was stationed in Colorado. Later he was sent to Guam and was discharged in December 1945.
Opper returned to Chouinard and his work in movie studios until 1947, when he moved to San Francisco. He enrolled as a full-time student at the California School of Fine Arts (now SFAI) and received his diploma in June of 1950. In 1948, Opper met his wife Gertrud Ruth Friedmann, daughter of artist Gustav Friedmann, whose works are also in the Lost Art Salon collection. It was love at first sight and a few weeks after their first encounter at the Black Cat in San Francisco's North Beach, they got married and enjoyed a passionate, life-long romance.
Shortly after he finished school, Opper worked briefly as a decorator’s assistant and then started his career as a commercial artist, working for several firms such as Fibreboard, Beatrix Food and Precision. Working full-time and dedicating himself to having a rich family life occupied most of Opper's time, but he continued to be creative. He was above all a family man with the pride of having raised two exceptional daughters, Erika and Jody. Year after year, Opper would painstakingly craft their Halloween costumes...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"El Sayyad" Pastel on Paper Painting 12" x 8" inch by Inji Efflatoun
circa 1960
Signed
Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the exhibitio...
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20th Century Post-War Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
The Men on The Bridge - Pencil Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Men on The Bridge is a Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century.
Drawing in China ink and pastel.
The artwork is represented through deft...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Silent Fragrance female bust sculpture assorted chrysanthemum flower bouquet.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive with boundless imaginat...
Category
2010s Post-Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
The Execution - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Execution is an Original Drawing in pastel and pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower.
Good con...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Magnet Drawing #4
By Edda Renouf
Located in New York, NY
Edda Renouf
Magnet Drawing #4, 1980
Pastel, chalk on paper
34 x 28 inches (sheet)
36 5/8 x 30 1/2 inches (frame)
Signed and dated recto
Category
1980s Abstract Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Pastel
Golden Night - 08-03-21, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
All Things Round? This pastel drawing Golden Night - 08-02-21 is based on a previous graphite pencil drawing Roundism 10-08-20. What I do is to browse through my collection of drawi...
Category
2010s Cubist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Silhouettes. Grace, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Elena Done
Located in Yardley, PA
You can access artist’s inspiration from the celebrations, dance events, ferias, festivals taking place in AndalucÃ
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
American Contemporary Art by Elena Borstein - Red Step
Located in Paris, IDF
Pastel on paper
Elena Borstein currently lives and works in New York City and the Adirondack Mountains. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, She received her B.S. Degree from Skidmore Col...
Category
1990s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Paper
$4,800 Sale Price
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Old Lady - Drawing by P. G. Jeanniot - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Old Lady is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934).
Hand-Signed by the artist on the lower left corner.
Good condition included a white cardboa...
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Late 19th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
Jane Lampard - Framed Contemporary Pastel, The Blue Chair
Located in Corsham, GB
Jane Lampard - original contemporary pastel with gouache. Signed to the lower left. Presented in a beautiful light wood frame with custom mount. Titled to...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$412 Sale Price
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Dutch School Early 19th Century Pastel - Portrait of a Lady in Pink
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate pastel portrait depicting a member of the Danken Family. Inscribed to the reverse in Western Frisian. Unsigned. On velum.
Category
Early 19th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$320 Sale Price
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Harry Riley RI - Framed Mid 20th Century Pastel, A Farm near Bandol
Located in Corsham, GB
An original mid-century drawing by the well-listed British artist Harry Riley RI. The composition has been signed to the lower left. Well-presented in a decorative wooden frame with ...
Category
20th Century Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$268 Sale Price
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Silhouettes. Tarifa 1, Drawing, Pastels on Paper
By Elena Done
Located in Yardley, PA
You can access artist’s inspiration from the celebrations, dance events, ferias, festivals taking place in AndalucÃ
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Artist's Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Artist's Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Bright yellow and ochre make up this self-portrait in chalk pastels by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century).
Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Mat size: 30"H x 24"W
Paper size: 24"H x 18"W
Presented in a new soft peachy cream mat with foam core backing.
Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century) is a San Francisco...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Landscape drawing
Located in New York, US
A natural landscape painting is beautiful because it connects us to the innate tranquility and majesty of the natural world. The harmonious colors, such as the greens of forests, the...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Board
OCEAN MYSTERY , lyrical, imaginative, dark, dreamy, undersea, nautical
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel drawing on black paper , dark, colorful, playful, mysterious life beneath the sea
Nature, Corals, sea anemones, magical abstract creatures, glow, undersea design, aquarium...
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21st Century and Contemporary Other Art Style Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Portrait - Original Drawing by Jeanne de Jesse - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Jeanne de Jesse in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
The artwork repres...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Contemporary colorful Pastel Groomed Garden Landscape flowers trees sky signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Garden of ZM 16" is an original pastel drawing on paper by Victoria Ryan. It depicts a balcony garden with marble columns and a variety of flowers overlooking an idyllic landscape. ...
Category
1990s Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Interior Scene with Potted Plant
Located in Astoria, NY
Jozsef Rippl-Ronai (Hungarian, 1861-1927), Interior Scene with Potted Plant, Pastel on Paper, signed lower center, Herbert Feist carved giltwood frame. Image: 9.25" H x 13" W; frame:...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Clairobscur - 06-10-20, Drawing, Pastels on Pastel Sandpaper
By Corne Akkers
Located in Yardley, PA
Clairobscur - 06-10-20 Clairobscur In 2013 I started this clairobscur lit nude and tucked it in one of pastel maps, only to forget about it for years and years. I remembered I was not quite satisfied by the color saturation and the color scheme itself. It leaned too much on the red and purple side. Besides that, the proportions were slightly off. Mishaps If you become curious right now, I have a whole bag of mishaps loitering about. It is one of the long and winding roads an artist has to take, especially when frantically looking for a style to call my own. In the meantime this kind of impressionism in hatched strokes I did a lot but once in a while it is fun to take it up once again. In fact posting 'Pastel Study 04 (2013)' reminded me to finish this one. Second Chance Sometimes you have to give a pastel a second chance or in other worlds...
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2010s Impressionist Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Donna Sdraiata Fondo Blu - Pastel by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2010
Located in Roma, IT
Donna Sdraiata Fondo Blu is an original drawing realized by the Itaian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2010.
The drawing is a unique piece pa...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Due Donne - Pastel by Aurelio Bulzatti - 2019
Located in Roma, IT
Due Donne is an original pastel drawing realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2019.
Unique authentic piece, hand-drawn and h...
Category
2010s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Bird - Original Print by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original drawing in pencil realized by Leo Guida in the 20th Century.
Good conditions except for some foxings.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-b...
Category
1970s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Life in the Village - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Life in The Village is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted thr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor, Ink
Doves - Original Pastel by Eugène Juillerat - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Doves is an original colored pastel realized by Eugène Juillerat (1856-1925) in 1920.
Good condition mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (49x34 ...
Category
1920s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$425 Sale Price
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Monkey - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Monkey is an original drawing in pastels and ink realized by Leo Guida in 1970.
Good condition.
Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and histor...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pastel
Steamed Eggplant still life with sicilian eggplant and mustard color kettle
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on toned sanded paper signed and dated on bottom left . part of the artist's restless still life series
Category
Early 2000s Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
"Tokyo Diptych" Yvonne Jacquette, Japanese Urban Cityscape Nocturnal Aerial
Located in New York, NY
Yvonne Jacquette (American, b. 1935)
Tokyo Diptych, 1985
Pastel on paper
Overall 17 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches
Signed lower center
Provenance:
Carey Ellis Company, Houston, Texas
Brooke Alexander, New York
Collection of an American Corporation
Exhibited:
New York, Brooke Alexander, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, April 5 - May 3, 1986, n.p., illustrated; this exhibition later traveled to Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, June 27 - August 24, 1986.
Yvonne Jacquette has a preference for high places, a circling plane, a penthouse window, an aerie from which to watch the world. Her work has often depicted the city and man-made landscape from the vantage of angels. It is a privileged perspective, long loved by photographers, who were perhaps the first to recognize the geometric grandeur of the city below. That grandeur structures Jacquette's images but is not its full content. Her work attempts to resolve the visual and emotional pardoxes of the modern metropolis. Only from the tower is there the possibility of order and context. And unlaced beauty.
Jacquette first visited Japan in 1982. Nighttime Tokyo, its cars and crowds and canyons of loud Vegas neon, made a vivid and bewildering impression on her. The neon signs, pulsing, scaling the walls of high rises, fascinated the artist, "like Times Square spread over miles." Her fascination was equal parts marvel, confusion, and curiosity—the sparks of art. She returned to Tokyo in May of 1985, choosing hotel rooms with expansive vistas. From these views Jacquette excerpted images for a series of pastel night scenes. The basic forms and colors of each drawing were blocked in during night sessions by the window. She worked in the dark, selecting colors by flashlight. In daylight, she sharpened the geometry and corrected ambiguous passages. She refined the drawings further in the studio until the images read clearly. Photographic correctness was not important. The finished drawings are complete statements, not simply preparatory sketches for paintings. They have the authority of expert witness. In clear, discreet jots of pastel they record the performance of seeing, each touch of color attesting to a moment's close scrutiny.
Yvonne Jacquette was born on December 15, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence from 1952 to 1955, when she moved to New York City. Her late husband was photographer Rudy Burckhardt, and the couple were part of a circle of artist friends that included Fairfield Porter, Alex Katz, Red Grooms, and Mimi Gross. She continues to live and work in New York City, as well as in Searsmont, Maine.
A flight to San Diego in 1969 sparked Jacquette’s interest in aerial views, after which she began flying in commercial airliners to study cloud formations and weather patterns. She soon started sketching and painting the landscape as seen from above, beginning a process that has developed into a defining element of her art. Her first nocturnal painting...
Category
1980s American Modern Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Figure - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
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 Oil Pastel and Watercolor on paper.
Good cond...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Birds - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is an artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original Ink and Pastel on paper.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed.
The artwork...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Portraits - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original drawing in pastel and watercolor on ivory-col...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Seabed - Original Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Seabed is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1965 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original etching and aquatint on ivory-colored paper, with a...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017).
Original colored drawing in pastels and pencil on ivory-co...
Category
1970s Contemporary Pastel Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Pastel drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Pastel drawings and watercolor paintings available on 1stDibs. While artists have worked in this medium across a range of time periods, art made with this material during the 21st Century is especially popular. If you’re looking to add drawings and watercolor paintings created with this material to introduce a provocative pop of color and texture to an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, yellow and other colors. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Stephen Basso, Howard Tangye, Corne Akkers, and Leo Guida. Frequently made by artists working in the Contemporary, Modern, all of these pieces for sale are unique and many will draw the attention of guests in your home. Not every interior allows for large Pastel drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 0.1 inches across are also available Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $1 and tops out at $1,595,000, while the average work can sell for $893.
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