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So Slight a Film ex-Lehman Brothers Art Collection unique signed painting Framed
By Emily Mason
Located in New York, NY
Emily Mason
So Slight a Film (from the Lehman Brothers art collection), 1978
Oil on paper Abstract Expressionist painting
Signed and dated 'Emily Mason '78' bottom right in pencil
Fr...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite
The Horsemen
By Gen Paul
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper
50.00 cm. x 65.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 25.59 in. (paper)
LCD6765
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Family Farm in France
Located in London, GB
'Family Farm in France', gouache on art paper, by Michel Debiève (circa 1970s). An extremely endearing depiction of a French family farm, the delight is...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Parisian Street Scene
By Roland Dubuc
Located in London, GB
'Parisian Street Scene', watercolour on art paper, by Roland DuBuc (circa 1970s). This artwork is a delightful depiction of a Parisian street which scales the hill to the neighbourhood of Montmartre, the home of the basilica of Sacré-Cœur. DuBuc's artworks serve as a love letter to the city of Paris and are recognised by his incredibly charming style. The signed artwork is in good overall condition and has been newly framed with anti-reflective glass. Please enjoy the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video of the piece may be provided.
About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
EXPLOSION OF FLOWERS - Watercolor on paper signed Gibor, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Watercolor on brightly colored paper, signed Gibor, with wooden frame mis.cm.h.65x56
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
HORSE AND RIDER - Ink drawing signed Marino
Located in Napoli, IT
Indian ink drawing on paper inspired by the works of Marino Marini, embellished with a beautiful frame, mis. est. cm. h.37x32x2.
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Gouache Fashion Sketch - Paris Street Fashion
Located in Houston, TX
French gouache fashion sketch of a casual day outfit, circa 1980.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of ...
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Floraison
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful watercolor on paper, 1973.
Declaration of authenticity by the author included, titled, signed and dated (year 2000).
Very good condition.
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Abstracted Expressionist Figurative Ink Drawing -- "How I REALLY Feel"
Wonderful and evocative abstract expressionist ink drawing of a off-center standing male with slap-das...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Landscape. Paper, watercolor, 42x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Landscape. Paper, watercolor, 42x30 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947...
Category
Realist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Satyrical Portrait of Benito Mussolini - Pencil and Pastel on Paper - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mussolini is an original drawing realized by the satirical cartoonist Alberto Fremura in 1975.
Drawing in pencil and pastel. The artwork rapresents a caricature of the italian dictator Benito Mussolini...
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil
Un Rassemblement - Figurative Drawing
By Milo Quam
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully provocative sketch drawing of a gathering of men and women in pencil by outsider artist Mylo Quam (American, 1941-1996). Signed lower right. Presented in giltwood frame with black mat under glass. Image size: 8.25"H x 10.50"W.
A long-time Woodstock area resident, Mylo Quam was a self-taught painter and draughtsman whose provocative figural work has been compared to Renaissance painters Sandro Botticelli and Hieronymous Bosch, as well as to twentieth-century artists Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. Quam was an avid reader who derived inspiration from such varied arenas as Shakespeare, the occult, the Bible, Eastern and Western mythology, politics, and popular culture. "I look at everything," the artist was quoted as saying in 1990. "I read the comic pages. Anything visual. There's very little I don't think is a subject for art."
Born in North Dakota, Quam studied Greek language and other classical subjects at Brandeis, Boston, and New York Universities, and worked as a translator of Greek plays while just 17 years old. After a successful career as an actor that included numerous Off-Broadway performances and a leading role in the 1968 Broadway production of Royal Hunt of the Sun, Quam turned his focus to painting.
His first one-man exhibition was at the Boatman Gallery, NYC in 1969 and was followed by twenty solo shows over the course of his career at venues including Gallery A, Flynn Gallery, CFM Gallery, Brewster Gallery, Imperial Gallery, Runyon Winchell Gallery and the Gallery of Erotic Art, all in New York City.
Quam's work was also exhibited at the John Pense Gallery in San Francisco, the Clark-Whitney Gallery in Massachusetts, the Barrett House and Desmond Weiss Galleries in Poughkeepsie, and for many years at the Ann Leonard Gallery in Woodstock.
Quam's paintings were exhibited internationally, as well, notably in a solo exhibition in Haiti-- the first by an American artist in that country. In addition, he was one of four artists to represent the United States in La Bienalle di Venezia, Italia of 1986. As a young man, Quam designed sets and/or costumes for the Actor's Playhouse in New York City, the Lucas Hovig Ballet Company, and the Opera Municipal de Marseilles, France. He also created illustrations for The Story of O...
Category
Outsider Art 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Catacombs
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Catacombs
Black crayon on paper, 1971
Signed and dated lower right (see photos)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Alan Lipton (sons)
...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Rhodes: modern Italian watercolor of abstract Greek landscape & architecture
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is a minimalist watercolor painting depicting abstracted architectural features (windows & doorway) in red and blue with the landscape and ocean of Rhodes, Greece visible. The watercolor itself measures 9.5"x6.5" and is floated in a double-mat 16.5" x 13" narrow, contemporary wood (maple) frame. Signed, titled, and dated on the back of the watercolor paper.
Diego Esposito...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gold Rush Town Columbia, California Landscape by Lillie Heebner
By L. Heebner
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful figurative landscape watercolor painting of Columbia, California, showing two men in cowboy hats. By Lillie Eesther (Hillman) Heebner, a Monterey Bay area artist. Signed "L....
Category
American Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Meandering Print Series
By Gene Davis
Located in Greenwich, CT
A sophisticated and marvelous work for any forward interior. It both gives a sense of space, calm, playfulness and it actually pulls you in as a focal point work of art. Framing is ...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Screen
Reflecting Man - Pencil by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Uomo che riflette (Reflecting man) is an original pencil drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989)...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Trampled - Pen drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Trampled is an original artwork realized in the half of 20th century by Mino Maccari.
Pen drawing on paper. Hand signed on the lower right margin.
Included an elegant gilded frame....
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
'San Francisco and the Bay', Early California Woman Artist, Palo Alto Art Club
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Elva Senter' (American, 1891-1973) and painted circa 1975; additionally inscribed verso.
Born in Callao, Missouri, Elva Senter moved to Oklahoma with her famil...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The body of a slim young man. 1970s. Marco Silombria signed.
Located in Firenze, IT
The body of a slim young man. 1970s. Marco Silombria signed.
Marco Silombria, Italian advertising graphic designer, artist and ceramist.
charcoal and wax on paper.
Signed bottom righ...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Wax Crayon
Spirit of Youth, Watercolor and Pastel Drawing by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012)
Title: Spirit of Youth
Year: circa 1980
Medium: Watercolor and Pastel on Paper, signed and dedicated
Size: 11 in. x 7.5 in. (27.94 cm ...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel
The Parade Ring at the Races
By Maurice EMPI
Located in London, GB
'The Parade Ring at the Races', gouache and pastel on art paper, by Maurice Empi (circa 1970s). The Parade Ring, otherwise known as the paddock, is the pla...
Category
Expressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Gouache
Abstract Geometric Female Nude Artist: Unattributed Date: Circa 1970
Located in Firenze, IT
Abstract Geometric Female Nude
Artist: Unattributed
Date: Approximately 1970
Medium: Oil on cardboard
Dimensions: H 66 cm x W 50 cm approx.
This painting depicts a stylized female ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Illustration Board
"Showers Today" San Francisco's Chinatown on an Overcast Day Original Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
"Showers Today" San Francisco's Chinatown on an Overcast Day Original Watercolor
A two sided watercolor on Arches paper by San Francisco and Maryland artist Harolod Gretzner (America...
Category
American Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
India Modern Contemporary Painting Girl with Flowers Indistinctly Signed
Located in Norfolk, GB
Girl with Flowers
C 1970
Watercolour and mixed media on Paper
Image Size: 35.5 x 24.5 cm
Frame Size: 51.5 x 41 cm
Full description to follow
Category
Other Art Style 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Circus
By Roland Dubuc
Located in London, GB
'The Circus', gouache on art paper, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). Exploding in colour, this artwork presents a whimsical scene of one of the well known Parisian circuses. France has a long history of adoring and supporting circus troupes. Unknown to its many visitors, Paris hosts legendary circus companies complete with acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers and animals. This artwork depicts clown musicians taking their final bows before calling it a night. For lovers of the excitement circuses generate this would be a wonderful addition to their home. Perhaps this art would be perfect for a child's room or the family den and games room. It is in good vintage condition and
It is signed by the artist in the lower right hand corner. Please view the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video of the artwork may be provided.
About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
Category
Expressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Still life. Paper, watercolor, 72.5x89 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Still life. Paper, watercolor, 72.5x89 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued her stu...
Category
Post-Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Pirogue on the Mississippi" (comes with copy of hardcover in which it appears)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Franco Alessandrini is a world-renowned sculptor and painter who has worked around the globe, but has spent substantial time in New Orleans. His lo...
Category
American Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sit woman pastel drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Rafael Duran Benet (1931-2015) - Sit woman - Pastel
Drawing measurements 62x42 cm.
Frame measurements 82x62 cm.
Rafael Duran Benet (Terrassa, 1931 - Barcelona, 2015) is a Catalan painter...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Fauvist Watercolour and Gouache on Paper, 'Through the Forest Glade'.
Located in Cotignac, FR
1970s fauvist watercolour of a forest glade by Belgian artist André Pierard. Not signed but acquired from his estate along with others of his works.
A be...
Category
Fauvist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Ballerina - Original Drawing by Helène Neveur - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Ballerin View is an original drawing in pen realized by Helène Neveur in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes ...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
The WHO original 1970 TOMMY concept drawing
Located in Southampton, NY
This is the original rare concept drawing created 54 years ago in 1970 by the legendary artist David Edward Byrd. It was presented to Bill Graham and the Rock group "The Who" showing...
Category
Art Deco 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Vellum, Pencil
Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) – Quevedos Visiones – Drypoint with hand-colouring
Located in Varese, IT
Drypoint with hand-colouring , on Arches paper
limited edition, numbered as 245/300
signed in pencil by artist
paper size: 66 x 50,2 cm
framed size: 84 x 65 m
excellent conditions
A...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Drypoint
Turkey Dracula mixed media lithograph and watercolor by California Pop legend
Located in New York, NY
Billy Al Bengston
Turkey Dracula, 1973
Color lithograph with hand coloring and watercolor (unique variant) on Lanaquaralle paper with deckled edges
Hand signed and numbered A.P. #6, aside from the regular edition of 24 on the front, with the printer's blind stamp
Frame Included: held in original vintage frame
Mixed media Lithograph with hand coloring in watercolor (unique variant)
Hand signed and numbered A.P. #6 (of 10), aside from the regular edition of 24 on the front, with the printer's blind stamp
(Flower)
Publisher: Published by Brooke Alexander, Inc. (New York)
Printer: Printed by Ed Hamilton (American, born 1941) at Cirrus Editions, Los Angeles (with blind stamp)
Measurements:
Frame:
25.25 x 25.25 inches
Print:
23 x 23 inches
About Billy Al Bengston:
Billy Al Bengston (b. 1934, Dodge City, Kansas, d. 2022, Venice Beach) moved to Los Angeles with his family in 1948. He studied painting under Richard Diebenkorn at California College of Arts, Oakland, California. In 1957, Bengston began showing with the legendary Ferus Gallery (founded and run by Walter Hopps...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Lithograph
La Porta di S. Pietro (St. Peter's Doors) - Ink Drawing by Giacomo Manzù - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Wonderful green ink drawing, representing the Pope with a very fresh line. Hand-signed on lower-right margin by the Italian sculptor, Giacomo Manzù. Very Good condition, with some li...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
Untitled (Standing Nude with Fist)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020)
1975
Inscribed, l.l.
Graphite on paper
28 x 17.75 inches
$3,125
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Avec moi-même - Planche 8
Located in New York, US
Plate 8 from the 10-subject album "Avec moi-même" ("With Myself")
On Arches wove paper. A beautiful plate, a small edition of 75, a demanding technique: etching and aquatint, and an...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Nude of Woman - China Ink Drawing by E. Greco - 1973
By Emilio Greco
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated by the Artist lower right "Emilio Greco. Roma, 1973"
Very good conditions.
Emilio Greco (Catania, 1913 - Roma, 1995) was a popular Italian artist, engraver an...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Mod Abstract Expressionist Modernist Edward Avedisian Color Field Art Gouache
Located in Surfside, FL
Edward Avedisian Gouache Watercolor Abstract Painting on Arches paper. (notebook cover not included)
Unsigned, (bears name verso in pencil.)
Dimensions: 10" X 14"
Late 1970s, early ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Scaramouche - Pierrette - Drawing by Erté - 1979
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Scaramouche - Pierrette is a contemporary artwork realized in 1979 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled an...
Category
Art Deco 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Max Ernst (1891–1976) – Oiseaux en Péril – Aquatint etching with collage – 1975
By Max Ernst
Located in Varese, IT
Aquatint etching with collage, 1975
Limited edition
Signature and numbering in pencil by the artist ,
Numbered as: 48/100
Paper size: 54.5 x 41 cm
Framed size: 57.5 x 45.5 cm
Edited ...
Category
Abstract 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Aquatint
Andy Warhol Soup Can Drawing
By Andy Warhol
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987)
Marking(s); notes: signed; 1975
Materials: marker on paper
Dimensions (H, W, D): 7.5"h, 5"w; 15.5"h, 13"w mat
Additional Information: Signed drawing is done on a half title from Andy Warhol's book, "The Philosophy of Andy Warhol: From A to B and Back Again."
Andy Warhol’s Soup...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Tepoztlan II unique signed framed work on paper by renowned artist Joyce Kozloff
Located in New York, NY
Joyce Kozloff
Tepoztlan II, 1973
Gouache and colored pencil on paper
Signed, dated and titled twice: once on the back of the work (shown) and once on the original board which has bee...
Category
Conceptual 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Color Pencil
Mother and Child II
Located in London, GB
'Mother and Child II', watercolour on fine art paper (1970), by Raymond Debiève. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter (Picasso pain...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Jesus Christ Superstar" Original 1971 drawing on Vellum New York Broadway
Located in Southampton, NY
This work is as much of a collectors item as it is a fine work of art. it is the original 1971 concept drawing with detailed notations for Jesus Christ Superstar...
Category
Art Deco 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Vellum, Pencil
Bird - Drawing by Benn - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is a drawing in pastel on paper realized by Benn (Bencjon Rabinowicz) in 1970.
Hand signed on the lower, dated.
Good conditions.
Benn (Bencj...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
French Pen & Ink - Two Trees
Located in Houston, TX
Enchanting pen and ink drawing in black of two sturdy trees edging a small pond by artist A. Martin, 1972. Signed and dated lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a wh...
Category
1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper, Pen
Sketch - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a black market drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born ...
Category
Contemporary 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
ON VOIT CETTE REINE
Located in Toronto, ON
- 1978 L'art D'Aimer
- Lithography on Arches Paper
- Museum Framed
- Authenticity Documentation Included
Category
Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
Located in New York, NY
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003)
Judy Garland
20 x 15 inches (sight)
Etching
26 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches Framed...
Category
Performance 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Board
Field of Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003)
Title: Field of Flowers
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Watercolor, signed l.l.
Image Size: 22 x 25.5 inches
Size: 20.5 in. x 35 in. (52.07 cm x...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Art Class on the Beach, Vintage Bay Area Coast Figural Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
A charming and colorful vintage coastal figurative landscape watercolor by Bay Area artist Sewall Smith (American, 1904-1988), c.1960s-1970s. This coastal scene depicts a plein air art class on the beach, with a group of figures busy working at their easels.
Signed "Sewall Smith" lower right.
Displayed in a new mat and vintage wood frame.
Image size: 10.5"H x 13.25"W
Edmund Sewall Smith, known as Sewall Smith or E. Sewall Smith, was a Berkeley, California based architect and artist known for watercolor paintings with nautical themes. A well known architect, Smith moved from Niagara Falls, New York to California in 1944. He flourished as an artist in the Bay Area in the 1970’s, exhibiting extensively in the East Bay throughout this time. Exhibitions included venues such as UC Berkeley, El Cerrito...
Category
American Impressionist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'Sunny Room in Aix-en-Provence', New York, San Diego Museum of Natural History
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'R. Landay' for Ruth Landay (American, 1917-2006) and dated, verso, 1971. Titled on verso, "Sunny Room in Aix-en-Provence".
A luminous, Post-Impressionist watercolor showing a view of a sunlit room interior with a view beyond a balcony to sailing boats and an emerald ocean. This New York-born Modernist exhibited in California during the 1960s-1980s, including at the San Diego Museum of Natural History.
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Camille Hilaire - Nature - Signed Original Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire - Nature
Signed Original Lithograph
Edition: 38 x 26 cm
Framed
Edition: 17/175
Camille Hilaire
(1916-2004)
Camille Hilaire began painting from a young age. At fif...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
IN THE BOTTOM OF MY GARDEN FS II.86-105
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Complete book comprising of 20 offset lithographs and cardboard cover, all hand-colored with watercolor. From the edition of unknown size. All 20 sheets bound (as issued). Minor ti...
Category
Pop Art 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Blanche Grambs, (Young Owl)
Located in New York, NY
Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, was an extremely skilled draftsperson.
Her birds are masterful. Although we use the word 'pencil' fo...
Category
American Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Animal Capers, ca. 1970 .
Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; illustration panel measures 21.5 inches. Unsigned.
Minor staining evident in detail photos
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
Category
Surrealist 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Rooftops (Framed 1970's New York Cityscape Landscape Drawing by William Clutz)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstracted New York City landscape drawing of urban rooftops and tree tops
"Rooftops", created by William Clutz in 1977
30 x 20 inches, charcoal and pastel on paper
33 x 25 inches in light wood frame
This framed pastel on paper was made in 1977 by William Clutz. It features an abstracted depiction of New York City rooftops as seen from a high window. Of particular note is the artist's technique with pastel; a wonderful texture and motion is created by closely woven striated lines. Sunlight reflects off brown rooftops and peaking green tree tops. The charcoal and pastel drawing is framed in a natural light wood frame with non-reflective glass and wire backing for installation.
About the Artist:
Renowned as the “impressionist of the contemporary metropolis”, William Clutz uses the city, in its entirety, as his subject. Pedestrians crossing streets become stars of the stage; the hustle and bustle of traffic and surrounding buildings are the chorus; each play their part in the overall composition. Lighting and color shift this observation of the everyday into a remarkable wonder. “It is surely Clutz”, wrote Gerrit Henry in Art News, 1979, “an artist who has rejected the niceties of representation in favor of the quintessence.” The young artist moved to New York City in 1955 and just four years later had his first solo exhibit at the Condon Riley Gallery. Clutz went on to show in major uptown galleries such as David Herbert, where, notably in 1962 he received a NYTimes review titled, Return of the Figure. That same year, his role in the revival of figuration was further solidified with inclusion in the MoMA group show, Recent Painting USA, The Figure. This was a pivotal turning point from which emerged a 50-year exhibiting career.
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Born: Gettysburg, PA 1933
Mercersburg, PA 1933-1951
New York City 1955-1996
Education
Painting: Thomas Danaher(WPA artist) 1944-51
Mercersburg Academy, PA 1947...
Category
Modern 1970s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Charcoal, Archival Paper
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