1980s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

"The Nature of Things" is an original oil pastel drawing on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist initialed the piece on the back. This work features a variety of abstract techniques-...

"The First Bird with Egg, Duckling Abstraction" is an original oil pastel on board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist initialed the piece on the back. It features an abstracted duckling ...

Norman Meredith was British painter and illustrator, born in Liverpool (1909 - 1985) England. He studied at the Liverpool College of Art. He subsequently won a scholarship to the Ro...

Zygmund Jankowski (1925–2009) painted traditional subjects with exuberant irreverence for traditional rules of color, composition, and perspective. He disparaged imitation and deligh...

Original oil pastel figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California impressionist landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Head and torso of man sitting in profile on rich, brown p...

Keith Haring Untitled drawing inscribed to David, 1988 Original drawing on paper bound in historic monograph, inscribed to David Copley Boldly signed, inscribed and dated in black marker above the drawing This is a unique work Provenance: Estate of David Copley Iconic, unique radiant baby drawing...

In February 1983, Keith Haring made his first visit to Japan to host an exhibition of his work in Tokyo. Enthralled by the experience, he let loose his spray cans covering every inch...

"Wave Series/Tattooed Woman at Sunset Beach" is a unique watercolor by Masami Teraoka. The framed artwork measures 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1 in. “Mere depiction of social and cultural issues is not enough. My work has to create something that goes beyond simple perception. To make a strong statement, art needs timeless aesthetic qualities. These can take any subject matter to a higher level of experience. That is the essence of what I am pursuing.” – Masami Teraoka Born in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Teraoka studied at what is now Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. His works are inspired by Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints. However, Teraoaka infuses the style and techniques of the traditional art with American Pop Art. The mass-produced nature of Japanese woodcut prints...

Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Reclining Woman I, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 22.5 x 30 in. (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Nude with Scarf, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)

Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Woman in Bed, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 22.5 x 30 in. (57.15 x 76.2 cm)

Signed lower left, 'N. Olugemi Legall' for Neville Olugemi Legall (Barbadian, 20th century) and dated 1987. Neville Legall first attended the historic Alleyne School in Belleplaine and continued his formal studies at the Barbados Community College. He later participated in the Detroit Jazz Centre Artistic Exchange Programme where he studied with Harold Neal and Andrew Manier. A regular winner of the National Independence Festival of Creative Arts (NIFCA), Legall has exhibited widely and with success and has been the recipient of numerous medals and juried awards including the 'Spirit of Detroit' prize and a 'Best in Show, Architecture Award'. He has also n served as President of the Barbados Art...

Lyman Kipp Untitled Minimalist painting on paper, 1980 Color oil painting on paper done with ink paint roller Signed and dated on the front Unique Frame included Signed and dated 19...

Gouache and tea on masking tape Signed and dated, l.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Born in New York City and educated at the Maryland Institute C...

Sol LeWitt Unique Geometric Abstraction on Postcard, 1982 Original drawing done on postcard from the Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam), mailed, stamped and postmarked (franked) from Spolet...

French technical drawing of geometric shapes, c.1980. Academic drawing of geometric shapes and perspectives on hand laid paper. Original artwork on...

A pastel portrait of the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz against a vibrant red background Sally Evans is an American artist that paints a wide range of subjects, focusing on landsca...

Paul Allen Reed Untitled #31, 1982 Oil pastel on paper Pencil signed dated and annotated "7 10 79 1" by Paul Reed on the lower front Frame included: This work is elegantly floated an...

José Luis Cuevas, Mexican (1934 - 2017) - Whispering Figure, Year: 1980, Medium: Ink and Graphite on Paper, signed and dated top right, Size: 7.75 x 10.75 in. (19.69 x 27.31 cm), ...

Watercolor on paper sold with frame Total size with frame 69x88 cm Jacques Tornare is a contemporary artist born in Switzerland and watercolor specialist.

Art Sz: 15 3/4"H x 22"W Frame Sz: 24"H x 30"W Classic intaglio polo etching c1985 edition #24/ 200 by Phillip Sage (b. 1942-) pencil signed (LR)

Thomas Anderson Abstract Expressionist painting on paper, ca. 1987 Mixed media watercolor, gouache and marker on paper Signed in black marker lower right front Unique Frame included ...

"Shower" is an original oil pastel, ink and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald S...

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Pen and ink on vélin paper, 1980. Paper size: 9 x 11.5 inches. Inscription: Hand signed, as issued. PETER MAX (1937) is a German-American artist known for using bright colors in his...

Elaine Kaufman Feiner (1922-2018) "Hawaii II" 1993 Oil pastel, paint on paper 30"x40" unframed Signed and dated in pencil lower right, signed, titled and dated on reverse

"The Artists Wife" Realistic Nude Woman in Conté on Paper by Garth Benton Detailed nude drawing by Paul "Garth" Garfield Benton (American, 1940-2012). Po...

Kenny Scharf Original drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould, 1984 Permanent marker drawing on Kenny Scharf Tony Shafrazi Gallery exhibition poster (hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf) Boldly signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould Frame included: Framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass. Measurements: Frame: 35 x 28.5 x 1.5 inches Print 28.25 x 22 inches Own a piece of Pop Art history! This is a unique drawing hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf, done on a vintage collectible 1984 poster from the legendary Tony Shafrazi Gallery. If you saw "The Andy Warhol Diaries" on Netflix, you'd know about Warhol's relationship with Jon Gould - Andy's last boyfriend; tragically, Warhol would become Gould's last boyfriend as well, when, soon after, Gould would die of AIDS at the young age of 33 Kenny Scharf created an original drawing, done in marker, and inscribed it to Jon Gould (featured prominently in Andy Warhol's Diaries and the eponymous Netflix series) - and it had not been seen since the 1980s. Jon Gould was a New England educated former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Paramount Pictures - a Boston Brahmin whose real claim to fame was as Andy Warhol's last boyfriend. This work was acquired from the widely publicized sale of the collection of Jon Gould - -a treasure trove of valuable gifts and art works by Warhol and others like Kenny Scharf, Basquiat and Keith Haring to Gould - that had not been seen in nearly four decades. This is one of the works from that impressive sale. Below are links to two of the many articles about the collection of Jon Gould in the New York Times, Artnet News and the New York Post respectively. About Kenny Scharf: Kenny Scharf (b. 1958, United States) is a renowned artist affiliated with the 1980’s East Village Art movement in New York. Scharf developed a distinct and uniquely personal artistic style in paintings as well as sculpture, alongside his mentor Andy Warhol, and contemporaries like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring with whom he pioneered contemporary street art. References to popular culture reoccur throughout his works, such as appropriated cartoon characters from the Flintstones and Jetsons, as well as imagined anthropomorphic creatures. Through ecstatic compositions and a dazzling color palette, Scharf presents an immersive viewing experience that is both intimate and fresh. Scharf’s multifaceted practice—spanning painting, sculpture, installation work, murals, performance and fashion—reflects his dedication to the creation of dynamic forms of art that deconstruct existing artistic hierarchies, echoing the philosophy of Pop artists. Yet Scharf’s artistic significance expands beyond the art historical terrain of Pop Art; the artist instead coined the term “Pop Surrealist” to describe his one-of-a-kind practice. His inclusion in the 1985 Whitney Biennial marked the start of his international phenomenon, a reputation that continues to thrive today. Courtesy of Almine Rech MORE ABOUT JON GOULD: Warhol wrote extensively on Jon Gould in his diaries. In July, 2022, when the Netflix series "The Andy Warhols Diaries" came out, the New York Post (among many other publications) ran a major feature article on Warhol's relationship with Gould and on this very sale: It reads, "When Harriet Woodsom Gould died in 2016 in her nineties, she left behind a trove of family heirlooms dating back to the 1700s in her Amesbury, Mass., home. Yet in her attic, she had a secret veritable shrine to pop art. There, she had stashed her late son Jon Gould’s belongings for decades since his death in 1986 from AIDS. He had vases painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat, works by Keith Haring and dozens and dozens of gifts — photos, valentines, sketches, letters and more — from pop god Andy Warhol. “My mother kept everything,” Jon’s twin brother, Jay Gould, told The Post. Jay knew his brother “had some type of relationship” with Warhol in the 1980s, though Jon always remained discreet about it. “We were very close, identical twins, but we never talked a lot about his sexuality,” Jay, now 68, explained. “It was a different time.” Yet, he was still stunned to read the poetry and love notes Jon wrote to the older artist. “I didn’t realize the relationship was as deep as it was.” Actually, no one really knew. Gould was Warhol’s last romance, a young Paramount executive with floppy hair and preppy good looks who died tragically at 33. And though Warhol frequently mentioned him in his famed diaries, published posthumously in 1989, the artist’s dashed-off musings gave the impression that Jon was more of a crush than a genuine partner...Gould didn’t so much enter into Warhol’s life as Warhol willed him into it. It was April 1981, and Warhol, then 52, was still reeling from his breakup with Jed Johnson... Jed left that December, and that spring Warhol confessed to feeling lonely: “I’ve got these desperate feelings that nothing means anything. And then I decide that I should try to fall in love, and that’s what I’m doing now with Jon Gould.” Gould was a 26-year-old Paramount exec: a New England WASP with a lithe, strong physique and charismatic personality, who looked straight. Warhol reasoned: “Jon is a good person to be in love with because he has his own career, and I can develop movie ideas with him, you know? And maybe he can even convince Paramount to advertise in Interview, too. Right? So my crush on him will be good for business.” Warhol began courting Gould with a vengeance, sending extravagant bouquets of roses to his office at Paramount. He even offered their mutual friend, the photographer Christopher Makos, a fancy watch if he could get Gould to be his boyfriend. “I guess he never got loved,” Makos says in the series. “Because I didn’t get my watch.” (Jay Gould also tells the camera that his brother had admitted that he was in a relationship but that he said they didn’t have sex.) At first, Gould resisted Warhol’s attention, but eventually the two began spending a lot of time together, though Gould would frequently pull away if things got too intense, and he often would tell Warhol not to write about him in his diary. “I think my brother was concerned about his career at that time,” Jay Gould said. But the younger man attended parties and art events with him, invited the artist skiing with his family in Aspen and even for a time moved into his place on 66th Street. “I love going out with Jon because it’s like being on a real date,” Warhol wrote early in their relationship. “He’s tall and strong and I feel like he can take care of me.” Yet it turned out that Warhol would have to take care of Gould. On Feb. 4, 1984, Jon was admitted to New York Hospital with pneumonia — though it was understood that he had AIDS. Warhol stayed with him in the hospital every night for the 30 days he was there, despite his fear of hospitals since getting shot and his fear of getting AIDS. (Warhol couldn’t bring himself to talk about Gould’s illness in the diary, but his editor notes that when Gould was released March 7, Warhol instructed his housekeepers to wash Jon’s clothes and dishes “separate from mine.”). Around 1985, Warhol began working on his massive series of 100 works based on Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper...

Work on paper without frame

Givenchy fashion illustration replete w/ two fabric swatches attached c1980s Image Sz: 11 3/8"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 12 1/2"W

Birds is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s. Watercolor drawings. Good conditions.

Mixed media on paper, 1989, signed 'Ivan Chermayeff' and dated lower right, titled lower left. 29 1/2 x 22 in. (sheet), 32 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (frame).

Walasse Ting 丁雄泉 Original three parrots drawing, 1984 Original parrots drawing done in ink with inscription held inside elegant hardback monograph with ...

Elaine Kaufman Feiner (1922-2018) "Night Glow I" 1988 Watercolor and pastel on paper 30"x30" unframed Signed and dated in pencil lower right, titled reverse

Conditions: Mint Jean Pierre Dubord was born in Rouen in 1949, and after spending years in the French countryside, he returned to his native city to portray the surroundings of his...

Untitled III, 1984 by Enrique Grau Graphite on paper Signed in the top right corner. Great condition. Provenance: Private collection. Image size: 12 in H ...

Noel Daggett, American (1925 - 2005) - Saheila (Cheyenne meets Sioux-Teton)[Cheyenne for 'We Meet'), Year: 1988, Medium: Gouache on Board, signed and dated, Size: 10 x 17 in. (25...

A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini. Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - ) Title: 6C Year: 1984 Medium: Tempera on Paper, sig...

Swimmer in the Jump with the Kitten by Marco Silombria. Italian Pop art Large scale painting on paper. Mixed tecnique with glitter dust on corners. Created by Italian Pop - Art ar...

Carroll Dunham (b. 1949) is a contemporary American artist best known for his distinctive fusion of abstraction and figuration. He rose to prominence in the early 1980s in New York C...

Hand-coloured fashion plate No. 35 with the atelier stamp Givenchy 3, avenue George V together w/ a crepe fabric swatch attached c1980s Art Sz: 11 3/4"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 12...

Flowering Field Oliviero Masi Italian (1948) Date: 1987 Pastel on paper, signed and dated lower right Size: 10.5 x 13 in. (26.67 x 33.02 cm)

Original photorealistic watercolor on archival paper by the American artist, Gregory Strachov. Signed lower right. Circa 1980. Condition is excellent. Beautifully matted and frame...

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Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine . Impeccably rendered with quick flat brush strokes in glorious pastel colors , Signed lower right Ant...

Givenchy Haute couture fashion plate for New York society client, Nan Kempner (1930-2005) Art Sz: 12"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 17"H x 13"W w/ lavender mat & yellow lacquer frame

Chic, original watercolour c1980s illustration by Givenchy Paris together w/ a couture fabric swatch attached Plate Sz: 11 3/8"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 12 5/8" w/ lavender mat & y...

Chic, original watercolour c1980s illustration by Givenchy Paris together w/ a couture fabric swatch attached Plate Sz: 11 3/8"H x 8"W Frame Sz: 16"H x 12 5/8" w/ lavender mat & y...

etching and aquatint in colours , Edited in 1985 Limited edition , numbered as 29/115 in lower left corner.
 Hand-signed by artist in pencil in the lower right Paper size: 60,3 x 42,...

'The Family', gouache on fine art paper (1984), by Raymond Dèbieve. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter ...

Bob Peak is one of the true giants of post-war American Illustration. He is a virtuoso artist, with a heightened level of skill and talent that very few living artists today possess...

Hand signed, numbered, and dated by the artist. Hand embellished by the artist on serigraph. Limited edition of 50. Each embellished print is unique. Image size: 36 x 26 inches. She...

Family Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: circa 1980 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed l.r. Size: 16 x 13 in. (40.64 x 33.02 cm) Frame Size: 24.5 x 20.5 inches

Mary Frank Untitled 3-D Cast Paper Collage, 1985 3D Cast Paper with Deckled Edges Hand signed, numbered 78/85 and dated by the artist on lower left front 21 3/4 × 28 1/2 × 1 3/4 inch...

A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini. Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - ) Title: 36A Year: 1986 Medium: Acrylic on Paper, Mo...

James Nares Untitled flower monotype, 1988 Monotype on hand made paper Pencil signed and dated by James Nares on the lower right front Frame included: floated in the original wood fr...

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This is an Charles Fazzino original painting on paper 1981 rare. In good condition . The measurements 28x23