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Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

CONTEMPORARY STYLE

Used to refer to a time rather than an aesthetic, Contemporary art generally describes pieces created after 1970 or being made by living artists anywhere in the world. This immediacy means it encompasses art responding to the present moment through diverse subjects, media and themes. Contemporary painting, sculpture, photography, performance, digital art, video and more frequently includes work that is attempting to reshape current ideas about what art can be, from Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s use of candy to memorialize a lover he lost to AIDS-related complications to Jenny Holzer’s ongoing “Truisms,” a Conceptual series that sees provocative messages printed on billboards, T-shirts, benches and other public places that exist outside of formal exhibitions and the conventional “white cube” of galleries.

Contemporary art has been pushing the boundaries of creative expression for years. Its disruption of the traditional concepts of art are often aiming to engage viewers in complex questions about identity, society and culture. In the latter part of the 20th century, contemporary movements included Land art, in which artists like Robert Smithson and Michael Heizer create large-scale, site-specific sculptures, installations and other works in soil and bodies of water; Sound art, with artists such as Christian Marclay and Susan Philipsz centering art on sonic experiences; and New Media art, in which mass media and digital culture inform the work of artists such as Nam June Paik and Rafaël Rozendaal.

The first decades of the 21st century have seen the growth of Contemporary African art, the revival of figurative painting, the emergence of street art and the rise of NFTs, unique digital artworks that are powered by blockchain technology.

Major Contemporary artists practicing now include Ai Weiwei, Cecily Brown, David Hockney, Yayoi Kusama, Jeff Koons, Takashi Murakami and Kara Walker.

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Style: Contemporary
Money Is The Drug Graphic Drawing by Bernard Nacion
Located in Larchmont, NY
Bernard Nacion Untitled (Money Is The Drug), Late 20th Century Acrylic on artist board 15 x 13 in. A Surrealist representation, this piece shows a syringe shooting out liquid that b...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Board

Lovely Watercolor of a Little Girl with an Umbrella, Signed
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled (Little Girl with an Umbrella), 1998 Watercolor on paper Sight: 19 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. Framed: 19 2/3 x 23 x 3/4 in. Signed lower right: Cecil '98
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Harbor Scene - Golden Gate Bridge, Mid-Century Illustration, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Original mid-century illustration for the children's book "Good Work" by John G. McCullough, Young Scott Books, N.Y. It depicts a busy harbor filled with commercial and leisure traffic. Notice all the charming little people, busy at work - dotting the docks and boats. Ipcar masterfully designed the work so that your eye effortlessly travels from more prominent foreground elements to more minor elements in the distance. But her color scheme limited only to two colors sets "Harbor Scene" apart from the humdrum and elevates it to a sophisticated children's book illustration. The suspension bridge in the back of the composition is modeled after the Golden Gate. The illustration bears the hallmarks of modernism with its flat shapes and quick painterly style. "Harbor Scene" represents the artist's early style. By the '60s and '70s, her work began to take on a new direction with intricate patterns and depicting animals. Signed lower right with the artist's label on verso. Dahlov Ipcar...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

The Portrait - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is represented through ...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Writing Man - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Writing Man is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is represented through d...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Writing Man - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Writing Man is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions The artwork is represented through deft s...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Writing Man - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Writing Man is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is repres...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

The Man - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Man is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is represented through deft ...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Portrait - Drawing by Alberto Ziveri - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is an original drawing realized by Alberto Ziveri in the 1930s. Ink on paper. Hand-signed. In good conditions. The artwork is represented through deft strokes master...
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1930s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Ex Machina, Nicaragua Solidarity Campaign
Located in Cotignac, FR
A late 20th Century watercolour and pastel drawing of machines in a landscape by British artist Paul Chambers. The painting is signed bottom right and carries an exhibition label for...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed)
Located in New York, NY
Marina Abramovic Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed), 2014 Ink drawing held inside hardback monograph, done at the artist's Serpentine Gallery exhibition, han...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset

The Artist at Her Easel - Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Artist at Her Easel - Figurative Drawing in Pen on Paper Stylized figurative drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). A woman is seated on a workbench, drawing on a larg...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Portrait of a Woman with Glasses - Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Glasses - Drawing in Pen on Paper Stylized drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). The sitter for this portrait is wearing horn-rimmed glasses, and...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Nude Portrait of a Woman with Curly Hair - Drawing in Pen on Paper Signed "Ting"
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Portrait of a Woman with Curly Hair - Drawing in Pen on Paper Stylized drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). The sitter for this portrait has full, curly hair that i...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Face Explosion 1 (1 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the accretion of marks compiled to form the work. In this suite of 4 works I began with a f...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Flowering - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Flowering is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1950s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Fashion Illustration with Two Leggy Models in Monochromatic Greys
Located in Miami, FL
Two elegant and leggy models are rendered and meticulously designed in this illustration for Geoffrey Beene. Miyake's composition is one model as two or two models as one. We see th...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Carbon Pencil

The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Couples is a Pen and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed at the top margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pen

The Painter - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Seductive Woman is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Face Explosion 4 (4 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the accretion of marks compiled to form the work. In this suite of 4 works I began with a f...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Face Explosion 2 (2 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the accretion of marks compiled to form the work. In this suite of 4 works I began with a f...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Heroin
Located in Wien, 9
Karl Anton Fleck's portraits captivate through reduction to the essential, as well as distortion and the use of details and symbols. The striking stroke creates clear contours and th...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1950 ca. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989)...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Shoot - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Shoot is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Monogrammed on the lower margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 19...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Watercolor

Seductive Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Seductive Woman is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Snobby - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Snobby is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an ...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen

The Devil - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
The Devil is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
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20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Man Seated (Oyster Catchers, Thames Estuary 1932)
Located in New York, NY
Billy Childish (b. 1959, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom; lives and works in Whitstable, Kent) is known for his introspective, autobiographical, and deeply emotional paintings, writing...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

"Ocean Beach" Figurative Painting, Beach, Landscape, Watercolor, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Watercolor on Paper, Framed Dimensions: 22 in x 31.5 in, 28 in x 37 in Unique Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity. Elena Chestnykh was born in Novosibi...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (Double-Amputee with Gun)
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Double-Amputee with Gun) Signed, l.r. Ink, watercolor, and root beer on paper 12.5 x 9.75 inches, image This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Pretty Girl" Figurative Painting, Vibrant, Nude, Watercolor on Paper, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Ink and Watercolor on Paper, Framed Dimensions: 10 in x 13.5 in, Framed 17 in x 21 in Unique Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity. Elena Chestnykh was b...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Face Explosion 3 (3 of 4 suite) 9x12 inches on paper
Located in New York, NY
When I begin my explosion paintings these initial marks and forms tend to get buried under the accretion of marks compiled to form the work. In this suite of 4 works I began with a f...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Man Standing (Oyster Catchers, Thames Estuary 1932)
Located in New York, NY
Billy Childish (b. 1959, Chatham, Kent, United Kingdom; lives and works in Whitstable, Kent) is known for his introspective, autobiographical, and deeply emotional paintings, writing...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Paper

Faces - Print by Mino Maccari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Faces is a linocut realized by Mino Maccari in the 1940s. 50 x 30 cm. Handisigned in the lower right part. Edition of 12 copies. Reference; Cat. Meloni , pag 367, n.1741. Good c...
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Linocut

"Dreaming by the River" Figurative Drawing, Nude, Vibrant, Watercolor, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Watercolor on Paper, Framed Dimensions: 24 in x 18 in, Framed 29 in x 23 in Unique Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity. Elena Chestnykh was born in Nov...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Enchanted" Watercolor on Paper, Figurative Nude Portrait, Forest, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Ink and Watercolor on Paper, Framed Dimensions: 30 in x 22 in, Framed 35 in x 28 in Unique Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity. Elena Chestnykh was bor...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Happiness is a Butterfly" Portrait, Beach, Watercolor on Paper, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Ink and Watercolor on Paper, Framed Dimensions: 18 in x 24 in, Framed 22 in x 31 in Unique Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity. Elena Chestnykh was bor...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"In Love With Summer" Portrait, Beach, Watercolor on Paper, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Painting: Watercolor on Paper, Framed Dimensions: 11 in x 14 in, Framed 17 in x 21 in Unique Signed on Verso, includes a certificate of authenticity. Elena Chestnykh was born in Nov...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Milky Way - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
The Milky Way is a charcoal and pastel drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1975. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little paper. Mino Maccari (Sien...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Female faces
Located in Ciudad De México, MX
Pastel chalk on textured paper, Series of 20 unique pieces. 100cm x 70cm x .05cm - framing option available.
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Portraits - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

I Vote For Guttuso - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
I Vote For Guttuso is a China Ink Drawing and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1975s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a white paper. Mino Ma...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Ink

Communism Came to Me to Boredom - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Communism Came to Me to Boredom is a charcoal and watercolor Drawing and Pastel realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

Manette Yankel Contmeporary drawing gouache character figurative art grey
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache on paper Unique work Hand-signed lower right by the artist
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1990s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Face - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Face is a Pastel Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little cardboaard. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Jairo- Portrait. Watercolor and ink on archival paper drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Jairo, 2016 by Celso Castro-Daza Watercolor and ink on archival paper Image size: 53 H in. x 36 in. W Unframed Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo foray into the underbelly of Colombia’s drug world. Castro’s labor-intensive, photo-collage works of drug kingpins, smugglers, hitmen, countrymen, street vendors, soldiers, paramilitaries, kidnappers, and pimps pose showing with pride their erect penises...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Archival Ink, Carbon Pencil

Head 02 - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Geoffrey Holder
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Antonio Pippolini Geoffrey Holder 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches Framed Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (36.2 x 27.3 cm)
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Head 1 ( Prophet ) - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Faculty of Painting i...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled 7 - monotype
Located in East Patchogue, NY
Monotype, ink and oil on paper, signed by the artists Samuel Bloch paints canvases on the frontier of abstraction that give free rein to the imagination. He studied graphic design ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil

Untitled 3 - monotype
Located in East Patchogue, NY
Monotype, ink and oil on paper, signed by the artist Samuel Bloch paints canvases on the frontier of abstraction that give free rein to the imagination. He studied graphic design a...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil

Untitled 5- monotype
Located in East Patchogue, NY
Monotype, oil and ink on paper, signed by the artist Samuel Bloch paints canvases on the frontier of abstraction that give free rein to the imagination. ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil

Untitled 2 - monotype
Located in East Patchogue, NY
Monotype, ink and oil on paper , signed by the artist Samuel Bloch paints canvases on the frontier of abstraction that give free rein to the imagination....
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Oil

Self Portrait in Underwear, Pastel on Paper by John Hardy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Self Portrait in Underwear John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Date: 1962 Pastels on Watercolor paper, signed and dated Image Size: 23.5 x 18 inches Size: 32 x 27 in. (81.28 x 68.58 cm)
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Carmen del Lavellade
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Antonio Pippolini Carmen de Lavellade Paper Dimensions: 11 1/2 x 10 3/48 1/4 inches (29.2 x 26 cm) Framed Dimensions: 14 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches (36.2 x 27.3 cm)
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Gale
Located in Long Island City, NY
Gale John Hardy, American (1923–2014) Date: 2009 Watercolor and Ink on Paper, signed Image Size: 3.75 x 6.75 inches Size: 6.5 in. x 8.25 in. (16.51 cm x 20.96 cm) Frame Size: 13 x 15...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink, Paper

Torso - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expressionism
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork on paper will be sent unframed to you. Untitled 001, Maciej Olekszy was born in 1982, Poland. Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznan, Poland in 2007. Facult...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Bremen #2 - Black and white figurative drawing on paper
By Andy Mister
Located in East Quogue, NY
Photorealistic black and white drawing of rock concert goers - Graphite on paper by Andy Mister. Offered framed. The work of Andy Mister explores the boundary between mechanical and manual reproduction. Working with images appropriated from vintage photographs and deftly mimicking the Xerox aesthetic of punk zines and album covers, removing their specific historical context. Mister’s drawings question how meaning is created or lost through the act of “copying.” Mister says of the arrangement of his images, “It's something like my bedroom as a teenager, filled with images clipped from magazines: bands or writers that I admired interspersed with random images I found aesthetically interesting. I am interested in the relationship between images and connections that the viewer creates when encountering them, connections that I cannot control.” Andy Mister received a BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Loyola University of New Orleans, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. His artwork has been exhibited at Hirschl & Adler Modern, Turn Gallery, Joshua Liner Gallery, Morgan Lehman Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Contemporary portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Contemporary portrait drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, green, orange, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Leo Guida, Manuel Santelices, Howard Tangye, and Simon Goldberg. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Ink and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Contemporary portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 1.25 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait drawings and watercolors 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 $100 and tops out at $213,000, while the average work sells for $1,172.

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