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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
Period: 1970s
Portrait - Drawing by François Chapuis - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait  is an artwork realized by  François Chapuis in the 1976. Mixed media on Paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Good conditions The portrait is linear and simp...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Portrait - Drawing by François Chapuis - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait  is an artwork realized by  François Chapuis in the 1970s. Mixed media on paper. Hand-signed on the lower right. Good conditions.  The artwork is linear and simple with ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Paint on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.091
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.091 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Paint on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.091 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and pai...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Paper

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.063
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.063 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.063 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and painting...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

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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Pastel, Charcoal, Paper

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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Ballpoint Pen, Paper

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

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

Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Colour Market Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a sheet of notebook. No Signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Paper

Study for David and Goliath
Located in New York, NY
Study for David and Goliath c. 1971 Signed, u.r. Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Portrait - Drawing by Marcello Muccini - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by Marcello Muccini. Black and white marker drawing. Includes frame: 52 x 47 cm
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Paper

Nude - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original ink drawing artwork, realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good conditions (some stains and foldings). Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, who has also published some humorous and political satire books. From the age of 22 is active in Rome, where he worked as an illustrator and art director in some monthly magazines like “Costume”, Diners Club house organ, BP Review, IBM, and others.In 1965 started the joint-working with Marino Gallery in Rome, and in 1966 in Milan with Humour Graphic’s group, at Levi Gallery and others in the following years.In these years graphic work and illustration are mixed with painting and photography, also with satirical drawings...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Nude - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original Pen drawing on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in The 1970s. Good conditions. Hand-Signed. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian cartoonist and illustrator, ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi - Drawing by Nani Tedeschi - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giuseppe Garibaldi is an original artwork realized by Nani Tedeschi in 1970s. Beautiful colored pencil and pastel drawing on cardboard. Good conditions. Illegible sign...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Pastel

'Summer of 1976–Portrait of David Barnett' original signed watercolor 1970s
Located in Milwaukee, WI
This small portrait of gallerist David Barnett is an intimate example of the watercolors of Estherly Allen. She was a student of George McNeil, an important Abstract Expressionist, a...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Bondage - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Bondage is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Black Marker pen Watercolor on paper. Good c...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Watercolor

Portrait of Rudolf Janisch
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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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite, Charcoal

The Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Bird - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Bird is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in pencil on paper. Good conditions but aged....
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Eagle - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Eagle is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in china ink on ivory-colored paper, glued...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in charcoal and watercolor on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artis...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Self-Portrait - Original Print by Leo Guida - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Self-Portrait is an original artwork realized in 1965 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Etching and aquatint on ivory-colored paper, with a cardboard (...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching, Aquatint

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 ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

The Secret - China Ink by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The Secret is an original China Ink drawing on paper realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s. In good conditions, with some sign of humidity. Sergio Barletta (1934) is an Italian ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Train - China Ink by Sergio Barletta - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Train is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Sergio Barletta in 1980s. Good Condition included a white passpartout (2x35 cm). No signature. Sergio Barletta is a cartooni...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait - Original Drawing by Helène Neveur - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait View is an original drawing in pen realized by Helène Neveur in the 1970s. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through confident strokes ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
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...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

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

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Watercolor, Ink

Nude of Woman - China Ink by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original artwork realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s. Pen ink drawing on paper. Includes a beautiful gilded frame. Hand-signed on the lower margin.
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Human Figure - Watercolor Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Human Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original ink and watercolor on paper. Good conditions, excep...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Ink and Charcoal on paper. Good conditions ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink

Reclined Woman - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Woman is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movemen...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Nude - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in China Ink, Charcoal and Watercolor on paper. Go...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Reclined Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in pencil on paper. Good conditions but...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Female Portrait - Watercolor Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Watercolor on paper. Good conditions...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper. Goo...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Reclined Nude - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Black Marker pen on paper. Good condit...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker

Reclined Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in pencil on paper. Good conditions but...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Two Figures - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Two Figures is an artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Black Marker pen on paper. Good conditions but ag...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Female Figure - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in China Ink and Watercolor on paper. Goo...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Surreal Composition - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Surreal Composition is an original drawing in ink realized by Leo Guida in 1972. Good condition. Hand-signed. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movem...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Female Portrait - Watercolor by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Watercolor on paper. Good conditions...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The portrait is an original drawing in Ink and watercolor on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artisti...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Portrait - Watercolor by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Watercolor on paper. Good conditions but ag...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original pen and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper. Hand-sig...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen

Nudes - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing pencil on ivory-colored paper, glued on cardboard (50 x 3...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Reclined Woman - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Woman is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movemen...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in watercolor and China ink on ivory-color...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Portrait - Original Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in China ink and watercolor on paper. Good con...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Study for the Staton - Watercolor Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Study for the Staton is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original watercolor and ink on paper. Good condition...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Portrait - Drawings by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Watercolor on paper. Good conditions but ag...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait from Behind - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait from Behind is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in 1972. Good condition. Hand-signed. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Seabed - Original Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
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...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pastel

Portraits - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
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...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Watercolor

Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper. Goo...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Portrait - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original watercolor and ink on paper. Good conditions, except fo...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Portrait - Watercolor Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original watercolor on paper. Good conditions, except for foldin...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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