Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Portrait Of Man - Original Charcoal Drawing by Gio Colucci - 20th Century
By Gio Colucci
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Of Man is a charcoal drawing on brown paper, hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Good conditions except for some folds and rips along the margins.
Prolific and eclectic, the Italian Gio Colucci (Florence, 1892 – Paris, 1974), also known in France as Geo Colucci, was a painter, engraver, illustrator, ceramist, and sculptor. From 1921, he exhibited his engravings in various salons. He worked with French publishers specialized in the illustrated books of high bibliophilia, and delivered series of remarkable prints for texts by Barbey d'Aurevilly, Pierre Loti, Guy Maupassant...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Costume di Carafa - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on ivory colored paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-titled "Costume di Carafa" with a caption "Provincia di Calabria nel Regno di Napoli" in black ink on lower margin at the center. H...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Smoker (Portrait of Ottone Rosai) - Charcoal Drawing by M. Maccari - 1940/50
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nice charcoal and ink drawing on paper representing the famous italian painter Ottone Rosai smoking a cigarette.
Signed in pencil lower right.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Costume di Tortorella - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored stuck on paper, 1820 c.a.
Hand-signed on lower-right and hand-titled "Costume di Tortorella", with autograph caption black ink "Provincia di Salerno" on...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Dark Eyes Dark Lips" Acrylic and Ink On Paper Framed
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink, Acrylic
"Hope" Ink On Paper 2010 Framed
Located in Carmel, CA
An original piece, one of a kind.
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink
Girl - Original Pencil Drawing by J.L. Rey Vila - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is an original artwork realized by José Luis Rey Vila in 1959. Pencil drawing on paper.
Hand-signed and dated by José Luis Rey Vila on the bac...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Heading for War on Watch Chains
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Black ink on paper
Paper size: 8.25 x 10.5 inches
Framed size: 20.75 x 21.75 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance: Private collection, Somerset
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Model With Bird" Ink On Paper 2010 Framed
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Ink
Untitled (Children Sleeping)
By Amalia Polleri
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Amalia Polleri, 'Untitled (Sleeping Children)', Conté crayon on cream wove drawing paper, signed and dated '43 in ink beneath the image, lower right; with 1/4 margins all around. Arc...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté
Portrait of a Man - Original Pencil Drawing by G.J. Sortais - 1886
By Georges Julien Sortais
Located in Roma, IT
Man Portrait is a beautiful portrait drawn with a sanguine pencil by the French artist Georges Julien Sortais. The state of preservation is very good, except for some stains of funga...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Farmers - Original Ink Drawing 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Farmers is a wonderful original pencil drawing on paper, realized in XIX century by an anonymous artist whose signature seems to be Melifen (hand-written in pencil on lower right cor...
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1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled: Portrait of A Boy
Located in New York, NY
Frank Campanella (American, 1922-2016), "Untitled: Girl in Green", Figurative Portrait done in Charcoal on Brown Charcoal Paper Unsigned, 20 x 14, Late 20th Century, 1980
Colors: White, Red, Blue, Brown, Black, Violet, Purple
"Untitled: Portrait Of A Boy" is a Modern Figurative Portrait capturing a three quarter side profile of a young male subject. He's dressed in a purple/ violet sleeveless tank top with black trim. His hair is a dark brown with lighter beige highlight with light blue (turquoise) gazing eyes. Small nose and mouth depicted with a haze of Pink and White as figure separation backdrop.
Frank Campanella is a listed artist known for New Jersey landscapes...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Charcoal
Young man in a toga elegant man Latin American hyperrealist Hockney style
Located in Norwich, GB
Superb original drawing in coloured conté pencils, heightened with white on oatmeal coloured vergé paper by Claudio Bravo. The work was created during the artist's Moroccan period, a...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Laid Paper, Color Pencil
Face, Ink on Paper Black and Brown by PadmaShree Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - 7.25 x 8.5 inches (unframed size)
Ink on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extremel...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Woman with Black Mantel - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by F. David - 1949
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Woman With Mantle is an original drawing on ivory glossy paper realized by Flor David in 1949.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower-left corner.
This is an original ink and watercolored drawing representing a very beautiful portrait of a woman wrapped in a black mantel...
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Women's World Magazine Cover Illustration , Children Sledding
Located in Miami, FL
Children Sledding, Women's World Magazine Cover, December 1939
Signed lower center image
watercolor, gouache, pencil, and wash on paper
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
The Letter (Large Black & White Ballpoint Pen Drawing of Civil War Soldiers)
Located in Hudson, NY
60 x 48 inches
black ballpoint pen drawing on cotton Arches paper.
Hung with two dark red powder coated aluminum bars.
This large, vertical black and white ballpoint pen drawing was made by Linda Newman Boughton in 2011. The dramatic yet modern drawing on strong cotton Arches paper is a depiction of a notorious photograph taken by Mathew Brady of three Civil War soldiers...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Fred Astaire and Diana Vreeland, Vanity Fair Magazine
By Robert Risko
Located in Miami, FL
Airbrush Illustration on paper
Signed Risko lower right
Blindstamp Upper Right
Published: Vanity Fair Magazine
Unframed
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
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
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Antoniucci Volti - Torso - Signed Original Sanguine Drawing
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Antoniucci Volti
Torso
Dimensions: 64,5 x 50 cm
Sanguine
Signed on the lower Right
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family ...
Category
1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Face of Bearded Men, Pen and Ink on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size)
Pen and Ink on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
The exceptions are the faces such as the profiles of bearded men...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen, Paper
"Contemplation"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Contemplating Portrait in Yellow
By Beatriz Balen Susin
Located in Houston, TX
Portrait of a figure resting its head on its hand in a thinking position. Portrait is done on black paper using yellow chalk and acrylic paint. Artist signed the image in the bottom ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic
Pensive Dancer, Ink Drawing by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer, Russian/American (1899 - 1987)
Title: Pensive Dancer
Year: circa 1956
Medium: Pencil on Paper, signed lower right
Paper Size: 8 x 5 inches
Frame: 11.5 x 9.5 i...
Category
1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink
Mixed Media Portrait Painting of a Man
Located in Houston, TX
A mixed media painting of an older man deep in thought in black and white on a yellow background circa 1990s by Theadius McCall. Signed in lower right ...
Category
1990s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Portrait of Arab - Original Charcoal Drawing by Jean Plumet - Early 20th Century
By Jean Louis Plumet
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Arab is an interesting drawing realized by the French artist Jean Louis Plumet. It is in very good conditions, except for some tiny stains and a fold on the lower part of...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Woman Laughing - Original Pastel by Michel Simonidy - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman laughing is an original artwork by Michel Simonidy.
Mixed media, pastel drawing, and tempera on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Includes passepartout. St...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Girl with Bonnet, Pastel Portrait by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999)
Title: Girl with Bonnet
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed u.r.
Size: 25.5 in. x 19.7...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Man With Beret And Lying Man - 1940s - Paul-Franz Namur - Drawing - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Man With Beret And Lying Man is an original artwork realized by Paul-Franz Namur in the first half of the XX century. Pencil on paper.
Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the low...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Two Men Around a Table - 1940s - Paul-Franz Namur - Drawing - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Two Men Around a Table is an original artwork realized by Paul-Franz Namur in the 1940s. Pencil on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right margin. Passepartout and wood ...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Philosopher - Original China Ink drawing by E. Berman - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed with the artist's monogram. Ink and watercolour on cardboard. Passepartout included.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Lew Wallace (Large Black & White Ballpoint Pen Civil War Union General Portrait)
Located in Hudson, NY
60 x 48 inches
black ballpoint pen drawing on cotton Arches paper.
Hung with two dark red powder coated aluminum bars.
This large, vertical black and white ballpoint pen drawing was made by Linda Newman Boughton in 2011. The dramatic yet modern drawing on strong cotton Arches paper is a depiction of a notorious photograph taken by Mathew Brady...
Category
2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen, Paper
ART
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by Westley "Wes" Olmsted. This work is currently featured in the exhibition Man of Extremes at Benjaman Gallery in Buffalo, NY.
Westley G. Olmsted (1934-2011) was a painter and sculptor. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and was a distant relative Frederick Law Olmsted...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Sketch After Vincent Self Portrait No. 3
By Wes Olmsted
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor painting by Westley "Wes" Olmsted. This work is currently featured in the exhibition Man of Extremes at Benjaman Gallery in Buffalo, NY.
Westley G. Olmsted (1934-2011) was a painter and sculptor. He was born in Buffalo, New York, and was a distant relative Frederick Law Olmsted...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Isadora Duncan (Blue), " Pen, Ink, & Watercolor signed by Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Isadora Duncan (Blue)" is an original mixed media drawing created by Abraham Walkowitz. It is made with pen & ink, graphite, and watercolor piece on cream paper. The artist signed t...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Graphite
"Isadora Duncan (Orange), " Pen, Ink, & Watercolor signed by Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Isadora Duncan (Orange)" is an original pen & ink, graphite, and watercolor piece on cream paper by Abraham Walkowitz. The artist signed the piece in the lower center. The drawing d...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Portrait Sketch of Man with a Cane
Located in Houston, TX
Gorgeous and detailed portrait sketch of a man in a suit with a cane by artist C. Hallam in 1975.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
UNTITLED PORTRAIT
By John Heliker
Located in Portland, ME
Heliker, John. (American, 1909-2000). UNTITLED PORTRAIT. Ink on paper, not dated, likely 1930s. The image is of a man, likely a factory worker, seated, wearing a cap, leaning his face on one hand, with factory structures in the background. Signed, lower right. c. 8 x 8 inches 0n a larger sheet. In excellent condition.
Heliker was born in Yonkers and spent his adult life dividing his time between Manhattan, where he taught art for decades, and Great Cranberry Island...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of a Couple by M. Tarragona R. Drawing Signed and Dated in Mexico, 1948
Located in Pasadena, CA
A Beautiful portrait of a couple, probably a study for a painting.
Original drawing and watercolor signed by M. Tarragona R. ? and dated 1948 in Mexico.
With its origininal frame,
S...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
" Femme au serpent " Dar el-Hanch
Located in CANNES, FR
Yves Saint Laurent ( 1936-2008 )
" Femme aux serpents " . année 1977.
dessin au feutre de couleur . original projet de la carte de voeux LOVE 1977 .
31 x24 cm .
Felt tip . unique ...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Ballpoint Pen
Madonna and Child - Orignal Indian Ink Drawing, Signed
Located in Paris, FR
Tsuguharu (Leonard) Foujita (1886-1968)
Madonna and Child, c. 1950
Original India ink drawing
Signed lower right
On paper 33 x 24.5 cm at sight
Presented in a golden baguette frame ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Untitled
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
Tobey's work resembles Abstract Expressionism and Asian calligraphy.
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Dark Portrait by Otto Vautier - Charcoal 48x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of Robert Nathaniel Dett (1882-1943)
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): WINOLD/REISS
Category
20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Japanese Girl
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): WINOLD/REISS
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
The Portrait - Drawing - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is an original drawing in China ink on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1929, applied on a greyish Passepartout.
hand-signed, illegible, and dated on the lower....
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The imprisonment - Drawing - 17th century.
Located in Roma, IT
The imprisonment is an original China Ink Drawing realized by an unkown artist in 17th century.
Very good condition included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (60x50 cm).
No si...
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17th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portugal, Young Girl with Fishes - Original color drawing, Signed
By Mily Possoz
Located in Paris, FR
Mily POSSOZ
Young Girl with Fishes, 1928
Original pencil and charcoals derawing
Signed bottom right
Dated 1928
On paper 42 x 34 cm at view (c. 17 x 13 in)
Presented in a wood frame ...
Category
1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Color Pencil
Young Girl with Violets - Original Watercolor and Gouache Painting, Signed
By Mily Possoz
Located in Paris, FR
Mily POSSOZ
Young Girl with Violets, 1934
Original Watercolor and Gouache Painting
Signed bottom right
On vellum 62 x 34 cm (c. 25 x 12 in)
Very good condition, light defects at th...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
"Spiritual Self-Portrait" Watercolor, Ink, Portrait, Nude, Linear Grid, Colors
By Artis Lane
Located in Detroit, MI
"Spiritual Self-Portrait" is a portrait of the artist by the artist. She has presented herself nude gazing boldly and directly at the viewer not so much challenging, but inviting dia...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
Head of JYM III - 20th Century, Chalk and charcoal on paper by Frank Auerbach
Located in London, GB
Chalk and charcoal on paper.
Auerbach met Juliet Yardley Mills in 1956, when she was working as a model at Sidcup College of Art. He began to paint her the following year, and contin...
Category
1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Woman in Theatrical Dress - Original Watercolor by Eugène Lacoste
By Eugène Lacoste
Located in Roma, IT
Signed on bottom right by Eugène Lacoste, the design of the Opera of Giuseppe Verdi.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created ove...
Category
1870s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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Find a wide variety of authentic Modern 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 orange, blue, yellow, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mino Maccari, Alberto Ziveri, Pierre Georges Jeanniot, and Devie Elzafon. Frequently made by artists working with Pencil, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 2.09 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 $55 and tops out at $425,000, while the average work sells for $403.
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