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
Period: 1970s
Sex Appeal - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sex Appeal is adrawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Blue ink drawing on paper.
Signed "M...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Five Fashion Models Wearing Hoodies Vogue Patterns 1970s Fashion - Puerto Rican
Located in Miami, FL
Famed Puerto Rican Fashion Illustrator Antonio Lopez creates an oversized illustration for Vogue Patterns Magazine 1971. He uses a variety of media whic...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Mixed Media
Interracial Love - New York City Street Scene - Proposition - Red Light District
Located in Miami, FL
In the 1970s, the Times Square/ Mid-Town area of New York City was a gritty place of X-rated movies, Strip Bars, Pimps, Street Walkers, and cheap by-the-hour Hotels. The place was a...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Original (unique) Self portrait drawing
Located in New York, NY
Al Hirschfeld
Original (unique) Self portrait drawing, 1976
Hand signed ink drawing, on typewritten letter with envelope
Hand signed in Hirschfel...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Melany the artist's daughter signed pastel painting with original gallery label
By Wolf Kahn
Located in New York, NY
Wolf Kahn
Melany (The Artist's Daughter), 1970
Pastel on paper painting
Hand signed by Wolf Kahn on the front
Unique
Frame included: newly matted and framed in a museum quality wood ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a Pen 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, 1989) was an...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ballpoint Pen
Figures - Pencil Drawing and Watercolour by Mino Maccari - 1980s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a Pencil Drawing and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a little cardboard.
Mino Maccari (Sie...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor
Bats - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Bats is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Good condition on a cream colored paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena,...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Gardener - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Gardener is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Good condition on a cream colored paper.
Mino Maccari (Si...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Tangent or Annoying? - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Tangent or Annoying? is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Ro...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a Pencil Drawing and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white cardboard.
Mino...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Figures - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Mr. Gioia - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Mr. Gioia is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, J...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Dancing Figures - China Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1975
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Dancing Figures is a china ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1975.
Hand-signed in the lower right part.
Good conditions with slight folding.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Monument - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Monument is a china ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a green ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1970s.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Ju...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Couple - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a china ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970.
Hand-signed in the lower margin.
Good condition on a white paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Profile of Woman - Marker Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman's Profile is a violet marker Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970.
Hand-signed in the lower margin.
Good condition on a little yellowed cardboard.
Mino Maccari (Siena, ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Black Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Mother and Child II
Located in London, GB
'Mother and Child II', watercolour on fine art paper (1970), by Raymond Debiève. In a clear nod to Picasso's influence both stylistically and in terms of subject matter (Picasso pain...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Boy - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Boy is a Colored Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
No signature....
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Colour Maker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Color Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was bo...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Portrait of Woman - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a Blue Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980).
Good condition on a yellowed little sheet.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre,...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Woman - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a Black Maker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold Ar...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Profile - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Profile is a China Ink Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born i...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Child - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Child is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white paper.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havre, Fr...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Pastel and Watercolour artwork realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born i...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel, Paper
Child - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Child is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a white little sheet.
No Signature.
Reynold Arnould was born in Le Ha...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Girl - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is a Color Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
No signature.
Reynold Arnould was born...
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Paper
Camille Hilaire - Green Trees - Original Signed Watercolor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire (1916-2004)
Green Trees
Original Signed Watercolor
43 x 36 cm
Framed
Camille Hilaire
(1916-2004)
Camille Hilaire began painting from a...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Watercolor and color Markes Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (49x35 cm).
No si...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Watercolor, Paper
Sheperd - Drawing by Claudio Cintoli - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Sheperd is an original modern artowrk realized in 1958 by Claudio Cintoli.
China ink drawing.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Includes frame.
Category
1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Portrait of a Young Navajo', Native American, Arizona, California Woman artist
By Victoria Creech Stewart
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left 'Creech PSWC' and created circa 1975
A compelling pastel study showing the subject dressed in brightly-colored ceremonial robes and gazing past the viewer. An eleg...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
The Crucifixion - Pencil on Paper by Gian Paolo Berto - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
The Crucifixion is an original etching on paper realized by Gian Paolo Berto, in 1975.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed and numbered, rare edition: 2/3.
Sheet dimension:50 x 70
The a...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Face - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Face is a beautiful watercolour drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970.
The artwork is monogrammed by the artist on the lower right corner. In good condition except for some light...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Smiling Woman
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Smiling Woman', pastel and crayon on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1970s). Is this a modern version of da Vinci's Mona Lisa? The simi...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
Portrait of Berenice - Pencil on Paper by Gian Paolo Berto - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Berenice is an original drawing in pencil on paper applied on cardboard realized by Gian Paolo Berto, in 1971.
Good conditions.
Hand-signed and dated on the lower right...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Male Portrait - Charcoal Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Ritratto maschile (Male portrait) is an original drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Charc...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink
Reflecting Man - Pencil by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Uomo che riflette (Reflecting man) is an original pencil drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989)...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Scientist - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Lo Scienziato (The scientist) is an original black China ink drawing on laid paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 189...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book
Located in New York, NY
"Marc Chagall" Original Drawing Illustration Caricature William Saroyan book
This drawing was published in the 1976 edition of William Saroyan's SONS ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Il Sovrano (The King) - Mixed Media Drawing on Paper by M. Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Il Sovrano (The King) is an original mixed media drawing on paper, realized around the 1960s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Tempera ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Tempera, Watercolor
Portrait - Original Pencil on Paper by Eugène Berman - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original contemporary artwork realized by Eugène Berman (Petersbourg, 1932 - Rome, 1972) in the 1970s.
Original pencil drawing on paper.
Monogram of artist on the lower center in pencil.
Included a Passepartout: 50 x 40 cm
Good conditions, except for the small missing piece of paper at the top right margin.
Depicting the portrait of artist's wife, through strong strokes, full of emotion with a deep look.
Eugène Berman (Petersbourg, 1932 - Rome, 1972). He worked especially for the theater (Brecht's Threepenny Opera...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Il Tirreno - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Il Tirreno is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the 1970's.
Colored mixed media drawing on cardboard.
Hand-written notes by the artist on the lower margin.
The artw...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of André Gide - Original China Ink on Paper - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait of André Gide" is an original China Ink drawing glued on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the 19th Century.
In very good condition.
Unreadabl...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Laid Paper, Color Pencil
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...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
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 ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic
"Self Portrait"
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...
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1970s 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...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
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...
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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...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
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
" 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 ...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen, Ballpoint Pen
Modern portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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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