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Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Period: 1970s
Abstract Composition - Watercolor - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s in Italy. Watercolor on laid paper. Passepartout is included: dimensions 50 x 35 cm. Image Dimension...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in the second half of the XX century, in 1973. Hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Two dancers - watercolor on paper, framed, 24x17 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
Watercolor by Paul Guiraman. With frame 35x46 cm.
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in 1973. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right marg...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in 1973. Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right marg...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Geometrical Wood - Watercolor on paper - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Geometrical Wood" is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by Leo Guida. Watercolor on paper. Image Dimensions: 27 x 19 cm Passepartout is included: dimensions 50...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Sotto Tarsia - Color Pastel by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Sotto Tarsia is an original Contemporary artwork realized by the italian artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original Colored pastel. Hand-signed and titled in pencil on the lower righ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in the second half of the XX century, in 1973. Hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

"The Session"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980) Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Abstract Color Shape - Watercolor - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Color Shape is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s in Italy. Original watercolor on paper. Passepartout is included. Total dimensions: 50 x 35 cm. Imag...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Purple & Yellow Modern Urban Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Modern and bright urban abstract in yellow & purple by Carl E. Schwartz (American, 1935-2014), c.1970s. Signed "Schwartz" lower right. Presented in a silver metal frame. Image size: ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

William Jacobs "Sailboats in Harbor", original pastel on paper
Located in Glenview, IL
"Sailboats in Harbor" by noted Chicago painter William Jacobs (1897 - 1973) is a pastel on paper created in 1971. The artwork is signed in pencil by...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Young Woman Expressionist Watercolor
Located in Delray Beach, FL
Young Woman 1971 Size: 17x13.5 framed 24x20x1 Rosenborg began the study of painting in 1929 at the School Art League, American Museum of Natural History in New York City, and studied privately with Henriette Reiss from 1930 to 1933. Ralph Rosenborg won a scholarship while still in high school to Saturday art classes at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. After classes ended, he continued to study privately with his teacher there, Henriette Reiss, who provided not only exacting technical training, but broad-based instruction in music, literature, and art history. More significantly, Reiss had worked with Kandinsky earlier in her career and introduced her young protege to the vast arena of vanguard European ideas. Ralph Rosenborg exhibited his artworks since as a teenager when he made dress patterns...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic male and female nude elements to them some have a stylized American flag. Carmen Louis Cicero (born 1926) is an American figurative abstract painter from Newark, New Jersey. Cicero attended the New Jersey State Teachers College (now Kean University) from 1947 to 1951. Cicero studied painting under Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwell at Hunter College in 1953. He received an MFA from Montclair State University in 1991.Cicero started as an abstract painter and use automatism in his drawings of memories of places. In 1957, Cicero had his first solo show at the Peridot Gallery, New York, showing with fellow artists Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston. In the early 1960s, Cicero’s canvases began to be populated with intense, expressionist figures. These works positioned him as one of the earliest figurative expressionist painters of his generation. In 1971 a studio fire destroyed the work still in his possession. He moved to New York to a studio loft on the Bowery and started over in a dramatically different figurative style. In the 1990s, Cicero's style changed again, from figurative expressionism to visionary realism/surrealism reminiscent of magic realism. His work spans three periods and styles Abstract Expressionism, Figurative Expressionism, and surrealist “visionary.” In the late 1970s and 1980s and produced a body of work that was well received both uptown on Madison Avenue and downtown during the heyday of the East Village art scene. He was represented by the Berta Walker Gallery. He lives in New York City and Truro on Cape Cod. He is also an accomplished jazz musician. Cicero taught painting at Sarah Lawrence College 1959 to 1968. Cicero was a professor of painting at Montclair State University from 1970 through 2001. A monograph, The Art of Carmen Cicero was published in 2013 by Schiffer Publishing in Atglen, PA. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship 1957-58 and 63-64 Ford Foundation, Purchase Prizes 1961 and 65 Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation Grant, 2008 Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Portrait of Aiko
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Seiichi Hara (Japanese). Portrait of Aiko, 1972. Pencil, gouache on paper. Sheet measures 16 x 20 inches. Signed lower right and en verso. Custom frame of hardwood with welded steel ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Pencil

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one appears to be possibly signed in the drawing itself. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic male and female nude elements to them some have a stylized American flag. Carmen Louis Cicero (born 1926) is an American figurative abstract painter from Newark, New Jersey. Cicero attended the New Jersey State Teachers College (now Kean University) from 1947 to 1951. Cicero studied painting under Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwell at Hunter College in 1953. He received an MFA from Montclair State University in 1991.Cicero started as an abstract painter and use automatism in his drawings of memories of places. In 1957, Cicero had his first solo show at the Peridot Gallery, New York, showing with fellow artists Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston. In the early 1960s, Cicero’s canvases began to be populated with intense, expressionist figures. These works positioned him as one of the earliest figurative expressionist painters of his generation. In 1971 a studio fire destroyed the work still in his possession. He moved to New York to a studio loft on the Bowery and started over in a dramatically different figurative style. In the 1990s, Cicero's style changed again, from figurative expressionism to visionary realism/surrealism reminiscent of magic realism. His work spans three periods and styles Abstract Expressionism, Figurative Expressionism, and surrealist “visionary.” In the late 1970s and 1980s and produced a body of work that was well received both uptown on Madison Avenue and downtown during the heyday of the East Village art scene. He was represented by the Berta Walker Gallery. He lives in New York City and Truro on Cape Cod. He is also an accomplished jazz musician. Cicero taught painting at Sarah Lawrence College 1959 to 1968. Cicero was a professor of painting at Montclair State University from 1970 through 2001. A monograph, The Art of Carmen Cicero was published in 2013 by Schiffer Publishing in Atglen, PA. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship 1957-58 and 63-64 Ford Foundation, Purchase Prizes 1961 and 65 Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation Grant, 2008 Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Towards the End of the Story - Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Towards the end of the story a Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower margin. Unreadible signature. Original ink and watercolor on pape...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Leda and the Swan
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reuben Nakian Title: Leda and the Swan Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed l.l. Size: 14 x 16.5 inches Frame Size: 23 x 25....
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Dancer"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980) Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Count...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Blue Tides Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor and pastel multimedia painting of blue tides with brown, orange, and yellow between by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower right. Unfram...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled
Located in Washington Depot,, CT
Provenance: Norman Bluhm to current owner Trained as an architect under Mies van der Rohe, Norman Bluhm created paintings with an abiding sense of structure, balance, and compositio...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Crayon, Ink

#45
By Alexandre Hogue
Located in Fairlawn, OH
#45 Ink on paper, 1970 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist One of a series of drawings, all made in 1970, which stemmed from Hogue's interest in Persian calligraphy. H...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink

Seated Nude Figure
Located in Soquel, CA
Gestural watercolor of a colorful seated nude figure by California artist Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed and dated "Doris Warner, 5/71" on ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Jacques Germain -Untitled - Original Signed Ink
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jacques GERMAIN (1915-2001) Untitled Circa 1970 Ink on Paper Signed J.G Dimensions: 20 x 30 cm Born in Paris in 1915, worked with Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant at the Acadé...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic male and female nude elements to them some have a stylized American flag. Carmen Louis Cicero (born 1926) is an American figurative abstract painter from Newark, New Jersey. Cicero attended the New Jersey State Teachers College (now Kean University) from 1947 to 1951. Cicero studied painting under Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwell at Hunter College in 1953. He received an MFA from Montclair State University in 1991.Cicero started as an abstract painter and use automatism in his drawings of memories of places. In 1957, Cicero had his first solo show at the Peridot Gallery, New York, showing with fellow artists Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston. In the early 1960s, Cicero’s canvases began to be populated with intense, expressionist figures. These works positioned him as one of the earliest figurative expressionist painters of his generation. In 1971 a studio fire destroyed the work still in his possession. He moved to New York to a studio loft on the Bowery and started over in a dramatically different figurative style. In the 1990s, Cicero's style changed again, from figurative expressionism to visionary realism/surrealism reminiscent of magic realism. His work spans three periods and styles Abstract Expressionism, Figurative Expressionism, and surrealist “visionary.” In the late 1970s and 1980s and produced a body of work that was well received both uptown on Madison Avenue and downtown during the heyday of the East Village art scene. He was represented by the Berta Walker Gallery. He lives in New York City and Truro on Cape Cod. He is also an accomplished jazz musician. Cicero taught painting at Sarah Lawrence College 1959 to 1968. Cicero was a professor of painting at Montclair State University from 1970 through 2001. A monograph, The Art of Carmen Cicero was published in 2013 by Schiffer Publishing in Atglen, PA. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship 1957-58 and 63-64 Ford Foundation, Purchase Prizes 1961 and 65 Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation Grant, 2008 Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Watercolor on paper, c. 1971 Unsigned Provenance: From the collection of Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist, had his first solo exhibition i...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Colorful Abstracted Tree
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful abstracted tree with hues of red, blue, and green by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower right. Unframed. Doris Ann Warner began as an Abstract Ex...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Sem Titulo
Located in Wiscasett, ME
"Sem Titulo" gouache on paper. Illustrated in Barsotti's book page 146. The full sheet size listed in the catalogue is 21cm x 30cm. The specialty frame incorporates a mat cut up t...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic male and female nude elements to them some have a stylized American flag. Carmen Louis Cicero (born 1926) is an American figurative abstract painter from Newark, New Jersey. Cicero attended the New Jersey State Teachers College (now Kean University) from 1947 to 1951. Cicero studied painting under Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwell at Hunter College in 1953. He received an MFA from Montclair State University in 1991.Cicero started as an abstract painter and use automatism in his drawings of memories of places. In 1957, Cicero had his first solo show at the Peridot Gallery, New York, showing with fellow artists Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston. In the early 1960s, Cicero’s canvases began to be populated with intense, expressionist figures. These works positioned him as one of the earliest figurative expressionist painters of his generation. In 1971 a studio fire destroyed the work still in his possession. He moved to New York to a studio loft on the Bowery and started over in a dramatically different figurative style. In the 1990s, Cicero's style changed again, from figurative expressionism to visionary realism/surrealism reminiscent of magic realism. His work spans three periods and styles Abstract Expressionism, Figurative Expressionism, and surrealist “visionary.” In the late 1970s and 1980s and produced a body of work that was well received both uptown on Madison Avenue and downtown during the heyday of the East Village art scene. He was represented by the Berta Walker Gallery. He lives in New York City and Truro on Cape Cod. He is also an accomplished jazz musician. Cicero taught painting at Sarah Lawrence College 1959 to 1968. Cicero was a professor of painting at Montclair State University from 1970 through 2001. A monograph, The Art of Carmen Cicero was published in 2013 by Schiffer Publishing in Atglen, PA. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship 1957-58 and 63-64 Ford Foundation, Purchase Prizes 1961 and 65 Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation Grant, 2008 Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic male and female nude elements to them. Carmen Louis Cicero (born 1926) is an American figurative abstract painter from Newark, New Jersey. Cicero attended the New Jersey State Teachers College (now Kean University) from 1947 to 1951. Cicero studied painting under Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwell at Hunter College in 1953. He received an MFA from Montclair State University in 1991.Cicero started as an abstract painter and use automatism in his drawings of memories of places. In 1957, Cicero had his first solo show at the Peridot Gallery, New York, showing with fellow artists Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston. In the early 1960s, Cicero’s canvases began to be populated with intense, expressionist figures. These works positioned him as one of the earliest figurative expressionist painters of his generation. In 1971 a studio fire destroyed the work still in his possession. He moved to New York to a studio loft on the Bowery and started over in a dramatically different figurative style. In the 1990s, Cicero's style changed again, from figurative expressionism to visionary realism/surrealism reminiscent of magic realism. His work spans three periods and styles Abstract Expressionism, Figurative Expressionism, and surrealist “visionary.” In the late 1970s and 1980s and produced a body of work that was well received both uptown on Madison Avenue and downtown during the heyday of the East Village art scene. He was represented by the Berta Walker Gallery. He lives in New York City and Truro on Cape Cod. He is also an accomplished jazz musician. Cicero taught painting at Sarah Lawrence College 1959 to 1968. Cicero was a professor of painting at Montclair State University from 1970 through 2001. A monograph, The Art of Carmen Cicero was published in 2013 by Schiffer Publishing in Atglen, PA. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship 1957-58 and 63-64 Ford Foundation, Purchase Prizes 1961 and 65 Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation Grant, 2008 Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one is hand signed and dated. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic male and female nude elements to them some have a stylized American flag. Carmen Louis Cicero (born 1926) is an American figurative abstract painter from Newark, New Jersey. Cicero attended the New Jersey State Teachers College (now Kean University) from 1947 to 1951. Cicero studied painting under Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwell at Hunter College in 1953. He received an MFA from Montclair State University in 1991.Cicero started as an abstract painter and use automatism in his drawings of memories of places. In 1957, Cicero had his first solo show at the Peridot Gallery, New York, showing with fellow artists Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston. In the early 1960s, Cicero’s canvases began to be populated with intense, expressionist figures. These works positioned him as one of the earliest figurative expressionist painters of his generation. In 1971 a studio fire destroyed the work still in his possession. He moved to New York to a studio loft on the Bowery and started over in a dramatically different figurative style. In the 1990s, Cicero's style changed again, from figurative expressionism to visionary realism/surrealism reminiscent of magic realism. His work spans three periods and styles Abstract Expressionism, Figurative Expressionism, and surrealist “visionary.” In the late 1970s and 1980s and produced a body of work that was well received both uptown on Madison Avenue and downtown during the heyday of the East Village art scene. He was represented by the Berta Walker Gallery. He lives in New York City and Truro on Cape Cod. He is also an accomplished jazz musician. Cicero taught painting at Sarah Lawrence College 1959 to 1968. Cicero was a professor of painting at Montclair State University from 1970 through 2001. A monograph, The Art of Carmen Cicero was published in 2013 by Schiffer Publishing in Atglen, PA. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship 1957-58 and 63-64 Ford Foundation, Purchase Prizes 1961 and 65 Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation Grant, 2008 Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in the second half of the XX century, in 1973. Hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Composition - Original Mixed Media by Edgar Stoebel - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original drawing in a mix media, oil and tempera on cardboard, realized by Edgar Stoebel (1909–2001). Very good conditions. Hand-sig...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil, Tempera, Cardboard

"Untitled #3" - Large Scale Pastel Geometric Color Field Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Large-scale abstract composition in pastel with bold geometric color-fields in in red, navy blue, green, with yellow and orange accents by Renee Harwin (Austrian, b. 1924). Tag on verso with artist info. "Renee Harwin Untitled Pastel #3 30 1/4" x 44 1/2"" is written in pencil on verso. Presented in a white plexiglass frame with plexiglass covering. Image size: 29.75"H x 44"W As a young Viennese woman, Renee Harwin found her artistic development interrupted by Hitler's arrival to her city. Soon after, Renee and her family left and moved to the United States. Harwin says that while "one can drawn his or her own conclusions from my work, I believe that the tremendous impact of change from Nazism to free America has left deep impressions on me that are played out on these canvases." Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

abstrait noir - encre sur papier, 73x53 cm.
By André Villers
Located in Nice, FR
Encre sur papier par l'artiste peintre et photographe, ami de Picasso. Travail très intéressant . André Villers, né en 1930 et mort en 2016 etait un art...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

At the End of the Story - Watercolor on Paper - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
At the end of the history is a beautiful original watercolor on paper, realized in 1975. Signed and dated in black ink on the lower margin at the center, covered by the yellow car...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Jacques Germain -Untitled - Original Signed Drawing
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jacques GERMAIN (1915-2001) Untitled Circa 1970 Dimensions: 25 x 18 cm Pencil on Paper Signed J.G Born in Paris in 1915, worked with Fernand Léger and Amédée Ozenfant at the Acad...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Green Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic abstract with green and black swirling together by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "Warner" lower left. Unframed. Image size, 9"H x 12"W. Purchased from the es...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Sacred" Angel Abstract Figurative Portrait with Snake, Bird, and Fish Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Beautifully executed watercolor painting by Joanna Ballard that depicts a nude angel standing over a resting figure. The composition includes many diverse hues that range in opacity....
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in the second half of the XX century, in 1973. Hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Watercolor on paper. 1971 Unsigned Sheet size: 24 x 19 inches Condition: Excellent From the collection of Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007) Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in the second half of the XX century, in 1973. Hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in the second half of the XX century, in 1973. Hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract Composition - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Peter Dischleit - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original mixed media drawing in ink and watercolor on paper realized by Peter Dischleit (1940-1993) in the second half of the XX century, in 1973. Hand-si...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Abstract - Original Watercolor by Charles Boggs - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
"Abstract" is an original watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated cardboard by Charles Boggs (1921). In excellent conditions. Hand-signed, Boggs, on the...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Cardboard

Abstract Expressionist Figures in the Style of Willem de Kooning
By Petur Halldorsson
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract expressionist work in the style of Willem de Kooning. Painting has various forms that appear to look like human figures with sketched images of hand guns. Painting ...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Gouache

No title
Located in Paris, FR
Gouache 19.00 cm. x 20.00 cm. 7.48 in. x 7.87 in. (paper) 12.00 cm. x 14.00 cm. 4.72 in. x 5.51 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD3705
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Large-Scale Vertical Abstract Geometric Pastel with Red, Black, & Orange
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract large-scale vertical pastel with textural red, black and orange forms in a sweeping diagonal composition by Renee Harwin (Austrian, b. 1924). Tag on verso with artist's name, title, and mediums. Unsigned and unframed. Image size: 54"H x 33.5"L. As a young Viennese woman, Renee Harwin found her artistic development interrupted by Hitler's arrival to her city. Soon after, Renee and her family left and moved to the United States. Harwin says that while "one can drawn his or her own conclusions from my work, I believe that the tremendous impact of change from Nazism to free America has left deep impressions on me that are played out on these canvases." Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack Jefferson...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Masonite, Paper, Pastel

The Girl - Original Mixed Media by Edgar Stoebel - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
The girl is a drawing in oil and tempera on paper realized by Edgar Stoebel (1909–2001). Good conditions. Hand-signed on the lower right. Sheet dimen...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Tempera, Cardboard

Self Portrait, 1970's Ink Drawing by Josep Grau-Garriga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josep Grau-Garriga, Spanish (1929 - 2011) Title: Self Portrait II Year: circa 1976 Medium: Ink on Paper Size: 28 x 24 in. (71.12 x 60.96 cm)
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

"Untitled #2", Abstract Geometric Vertical Pastel with Purple & Green
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold abstract composition with sweeping purple and green pastel tones in organic flowing forms, by Renee Harwin (Austrian, b. 1924). Tag on verso with name, date, title, and dimensions. Presented in a white plexiglass frame with plexiglass covering. Image size: 31.75"H x 44.5"W As a young Viennese woman, Renee Harwin found her artistic development interrupted by Hitler's arrival to her city. Soon after, Renee and her family left and moved to the United States. Harwin says that while "one can drawn his or her own conclusions from my work, I believe that the tremendous impact of change from Nazism to free America has left deep impressions on me that are played out on these canvases." Her work combines the influence of Midwest painters such as Clyfford Still and San Francisco Art Institute instructor Jack...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Florence Cathedral", original watercolor on paper
Located in Glenview, IL
"Florence Cathedral " is an abstract watercolor on paper representing the famous Duomo di Firenze, formally the Cattedrale di Santa Maria del Fiore...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Blue, Orange and Pink Geometric Abstract Painting
Located in Houston, TX
Blue, orange and pink pastel work done in an abstract geometric style. It is framed in a black frame with a white matte. The artist signed the work in the bottom right corner along a...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

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Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal 32.00 cm. x 24.00 cm. 12.6 in. x 9.45 in. (paper) 32.00 cm. x 21.00 cm. 12.6 in. x 8.27 in. (image) Handsigned by the artist in pencil Ref : LCD3579
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Colorful Abstract Watercolor Painting by Dom Mingolla
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Dom Mingolla, American (1900 - 1980?) Title: Untitled Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Signed l.r. Size: 22 x 30 inches Frame: 32 x 42 inches
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Abstract Landscape, Watercolor Painting by Joseph Grippi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joseph Grippi, American (1924 - 2001) Title: Landscape Year: circa 1980 Medium: Watercolor on thick paper, signed in pencil Size: 19 x 30.5 in. (48.26 x 77.47 cm)
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

William Jacobs "Skyline", original pastel on paper
Located in Glenview, IL
"Skyline" by noted Chicago painter William Jacobs (1897 - 1973) is a pastel on paper created in 1970. The artwork is an abstract representation of skyscrapers as seen from above. The...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

"The Hurdy Gurdy Man", Colorful Figurative Abstract Street Performer Watercolor
By Hope Tepley
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored watercolor of a 1970's California street performer, done in a colorful, expressive slap-dash style, by Hope Tepley (American, 1919-2010). Signed "Tepley" in the lower right corner. Titled "The Hurdy Gurdy...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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