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Art Subject: Modern Art
Sklye by Sam Francis - Painting, Acrylic, Abstract Art
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Sklye by Sam Francis (1923-1994) Acrylic on paper 14.6 x 10.2 cm (5 ³/₄ x 4 inches) Signed, Sam Francis and dated on th...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Emerald Ammonite - Gyotaku Style Sumi Ink Painting on Mulberry Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
A 65 million year old sea creature is captured here through the art of Gyotaku by Jeff Conroy. After inking and taking impressions of a reproduction fossil Ammonite shell and combini...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper, Color Pencil

Port in Saint Tropez - Watercolour and Ink - Polish Ecole de Paris
Located in London, GB
MELA MUTER 1876-1967 (Maria Melania Muter) Warsaw 1876 - 1967 Paris (Polish) Title: Port in Saint Tropez, 1920 Technique: Signed Watercolour and Ink on Thick Textured Card Size: ...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Dreamy girl, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
My paintings are very personal, they capture my everyday life, my reaction to things I experienced, either yesterday, in my childhood or even events I imagine. My portraits pick up o...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pen

Native American Pop Art "Snake Priest - Hopi" Original Watercolor by D. Collins
Located in San Francisco, CA
Native American Pop Art "Snake Priest - Hopi" Original Watercolor by D. Collins C.1971 Outstanding original Pop Art style watercolor by D. Collins...
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Mid-20th Century Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Framed Contemporary Oil Pastel - Lemons in a Bowl
Located in Corsham, GB
Presented in a contemporary frame. Signed illegibly. On wove.
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Fuck You, Surrealist Mixed Media Drawing by Leonel Gongora
Located in Long Island City, NY
Leonel Gongora, Colombian (1932 - 1999) - Fuck You, Year: circa 1968, Medium: Graphite, Gouache and Foil on Board, signed top right, Size: 5.5 x 8.5 in. (13.97 x 21.59 cm)
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1960s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Graphite

Framed Contemporary Gouache - Fauvist Still Life with Fruit
Located in Corsham, GB
A bold and bright still life study depicting fruit on a windowsill. Completed with expressive brushwork and areas of impasto. Well presented in a contemporary wood frame. Unsigned. O...
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

“Untitled” Orange, Blue & Yellow Abstract Portrait of George Washington
Located in Houston, TX
Orange, blue, and yellow abstract figurative portrait by Texas artist Ike E. Morgan. This pastel drawing depicts an abstract figure of George Washington against a yellow halo on a re...
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Elliot 17 ¼ x 35 ¾ inches Gouache on board, c. 1930s Signed lower left 27 x 46 in...
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1930s Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

Femme Cheval
Located in Miami, FL
Wifredo Lam “Femme Cheval” 1971 Pastel on paper 24 x 18 in Signed and dated at the bottom left corner Provenance: Gallerry Dobbelhoef, Kessel. Private Collection, Brussel. Campo and...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Laid Paper

Woman in blue, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
In my pictures I try to combine the visual and the conceptual. For me, drawing is a medium of knowledge which, beyond direct expression, makes visible material and immaterial forces,...
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2010s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

driving myself crazy, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
... not really. I'm getting a lot of help from various sources. The telephone. The internet. Ink and paper. The drawing cure... :: Drawing :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with a...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pen

Spring Equinox 1_Mary Finlayson, Still Life_Flashe/Gouache/SprayPaint/Oil Sticks
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Mary Finlayson "Spring Equinox 1" Flashe, Gouache, Spray Paint, Oil Stick on Canvas 25.25 x 21.25 inches, framed Mary Finlayson’s interest in painting ...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Canvas, Spray Paint

Maine, Watercolor Landscape by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) Title: Maine (P6. 59) Year: 1953 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm)
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1950s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Bathing Women Badende Frauen - Landscape Bathers German
Located in London, GB
This watercolour is hand signed with the artist’s monogram and dated in pencil "EH 29" [1929] in the lower right image. It is also hand titled in pencil “Badende Frauen” [Bathing Wo...
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1920s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Watercolor

Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & watercolor on paper Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She always preferred pas/pas/passionately the image to the w...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Outside with Parents from Grown Ups, Pastel Drawing by Daniel Fusaro
By Daniel Fusaro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Darrell Fusaro, American (1962 - ) Title: Outside with Parents from Grown Ups Year: circa 1990 Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed l.l. Size: 22 x 29.5 in. (55.88 x 74.93 cm) Fra...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Sketch for "Bestie del 900" - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the early 1930s. Probably a study for a woodcut realized for the illustrated book "Bestie del 900". Very good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor

The Peacock and The Skunk, Art Nouveau
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Willem Deiperink-Langereis (American, 1889-1966) Signed: Willem Deiperink-Langereis (Lower, Right) " The Peacock and The Skunk ", c. 1915-1920 Pen and Ink with Watercolor 9 1/2" ...
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Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Bettie Page - 19-05-18, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Bettie Page - 19-05-18 I found this great early picture of a young Bettie Page posing before her pin-up days of fame. Like all previous reference pictures this one shows great li...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Squirrel in the Field of Flowers
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolour on marouflaged paper with wooden panel
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Paper, Watercolor, Wood Panel

Alley. 1961. Paper, watercolor, 42x29.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Alley. 1961. Paper, watercolor, 42x29.5 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In ...
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1960s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & watercolor on paper Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She always preferred pas/pas/passionately the image to the w...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing 2, Original Contemporary Figurative Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Solfrid Dancing 2 Original Figurative Drawing Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Plea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings...

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Roundism – 11-01-20, Drawing, Pencil/Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Roundism – 11-01-20 Of late I was busy painting ‘The Restoration of Bettie Page’ and since a month or so drawings do not sprout from my pencil that often. But sometimes you ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Summer evening. 1982, oil on cardboard, 24, 5x33 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Summer evening. 1982, oil on cardboard, 24,5x33 cm Summer landscape by the river Edgars Vinters (1919-2014) Edgars Vinters is working in oil, watercolor and monotype techniques. He ...
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1980s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Cardboard

Flowers Colored Crystals and Awareness - Whimsical Figurative Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Italian painter Silvia Pavarini is known for her distinctly feminine artworks that resonate with the quiet whispers of nature. Each piece she creates embodies an ongoing dialogue wit...
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2010s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Maine Chickadees, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
-Painted on artist-quality acid-free 140 lb. watercolor paper. -Professional quality artists with watercolor paints. (Sennelier) -Acid-Free paper. -Size: 12" x 18" -Signature on ...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

The Circus
Located in London, GB
'The Circus', gouache on art paper, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s). Exploding in colour, this artwork presents a whimsical scene of one of the well known Parisian circuses. France has a long history of adoring and supporting circus troupes. Unknown to its many visitors, Paris hosts legendary circus companies complete with acrobats, clowns, trapeze artists, jugglers and animals. This artwork depicts clown musicians taking their final bows before calling it a night. For lovers of the excitement circuses generate this would be a wonderful addition to their home. Perhaps this art would be perfect for a child's room or the family den and games room. It is in good vintage condition and It is signed by the artist in the lower right hand corner. Please view the many photos accompanying this listing. Upon request a video of the artwork may be provided. About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
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1970s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

contemporary figurative black and white charcoal drawing pop art interior female
Located in New York, NY
This is a hand drawn original artwork on heavyweight paper by internet sensation mad charcoal He is represented by Krause Gallery NYC Ships rolled in a ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Charcoal, Archival Paper

Lawn Bird, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
With its oversized body and skeptical eye, a green bird puffs up with pride and quiet judgment. It is a backyard visitor with opinions. Artist Timothy Banks pai...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Moldovan Contemporary Art by Doïna Vieru - Untitled
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & watercolor on paper Doïna Vieru is an Ecuadorian-Moldavian artist born in 1978 who lives & works in France, Paris. She always preferred pas/pas/passionately the image to the w...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor

Nissequogue (Hecate's Garden), Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Nissequogue (Hecate's Garden), Year: 1959, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 13 in. x 20 in. (33.02 cm x 50.8 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott'...
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1950s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Upheaval, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

"Region Nine Walkers, " Oil Pastel on Grocery Bag by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Region Nine Walkers" is an original oil pastel drawing on a grocery bag by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right and dated it on the back. It features two blue fi...
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1990s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Found Objects

Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 194...
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1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Hasidic Boy, Judaica Portrait, Ink and Watercolor
Located in Surfside, FL
Mane-Katz (1894-1962) composes an ink and watercolor portrait of a Hasidic young lad. Signed upper right Mané-Katz, circa 1929. Mane-Katz was a Litvak painter born in Ukraine best known for his depictions of the Jewish shtetl in Eastern Europe. Emmanuel Mané-Katz (Hebrew:מאנה כץ), born Mane Leyzerovich Kats (1894–1962), was a Litvak painter born in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, best known for his depictions of the Jewish shtetl in Eastern Europe. Mane-Katz moved to Paris at the age of 19 to study art, although his father wanted him to be a rabbi. During the First World War he returned to Russia, at first working and exhibiting in Petrograd; following the October revolution, he traveled back to Kremenchuk, where he taught art. In 1921, due to the ongoing fighting in his hometown during the civil war, he moved once again to Paris. There he became friends with Pablo Picasso and other important artists, and was affiliated with the art movement known as the School of Paris; together with other outstanding Jewish artists of that milieu, he is sometimes considered to be part of a group referred to specifically as the Jewish School of Paris. Includes painters Jankel Adler, Arbit Blatas, Marc Chagall, Jacques Chapiro, Michel Kikoine...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Petals In Monotone, Jo Haran, Original Floral Painting, Affordable Artwork
Located in Deddington, GB
Jo Haran Petals In Monotone Original Floral Painting Watercolour, Gouache and Gesso on paper Image Size: 73cm x 53.5cm Sheet/Canvas Size: 75.5cm x 56cm Sold Unframed Free Shipping Pl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Water...

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Gesso, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Playboy cartoon Illustration, "For Posing, My Terms Are a Dollar an Hour, Room
Located in Miami, FL
Put aside Richard Taylor's dry wit. Look at his masterfully rendered figures and brilliantly constructed compositions based on a two-point perspective. Clearly, he is an underrated and overlooked talent in the class of Charles Addams. Above all, Taylor, with his heavely-lidded-eyed figure, has a style of his own. An artist who has an instantly recognized style - unique to him/her is a rarity in today's artworld of derivative artists. "For Posing, My Terms Are a Dollar an Hour, Room, and Board", Playboy cartoon illustration...
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1960s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor

The Robot Man - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil Pastel and watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1960s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor

"Orlando"
Located in Astoria, NY
Ramon Unzueta (Cuban/Spanish, 1962-2012), "Orlando", Gouache on Paper, 2009, signed and dated lower right, black lacquered wood frame. Image: 16.25" H x 11.25" W; frame: 27" H x 22.5...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Yellow Butterflies" - pastel drawing, nature, plants, still life, landscape
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed measuring 27.5 by 35 inches. Based in Carrollton, Georgia, Erin Dixon is a mixed media artist whose work bridges realism and surrealis...
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Archival Paper

Chinese Contemporary Art by Wu You - Half Memory Half Expectation
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & colour on paper - The artwork comes with COA Framed 171 x 51 x 4 cm
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper

March night scent, Drawing, Pastels on Canvas
Located in Yardley, PA
In creating this work, I delved into the quiet mystery of a moonlit pond, the way the light hits the water and leaves, inviting self-questioning. March night fragrance with color pal...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

A Dynamic Mid-Century Modern Manhattan Scene, New York City by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, Dynamic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of Lower Manhattan, New York City by Noted Chicago Artist, Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). The image is watercolor, pastel and c...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Japanese Contemporary Art by Minako Asakura - Sunny Moment
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic & watercolor on paper with frame Minako Asakura is a Japanese artist born in 1973 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. As graphic designer & art director, she was involved f...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Watercolor, Paper

Reclining Woman with Horseriders - Chinese American Art Watercolour Ink
Located in London, GB
WALASSE TING (1929-2010) [Ding Xiongquan] Wuxi 1929 – 2010 New York (Chinese/American) Title: Reclining Woman with Horseriders Technique: Stamp Signed Watercolour on Handmade Pape...
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original ink, gouache and oil pastel figure painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude woman standing in washes of neon pink,...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Gouache, Ink

Flowers in a Pot
Located in Surfside, FL
Katarzyna LIBROWICZ Polish French painter studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and arrived in France in 1937 . She studied with André Lhote in Montparnasse Paris and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants . She is one of the painters of the School of Paris . Peintre polonaise.Elle étudia à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Varsovie, puis arriva en France en 1937. Elle suivit les...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

1950s British Fashion illustration by Eve Sheldon-Williams
Located in London, GB
EVE SHELDON-WILLIAMS (1916-2001) Fashion Illustration White wash on black paper Framed 30.5 by 15.5 cm., 12 by 6 in. (frame size 50 by 34.5 cm., 19 ¾ by 13 ½ in.) Provenance: The artist’s family. Eve Sheldon-Williams was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the younger daughter of artist Inglis and Ina Sheldon-Williams. She was governess educated until the age of ten, before settling with her parents on the Italian Riviera from 1926 to 1930. After finished her education in England she studied painting, illustration and design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts 1937-1941, under William Roberts, John Skeaping, Bernard Meninsky and John Farleigh...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a nude male torso with washes of light aqua/sage green and accents of neon pink oil pastel. This is a part of Shap's '80s Interiors...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Gouache

Prayer, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the human form, whilst port...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal

Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cows in a Field (Recto) Two Figures in an Interior (Verso) Watercolor on heavy textured paper, 1938 Signed in ink verso image of Two Figures, unsigned ...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Trees, Will Roger's Park
Located in Columbus, OH
Original gouache painting by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of trees in Will Roger’s Park in Los Angeles in colors of blue and green....
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20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Black Panther Trials - Civil Rights Movement Police Violence African American
Located in Miami, FL
The Black Panther Trials - In this historically significant work, African American Artist Vicent D. Smith functions as an Art Journalist/ Court Reporter as much as a Artist. Here, he depicts, in complete unity, 21 Black Panther Protestors raising their fist of defiance at the White Judge. Smith's composition is about utter simplicity, where the Black Panther Protestors are symmetrically lined up in a confrontation with a Judge whose size is exaggerated in scale. Set against a stylized American Flag, the supercilious Judge gazes down as the protesters as their fists thrust up. Signed Vincent lower right. Titled Panter 21. Original metal frame. Tape on upper left edge of frame. 255 . Panther 21. Framed under plexi. _____________________________ From Wikipedia In 1969-1971 there was a series of criminal prosecutions in New Haven, Connecticut, against various members and associates of the Black Panther Party.[1] The charges ranged from criminal conspiracy to first-degree murder. All charges stemmed from the murder of 19-year-old Alex Rackley in the early hours of May 21, 1969. The trials became a rallying-point for the American Left, and marked a decline in public support, even among the black community, for the Black Panther Party On May 17, 1969, members of the Black Panther Party kidnapped fellow Panther Alex Rackley, who had fallen under suspicion of informing for the FBI. He was held captive at the New Haven Panther headquarters on Orchard Street, where he was tortured and interrogated until he confessed. His interrogation was tape recorded by the Panthers.[2] During that time, national party chairman Bobby Seale visited New Haven and spoke on the campus of Yale University for the Yale Black Ensemble Theater Company.[3] The prosecution alleged, but Seale denied, that after his speech, Seale briefly stopped by the headquarters where Rackley was being held captive and ordered that Rackley be executed. Early in the morning of May 21, three Panthers – Warren Kimbro, Lonnie McLucas, and George Sams, one of the Panthers who had come East from California to investigate the police infiltration of the New York Panther chapter, drove Rackley to the nearby town of Middlefield, Connecticut. Kimbro shot Rackley once in the head and McLucas shot him once in the chest. They dumped his corpse in a swamp, where it was discovered the next day. New Haven police immediately arrested eight New Haven area Black Panthers. Sams and two other Panthers from California were captured later. Sams and Kimbro confessed to the murder, and agreed to testify against McLucas in exchange for a reduction in sentence. Sams also implicated Seale in the killing, telling his interrogators that while visiting the Panther headquarters on the night of his speech, Seale had directly ordered him to murder Rackley. In all, nine defendants were indicted on charges related to the case. In the heated political rhetoric of the day, these defendants were referred to as the "New Haven Nine", a deliberate allusion to other cause-celebre defendants like the "Chicago Seven". The first trial was that of Lonnie McLucas, the only person who physically took part in the killing who refused to plead guilty. In fact, McLucas had confessed to shooting Rackley, but nonetheless chose to go to trial. Jury selection began in May 1970. The case and trial were already a national cause célèbre among critics of the Nixon administration, and especially among those hostile to the actions of the FBI. Under the Bureau's then-secret "Counter-Intelligence Program" (COINTELPRO), FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had ordered his agents to disrupt, discredit, or otherwise neutralize radical groups like the Panthers. Hostility between groups organizing political dissent and the Bureau was, by the time of the trials, at a fever pitch. Hostility from the left was also directed at the two Panthers cooperating with the prosecutors. Sams in particular was accused of being an informant, and lying to implicate Seale for personal benefit. In the days leading up to a rally on May Day 1970, thousands of supporters of the Panthers arrived in New Haven individually and in organized groups. They were housed and fed by community organizations and by sympathetic Yale students in their dormitory rooms. The Yale college dining halls provided basic meals for everyone. Protesters met daily en masse on the New Haven Green across the street from the Courthouse (and one hundred yards from Yale's main gate). On May Day there was a rally on the Green, featuring speakers including Jean Genet, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and John Froines (an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon). Teach-ins and other events were also held in the colleges themselves. Towards midnight on May 1, two bombs exploded in Yale's Ingalls Rink, where a concert was being held in conjunction with the protests.[4] Although the rink was damaged, no one was injured, and no culprit was identified.[4] Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin stated, "All of us conspired to bring on this tragedy by law enforcement agencies by their illegal acts against the Panthers, and the rest of us by our immoral silence in front of these acts," while Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr. issued the statement, "I personally want to say that I'm appalled and ashamed that things should have come to such a pass that I am skeptical of the ability of a Black revolutionary to receive a fair trial anywhere in the U.S." Brewster's generally sympathetic tone enraged many of the university's older, more conservative alumni, heightening tensions within the school community. As tensions mounted, Yale officials sought to avoid deeper unrest and to deflect the real possibility of riots or violent student demonstrations. Sam Chauncey has been credited with winning tactical management on behalf of the administration to quell anxiety among law enforcement and New Haven's citizens, while Kurt Schmoke, a future Rhodes Scholar, mayor of Baltimore, MD and Dean of Howard University School of Law, has received kudos as undergraduate spokesman to the faculty during some of the protest's tensest moments. Ralph Dawson, a classmate of Schmoke's, figured prominently as moderator of the Black Student Alliance at Yale (BSAY). In the end, compromises between the administration and the students - and, primarily, urgent calls for nonviolence from Bobby Seale and the Black Panthers themselves - quashed the possibility of violence. While Yale (and many other colleges) went "on strike" from May Day until the end of the term, like most schools it was not actually "shut down". Classes were made "voluntarily optional" for the time and students were graded "Pass/Fail" for the work done up to then. Trial of McLucas Black Panther trial sketch...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen, Pencil, Paper

Springtime - Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1905
Located in Roma, IT
Springtime is an Ink and Watercolor realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot in 1905, for the magazine "Rire". Good condition on a yllowed paper. Stamp signed on the lower riht corner. ...
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Hill 1967, paper/watercolor, 30.5x43 cm
Located in Riga, LV
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Paper, Watercolor

Black Robin Bird Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
467 Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2025 Style: Classic Art Title: Black Robin Size: 12 x 16 in...
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2010s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth Collage on paper, 1987 Signed with the artist's initials and datedlower left Condition: Good, with the ...
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1980s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

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