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Item Ships From: Continental US
Sow Thistle Three - Botanical Wildflower Plant Flowers Brown Walnut Ink, 2025
By Margot Glass
Located in Kent, CT
This contemporary botanical drawing is made with handmade walnut ink on heavyweight Arches paper. The exploration of ephemerality, and the fragility of a wild sow thistle plant, its ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Marfa ( Texas ) - large format photograph of dramatic clouds over endless fields
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Marfa ( Texas ) by Frank Schott
country road view in West Texas, from a series of impressions captured in Marfa, Texas, longtime residence of minimalist artist Donald Judd
48 x 72 i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée
"No. 3080" Miniature Collage Currency by Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
"No. 3080" Miniature Collage Currency by Michael Pauker
Miniature abstract paper collage by Bay Area artist Michael Pauker (American, b. 1957). This pie...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink
Marmo di Carrara - large format photograph of iconic Italian marble quarry
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Signed large scale original photograph of the Mediterranean marble quarries in Carrara, Italy, iconic material source of classic Italian art and architecture, captured with a large f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Next Sign - large format landscape photograph with conceptual road sign
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Next Sign by Frank Schott
from a series of works capturing conceptual roadside signs in iconic American landscapes
captured with a large format camera to allow epic scale print s...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Conceptual Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Archival Pigment, Giclée
$3,520 Sale Price
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48x36 "Apollo 8 Earth Rise" Space Photography NASA Fine Art Print Photograph
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original museum grade exhibition prints on acid-free archival photographic luster paper.
These are the highest quality NASA prints ever produced.
Edition of 250
Taken aboard Apollo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Pigment
$680 Sale Price
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The Better World, Peter Max, hand signed limited edition WFUNA lithograph
By Peter Max
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This colorful work by Peter Max was created in 1988.
The vintage WFUNA lithograph "The Better World" has an Authentication certificate
attached on the verso
#443/750
There is no ch...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Lithograph
Portrait of Nude Female Figure on Paper, Woman With Knees Up by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman With Knees Up"
Pastel & Ink on Paper
24” x 18”
34" x 31" inches framed
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist b...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Kozo "Allegory of the Arts"
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: , Kozo
Title: Allegory of the Arts
Date: 2025
Medium: Mixed Media with Tattoo ink on paper
Framed Dimensions: 65" x 49.5"
Signature: Pencil signed
Edition: 7/15
KOZO ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media
Untitled
By Stuart Klein
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and acrylic ink on paper
Signed in pencil, verso
10.5 x 8 inches, sheet
18.5 x 16 inches, frame
This work is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes frame.
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Ink
Mnemonic Device, Silkscreen with hand coloring, Signed/N British Pop Art pioneer
By Joe Tilson
Located in New York, NY
Joe Tilson
Mnemonic Device, 1975
Silkscreen with hand coloring on Thin Bamboo Wood Sheet
21 1/4 × 19 1/2 inches
Edition 96/100
Hand signed and numbered from an edition of 100 on rect...
Category
1970s Pop Art Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Screen, Ink
What You Leave Behind - Abstract Figurative Mixed Media Surrealist Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Acrylic, Mixed Media, Charcoal
Gray Orange Painting Art Hand Textured Giclee on Canvas 45x45" Different Colors
By Irena Orlov
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gray Orange Painting Art Hand Textured Giclee on Canvas 45x45" Different Colors
State-of-the-art HAND EMBELLISHED ∽ MUSEUM QUALITY ∽ DISPLAY READY Giclee Reproduction
Each limited e...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Canvas, Varnish, Archival Ink, Acrylic, Digital, Inkjet, Giclée
$3,120 Sale Price
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Luis Enrique Camejo, ¨Sábanas blancas¨, 2022, Aquatint, 28.1x20.9 in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Enrique Camejo (Cuba, 1957)
'Sábanas blancas', 2022
sugar aquatint on paper Canson 320 g.
28.2 x 20.9 in. (71.5 x 53 cm.)
Edition of 15
Unframed
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Engraving, Aquatint, Screen
Cloudy - Abstract Black and White Figurative Illustrative Ink Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
"CHONDRITE 01" Gestural abstraction, Spray paint, Splatter, Scratches
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "CHONDRITE 01" is a one-of-a-kind original piece by Chinny Bond and is a gestural mark-making study done with acrylic, ink and aerosol on linen. This piece measures...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Linen, Ink, Spray Paint, Acrylic
The Red Shoes (Erotic), Ink and Watercolor Painting by George Grosz
By George Grosz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz, German (1893 - 1959)
Title: Sex Scene in Red Shoes (Erotic)
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper, signed
Size: 17...
Category
1940s Expressionist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Winter Sheep Drive Dr. #7
Located in Bozeman, MT
Waddell's paintings are a combination of rough marks, thick paint, transparent elegant strokes, and, on a few occasions a slow, hard line scratched into the canvas. You can feel the ...
Category
1980s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Oil, Acrylic
Ceramic #14 2017 original handmade signed unique large Talavera plate 18x18x2in
Located in Miami, FL
Luis Miguel Valdes (Cuba, 1949)
"Ceramic #14", 2017
Ceramic plate in Uriarte's Talavera
45 x 45 x 4.5 cm. (17.75 x 17.75 x 1.75 in.)
Hand-signed by author
___________________________...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Enamel
"Pauses" 2006 Original Abstract Hand Signed silkscreen Print Cuban Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Carlos Garcia De La Nuez (Cuba, 1959)
'Pausas', 2006
silkscreen on paper
19.7 x 23.7 in. (50 x 60 cm.)
Edition of 99
Unframed
ID: GAR1649-006-104
____________________________________________
"Carlos García de la Nuez. Born in Havana, Cuba, 1959. Lives and works in Mexico City, Mexico.
He is a member of the renowned 1980s generation of Cuban artists, whose works differentiated from other contemporaries, noticeably in their intentional distancing from political criticism as a form of expression. This generation was interested in establishing and legitimizing new values of art for art’s sake, gathering inspiration from art movements happening outside of Cuba. Born in Havana, Cuba in 1959, the artist’s paintings explore abstraction and semiotics through the use of color, texture and scale. García de la Nuez participated in the historic 1982 exhibition titled 4x4 with colleagues Gustavo Acosta...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Screen
Man and Woman with Lamp
By George Grosz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz (1893-1959)
Title: Man and Woman with Lamp
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper, signed l.r.
Paper Size: 23.5 in. x 18 in. (59.69 cm x 45.72 cm)
Frame ...
Category
1940s Expressionist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink
Metamorphosis II - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, ink
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed 16 by 20 inches.
Mila Akopova is New ...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, India Ink
1950s "Abstract #4" Ink and Gouache Painting Univ of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Abstract #4"
c.1950s
Ink & Gouache on paper
10.5x19.5" brown, ripple, wood frame 11.5”x1”x20.75”
Signed in pencil lower right with label on reverse
Came from artist's e...
Category
Early 20th Century Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
$787 Sale Price
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'View of Mitsuke', After Utagawa Hiroshige, Ukiyo-E Woodblock, Tokaido, Edo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An ink on paper, Nishiki-e and Yoko-e woodblock landscape showing a view of Mitsuke in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, circa 1850. A figure on horseback...
Category
Mid-20th Century Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Washi Paper, Sumi Ink
Los Ninos De Calle - Original Painting Colorful Commercial Building Cars on Road
By Danny Brown
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Danny Brown’s artworks allocate an intrinsic connection between himself and the diverse communities occupying Los Angeles. Brown combines art history, streetwear trends, and pop art ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Ink
Pat Buckley leaving town. From The Art, culture & society Series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Mixed media painting in monograph, Signed & inscribed to Museum Trustees, Framed
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney
Hockney Paints the Stage (Signed and inscribed to Walker Museum trustees), 1983
Original acrylic, watercolor and ink painting done on title page of monograph (Signed an...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor
Mars driven away from Peace and Abundance by Minerva
By Agostino Carracci
Located in Middletown, NY
Agostino CARRACCI, after Jacopo TINTORETTO
Sapientia Martem depellente Pax et Abundantia cogaudent; Mars driven away from Peace and Abundance by Minerva
Engraving on handmade laid ...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper, Woodcut
Joyce T. Nagel Collagraph "Earthcore" Signed Dated Ltd Ed
Located in Detroit, MI
"Earthcore" is an abstract of a familiar image ... a view of earth sliced in half usually as an explanation of the many layers of spaceship earth. This print is more than its title. It is rich in its depth of color and texture. Upon close inspection there is much activity on the surface which continually adds to its visual complexity.
The name given to this print process is “Collagraph” It is made by glueing different materials to cardboard and creating a kind of collage. During the inking process the ink will rub off surfaces that are smooth or higher and stay on surfaces that hold more ink, at edge and at lower points thus creating the image. To protect the plate through the printing process it’s sealed with one or more layers of shellac. A collagraph plate is quite sensitive and will be deformed by the pressure of the printing press.
Joyce Tilley Nagel...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink
Original Drawing Salom, Herod & Head John Baptist Secret Life of Salvador Dali
Located in Hollywood, FL
ARTIST: Salvador Dali
TITLE: Salom, Herod, and The Head of John The Baptist Original Drawing in "The Secret Life of Salvador Dali" Book
MEDIUM: Original Drawing
SIGNED: Hand Signe...
Category
1960s Surrealist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink
"Melanie" Nude Black & White Photography 42" x 30" in Ed. 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Melanie" Nude Black & White Photography 42" x 30" in Ed. 1/7 by Larsen Sotelo
Not framed. Ships in a tube
Giclee (Archival Ink) print on 310G Platine Fibre Cotton Rag w/satin f...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Rag Paper, Archival Ink, Giclée
The Red Cloth 142 - Minimalist Figurative Original Ink Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Bettina Mauel expresses dynamism and sensuality in her paintings: “I paint what I experience,” she articulates. “This includes landscapes, flowers, and people in motion, capturing th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Linen, Ink, Mixed Media
A Striking Early Modern 1934 Abstract WC by Hananiah Harari, "Les trois graces"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Early Modern, Figurative Abstract Watercolor by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "Les trios graces" (The Three Graces), the art...
Category
1930s Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Patchwork Abstracted Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted landscape by an unknown artist (20th Century). The landscape is made up of patches of color, reminiscent of viewing agricultural land f...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Watercolor, Newsprint, Tissue Paper
$380 Sale Price
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For the Explanation, When it Came
Located in Atlanta, GA
Rendered in a sophisticated and elegant palette, Elise's visionary landscape paintings interweave botanical elements with organic abstraction. With a background in graphic design an...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Acrylic
Abstract Female Figures
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Joseph Kardonne (1911-1985). Nude Woman, 1989. Watercolor on paper, sheet measures 10 x 14 inches; 15 x 18 inches in original matting which has some foxing and discoloration. Signed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Cubist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Original handwritten Letter of thanks, hand signed by Keith Haring on letterhead
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring
Original Handwritten, hand signed Letter, ca. 1987
Ink on Haring's Private letterhead Stationery, Hand written and hand signed by Keith...
Category
1980s Pop Art Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
Duchándome. Nude watercolor on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents.
Throughout his artistic career, Castro has exalted the figure and genitality of the Latin American man, putting into tension the limits imposed by the sex/gender system that are part of an unquestionable patriarchal and phallocentric order. The majority of those portrayed are inhabitants of the Colombian coast, also constructing alternative ways of conceiving Latin American identity. By breaking taboos about corporality and male sexuality, his work has been censored on numerous occasions due to public accusations of immorality and pornography. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper, Pastel
City Lights - large scale photograph of the light reflections at Night
By Frank Schott
Located in San Francisco, CA
Large scale original art photography from a series of dramatic abstract observations of City Lights and Reflections
City Lights by Frank Schott (2023)
40 x 30 inches / 102cm x 76cm...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Vintage Floral Study Etching Titled "Weeds" by Marina Payot
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Floral study etching titled "Weeds" by Marina Payot (American, 20th century), 1983. Titled, signed, and dated lower edge. Artists Proof designation. Unframed. Image: 11.75"H ...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Printer's Ink
$460 Sale Price
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Figurative Abstract Angel Screen Print with Poem, "Like a Breeze Passing"
Located in Soquel, CA
Ethereal figurative abstract print of two figures merging by Deborah Rumer (American, 20th Century). Titled "Like a breeze passing...", numbered (Ed100), signed, and dated (© Deborah...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Screen
Abstract Drawing
By Jorge Miton
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract ink drawing by Spanish artist Jorge Miton, 2005. Signed lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Ce...
Category
Early 2000s Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink
Untitled Micro-Gestalt H4
By Airom
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Acrylic and ink on canvas
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Canvas, Ink, Acrylic
$60 Sale Price
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Chain 2
Located in Dallas, TX
ink & acrylic on canvas
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Canvas
Forever Beautiful
Located in Brooklyn, NY
One of my favorite creative challenges is pairing vintage frames with my artwork.
From the thrill of the hunt to finding that perfect match between art and frame, it's a process I lo...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink
Spanish artist original 1975 lithograph on canvas book cover for Rafael Alberti
By Joan Miró
Located in Miami, FL
Joan Miro (Spain, 1893-1983)
'Maravillas con variaciones acrósticas en el jardín de Miró (cobertura para el estuche)', 1975
lithograph on canvas
21.5 x 32.25 x 21 in. (54 x 82 cm.)
Edition of 1500
Unframed
ID: MIR2001-014
It is documented in Cramer, P (1992). Miró Litographer V (1972-1975). Maeght Éditeur, pp 162-163. No. 1051.
Artwork history:
At the end of 1971 Rafael Alberti wrote from Rome to Joan Miró in the following terms “(…) I think I have news that you liked my folder...
Category
1970s Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Lithograph, Canvas, Ink
"Grace" Nude, figurative, miniature ink on wood, pendant
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This miniature drawing may be displayed on a wall or worn on a chain.
Bio // ROBERT KRAIZA (pronounced: cry-zuh) is an illustrator and fine artist who lives and works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied Media Arts and Animation at the Art Institute of Philadelphia. Interested in many media, he often paints in monochrome watercolor on a small scale, inspired by the Victorian era and whimsical dreams in both his art and personal aesthetic. Depicting fantasy worlds from the hidden life of nineteenth century witches to miniature children...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Paper, Ink, Wood
St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)
By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and sepia ink and wash on vellum, 8 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (225 x 267 mm). In very good condition with some modern notations in pencil on the verso, minor cockling, and a 1-inch hor...
Category
Mid-17th Century Old Masters Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Vellum, Pencil
Disappeared where it's hard to disappear, Abstract mixed media painting. Canvas.
By On Hansen
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Traces of lived experiences appear in On Hansen's works, exploring the possibilities of formal abstraction and seeking an organic experience between space an...
Category
2010s Minimalist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Canvas, Crayon, Ink, Wax, Oil, Acrylic, Graphite
Africa (mountain)- abstract art, made in yellow, orange, blue, pink, grey, green, brown
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in yellow, orange, blue, pink, grey, green and brown color on Yupo paper. The work is 20 by 26 inches in size, framed in...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Bread" lithograph by Käthe Kollwitz
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold lithograph titled "Bread" by Kathe Kollwitz (German, 1867-1945). This piece is one of the Lithographic reproductions of the original lithographs, plate 2 from a series of 10, pr...
Category
1940s Expressionist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Promenade II. From The Absent Music Series, Abstract Painting on Canvas
By Sergio Bazan
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Bazán's series, Absent Music, is a journey into the hidden influence of sound on memory. Rather than painting music directly, Bazán creates visual representations of what remains aft...
Category
1990s Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Ink
17th century etching Rembrandt biblical scene crucifixion figures
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Rembrandt's print 'Christ Crucified Between Two Thieves: an oval plate' is one of the most captivating of the artist's oeuvre. Etched to an oval rather than a rectangular plate and t...
Category
1640s Dutch School Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Etching, Printer's Ink, Drypoint
Improvisation abstract African-American artist painting.
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2017). Improvisation, 2nd Series, #5. Ink on paper, measures 19 x 24 inches. Unframed and unmounted. Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left. There are a few minor areas of loss in margins as depicted in close-up photos. Additionally, there a a few minor tears in margins. Ayers holds the distinction of having participated in the first important survey of African-Americans, Contemporary Black Artists in America, a 1971 show at The Whitney.
Biography:
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
Category
1980s Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink
$1,080 Sale Price
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Redwoods Study II - large format observation panorama of green redwoods forest
Located in San Francisco, CA
A large scale photograph of lush emerald green nature biotope, a highly detailed observation of the natural beauty of Northern California's coastal redwood...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, Giclée, Archival Pigment
Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper
Surrealist composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). A man dressed in a su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen, Pencil
Ink #4 (Abstract painting)
By Emily Berger
Located in London, GB
Ink, watercolor, gouache on Arches watercolor paper - Unframed.
Image size: 12” x 8.25” - 30,5 x 21 cm.
She layers paint in gestural, horizontal swaths from left to right, stacking...
Category
2010s Abstract Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Amate Bark Painting - People Working in a Village
Located in Soquel, CA
Amate Bark Painting - People Working in a Village by Manuel Remigio S.
In this scene, people are working in a village. Interspersed throughout th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
$760 Sale Price
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A heron fishing – Edo School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and watercolor on fibrous Japon paper laid down to period cream laid paper, 6 x 7 1/2 inches (155 x 190 mm). Minor toning and some insect damage on the mount, painting itself rem...
Category
Mid-19th Century Edo Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Laid Paper
The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi, Summer, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Located in Soquel, CA
The Ayase River and Kanegafuchi, Summer, One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
Summer on the Ayase River by Hiroshige (Ando) Utagawa (Japan, 1797 - 1858 ). Woodcut circa 1856.
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Category
1850s Realist Art by Medium: Ink
Materials
Ink, Woodcut
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