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Original Concorde Design Drawing, England, c. 1960
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
primitive the technology was and what a great achievement these projects were. This particular drawing was
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20th Century English Drawings
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Paper
Modernism Charcoal Drawing, Mother And Son, By Joaquim Lopes, 1930s
Located in Lisbon, PT
A charcoal drawing of a Mother with a boy on her lap, created and signed by Joaquim Francisco Lopes
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20th Century Portuguese Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Expressionist Ink Drawing on Paper by Salvatore Grippi 1953
By Salvatore Grippi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
qualification as to what the Primitive is or looks like but rather how far down it goes, that connection
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Victor Manuel Cuban Artist, Original Pen & Ink Drawing, circa 1930s-1940s
By Victor Manuel
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original pen & ink drawing by well-known Cuban artist Victor Manuel (1897-1969).
The subject is a
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Mid-20th Century Cuban Drawings
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Paper
Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Ink Drawing on Paper by Salvatore Grippi, 1953
By Salvatore Grippi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury abstract expressionist ink drawing on paper by Salvatore Grippi, 1953. Measures: 9.5" x
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
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Paper
H 1 in W 12 in D 9.5 in
The primitive river by Franco Salas Borquez - Contemporary painting, seascape
By Franco Salas Borquez
Located in Paris, FR
The primitive river is a unique mixed technique, pigments and charcoal fixed on canvas painting by
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2010s Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
American Primitive Folk Artist Jane Wooster Scott Original Watercolor
By Jane Wooster Scott
Located in Larchmont, NY
Jane Wooster Scott (American, b. 1920)
Untitled (Cats), 20th century
Watercolor on paper
Sight size: 10 x 14 in.
Framed: 17 x 20 3/4 in.
Signed lower left: Wooster
In the "Guinness ...
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20th Century Folk Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Vintage 1930's Urban Ink Wash Portrait Study
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1930's ink wash on thin paper study of bearded man. Unsigned, age toning, tape residue along edges, some cockling to paper.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Primitive Drawings
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Paper
Vintage 1930's African Ink Wash Portrait Study
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1930's powerful ink wash on thin paper study of African man. Unsigned, probably executed by an African American artist, based on the other works from the estate. Age toning, ta...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Primitive Drawings
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1930's African Pen & Ink Portrait Study
Located in Seguin, TX
Circa 1930's powerful ink wash on thin paper study of African man. Unsigned, probably executed by an African American artist, based on the other works from the estate. Age toning, ta...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Primitive Drawings
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Paper
Untitled - Drawing by Wifredo Lam - 1941
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
This extraordinary and rare drawing by Wifredo Lam is one of the artworks that the artist took with
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
Allegory of a Bird - Original Drawing - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
theme, the style is primitive and expressionist
Good conditions.
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Late 20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
No Reserve
H 10.44 in W 7.88 in D 0.08 in
Two Boys (one standing, the other seated and drawing)
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Boys (one standing, the other seated and drawing)
Graphite and colored pencils on wove paper
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Untitled - Drawing by Wifredo Lam - Ink and Pencil - 1941
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
This extraordinary and rare drawing by Wifredo Lam is one of the artworks that the artist took with
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink
H 6.66 in W 8.63 in D 0.08 in
Fresh Sketch - Red Ink Drawing by Wifredo Lam - 1970
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
: primitive graffiti with clear Cubist influences in a Surrealist mood. By now artist of international fame
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
H 13.39 in W 11.42 in D 0.04 in
"Old Russell House, " Charles Marion Russell, Western American Drawing
By Charles Marion Russell
Located in New York, NY
primitive Blood Indians in Canada.
By 1892, Russell was a full-time painter. His works were popular in
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Late 19th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Original, signed, Amadeo Modigliani drawing of Mme Anka Zberowska in pencil
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a very exciting and very rare signed drawing by Amadeo Modigliani of Mme Anka Zberowska
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
H 16 in W 9.75 in D 1 in
Study for « Paysage de Fribourg » - 1943 a drawing by Balthus (1908 - 2001)
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in PARIS, FR
last days of his stay in Fribourg. Evoking the landscapes of the Italian primitives, he presents us
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1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Reflection #1, Charcoal Drawing of a Man Gazing Down, Wearing a Bow Tie
By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
The dramatic, rich markings left by charcoal appear in the earliest primitive cave painting of
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Archival Paper, Charcoal
Vintage Distressed Kurd Rug Runner
Located in Katonah, NY
:: Single column center medallions in starburst pinwheel design relief and simplistic primitive
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Vintage 1980s Asian Other Turkish Rugs
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Wool
Antique Caucasian long rug with all over boteh design. Circa 1900.
Located in Moreton-In-Marsh, GB
the Caucasus region. This example has very simple almost primitive drawing, it originates from either
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Antique Early 1900s Caucasian Caucasian Rugs
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Wool
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W 38.98 in L 95.28 in
Contemporary Artwork by Tom Dedoncker 'Rock'
Located in Vosselaar, BE
organic prevail while using the oldest form and technique of drawing. Although chaos and Primitive are
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2010s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Progress of Civilization" Art Deco Masterpiece by Muralist Aiden Lassell Ripley
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In this remarkable drawing, famed muralist Lassell Ripley depicts primitive man, warming himself by
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
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Paper
H 29.75 in W 20 in D 0.1 in
Contemporary Charcoal Artwork Tom De Doncker
Located in Vosselaar, BE
organic prevail while using the oldest form and technique of drawing. Although chaos and primitive are
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2010s Belgian Drawings
Materials
Paper
Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting, Salvatore Grippi, Blue
By Salvatore Grippi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
primitive is or looks like but rather how far down it goes, that connection synonymous with the primitive
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Cracked Pot
By Humberto Ramirez
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed original drawing. Humberto Ramirez was born in Guadalajara, México, 1982. Lives
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Capistrano Under the Arch, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
By Daniel Clarke
Located in Yardley, PA
wind with primitive magic. The hummingbirds are out of control, driven by anarchic bliss. They'll
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Pain...
Materials
Watercolor
H 12 in W 18 in D 0.1 in
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s. His paintings and prints are distinctive for their primitive character and their use of heavy
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s. His paintings and prints are distinctive for their primitive character and their use of heavy
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s. His paintings and prints are distinctive for their primitive character and their use of heavy
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Expressionist Hand Signed Lithograph - Benjamin Kopman
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Surfside, FL
1940s. His paintings and prints are distinctive for their primitive character and their use of heavy
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
"Ethereum" Abstract Painting 14" x 10" inch by Amal Nasr
By Amal Nasr
Located in Culver City, CA
language. Even older than the practice of speaking and writing, drawing is perhaps the most primitive
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings a...
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Devotion" Abstract Painting 14" x 10" inch by Amal Nasr
By Amal Nasr
Located in Culver City, CA
language. Even older than the practice of speaking and writing, drawing is perhaps the most primitive
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings a...
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Paper
Portrait of Raphaël Fumet ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914
By Jules Oury dit Marcel-Lenoir
Located in PARIS, FR
to concentrate on painting. The art of the French and Italian primitives that he discovered in the
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Untitled
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Miami, FL
Lam his collection of primitive artworks. The two artists’ interaction figured heavily in Lam’s work
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Abstract female in blues and yellow by Modern British 20th C artist, Ewart Johns
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
. It is Primitive in feel with influences from Picasso and early 20th Century Post Impressionist
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20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Sketch-book Page, Shoreham, Samuel Palmer, Late 19th Century
By Samuel Palmer (b.1805)
Located in London, GB
art collector and connoisseur of the bookplate.
This drawing, taken from one of Samuel Palmer's
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Late 19th Century Victorian Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Watercolor Painting by William Zorach, Titled "Redwoods, Yosemite Valley", 1920
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
:
William Zorach, 1887-1996, Sculpture, Drawings and Watercolors, Zabriskie Gallery, New
York; Feb. 10
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1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Pencil
H 15.75 in W 13.75 in D 2 in
Gestured
By Travis Rice
Located in Phoenix, AZ
analog translation is meant to always bring the work back to being a primitive human process. Wandering
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Scribble
By Travis Rice
Located in Phoenix, AZ
analog translation is meant to always bring the work back to being a primitive human process. Wandering
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Movement
By Travis Rice
Located in Phoenix, AZ
analog translation is meant to always bring the work back to being a primitive human process. Wandering
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2010s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Sistema Exobioletal (Exobiolethal System)
By Humberto Ramirez
Located in Denver, CO
This is a framed original drawing. Humberto Ramirez was born in Guadalajara, México, 1982. Lives
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
”Admiring the Picture”
By Benjamin Kopman
Located in Southampton, NY
in the late 1930s and 1940s. His paintings and prints are distinctive for their primitive character
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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache, Archival Paper
'The Agony in the Garden', Paris, Salon d’Automne, Section d'Or, Gethsemane
By Jais Nielsen
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
his contemporaries. From 1907-11, Nielsen's use of 'primitive' Fauve colors would continue to
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1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Charcoal, Paper, Gouache, Watercolor
H 34 in W 27 in D 0.13 in
Abstract Expressionist CoBrA Style Anthropomorphic Bird. Chalk on Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
drawings, from primitive art forms and from the work of Paul Klee and Joan Miró. Interestingly a large
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Chalk
H 19.61 in W 11.82 in D 0.04 in
Abstract Expressionist CoBrA Style Figure. Chalk on Card.
Located in Cotignac, FR
they drew their inspiration in particular from children’s drawings, from primitive art forms and from
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Cardboard
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Portrait
By Howard Margolis
Located in Soquel, CA
. Margolis was also a gallery artist that showed personally expressive paintings and drawings alongside
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Late 20th Century Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rocio Rodriguez "16-Oct-14" Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper
By Rocio Rodriguez
Located in New York, NY
22 x 28 in.
This original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel
Rocio Rodriguez "5-Apr-13" Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper
By Rocio Rodriguez
Located in New York, NY
original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted rectangles rendered in a
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel, Pencil
Rocio Rodriguez "8-Jul-13" Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper
By Rocio Rodriguez
Located in New York, NY
.
This original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted rectangles
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Pastel, Pencil
The Hierarchy Trap
By Humberto Ramirez
Located in Denver, CO
This is a large floor to ceiling installation on paper with delicate drawings and light watercolors
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2010s Minimalist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Gouache
Rocio Rodriguez "25-Feb-13" Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper
By Rocio Rodriguez
Located in New York, NY
original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted rectangles rendered in a
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel
Rocio Rodriguez "3-Dec-11" Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper
By Rocio Rodriguez
Located in New York, NY
original oil oil pastel drawing on paper by Rocio Rodriguez features abstracted rectangles rendered in a
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper, Pastel, Pencil
1950's Modernist Watercolor Painting Israeli Bezalel School Bauhaus Style
Located in Surfside, FL
, poets, and painters there who lived communally under primitive conditions and were close to nature
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1950s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
VI Rose Nose Cat
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
the series
Accompanying the drawing is an illustration of an early American image of a cat, c. 1840
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1970s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Infrapaisaje (infra-Landscape)
By Humberto Ramirez
Located in Denver, CO
work explores human behavior from primitive perspective. That is, the relationship between human being
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2010s Minimalist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Antonia's Line (for Marleen Gorris) - black and white, abstract ink on paper
By Lynne Fernie
Located in Bloomfield, ON
dynamic. Energetic and spontaneous, her art references Japanese calligraphy and primitive figurative
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Latex
Weltevreden, Kebon Sirih, & Vlucht voor de bui (Fleeing the rain)
Located in Amsterdam, NL
March 2, 1918
Double sided drawing in graphite pencil on paper
Images: c. 33 x 56 cm and 46 x 58 cm
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1910s Art Nouveau Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
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H 19.3 in W 23.63 in D 1.19 in
Seated Couple
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
drawing has strong resemblance to a 1967 lithograph entiteld Man and Wife, depicting Irwin Hollander and
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Sound of Birds is a Screech With Pain
By Humberto Ramirez
Located in Denver, CO
work explores human behavior from primitive perspective. That is, the relationship between human being
Category
2010s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
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