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Angel with Spear (diptych)- Abstract vs Figurative painting of Angel

Angel with Spear (diptych)- Abstract vs Figurative painting of Angel

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte Sant'Angelo time and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into technicolor.

Category

2010s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Oil

Thames reach
Thames reach

Edward ArdizzoneThames reach, 1952

$25,313

H 27.25 in W 33 in D 1.25 in

Thames reach

By Edward Ardizzone

Located in Douglas, Isle of Man

He died in 1979 in Kent, leaving a legacy of "compassionate imagery" that continues to influence contemporary illustrators. His sketchbooks, donated to the Ashmolean Museum, remain a...

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

American abstract collage by a female artist from the 1930s
American abstract collage by a female artist from the 1930s

American abstract collage by a female artist from the 1930s

By Janet Todd Young

Located in Colfax, CA

This work is from a collection of works owned by the family. Many were in sketchbooks, or loose in portfolios. Most all of the works, including this one, are unsigned.

Category

1930s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Mixed Media

Angel with Nails I (diptych) - Figurative vs Abstract Representation of Angels

Angel with Nails I (diptych) - Figurative vs Abstract Representation of Angels

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte Sant'Angelo time and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into technicolor.

Category

2010s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Oil

Nancy Dwyer "S" Sculpture or Table
Nancy Dwyer "S" Sculpture or Table

Nancy Dwyer "S" Sculpture or Table

$2,900

H 28.5 in W 31.5 in D 17 in

Nancy Dwyer "S" Sculpture or Table

Located in Greensboro, NC

It was found in a barn, along with other signed works by her and a sketchbook of some of her pieces. This could be part of a larger work, but is being sold as-found.

Category

1990s American Post-Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood

Everything is moving towards its end I by Calo Carratalá - Landscape painting
Everything is moving towards its end I by Calo Carratalá - Landscape painting

Everything is moving towards its end I by Calo Carratalá - Landscape painting

By Calo Carratalá

Located in Paris, FR

Driven by a passion for exploration, he has captured the essence of a wide range of environments—from the Amazon to Colorado, from the Alps and the Pyrenees to the forests of Norway....

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

lithograph

lithograph

By (after) Georges Braque

Located in Henderson, NV

Printed in 1955 at the Mourlot Freres atelier, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braque had kept these drawings private, but finally co...

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Serpentine

Serpentine

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Cotton Canvas, Latex, Permanent Marker

Loyal Companion
Loyal Companion

Loyal Companion

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

The Leopards

The Leopards

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

India Ink, Acrylic, Paper

Harvest Bowl

Harvest Bowl

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Cotton Canvas, Latex, Permanent Marker

Harvest Burnt Sienna
Harvest Burnt Sienna

Harvest Burnt Sienna

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Permanent Marker, Ink

Harvest Contour

Harvest Contour

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Flower Chain
Flower Chain

Flower Chain

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, India Ink

lithograph

lithograph

By (after) Georges Braque

Located in Henderson, NV

Printed in 1955 at the Mourlot Freres atelier, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braque had kept these drawings private, but finally co...

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Black Knife 2
Black Knife 2

Kevin KellyBlack Knife 2, 2025

$5,175

H 18.5 in W 4 in D 3 in

Black Knife 2

By Kevin Kelly

Located in New York, NY

The sculptures typically begin as drawings. Extensive sketchbooks filled with ideas are revisited and developed over time, refining forms until they reach a sense of clarity and bala...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Benasque 2 by C. Carratalá - large painting, mountain landscape, snow
Benasque 2 by C. Carratalá - large painting, mountain landscape, snow

Benasque 2 by C. Carratalá - large painting, mountain landscape, snow

By Calo Carratalá

Located in Paris, FR

With a passion for traveling, Calo Carratalá has taken in myriad landscapes : from the Amazon to Colorado, the Alps and the Pyrenees and up to the forests of Norway. Armed with sketc...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Please Wait (plum Vespa)- original realism still life painting-contemporary Art
Please Wait (plum Vespa)- original realism still life painting-contemporary Art

Please Wait (plum Vespa)- original realism still life painting-contemporary Art

By Joey Mánaplaz

Located in London, Chelsea

Her papers, correspondence and sketchbooks are in the collection of the U.S. Library of Congress Asian American and Pacific Islander Division.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Board

Fine Irish Regency Oil Portrait of Lady Artist Jane Austen Elegance c.1820
Fine Irish Regency Oil Portrait of Lady Artist Jane Austen Elegance c.1820

Fine Irish Regency Oil Portrait of Lady Artist Jane Austen Elegance c.1820

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Portrait of Margaret Cross, (portrait of a lady artist, seated in Regency style, holding an artists sketchbook). Irish School, early 19th century (circa 1820–1835) Oil on panel, o...

Category

1830s English School Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

"Terraced Landscape", Abstract, Pastel Colored Landscape Painting
"Terraced Landscape", Abstract, Pastel Colored Landscape Painting

"Terraced Landscape", Abstract, Pastel Colored Landscape Painting

By Dan Wingren

Located in Houston, TX

The collection consists of Wingren’s figure drawings and a sketchbook from his tour to France and Italy in the mid-1950s, his class lecture notebooks, and his manuscript, Design and ...

Category

1950s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself
Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself

Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself

By Francis Luis Mora

Located in New York, NY

Over two hundred of Mora’s sketchbooks are conserved at the Archives of American Art with many more extant, a testimony to the artist’s commitment to drawing.

Category

Early 20th Century American Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Red boat by Calo Carratalá - Acrylic artwork, Amazonie, green, jungle
Red boat by Calo Carratalá - Acrylic artwork, Amazonie, green, jungle

Red boat by Calo Carratalá - Acrylic artwork, Amazonie, green, jungle

By Calo Carratalá

Located in Paris, FR

Driven by a deep passion for travel, he has explored environments as varied as the Amazon, Colorado, the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the forests of Norway. Always carrying a sketchbook, ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sunset Stroll, Chelsea Embankment -original impressionism cityscape painting-art
Sunset Stroll, Chelsea Embankment -original impressionism cityscape painting-art

Sunset Stroll, Chelsea Embankment -original impressionism cityscape painting-art

By David Farren

Located in London, Chelsea

The Artist Statement: “The painting process begins with finding inspiration -walking the streets of New York or London with my sketchbook and camera, looking for interesting light an...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Board

Untitled - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

Untitled - Highly Detailed Paper Sculpture of Angel

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte Sant'Angelo time and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into technicolor.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wire

lithograph for Carnet Californie

lithograph for Carnet Californie

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph (after the the sketch). Executed as a sketchbook drawing during the middle 1950's and subsequently made available by Picasso for publication as a lithograph.

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

19th Century genre oil painting of figures with horses & a cart
19th Century genre oil painting of figures with horses & a cart

19th Century genre oil painting of figures with horses & a cart

Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire

Examples of his work can be found at the museum of Nancy, which also holds their collection of sketchbooks, as well as the museums at Beziers and Toulouse.

Category

19th Century Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Keeper of the Red Thread: framed oil painting, abstract landscape, figure, birds
Keeper of the Red Thread: framed oil painting, abstract landscape, figure, birds

Keeper of the Red Thread: framed oil painting, abstract landscape, figure, birds

By Rachel Romano

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

She has been featured in publications, blogs and interviews, including Women’s United; Art Seen; CREATE Quarterly; re-FOCUS;Painters Tubes (Uk/Sweden); In-The-Net-EU (Italian/English...

Category

2010s Surrealist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Linen, Oil, Panel

Claud Lovat Fraser - Harlequin - 20th Century British Watercolour Design
Claud Lovat Fraser - Harlequin - 20th Century British Watercolour Design

Claud Lovat Fraser - Harlequin - 20th Century British Watercolour Design

Located in London, GB

In late 1914, despite a history of frail health, Fraser enlisted with the Inns of Court Officer Training Corps and was commissioned to the 14th Battalion of the Durham Light Infantry...

Category

Early 20th Century Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Persephone: Something Blue

Persephone: Something Blue

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Latex, Acrylic

Boats in Harbor (French Riviera painting)
Boats in Harbor (French Riviera painting)

Boats in Harbor (French Riviera painting)

Located in Wilton Manors, FL

He was deeply imbued with the atmosphere of the places he visited and drew, filling hundreds of sketchbooks. Whether familiar landscapes like Lorraine, Alsace, Provence or Brittany, ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Paper and rubber floor lamp, with notebook of original artist drawings, erotic
Paper and rubber floor lamp, with notebook of original artist drawings, erotic

Paper and rubber floor lamp, with notebook of original artist drawings, erotic

By Manolo Eirin

Located in Carballo, ES

Lamp made from artist Peter Kramer's sketchbook and turned into a special floor lamp. The majesty of the original drawings incorporated into the lampshade make it a unique and unrepe...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Organic Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Brass

Rural Idyll

Andrew KinmontRural Idyll, 2023

$3,147

H 39.38 in W 39.38 in D 1.97 in

Rural Idyll

By Andrew Kinmont

Located in London, GB

I like to go for a walks with my sketchbooks and camera and return to the studio to work from the images, memories and feelings.

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Mixed Media

Claudio D'Angelo, "Loon Rise", Sunny Waterscape Wildlife Oil Painting
Claudio D'Angelo, "Loon Rise", Sunny Waterscape Wildlife Oil Painting

Claudio D'Angelo, "Loon Rise", Sunny Waterscape Wildlife Oil Painting

By Claudio D'Angelo

Located in Saratoga Springs, NY

Drawing inspiration from these experiences, he spent countless hours filling youthful sketchbooks over those years. After high school he studied illustration and graphic design, whic...

Category

2010s Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Abstract Composition III" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy

"Abstract Composition III" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy

By SHAKER EL MAADAWY

Located in Culver City, CA

Although El Maadawy held no solo exhibitions with Safarkhan during his career as an artist, he was nevertheless one of the Egyptian Modernist period’s preeminent watercolorists, prod...

Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Abstract Composition V" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy

"Abstract Composition V" Watercolor painting 10" x 14" in by Shaker El Maadawy

By SHAKER EL MAADAWY

Located in Culver City, CA

Although El Maadawy held no solo exhibitions with Safarkhan during his career as an artist, he was nevertheless one of the Egyptian Modernist period’s preeminent watercolorists, prod...

Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Figure no. 2, 2025
Figure no. 2, 2025

Figure no. 2, 2025

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

The gallery is also honored to present his newest hardbound Sketchbook, available with or without an original drawing included.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Figure no. 1, 2025
Figure no. 1, 2025

Figure no. 1, 2025

By John Goodman

Located in Burlingame, CA

The gallery is also honored to present his newest hardbound Sketchbook, available with or without an original drawing included.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Modernist Torn Paper Collage, Paint 1960s Avant Garde Mixed Media George Nama
Modernist Torn Paper Collage, Paint 1960s Avant Garde Mixed Media George Nama

Modernist Torn Paper Collage, Paint 1960s Avant Garde Mixed Media George Nama

By George Nama

Located in Surfside, FL

He has created over one-hundred sketchbooks, always found objects, sown together, others patched with old gold embossed book covers, or bound with bits of fabric.

Category

1960s Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paint, Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

lithograph for Carnet Californie

lithograph for Carnet Californie

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph (after the the sketch). Executed as a sketchbook drawing during the middle 1950's and subsequently made available by Picasso for publication as a lithograph.

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Menton French Riviera Coastal Street Scene with Palm Trees and Hills
Menton French Riviera Coastal Street Scene with Palm Trees and Hills

Menton French Riviera Coastal Street Scene with Palm Trees and Hills

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Perforated edge to the left indicates removal from a sketchbook. Provenance: From the artist’s studio sale in France; all works by this artist in our collection originate from the ar...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Cassandra
Cassandra

Cassandra

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

The Black Piano

Ana GuzmanThe Black Piano

$3,900

H 44 in W 37 in

The Black Piano

By Ana Guzman

Located in Atlanta, GA

After graduating with top honors from Philadelphia College of Art, Ana received a fellowship to study in Madrid and traveled extensively throughout southern Europe, continuing to cap...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Albert Hall and Memorial– original cityscape oil painting – contemporary artwork
Albert Hall and Memorial– original cityscape oil painting – contemporary artwork

Albert Hall and Memorial– original cityscape oil painting – contemporary artwork

By Alex Rennie

Located in London, Chelsea

I can be found up on the dizzying viewing platforms, down on the riverbed at low tide with the mudlarks or pacing the Thames path with a sketchbook in hand. Capturing the fleeting li...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel

Angel Face IV - Painting Inspired by Bernini's Angel Sculptures in Rome
Angel Face IV - Painting Inspired by Bernini's Angel Sculptures in Rome

Angel Face IV - Painting Inspired by Bernini's Angel Sculptures in Rome

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte Sant'Angelo time and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into vivid tech...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Blue Hour II - Painting Inspired by Bernini's Angel Sculptures in Rome
Blue Hour II - Painting Inspired by Bernini's Angel Sculptures in Rome

Blue Hour II - Painting Inspired by Bernini's Angel Sculptures in Rome

By Ivan Markovic

Located in Chicago, IL

Markovic's life in Rome brought him to walk across the Ponte Sant'Angelo time and time again, and with his sketchbook in hand he saw a world of Bernini's angels erupt into vivid tech...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Oil

Persephone
Persephone

Persephone

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Medusa
Medusa

Medusa

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Medusa: Quartzite Glow

Medusa: Quartzite Glow

By Ginger Williams Cook

Located in New Orleans, LA

Her painting comparing phantom limb sensation to grief was selected as the documentary's featured poster. She is an avid sketchbook artist who cultivates an intuitive drawing practi...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Latex, Acrylic

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Sketchbook Used For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the sketchbook used you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the Abstract style, while we also have 4 Abstract versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a sketchbook used may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a sketchbook used to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of beige, gray, brown, white and more. A sketchbook used from Gregory Halpern, Kim MacConnel, Yoonmi Nam, Henry Moore and Tomi Ungerer — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in c print, paper and paint can add an especially memorable touch.

How Much is a Sketchbook Used?

The average selling price for a sketchbook used we offer is $2,548, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $58,000 for the highest priced.