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Fernando Botero, Original drawing, marker on paper signed/nscribed unique Framed
By Fernando Botero
Located in New York, NY
Fernando Botero Original drawing of a woman, 1997 Drawing done in marker, signed and inscribed Boldly hand signed, dated and inscribed in black marker Unique This is an original, uni...
Category

1990s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker

Hand signed letter of advice ("one either jumps into the water or doesn't")
By Jasper Johns
Located in New York, NY
Jasper Johns Letter ("one either jumps into the water or doesn't"), 1996 Hand signed letter framed on top of a Time Magazine cover depicting a work by the artist Hand signed by Jasper Johns underneath a typewritten letter by his secretary (JJ/st) Frame Included This listing consists of a typewritten letter, hand signed by Jasper Johns in response to one sent by the present addressee. While we do not see the fan's letter that prompted this response from Johns, it's not too difficult to guess, as Jasper Johns replies, stating, in part, "I wish I felt I could advise you but I can't. One either jumps in the water or doesn't. There doesn't seem to be any in-between." No truer words could have been spoken regarding the artist's life. Underneath this letter, is a vintage Time Magazine cover, presumably from the same year, depicting a Jasper Johns Flag...
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1990s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

German Lesson (two separate unique watercolor gouaches, each hand signed) Framed
Located in New York, NY
Roberta Allen German Lesson, 1981 Two separate mixed media works framed together: watercolor, gouache, ink, wash, laid paper collage (each signed by hand) Signed twice: each of the s...
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1980s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Richard Lindner Marilyn Monroe Was Here, hand signed Pop Art lithograph Framed
By Richard Lindner
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare, pencil signed print based upon the original drawing which is illustrated in the catalogue raisonne of Richard Lindner's Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Edited by...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Rice Paper, Pencil

Proof that a Cat is a Snake with Fur, Original Signed drawing, unique, framed
By Jerome Witkin
Located in New York, NY
Jerome Witkin Proof that a Cat is a Snake with Fur, from the Patrick Eddington Cat Project, ca. 2004 Marker on paper drawing Boldly signed by Jerome Wit...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker

Lines in Four Different Directions original signed inscribed drawing on postcard
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol LeWitt Lines in Four Different Directions, 1997 Original drawing in black felt tip pen on postmarked (franked) postcard Signed, dated and inscribed "For Andrew Thanks for the Dra...
Category

1990s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Postcard, Felt Pen

Seeing Don Quixote and Sancho etching, hand coloring & watercolor, signed Framed
By Santi Moix
Located in New York, NY
Santi Moix Seeing Don Quixote and Sancho ("the famous pair"), ca. 2008 Drypoint, etching and abrasion with hand coloring with watercolor, along with graphite annotations Hand signed ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Graphite, Drypoint, Etching

"Your Own Heart" unique signed, colleague of Warhol, Haring, Basquiat & Scharf
By Ronnie Cutrone
Located in New York, NY
Ronnie Cutrone Your Own Heart, 1987 Watercolor and Silkscreen on Paper Signed, dated and numbered from the edition of 7, with each work being unique. 40 × 30 inches Fantastic vintage...
Category

1980s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Screen

Jonas Wood 24 Tennis Court Drawings monograph (hand signed, inscribed and dated)
By Jonas Wood
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Wood 24 Tennis Court Drawings book (hand signed, inscribed to Kevin and dated by the artist) Hardback monograph (signed, inscribed and dated 2003) 13 1/2 × 9 1/4 × 2/5 inches M...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Board, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Sister Corita Kent, "Love You" Unique signed watercolor painting on paper Framed
By Mary Corita (Sister Corita) Kent
Located in New York, NY
Sister Mary Corita Kent Love You, ca. 1975 Original signed watercolor painting on paper Signed in graphite pencil on the recto Floated and framed in white wood frame This is a unique work Measurements: Framed: 5.5" x 5.5" x 1.5" Artwork alone: 4" x 4" Extremely difficult to find unique watercolor works on paper on the market by Sister Corita...
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1970s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

Original unique drawing of three parrots in monograph by renowned Chinese artist
By Walasse Ting
Located in New York, NY
Walasse Ting 丁雄泉 Original three parrots drawing, 1984 Original parrots drawing done in ink with inscription held inside elegant hardback monograph with ...
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1980s Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Mixed media painting in monograph, Signed & inscribed to Museum Trustees, Framed
By David Hockney
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 Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

A Piano for Pete, unique signed/inscribed drawing by famed modernist sculptor
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in New York, NY
Dorothy Dehner A Piano for Pete, 1975 Ink on paper Hand signed, dated and inscribed "A Piano for Pete - Best, Dorothy" on the the front Unique Frame included Held in the original vin...
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1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

French Money, unique signed drawing with collage Pop artist Larry Rivers, Framed
By Larry Rivers
Located in New York, NY
Larry Rivers French Money, ca. 1966 Original graphite drawing with collage Boldly signed in graphite pencil in the center of this collage. Larry Rivers original, unique drawing with ...
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Mixed Media

Murakami Original hand signed Flower Drawing on limited edition skateboard deck
By Takashi Murakami
Located in New York, NY
Takashi Murakami Original hand signed Flower Drawing on limited edition skateboard, 2017 Unique Flower Drawing in Marker on skateboard. Signed by Murakami Flower drawing done in mark...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Wood, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Screen

Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy print, Hand Signed by Koons
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons Original flower drawing on Rockefeller Center Puppy poster (Hand Signed), 2000 Drawing done in silver marker on offset lithograph Hand signed by Jeff Koons in marker on t...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Sweetness Flying, Painting by celebrated South African artist, signed, framed
Located in New York, NY
Moshekwa Langa Sweetness Flying, 2000 Original Acrylic, enamel, and India ink painting on paper Signed and dated 2000 in marker on the back Unique Frame included Provenance: The Good...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Enamel

Dancing Pears art about food Exquisite unique signed ink drawing Japanese artist
Located in New York, NY
Yookan Westfield Dancing Pears (art about food), 2024 Ink drawing done with pigment liner on Saunders Waterford 300 GSM Cold Press Watercolor paper Signed in ink on the front Unique ...
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2010s Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Nashville is an Enigma, mixed media painting by renowned female artist, signed
By Katherine Porter
Located in New York, NY
Katherine Porter Country Music (Nashville is an Enigma), 1986 Mixed media; colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper, uniquely signed and inscribed with Nashville dateline Hand ...
Category

1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite

Don't Walk unique trial proof signed and inscribed by famed photorealist artist
By Robert Cottingham
Located in New York, NY
Robert Cottingham Don't Walk, 1985 Three color Linoleum Cut on Paper Pencil signed, inscribed to Bryan and annotated TP Published by Chip Elwell Fine Prints Trial Proof (unique) This is a Trial Proof that Robert Cottingham inscribed, annotated and gifted to Bryan Konefsky, his longtime studio assistant in both Newtown, CT and Santa Fe New Mexico. Only one other example - a variant - of this early print, exists and is in the collection of the Smithsonian. Due to the untimely death of printer Chip Elwell in October of 1986, only two proofs in the woodcut medium were pulled: the present work, which Cottingham gifted to his longtime studio assistant, and the one at the Smithsonian. Furthermore and in another interesting turn of events, Elwell's studio was burglarized shortly after his death and among the items stolen were the original wood blocks for DON'T WALK. This is an historic work; and the only one available on the market. Measurements: Framed: 15 inches x 13.5 inches x .3 inches Artwork 12 inches x 10.5 inches Robert Cottingham Biography Robert Cottingham (b.1935, Brooklyn, NY) is recognised for his Photorealist paintings of American urban landscapes, particularly his depictions of painted and neon shop signs...
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1980s Photorealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Pencil, Linocut

Original nude drawing mid century modern art by renowned sculptor -Signed Rare!
By George Sugarman
Located in New York, NY
George Sugarman Original nude drawing, 1951 Ink on Paper Signed and dated (l.r.). Matted and Framed. Original vintage frame included This rare signed, dated drawing from the early 1...
Category

1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Signed Flower drawing in monograph, inscribed to art historian Norman Rosenthal
By Mark Grotjahn
Located in New York, NY
Mark Grotjahn Black Flower (signed and inscribed to art historian Norman Rosenthal), 2006 Original flower drawing done in black marker, hand signed, titled and inscribed, bound in ha...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Mary Frank, Cast 3-D Cast Paper Collage, signed, No. 78/85
By Mary Frank
Located in New York, NY
Mary Frank Untitled 3-D Cast Paper Collage, 1985 3D Cast Paper with Deckled Edges Hand signed, numbered 78/85 and dated by the artist on lower left front 21 3/4 × 28 1/2 × 1 3/4 inch...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper

Marina Abramovic, Original hand signed hourglass drawing in Beaux Arts monograph
By Marina Abramovic
Located in New York, NY
Marina Abramović Untitled hourglass drawing, 1992 Original drawing done in black marker, hand signed and annotated and held inside the softback catalogue for the artist's 1992 Beaux ...
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1990s Conceptual Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Carolee Schneemann, Infinity Kisses, (for her cat) Unique Signed work, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Carolee Schneeman Infinity Kisses, 1988 Archival pigment print Signed and dated on the front This is a unique work of art Frame included Infinity Kisses for the artist's beloved cat...
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1980s Feminist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Pigment

Jonas Wood Original unique signed Flower drawing, to Kevin in hardback monograph
By Jonas Wood
Located in New York, NY
Jonas Wood Original flower drawing by the artist held in hardback book, 2018 Hardback Monograph. Hand signed, dated and inscribed with unique drawing by Jonas Wood on the title page....
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Offset

To England with Love
By Mark di Suvero
Located in New York, NY
Mark di Suvero To England with Love, ca. 1992 Graphite and marker Signed and inscribed in marker Unique Measurements: Matting: 12.25 inches vertical by 13 Artwork: 8.75 inches by 13 ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker, Graphite

Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn Haitian Scene A, ca. 1951 Watercolor gouache on board Signed on the front Frame included: held in vintage modern frame Measurements: Framed: 11 inches vertical by 13 inches horizontal by .75 Painting 4.5 inches by 6 inches Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn's longtime gallery, the prestigious Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City. Provenance Associated American Artists Frame included: held in vintage frame with original label as provenance Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti -- the subject of this work. It was part of a series inspired by Dehn's visit to Haiti. Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti. ADLOF DEHN Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968 Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere - not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art. In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic "little magazines" such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art. If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques. Early Years, 1895 - 1922 For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Haitian Scene #7 Signed Mid Century modern painting, Associated American Artists
By Adolf Dehn
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn Haitian Scene #7, ca. 1951 Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn'...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache

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 Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker

Alexander Calder, Handwritten, signed letter, from Sache near Tours, France
By Alexander Calder
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder Handwritten, signed letter, 1956 Ink on paper: 2 page handwritten and hand signed letter Hand signed by Calder at the end of the letter on the second page. Unique 11...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper

Original signed drawing in book, Two Flowers with heart, inscribed in Japanese
By Takashi Murakami
Located in New York, NY
Takashi Murakami Untitled signed original drawing of Two Flowers with heart doodle, 2021 Original marker drawing done on title page and bound in hardback monograph with purple boards...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Quem paga o arrego, spray! signed work on paper by Brazilian artist Ernesto Neto
Located in New York, NY
Ernesto Neto Quem paga o arrego, spray! (Who pays the bill, spray!), 2012 Ink on Cotton Rag Paper, signed & numbered. Signed, dated and numbered from the ...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Rag Paper

No Time 4 Love, original signed & titled ink drawing on Royal Mail FDC, framed
By Tracey Emin
Located in New York, NY
Tracey Emin No Time 4 Love drawing, 2017 Original ink drawing on a Royal Mail Art in the 20th Century 1st Day Cover Signed, titled and dated in pen on the front Frame included Signed...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Offset

UNIQUE Drawings on Everything is Shit Except You Love (How We Met is Our Story)
Located in New York, NY
Stephen Powers Everything is Shit Except You Love (How We Met is Our Story), with unique drawings, 2017 Original graphite drawings on screen print in four colors on 335 gsm Coventry rag paper Pencil signed, numbered 2/100 and with unique pencil drawings and annotations by the artist 12 x 12 inches Unframed Here, the artist has taken one of his most iconic and popular silkscreens "Everything is Shit Except You Love", and added unique, original drawings and text annotations - telling a charming and unique story ideal for any couple's bedroom, living room or dining room. This drawing depicts the image of a pencil, in the midst of writing, with the text "How we met is our story" - and an image of coffee and croissants. There are also stacks of $$ bills, with the commentary "it all evens out", and perhaps most charmingly, the artist has numbered the work 2/50 -- then corrected it to number 2/100, with the annotation "Sorry, wrong number." So, while the published edition of this work is 2/100, the epiphanies, drawings, and text commentary make it entirely unique - and quite romantic too. About Stephen Powers A Fulbright scholar who has been awarded many public commissions and exhibited in major institutions like the Brooklyn Museum.... Born and raised in Philadelphia’s Overbrook neighborhood, Stephen Powers (b. 1968, Philadelphia) moved to New York in 1994, where he gained attention as the publisher of On the Go magazine and the author of the graffiti history The Art of Getting Over. In 1997, Powers undertook an ambitious and far-reaching graffiti campaign of his own, using the official-sounding acronym ESPO (Exterior Surface Painting Outreach) to deflect attention from the illegality of his activities. By 1999, he had covered dozens of storefront grates with giant silver block lettering. Powers gave up street graffiti the following year to concentrate on studio-based projects. Powers’s work typically fuses word and image in paintings and graphics that evoke the bright look of a handmade bodega and fairground...
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2010s Street Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Mixed Media, Graphite, Screen, Pencil

Original bird drawing (hand signed and inscribed by Ronnie Cutrone) in monograph
By Ronnie Cutrone
Located in New York, NY
Ronnie Cutrone Original bird drawing (hand signed and inscribed by Ronnie Cutrone), 1990 Original signed drawing done in marker held in hardback monograph with dust jacket Boldly signed, dated and inscribed by Ronnie Cutrone on the first front end page 11 × 9 1/2 × 3/4 inches Original signed drawing done in marker held in monograph, dated and inscribed by Ronnie Cutrone on the first front end page. The inscription reads: For David & Barbara Ronnie Cutrone 90 Book information: Publisher: ‎ Martin Lawrence Limited Editions, (January 1, 1990) English; Hardcover; 46 pages with 44 color and 11 monochrome illustrations About Ronnie Cutrone: Ronnie Cutrone (July 10, 1948 – July 21, 2013) was an American pop artist known for his large-scale paintings of some of America's favorite cartoon characters, such as Felix the Cat, Pink Panther, Woody Woodpecker and No Glove No Love. Cutrone's paintings are colorful, lively, and less challenging than those of his contemporaries. As Andy Warhol's assistant at the Factory atop the Decker Building from 1972 until 1980, Cutrone worked with Warhol on paintings, prints, films, and other concepts, eventually co-opting Warhol's earliest work (pre-1960) as well as works by Roy Lichtenstein and others, until finally distilling those myriad influences into the style a few critics eventually labeled "Post-Pop." He exhibited at the Niveau Gallery in 1979 with a Scottish artist called Mike Gall who showed paintings of Snoopy, Mickey and Minnie mouse, the Pink Panther and also a small series of Peter Rabbit paintings...
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1990s Pop Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset, Paper

Untitled (Artist's Hand), unique signed drawing by celebrated British artist
By Richard Long
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD LONG Untitled (Artist's Hand), 2015 Graphite pencil on paper with red ink and monogram Hand signed in red ink, dated in pencil, stamped with the artist's monogram Unique Orig...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Mixed Media

Exquisite Rose Drawing (unique) done in graphite, hand signed with provenance
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in New York, NY
Lowell Nesbitt Untitled Rose, 1983 Graphite on Lanaquarelle Watercolor Paper Signed and dated on the front Framed Unique, poignant, exquisitely rendered graphite drawing on watercolor paper with deckled edges. This work is framed and ready to hang; frame bears Alan Brown Gallery (Hartsdale) label verso. It was acquired from the Estate of Noel Frackman, renowned art historian, scholar, writer, and professor with a lifelong passion for 20th Century Art - and a close personal friend of Lowell Nesbitt. She earned a M.A. from Sarah Lawrence College in English Literature and a M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts of New York University. She was an art critic for the Patent Trader Newspaper and the Scarsdale Inquirer, contributing editor for Arts Magazine, author of numerous catalogs including ''John Storrs'', for the Whitney Museum of American Art. For 19 years she was a faculty member at Purchase College, State University of New York. Measurements: Framed: 13 inches by 13 inches x .5 Artwork: approx. 10.5 inches by 10.5 inches Lowell Nesbitt Biography: Lowell Blair Nesbitt, painter, printmaker, draughtsman, and sculptor, was born in Baltimore, Maryland on 4 October 1933. He studied at Tyler School of Art at Temple University in Philadelphia and at the Royal Academy of Arts in London. Nesbitt worked in abstraction until Robert Indiana suggested in the early 1960s that he explore realism in his paintings. As subjects for his work he favored studio interiors, articles of clothing, piles of shoes, his Rottweiler, the Neo-Classical facades of 19th century cast iron buildings, and Manhattan's bridges. He was also famous for his enormous paintings and prints of roses, lilies, irises, and other flowers. In 1980, the United States Post Office issued...
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1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Mixed Media

Untitled (Colored Pencils), unique painting, Allan Stone Collection & Sotheby's
By Grace Knowlton
Located in New York, NY
Grace Knowlton Untitled (Colored Pencils), 1978 Mixed media watercolor and charcoal painting on paper. (Framed with labels from the legendary Allan Stone Collection...
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1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor, Mixed Media

Love, Andy Warhol (unique hand signed, inscribed and framed card with ribbon)
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Makes a unique and memorable gift! Who wouldn't want a card with a ribbon that reads "Love, Andy Warhol" - from Warhol himself? Andy Warhol Love, Andy Warhol, ca. 1979 Ink on card ...
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1970s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Silk, Laid Paper

Self Portrait (original signed unique charcoal drawing) Kraushaar Gallery label
By John Heliker
Located in New York, NY
John Heliker Self Portrait, 1991 Charcoal Pencil on Paper (with original Kraushaar Galleries label verso) Signed on the front bears the original KRAUSHAAR GALLERIES label on the verso on the frame Vintage metal frame included Self portrait done in charcoal pencil by distinguished American artist John Heliker. Hand signed on the front This work is framed - bears the label of the renowned KRAUSHAAR GALLERIES on the verso. Image size: 13 inches by 10 inches; Framed: 18 1/2 inches by 14 1/2 inches About John Heliker from The New York Times Obituary, 2000 (Roberta Smith) John Heliker, a painter and teacher who was a fixture of the New York art world for nearly seven decades, died on Tuesday at the Sonojee Estate, a health center in Bar Harbor, Me. He was 91 and had lived in New York during most of his career, spending summers on Cranberry Island...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Unique drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed & inscribed to Warhol's boyfriend
By Kenny Scharf
Located in New York, NY
Kenny Scharf Original drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould, 1984 Permanent marker drawing on Kenny Scharf Tony Shafrazi Gallery exhibition poster (hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf) Boldly signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould Frame included: Framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass. Measurements: Frame: 35 x 28.5 x 1.5 inches Print 28.25 x 22 inches Own a piece of Pop Art history! This is a unique drawing hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf, done on a vintage collectible 1984 poster from the legendary Tony Shafrazi Gallery. If you saw "The Andy Warhol Diaries" on Netflix, you'd know about Warhol's relationship with Jon Gould - Andy's last boyfriend; tragically, Warhol would become Gould's last boyfriend as well, when, soon after, Gould would die of AIDS at the young age of 33 Kenny Scharf created an original drawing, done in marker, and inscribed it to Jon Gould (featured prominently in Andy Warhol's Diaries and the eponymous Netflix series) - and it had not been seen since the 1980s. Jon Gould was a New England educated former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Paramount Pictures - a Boston Brahmin whose real claim to fame was as Andy Warhol's last boyfriend. This work was acquired from the widely publicized sale of the collection of Jon Gould - -a treasure trove of valuable gifts and art works by Warhol and others like Kenny Scharf, Basquiat and Keith Haring to Gould - that had not been seen in nearly four decades. This is one of the works from that impressive sale. Below are links to two of the many articles about the collection of Jon Gould in the New York Times, Artnet News and the New York Post respectively. About Kenny Scharf: Kenny Scharf (b. 1958, United States) is a renowned artist affiliated with the 1980’s East Village Art movement in New York. Scharf developed a distinct and uniquely personal artistic style in paintings as well as sculpture, alongside his mentor Andy Warhol, and contemporaries like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring with whom he pioneered contemporary street art. References to popular culture reoccur throughout his works, such as appropriated cartoon characters from the Flintstones and Jetsons, as well as imagined anthropomorphic creatures. Through ecstatic compositions and a dazzling color palette, Scharf presents an immersive viewing experience that is both intimate and fresh. Scharf’s multifaceted practice—spanning painting, sculpture, installation work, murals, performance and fashion—reflects his dedication to the creation of dynamic forms of art that deconstruct existing artistic hierarchies, echoing the philosophy of Pop artists. Yet Scharf’s artistic significance expands beyond the art historical terrain of Pop Art; the artist instead coined the term “Pop Surrealist” to describe his one-of-a-kind practice. His inclusion in the 1985 Whitney Biennial marked the start of his international phenomenon, a reputation that continues to thrive today. Courtesy of Almine Rech MORE ABOUT JON GOULD: Warhol wrote extensively on Jon Gould in his diaries. In July, 2022, when the Netflix series "The Andy Warhols Diaries" came out, the New York Post (among many other publications) ran a major feature article on Warhol's relationship with Gould and on this very sale: It reads, "When Harriet Woodsom Gould died in 2016 in her nineties, she left behind a trove of family heirlooms dating back to the 1700s in her Amesbury, Mass., home. Yet in her attic, she had a secret veritable shrine to pop art. There, she had stashed her late son Jon Gould’s belongings for decades since his death in 1986 from AIDS. He had vases painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat, works by Keith Haring and dozens and dozens of gifts — photos, valentines, sketches, letters and more — from pop god Andy Warhol. “My mother kept everything,” Jon’s twin brother, Jay Gould, told The Post. Jay knew his brother “had some type of relationship” with Warhol in the 1980s, though Jon always remained discreet about it. “We were very close, identical twins, but we never talked a lot about his sexuality,” Jay, now 68, explained. “It was a different time.” Yet, he was still stunned to read the poetry and love notes Jon wrote to the older artist. “I didn’t realize the relationship was as deep as it was.” Actually, no one really knew. Gould was Warhol’s last romance, a young Paramount executive with floppy hair and preppy good looks who died tragically at 33. And though Warhol frequently mentioned him in his famed diaries, published posthumously in 1989, the artist’s dashed-off musings gave the impression that Jon was more of a crush than a genuine partner...Gould didn’t so much enter into Warhol’s life as Warhol willed him into it. It was April 1981, and Warhol, then 52, was still reeling from his breakup with Jed Johnson... Jed left that December, and that spring Warhol confessed to feeling lonely: “I’ve got these desperate feelings that nothing means anything. And then I decide that I should try to fall in love, and that’s what I’m doing now with Jon Gould.” Gould was a 26-year-old Paramount exec: a New England WASP with a lithe, strong physique and charismatic personality, who looked straight. Warhol reasoned: “Jon is a good person to be in love with because he has his own career, and I can develop movie ideas with him, you know? And maybe he can even convince Paramount to advertise in Interview, too. Right? So my crush on him will be good for business.” Warhol began courting Gould with a vengeance, sending extravagant bouquets of roses to his office at Paramount. He even offered their mutual friend, the photographer Christopher Makos, a fancy watch if he could get Gould to be his boyfriend. “I guess he never got loved,” Makos says in the series. “Because I didn’t get my watch.” (Jay Gould also tells the camera that his brother had admitted that he was in a relationship but that he said they didn’t have sex.) At first, Gould resisted Warhol’s attention, but eventually the two began spending a lot of time together, though Gould would frequently pull away if things got too intense, and he often would tell Warhol not to write about him in his diary. “I think my brother was concerned about his career at that time,” Jay Gould said. But the younger man attended parties and art events with him, invited the artist skiing with his family in Aspen and even for a time moved into his place on 66th Street. “I love going out with Jon because it’s like being on a real date,” Warhol wrote early in their relationship. “He’s tall and strong and I feel like he can take care of me.” Yet it turned out that Warhol would have to take care of Gould. On Feb. 4, 1984, Jon was admitted to New York Hospital with pneumonia — though it was understood that he had AIDS. Warhol stayed with him in the hospital every night for the 30 days he was there, despite his fear of hospitals since getting shot and his fear of getting AIDS. (Warhol couldn’t bring himself to talk about Gould’s illness in the diary, but his editor notes that when Gould was released March 7, Warhol instructed his housekeepers to wash Jon’s clothes and dishes “separate from mine.”). Around 1985, Warhol began working on his massive series of 100 works based on Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper...
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1980s Pop Art Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis hand signed by four artists
Located in New York, NY
Francisco Fernández, Claudia Fernández, Diego Toledo, Hector Quinones Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, 1993 Ink, graphite, acrylic, and watercolor, with collage ...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite

Ocean Piece: unique drawings of studies for ocean painting (hand signed)
By Jennifer Bartlett
Located in New York, NY
Jennifer Losch Bartlett Ocean piece: Untitled painting studies, 1975 Ink and pastel, mixed media on graph paper Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front Frame included: held in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass Ink and pastel on graph paper drawing. Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front. Some of the artist's annotations on the drawings say: Ocean piece Sky Water Beach Sometimes looking from water maybe see mountain two people on beach lying down sometimes they face each other ... bwhitefree hand drawing from water beach w/ towel sky sand water on a diagonal on a curve sky water sand...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Graphite

Original Flower Drawing inscribed signed twice bound in Whitney Museum monograph
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons Original Flower Drawing (signed twice), 2016 Original, hand signed drawing inscribed to Nadine, done with silver sharpie, and held in hardback monograph with dust jacket, ...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Red Grooms, Unique drawing of Provincetown Mass. beach, Pop Art Signed, framed
By Red Grooms
Located in New York, NY
RED GROOMS (Untitled), for Alice + Bo, Provincetown 1966 Original ink drawing on paper Signed, inscribed and dated with a dateline of Provincetown on recto. Vintage frame included Th...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed)
By Marina Abramovic
Located in New York, NY
Marina Abramovic Original self-portrait drawing (hand signed and inscribed), 2014 Ink drawing held inside hardback monograph, done at the artist's Serpentine Gallery exhibition, han...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Lithograph, Offset

Bicycle drawing
By Arman
Located in New York, NY
Arman Bicycle Drawing, 1991 Original bicycle drawing done on fold-out invitation "Archeology of the Future" Arman's signature within the drawing in bla...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker

The World is Yours (unique original signed skull drawing) in hardback monograph
By Wes Lang
Located in New York, NY
Wes Lang The World is Yours (original drawing), ca. 2010 Signed, titled and inscribed original drawing done in marker and held in hard back monograph Hand signed, inscribed and drawing by Wes Lang in marker 11 1/4 × 9 1/4 inches Unframed This is an entirely original (unique) drawing, a distinctive Wes Land Skull, hand signed and inscribed by Wes Lang to Nate, and held in the first front end page of the scarce long sold out 2010 hardback monograph of works by Wes Lang and Donald Baechler. Inscription: For Nate, THE WORLD IS YOURS... -Wes (Skull Drawing...
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2010s Street Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Lithograph, Offset

Untitled (de Kooning)
By Richard Prince
Located in New York, NY
Richard Prince Untitled (de Kooning), 2008 Collage with color offset lithograph, hand-cutting, hand-painting and assemblage with extensive additions in graphite mounted on on inset board. Hand signed and numbered with the letter L (from A-Z) by artist on the front Frame Included Richard Prince’s “de Kooning” series is a process of interaction and appropriation with the works of ground-breaking imagery of the Abstract Expressionist master, Willem de Kooning. The idea for these edgy, Oedipal works came to him when he was leafing through a catalogue of de Kooning’s "Women" series. Prince started sketching over the paintings, and, as time went on, he began applying fragments cut and pasted from catalogues and vintage porn...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Graphite

CAT (original drawing)
By Walasse Ting
Located in New York, NY
Walasse Ting 丁雄泉 CAT (original drawing), 1985 Original Ink and Marker on offset lithograph held in hardback monograph Hand signed and inscribed by the artist This is an absolutely gorgeous drawing of a cat by the pioneering Chinese-American-European artist Walasse Ting, who famously collaborated with Sam Francis and many other Ab Ex, Pop and COBRA artists. (He was the brainchild behind the legendary One Cent Life portfolio). Ting was also, famously, a cat lover, and is renowned for his expressive, colorful and gorgeous drawings of cats...
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1980s Abstract Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mixed Media, Offset, Permanent Marker

Study 8, Russian protest art Unique signed gouache & ink with provenance, Framed
By Grisha Bruskin
Located in New York, NY
Grisha Bruskin Study 8, 1990 Ink and Gouache on paper Hand signed and inscribed by the artist on the front Original vintage frame with Marlborough Gallery label included This work is...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Gouache

Bathers
By Stanley Boxer
Located in New York, NY
Stanley Boxer Bathers, 1967 Mixed Media watercolor & ink wash drawing Hand signed by the artist on lower right hand corner on the front 8 1/2 × 11 1/4 inches Unframed This is a uniqu...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Investigations (with Guggenheim Museum Exhibition Label)
By Robert Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Morris Investigations (with Guggenheim Museum Labels), 1990 Graphite drawing on Mylar. Framed with the original Guggenheim Museum label (lent by Sonnabend), & Castelli Gallery...
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1990s Minimalist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mylar, Graphite

Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building Albany (View II) Unique
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany (View II), 1980 Pastel drawing on paper Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated 1980; bears RDA (Readers Digest...
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1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Esther's Second Banquet (Haman's Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14
By Thelma Appel
Located in New York, NY
Thelma Appel Esther's Second Banquet (Haman's Treachery Revealed), Purim Collage #14, ca. 2017 Hand made paper collage on paper Hand signed on the front; also is accompanying by handwritten text by the artist and a typed narrative 14 × 17 inches Unique Unframed; This work is held in a matting which opens up This handmade paper collage was exhibited in April, 2018 in the show "Thelma Appel: Landscapes, Cityscapes + Biblical Journeys Exhibition at the Edward & Bernice Wenger Center for the Arts in Greenvale, New York". Curated by art advisor and curator, Susan Seelig. It depicts the second banquet of the Jewish Queen Esther, married to the Persian King...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Handmade Paper, Magazine Paper

Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany
By Richard Haas
Located in New York, NY
Richard Haas Great Western Staircase, New York State Capitol Building, Albany, 1980 Pastel on paper drawing Hand-signed by artist, Signed and dated 1980; bears RDA (Readers Digest...
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1980s Photorealist Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

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