Pastel Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Spirit of Youth Year: circa 1980 Medium: Watercolor and Pastel on Paper, signed and dedicated Size: 11 in. x 7.5 in. (27.94 cm ...

Untitled (Joe and Patsy LoGuidice at the Casa Luna) Pastel, charcoal and colored pencil, 1970-1975 Signed lower right in pencil: Larry Rivers Inscribed on the rabbit of the original white frame: LOGUIDICE in ink Provenance: Private Collection, New York (Westchester County) Condition: Excellent Image size: 31 1/2 x 24 1/2 inches Frame size: 39 1/2 x 32 1/2 inches Note: The image depicts Ciprian “Joe” LoGuidice (d. 2008) and his wife Patsy with their dog (Golden Retriever?) in their famous house Casa Luna, located in Zihautenajo, Mexico. Joe LoGuidice had a most colorful life as stated in his memorial posting by Pam Barkentin: Ciprian "Joe" LoGiudice, of Los Angeles and Zihautanejo, Mexico Art Dealer, Political Activist, Environmentalist, Film Producer, and Executor of the Terry Southern Estate died at home in Los Angeles on September 3, 2008. A major benefactor of the Chicago Seven, he hosted a benefit for the anti-war activists at his Ontario Street Gallery in Chicago and later harbored the fugitive Abbie Hoffman in Zihautenajo where Joe designed and built the famous Casa Luna, the house without walls, in a compound that included Larry River's Studio as well as the garden where Julian Schnabel painted with the assistance of Ramon Pedrazo, Joe's gardener and the husband of his faithful housekeeper, Concha Pedrazo. Here at Casa Luna, from the early seventies on, Joe and his wife, Patsy, generously hosted friends and enemies alike with great enthusiasm and humor.Most recently, through his participation in "Save the Bay", Joe was instrumental in preventing cruise ships from anchoring in the Bay of Zihautanejo. He was also producing "Five Easy Steps to Metaphysical Fitness", a documentary about the philosopher/comic, Emily Levine. Christo's first wrapping of a building in the United States, the Chicago Museum of Art, was produced by LoGiudice. Other artists he represented, in both his Chicago and New York Galleries, included John Chamberlin, Larry Poons, Mark de Suvero, Leon Golub and Jules Olitski. Joe is survived by his wife of 25 years, Patsy Cummings. An important work by Rivers showing his friend and art dealer in their famous house, Casa Luna, in Mexico. The cultural import of LoGuidice cannot be understated. He was a major figure in the New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles art cultures. The artist’s who were his friends and guests were many of the leading icons of late 20th century art. Larry Rivers Larry Rivers in 1961 Born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg August 17, 1923 Bronx, New York, U.S. Died August 14, 2002 (aged 78) Southampton, New York, U.S. Nationality American Education Hans Hofmann School Known for Painting, sculpture Movement East Coast figurative painting, new realism, pop art Spouse(s) Augusta Berger (m. 1945; div. 1946) Clarice Price (m. 1961; sep. 1967) Larry Rivers (born Yitzroch Loiza Grossberg, August 17, 1923 – August 14, 2002) was an American artist, musician, filmmaker and occasional actor. Rivers resided and maintained studios in New York City, Southampton, Long Island, and Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Early life Larry Rivers was born in the Bronx to Samuel and Sonya Grossberg, Jewish immigrants from Ukraine. From 1940–1945 he worked as a jazz saxophonist in New York City, changing his name to Larry Rivers in 1940 after being introduced as "Larry Rivers and the Mudcats" at a local pub. He studied at the Juilliard School of Music in 1945–46, along with Miles Davis, with whom he remained friends until Davis's death in 1991. Training and career Larry Rivers in 1961 Rivers is considered by many scholars to be the "Godfather" and "Grandfather" of Pop art, because he was one of the first artists to really merge non-objective, non-narrative art with narrative and objective abstraction. Rivers took up painting in 1945 and studied at the Hans Hofmann School from 1947–48. He earned a BA in art education from New York University in 1951. He was a pop artist of the New York School, reproducing everyday objects of American popular culture as art. He was one of eleven New York artists featured in the opening exhibition at the Terrain Gallery in 1955. During the early 1960s Rivers lived in the Hotel Chelsea, notable for its artistic residents such as Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin, Leonard Cohen, Arthur C. Clarke, Dylan Thomas, Sid Vicious and multiple people associated with Andy Warhol's Factory and where he brought several of his French nouveau réalistes friends like Yves Klein who wrote there in April 1961 his Manifeste de l'hôtel Chelsea, Arman, Martial Raysse, Jean Tinguely, Niki de Saint-Phalle, Christo, Daniel Spoerri or Alain Jacquet, several of whom left, like him, some pieces of art in the lobby of the hotel for payment of their rooms. In 1965 Rivers had his first comprehensive retrospective in five important American museums. His final work for the exhibition was The History of the Russian Revolution, which was later on extended permanent display at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC. During 1967 he was in London collaborating with the American painter Howard Kanovitz. In 1968, Rivers traveled to Africa for a second time with Pierre Dominique Gaisseau to finish their documentary Africa and I, which was a part of the groundbreaking NBC series Experiments in Television. During this trip they narrowly escaped execution as suspected mercenaries.[citation needed] During the 1970s Rivers worked closely with Diana Molinari and Michel Auder on many video tape projects, including the infamous Tits, and also worked in neon. Rivers's legs appeared in John Lennon and Yoko Ono's 1971 film Up Your Legs Forever. Personal life Rivers married Augusta Berger in 1945, and they had one son, Steven. Rivers also adopted Berger's son from a previous relationship, Joseph, and reared both children after the couple divorced. He married Clarice Price in 1961, a Welsh school teacher who cared for his two sons. Rivers and Clarice Price had two daughters, Gwynne and Emma. After six years, they separated. Shortly after, he lived and collaborated with Diana Molinari, who featured in many of his works of the 1970s. After that Rivers lived with Sheila Lanham, a Baltimore artist...

The series of works "Visual Diaries" represents drawings on paper, featuring expressive abstractions or figurations created daily by the artist. Each work’s title includes the creati...

Pastel and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Very good condition. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Includes a contemporary wooden frame 108.5x84....

Penny Stars and Clouds (Matisse-like Drawing on Collaged Vintage Book Pages) by Louise Laplante 2024 pastel and collaged vintage Penny Magazines and chalk 23.75 x 24.50 inches unfram...

"Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero" by Celso Castro-Daza From the Duchándome Series Watercolor, pastel, and ink on archival paper Sheet size: 19.5 ...

Watercolor on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Hand signed lower right. Includes a wooden frame 36x27 cm. Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March...

Jose el velezolano Sabado 25 de junio, 2016 by Celso Castro Crayon and pastel on cardboard Image size: 40 H in. x 29 in. W Unframed ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s...

James Childs (1945-2020) Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Ropes and Arm Band) 2010 Signed and dated, l.l. Graphite and pastel crayon on paper 30.5 x 22 inches $3,125

Artist: Will Barnet, American (1911 - 2012) Title: Spirit of Youth Year: circa 1980 Medium: Watercolor and Pastel on Paper, signed and dedicated Size: 11 in. x 7.5 in. (27.94 cm ...

Duchándome, by Celso Castro From the Duchándome Series Watercolor, ink, and pastel archival paper. NUDES 2D Individual size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W 2018 Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, and others are sketches of moments he documents. ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...

Poncho viernes 27 de mayo 2016, by Celso Castro Crayon Pastel on archival paper Image size: 59 H in. x 39 in. W Unframed ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each...

Duchándome and Pity June 4th, by Celso Castro-Daza From the Duchándome Series Watercolor, ink, and pastel on archival paper. 1. Duchándome 2. Pensando & recordando a Luis Caballero...

This pastel drawing without it's frame and passe-partout is 29 x 20 cm, of course it will be shipped, with the 'Clarity museum glass', passe- partout and frame. Ksenya Istomina made...

This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VI" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pi...

The series of works "Visual Diaries" represents drawings on paper, featuring expressive abstractions or figurations created daily by the artist. Each work’s title includes the creati...

The series of works "Visual Diaries" represents drawings on paper, featuring expressive abstractions or figurations created daily by the artist. Each work’s title includes the creati...

America Martin "Woman With Knees Up" Pastel & Ink on Paper 24” x 18” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America i...

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...

This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series V" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a ...

This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a...

This layered paper and drawing collage titled "Mass Study II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood panel. Using found ...

This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series VII" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This p...

Poncho Jueves 26 de Mayo, "Requiem por la condesa Nubia Brashi", 2016 Pencil on archival paper Image size: 59 H in. x 40 in. W Frame size: 63 H x 42.5 W x 2 D in. On The back of th...

Maranones "Lunes 23 de mayo 2016" by Celso Castro Pencil, crayon, and pastel on archival paper Image size: 59 H in. x 45 in. W On the back of the painting: Barca de Refugiados, 199...

This 14" X 10" unframed mixed media pastel and ink etching on paper by Josette Simon Gestin is from the artist's series titled "No way back." On the far right side is a depiction of a redheaded women...

America Martin "Woman With Knees Up" Pastel & Ink on Paper 24” x 18” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America i...

Pity, June 4th by Celso Castro From the Duchándome Series Watercolor, ink, and pastel archival paper. Image size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W 2018 ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the artist’s hand through the transparency of their process. Castro’s oeuvre is strongly divided between his photomontage assemblies and watercolor paintings: the prior is marked by the labor-intensive deconstruction of portrait photographs and the latter, by the seemingly frenzied recreation of a past encounter rendered in the drips and scribbles of paint and ink. Both discriminating in what they reveal of the subject, his photomontage and watercolor portraits exude raw sexuality through the combination of Castro’s mark-making and gaze. Celso Castro’s work is a bare-bulb erotic photo...

Drawing, pastel, Pencil, Petal Flowers, Color and Ink on Paper. The base of this drawing is ordinary yellow paper of 80 gr. I use natural dyes from flowers, herbs, leaves, and tree ...

Study for David and Goliath 1971 Color pastel on paper 10 x 10 inches (25.4 x 25.4 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.

A dream landscape, this piece is ethereal and subtle. It would make a lovely addition to a bedroom or study. A figurative piece that's currently very on trend; the technique hints at...

This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series I" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a ...

This pastel portrait captures the side profile of a young African American man dressed in a black hoodie. The artist skillfully employs the pastel medium to bring out the rich textur...

Beautiful pastel painting of a young boy, very reminsent of Summer From the studio of London based artist Caroline Hands Framed in contemporary wooden frame Image 30x20" Framed 36...

Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized in 1970 ca. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Included two original drawings in mixed on ivory-c...

"Woman Figure" is an original erotic ink and colored pastels drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on white paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the XX Century. In excellent cond...

The boy at the sea is an original drawing on pencil and pastel realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. In the foregroun...

Pastel on paper, signed (lower right), 50cm x 74cm (70cm x 92cm framed). The picture is good condition and the work comes directly from the artist. Painter, draughtsman and teacher...

Blue Profile is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the half of the 20 Century. Original Drawing on cardboard. Colored Pastels. Mint conditions. Excellent work depicting...

The loose style of this drawing comes together quickly to convey the relaxed state of this nude female. The pastel accents bring a beautiful warmth to this drawing. Christopher Ganz Woman at Rest, 2013 pastel and charcoal on green paper 23h x 18w in 58.42h x 45.72w cm CG0062 -ARTIST STATEMENT- I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an Everyman who is at odds with society and his self. Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid. This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light. -BIO- Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...

America Martin "Woman in Purple, Yellow & Blue" Pastel & Ink on Paper 40” x 26” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles...

A wonderfully accomplished pastel of a woman lost in thought, with a subtle sensuality about it. She has not been idealized into a classical trope, but is a real person, we can tell....

Oil on canvas realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1965. Hand signed in the lower left. Includes a wooden frame 32x37 cm. Very good condition. Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on March ...

Pastel drawing on paper realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s. Very good condition. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Includes a contemporary wooden frame 108.5x84.5 cm. Sirio Pe...

Gouache, pastel & oil on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi St...

Donna Sdraiata is an original drawing realized by the Italian contemporary artist Aurelio Bulzatti in 2009. The drawing is a unique piece pastel on p...

Smiling boy is an original pastel drawing realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The boy is depicted with a delicate an...

I Picked Some Flowers For You is a beautiful painting realized by the Italian artist KEZIAT in 2018. Ink, pastel and watercolor on 6 canvases. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower...

Gouache, pastel & oil on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi St...

Figure is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in colored pencil and pastel on ivory-col...

Jaider by Celso Castro-Daza One of a kind Watercolor, ink, and paster on an archival paper Sheet Size: 19.50 H x 13.75 W 2018 Unframed Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, s...

Untitled (Jazz Scene) is an original Charcoal & pastel drawing on paper by British artist Charlie Mackesy. Mackesy's clever work and style here give us a glimpse into this intimate &...

Pastel, Pencil, Petal Flowers, Color and Ink on Paper. The base of this drawing is 120g/m2 Fabriano paper. I use natural dyes from flowers, herbs, leaves, and tree bark as the first...

Norman Gorbaty (1932-2020) Untitled, c. 1996 Pastel on paper Framed: 39 1/4 x 30 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right After graduating from Amherst College, Gorbaty was the recipien...

"Duchándome June 5th" by Celso Castro-Daza From the Duchándome Series Watercolor, pastel, and ink on archival paper Sheet size: 19.5 in. H x 13.75 in. W 2018 Drawing on paper is hi...

"Self Portrait in N.Y., 20th St." is an original gouache, ink, and pastel drawing by Dan Muller. The artist signed the piece lower right. This artwork features a seated, abstracted f...

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” ― Albert Einstein. Always working with graphite and charcoal, Ro...

This layered paper and drawing collage titled "House Studies Series VI" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of paper, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. Through a...

Little Deer, work on paper by Rick Bartow, red, white, pink, blue, black, green,

This vivid pastel portrait features a young African American man wearing a bright yellow rain jacket. The artist’s use of pastel captures the jacket's luminous color with striking in...

This side profile portrait features an Asian man with a neatly tied ponytail, capturing a moment of quiet contemplation. The artist skillfully emphasizes the graceful lines of his pr...

This architectural wall-hanging artwork titled "In Isolation Series II" is an original artwork by Seth Clark made of collage, charcoal, pastel, graphite, and acrylic on wood. This pi...

Norman Gorbaty (1932-2020) Untitled, 1996 Pastel on paper 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. Framed: 32 1/2 x 40 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right After graduating from Amherst College, Gorbaty...

Gabryela Wasowicz is a Polish painter born in 1947. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Warsaw and then at the Gerrit Rietveld Akademie in Amsterdam. Once she graduated in 197...