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Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

STREET ART STYLE

Street art is a style created for city walls, subway trains and other public spaces. Sometimes it is commissioned, yet most often it is an individual statement of defiant free expression. Although mostly an urban style, street art can be found all over the world, including JR’s pasted portraits on the separation wall in Palestine, Invader’s playful ceramic tile mosaics in Paris and the provocative stencil and spray-paint works by Banksy in London.

The Philadelphia-based Cornbread — aka Darryl McCray — is considered the first modern graffiti artist. He began tagging his name around the city in the 1960s. Graffiti art later flourished in New York City in the 1970s. There, young artists used spray paint and markers to create tags and large-scale graphic works, with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring both developing their distinctive styles through the graffiti scene, which would evolve into street art. Artists such as Tracy 168 and Lady Pink pioneered the Wild Style of complex graffiti writing in the 1980s, pushing the movement forward.

Because of its unsanctioned, improvisational and frequently covert nature, street art involves a range of techniques and aesthetics. Some street artists use quick and effective stenciling, whereas others wheat-paste posters, commandeer video projectors or freehand draw elaborate illustrations and murals. Shepard Fairey made his mark with street art stickers before designing the iconic “Hope” poster for Barack Obama’s 2008 presidential campaign.

While the origins of street art are rooted in a strictly noncommercial creative act that confronted political issues, sexuality and more for a general audience of passersby, the art form has moved inside the galleries over the years. Today, just as Basquiat and Haring took their works from Manhattan’s Lower East Side alleyways into Soho galleries, artists including KAWS, Barry McGee and Osgemeos are in demand with collectors of fine art.

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Style: Street Art
Four Years (So Cool Cat) (2022) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (So Cool Cat)" (2022) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster, framed. Artist's signature graffiti style of comic relief for subway notice posters, often relating unfortunate news to the public of delays or changes to the regular schedule. Portrait of classic City Kitty character with his third eye and in this case with words written across his open mouth that read in bubble letters, "SO COOL" in pink. Black and white "7" train line Friday night service update poster with purple diamond 7 line train logo. Neon and pastel palette accents include pink and blue. ABOUT THE ARTIST For the past 12 years, NYC-based street artist City Kitty has been pasting elaborate, hand-drawn scenes of an adventurous street cat onto buildings, subway stations and alleyways throughout North America and Europe. Best known for his large-scale drawings of cats...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Four Years (Pirate Cat) (2019) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (Pirate Cat)" (2019) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster, framed. Artist's signature graffiti style of comic relief for subway notice posters, often relating unfortunate news to the public of delays or changes to the regular schedule. Portrait of classic City Kitty character, in this case a pirate, adorned with pirate hat...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Four Years (Radio) (2020) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (Radio or Streaming)" (2020) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Four Years (Ecstasy) (2019) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (Ecstasy)" (2019) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Four Years (Bob Ross) (2019) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (Bob Ross, cat)" (2019) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Four Years (One Earth) (2020) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (One Earth)" (2022) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Four Years (The Count) (2020) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (The Count)" (2020) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil on MTA poster...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

Four Years (Baby Yoda) (2022) by street artist City Kitty, graffiti MTA poster
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Four Years of Frustration, Delays & Missed Appointments (Baby Yoda)" (2022) by street artist City Kitty 18.25 x 12.25 x .75" Ink, acrylic and color pencil ...
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil

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House of Slaughter (2021) by S9L, comic book portrait of rapper Joell Ortiz
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Garbage Portrait 02
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Located in Jersey City, NJ
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Thousand Yard Stare by street artist Duel RIS, abstract black & white drawing
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2010s Street Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Third Eye by street artist Duel RIS, abstract black & white drawing on paper
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Cyclops Boys
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Megan Henley Title: Cyclops Boys Year: 2018 Medium: Ink on Paper Size: 11 x 14 inches
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Located in New York, NY
Graphite on matchbox Unique in a series framed 7" x 7" 2015
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Warhol
Located in New York, NY
graphite on matchbox unique in a series 7" x 7" 2015
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Street Art portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Street Art portrait drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including and Sean 9 Lugo. Frequently made by artists working with Paper, and Ink and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Street Art portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 9 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $1,537, while the average work sells for $400.

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