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Item Ships From: Continental US
Raven 2, realist gouache on paper miniature bird portrait, 2023
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
We are thrilled to present one of our first works on paper of 2023 by Dina Brodsky - the striking Raven, in her signature tondo format. Like most of her miniature works, the charm ex...
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2010s Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Phyllis Ciment Abstract Pastel Painting c.1970s
By Phyllis Ciment
Located in San Francisco, CA
Phyllis Ciment Abstract Pastel Painting c.1970s
Red, white and blue - Fine colorful abstract painting
24" wide x 18" high
The frame measures 33" wide x 28" high
Signed by the art...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Thoughts - line drawing woman figure with white dandelions
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artworks were done with acrylic, ink and watercolor in white color on black watercolor paper 360g. The works are 12 by 16.5 inches in size, framed (bla...
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2010s Minimalist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
"Happiness" - Figurative work on paper with dancers and text
Located in East Quogue, NY
Original mixed media work on paper by Adam Baranello.
Mixed media, acrylic, spray paint on canvas.
Size 17 x 14 in.
Offered unframed. Ships rolled
Multidisciplinary artist Adam Ba...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Spray Paint, Acrylic
Femme Cheval
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Miami, FL
Wifredo Lam
“Femme Cheval” 1971
Pastel on paper
24 x 18 in
Signed and dated at the bottom left corner
Provenance:
Gallerry Dobbelhoef, Kessel.
Private Collection, Brussel.
Campo and...
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Late 20th Century Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Laid Paper
Flower Vase, Yellow Watercolor painting on paper
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Parish route (original)
By Miriam Singer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "Parish route" is original artwork made from pencil, marker, acrylic, watercolor on paper by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 18"h x 22.5"w.
Miriam Singer grew ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Pencil
My 80's Heart "Token 4" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, yellow, orange
By Catherine Hart
Located in Jersey City, NJ
My 80's Hart "Token 4" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, yellow, orange
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite
Study for Assumption of the Virgin
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on hand made, fibrous wove paper, finished with gray wash. Unevenly trimmed sheet edges, non-archival tape remnants at all four corners, recto, well outside of image area. Horseshoe-shaped area of light discoloration that extends significantly into the figure's face, beneath the lips, and up over the rear of the head, dog-eared right lower corner with associated light discoloration at crease. DeMin and Belluno inscribed in graphite, verso.
A detailed study showing 'primo pensiero' for Giovanni DeMin's large scale fresco, Assumption of the Virgin...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
A Second Hand II (unique) signed color monotype by contemporary abstract artist
By Andrea Belag
Located in New York, NY
Andrea Belag
A Second Hand II, 1990
Monotype on cotton rag paper
42 1/2 × 30 inches
Hand-signed by artist, Signed, titled and dated in pencil on the front; bears publishers name and copyright on the back, along with the unique inventory number
Unframed
Poignant 1990 monotype, in elegant pastel colors. The cotton rag paper has lightly deckled edges so it will look gorgeous when floated and framed.
American painter Andrea Belag creates lush and luminous abstractions inspired by the visual and spiritual principles of Zen, as well as artists such as Mary Heilmann, Bernard Frize...
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1990s Abstract Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pencil, Graphite, Monotype
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994)
The Wedding
Colliers published, June 17, 1933
17 1/4 X 11 1/2 inches (sight)
Framed 23 1/4 X 17 1/2 inches
Gouache on board
Signed lower right
BIOGRAPHY:
Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests.
In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s.
‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune.
Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
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1930s American Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Poland (Glider) (Illustration of Glacial Landscape Around Vintage Stamp, Pencil)
By Andrea Moreau
Located in Hudson, NY
Poland (Glider) by Andrea Moreau
colored pencil and postage stamp on paper
22 x 30 inches
25.25 x 32.5 inches framed
To create her mixed-media artworks, Andrea Moreau selects a postage stamp to serve as the starting point for a piece on paper, then “completes” the image with colored pencil. This artwork, "Poland (Glider)," centers on a stamp that depicts an aircraft flying above a glacial horizon. Building on the style and environment established by the stamp art, Moreau extended this scene across land and sea in vibrant blue pencil.
A statement by the artist:
My drawings function as personal interpretations of political or commercial propaganda. I begin with imagery found on postage stamps or printed advertisements and, using the visual logic and graphic language of the image, I attempt to tease out a larger framework from which to consider it. Finished pieces often incorporate printed matter and cultural detritus, which gives them an immediate and tactile connection to the world of objects.
I am particularly interested in the postage stamp as a geographical artifact, and through my drawing process I attempt to learn something about a place by studying its official imagery and then creating a world beyond the borders of its fragmentary scenes. The finished drawings and paintings are a record of this study; they are a dialogue between the printed and the drawn, the official and the personal, the real and the imaginary. They are a metaphor for the way in which we conjure the places we hear about on the news and read about in books, using the tiniest pieces of information to construct a reality that most likely bears little resemblance to any actual place.
Andrea Moreau’s mixed-media works, on the other hand, walk a tightrope between context and isolation. Moreau selects a postage stamp to serve as the starting point for a piece on paper, then “completes” the image with colored pencil. These stamps may become lost in a frenzy of Moreau’s mark-making, as with “Mexico (Flowers) #15,” or left comically obvious, like in “USA (Barbershop...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Lemon and Egg, Nov 20 1985 (original drawing on paper)
By Donald Sultan
Located in Aventura, FL
Original ink drawing on arches paper. Hand signed D.S, titled and dated in pencil by Donald Sultan. Sheet size 15 x 15 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 18 inches. Provenance labels ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Yellow Jacket, Portrait Painting
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Edge of the Lake Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape of the edge of a lake with mountains in the background by a California watercolor artist.. Signed in pencil in the lowe...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Gaze", Black and White, Figurative Drawing, Portrait, Illustration
By Jasjyot Singh Hans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This black and white drawing titled "GAZE" is an original pencil and ink on paper drawing by Jasjyot Singh Hans measuring 7"h x 5"w unframed and 14"h x 11"w framed.
Jasjyot Singh Ha...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
"House Studies Series II", Layered Paper and Drawing Collage, Architecture
By Seth Clark
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Acrylic, Wood Panel, Graphite
Abstracted Floral Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas
By Ilana Ingber
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Floral Still Life in Acrylic on Canvas
Vibrant still life of a bouquet by Ilana Ingber (American, b. 1984). Several pink and red flowers are shown against a pale pink and...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Stretcher Bars, Pastel
Edwin. Figurative, Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin, 2013 by Celso Castro
Crayon, pencil on paper
Image size: 39.2 H in. x 28 in. W
Unframed
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Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the presence of the...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Archival Paper, Pencil
LOVE STAR OF DAVID
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache painting on paper. Hand signed lower front by Yaacov Agam. Image size 20.25 x 18.5 inches. Sheet size 29 x 22.2 inches. Frame size approx 33 x 31 inches.
Cert...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Orange Crush - Gyotaku Style Japanese Sumi Ink Painting, Large Orange Octopus
By Jeff Conroy
Located in Chicago, IL
A Gyo-Tako print of large octopus is seen here in Jeff Conroy's work entitled "Orange Crush". To achieve this remarkable painting, the artist inks the octopus using traditional sum...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Sumi Ink, Watercolor, Mulberry Paper
ENTANGLED- original large blue love couple by Paula Craioveanu 39x27in
By Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Entangled", large scale drawing pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Couple in love, part of Nude in Interior series. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florid...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper
Under Scattered Clouds: Abstract Chalk Drawing of Blue Clouds on Vintage Paper)
Located in Hudson, NY
Abstract mixed media drawing of blue, black and grey clouds on vintage book pages
'Under Scattered Clouds' by Louise Laplante
chalk on vintage collaged book pages.
Artwork measures 26 x 40 inches unframed
30 x 43 inches in light wood frame
This dreamy, whimsical drawing of fluffy light blue clouds was created by Louise Laplante in 2019. The vivid silhouette of clouds are suspended in space, drifting against a background of an early 20th century book of fables. Illustrations on the page include a hot air balloon, a rocking horse, a pheasant. In certain segments the stenciled images are delicately brushed over with a thin wisp of chalk which adds a delicate textured effect to the drawing.
About the artist:
Interested in blending the old world with the new, mixed media artist Louise Laplante combines her original images with ephemera of the past, enticing a conversation about it’s “relevancy to the present.” Her compositions begin with vintage book pages, personal handwritten letters, sheet music, or instruction from old guides on etiquette or science. While the text itself is weighted with reference to a particular subject, the visual of the typed or handwritten words and printed illustrations establish a unique pattern. These layered backgrounds are superimposed with opaque charcoal drawings that are inspired by the themes read between the lines. Most recently, the artist has opted for larger scale work, combining multiple sheets of vintage paper to expand her unique motifs. Laplante exhibits across the Northeast and has shown with Carrie Haddad for more than ten years.
Artist Statement:
My work connects the texts, and ideas, in the vintage book...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Nude Series (Male Nude in Desert with Cacti), Lowell Nesbitt - Drawing
By Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: Nude Series (Male Nude in Desert with Cacti)
Year: 1989
Medium: Colored pencil on Arches paper
Size: 50.25 x 35.5 inches
Inscription: Signed...
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1990s Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
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 Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Thunderbolts - Contemporary Drawing Lightning Snowflake Branches Pattern, 2022
By Sarah Morejohn
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary drawing in ink, colored pencil and graphite on archival Fabriano Artistico Paper, carefully drawn dots and lines in soft shades of indigo blue with yellow, teal ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
1929 "Nude with Cubist Sculpture" Charcoal Female Nude Drawing UCBerkeley Artist
Located in Arp, TX
John Bowers Collection
Nude With Cubist Sculpture
1929
Charcoal on Paper
18.75"x24.75", unframed
Dated in charcoal lower right
Came from a portfolio owned by artist John Bowers
John was awarded a Master of Fine Arts degree by the University of California, at Berkeley.
His collection included pieces by fellow student artists and professors at UC Berkeley including Fred Reichman...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
19th century American watercolor - Flowers Butterfly Alps Switzerland Germany
Located in Aartselaar, BE
This beautiful and vibrant 19th century American watercolor is an hommage by Paul de Longpré to the Alps, as it features a rich variety of Alpine flowe...
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Late 19th Century Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
PLAYBOY BUNNY
By Andy Warhol
Located in Aventura, FL
Synthetic polymer drawing on paper. Unsigned. Warhol Foundation stamp on verso. Sheet size 31.5 x 23.5 inches. Custom framed as pictured.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Cert...
Category
1980s Pop Art Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Polymer
Oleander in a Tall Vase
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Oleander in a Tall Vase' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and si...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Pheasant, Bird, Watercolor Art Handmade Painting
Located in Granada Hills, CA
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Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan,
Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind
Medium: Watercolor on Paper,
Year: 2022
Style: Realism,
Subject: Pheasant,
Size: 12 x 16 i...
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2010s Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Mushroom Magic" - Original Folk Art Pen and Ink Illustration on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"Mushroom Magic" - Original Pen and Ink Illustration on Paper in the Style of Folk Art
A charming illustration by California artist, Angela Stone (American, b. 1983), of a scene with three woodland animals - a fox, a bear, and a deer - cuddled up together on an armchair reading a book titled, "Mushroom Magic." A cat sleeps below the three in a basket full of yarn.
The detailed ink gives such depth and texture to the artwork with patterns, stippling, and shading. The interior of the cabin gives an old-fashioned Alpine chic...
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
'Dreamscape', Bolivia, Brazil, California, Sao Paulo Biennale, UNESCO
By Mario Cespedes
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Mario Cespedes' (Bolivian-American, born 1942) and created circa 1985.
Matted dimensions: 24 H x 18 W x .25 D inches.
Born in Bolivia, Mario Cespedes immigrated...
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1980s Abstract Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Glastonbury Abbey
By Frederick Nash
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink wash with watercolor in sepia and black, and blue, on buff wove watercolor paper, 14 1/4 x 10 1/4 inches (360 x 260 mm). 1/4" of the lower right corner is lost, minor crack (doe...
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Mid-19th Century English School Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Calla Lily
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Calla Lily' watercolor on paper. Gary Bukovnik, who fuses sensual vitality with fluid yet powerful colorations to create floral images of great depth, intensity, and size.
Internat...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
17th Century Old Master Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
17th Century Old Master Drawing
Old master drawing with figure and putti
Housed in a handsome contemporary wooden frame
Drawing dimensions 4...
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17th Century Old Masters Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Lake Landscape
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Gertrude A. Larter (1878-1954).
Lake Landscape. ca. 1920-40
Pastel on sandpaper sheet. Measuring 9 x 11 inches
Signed lower right. Unframed.
Gertrude A. Larter was born in New...
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
"Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, " John Hare, Cape Ann, New England Watercolor View
Located in New York, NY
John Hare
Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, Massachusetts
Signed lower right
Watercolor on paper
16 x 12 inches
John Cuthbert Hare, 1908-1978, was a watercolorist who painted boats, seascapes and harbor scenes. He was primarily associated New England, especially Cape Cod, Massachusetts where he spent his summers from 1938 to 1965. However, he was in Florida where he was a member of the St. Augustine Art Association, and other locations on the East Coast.
It is likely Hare was born in New York City. He first studied commercial art in Brooklyn at the Pratt Institute and also studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan. He worked for Hearst newspapers corporation, and in 1933 married. In the next few years, he and his wife traveled extensively, camping and painting and exhibiting his work in galleries.
In 1935, they visited St. Augustine and an exhibition of his watercolors was held there in the old bank...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Spring Bouquet, Large-Scale Floral Watercolor Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Colorful flowers fill the foreground in this large-scale watercolor still-life of a spring bouquet bursting with blossoms by California artist Royce Thyberg Gordon...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Interiors of a Hotel in Como, Italy. Ink and watercolor on paper
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
A new series inspired by architecture, décor and stylish personalities of the world of interior design.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop culture are captured in the illustrati...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Silver Birch
By Ellen Wagener
Located in Phoenix, AZ
pastel on paper
b. 1964
I became interested in landscape painting because there were no confines, except the edge of the paper and an ever-changing display of color, rhythm, and te...
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2010s Land Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Mud Season, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A misty countryside stretches under a soft sky, with rolling green hills fading into the fog. A white house stands in the distance while a muddy waterway stretc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Scene in Wurttemberg" - Late 19th Century Antique Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
I've included a photo here of the blue sticker a movie studio put on the back of this beautiful old German pastel when they rented it from my Magazine Street gallery for the shoot of...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Set of Twelve 18th Century Engravings of Birds
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
George Edwards: ""A History of Uncommon Birds"", 1749-1761.
A prominent English naturalist and ornithologist, George Edwards (1694 -1773) is best known for his work, ""A Natural His...
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18th Century Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Engraving
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
By Edouard Vuillard
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
Graphite on paper, 1915
Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 909b, the stamp faded from blue to brown (see photo)
Provenance:
Neffe-D...
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1910s Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Animal Capers (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Animal Capers, ca. 1970 .
Ink on illustration board, image measures 20 inches. inches; illustration panel measures 21.5 inches. Unsigned.
Minor staining evident in detail photos
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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1970s Surrealist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
Wanderer's Pizza
By Drew Leshko
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Wanderer's Pizza" is an original paper, enamel, pastel, inkjet prints, chain, wire, and tubing artwork by Drew Leshko measuring approx. 11.5"h x 7.25"w x 0.75"d.
Drew Leshko is a P...
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2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Enamel, Wire
"Empire State Building" Leon Dolice, New York City Street Scene, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice
Empire State Building
Signed lower right
Watercolor on paper
19 x 12 inches
The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon th...
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1930s American Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Contemporary Watercolor Painting, 'Design for Light', c. 2000 by David Ruth
By David Ruth
Located in Oakland, CA
This is a contemporary abstract watercolor painting by artist David Ruth. This series of paintings often feature bright colors and vibrant layouts that draw the viewer in. They are c...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Clip or Broach (No.18.843)
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
This beautiful painting in gouache and gold paint was created as a brooch design in the 1980s.The artwork is signed 'Erté' on the front, and numbered and titled in Erté's hand verso ...
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1980s Art Deco Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Antique French Watercolor Landscape - Waterfall
By Alexandre Rene Veron
Located in Houston, TX
Magnificent landscape watercolor of a waterfall spilling over large river rocks by Alexandre René Véron (1826-1897), circa 1870. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind antique w...
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19th Century Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Circle Series 30 One, Mandala Drawing, Spolvero, Sienna, Brown, Abstract, Dots
By Mary Judge
Located in Kent, CT
This reddish brown pigment drawing was made with a perforated stencil laid on ivory rag paper, pounced with a sack of powdered pigment. Pigment passes through leaving marks, patterns...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Rag Paper, Pigment, Stencil
French Landscape with Horses and Ladies, Pastel Drawing by Hughes Pissarro
By Hughes Claude Pissarro
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hugues Claude Pissarro, also known professionally as H. Claude Pissarro, is the grandson of the Impressionist painter Camille Pissarro and son of Paulémile Pissarro. Born in Neuilly-...
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Mining Language From the Mud of My Mind" - mixed media collage - folk art
By Blair Hobbs
Located in Atlanta, GA
"Noodling" is a narrative and figurative mixed media work featuring hues of blue and red.
Blair Hobbs is inspired by the works of Marc Chagall, Benny Andrews, and Charles and Marga...
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2010s Folk Art Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Dream: framed abstract Persian calligraphy ink drawing/painting on paper
By Nazanin Moghbeli
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Framed in a white wood painted frame with white mat. Wired with all hanging hardware, ready to install. Nazanin Moghbeli is a Persian American artist with training in Persian calligr...
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2010s Abstract Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Graphite
Flowers and sun drawing, unique, signed Pop art landscape fantastic Koons gift!
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
Jeff Koons
(Untitled) Flowers and Sun, 2009
Original (unique) drawing done in silver marker on endpaper
Boldly signed and dated in silver marker undern...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker, Board, Mixed Media, Offset
Snow in Forest, Mid-Century Winter Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Snow in the Forest, 1945
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right
19 x 23.75 inches
24 x 29 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook C...
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1940s American Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Teal and Orange Abstract Painting with Chine Colle and Watercolor
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
A vibrant contemporary teal and orange painting (Monotype) and found object collage composition of stamps, money, various types of paper, and watercolor by Michael Pauker (American, ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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