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Item Ships From: Continental US
Abstract 17
By Jorge Yances
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork.
Yances was born in Cartagena...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Conference of the birds no 40 (Abstract painting)
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper. Unframed.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet comple...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
'Net, ' by David Mladjovic, Abstract Screen Print
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 39.5" x 27.75" screen print (#1 of 6) by Serbian artist David Mladjovic depicts an abstract composition of dynamic lines and shapes in a palette of mauve, black, green, and gray...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Screen
Riprap 2
By Margaret Neill
Located in London, GB
Colour pencil and acrylic on paper. Unframed.
This fluid abstract work on paper is intuitively made with a coloured pencil and acrylic.
The intersecting multi-layered forms create ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Boogie Woogie II
Located in Missouri, MO
Boogie Woogie II, 1993
Peter Ambrose (American, b. 1953)
Charcoal on Paper
Signed and Dated Lower Right
Titled Lower Left
41 x 29 inches
46.25 x 34.25 inches with frame
BORN
1953
New York, NY
EDUCATION
1977
MFA, The School of Art Institute of Chicago
1975
BFA, Carnegie Mellon University
1974
Yale University, Summer School of Art and Music
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
1983
Visiting Artist, 2-D, 3-D Design and Graduate Advisor, Carnegie Mellon University
1995-96
Independent Study in Exhibition installation, art handling, restoration, Saint Louis University
1998
Adjunct faculty, Sculpture, Saint Louis University
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
1999
Elliott Smith...
Category
1990s American Modern Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Georgetown, Colorado, 1938 WPA Era Ink Drawing of Rocky Mountain Landscape
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
This vintage 1938 ink drawing by Charles Bunnell (1897–1968) captures a stunning scene of a church nestled in the majestic Rocky Mountains of Georgetown, Colorado. Executed in bold black ink on creamy white paper, the piece is signed and dated by the artist in the lower right and titled in the lower left. The image size is 7 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches, and it is framed with archival materials, with outer dimensions measuring 16 ¼ x 14 ½ x 1 ¼ inches.
Condition:
The drawing is in good vintage condition, with no notable flaws. For a detailed condition report, please contact us directly.
Provenance:
This artwork comes from the estate of Charles Ragland Bunnell, ensuring its authenticity.
About Charles Bunnell:
Charles Bunnell was a prominent American artist whose career spanned multiple styles and influences. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, he moved to Colorado Springs around 1915, where he developed a love for art. After serving in World War I, Bunnell studied at the Broadmoor Art Academy (later renamed the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), where he met his wife, Laura Palmer...
Category
1930s American Modern Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Within, ' by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor Painting
By Lisa Miceli
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This 10" x 11" watercolor on paper painting by Lisa Miceli depicts an imaginative abstracted landscape and is part of the latticeWorks series. The use of c...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Personne Suite No. 9
By Dorothea Tanning
Located in Columbia, MO
Dorothea Tanning (American, 1910–2012)
Initially associated with the Surrealist movement, Dorothea Tanning developed a personal visual language that blurred the boundaries between r...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Framed (Abstract painting)
By Anne Russinof
Located in London, GB
Framed (Abstract painting)
Casein on Arches paper. Unframed.
Anne Russinof often does paintings on paper to loosen up for the larger canvas works. The point is to free her hand.
...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Casein
Shape 10 (2018) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, black & white on paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 10 (2018) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only
Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
Do America a Favor - Conceptual Abstract Mixed Media Work on Paper Red and Black
Located in Gilroy, CA
"Do America a Favor," Is a highly conceptual mixed media abstraction by artist Vivian Liddell. With impressive yarn work mixed with the paint go cohesively coincide with the text filing the piece with detail and precision. Liddell often walks the line between contemporary art and craft. Working to bring materials that are traditionally labeled as "craft" and lesser into the contemporary conversation. Mixing craft with one of the most respected and oldest forms of fine art, painting, really encourages the viewer to view the two on the same playing field. The idea of craft is settled into these gestural, layered works, constantly critiquing contemporary culture. This piece is currently unframed, but framing options are available. For more works follow our storefront at Gallery 1202.
"As a painter, I often work on large, raw canvas. My abstract paintings merge formal painting and “bad” craft to challenge the high-low separation of materials (and related gender hierarchies) that have traditionally been present in the art world. The monotypes are like a calligraphic practice. I use them as a warm up to allow me to feel confident with a gesture before committing it to a larger scale. I work in layers, often sewing or incorporating fabric into the finished piece, and incorporate chance into each stage of my process. The text/titles often come from song lyrics, local radio commercials, and news headlines. I edit these snippets and piece them together to reflect my interpretation of current politics and social norms, especially as they relate to gender.
Vivian Liddell is an interdisciplinary artist in Athens, Georgia who works with painting, fiber and craft techniques, sculpture, printmaking, photography, animation and sound. Born in Memphis, Tennessee, she received her BFA from the University of Georgia and her MFA from the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn. Liddell’s work has been featured in solo and curated exhibitions throughout the United States, including at the Wiregrass Museum of Art, the Macon Museum of Arts and Sciences, and Trestle Gallery in Brooklyn. In 2019 she had two solo exhibitions of her “Men” series at the Versa Gallery in Chattanooga and 621 Gallery in Tallahassee, with a review of the Versa exhibition in BURNAWAY and was recently picked by Berlin curator Tina Sauerlaender as a featured artist on Foundwork. Liddell hosts a podcast (Peachy Keen) as an extension of her art practice, interviewing women on art and the South. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of North Georgia...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Spray Paint, Monotype, Thread, Yarn
Screech of ice series 41 (Abstract drawing)
By Jaanika Peerna
Located in London, GB
Colored pencil and graphite on plastic paper. Unframed.
Screech of Ice is a new series of drawings made by holding a bunch of pencils in two hands and letting them to do the control...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Plastic, Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Organic Geometry (Spectrum I) (Abstract Painting)
By Michael Barringer
Located in London, GB
Organic Geometry (Spectrum I) (Abstract Painting)
Mixed media on paper - Unframed
Artwork exclusive to IdeelArt.
In this series, Michael Barringer wants to make deeply felt, poet...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
1950s Original Signed Abstract Expressionist Watercolor in Soft Pastel Colors
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
This soft toned abstract expressionist watercolor painting, created by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), is an exceptional example of his evolution as an artist. Featuring bold sw...
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Black Turnstone #3
By Emil Morhardt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
Black turnstones are small hyperactive solitary shorebirds that, on Leadbetter Beach in Santa Barbara where they can be found in abundance in early winter, ra...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
OC 19 (Abstract Painting)
By Macyn Bolt
Located in London, GB
OC 19 (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper - Unframed.
Using the geometric vocabulary found in architectural schemata, Bolt tries to create a dynamic tension between foreground and...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Adjacent 6 (Abstract drawing)
By Xanda McCagg
Located in London, GB
Adjacent 6 (Abstract drawing)
Pencil and paint stick on paper.
This piece is one of a group of works on paper made with paint sticks and pencil on paper that has been primed with g...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Pencil
"Untitled I" Jane Freilicher, Hamptons Landscape Drawing, Mid-century Abstract
By Jane Freilicher
Located in New York, NY
Jane Freilicher
Untitled I, 1958-59
Signed lower right
Charcoal on paper
11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches
Provenance:
Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York
Jane Freilic...
Category
1950s Modern Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
P1.15 (Abstract Painting)
By Jean Feinberg
Located in London, GB
P1.15 (Abstract Painting)
Gouache and collage on Japanese paper. Unframed.
This gouache paint with collage on Japanese paper is a result of working with the accidental arrangements...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
L3
By Amanda Davis
Located in Agoura Hills, CA
As an artist rooted in New Mexico, I studied Fine Arts at UNM and CNM, carrying forward the legacy of multiple generations of female artists. My work is a meditation on the delicate ...
Category
2010s Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Shape of Resonance 18
By Danielle Hacche
Located in Phoenix, AZ
pastel and micron pen on paper, framed
b. 1979, Poole, Dorset, UK
In this new series of work, I explore the intersection of minimalist architecture, design, and the raw beauty of ma...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Pen
Effloresce (Abstract painting)
By Anya Spielman
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper - Unframed
Framed on request
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving between them as each begins to form, then isolating a work to bring to completion.
Her saturated surfaces are luminous, with alternate glossy and matte layers, but also bear rough nail marks that scar and deconstruct the work. These etched lines and marks relate to an image and idea, and are often the underlying structure, the submerged language of a work.
Her use of reds and pinks link to flesh and blood...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Art Deco Couple In Front of Black and White Art Deco Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco Illustrator Charles Perry Weimer creates a powerfully graphic depiction of a 1930s couple in front of a classic Art Deco building with a...
Category
1930s Art Deco Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Black and White Abstract Figurative Drawing of Nude Female
By William Anzalone
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white figurative drawing by Texas artist William Anzalone. The drawing depicts nude women dressing up. Signed by the artist at the bottom right. Framed in a beautiful black modern frame.
Dimensions Without Frame: H 16.63 in. x W 21.5 in.
Artist Biography: William Anzalone was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1935. He was educated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen, Pencil
Abstract 11
By Jorge Yances
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork.
Yances was born in Cartagena...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
Blue Hound's Tongue - Abstract Pattern Drawing Violet Flowers Green Leaves, 2024
By Sarah Morejohn
Located in Kent, CT
In this meticulously detailed contemporary drawing in ink and watercolor on paper, carefully drawn dots and lines in violet blue, green, red, orange and pink create an intricate comp...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
"Delivered and Discarded (positive) #1" dimensional collage of sumi ink on Tyvek
By Yoonmi Nam
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Delivered and Discarded (positives) #1" is an original wall-hanging piece by Yoonmi Nam. This piece is made from the flattening out packing boxes that the artist traces to depict t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Found Objects, Sumi Ink, Synthetic Paper
Abstract 7
By Jorge Yances
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork.
Yances was born in Cartagena...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil
untitled- abstract nude woman bright color oil pastel drawing on paper
By Bruno Lassalle
Located in New York, NY
Bruno Lassalle
Untitled, 1993
18.75 x 15.75 inches; framed in natural wood color 21.6 x 19.6 inches
oil pastels on board
signed 'LASSALLE' and dated recto; stamped verso
Bruno Lassa...
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
Ambient Space (Abstract Painting)
By Jessica Snow
Located in London, GB
Ambient Space (Abstract Painting)
Acrylic on paper. Unframed.
As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studies dr...
Category
2010s Hard-Edge Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Quiver (Abstract painting)
By Anya Spielman
Located in London, GB
Quiver (Abstract painting)
Oil on paper - Unframed.
Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a time, moving betwee...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
In the Forest, green abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
By Seymour Lipton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Black crayon on paper, 1959
Signed and dated middle right (see photo)
A rare 1950's AbEx drawing.
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Ala...
Category
1950s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Conference of the birds no 40
By Yari Ostovany
Located in London, GB
Oil on paper. Unframed.
Natural and mystical processes inspire Ostovany. Informed by a variety of different cultures, Ostovany feels a connection to multiple separate and yet complementary mystical traditions.
He looks toward elements of Western and Eastern art, literature, spirituality, poetry and music to create an environment and a mindset conducive to his process, which is connected to Abstract Expressionism and Color Field painting.
Conference of the Birds...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
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...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Untitled (six vignettes)
By Pierre Courtin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower center edge
Annotated verso: “5 Juin 1966
_____ et de soleil, de et d’oseille”
Image: 6 3/4 x 4 5/8"
Frame: 14 1/2 x 12 3/4"
Finishe...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Sans Titre 2 Original Pastel/Drawing on Paper
By Roberto Matta
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Roberto Matta
Title: Sans Titre 2
Medium: Original pastel/drawing on paper
Signed: Hand Signed
Measurements: 20" x 25"
Framed: 28" x 35"
Authentication: Kajsa Westling N...
Category
1960s Surrealist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Fiery Sky
By Murray Hantman
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Expressionist
Subject: Landscape
Medium: Watercolor
Surface: Paper
Country: United States
Dimensions w/Frame: 16" x 28"
Murray Hantman (1904–1999) was a painter, muralist, an...
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Psychic Garden (Sea Sprite) - botanical - cyanotype - ethereal
By Caroline Bullock
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is an abstract botanical work on paper featuring hues of blue, green, purple, yellow and white in a simple white box frame behind UV Plexiglas.
Caroline Bullock is inspired by the work of Agnes Martin, Anish Kapoor, Katharina Grosse, Andy Goldsworthy and Lucy Dodd...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Glitter, Acrylic, Archival Paper
"Of His Vast Almighty Head" mixed media
By Meg Hitchcock
Located in New York, NY
Meg Hitchcock
Supplication to the Takpo Kagyu, 2021
Text from The Aeneid, acrylic, embroidery thread, graphite
14 x 11 in.
frame size: 17.75 x 14.75 in.
(Hit004)
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Thread, Ink, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Graphite
Contemporary Pink, Purple, & Black Hand Drawn Tessellated Abstract (14 of 2023)
Located in Houston, TX
Hand drawn op art painting by contemporary artist Austin Magruder. The work features abstract, geometric tessellations that create a mesmerizing pattern. Signed and dated in the fron...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
7-28-22, Impressionist, abstracted landscape drawing with colored pencil
By Sandy Litchfield
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Litchfield brings her magical abstracted landscapes to a new medium in her recent colored pencil drawings. Loose, delicate lines scramble over one another, bringing a diffuse, ...
Category
2010s Impressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
House and Sky, Geometric Abstract Acrylic Painting by Murray Reich
By Murray Reich
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original painting by contemporary American painter, Murray Reich. Nicely framed.
House and Sky by Murray Reich, American (1932–2012)
Date: 1980
Acrylic and Collage on Paper, sign...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
"Man, How Did They Know Me?" Oil Pastel on Illustration Board by Reginald K. Gee
By Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Man, How Did They Know Me?" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It features a few abstract portraits...
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
Abstract with Figures Israeli Mid Century Modernist Woodcut Watercolor Painting
By Stefan Alexander
Located in Surfside, FL
An abstracted composition containing a kneeling figure . this is a stamped print, woodcblock most likely artfully combined with moody watercolor.
Stefan Alexander, born Czechoslovak...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Woodcut
Untitled Abstraction
By Medard P. Klein
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Graphite on paper. c. 1946
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver
Condition: Staining at corners
...
Category
1940s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled (Abstraction)
By Charles Harris ( Beni Kosh )
Located in Fairlawn, OH
aka Beni Kosh
Untitled (Abstraction)
Watercolor on paper, 1970's
Unsigned
Ben Kosh Estate Stamp verso, No. 754
Condition: Very good
Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 14 9/16 inches
Provenance: Estate the Artist
Bingham & Vance, Shaker Heights...
Category
1970s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Wigwam rouge et jaune
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Wigwam rouge et jaune" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The unique work is signed in the lower right, “Calder 65”.
Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Nuance, pastel pink abstract watercolor painting on archival paper
By Lisa Fellerson
Located in New York, NY
Lisa Fellerson’s paintings provoke an interplay and tension between line, shape, and color. With no preconceived idea in mind, she begins by dripping, scrapping, and gouging acrylic ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper
“Freedom Towers” Blue Toned Abstract Surrealist Architectural Archway Drawing
By Patrick Palmer
Located in Houston, TX
Blue and pink toned abstract landscape by Texas artist Patrick Palmer. The painting depicts two architectural arches against a cool and warm sunset sky. Pencil inscriptions are seen ...
Category
1980s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
By Irene Rice Pereira
Located in New York, NY
ABSTRACT American Woman Abstract Non-objective Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing
Irene Rice Pereira (1902-1971)
Abstract
8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches
Watercolor, gouache, and ink on black paper
Signed lower right
Framed by Bark
BIO
rene Pereira was born in 1902 in Chelsea, Massachusetts and grew up in Great Barrington. She was strongly influenced by her mother who was an amateur artist. Irene began art lessons at the age of fifteen; she took a secretarial job because her father had died. She took art classes at the Art Students League in New York City. At the age of twenty-one she married the first of three husbands, Humberto Pereira, whose name she kept.
She traveled extensively in Europe and North Africa and was much inspired by the expansive vistas of the Sahara Desert. Returning to New York, she began incorporating these visions into her work, increasingly experimental in her styles and methods. At first she painted on canvas, then she devised a means of actually incorporating light into her works by painting on layers of glass and mounting the layers together.
In 1942 she married George Brown, an engineer, who helped her experiment with a variety of materials. By the 1950s she became more interested in writing poetry and, divorced from Brown in 1952, she married George Reavey, an Irish Poet...
Category
1950s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
MAGIC CASEMENT, Abstract Non-Objective Mid-Century Pastel Color Field Drawing
Located in New York, NY
MAGIC CASEMENT, Abstract Non-Objective Mid-Century Pastel Color Field Drawing
"Magic Casement"
16 x 20 ¾ inches
Pastel on paper
Initialed JD and dated February 22, 1967 lower left,
Titled lower right
The framed work measure 18 x 23 inches.
Provenance: James Daugherty...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Spring (fresh)
By Dion Johnson
Located in Phoenix, AZ
acrylic on paper, framed
b. 1975, Bellaire, OH
Dion Johnson’s paintings combine and explore dynamic opposites: expansiveness and compression, surface and depth, and darkness and l...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Archival Paper
MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern
By Ramstonev (Ramsey/Stone/Evans co-operative)
Located in New York, NY
MODERNIST DRAWING New Hope Mid-Century WPA Abstract Non-Objective Jazz Modern. Signed with a "Ramstonev" stamp lower right.
RAMSTONEV Cooperative Art Project (1937-1939). In the late 1930s, Charles Ramsey became close friends with Charles Evans and Louis Stone. He persuaded them to join him teaching his New Hope summer classes in non-objective painting. Soon, a history-making collaboration began. In 1937, meeting in Evans' studio at the rear of Cryer's Hardware store on Main Street in New Hope, a decision was made to establish the Co-Operative Painting Project. They were intrigued by the cooperative ad-lib process by which jazz musicians created their music. Believing this to be the quintessential American contribution to music, they theorized that a similar result might be obtainable with art, a "visual jam session." This particlarly fascinated Ramsey, who was a jazz buff and had a large collection of jazz records.
The objective was to jointly collaborate in the creation of a painting as well as applying collective criticism during its creation. By creating forward movement by general consent, they believed they could produce a higher level of beauty. By consensus it was decided that subject matter would be non-objective. Up to eight people would participate and stop when the painting "felt" finished by common agreement.
These co-operative works were done in several different mediums- the majority in pastel, but some in watercolor, gouache, graphite or cut paper collage. On occasion, the group would create a series, as opposed to a single work, created in steps by three or four artists. One of the occasional participants was famed New Hope poet, Stanley Kunitz. These series could range in number from four to sixteen paintings in each. The first of a series would be very basic and the last a fully finished work.
In the scope of importance among the New Hope Modernist...
Category
1930s American Modern Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Abstract Drawing, "Graphite Study for Playground Jupiter"
Located in San Diego, CA
This is a one of a kind original abstract graphite drawing on paper by Southern California artist, Daniel Ketelhut. Its dimensions are 24"x 18"x 1.5". It is framed. A certificate of ...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Matisse Postcard Ed: 80/100 - Six Drawings Tables
By Saul Steinberg
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Art: 30-1/8 x 22-3/8 inches
Lithograph, from Portfolio
Signed and numbered ‘80’, from the edition of 100”
Famed worldwide for giving graphic definition to the postwar age, Saul Ste...
Category
1970s Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Two Crosses
By Alexander Calder
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Two Crosses" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The work is signed in the lower right, "Calder 65”.
Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking sculptures, Alexander Calder started his artistic career as an abstract painter, preferring to use gouache. What is gouache? Gouache is a water-soluble paint – a type of opaque watercolor.
As Calder returned to gouache painting towards the end of his life, he was now armed with a lifetime of experience as a sculptor. He explored the three-dimensional vocabulary of sculptural forms he had developed onto the two-dimensional surface of the paper. Certain shapes and colors recur throughout his gouaches and sculptures. Circles, ovals, and other geometric forms dominate the space. There is the same sense of energy and fluidity. The shapes do not sit on the surface but vibrate giving a feeling of movement in contrast to the static nature of painting.
Like his sculpture, Calder’s gouache...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Factory XIII: modernist urban architectural collage on monoprint, red, unframed
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
This is one-of-a-kind, unframed colored pencil & collage on archival pigment print. See image gallery for example of framing possibilities. These pieces work particularly well as a s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper, Handmade Paper, Monoprint, Monotype
