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Item Ships From: Tri-State Area
Untitled (homage to Ellsworth Kelly) 1950s watercolor signed by Robert Indiana
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana
Untitled homage to Ellsworth Kelly (Acquired from the studio of Robert Indiana), 1959
Watercolor and pencil on Plover Bond paper
This is an original, hand signed and d...
Category
1950s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Abstract painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection (MoMA label) Signed Framed
By Sam Gilliam
Located in New York, NY
Sam Gilliam
Untitled Abstract Expressionist mixed media painting, Ex-Museum of Modern Art Collection, 1968
Watercolor and Aluminum Paint on Fiberglass Paper. (Framed with Museum of M...
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Fiberglass, Paint, Watercolor
Latent
By Sandy Litchfield
Located in New York, NY
Sandy Litchfield’s "Latent" reflects her signature approach of transforming landscapes into lyrical, abstracted visions. Drawing from memory, walking, and direct observation, Litchfi...
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2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Archival Paper, Color Pencil
The Pale Pursuit - abstraction art, made in gray, black and white colors
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The diptych is made with india ink in black, grey color on Yupo paper.
Each work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (black) with sizes 16 by 20 in.
Mila A...
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2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Constellation, Dazzling unique signed geometric abstraction painting, 1970s art
Located in New York, NY
Allan D'Arcangelo
Constellation, 1971
Acrylic on paper, mounted to canvas
Hand signed and dated 1971 lower front
Frame included
Measurements:
Framed:
23.75 x 23.75 x 1.25 inches
Artw...
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1970s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Laid Paper, Permanent Marker
Jazz Band III, Modern Ink Painting by Charles Burdick
By Charles Burdick
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Burdick, American (1924 - ) - Jazz Band III, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Ink on paper, signed l.l., Size: 7 in. x 5.5 in. (17.78 cm x 13.97 cm), Frame Size: 14 x 13 inches
Category
1970s Modern Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Antique Gouache and Watercolor Figurative Landscape by the Sea
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3942 Antique gouache and watercolor on paper set in a period 19th century frame
Image size 10x5.5"
Category
Late 19th Century Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Act 1 scene 2, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
number 2 of a 6 part set, can be purchased individually or in groupings of 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6. Each piece is unique. :: Drawing :: Abstract :: This piece comes with an official certif...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Leslie Fry_Nestle_2016_Acrylic on paper_Contemporary
Located in Darien, CT
Leslie's public projects respond to site, history and the body. Figures are female or hermaphroditic, of imaginary descent, often melded with animal, architecture and plant forms. I ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
Decomposition, Surrealist Pencil Drawing by Charles Pfahl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Pfahl, American (1946 - 2013) - Decomposition, Medium: Pencil drawing, signed in pencil lower right, Image Size: 8 x 8 inches, Frame Size: 19.75 x 21.25 inches
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
“Original Drawing”
By Jeff Koons
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Jeff Koons original drawing signed and dated made 2001. In good condition condition. Measures 26x26. Was made for Hugo Boss back in 2001. There’s article you can google i...
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20th Century Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Untitled '71 Abstract Expressionist drawing. Signed by renowned sculptor, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Padovano
Untitled Abstract Expressionist drawing, 1971
Ink wash on paper drawing
Signed and dated in ink wash
Unique
Original (unique) signed Abstract Expressionist ink wash ...
Category
1970s Abstract Expressionist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
My wave - abstract painting, made in ultramarine blue color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcohol ink in ultramarine blue color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a styrene face...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
$304 Sale Price
20% Off
Suprematist composition red circle and black square - line drawing woman figure
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with acrylic and watercolor in red and black color on watercolor paper 360g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size framed (black) with a s...
Category
2010s Minimalist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor
Midnight Peony- line drawing woman figure with navy blue flower
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with ink and watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The work is 11 by 15 inches in size framed (gold) with a glass on a mat board in white ...
Category
2010s Minimalist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Clinton Hill, (Nude #5), 1951, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. From 1949 to 1951 Hill attended the Brookl...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Unique hand signed flower drawing on Michael Jackson & Bubbles print from SFMOMA
By Jeff Koons
Located in New York, NY
JEFF KOONS
Original Flower drawing on Michael Jackson and Bubbles poster (Hand Signed), 1992
Drawing done in marker on offset lithograph
25 × 39 inches
Hand signed and dated '92 in b...
Category
1990s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Felt Pen, Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset
Reclining Woman II, Impressionist Watercolor and Gouache by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Reclining Woman II, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)
Category
1980s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Female control - line drawing figure with red gloves
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The artwork was done with watercolor on watercolor paper 300g. The works are 15 by 11 inches in size, framed (black) with a styrene face on a mat board in ...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
17, Modern Abstract Acrylic on Paper Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
By Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 17
Year: 1986
Medium: 40 x 60 in. (101.6 ...
Category
1980s Abstract Geometric Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
Wheat Field and House, Signed Pastel on Paper by Oliviero Masi
By Oliviero Masi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wheat Field and House
Oliviero Masi
Italian (1948)
Date: 1987
Pastel on paper, signed and dated lower right
Size: 12 x 19 in. (30.48 x 48.26 cm)
Category
1980s Modern Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself
By Francis Luis Mora
Located in New York, NY
A simply marvelous drawing - a self-portrait of the artist himself. It also reads as a very elegant and expressive line drawing of any gentleman - a hallmark depiction of a bon-vi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Larry Poons, Midget Racer, unique Color Field Abstract Geometric drawing, signed
By Larry Poons
Located in New York, NY
Larry Poons
Midget Racer, 1963
Colored Pencil on Graph Paper
Signed, titled, and dated by the artist on the lower right front
Original frame with gallery label included
Provenance: H...
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1960s Color-Field Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Color Pencil
Pink Flamingo Venus
By Shamona Stokes
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Pink Flamingo Venus, 2020, watercolor, ink, and salt on Arches paper. Venus of Willendorf, fertility goddess, pink, black, and white.
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (Standing Male Nude with Head and Arm Study)
Located in New York, NY
James Childs (1945-2020)
2012
Signed and dated, l.l.
Graphite and charcoal on paper
24 x 19 inches
Contact gallery for price.
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Dexter's Choice State II, signed mixed media watercolor (unique variant), Framed
By Larry Zox
Located in New York, NY
Larry Zox
Dexter's Choice, State II, ca. 1990
Mixed media, Watercolor pochoir, and Oil stick Wax, Water-Based Crayons, on heavy Arches museum watercolor rag paper with deckled edges
...
Category
1990s Color-Field Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media, Oil, Watercolor, Graphite, Monoprint
Miss Canada, Cubist Color Pencil and Graphite Drawing by Max Epstein
By Max Epstein
Located in Long Island City, NY
Max Epstein, Canadian (1932 - 2002) - Miss Canada, Year: 1975, Medium: Color Pencil and Graphite on Paper, signed and dated, Size: 24 in. x 21 in. (60.96 cm x 53.34 cm)
Category
1970s Cubist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
Unique painting on paper, hand signed by Minimalist pioneer Lyman Kipp, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Lyman Kipp
Unique painting on paper done with paint roller, 1970
Ink roller painting on paper
Signed and dated in ink by Lyman Kipp on the lower right
Frame included: elegantly frame...
Category
1970s Minimalist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Oil
Mother and child, Signed painting on paper (unique), Hammer Galleries, Framed
By Gloria Vanderbilt
Located in New York, NY
Gloria Vanderbilt
Untitled mother and child painting
Gouache on paper
Signed by the artist on the front
Frame included
A poignant painting of a mother and child from the 1960s. While the title is not known, some have suggested this could be a self-portrait of the artist with one of her sons – either her youngest, Anderson Cooper or eldest, Wyatt.
Provenance: This work was originally sold by Hammer Galleries...
Category
1960s Modern Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker
"Untitled" - black and white abstract charcoal drawing on paper, framed art
Located in Nyack, NY
Framed abstract charcoal drawing on paper by artist Martha Lloyd.
About the artist:
Martha Anne Lloyd was born in Washington, D.C. in 1927. An avid artist, Lloyd completed a BFA deg...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Andra Samelson, Stars of Tallapooza, Acrylic on paper, 12 x 12 inches, 2018
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Yellow Bouqet, Impressionist Watercolor by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Yellow Bouqet, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, Size: 32 x 22.5 in. (81.28 x 57.15 cm), Frame Size: 41.5 x 32 inches
Category
1980s Impressionist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Energy of feelings - abstract painting, made in beige, black and white color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The works were done with india ink in beige, black and white color on Yupo paper. The works are 11 by 14 inches in size, framed black or gold with a styren...
Category
2010s Minimalist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
A Duck to Remember your House (inscribed and signed 3x by Slonem to Warhol muse)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Superb provenance: gifted by Hunt Slonem to Andy Warhol muse Monique Van Vooren
Hunt Slonem
A Duck to Remember Your House By (inscribed and signed three times to Andy Warhol's friend Monique Van Vooren), 1991-2011
Watercolor on Paper
Hand signed and dated recto, signed again verso; inscribed "Monique, a duck to remember your house by.Thank you for the birthday Love Hunt 2011"
Unique work
Frame included: held in the original artist's vintage wood frame
Measurements:
Framed:
12.5" x 10.5" x .5"
Unframed
9.75" x 8"
This work is hand signed three times by Hunt Slonem: once on the recto, once on the verso, and once following the written inscription. Provenance is impeccable as this cherished gift from Hunt Slonem was acquired from the estate of the actress and socialite Monique Van Vooren. The work was painted in 1991 (and dated 1991 on the recto), and was gifted by the artist to Monique in 2011, bearing a dated dedication verso. Monique Van Vooren (1927-2020) was a film and stage actress who enjoyed a long career with diverse roles ranging from the 1960s television series Batman to Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein...
Category
1990s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Red Shoes (Erotic), Ink and Watercolor Painting by George Grosz
By George Grosz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: George Grosz, German (1893 - 1959)
Title: Sex Scene in Red Shoes (Erotic)
Year: circa 1940
Medium: Watercolor, Pen and Ink on Paper, signed
Size: 17...
Category
1940s Expressionist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Andra Samelson, Ephemeris, 2018, Acrylic on canvas, 12 x 12 inches
By Andra Samelson
Located in Darien, CT
Andra Samelson’s work explores the relationship of microcosm and macrocosm, emptiness and form. The imagery in her paintings is often associated with molecular and galactic systems. ...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Volcano by Michele Zalopany black and white large scale landscape painting
By Michele Zalopany
Located in New York, NY
Executed in black, grey and brown, this monumental charcoal and pastel painting conveys the mythic drama and beauty of an active volcano. Rising in the shape of a wide, low cone, the...
Category
1980s Realist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel
Charley - bird feather blue and gold 3D wall sculpture composition on paper
By Chris Maynard
Located in New York, NY
American artist Chris Maynard gives homage to nature through the plumage of birds -using feathers acquired from legal sources such as zoos and private aviaries all naturally shed by ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Intertwining Vines, 2025
By Marilla Palmer
Located in New York, NY
Marilla Palmer
Intertwining Vines, 2025
watercolor, embroidery, pressed flowers, Durabright prints on Arches paper
30 x 22 in.
(pal265)
Marilla Palmer lives and works in Brooklyn, N...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Sequins, Watercolor
LET IT COME LET IT GO, Unique signed watercolor painting, Framed, Rubin Museum
By John Giorno
Located in New York, NY
John Giorno
LET IT COME LET IT GO, 2017
Watercolor on handmade paper
Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back of the artwork.
The frame features a die-cut window on the back t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Early Roy Lichtenstein drawing (Roy Lichtenstein, St. Macarius Monastery) c.1951
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Roy Lichtenstein, ‘St. Macarius Before His Monastery,’ circa 1951:
Included in the Roy Lichtenstein Foundation, Roy Lichtenstein: A Catalogue Raisonné - this unique, rare early sket...
Category
1950s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
Jo Yarrington, Raging Women Behind The Veil, 2020, Mixed Media
By Jo Yarrington
Located in Darien, CT
Jo Yarrington has always been interested in chance and the found {moment, object, person}. How random experiences click in to place, form a narrative, reveal a truth. All the work ...
Category
2010s Conceptual Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Linen, Thread, Found Objects
Lines in Four Different Directions original signed inscribed drawing on postcard
By Sol LeWitt
Located in New York, NY
Sol LeWitt
Lines in Four Different Directions, 1997
Original drawing in black felt tip pen on postmarked (franked) postcard
Signed, dated and inscribed "For Andrew Thanks for the Dra...
Category
1990s Minimalist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Postcard, Felt Pen
Ephemeral composition VI - abstract painting, made in black, grey color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a styrene face on a mat board in w...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Sweetie Pie, Cyanotype, Flowers, Floral, Blue, Botanical, Work on Paper
By Cynthia MacCollum
Located in Riverdale, NY
Sweetie Pie is a Cyanotype by Cynthia MacCollum. It is 30x22 on archival paper. It is currently unframed. It is a beautiful botanical artwork filled with a range of blues. MacColl...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper
So Slight a Film ex-Lehman Brothers Art Collection unique signed painting Framed
By Emily Mason
Located in New York, NY
Emily Mason
So Slight a Film (from the Lehman Brothers art collection), 1978
Oil on paper Abstract Expressionist painting
Signed and dated 'Emily Mason '78' bottom right in pencil
Fr...
Category
1970s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil, Graphite
Original handwritten Letter of thanks, hand signed by Keith Haring on letterhead
By Keith Haring
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring
Original Handwritten, hand signed Letter, ca. 1987
Ink on Haring's Private letterhead Stationery, Hand written and hand signed by Keith...
Category
1980s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker
$27,500 Sale Price
50% Off
Mystery - abstract painting, made in grey, blue color
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with alcoholic ink in grey, blue color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed (gold or black) with a styrene face on ...
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
My 80's Heart "Token 5" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, purple, green
By Catherine Hart
Located in Jersey City, NJ
My 80's Hart "Token 5" 2019, gouache, acrylic, graphite, panel, purple, green, blue
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Gouache, Panel, Wood Panel, Graphite
Mist of thought - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, ink
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed 16 by 20 inches.
Mila Akopova is New ...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Floral Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Floral Composition, Gouache on Paper, depicting tangle of wildflowers in pastel tones on gold ground, signed "Mori" lower right, silver-tone frame. Image: 18.5" H x 23.5" W; frame: 2...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Bull - abstract painting, made in black, grey color, 2025
By Mila Akopova
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. The work was done with india ink in black and grey color on Yupo paper. The work is 11 by 14 inches in size, framed with a glass on a mat board in white wi...
Category
2010s Abstract Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: E...
Category
1960s Renaissance Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$2,200 Sale Price
20% Off
Strawberry Island Sunset, black and white charcoal drawing of the ocean
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal on paper drawing by Toronto-based artist Katherine Curci. Unframed.
Katherine Curci began this series of charcoal drawings, premiered in This Land., at the start of the pan...
Category
2010s Contemporary Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
View from the Charles River in Boston 1927
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5125 Antique charcoal drawing of a landscape as viewed from the Charles River in Boston from 1827
Signed J.G.Berry
Category
1920s Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
$275 Sale Price
42% Off
Field of Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
By Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003)
Title: Field of Flowers
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Watercolor, signed l.l.
Image Size: 22 x 25.5 inches
Size: 20.5 in. x 35 in. (52.07 cm x...
Category
1970s Modern Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Hydrangeas, " Walter Inglis Anderson, Mississippi Southern Illustrator, Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Walter Anderson ( American, 1903 - 1965)
Hydrangeas, circa 1950
Mixed media on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Luise Ross Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
Acquired from the estate of the above, 2021
Walter Anderson firmly believed that quality art was an important part of life and should be made available to everyone. As he said, "There should be simple, good decorations, to be sold at prices to rival the five-and-ten." Noticing that only poor quality art was available in stores and little was available for children, he resolved to make art which could be reproduced easily and sell inexpensively — linoleum block prints. This technique enabled him to provide affordable, quality art.
The technique of linoleum block printing is a simple concept; however, it requires much skill and talent to actually produce memorable art. Anderson purchased surplus "battleship linoleum," thicker than ordinary linoleum with a burlap backing for better support, to create his blocks. During the mid-1940s, he created almost 300 linocuts working in the attic of the sea-side plantation house, Oldfields, his wife's family home in Gautier. Masses of linoleum chips accumulated at the foot of the attic stairs as he often worked night and day. He began with sketching out a design directly on the linoleum. Once he had carved the image into the surface, he used the back of faded, surplus stock wallpaper that a friend sent him, laying long strips on top of the inked linoleum. A roller made of sewer pipe filled with sand served as his press. When the print was completed, he often colored it by hand with bold strokes and vivid colors. The prints were sold at Shearwater Pottery, the family business, for a mere dollar a foot.
But "what about a well-designed fairy tale for a child's room?" he asked himself. Since there was a lack of affordable art for children, much of his work with linoleum blocks focused on subjects for children. He depicted fables and fairy tales ranging from Arabian Nights, to Germany and the Grimm Brothers' Rapunzel, to the French story of The White Cat, to the Greek tales such as Europa and the Bull, and to tales from China, India, and other cultures. Anderson also created "mini" books featuring the alphabet and Robinson Cat. The blocks are not only alive with the story being depicted, but they are also filled with designs taken from Best-Maugard's Method for Creative Design. Swirls, half-circles and zig-zag lines fill every available space on the linoleum block making them come alive and capture their audience.
But fairy tales, children's verses and the "mini" books, consisting of about 90 blocks, were not the sole subject of Anderson's linoleum block prints. In total, he created approximately 300 linoleum blocks with subjects ranging from coastal flora and fauna, coastal animals, and sports and other coastal activities. Anderson even created linoleum blocks to be used to print tablecloths and clothing, some worn by his own children. Color and subjects of the linoleum block prints were not the only things that got them noticed.
In 1945 when Anderson was creating these prints, the standard size of linoleum block prints was only 12 by 18 inches. These small dimensions were due to the common size of the paper available and the restrictions made by national competitions. Since Anderson used wallpaper...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Keith Haring Crawling Baby Drawing c.1983
By Keith Haring
Located in NEW YORK, NY
Keith Haring Crawling Baby drawing circa 1983:
This rare original, early 1980s Keith Haring drawing was executed by the artist on printed material from ...
Category
1980s Pop Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Offset, Ink
Gauchos En Un Asado, Modern Watercolor and Graphite on Paper by Ada Peacock
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ada Peacock, American - Gauchos En Un Asado, Medium: Watercolor and Graphite on Paper, signed and titled in pencil, Image Size: 9.5 x 17 inches, Size: 14.25 x 20 in. (36.2 x 50.8 c...
Category
1970s Modern Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Cans (Original Drawing)
By Seen
Located in Englishtown, NJ
Beautiful piece of hand drawn art by the Godfather of Graffiti, SEEN (Richard Mirando).
Features spray paint cans and his graffiti name “tag” with vibrant colors in center.
Created i...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Street Art Tri-State Area - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Al Hirschfeld’s Take on Judy Garland Stands out among His Many Love Letters to Broadway
The revered artist created delightful caricatures of stage and screen performers for more than 75 years. This one is a prime example.
This Tempting Wayne Thiebaud Watercolor Is the Perfect Summer Treat
Although he also produced pensive portraits and idyllic landscapes, the artist’s best-known images are of ice cream, cakes and other colorful sweets.
In This Surreal Painting, the Pink Foot of Patriarchy Squashes a Pumpkin Worshipped by Women
In ‘Gourd,’ Isabel Rock creates a mythic scene that looks fresh and contemporary but feels as old as Eden.
Mid-Century Americans Didn’t Know Antonio Petruccelli’s Name, but They Sure Knew His Art
The New York artist created covers for the nation’s most illustrious magazines. Now, the originals are on display as fine art.
Cecilia Vicuña Merges Politics, Science and Spirituality in Her Poetic Art
The Chilean creator, who has been living in exile in New York for decades, is having a major moment, receiving the biggest exhibitions, commissions and awards an artist could dream of.
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Shantell Martin Finds Wonder in Sharing the Creative Process
The visual artist completed a new work in front of a crowd at the 1stdibs Gallery.
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