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Untitled (Artist's Hand), unique signed drawing by celebrated British artist
By Richard Long
Located in New York, NY
RICHARD LONG Untitled (Artist's Hand), 2015 Graphite pencil on paper with red ink and monogram Hand signed in red ink, dated in pencil, stamped with the artist's monogram Unique Orig...
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2010s Young British Artists (YBA) USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Mixed Media

"North of Turku" Finland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "North of Turku" Finland, c.1960 is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist William Jack Laycox, 1921-1984. It is signed at he lower right corner by the ...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Infante & Infanta Mellizos
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

The Bold Dragoon (Figurative Chalk Drawing of a Young Man's Silhouette, Framed)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of a young man's silhouette and clouds on vintage collaged music sheets. Artwork measures 48 x 28 inches 52 x 32 inches framed, deckle edge paper is floated in natural wood moulding with glass. This modern, graphic chalk drawing on collaged vintage music sheets...
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2010s Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Bridge over the Canal - Landscape
By Elizabeth Stiles
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed watercolor by Elizabeth Stiles (20th Century). Signed "Elizabeth Stiles" in the lower left corner. Presented in a new antuque white mat. No frame. Image size: 11"H x 15.25"W
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Late 20th Century Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Nude in Repose
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Composition
By Manuel Mendive
Located in Miami, FL
Manuel Mendive Composition, 1991 Mixed media on paper 22 x 29 in Provenance: Ceres Franco Collection, Paris, France Included Certificate of authenticity by the artist
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1990s Contemporary USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Bonus Kitty, Watercolor Paper Drawing, Pop Art, Cat with Graphic Wavy Pattern
By SarahGrace
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Bonus Kitty" (2021) by SarahGrace Watercolor tip ink on watercolor paper Hand-signed by artist Certificate of Authenticity Included Framing Available Watercolor / Pop and Contempora...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Rare Oil Painting Arab Man Bezalel School Jerusalem 1913, Judaica
By Isaac Lichtenstein 1
Located in Surfside, FL
Extremely rare work of art from the early Bezalel School of Boris Schatz in Ottoman Palestine. it depicts an Orientalist Arab Sheik in traditional Headwear. YITSKHOK LIKHTENSHTEYN ...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Oil

Sleepwalking #15, dark tones, monochromatic, mysterious
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstr...
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2010s Expressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Monotype

The "Cannonball", Locomotive Watercolor by Reginald Marsh
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Marsh, American (1898 - 1954) Title: The "Cannonball" Year: 1936 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, titled, and dated l.r. Size: 16.5 in. x 22.5 in. (41.91 cm x 57...
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1930s American Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Christmas Winter English watercolor of two turtle doves on a snow covered tree
By Ella Bruce
Located in Woodbury, CT
An outstanding painting by author and painter Ella Bruce. This watercolor is of the finest quality and shows the skill of the painter to the full. A vibrant and unique piece. The white highlights are painted in gouache or body color, which gives the piece great depth and an added level of quality. This and the others from the collection were I'm sure painted for Christmas or Holiday cards...
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1970s Victorian USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Vitruvian Woman (Figurative Chalk Drawing of a Female Silhouette & Black Birds)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative chalk drawing of a woman's silhouette and flying black birds Artwork measures 48 x 36 inches 52 x 40 inches framed, deckle edge paper is floated in natural wood moulding w...
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2010s Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Portrait Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Unique set of expressive portrait studies in watercolor and ink by Santa Cruz artist Bob Newick (American, 20th Century). Signed "To Wendy / In Friendsh...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Foam Board

Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting on Lithograph Naftali Bezem
By Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. His early adolescence was spent ...
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20th Century Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Lithograph

Beach Dance in Brazil
Located in Pasadena, CA
Very pretty modern watercolor by a Bresilien artist framed
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Mid-20th Century Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Prayer
By Miles Cleveland Goodwin
Located in Dallas, TX
Miles Cleveland Goodwin says, "I don’t like to do things I don’t know." Not unlike the spirit of Southern literature and Delta blues music, there is an autobiographical nature to his...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Monoprint

“A Page of Love”
By Jean Leon Gerome Ferris
Located in Southampton, NY
Here is a wonderful original watercolor and gouache depicting a scene from Emile Zola book “A Page of Love” by the American artist, Jean Leon Gerome Ferris....
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1890s Victorian USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

Abstracted Sleeping Figurative in Pastel on Paper
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Sleeping Female Figurative in Pastel on Paper Vivid abstracted sleeping female figurative by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. A woman's sleeping on her side is shown in bold and playful colors of fluorescent purple, orange, pink and yellow. Black outlines of organic and tribal shapes creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls Unsigned Presented "floating" on foam core with black mat surround. Mat size: 38"H x 16"W Paper size: 29"H x 10.75"W Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Infanta de la Verdad
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta de la Verdad' features the face of a young woman with cactus surrounding her head and a bird and flowering cactus (bottom) representing life, death and the struggles in betw...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Late 19th Century Qing USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Renaissance Male Hand Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Male Hand Figure Study Year: circa 1964 Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper Size: 18 x 23 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of I...
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1960s Renaissance USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Dressing Room
Located in Los Angeles, CA
HANS BURKHARDT "DRESSING ROOM" PASTEL, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1973 26 X 17.5 INCHES FRAMED 35 X 27 Fine condition
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1970s Cubist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Dressing Room
Dressing Room
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Agnes Weinrich, Woman Facing Left
Located in New York, NY
Dimensions are for sheet size. The drawing is signed in pencil at the lower left. Agnes Weinrich was one of the artists who settled in Provincetown, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, at the t...
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1920s American Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Ink on Paper Drawing of "The Tree of Knowledge, Science", Dale Nichols, ca. 1940
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
Dale Nichols, 1904-1995 The Tree of Knowledge, Science, ca.1940 Ink and china white on paper Initialed: dn Provenance: Susan Teller Gallery...
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1920s USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Dog and Wolf Fighting
By Margaret Sweet Johnson
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Margaret.S Johnson (American, 1893-1964) Title: Wolf and Dog fighting Year: Circa 1930 Medium: Ink drawing Signature: signed in pencil on the reverse Paper: Bainbri...
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Mid-20th Century Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Flow (#340)
By Jack Balas
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor and screen print on paper Signed in black ink, u.l. Titled in black ink, l.l. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas...
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Early 2000s Contemporary USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Screen

Vintage Figurative Landscape -- Sleeping Among the Trees
Located in Soquel, CA
Compelling figurative nude with a surrealist feel by Ken Bower (American, 20th-C) a San Francisco Bay area artist. Pastel chalk color on paper created in 1980. Signed “Ken Bower 80' ...
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1980s American Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Pastel

Cuban Artist Pastel Drawing African American Emilio Cruz Bonnie & Clyde Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Emilio Cruz (1938-2004) Bonnie and Clyde Pastel on paper Hand signed lower right Dimensions Framed H 15-7/8" W 18-1/2", Sight H 13-1/2" W 16-1/8" Emilio Antonio Cruz (1938 – 2004) was a Cuban American artist who lived most of his life in New York City. His work is held in several major museums in the United States. Emilio Antonio Cruz was an American Artist of Cuban descent. He was born in the Bronx on March 15, 1938. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Edwin Dickinson, George Grosz and Frank J. Reilly and at The New School in New York City, and finally at the Seong Moy School of Painting and Graphic Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts. As a young artist in the 1960s, Cruz was connected with other artists who were applying abstract expressionism concepts to figurative art such as Lester Johnson, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Bob Thompson and Jan Muller. He combined human and animal figures with imagery from archaeology and natural history to create disturbing, dreamlike paintings. Cruz received a John Hay Whitney Fellowship and awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and from the National Endowment for the Arts. In the late 1968, Emilio and wife Patricia Cruz moved to St. Louis to work with Julius Hemphill and the Black Artists Group. He served as director for the visual arts program, which also included painters Oliver Jackson and Manuel Hughes. In addition to artistic contributions, the couple participated in city-wide civil rights protests and rent strikes. Cruz moved to Chicago and taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1970s, where he exhibited widely and was represented by the Walter Kelly Gallery. He wrote two plays, Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion and The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence. These were first performed at the Open Eye Theater in New York in 1981, and later were included in the World Theater Festival in Nancy and Paris, France, and in Italy. In 1982 he returned to New York where he began to exhibit again. In the late 1980s he resumed teaching at the Pratt Institute and at New York University. Harry Rand, Curator of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, described Emilio Cruz as one of the important pioneers of American Modernism of the 1960s for his fusion of Abstract Expressionist art with figuration. Geno Rodriguez, Curator and Executive Director of The Alternative Museum, wrote in 1985, "Emilio Cruz, is a brilliant and impassioned artist whose current paintings are monumental, imbued with intelligence, fury and an apt sense of irony. They reflect the turbulent world within which we live." Geoffrey Jacques wrote in 1990, "Emilio Cruz paints humanity’s essence. Mythology and archeology are the foremost concerns of the painter Emilio Cruz. Dinosaurs, skeletal humans and fossil-like images are used in his work as metaphoric signposts in a consideration of the basic questions of existence." Art historian and curator Paul Staiti wrote in 1997, "Emilio Cruz's Homo sapiens series is a strange and haunting genealogy of the modern soul... What is at stake here more than biopolitical culture, is the remystification of the body and mapping of consciousness ... For all the trauma, explicit and implicit, Cruz's style is masterful, classical, even beautiful." Exhibitions Cruz held his first solo exhibition at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York in 1963. Afterwards his work was included in many group and solo exhibitions, including the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in 1986 and 1991, museum exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1987, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1997. In 1994, Cruz's work was shown as part of the American contingent at the IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura en Cuenca, Ecuador. Other American artists exhibiting at this show were Donald Locke, Philemona Williamson, Whitfield Lovell...
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

The Tower
By Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
Watercolor on archival paper 23 x 17 inches in white-painted custom wood frame with 8ply mat 19 x 13 inches unframed This whimsical watercolor drawing on archival paper was made by the creative duo Nicholas Kahn & Richard Selesnick as part of their series "Madame Lulu's Book of Fate", wherein the artists celebrate the carnivalesque with a cast of peculiar costumed characters. In this illustration, a cluster of sienna-colored buildings are stacked in the shape of a human figure. Surrounded by a spring-green landscape and bearing flowers--a pale yellow sunflower in one hand, and a bouquet in the others--the figure appears gentle despite its colossal size. The artists' highly stylized approach adds an almost vintage...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Untitled 13, " Watercolor Painting
Located in Denver, CO
Clyde Steadman's "Untitled 13" is an original, handmade watercolor painting that depicts an impasto scene of individuals grouped together.
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2010s American Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Freedom
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Infanta Primavera, 2019
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Primavera' features the face of a young woman's head with a flowering cactus in an intricately patterned and a succulent coated body. It is complex graphite drawing on Kent ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Rare 1950s Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 19.5 Dated August 13, 1954 in top right corner. Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...
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1950s American Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

1950s "Upclose Portrait" Mid Century Ink Portrait Drawing Pratt
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey "Upclose Portrait" 1953 Ink on paper 14" x 16.5" unframed Signed and dated in pencil lower right Came from artist estate *Custom framing available...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Infanta de la Resistencia
By Chikako Okada
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through her meticulously detailed, and patterned imagery. The work is mesmerizing, rich in symbolism, and reference feminine power, vulnerability, sadness, longing, and desire. Often featuring adolescent girls and boys that are mysteriously posed, the artist leaves the circumstances of her subjects to the viewer's interpretation. Chikako Okada is inspired by the paintings of European masters, Mexico's Frida Kahlo, and the American surrealists. The drawing is 16 x 12 inches. Professionally matted and framed in a museum quality rose gold...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Coastal Scene in Tobermory, Mull, Scottland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Coastal Scene in Tobermory, Mull, Scottland" c.1940 Is a watercolor on paper by noted British artist William Lyons Wilson, 1892-1981. It is signed at the lower right co...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Las Nenas (2022) by Marisa V.R., graphic feminist pop art, hands & long nails
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Las Nenas" (2022) by street artist Marisa Velázquez-Rivas 9.25 x 9.25 x 2.25" Figurative, graphic wall art. Layered imagery, digital drawing of two hands linked by pinky fingers with long black fingernails and thumb ring...
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2010s Street Art USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Foam Board

Wartime / Head Study No. 76
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Wartime / Head Study No. 76 , drawing / painting featuring the head portrait of a young woman. in yellow. The work is created with mixed media on Canson paper, including stabilo penc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Crayon, Mixed Media, Gouache, Color Pencil

Dancing Pears art about food Exquisite unique signed ink drawing Japanese artist
Located in New York, NY
Yookan Westfield Dancing Pears (art about food), 2024 Ink drawing done with pigment liner on Saunders Waterford 300 GSM Cold Press Watercolor paper Signed in ink on the front Unique ...
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2010s Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Est...
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1960s Renaissance USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Untitled 25 (Figurative Drawing Polaroid Transfer of a Boy in Cowboy Costume)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, Polaroid transfer of a young boy in vintage cowboy costume against an orange background PT 25, Made in 1998 Edition 1 of 6 9 x 7 in...
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1990s Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Polaroid

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Original Broadway Set Design Mid 20th Century American
By Jo Mielziner
Located in New York, NY
Jo Mielziner (1901 – 1976) "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," 7 ½ x 11 ½ inches. Pencil on paper. Label verso from Richard Stoddard, Dated June 18. 1996. Mr. Joe W...
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1950s Performance USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

"Flower Stand S.F. 1954" - Vintage Illustration
By Irene Pattinson
Located in Soquel, CA
"Flower Stand S.F. 1954" - Vintage Illustration This detailed ink drawing by Irene Pattinson (American, 1909-1999), shows a charming San Francisc...
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1950s American Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink, Pen

Old Yishuv, Israel, Watercolor Gouache Painting Israeli Modernist Kibbutz Artist
By Aharon Giladi
Located in Surfside, FL
Signed in English and in Hebrew Abstract Expressionist bold, vibrant, colorful watercolor painting. Aharon Giladi, Israeli painter, born in Russian Empire, 1907-1993 Aharon Golodetz...
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20th Century Modern USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Untitled: Portrait of a Woman
By Pier Canosa
Located in New York, NY
Pier Canosa (Italian, b. 1940), "Untitled: Portrait of a Woman", Abstract Figurative/ Portrait Charcoal Drawing Signed and Dated on Paper, 24.50 x 18.50, Late 20th Century, 1969 Col...
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1960s Abstract USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Susuwatari
By Rebecca Johnson
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Susuwatari, 2021, ink and watercolor on watercolor paper. Black and White, fluffy cat, figurative. Framed, frame size 11.25 x 9.25 x 1.25
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2010s Contemporary USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Pencil Study #20
Located in Columbia, MO
Pencil Study #20 2016 Graphite on paper 11 x 7 Jessica Keiser currently resides in New Haven, Connecticut. Keiser's style is Naturalistic, concerned with...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist USA - Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Unique drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed & inscribed to Warhol's boyfriend
By Kenny Scharf
Located in New York, NY
Kenny Scharf Original drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould, 1984 Permanent marker drawing on Kenny Scharf Tony Shafrazi Gallery exhibition poster (hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf) Boldly signed and inscribed to Andy Warhol's last boyfriend Jon Gould Frame included: Framed in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass. Measurements: Frame: 35 x 28.5 x 1.5 inches Print 28.25 x 22 inches Own a piece of Pop Art history! This is a unique drawing hand signed and inscribed by Kenny Scharf, done on a vintage collectible 1984 poster from the legendary Tony Shafrazi Gallery. If you saw "The Andy Warhol Diaries" on Netflix, you'd know about Warhol's relationship with Jon Gould - Andy's last boyfriend; tragically, Warhol would become Gould's last boyfriend as well, when, soon after, Gould would die of AIDS at the young age of 33 Kenny Scharf created an original drawing, done in marker, and inscribed it to Jon Gould (featured prominently in Andy Warhol's Diaries and the eponymous Netflix series) - and it had not been seen since the 1980s. Jon Gould was a New England educated former Vice President of Corporate Communications at Paramount Pictures - a Boston Brahmin whose real claim to fame was as Andy Warhol's last boyfriend. This work was acquired from the widely publicized sale of the collection of Jon Gould - -a treasure trove of valuable gifts and art works by Warhol and others like Kenny Scharf, Basquiat and Keith Haring to Gould - that had not been seen in nearly four decades. This is one of the works from that impressive sale. Below are links to two of the many articles about the collection of Jon Gould in the New York Times, Artnet News and the New York Post respectively. About Kenny Scharf: Kenny Scharf (b. 1958, United States) is a renowned artist affiliated with the 1980’s East Village Art movement in New York. Scharf developed a distinct and uniquely personal artistic style in paintings as well as sculpture, alongside his mentor Andy Warhol, and contemporaries like Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring with whom he pioneered contemporary street art. References to popular culture reoccur throughout his works, such as appropriated cartoon characters from the Flintstones and Jetsons, as well as imagined anthropomorphic creatures. Through ecstatic compositions and a dazzling color palette, Scharf presents an immersive viewing experience that is both intimate and fresh. Scharf’s multifaceted practice—spanning painting, sculpture, installation work, murals, performance and fashion—reflects his dedication to the creation of dynamic forms of art that deconstruct existing artistic hierarchies, echoing the philosophy of Pop artists. Yet Scharf’s artistic significance expands beyond the art historical terrain of Pop Art; the artist instead coined the term “Pop Surrealist” to describe his one-of-a-kind practice. His inclusion in the 1985 Whitney Biennial marked the start of his international phenomenon, a reputation that continues to thrive today. Courtesy of Almine Rech MORE ABOUT JON GOULD: Warhol wrote extensively on Jon Gould in his diaries. In July, 2022, when the Netflix series "The Andy Warhols Diaries" came out, the New York Post (among many other publications) ran a major feature article on Warhol's relationship with Gould and on this very sale: It reads, "When Harriet Woodsom Gould died in 2016 in her nineties, she left behind a trove of family heirlooms dating back to the 1700s in her Amesbury, Mass., home. Yet in her attic, she had a secret veritable shrine to pop art. There, she had stashed her late son Jon Gould’s belongings for decades since his death in 1986 from AIDS. He had vases painted by Jean-Michel Basquiat, works by Keith Haring and dozens and dozens of gifts — photos, valentines, sketches, letters and more — from pop god Andy Warhol. “My mother kept everything,” Jon’s twin brother, Jay Gould, told The Post. Jay knew his brother “had some type of relationship” with Warhol in the 1980s, though Jon always remained discreet about it. “We were very close, identical twins, but we never talked a lot about his sexuality,” Jay, now 68, explained. “It was a different time.” Yet, he was still stunned to read the poetry and love notes Jon wrote to the older artist. “I didn’t realize the relationship was as deep as it was.” Actually, no one really knew. Gould was Warhol’s last romance, a young Paramount executive with floppy hair and preppy good looks who died tragically at 33. And though Warhol frequently mentioned him in his famed diaries, published posthumously in 1989, the artist’s dashed-off musings gave the impression that Jon was more of a crush than a genuine partner...Gould didn’t so much enter into Warhol’s life as Warhol willed him into it. It was April 1981, and Warhol, then 52, was still reeling from his breakup with Jed Johnson... Jed left that December, and that spring Warhol confessed to feeling lonely: “I’ve got these desperate feelings that nothing means anything. And then I decide that I should try to fall in love, and that’s what I’m doing now with Jon Gould.” Gould was a 26-year-old Paramount exec: a New England WASP with a lithe, strong physique and charismatic personality, who looked straight. Warhol reasoned: “Jon is a good person to be in love with because he has his own career, and I can develop movie ideas with him, you know? And maybe he can even convince Paramount to advertise in Interview, too. Right? So my crush on him will be good for business.” Warhol began courting Gould with a vengeance, sending extravagant bouquets of roses to his office at Paramount. He even offered their mutual friend, the photographer Christopher Makos, a fancy watch if he could get Gould to be his boyfriend. “I guess he never got loved,” Makos says in the series. “Because I didn’t get my watch.” (Jay Gould also tells the camera that his brother had admitted that he was in a relationship but that he said they didn’t have sex.) At first, Gould resisted Warhol’s attention, but eventually the two began spending a lot of time together, though Gould would frequently pull away if things got too intense, and he often would tell Warhol not to write about him in his diary. “I think my brother was concerned about his career at that time,” Jay Gould said. But the younger man attended parties and art events with him, invited the artist skiing with his family in Aspen and even for a time moved into his place on 66th Street. “I love going out with Jon because it’s like being on a real date,” Warhol wrote early in their relationship. “He’s tall and strong and I feel like he can take care of me.” Yet it turned out that Warhol would have to take care of Gould. On Feb. 4, 1984, Jon was admitted to New York Hospital with pneumonia — though it was understood that he had AIDS. Warhol stayed with him in the hospital every night for the 30 days he was there, despite his fear of hospitals since getting shot and his fear of getting AIDS. (Warhol couldn’t bring himself to talk about Gould’s illness in the diary, but his editor notes that when Gould was released March 7, Warhol instructed his housekeepers to wash Jon’s clothes and dishes “separate from mine.”). 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