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Period: 1980s
Whirlwind
Located in New York, NY
Whirlwind, 1989 Graphite on paper 11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm) Signed and titled, lower margin At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of color and tactile se...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Maker’s Prayer
Located in New York, NY
Maker’s Prayer, 1986 Ballpoint pen on paper 11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm) Signed, titled, and dated, lower margin At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of co...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen

"The Mainvjine of Farsplintoc, " Abstract Oil Pastel signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Mainvjine of Farsplintoc" is an original oil pastel drawing on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. This piece features a variety of abstract marks...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

"And I, With The Wings of an Angel, Motionless in the Air..." Surrealist Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Pastel green, blue, gray, and white abstract surrealist drawing by artist T. Moore. The piece depicts a floating book with wings against a lush and serene landscape with a distinct o...
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Surrealist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

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Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

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Untitled
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Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

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Untitled
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Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

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Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

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Untitled
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Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

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Theatre with Signals - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Theatre with Signals is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1986 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempe...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

Ghosts - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Ghosts is an original watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1980s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historical techni...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Castello - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Castello is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1988 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in beautiful colored tempera on ivory-...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Cardboard

"Ofort / Instantly", Miniature Abstract Expressionist Russian Etching
Located in Soquel, CA
A miniature abstract expressionist etching by Russian artist R. Silvestrov (Russian, 20th Century). Very finely detailed lines create an abstracted image that has elements resembling a mechanical drawing...
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Neo-Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Last News - Original Mixed Media by Sergio Barletta - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Last News is an original Collage and pen realized in 1981 by Italian Artist Sergio Barletta. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated on the lower left and titled on the lower cent...
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Surrealist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Pen

'Rainbow Abstract', San Francisco Bay Area, Abstract Expressionist Watercolor
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Hourian Hamid' (Iranian-American, 20th century) and dated 1985. A large, flowing abstract by the brother of the artist, Mohammed Hourian.
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"The Murder, " Abstract Oil Pastel on Paper signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Murder" is an original oil pastel drawing on paper by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. There appears to be an abstracted figure on the left hand side of...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

"The First Bird with Egg, Duckling Abstraction, " Oil Pastel by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The First Bird with Egg, Duckling Abstraction" is an original oil pastel on board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist initialed the piece on the back. It features an abstracted duckling ...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Board

"Freelance, " Oil Pastel on Illustration Board signed by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Freelance" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece on the back. It depicts an artist walking through an abstracted wo...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

"Recall the Early 80's, " Original Oil Pastel and Ink Drawing by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Recall the Early 80's" is an original oil pastel and ink drawing by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This colorful abstract piece is the artist's rec...
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Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Board, Oil Pastel

"No More Electric Toothbrushes, " Oil Pastel signed on Verso by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"No More Electric Toothbrushes - Part I" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The Artist signed the piece on the back. This piece features abst...
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Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Illustration Board

Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Bright abstract watercolor with green, browns, and reds, circa 1980. Signed lower right. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standa...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

28th March, Oil Pastel Drawing
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Hancocks Title: 28th March Year: 1982 Medium: Oil Pastel on Paper, signed and dated Paper Size: 34 x 15 inches [86.36 x 38.1 cm] Image Size: 27.5 x 6 in. [69.85 x 15.24 cm]
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

20th April, Oil Pastel Drawing
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Hancocks Title: 20th April Year: 1982 Medium: Oil Pastel on Paper, signed and dated Paper Size: 34 x 15 inches [86.36 x 38.1 cm] Image Size: 27.5 x 6.5 in. [69.85 x 16.51...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

31st March
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Ben Hancocks Title: 31st March Year: 1981 Medium: Oil Pastel on Paper, signed and dated Image Size: 27.5 x 8.5 in. [69.85 x 21.59 cm] Paper Size: 34 x 15 inches [86.36 x 38....
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Modern Geometric Abstract in Primary Colors with Pink, Vintage Pastel Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
A striking modern abstract pastel on paper by listed Monterey, California artist Henry Elinson (American, 1935-2010), 1980. Featuring clean lines and bold geometric shapes in a palet...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Pressure
Located in New York, NY
Robert Longo Pressure, 1983 Acrylic and Graphite on Paper Signed and dated 'Robert Longo 83’ (lower right) in graphite Frame included: Floated and framed in a museum quality frame with UV plexiglass This is a unique painting "Pressure " [on God], Robert Longo's unique acrylic and graphite work on paper, was created during the same period as his iconic work, simply labeled "Pressure", now in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in N.Y. Whereas the latter depicts a young man, the present work, titled "Pressure on Heaven", then deliberately changed to "Pressure on God", is more ethereal in subject matter, though the lone youth's image is still present in the composition. From Lexander magazine: "In the excerpt from Neal Benezra’s article about 1980s art in the previous post, he writes, “Robert Longo’s Pressure might well be the most representative work of art of the 1980s.” I would go further and state that it is the definitive work of the 1980s—the penultimate visual anthem of the era—and most especially the period between 1979—1987, during which the musical genres of gothic rock and deathrock flourished and achieved their greatest artistic successes through the work of a variety of diverse bands including Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees...
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Mixed Media, Acrylic

Vintage Modernist Abstract -- "Aquarelle #93"
By Yukako Okudaira
Located in Soquel, CA
Substantial modernist watercolor by California artist Yukako Okudaira (American, b. 1943). Signed lower right. Metal frame. Image size, 18"H x 20"W. (We inlcuded a reference image of...
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Modern 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled, 1980, gouache on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Andrée HONOREE (1945-1992) Untitled, 1980 Gouache on paper Signed and dated "1980" lower center 43 x 31.5 cm Born in 1945 in Tourcoing, Andrée Honoré is one of the women sculptors w...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Woodblock Political Poster Mel King
Located in Surfside, FL
This is original watercolor over a limited edition woodcut political poster. hand signed, dated and numbered. it bears similarity to works by Alexander Calder. Employing a star and abstract design. Katherine Porter is an American artist born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa in 1941. She received her BA from Colorado College in 1963. Katherine Porter received an honorary doctorate from Colby College. She has shown twice in the Whitney Biennial and solo exhibitions at the Knoedler Gallery in London, the Nina Nielsen Gallery in Boston, and the Andre Emmerich and Salander-O'Reilly Galleries in New York. Her work is in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and the Tel Aviv Museum and Bezalel Museum in Jerusalem. (Katherine Page Porter, Katherine Pavlis Porter) Her exhibitions include biennials in 1976 and 1981 at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City; 1980 at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts; 1981, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire; 1985, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts; and 1987 at the Sidney Janis Gallery, New York City. Classic Americana. American Abstract Expressionism. Early Pattern and Decoration piece, The movement was championed by the gallery owner Holly Solomon. The P&D movement wanted to revive an interest in minor forms such as patterning which at that point was equated with triviality. The prevailing negative view of decoration was one not generally shared by non-Western cultures, The Pattern and Decoration movement was influenced by sources outside of what was considered to be fine art. Blurring the line between art and design, many P&D works mimic patterns like those on wallpapers, printed fabrics, and quilts. There is a close connection between the Pattern and Decoration movement and the Feminist art movement. The P&D movement arose in opposition to the Minimalist and Conceptualist movements. Mary Grigoriadis Valerie Jaudon, Joyce Kozloff, Miriam Schapiro, Robert Zakanitch all worked in this same vein. SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, Austria Victoria Munroe Fine Art, Boston, MA Meridian Gallery, San Francisco, CA Salander O’Reilly Gallery, New York, NY Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, ME Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, NY Knoedler Gallery, London Sidney Janis Gallery, New York, NY Pace Gallery, Addison, ME Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (drawings) Harcus Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Contemporary Landscape Painting, Nagoya/Boston Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan From the Collection of Edward Broida, Palm Beach Art Museum, Palm Beach, FL Abstraction Per Se (through January 1993), Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY Painting Self-Evident (Curator), Picolo Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC Art on Paper 1990, Weatherspoon Art Gallery, The University of North Carolina, Museo Barjola, Gijon, Spain; Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; Pratt Manhattan Gallery, NY Sightings, Instituto de Estudios Norteamericanos, Barcelona; Casa Revilla, Valladolid, Invitational, New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT Atelier Project, Neuberger Museum, SUNY Purchase, NY Landscape Show, Allan Frumkin Gallery, NY Rethinking the Avant-Garde, by Jonathan Fineberg, The Katonah Gallery, NY Nancy Hoffman Gallery, NY Group Show, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland Contemporary Drawings, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, NY Modern Expressionist: German, Italian, & American Painters, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY American Women Artists, Part II: Younger Generation, Sidney Janis Gallery, NY Contemporary Works on Paper, Frumkin-Adams Gallery, NY Hassam Speicher Purchase Fund Exhibition, American Academy of Arts and Letters, NY The End of the World: Contemporary Visions of the Apocalypse, The New York Museum of Contemporary Art, NY Recent Acquisitions, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY Homage to Arthur Dove, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY Six Painters, The Hudson River Museum, Yonkers, NY Twenty New York Painters, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA 74th American Exhibition, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL Abstract Painting, Women’s Caucus, NY Biennial, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York Spoleto Choice, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, SC From Women’s Eyes, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA Theodoran, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY Three If By Air, Obelisk Gallery, Boston, MA Betty Parsons Collection, Finch College, New York, NY SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, MA Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria California Palace of the Legion of Honor (Achenbach Foundation), San Francisco, CA Detroit Art Institute, Detroit, MI Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA Gemeentsmuseum of the Hague, The Hague, Netherlands (permanent installation) Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA Houston Museum of Fine Art, Houston, TX Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY Mount Holyoke...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Woodcut

Unique signed abstract pastel and chalk painting on paper Albright Knox Gallery
Located in New York, NY
Jene Highstein Untitled, 1982 Pastel and Chalk on Paper Hand signed and dated by artist on the front 32 × 40 inches Frame included Original hand signed pastel and chalk drawing, with...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Pastel, Mixed Media

Snowflake Crime XIX, ACE Gallery Collection, unique signed acrylic & fabric work
Located in New York, NY
Robert Rauschenberg 'Snowflake Crime XIX', from the ACE Gallery Collection, 1981 Solvent transfer, acrylic and fabric collage on handmade paper with deckled edges Signed and dated '81 in permanent marker on the back; bears unique artist inventory number on the back This is a UNIQUE work of art 7 3/4 × 7 1/2 inches This work is affixed on the top to its original mat, and the artist's hand signature can be seen on the verso, along with the date and artist's unique inventory number. Rauschenberg Reference No: RR-81.002 Signed and dated '81 by Robert Rauschenberg in permanent marker on the verso; bears unique inventory number Provenance: ACE Gallery art collection...
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Pop Art 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Fabric, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

III-8 (two separate mixed media hand painted monoprints framed together)
By Michael Heizer
Located in New York, NY
Michael Heizer III-8 (two unique works), 1983 Two monoprints on white handmade TGL paper, hand colored with colored pencils, paint sticks, and liquid and spray acrylic paints Hand-si...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Color Pencil, Monoprint, Mo...

Bare Landscape, Surrealist Gouache Painting by Kunito Nagaoka
Located in Long Island City, NY
A blurry landscape in muted colors by Kunito Nagaoka. This unique gouache on paper piece is nicely framed and is signed by the artist in the lower right. Bare Landscape Kunito Nagao...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Untitled Geometric Abstraction - unique signed and inscribed work -framed
Located in New York, NY
Paul Pagk Untitled Geometric Abstraction, 1989 Gouache and watercolor on paper Signed, dated and inscribed "A Jacqueline". Frame included Excellent unique work on paper by contempora...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Graphite

Sklye by Sam Francis - Abstract Modern Work on Paper
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 5% IMPORT DUTY ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Sklye by Sam Francis (1923-1994) Acrylic on paper 14.6 x 10.2 cm (5 ³/₄ x 4 inches) Signed, Sam Francis an...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Basket Case
Located in New York, NY
Basket Case, 1986 Ballpoint pen on paper 11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm) Signed and dated, lower margin At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of color and tact...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Sand in my Shoes
Located in New York, NY
Sand in my Shoes, 1988 Color pencil on paper 11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm) Signed, titled, and dated, lower margin At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of c...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Crystal Ball
Located in New York, NY
Crystal Ball, 1989 Graphite on paper 11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm) Signed, titled, and dated, verso At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of color and tactil...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Wayvox
Located in New York, NY
Wayvox, 1986 Ballpoint pen on paper 11 x 8-1/2 in. (27.9 x 21.6 cm) Signed, titled, and dated, lower margin At the heart of Bousfield's work lies a lyrical celebration of color and ...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen

"Untitled (C82-142)" Hannelore Baron, Mixed Media Collage, Abstract
By Hannelore Baron
Located in New York, NY
Hannelore Baron Untitled (C82-142), 1982 Signed and dated on the reverse Mixed media collage Sheet 12 1/4 x 10 1/2 inches Provenance: Manny Silverman ...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Fabric, Paper, Mixed Media, Laid Paper

Handwritten signed Letter ("Thanks again for the Drawings and Letters") unique
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...
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Pop Art 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Permanent Marker

Polarity #9 unique signed color field abstract color painting on paper - a gem!
Located in New York, NY
Jay Rosenblum Polarity #9, 1981 Acrylic on Paper painting 6 × 9 1/2 inches Pencil signed and titled on the front Unique work Unframed ]This gem of a work is an acrylic painting on p...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Abstract Gestural Drawing Chalk and Charcoal Drawing, Light Sculpture Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
James O. Clark, American sculptor, art educator. Recipient Sculpture award, Creative Artists Public Service, 1978, award for sculpture, National Endowment for Arts, 1982, Graphics award, 1983; fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 1989; grantee, Pollock-Krasner Foundation, 1995, New York Counsel on Arts. Member selection committee Islip (New York ) Museum, 2002; Member of American Abstract Artist (associate; active 1999—2003). ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2015 ltd los angeles, Los Angeles, CA 2011 RHV Fine Art, Brooklyn, NY 2010 Mariboe Gallery, Hightstown, NJ 2009 Lesley Heller Gallery, New York, NY 2006 Elizabeth Harris Gallery, New York, NY 1998-9 “Tulips, Hysteria, Coordinating”, Nicholas Davies, New York, NY 1997 “James O. Clark”, Ohio University, Athens, OH 1994 The College of Saint Rose Art Gallery, Albany, NY 1991 Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY 1990 James...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Charcoal

Abstract composition, 1988, charcoal and ink wash on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Albert CHAMINADE (1923-2010) Abstract composition, 1988 Charcoal and ink wash on paper Signed and dated "88" lower right Dimensions of the work : 25 x 38 cm Dimensions of the origina...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Untitled Abstract Expressionist painting Kabbalah inspired mystical abstract
Located in New York, NY
JAY MILDER Untitled, ca. 1987 Gouache on Paper hand signed in pencil, lower left. Image is 9 square inches; framed it's 16 square inches Frame included: held in the original vintage frame A protege of Hans Hofmann, Milder also studied Jewish mysticism and Kaballah. Poignant framed color gouache painting on paper by second generation Abstract Expressionist painter Jay Milder, a former student of Hans Hofmann, whose work has been greatly informed by his background and interest in Jewish mysticism and Kaballah. Most recently, Milder had been represented by the Lohin Geduld Gallery in Manhattan and Eric Firestone. The visible sheet measures approximately 9 square inches. Framed, the work measures 16 square inches. Artist's official biography: JAY MILDER Born 1934 in Omaha, Nebraska, Jay Milder became a noted abstract painter in the New York art scene in 1958 when he, Bob Thompson, and Red Grooms founded City Gallery. They were all influenced by Abstract Expressionism, but closer to Willem De Kooning than Jackson Pollock because all three were committed to figurative work. Milder was originally shown at The Allan Stone Gallery and then when Martha Jackson took over as Milder’s dealer, her client, Walter Chrysler...
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Abstract Expressionist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Mixed Media, Oil

Nickle Drawing
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nickle Drawing Ink and watercolor on laid paper, 1982 Signed and dated lower right in ink The title references a comment that her husband, David Smith, made regarding her drawings. He said that they were only worth a nickle and the name stuck even thought her works are highly prized. The dating of this work reflects the date inscribed on the watercolor. The style and black ink lines with dots terminating the line is a compositional device the artist used in the 1950's. Condition: Very fine/excellent 4 old hinge residue in the corners verso from previous matting Sheet/image size: 7 1/2 x 4 7/8 inches Dorothy Dehner (1901-1994) Painter, sculptor, art writer, and poet, Dorothy Dehner explored abstraction, cubism, realism and surrealism during her artistic journey. Early in her career she was known for painting and for large-cast metal sculptures, but in the 1950s and 1960s, turned increasingly to wood cut into hard-edge geometric shapes. From 1950, she lived primarily in New York City. Dorothy Dehner was born in 1901 in Cleveland, Ohio, but, as a teenager in 1916, moved to Pasadena, California when her parents died. Her artistic interests were initially in acting. She majored in drama at UCLA for the school year of 1922-1923, then moved to New York City to study acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Art. After travel to Europe in France, Italy and Switzerland in 1925, where she saw Cubist and Fauve paintings as well as the great art of the ages, Dehner entered the Art Students League to study sculpture, but switched to painting because she felt the former was bound in academic formula. She studied drawing with Kimon Nicolaides and painting with Kenneth Hayes Miller. In 1929, she studied painting with Jan Matulka. Meeting artist John Graham in that year, he introduced her to Milton Avery, Stuart Davis and Arshile Gorky. She would also take art courses years later at Skidmore College in 1951. Dehner married sculptor David Smith in 1927. She was evidently very helpful in his artistic growth, but friction would develop because Smith allegedly saw his wife as artistic competition. Although she painted and drew Cubist and Surrealist works during their marriage, and realistic ones of life on their Bolton Landing, New York farm during the period 1941 to 1944, Dehner would essentially put her exhibition life on hold until their divorce in 1952. Meanwhile, they traveled to Europe in 1935. She later wrote about Smith, as well as painter John Graham and Jan Matulka, her teacher. Although she had shown in the 1946 Audubon Artists exhibition, winning first prize in drawing, and in the Whitney Annual of 1951, it was the year of her divorce, 1952, that Dehner had her first one-person exhibition at the Rose Fried Gallery...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Unique drawing on Tony Shafrazi poster, signed & inscribed to Warhol's boyfriend
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.”). Around 1985, Warhol began working on his massive series of 100 works based on Da Vinci’s “The Last Supper...
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Pop Art 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker, Lithograph, Offset

Original Radiant Baby drawing (hand signed and inscribed by Keith Haring)
Located in New York, NY
Keith Haring Untitled drawing inscribed to David, 1988 Original drawing on paper bound in historic monograph, inscribed to David Copley Boldly signed, inscribed and dated in black marker above the drawing Iconic, unique radiant baby drawing...
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Pop Art 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Permanent Marker, Offset

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This refined ink on paper work was realized by the renowned American artist Alexander Markovich circa 1985, which the scholar Svetlana Rakic called "The most dispersed and energy-cha...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper

Monotype with hand painting geometric abstraction by renowned color field artist
Located in New York, NY
Kenneth Noland Untitled, 1987 Monotype with hand painting on wove paper Hand signed and dated with artist's copyright in pencil on the back; also with the blind stamp/chop mark lower...
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Color-Field 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Monotype, Pencil, Screen

Untitled #31, original pastel by Washington Color School and Color Field painter
Located in New York, NY
Paul Allen Reed Untitled #31, 1982 Oil pastel on paper Pencil signed dated and annotated "7 10 79 1" by Paul Reed on the lower front Frame included: Th...
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Color-Field 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Abstract Composition - Mixed Media by Paolo Pasotto - 1986
Located in Roma, IT
Astract composition is an artwork realized by Paolo Pasotto in 1986.  50 x 35 cm. Hand signed bottom right.  Mixed techinique on paper. Good conditions!
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Contemporary 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Untitled Chevron Collage, de-accessioned from the Honolulu Museum of Art
Located in New York, NY
KENNETH NOLAND Untitled, for Trustees of the Honolulu Museum of Art, 1984 Mixed Media collage with silver and colored foil on board. Signed on verso (back) with personal inscriptio...
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Abstract Geometric 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Foil

Original two sided signed Minimalist Conceptual drawing by renowned sculptor
Located in New York, NY
CARL ANDRE Untitled Drawing, 1984 Felt tip pen, marker and stamp on Postmarked (franked) card to Lynn Charles Foster 3 3/5 × 6 1/10 inches Hand-signed by artist, Hand signed by Carl ...
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Minimalist 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Felt Pen

'Oberon, Series 1', Instituto Allende, Carmel Art Association, NAWA, La Jolla
By Barbara Johnson
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Barbara Johnson' (American, 1927-2021) and titled, lower left, 'Oberon Series 1'. Exhibited: Carmel Art Association, circa 1995 (accompanied by original label) ...
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Abstract 1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold Leaf

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