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Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

ABSTRACT STYLE

Beginning in the early 20th century, abstract art became a leading style of modernism. Rather than portray the world in a way that represented reality, as had been the dominating style of Western art in the previous centuries, abstract paintings, prints and sculptures are marked by a shift to geometric forms, gestural shapes and experimentation with color to express ideas, subject matter and scenes.

Although abstract art flourished in the early 1900s, propelled by movements like Fauvism and Cubism, it was rooted in the 19th century. In the 1840s, J.M.W. Turner emphasized light and motion for atmospheric paintings in which concrete details were blurred, and Paul Cézanne challenged traditional expectations of perspective in the 1890s.

Some of the earliest abstract artists — Wassily Kandinsky and Hilma af Klint — expanded on these breakthroughs while using vivid colors and forms to channel spiritual concepts. Painter Piet Mondrian, a Dutch pioneer of the art movement, explored geometric abstraction partly owing to his belief in Theosophy, which is grounded in a search for higher spiritual truths and embraces philosophers of the Renaissance period and medieval mystics. Black Square, a daringly simple 1913 work by Russian artist Kazimir Malevich, was a watershed statement on creating art that was free “from the dead weight of the real world,” as he later wrote.

Surrealism in the 1920s, led by artists such as Salvador Dalí, Meret Oppenheim and others, saw painters creating abstract pieces in order to connect to the subconscious. When Abstract Expressionism emerged in New York during the mid-20th century, it similarly centered on the process of creation, in which Helen Frankenthaler’s expressive “soak-stain” technique, Jackson Pollock’s drips of paint, and Mark Rothko’s planes of color were a radical new type of abstraction.

Conceptual art, Pop art, Hard-Edge painting and many other movements offered fresh approaches to abstraction that continued into the 21st century, with major contemporary artists now exploring it, including Anish Kapoor, Mark Bradford, El Anatsui and Julie Mehretu.

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Style: Abstract
Color:  Orange
Linda Turner, Art Meditation 12, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm. Authentified by her son Charles Delaunay on the back. Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker. Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921. During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911. Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
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1930s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Shape 26 (2019) - Abstract shape, minimalist gestural, black & white on paper
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 26 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, gestural, geometric art, acrylic on 300GSM archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Neutral pal...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Acrylic

Shape 19 (2019) - Abstract shape, work on paper, geometric, minimalist, orange
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Shape 19 (2019) by Ryan Park of Shapes Only Abstract, nonobjective, geometric art, acrylic on 300gsm archival paper. Abstract shape innovated by the artist. Orange on white. Min...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

Accomplish (To Accomplish * Goals & Task)
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Accomplish (To Accomplish * Goals & Task) Gouache and metallic ink on 1957 Encyclopedia page Feminist Art and Contemporary Feminist / Geometric Abstraction / Gestural Abstraction /...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Gouache, Magazine Paper

Magiche putrelle le tensioni danno equilibrio frammento di rotor
Located in Milano, IT
Magiche putrelle le tensioni danno equilibrio frammento di rotor 1990 Drawing on paper CM 50x70 With hand and with fire, on metal. With hand and thought on paper. Drawing is insepa...
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1990s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Soft Light S 01 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Soft Light S 01 (Abstract Painting) Acrylic on Hahnemühle paper - Unframed Emma Godebska is a French abstract artist living in Nimes, France. Her use of n...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled, Kirsten Hawthorne
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Kirsten Hawthorne received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and she lives and works in New York City. Hawthorne is a master oil pastellist creating works on p...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Graphite

Bach 2-Warm tone pattern print edition on paper in square format
Located in New York, NY
This is a Archival Pigment Print. Paper Size: 30 in x 30 in Frame Size: 34 in x 34 in  Artwork priced unframed. Contact the gallery for framing options. About the Artwork:   The pa...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Pigment, Paper

Abstract Mixed Media Drawing - Mid 20th Century by Rem Raymond Coninckx Belgium
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
Rem Raymond Coninckx was born on 28th March in Couvin (Belgium) 1904 and died in Dinan 1974. He was a painter, draftsman, engraver and also created metallic panels and mosaics. Conte...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media

'Where Hummingbirds Swim, ' by Lisa Miceli, Watercolor on Paper Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 27" x 14" watercolor on paper by artist Lisa Miceli depicts the abstracted movement of birds, figures, and aquatic imagery that the artist uses...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Three Pyramids + Blue Ball
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Three Pyramids + Blue Ball" is a gouache on paper by Alexander Calder. The work is signed in the lower right, "Calder 73”. Although renowned for his innovative and groundbreaking sculptures, Alexander Calder started his artistic career as an abstract painter, preferring to use gouache. What is gouache? Gouache is a water-soluble paint – a type of opaque watercolor. As Calder returned to gouache painting towards the end of his life, he was now armed with a lifetime of experience as a sculptor. He explored the three-dimensional vocabulary of sculptural forms he had developed onto the two-dimensional surface of the paper. Certain shapes and colors recur throughout his gouaches and sculptures. Circles, ovals, and other geometric forms dominate the space. There is the same sense of energy and fluidity. The shapes do not sit on the surface but vibrate giving a feeling of movement in contrast to the static nature of painting. Like his sculpture, Calder’s gouache...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

Tsakli 11-13-21, abstract water media painting
Located in New York, NY
The latest watercolors from Ray Kass strike a balance between audacity and contemplation. Drawing from the Tibetan Buddhist tradition of the Tsakli - sets of miniature paintings feat...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Wax, Watercolor, Wood Panel, Pigment, Mica

OYLB
Located in Westport, CT
Since 1974, Louise P. Sloane has been actively engaged in the studio as an abstract painter. Her work focuses upon geometric forms, grids and patterns. These detail oriented pieces ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Composition - Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is a beautiful original drawing in china ink and watercolor, realized by an unknown artist and signed "La Cabane". Hand dated 1951. In very good conditions. Sh...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Untitled (258.11) (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract Drawing) Crayon on vellum. Unframed. In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The visu...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Vellum

Abstract in Three Dimensions
Located in Lawrence, NY
Gouache on paper Jo Aarons Gallery Label en verso Never afraid of trying new styles, curious and opinionated, constantly engaged with the world around him, Rolph Scarlett more than ...
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1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Equali Toon
Located in Boston, MA
About the piece: Another in the Toon Series using a paneled format and the usual application of various aqueous solutions. Words that describe this piece:Dynamic, unique, panel, ca...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

"Golden Honey", contemporary abstract winter landscape, acrylic & spray on paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
An acrylic and spray paint abstract drawing of the dying wheat plains throughout the rural region of Johnson, Vermont. This drawing was produced during my ...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Spray Paint, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Untitled 1 (Graphic Abstract Painting on Paper in Peach, Red & Light Orange)
Located in Hudson, NY
Graphic abstract painting on paper in complementary shades of peach, light orange, and red with details of pale sage green "Untitled 1" by Jenny Kemp, painted in 2019 gouache on paper, unframed 15 x 11 inches Signed verso Jenny Kemp’s abstract paintings are inspired by the artist’s desire to represent unseen phenomenon. With intricate and calculated line-work, the artist builds parallel layers against opaque backgrounds, while shifts in color and shape call attention to organic forms that give reference to the human body or atomic structures. Precise lines seem to vibrate the transitions of color in shades of ruby and blush red complemented by amorphous forms in peach and light orange. Two circles of pale sage green contrast against the areas of red and orange. The drawing is currently unframed, measuring 15 x 11 inches. About the artist: Jenny Kemp received a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and an MFA in Painting from the University at Albany. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the country, most recently at Gold/Scopophilia* in Montclair, NJ and the Mandeville Gallery at Union College in Schenectady, NY. She has been featured in publications such as 100 Painters of Tomorrow published by Thames & Hudson, New American Paintings, The Huffington Post, Seattle’s City Arts, New York Times, and The New England Review. Kemp is also a recipient of the 2015 NYFA fellowship in painting and the 2015 Emerging Artist Award recipient from the Art Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY. She sits on the board of Collar Works, an art space dedicated to the support of emerging and under-represented artists exhibiting challenging and culturally relevant contemporary artworks in Troy, NY where she lives and works. EDUCATION MFA - Painting, University at Albany, SUNY 2012 BS - Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison 2002 EXHIBITIONS 2019 Gold / Scopophilia* Art on Paper, Pier 36, NYC Steady Curve Gold / Scopophilia*, Montclair, NJ (solo) 2018 Slow Grow Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY (solo) FENCE + ECHO, Far x Wide, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Jes Cannon) Crazy Beautiful III, Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont, NY Three Square, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) 2017 When We Were Young: Rethinking Abstraction from the University at Albany Art Collections (1967-present) University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY Surface 4, ARENA at Brooklyn Dermatology, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Renée Riccardo) The Whitney Houston Biennial: Greatest Love of All, Chashama, NYC (curated by Christine Finely) 2016 Reality is Wrong, Dreams are Real, David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Phil and Sue Knoll) Squared, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Something Else, The Painting Center, New York, NY (curated by Dee Shapiro and Miriam Brumer) Living Color, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2 person) 2015 Howdy Doody, Collar Works, Troy, NY (curated by Leona Christie) Remains to be Seen, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Painting Parallels, GRIDSPACE, Brooklyn, NY (solo) Double Vision, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY (2 person) Mohawk Hudson Invitational Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY Snowbirds Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont, NY Valentine’s Day Cardiovascular, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Variations in Paint (invitational), The Painting Center, New York, NY 2014 100 Painters of Tomorrow: New York Exhibition, One Art Space, New York, NY Mohawk Hudson Regional, Albany Institute of History and Art (juror: Stephen Westfall) Tracery, PS209 Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY Connections Todd Art Gallery at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (2 person) Perceptions Opalka Gallery at Sage College, Albany, NY Modern Artists Carrie Haddad Gallery, Husdson, NY 2013 Second Nature Albany Airport Gallery, Albany, NY Admit One Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY Works by Jenny Kemp and Richard Harrington Gallery 105, curated by MCLA Gallery 51, N. Adams, MA An Early Spring Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2012 Recent work and new paintings on paper Fulton Street Gallery (solo) FISSURE GalleryEll online exhibition, curated by Amanda Kates In Orbit Little Gallery at Sage College of Albany. Albany, NY. Works on Paper Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY MFA National Competition First Street Gallery, NYC. Juror: John Yau BioLogical Salem Art Works Carry House Gallery, Salem, NY MFA Thesis Exhibition University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY 2011 Back to School Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY Fence Select The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Juror: Carrie Haddad Honorable Mention Chain Letter Samson Projects, Boston, MA SUNY Best of Show New York State Museum, Albany, NY Members Only Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY Fountain Art Fair Pier 66, New York, NY Nathan Meltz with Jenny Kemp and Doug Holst...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Fractured Toon
Located in Boston, MA
About the piece: Happy accident(s). Chaos amid the order? Words that describe this piece:panels, comics, structure, chaos, cartoon Artist Biography: Mark A. Lembo Script M Abstract Art Mark’s dynamic work blurs the distinction between alcohol ink and watercolor - working with dyes, inks, liquid acrylic, liquid watercolor, and other aqueous media; lately, he has been incorporating metallic watercolor and pearlescent ink to his work. He has used canvas, synthetic Yupo™ paper, Yasutomo Mineral Paper, and various watercolor papers. Mark’s journey into the world of creative arts started with the question, “What would Jackson Pollock’s work look like if he had used transparent watercolors?” So, it was out with the pencils, pens, and brushes, and on to the pouring of various aqueous solutions. While mostly self-taught, Mark took a series of classes at the Creative Arts Group, Sierra Madre, CA, under Joe Stoddard, as well as seminars with Robert Burridge...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting) Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surrou...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1915 (Abstract Drawing) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting) Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed. Melissa Meyer has created a diverse oeuvre that includes oil paintings, drawings, water...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

First Heirloom (cherry tomato), abstract pastel fruit still life
Located in New York, NY
Fresh from the summer harvest, we’re delighted to serve a new crop of demure fruit and vegetable diptychs from Abstractionist, Daisy Craddock. Daisy’s lush pairings of skin and flesh...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting) Oil on paper - Unframed. Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a tim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Gravitational wave (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Gravitational wave (Abstract painting) Acrylic on paper. Unframed. As a multidisciplinary artist, Snow uses different mediums and supports. Each work results from preliminary studi...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic

Statement of Benefits (Abstract Expressionist Painting in Orange, Red, Yellow)
Located in Hudson, NY
Gestural abstract expressionist painting on paper in colorful hues of red, yellow, orange, magenta, and silver "A Statement of Benefits", painted by Bruce Murphy in 2020 36 x 24 in...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Spray Paint, Archival Paper

Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting) Crayon on vellum. Unframed. In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The vis...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Vellum

Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting) Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surrou...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Woven lines 39 - abstract red blue green yellow dominant ink drawing on paper
Located in New York, NY
Dana Piazza's creates abstract colorful drawings, full of the illusion of depth, movement, and three-dimensionality. His highly obsessive ink drawings on paper are built upon algorit...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Untitled 1513 (Abstract painting) Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerg...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Informal III - Oil Paint on Canvas by Giorgio Lo Fermo - 2020
Located in Roma, IT
Informal III is an original artwork realized by Giorgio Lo Fermo (b. 1947) in 2020. Oil on canvas. Hand signed and dated by the artist on the back. Hand signed and dated on the low...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

Yaddo B (Abstract Expressionism painting)
Located in London, GB
Watercolour on 100% rag hot press paper. Unframed. Melissa Meyer has created a diverse oeuvre that includes oil paintings, drawings, watercolors, prints and large-scale public commi...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Rag Paper

Untitled (258.11) (Abstract painting)
Located in London, GB
Crayon on vellum. Unframed. In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The visual information derives from various so...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Vellum

Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Eckige Masse 95 (Abstract Painting) Pencil and acrylic on Fabriano-pittura paper - Unframed. In her work, Lee is responding to her emotional experiences within her physical surrou...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Pencil

Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting)
Located in London, GB
Constellation of Grief (Abstract Painting) Oil on paper - Unframed. Spielman uses oil paint on canvas, paper and panel in various sizes; she works on up to forty paintings at a tim...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Abstract Red Pink Wild Flowers on Orange Design by British Contemporary Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Painting of Abstract Red, Pink, Yellow & White Wild Flowers on an Orange Background by British Contemporary Artist, Angela Wakefield. From the 'Spring Burst' Interior Design Series. ...
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Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Gesso, Canvas, Paint, Cotton Canvas, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

1967 "Abstract 1 Orange and Yellow" Mid Century Watercolor Abstract
Located in Arp, TX
Michael Knigin Abstract 1 Orange and Yellow 1967 Ink brush and watercolor on paper 8.25"x11" unframed Signed and dated in ink lower right Came from artist's estate *Custom framing a...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Abstract Sunset Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract watercolor with beautiful sunset colors by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unsigned and unframe...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Fields of Color Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract multicolor watercolor with bold color fields by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in Monterey, California. Unsigned and un...
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1980s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Labrynth"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Untitled 1915
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper - Unframed. In her abstract drawings, collages and paintings, Fieroza Doorsen brings to life the tensions and harmonies that emerge when structure meets intuition. H...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Keeper (Graphic Abstract Painting on Linen in Teal, Sienna and Warm Yellow)
Located in Hudson, NY
Graphic abstract painting on linen in contrasting shades of teal, sienna, and warm sunflower yellow "Keeper" by Jenny Kemp, painted in 2019 acrylic on linen over panel 14" X 11" unframed Jenny Kemp’s abstract paintings are inspired by the artist’s desire to represent unseen phenomenon. With intricate and calculated line-work, the artist builds parallel layers against opaque backgrounds, while shifts in color and shape call attention to organic forms that give reference to the human body or atomic structures. Waves of yellow contrasts against earth toned hues of sienna and teal while precise lines seem to vibrate the transitions of color. The abstract painting is part of a series of paintings on linen that can be hung together. About the artist: Jenny Kemp received a BS in Art from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and an MFA in Painting from the University at Albany. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and museums across the country, most recently at Gold/Scopophilia* in Montclair, NJ and the Mandeville Gallery at Union College in Schenectady, NY. She has been featured in publications such as 100 Painters of Tomorrow published by Thames & Hudson, New American Paintings, The Huffington Post, Seattle’s City Arts, New York Times, and The New England Review. Kemp is also a recipient of the 2015 NYFA fellowship in painting and the 2015 Emerging Artist Award recipient from the Art Center of the Capital Region in Troy, NY. She sits on the board of Collar Works, an art space dedicated to the support of emerging and under-represented artists exhibiting challenging and culturally relevant contemporary artworks in Troy, NY where she lives and works. EDUCATION MFA - Painting, University at Albany, SUNY 2012 BS - Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison 2002 EXHIBITIONS 2019 Gold / Scopophilia* Art on Paper, Pier 36, NYC Steady Curve Gold / Scopophilia*, Montclair, NJ (solo) 2018 Slow Grow Mandeville Gallery, Union College, Schenectady, NY (solo) FENCE + ECHO, Far x Wide, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Jes Cannon) Crazy Beautiful III, Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont, NY Three Square, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) 2017 When We Were Young: Rethinking Abstraction from the University at Albany Art Collections (1967-present) University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY Surface 4, ARENA at Brooklyn Dermatology, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Renée Riccardo) The Whitney Houston Biennial: Greatest Love of All, Chashama, NYC (curated by Christine Finely) 2016 Reality is Wrong, Dreams are Real, David&Schweitzer Contemporary, Brooklyn, NY (curated by Phil and Sue Knoll) Squared, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Something Else, The Painting Center, New York, NY (curated by Dee Shapiro and Miriam Brumer) Living Color, Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY (2 person) 2015 Howdy Doody, Collar Works, Troy, NY (curated by Leona Christie) Remains to be Seen, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Painting Parallels, GRIDSPACE, Brooklyn, NY (solo) Double Vision, Laffer Gallery, Schuylerville, NY (2 person) Mohawk Hudson Invitational Albany Center Gallery, Albany, NY Snowbirds Kenise Barnes Gallery, Larchmont, NY Valentine’s Day Cardiovascular, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Great Barrington, MA (curated by Phil & Sue Knoll) Variations in Paint (invitational), The Painting Center, New York, NY 2014 100 Painters of Tomorrow: New York Exhibition, One Art Space, New York, NY Mohawk Hudson Regional, Albany Institute of History and Art (juror: Stephen Westfall) Tracery, PS209 Gallery, Stone Ridge, NY Connections Todd Art Gallery at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, TN (2 person) Perceptions Opalka Gallery at Sage College, Albany, NY Modern Artists Carrie Haddad Gallery, Husdson, NY 2013 Second Nature Albany Airport Gallery, Albany, NY Admit One Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY Works by Jenny Kemp and Richard Harrington Gallery 105, curated by MCLA Gallery 51, N. Adams, MA An Early Spring Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY 2012 Recent work and new paintings on paper Fulton Street Gallery (solo) FISSURE GalleryEll online exhibition, curated by Amanda Kates In Orbit Little Gallery at Sage College of Albany. Albany, NY. Works on Paper Carrie Haddad Gallery, Hudson, NY MFA National Competition First Street Gallery, NYC. Juror: John Yau BioLogical Salem Art Works Carry House Gallery, Salem, NY MFA Thesis Exhibition University at Albany Art Museum, Albany, NY 2011 Back to School Fulton Street Gallery, Troy, NY Fence Select The Art Center of the Capital Region, Troy, NY. Juror: Carrie Haddad Honorable Mention Chain Letter Samson Projects, Boston, MA SUNY Best of Show New York State Museum, Albany, NY Members Only Collar Works Gallery, Troy, NY Fountain Art Fair Pier 66, New York, NY Nathan Meltz with Jenny Kemp and Doug Holst...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Linen

"Rain"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Rosy Water (Diptych) - abstraction art, made in black, rose, salmon red, white
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
Interior design paintings. Diptych. Each work is 30 by 40 inches in size. Rosy Water (Diptych)- abstraction art, made in black, rose, salmon red, white and beige on canvas. Lena C...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Epoxy Resin, Acrylic

Fire - Original handsigned watercolor and tempera
Located in Paris, FR
Ervin NEUHAUS Fire Original watercolor and tempera on heavy paper Handsigned bottom right Authenticated with the stamp of the Estate sale on the back 21 x 21 cm (c. 8 x 8 inch) Ex...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

'Musical Abstract', Smithsonian, Jewish Museum, Woman Artist, Phoenix, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Beth Ames Swartz' (American, born 1936) and dated 1966. Primarily working in the idioms of abstraction and semi-abstraction, Beth Ames Swarts's paintings and mixed-media works are commonly informed by philosophical and spiritual concepts shared by people of different cultural world-views, and incorporate both symbols and words in the vocabulary of their visual language. Beth's art practice has been guided by aesthetic philosophies including Wassily Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Robert Smithson’s Spiral Jetty, and inspired by various religious and philosophical systems including Native American Healing practices, Buddhism, Jewish Mysticism, and Christianity in order to facilitate communication with viewers on both a conscious and unconscious level. Swartz syncretizes a variety of spiritual traditions in her work in order to reveal their inherent commonality. Born in New York City, Beth grew up in Manhattan, and by her mid-teens, was studying at the Art Students League in New York in the late 1940s. Her education continued at NYC's High School of Music & Art followed by Cornell University where she graduated with a Bachelor of Science (1957), followed by a Master of Arts degree (1959) from New York University. Beth Ames Swartz exhibited nationwide including at over seventy solo exhibitions including a solo show at The Jewish Museum in New York. In addition, she participated in three major traveling museum exhibitions and her work is held in the permanent collections of numerous major museums including the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian. She received the Governor's Individual Artist Award in 2001 in Arizona, and a retrospective of her work was mounted in 2002 at The Phoenix Art Museum, with a monograph about her work co-published by The Phoenix Art Museum and Hudson Hills Press. Fellowships, Awards, Grants and Honors: New York, NY - 2003 Veteran Feminists of America, Medal of Honor Phoenix, AZ - 2001 Recipient, Governor's Arts Award, the highest honor in Arizona for one individual who may be a visual or performing artist or a writer. Snowmass Village, CO - 2000 Anderson Ranch, Artist in Residence Phoenix, AZ - 1994 Founder, Culture Care , an international, non-profit organization sponsoring The Sacred Souls Project, to identify, support and honor individuals who demonstrate positive human societal values New York, NY - 1994 Awarded Flow Fund grant for discretionary philanthropic use for non-personal benefit New York, NY - 1994 Panelist, College Art Association, Art, Earth and Medicine: A Healing Approach New York, NY - 1993 Panelist, The Sacred in the Arts Conference New York, NY - 1992 Speaker, MedArts Conference, Research Study on A Moving Point of Balance Stinson Beach, CA - 1991 Speaker, Symposium, Art as a Healing Force New Harmony, IN - 1990 Keynote Speaker, Art and Healing Conference Phoenix, AZ - 1988 Co-Founder, International Friends of Transformative Art (IFTA), an international, non-profit organization for positive global change Payson, AZ - 1988, '87 Project Coordinator, Rim Institute, Transformative Artist's Conference and Workshop Phoenix, AZ - 1985 Governor's Award, Outstanding Women of Arizona - Women Who Create Sun Valley, ID - 1980 Sun Valley Center for the Arts & Humanities, Artist in Residence, The Awesome Space: The Inner and Outer Landscape Hawaii National Park, HI - 1979 Volcano Art Center, Artist in Residence Phoenix, AZ - 1978, '77 Named Master Teacher by State Department of Public Instruction Phoenix, AZ - 1978, '77 Educational Grant for Inquiry Into Fire, Arizona Commission on Arts and Humanities Selected Bibliography and Reference: Davenport’s Art Reference Guide, 2007/8 Edition, p.2468; Arizona/Women '75 (exhibition catalogue). Tucson, AZ: Tucson Art Museum, 1975; Baigell, Matthew. "Art and Spirit: Kabbalah and Jewish-American Artists." Tikkun vol. 14, no.4, (July-August 1999): 59-61 (illus. in b&w of Shen Qi Series: the Cabalistic Scheme of the Four Worlds #5); Beth Ames Swartz, Inquiry Into Fire (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Scottsdale Center for the Arts, 1978. Introduction by Melinda Wortz; Beth Ames Swartz, 1982-1988: A Moving Point of Balance (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: A Moving Point of Balance, Inc., 1988. Introduction by John Perreault; Biennial 1979 (exhibition catalog). Phoenix: Phoenix Art Museum, March 9-April 8, 1979, 35-37, 64 (illus. in color Sedona, #23; illus. in b&w, Torah Scroll, #5); Body and Soul: Contemporary Art and Healing (exhibition catalog). Lincoln, MA: DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, 1994. Introduction by Rachel Rosenfeld Lafo, Nicholas Capasso, and Sara Rehm Roberts; Cembalest, Robin. "The Ecological Art Explosion." ARTnews vol. 90, no. 6 (summer 1991): 96-105; The First Western States Biennial Exhibition (exhibition catalog). Denver: Western States Art Foundation, 1979. Introduction by Joshua C. Taylor (with illus. in color of Torah Scroll #4); Gablik, Suzi. The Reenchantment of Art. Thames and Hudson: New York, 1991, 155-57; Gadon, Elinor W. The Once and Future Goddess: A Symbol for Our Time. New York: Harper and Row, 1989, 245-46; 248; Henderson, Barbara. "Beth Ames Swartz," A Magazine of Fine Arts vol. 2, no. 15 (April 1976): 34-41; Israel Revisited: Beth Ames Swartz (exhibition catalog). Scottsdale, AZ: Beth Ames Swartz, 1981: 40 pp. Introduction by Harry Rand...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

"Direction"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Joseph Amar (1954 – 2001) Joseph Amar was born in Casablanca, Morocco in 1954 to a Sephardic Jewish father and a Spanish mo...
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1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Composition Blue and Red on Orange - Original handsigned watercolor and tempera
Located in Paris, FR
Ervin NEUHAUS Composition Blue and Red on Orange Original watercolor and tempera on heavy paper Handsigned bottom right Authenticated with the stamp of the Estate sale on the back ...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

Abstract Non-Objective Mid 20th Century Color Field Painting James Daugherty
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Non-Objective Mid 20th Century Color Field Painting James Daugherty James Daugherty (1887 – 1974) "Unidentified Flying Object," 12 x 16 inche...
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1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Board

Oil Pastel Drawing on Amate Paper 3
Located in Cuernavaca, Morelos
Oil pastel drawing on amate paper, unique,
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Aerial # 7 Large linear, watery, colorful abstraction blue, green, red, yellow
Located in Wellesley, MA
"Aerial #7 " Mixed Media on Denril Paper, 24 x 45 Inches. Lyrical, vivid abstraction in yellow, red, blue, turquoise, pink white and black. This work can be read as a pure ab...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Untitled (258.11)
Located in London, GB
Crayon on vellum. Unframed. In a broader sense, Tilman’s works on paper function as an archive of the artist’s ideas and observations. The visual information derives from various so...
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2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Vellum

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