Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
SURREALIST STYLE
In the wake of World War I’s ravaging of Europe, artists delved into the unconscious mind to confront and grapple with this reality. Poet and critic André Breton, a leader of the Surrealist movement who authored the 1924 Surrealist Manifesto, called this approach “a violent reaction against the impoverishment and sterility of thought processes that resulted from centuries of rationalism.” Surrealist art emerged in the 1920s with dreamlike and uncanny imagery guided by a variety of techniques such as automatic drawing, which can be likened to a stream of consciousness, to channel psychological experiences.
Although Surrealism was a groundbreaking approach for European art, its practitioners were inspired by Indigenous art and ancient mysticism for reenvisioning how sculptures, paintings, prints, performance art and more could respond to the unsettled world around them.
Surrealist artists were also informed by the Dada movement, which originated in 1916 Zurich and embraced absurdity over the logic that had propelled modernity into violence. Some of the Surrealists had witnessed this firsthand, such as Max Ernst, who served in the trenches during World War I, and Salvador Dalí, whose otherworldly paintings and other work responded to the dawning civil war in Spain.
Other key artists associated with the revolutionary art and literary movement included Man Ray, Joan Miró, René Magritte, Yves Tanguy, Frida Kahlo and Meret Oppenheim, all of whom had a distinct perspective on reimagining reality and freeing the unconscious mind from the conventions and restrictions of rational thought. Pablo Picasso showed some of his works in “La Peinture Surréaliste” — the first collective exhibition of Surrealist painting — which opened at Paris’s Galerie Pierre in November of 1925. (Although Magritte is best known as one of the visual Surrealist movement’s most talented practitioners, his famous 1943 painting, The Fifth Season, can be interpreted as a formal break from Surrealism.)
The outbreak of World War II led many in the movement to flee Europe for the Americas, further spreading Surrealism abroad. Generations of modern and contemporary artists were subsequently influenced by the richly symbolic and unearthly imagery of Surrealism, from Joseph Cornell to Arshile Gorky.
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Style: Surrealist
Interior (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Interior, 1973.
Ink on paper, 7.5 inches diameter.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled Concert Hall painting Mid Century Surrealistic spiritual unique signed
Located in New York, NY
Agatha Wojciechowsky
Untitled Concert Hall Abstraction Watercolor, 1964
Watercolor on thick wove paper (with original label from Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery)
Signed and dated by the artist on the lower-right front
19 3/4 × 15 inches
Unframed
Dazzling 1960s, modern abstraction watercolor piece. This work was acquired from the legendary Cordier & Ekstrom Gallery
Agatha Wojciechowsky (1896 -1986) was recognized during her lifetime as a Surrealist. Although not following an art movement, her work reflected the sentiment of Art Informel of the 1950's. She had solo exhibitions from the 1960's to the present in New York, Cologne, Berlin, and Hamburg. Group exhibitions included shows with Man Ray, Marcel Duchamp, Jean Dubuffet, Isamu Noguchi, Francis Picabia, Romare Bearden. Her artwork can be found in numerous public collections including Museum of Modern Art, the Prado, the Menil Collection, the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Whitney Museum.
Agatha lived her earlier years in Steinach de Saale, and then sailed to the United States in 1923 to be a German-speaking governess in a German baron...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
A Colorful,
37 Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Hananiah Harari "Signal Set Up"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Colorful 1930s Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "Signal Set Up", the artwork is colored pencil...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Collage Watercolor Painting David Gilhooly California Funk Surrealism MixedMedia
Located in Surfside, FL
DAVID JAMES GILHOOLY (American, 1943-2013),
Mixed media collage
6 x 4 inches,
Hand signed and dated verso
Napoleon from the back, with King Henry VIII holding a pastry.
titled: "England cannot be conquered by a few French pastries"
cut and pasted cardstock assemblage, collaged art.
David Gilhooly RCA (1943 – 2013), was an American ceramicist, sculptor, painter, printmaker, and professor. He is best known for pioneering the Funk art movement. He made a series of ceramic frogs called FrogWorld, as well as ceramic food, planets, and other creatures.
David James Gilhooly III was born on April 15, 1943, in Auburn, California. He was raised in Los Altos, California; Saint Croix in the Virgin Islands; and Humacao, Puerto Rico.
He enrolled in University of California, Davis (UC Davis) initially studying biology, followed by anthropology, and ending with a focus on fine art. While attending UC Davis, Gilhooly served as artist Robert Arneson assistant starting in 1963. He graduated from UC Davis with a BA degree in 1965, and an MA degree in 1967.
Gilhooly, together with Robert Arneson, Peter Vandenberge, Chris Unterseher, and Margaret Dodd, working together in TB-9 (temporary building 9) were what was later to be called, The Funk Ceramic...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Land
s End (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Land’s End, 1971
Ink on paper, 3.25 × 5 inches
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Ali...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Readiness (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Readiness, 1971.
Pen and ink drawing.
4 w. x 6 h. inches,
Signed and dated lower right.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 19...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Ancestor Worship (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Ancestor Worship, 1971.
Pen and ink drawing.
4 w. x 6 h. inches,
Signed and dated lower right.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on Jul...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Paysage de l
infini by José Gerson - Drawing 50x70 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait de Camille Renault - Drawing by Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
China ink drawing realized by Reynold Arnould in the mid-20th Century.
Good condition.
Hand monogrammed.
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Anthem (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Anthem, 1972.
Ink on Paper, 4.75 × 7 inches.
Signed and dated.
Measuring 12 × 16 inches in acid-free matting.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A 1940s Modern Surreal Abstract Drawing "Overseas" by Hananiah Harari
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "Overseas" by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on yellow toned paper, dating from 1...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Gehl Dairy Farm, " Original Mixed Media Surrealist signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Gehl Dairy Farm" is an original mixed media piece by David Barnett and his daughter, Sarah Barnett, signed and dated in the lower right. Begun in 1997 and ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
A 1946 Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Male Portrait Study, Binocular Vision
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1946 Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Male Portrait Study by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A compelling portrait study, perhaps a self portrait of the artist,...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, sheet measures 13 x 23 inches; 14 x 18 inches in archival pH-neutral matting. Signed and dated lower right. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration.
Provenance: Sheila Ayers-Whitelaw
Exhibition History: Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams, Woodmere Art Museum, 07/10/2021 - 10/24/2021
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
$3,000 Sale Price
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Decomposition, Surrealist Pencil Drawing by Charles Pfahl
Located in Long Island City, NY
Charles Pfahl, American (1946 - 2013) - Decomposition, Medium: Pencil drawing, signed in pencil lower right, Image Size: 8 x 8 inches, Frame Size: 19.75 x 21.25 inches
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
"Paysage linéaire" by José Gerson - Watercolor on paper 69x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$240 Sale Price
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1959 Black
White Mid-Century, Surrealist Abstraction by Artist Desmond Mclean
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1959 black and white, Mid-Century, Surrealist watercolor on paper by artist Desmond McLean in a cerused black frame. Image size: 15 1/2" x 22 1/2". Framed size: 25" x 21".
McL...
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1950s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ artist Blue Fountain Pink Poodle
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative takes the audience on a journey into the imagination.
In October 2023 Isabel won the Evelyn Williams Drawing Award at the Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize. Known as the UK’s most prestigious annual open exhibition for drawing; part of the prize is a solo show at Hastings Contemporary, scheduled for 2024.
Whilst Isabel always has a tale to tell for each of her images, you may or may not choose to go on the journey with her or you may indeed have a different story, one of your own that jumps off the page at you and you decide to follow.
Artwork Details:
Isabel Rock , 'Just another Day in Paradise', mixed media on best archival paper, 85cm x 140cm, unframed, 2022
In Rock's own words,
'It was just another day in Paradise for the Pink Poodle People of the Everlasting Fountain of Eternal Joy.
Since every day was Paradise it was just another normal day filled with love, ecstasy and wonder.
It started slowly at first, things began to appear in paradise, strange objects that the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with. Some had sharp edges, others were so and smelt strange, bad strange. Some things glittered and shone. Every day more of these objects would arrive in Paradise.
' If this happens every day then soon Paradise will be full of these strange objects. Some of them are nice but many are bad and smelly. One day there will be no Paradise, only bad, sharp and smelly things.'
But the Pink Poodle People did not know what to do with the objects and every day more arrived.'
Artwork Provenance: from the Artist Studio
A certificate of authentication comes from Gallery Art 1821
photo credits, Isabel working, black and white shots, James Brown
About Isabel Rock and her work:
Taking inspiration from Japanese woodblock prints and Indian miniature painting Rock has developed a unique collage technique that combines bold structures with large-scale woodblock prints and intricate detailing. The subject is a grand mixture of humour, drama, hidden morals, fanciful characters, modern culture, mythical beings and fantastical situations.
Rock creates a world that pulls you in and demands your attention. Quality of line is paramount, the drawings are created using a dipping pen and acrylic ink. An essential tool is a squirrel...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pen
Abstract Figures and Landscape, Surreal Line Drawing Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Dynamic surrealist line drawing of figures in an abstracted landscape by David Rosen (Canadian, 1912-2004). Signed "Rosen" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new tan mat with ...
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
"Fantasy Landscape with Animals" Abstract Dream Rainbow Peacock Butterfly Fish
Located in Austin, TX
Art Size : 11 x 14 in.
Vintage Frame: 17 x 20 in.
Signed and dated in pencil, bottom right.
Media includes watercolor, acrylic, and pencil on paper.
This vibrant, psychedelic and su...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite, Paper
Daylight in Soft Tones - Abstract Urban Collage Watercolor Artwork on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maria C. Bernhardsson is a colorful artist who lives and paints in Sweden. Most of her works are influenced by the architecture and geometry of houses. Bernhardsson travels the world...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Bee Gone" A large, framed, technically stunning drawing by Arminée Chahbazian
Located in Hollister, CA
Bee Gone
Bee Gone is a poetic and visually arresting work by Arminée Chahbazian that speaks to the fragility of the natural world and the silent disappearance of vital species. Throu...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gold Leaf
Foot Musik
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 56 x 58 cm.
Frame size: 76 x 78 cm.
Free shipment worldwide.
Archive number (P90/36)
Acquired directly from the artist.
“The heart is an eye,” writes Nobel laureate Octavio Paz in an essay on Matta’s paintings. Matta creates a world coloured both by a sunny faith in the future and by visions of impending doom. Roberto Sebastian Echaurren Antonio Matta, who died aged 91 on 23 November 2002, was born in Santiago, Chile, on 11 November 1911 into a family with Spanish, French and Basque roots, and raised in an atmosphere of religiosity. By the age of 21 he had graduated and begun work as an architect, but his leisure time he devoted to sketching and painting. In 1933 he travelled to Europe for the first time, visiting Greece, Yugoslavia, Italy and other countries, and subsequently taking the initiative to collaborate with the architect, Le Corbusier. As time passed, however, Matta’s enthusiasm for a career in architecture waned, and he began to devote himself full-time to art, making early acquaintances with surrealists such as Max Ernst, Salvador Dalí, André Breton and others. Between 1939 and 1948 Matta, like many of his artistic contemporaries, lived in self-imposed exile in the USA, but, after almost 10 years’ absence from Europe, he returned to make first Rome and then, a few years later, Paris his home. Throughout most of the rest of his life Matta commuted between his studio in Paris and his creative refuge in the monastery outside Rome. And it is here, in Italy, that he produced his greatest paintings. Matta’s first retrospective in Sweden was organised in 1956 when his works were exhibited in what was then Galerie Colibri – run by, among others, the artist C O Hultén at number 36 Södra Förstadsgatan in Malmö, Sweden. This was also the time when Matta began to collaborate with poets and other artists in Sweden. He produced the illustrations for Lasse Söderberg’s first anthology of poems, Akrobaterna (“The Acrobats”), published in 1955, and was also responsible for the cover of the Swedish art and literary magazine Salamander. In 1959 the first museum exhibition of Matta’s work in Europe was arranged at the Museum of Modern Art (Moderna Museet) in Stockholm. Held under the aegis of Pontus Hultén, it was entitled “Fifteen Forms of Doubt” and included 15 or so gigantic paintings...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media
"Your New Home, " Abstract Surrealist Landscape Oil Pastel by Reginald K. Gee
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Your New Home" is an original oil pastel drawing on illustration board by Reginald K. Gee. The artist signed the piece lower right. It features abstract, surreal, and biomorphic obj...
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1990s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel, Illustration Board
Surrealist composition of José Gerson n°1 - Drawing 67x46 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
$240 Sale Price
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Finding Your Voice - Abstract Figurative Black
White Mixed Media Dreamlike Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Paper
Homecoming (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Homecoming, 1971.
Ink on paper, 4 1/8 × 6 7/8 inches.
Signed and dated.
Small toning stain left margin.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Time Shelters Memories: Doors (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Time Shelters Memories: Doors, 1975
Ink on paper, 23 × 29 inches. Measuring 29 × 35 inches in acid free matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibited: Woodmere ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Surreal Instruments in Space
Located in Columbia, MO
Richard Koppe (American, 1916 - 1973) studied at the St. Paul School of Art and the New Bauhaus in Chicago, where he was mentored by Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Gyorgy Kepes, and Alexander A...
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20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Panel
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled, (Aerial Circus Series), 1968.
Ink on Strathmore illustration board, 27 × 30 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Surrealist composition by José Gerson n°4 - Drawing 42x28 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
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1980s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
$220 Sale Price
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Earth River Flowing (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Earth River Flowing, 1979-86.
Ink on paper, 22 ¾ x 15 7/8 inches; measuring 22 × 28 inches in matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibition History: Roland Ay...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A 1940s, Modern Abstract Surrealist Drawing by Hananiah Harari, "Sky Traffic"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "Sky Traffic", by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on paper, dating from 1947. Art...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Aerial Circus Series (Ed Henderson), (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Aerial Circus Series (Ed Henderson), 1971.
Ink on paper, 11.75 × 16.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
A Colorful, 1947 Modern Surrealist Abstract WC by Hananiah Harari, "Wings"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Colorful 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "Wings", the artwork is watercolor, mixed medi...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Crayon, Watercolor
Landscape
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Landscape, 1968.
Ink on illustration board, 19 × 23 inches.
Signed and dated
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A Colorful 1930s Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Hananiah Harari "The Military"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Colorful, 1930s Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "The Military", the artwork is ink and colored pencil ...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Color Pencil
Pleasure Function (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Pleasure Function, 1972.
Ink on paper, 7 × 7 inches (image). Sheet measures an irregular 10 × 10 inches.
Signed and dated.
Acid-free matting measuring ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A Colorful, 1937 Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Hananiah Harari, "To the Wind"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Colorful 1930s Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "To the Wind", the artwork is colored pencil a...
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1930s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Peaceful Island (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Peaceful Island, 1968.
17 inches diameter on a panel measuring 19 × 23 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on Jul...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "Flash Watch" by Hananiah Harari
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "Flash Watch" by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on green toned paper, dating from...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Interior (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untited (From Aerial Circus Series), 1972.
Ink on paper, 4.5 inches diameter.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Spring (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Spring, 1972.
Ink on paper, 9.75 × 13.5 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Ali...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled (Miles Davis) (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled (Sad Shit), 1969.
Ink on illustration board. Panel measures 15 × 13 inches.
Unfinished composition on verso.
Artist and art educator, Roland ...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pyramid Mysteries (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Pyramid Mysteries, 1970.
Ink on illustration board, 13.5 × 9.75 inches.
Signed and dated. Titled on verso.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
A Colorful, 1942 Modern Surreal Abstract by Hananiah Harari "The Baroque Portal"
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Colorful 1942 Modern Surrealist Abstraction by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Titled "The Baroque Portal", the artwork is mixed medi...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Mixed Media
Amsterdam (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Amsterdam, 1967.
Ink on paper, 9.5 × 12.5 inches; 16 × 19 inches framed.
Signed and dated,...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Aery Kingdom (Black Surrealist Philadelphia artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Aery Kingdom, WIngs of Cloud, 1971
Ink on illustration board, panel measuring 19.5 × 25.5 inches.
Artist label on verso. Signed and dated.
Artist and a...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled Landscape 2
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Untitled (Landscape 2), 1968
Ink on paper.
30 × 28 inches.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A 1940s Modern Surreal Abstract Drawing "The Way of Scrutiny" by Hananiah Harari
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1940s Modern Surrealist Abstract Drawing, "The Way of Scrutiny" by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on paper, dating from 194...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
A 1930s Modern Abstract Drawing of Railroad Switching Signals by Hananiah Harari
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1930s Modern Abstract Drawing of Railroad Switching Signals by Notable New York Avant Garde Artist, Hannah Harari (Am. 1912-2000). Graphite on paper, dating from 1939. A...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Grasses (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
The Grasses: Vision of the Voodoo Child, ca. 1970
Ink on paper, 17 × 22. Measuring 22 × 28 inches in matting.
Artist initials lower left. Original artis...
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Surrealist Painting Royal College of Art LGBTQ+ Women artist Chicken Love
By Isabel Rock
Located in Norfolk, GB
Isabel Rock is a creator of contemporary fairy tales. A graduate of the Royal College of Art in London, her work is an explosion of strange occurrences while a surreal narrative take...
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2010s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Pen
Cubist Abstract, Surrealist Watercolor and Pencil Drawing by Dimitri Petrov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dimitri Petrov, American (1919 - 1986) - Untitled - Cubist Abstract, Year: 1976, Medium: Watercolor and Pencil on Paper, signed, Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm)
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Machine that eases one into a habit, Surrealist Pencil Drawing by Dimitri Petrov
Located in Long Island City, NY
Dimitri Petrov, American (1919 - 1986) - This is not an idea for an alluring machine that eases one into a habit, Year: 1975, Medium: Pencil and Paint on Paper, signed, Size: 22 ...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
An Avant-Garde, Modern Surreal Abstract Dreamscape, "Lost" by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
An Avant-Garde, Abstract Modern Surrealist Dreamscape by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A striking, black & white charcoal drawing on paper depicting a lone ...
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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Surrealist Geometric Variation Colors Drawings, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These exceptional original drawings, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, were designed by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The two rare paintings feature a geo...
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1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Composition - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original ink and watercolor drawing on paper, realized by the artist Antoine Mayo (1905-1990) in the 1970s.
Good conditions.
Antoine M...
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1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Geometric Color Variation Surrealist Drawings, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These exceptional original project drawings, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, are by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature a geometric ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
The society gravitates to an uncertain core by José Gerson - Pastel 68x50 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper without frame
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Color Pencil
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