Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Untitled Abstraction
By John von Wicht
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstrraction
Gouache, watercolor and pigments on paper, c. 1960
Signed lower right in pencil (see photo)
Image: 17 x 22 inches
Sheet: 25 1/4 x 29 3/4 inches
Frame: 25 1/4 x ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Butterfly and Heart
By Damien Hirst
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Butterfly and Heart
Drawing in black felt pen over color screenprint 'spot' composition
Signed in full (bottom edge) and dedicated (top edge)
Dedicated by the artist
Annotated in fe...
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2010s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Folio from Communion of Saints, Reading from the Book of St. Matthew.
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Readings from the "Communion of Saints": folio from an Italian Missal
Pigment on vellum
Mid 17th century
Provenance:
Otto F. Ege (1888-1951)
Phillip Duechnes Bookseller, New York, c. 1948
References And Exhibitions:
Otto F. Ege Box Folio 27
Ege describes these folios as: Epistolary (Epistolarium), Italy, Middle 15th century
Latin Text: Rotunda or Round Gothic Script, square rhetorical neumes
Sister folio are in the following rare book libraries:
Case Western Reserve University
Cincinnati Public Library
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland Public Library
Denison University
Kent State University
Kenyon College...
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15th Century and Earlier Old Masters Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Vellum
Color is Life — Mid-Century Abstract Expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ernest A. Dieringer, Untitled (Color is Life), watercolor, 1959. Initialed 'ED' and dated ' '59' in red pencil at the top and bottom sheet edges—the artist's indication that the work can be viewed from either side. Signed 'Dieringer' in pencil in the bottom support board margin.
A fine abstract expressionist work, watercolor on white wove paper, with fresh, bright colors; the image extends to the sheet edges, spot glued to the original cream wove backing board, in very good condition. Archivally matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 9 x 10 15/16 inches; backing board size 13 1/2 x 16 3/4 inches.
Provenance: ex. Collection Alexander Raydon. The collector/dealer's well-known 'Raydon Gallery' was established in 1962 on 82nd Street and Madison Avenue, New York City.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Ernest Dieringer studied at the Art Institute of Chicago on a National Scholastic Scholarship, beginning his career with the Chicago-based Wells Street Gallery in 1957. He showed his work with other abstract artists, including Robert Natkin and John Chamberlain. The gallery was considered a vanguard space in Chicago for exhibiting emerging abstract artists from the surrounding area. Artists associated with the gallery eventually became known as the Wells Street Group. Due to the success of the gallery, Dieringer and other group members were invited by the Manhattan-based contemporary art dealer...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Field Study #749
By Terrell James
Located in Houston, TX
Terrell James
Field Study #749, 2020
Oil on vellum
20 x 16 in (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil, Vellum
Abstraction
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated in ink lower center
Provenance:
Charlotte Bergman, noted collector and patron of Walkowitz. See photo for additional information.
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1930s Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Pen
A Sandstorm on the Little Colorado River, Arizona
By George Elbert Burr
Located in Storrs, CT
A Sandstorm on the Little Colorado River, Arizona. 1920. Watercolor on watercolor board. Study for Seeber 189. 10 3/8 x 14 1/4. Signed lower left; titled verso. An exquisitely subtl...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (Abstraction)
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated by the artist vertically lower left edge.
Part of an experimental series of works using motor oil, India Ink, adhesives, sand, and various other mediums.
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1960s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Untitled
By Mark Fox
Located in Houston, TX
Mark Fox
Untitled, 2018
Acrylic ink and wax crayon on paper
50 x 38 inches
Framed
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Acrylic
$10,000
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1930
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo)
Condition: E...
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1920s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Untitled Art Nouveau Rondelle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown Artist, France, late 19th century
Anonymous c. 1900 Rondelle on antique laid paper
Ink, Watercolor and or Gouache
Unsigned
An Art Nouveau preliminary design for a decorative ...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor, Pigment
Untitled (SF64-121)
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis
Untitled (SF64-121)
1964
Gouache and oil on paper
69.9 x 104.4 cms (27 1/2 x 41 1/8 ins)
SF14605
Exhibited:
New York, 'Chamberlain/Francis', Van Doren Waxter, July 11- ...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Untitled Abstraction
By Medard P. Klein
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Graphite on paper. c. 1946
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver
Condition: Staining at corners
...
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1940s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Pastel on paper, 1922
Initialed and dated lower right (see photo)
Exhibited: Francis Nauman, Leon Kelly: Draftsman Extraordinaire, New York, April 4 - May 23, 2014.
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
The Orange Chicken...
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1920s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
$4,000
Non-Objective Drawing (Double sided composition)
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Non-Objective Drawing (Double sided composition)
Graphite on paper, 1938
Initialed "B" by the artist lower right corner
Created while the artist was imprisoned in a Gestapo Prison fo...
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1930s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
SAN ROMANO: BLACK NINE
By Robert Reed
Located in Portland, ME
Reed, Robert (American, 1938-2014). SAN ROMANO: BLACK NINE. Mixed media, collage, assemblage. painted and colored papers and office staples, not dated, but ...
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1980s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Drafting Film, Watercolor
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo) No. 05535
...
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1930s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo)
Condition: E...
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1930s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Graphite on paper, 1930
Signed and dated upper right (see photo)
Exhibited: Francis Nauman, Leon Kelly: Draftsman Extraordinaire, New York, April 4 - May 23, 2014. (label)
C...
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1920s Abstract Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$2,500
Lyric Suite: Liberté Toute Entière No. 3
By Robert Motherwell
Located in London, GB
Black ink with orange bleed on rice paper
22.9 x 27.9 cms (9 x 11 ins)
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20th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
September Morning: The First Ferry.
By Joseph Pennell
Located in Storrs, CT
September Morning: The First Ferry. 1929. Watercolor. 10 1/8 x 13 (image and sheet). Provenance: The Fine Art Society, London. A misty, impressionist watercolor on French papier ved...
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1920s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
$5,200 Sale Price
25% Off
2 STUDIES FOR REVOLUTION II (Grosvenor School Color Linocut)
By Cyril Power
Located in Santa Monica, CA
CYRIL POWER (British 1872-1951)
STUDIES FOR THE COLOR LINOCUT REVOLUTION II, 1931
Pencil on thin wove paper. Unsigned. Consists of two 3 inch square pencil drawings on one sheet of thin wove paper 10 x 7 3/8 inches. Preliminary studies for Power's Grosvenor School...
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1930s Futurist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
$1,240 Sale Price
20% Off
#45
By Alexandre Hogue
Located in Fairlawn, OH
#45
Ink on paper, 1970
Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist
One of a series of drawings, all made in 1970, which stemmed from Hogue's interest in Persian calligraphy. H...
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1970s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink
$2,750
Untitled
By Dorothy Heller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Watercolor on paper, 1990
Signed lower left corner
Provenance: Gift of the Artist to one of hr patrons
Distinguished Midwest Private Collection
Conditi...
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1990s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Rockport Harbor
— Mid-Century Modernism
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Wolchonok, 'Rockport Harbor', gouache, c. 1950. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, modernist work, with fresh colors, on cream wove drawing pape...
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1950s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7)
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Abraham Walkowitz, Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7), pencil, 1918. Signed and dated in pencil, bottom center. A fine, spon...
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1910s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Prelude to Transition
By Benjamin G. Benno
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Prelude to Transition
Pastel on paper, 1953
Signed and dated lower left (See photo)
Image size: 10 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches
Frame size: 24-5/8 x 1-1/2 inches
Exhibited and Illustrated: Z...
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1950s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Woodland Reflection — Mid-Century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Irving Lehman, Untitled (Woodland Reflection), watercolor, c. 1955. Unsigned, with the artist's estate stamp verso: 'Original Artwork By: IRVING G. LEHMAN Russian/American 1900-1982'...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Glen Orchy.
By David Young Cameron
Located in Storrs, CT
Glen Orchy. c. 1925. Watercolor, pencil and conte crayon on paper. 9 1/4 x 13 (sheet 10 3/8 x 13 1/4). Ex-collection L.G. Duke,purchased at Sotheby's, London '10.12.70'. Mat line; ot...
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20th Century Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil, Watercolor
$1,250 Sale Price
50% Off
Cityscape Reflections - Study No. 1
By Gerald Geerlings
Located in Storrs, CT
Cityscape Reflections - Misty Morning. 1980. Lithograph with pastel coloring. Czestochowski 42. Edition 40. 14 x 10 3/16 (sheet 18 x 14). Tape stains in the margins, not affecting th...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
BARK
By David Hutchinson
Located in Houston, TX
David Hutchinson
BARK, 2021
Unique archival inkjet print
24 x 18 inches (16 x 45.7 cm)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Inkjet
Untitled (Purple and Yellow)
By Gene Davis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Purple and Yellow)
Pastel on paper, 1981
Signed and dated lower right
Provenance:
Collection of Jan Cowles
Jan Cowles was married to Gardner Cowles owner of Cowles Media Co...
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1980s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
In the Garden of the Hummingbirds, No. XIX
By Michael Tracy
Located in Houston, TX
Michael Tracy
In the Garden of the Hummingbirds, No XIX, 1992
22 1/2 x 30 in (57.2 x 76.2 cm), unframed
25 1/2 x 33 1/2 in (64.8 x 85.1 cm), framed
JPHB 5649
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Late 20th Century Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache
Double Pyramid Thought Form
By Matt Magee
Located in Houston, TX
Matt Magee
Double Pyramid Thought Form, 2019
Oil on aluminum
25 1/2 x 19 1/4 in (64.8 x 48.9 cm)
JPHB 5837
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil
Untitled SF74-863
By Sam Francis
Located in London, GB
In the 1970s, the beginning of a new phase in Francis’ career was defined by the emergence of the ‘color blotches’. These spots of gritty, shimmering color were made through glazes, ...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Acrylic
$75,000
Untitled
By Fannie Hillsmith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Collage and crayon drawing, 1967
Signed and dated lower center (see photo)
Condition: Small imperfections from the creative process
Small tear on the left sheet edge (repai...
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1960s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon
Untitled. Still Life.
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
This gouache painting by Werner Drewes was created in 1942. Signed with a pen in the lower right. Cypher and date are just under the signature. Painted to the papers edge - the pap...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Here and There #4
By Kate Shepherd
Located in Houston, TX
Kate Shepherd
Here and There #4, 2020
Enamel and transfer on paper
12 1/2 x 19 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Geometric Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Enamel
HIDE
By David Hutchinson
Located in Houston, TX
David Hutchinson
HIDE, 2021
Unique archival inkjet print
24 x 18 inches (16 x 45.7 cm)
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Inkjet
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Pastel on paper, 1922
Initialed lower right (see photo)
Exhibited: Francis Nauman, Leon Kelly: Draftsman Extraordinaire, New York, April 4 - May 23, 2014.
Condition: Excell...
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20th Century American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$4,000
Bach - English Suite No.2 in A Minor - IV Gigue
By Hildegarde Haas
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and titled recto
A masterful example of the artist's series of music inspired works of art. Haas had the condition known as synesthesia.
Frame: 19 1/2 x 22 3/4"
Image: 11 3/...
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1960s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Gouache
Composition No. 12
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Composition No. 12
Gouache on paper, c. 1926
Signed lower right: “Urban Weis” (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image: 16 5/8 x 10 5/8"
Frame: 21 1/2 x 15 5/8"
Provenance: Dudensing G...
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1920s Cubist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Untitled
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated "1962" by the artist lower right.
Mixed media on heavy paper.
Done for a show to fund a trip to Italy.
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1960s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Mixed Media
Untitled (Abstraction)
By Rolph Scarlett
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Abstraction)
Ink on textured paper, c. 1958
Signed lower right "Scarlett" (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Archival framing with OP3 Acrylic
Sheet size: 21 3/4 x 30 inches
Frame size: 28 1/2 x 36 1/2 inches
Note: A rare mid to late 1950s example of the artist's abstract expressionist style.
Provenance: estate of the artist
Private Collection, Hudson River Valley, New York
Rolph Scarlett
B. 1889, GUELPH, ONTARIO; D. 1984, WOODSTOCK, NEW YORK
Born on June 13, 1889 in Guelph, Canada, and into an artistic family, Rolph Scarlett spent his teenage years as an apprentice in his uncle’s jewelry firm and briefly studied at the Art Students League, New York. While working in the jewelry industry, Scarlett found time to paint and design theatrical sets in his free time, including one for the 1928 world premiere of Eugene O’Neill’s drama Lazarus Laughed (1926). In 1923, while on a business trip to Switzerland, Scarlett had met the artist Paul Klee and soon after abandoned his figurative painting style in favor of an abstract language that suggested more universal, cosmic truths.
In 1937, after permanently settling in New York, Scarlett became acquainted with the artist and curator Hilla Rebay, the first director of the Museum of Non-Objective Painting (renamed the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in 1952). Rebay provided Scarlett with a Guggenheim Foundation scholarship to paint full-time and obtained several of his paintings for the museum’s collection. From 1940 to 1946, Scarlett served as the museum’s chief lecturer, giving Sunday afternoon talks on art. Through Rebay, Scarlett became acquainted with the nonobjective works of Rudolf Bauer and Vasily Kandinsky and further refined his abstract style. Works from this era such as Yellow Bar (1942) are defined by overlapping geometric planes of bright, primary colors set against mute backgrounds. Scarlett avoided any reference to the outside world and believed that nonobjective painting was an act, in his words, of “pure creation.”
During his lifetime, solo shows of his work were held at the Jacques Seligmann Gallery, New York (1949); Sioux City Art Center, Iowa (1951); and Washburn Gallery...
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1950s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Chorus Line
By Sam Spanier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Chorus Line
Oil pastel on paper, c. 1960's
Signed (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Estate of the artist (Estate No. 745)
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 5 3/4 x 4 inches
Sam Spanier (1925-2008)
Born in Brooklyn New York, Sam Spanier studied painting with Hans Hofmann (1949–50) and also at the Taos Valley Art School (1951). His formative years as a working artist were spent in Paris (1951–52), where he also became involved with the work of G. I. Gurdjieff, through his disciple, Mme. Jeanne de Salzmann.
By 1953, Spanier’s work had already begun to meet with critical acclaim. That year, he had his first solo gallery show, and was selected by Milton Avery and Hans Hofmann to receive the prestigious Lorian Fund Award. His second solo exhibition, in 1955, was curated by renowned museum director, Gordon Washburn. Spanier’s early work was reviewed by Dore Ashton, Donald Judd, Fairfield Porter, Stuart Preston, and Irving Sandler, among other significant critics of the period.
Spanier’s spiritual path increasingly became the central focus of both his life and his art. In 1960, he was introduced to the teachings of Sri Aurobindo, which led to visits to the Sri Aurobindo Ashram in Pondicherry, India, in 1962 and 1964, during which he was inspired to leave New York City and found Matagiri (in 1968)—a spiritual center in Woodstock, New York—with his lifelong partner, Eric Hughes. The work he embarked upon there bifurcates his life as an artist, separating him from New York’s art world, and radically altering the trajectory of his career. From that point forward, it would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to consider his artistic endeavor apart from the life of dedication he had undertaken, and to which he remained committed.
As early as 1954, Dore Ashton had recognized in Sam Spanier a “haptic visionary;” in 1960, Irving Sandler wrote that the people in Spanier’s paintings “seem to have witnessed some transfiguring event.” In his later paintings—usually worked in oil pastel on panel or paper—made during intermittent creative periods, from the mid-1970s to the final years of his life, the artist’s inner life remains always apparent in his subject matter; and from the portraits and abstract Buddha-like figures and heads, to the fantasy landscapes, the paintings are redolent with a rich intensity of color and light that can only be described as inspired.
Sam Spanier’s works are in the collections of the Historical Society of Woodstock Museum, and the Woodstock Artists Association & Museum. He received the Woodstock Artists Association Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.
Selected Solo Exhibitions:
Urban Gallery, New York (1954, 1955, 1956); Wittenborn Gallery, New York (1958); Gallery Mayer, New York (1958, 1959, 1960); Unison Gallery, New Paltz (1986, 1995, 2009); Limner Gallery, New York (1988); Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York (1999).
Selected Group Exhibitions:
Salon des Comparaisons, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris, France (1952); October Exhibition of Oil Paintings, New York City Center Gallery, New York (1954); Salon de Mai, Musée d’Art moderne de la ville de Paris, Centre Culturel de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, France (1954); Carnegie International, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1955); Les Plus Mauvais Tableaux, Galerie Prismes, Paris (1955);
Première Exposition Internationale de l’Art Plastique Contemporain, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris (1956); Recent Paintings USA: The Figure, The Museum of Modern Art (1960); Winter’s Work, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York (1985); Juried Group Show, Woodstock Artists Association, Woodstock, New York (1986); Woodstock Artists, Self-Portraits, Historical Society of Woodstock Museum, Woodstock, New York (1988); Portraits, Albert Shahinian Fine Art, Poughkeepsie, New York (2003); The World We Live In, Upstate Art, Phoenicia, New York (2003); Show of Heads, Limner Gallery, Phoenicia, New York (2004).
Selected Writings on the Artist:
Dore Ashton, “Sam Spanier,” Art Digest (May 1, 1954) and “Sam Spanier,” The New York Times (March 16, 1960); Cassia Berman, “Sam Spanier: A Divine Calling,” Woodstock Times (February 7, 2008); Lawrence Campbell, “Sam Spanier: Exhibition of Paintings at Urban Gallery,” Art News (April 1, 1954); Sam Feinstein...
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1960s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Crayon
Untitled
By Laddie John Dill
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Watercolor on paper. 1971
Unsigned
Sheet size: 24 x 19 inches
Condition: Excellent
From the collection of Ileana Sonnabend (1914-2007)
Laddie John Dill, a Los Angeles artist...
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1970s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Bach Cello Suite No.3 in C Major - III Courante
By Hildegarde Haas
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bach Cello Suite No.3 in C Major - III Courante
Watercolor and mixed pigments on paper, c. 1960's
Signed and titled recto (see photos)
A masterful example of the artist's series of music inspired works of art. Haas had the condition known as synesthesia.
Condition: Excellent
Archival framing with OP3 acrylic
Image size: 17 3/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Frame size: 27 1/4 x 21 inches
Synesthesia: Throughout her lifetime Haas had a condition known as synesthesia. Synesthesia, as defined by Wikipedia, is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway. Many famous artists, poets, musicians and authors throughout history have had synesthesia including Vincent Van Gough, Duke Ellington, Billy Joel, and Vladimir Nabokov. Haas' form of synesthesia is known as 'projective synesthesia'. With projective synesthesia Haas saw colors, shapes and/or forms when experiencing audio stimulation. Haas used...
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1960s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hai (Abba) (Hebrew translation: Hey Father)
Signed in ink lower left by the artist’s widow “AL” (Adele Lozowick)
Original label from early exhibition verso at The Art Corner
Graphit...
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1960s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
The Dead Tiger
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Dead Tiger
Ink and watercolor on paper, 1955
Signed and dated in ink (see photo)
Condition: Aging to the entire sheet (it's 78 years old)
Image/Sheet size: 18 1/4 x 23 inches
On...
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1950s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Untitled Abstraction
By Medard P. Klein
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Graphite on paper, c. 1946
Signed with the estate stamp verso
Provenance: estate of the Artist
Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver
Conditio...
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1940s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
UNTITLED COMPOSITION
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Portland, ME
Margules, De Hirsh. UNTITLED COMPOSITION, Ink on paper, 1962. Inscribed and signed in pencil within the image. 28 x 37 inches, 711 x 940 mm. In very good condition.
Margules (1899-1...
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1960s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Untitled
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Circles)
Graphite on wove paper, 2007
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Condition: Excellent
Sheet/Image size: 16 15/16 x 14 inches
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Pete...
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Early 2000s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled
By Shoichi Ida
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
molded mud-dried paper with collage elements, 1996
Signed and dated lower edge (see photo)
Annotated and titled verso
Sheet size: 24 x 7 inches
Provenance: Ralph Drake, fir...
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1990s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media
Mlle. Jeanne at the Window, No. II
By Benjamin G. Benno
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Mlle. Jeanne at the Window, No. II
Charcoal on paper, 1933
Signed and dated lower right (see photo)
Illustrated: Gustafson, Zimmerli Museum, 1988, "Benjamin Benno: A Retrospective Ex...
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1930s Surrealist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Untitled (six vignettes)
By Pierre Courtin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower center edge
Annotated verso: “5 Juin 1966
_____ et de soleil, de et d’oseille”
Image: 6 3/4 x 4 5/8"
Frame: 14 1/2 x 12 3/4"
Finishe...
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1960s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Gouache
Abstraction
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Pen and ink on paper, 1932
Signed and dated in ink lower center
Condition: Excellent
Sheet/Image size: 10 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches
Frame size: 16 1/2 x 12 1/2"
Provena...
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1930s Abstract Geometric Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Pen
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Catacombs
By Seymour Lipton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Catacombs
Black crayon on paper, 1971
Signed and dated lower right (see photos)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Alan Lipton (sons)
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1970s Abstract Geometric Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled
Pastel on paper, 1922
Signed with the artist's initials in pencil
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Francis M. Nauman (label)
Private collection, NY
A very early abstract/cubist work by Kelly. Created while the artist was studying with Arthur Carles in Philadelphia.
Leon Kelly (October 21, 1901 – June 28, 1982) was an American artist born in Philadelphia, PA. He is most well known for his contributions to American Surrealism, but his work also encompassed styles such as Cubism, Social Realism, and Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited by the trends of his time. His large output of paintings is complemented by a prolific number of drawings that span his career of 50 years. Some of the collections where his work is represented are: The Metropolitan Museum in New York, The Whitney Museum of American Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Boston Public Library.
Biography
Kelly was born in 1901 at home at 1533 Newkirk Street, Philadelphia, PA. He was the only child of Elizabeth (née Stevenson) and Pantaleon L. Kelly. The family resided in Philadelphia where Pantaleon and two of his cousins owned Kelly Brothers, a successful tailoring business. The prosperity of the firm enabled his father to purchase a 144-acre farm in Bucks County PA in 1902, which he named "Rural Retreat" It was here that Pantaleon took Leon to spend every weekend away from the pressures of business and from the disappointments in his failing marriage. Idyllic and peaceful memories of the farm stayed with Leon and embued his work with a love of nature that emerged later in the Lunar Series, in Return and Departure, and in the insect imagery of his Surrealist work. "If anything," he once said,"I am a Pantheist and see a spirit in everything, the grass, the rocks, everything."
At thirteen, Leon left school and began private painting lessons with Albert Jean Adolphe, a teacher at the School of Industrial Art (now the University of the Arts) in Philadelphia. He learned technique by copying the works of the old masters and visiting the Philadelphia Zoo, where he would draw animals. Drawings done in 1916 and 1917 of elephants, snakes and antelope, as well as copies of old master paintings by Holbein and Michelangelo, heralded an impressive emerging talent. In 1917, he studied sculpture with Alexander Portnoff but his studies came to an abrupt halt with the start of World War I. Being too young to enlist, he joined the Quartermaster Corp at the Army Depot in Philadelphia, where he served for more than a year loading ships with supplies and, along with other artists, working on drawings for camouflage.
By 1920, the family's fortunes drastically changed. His father's business had failed due to the introduction of ready made clothing and his marriage, unhappy from the beginning, dissolved. Broken by circumstance Pantaleon left Philadelphia to begin a wandering existence looking for work leaving Leon to support his mother and grandmother. He found a job in 1920 at the Freihofer Baking Company where he worked nights for the next four years. Under these circumstances Leon continued to develop his skills in drawing and painting and learned of the revolutionary developments in art that were taking place in Paris.
During the day he was granted permission to study anatomy at the Philadelphia School of Osteopathy where he dissected a cadaver and perfected his knowledge of the human figure. He also met and studied etching with Earl Horter, a well known illustrator, who had amassed a significant collection of modern art which included work by Brancusi, Matisse, and Cubist works by Picasso and Braque. Among the artists around Horter was Arthur Carles, a charismatic and controversial painter who taught at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Leon enrolled in the Academy in 1922, becoming what Carles described as, "his best student".
In the next three years Leon work ranged from academic studies of plaster casts, to pointillism, to landscapes of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, as well as a series of pastels showing influences from Matisse to Picasso. Clearly influenced by Earl Horter's collection and Arthur Carles he mastered analytical cubism in works such as The Three Pears, 1923 and 1925 experimented with Purism in Moon Behind the Italian House. In 1925 Kelly was awarded a Cresson Scholarship and on June 14 he left for Europe.
Paris
The first trip to Europe lasted for approximately three and a half months and introduced Kelly to a culture and place where he felt he belonged. Though he returned to the Academy in the Fall, he left for Europe again a few months later to begin a four-year stay in Paris. He moved into an apartment at 19 rue Daguerre in Paris and began an existence intellectually rich but in creature comforts, very poor. "I kept a cinderblock over the drain in the kitchen sink to keep the rats out of the apartment" he once explained. He frequented the cafes making acquaintances with Henry Miller, James Joyce and the critic Félix Fénéon as well as others. His days were split between copying old master paintings in the Louvre and pursuing modernist ideas that were swirling through the work of all the artists around him. The Lake, 1926 and Interior of the Studio, 1927, now in the Newark Museum.
Patrons during this time were the police official Leon Zamaran, a collector of Courbets, Lautrecs and others, who began collecting Kelly's work. Another was Alfred Barnes of the Barnes Collection in Philadelphia.
In 1929 Kelly married a young French woman, Henriette D'Erfurth. She appears frequently in paintings and drawings done between 1928 and the early 1930s.
Philadelphia
The stock market crash of 1929 made it impossible to continue living in Paris and Kelly and Henriette returned to Philadelphia in 1930. He rented a studio on Thompson Street and began working and participating in shows in the city's galleries. Work from 1930 to 1940 showed continuing influences and experimentation with the themes and techniques acquired in Paris as well as a brief foray into Social Realism. The Little Gallery of Contemporary Art purchased the Absinthe Drinker...
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1920s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
$4,000
Untitled Abstraction
By Medard P. Klein
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Graphite on paper, c. 1950
Unsigned
Signed with the estate stamp verso (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the artist
Inherited by his neighb...
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1950s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled Fabric Design
By Arthur Litt
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Fabric Design
Gouache on paper, 1920-1935
Signed with the Atelier Stamp verso (see photo)
Numbered with the Atelier Litt Archive number verso
(see photo) No. 37365
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1930s Abstract Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
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