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Mid Century Modern East Bay I Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern East Bay I Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran Dynamic mid century abstracted
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Laid Paper

Mid Century Modern East Bay V Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern East Bay V Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran Dynamic abstracted geometric
Category

1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Laid Paper

Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
attraction to bold pattern, dramatic perspective and eye-catching hard-edged design was a poor fit with the
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Robert Indiana - 2.VII.59, signed unique painting on paper, ex-artist s estate
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
of assemblage art, hard-edge painting, and Pop art. Indiana, a self proclaimed “American painter of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

April IX
By John Harrison Levee
Located in Columbia, MO
Kooning. After experimenting with hard-edge geometric abstraction in the 1960s, he returned to a
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
By Jules Olitski
Located in Toronto, Ontario
hard-edge compositions. Olitski's spray technique was an evolution or abandonment of this approach
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paper, Acrylic

Untitled (Minimal Waterscape)
By John Havens Thornton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
; 1970s painting; geometric abstraction; minimal seascape; color field; hard-edge with soft edges; mid
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Squares
By Mario Yrisarry
Located in New York, NY
associated with the Op Art and Hard-Edge painting movements. He is known for his precise shapes, vibrant
Category

1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Untitled
By John Havens Thornton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
-tuned edges reveal nuance. The palette integrates beautifully with contemporary and mid-century
Category

Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled
By John Havens Thornton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
vertices and spill a cool violet ground to the right. Thornton’s hand-drawn geometry gives the hard-edge
Category

1990s Surrealist Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Figures resting by a canal
Located in GB
landscape painter active during the mid-19th century, known for his luminous rural scenes and gentle
Category

19th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Geometric Yellow and Red Acrylic Abstract in the style of Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Pasadena, CA
language of Roy Lichtenstein and mid-20th-century Pop and Hard-Edge abstraction. Framed in a slim, gold
Category

1970s Pop Art Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Abstract Cubist Still Life with Flowers Vase and Red Curtain French Gouache
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
confident mid-century energy. Nicod’s painting sits at the crossroads of abstract still life, Fauvist colour
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Pastoral Landscape, Gouache and Watercolour Painting by Alan Reynolds, 1953
By Alan Reynolds
Located in Kingsclere, GB
1958 at the Leicester Galleries, saw a return to a more hard-edged approach, as if the work exhibited
Category

20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Facer
By Jules Olitski
Located in Toronto, Ontario
hard-edge compositions. Olitski's novel process was an evolution or abandonment of this approach
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Juncture (sketch)" Friedel Dzubas, Color Field, Green and Red, Abstract Sketch
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
the Color Field painting movement in the mid-twentieth century and continued painting until the end of
Category

1970s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Pastel Pink, Color Field, Abstract Expressionist Work
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
New York School, Friedel Dzubas was associated with the Color Field painting movement in the mid
Category

1980s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Monotype

"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Red, Green, Bright Pastel Colors, Color Field Work
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
New York School, Friedel Dzubas was associated with the Color Field painting movement in the mid
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1980s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Monotype

"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Pastel Colors, Intense Red, Color Field, Unique Work
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
the mid-twentieth century and continued painting until the end of his life. In the 1950s, he was part
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1980s Color-Field Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Monotype

Large Contemporary Abstract Art "Cosmic Rainbow" on Canvas by British Artist
Located in Preston, GB
powerful statement in any interior, whether modern, mid-century, or eclectic. It embodies the essence of
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Early 2000s Contemporary Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic, Felt Pen, Permanent Marker, Cotton Canvas

Le Marche a Grimaud
By Yvonne Canu
Located in New York, NY
focusing on the interaction between color, form, and light. She emerged in the mid-20th century as part of
Category

1950s Pointillist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Composicion #23
Located in Milford, NH
A fine Mid Century vertical abstract expressionist oil painting by Panamanian artist Antonio
Category

1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

CE-094
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CE-092
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
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2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Porcelain

CE-093
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Porcelain, Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CE-091
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CE-090
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CE-089
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CE-088
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

CE-087
By Charlie Edmiston
Located in New Orleans, LA
mid-century modernists. Where his predecessors' explorations are narrowing and subtractive, Edmiston's
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Wood, Plywood, Adhesive, Mixed Media, Acrylic

WWII Private Theater: Gay American Soldier in Reflection
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
and watercolor on Whatman drawing board, signed CSG lower right. This rare mid-20th-century work
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

John David Rigsby Abstract Mixed Media on Canvas, American 1960
Located in Hudson, NY
chaos around him, Rigsby began a series of what he called "hard-nosed process paintings," the watercolor
Category

Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Jason Crum - "Chosen" - 1971 48" x 72" - Vladimir Kagan Provenance
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
A large scale hard edge painting executed by listed artist Jason Crum. This example hung in
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Vintage 1970s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic, Paint

Untitled
By Larry Zox
Located in Boca Raton, FL
other hard-edged shapes were orchestrated into brilliant symmetrical and asymmetrical compositions of
Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moby Grey
By Larry Zox
Located in Boca Raton, FL
other hard-edged shapes were orchestrated into brilliant symmetrical and asymmetrical compositions of
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Important 1944 Surrealist Oil on Canvas by Erle Loran
By Erle Loran
Located in Minneapolis, MN
hard-edge. From this he moved to figurative painting and later to geometric designs and symbols. Among
Category

Vintage 1940s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

Untitled
Located in Austin, TX
series of wall-sized white paintings. These laid the formal foundation for his sculptural work of the mid
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Boxes)
By John Havens Thornton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
. Thornton’s hand-drawn edges and layered color soften the hard-edge vocabulary, giving the painting a calm
Category

1980s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Box Open)
By John Havens Thornton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
painting; geometric abstraction; surreal minimalist; hard-edge with soft edges; modernist color field; mid
Category

1980s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Forms)
By John Havens Thornton
Located in Brooklyn, NY
abstraction with a quietly surreal undertone—as Thornton’s hand-drawn edges and layered paint soften the hard
Category

1980s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled, Edvins E. Strautmanis (1933-1992)
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
-1960s. Initially exploring hard-edge painting, sculpture, and monotype, he later gravitated towards the
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood

Nell Blair Walden Blaine "Standing Figure" Pastel Drawing, circa 1967
By Nell Blaine
Located in San Francisco, CA
exhibited hard-edged geometric paintings, mostly black and white with accents of bright colors. She joined a
Category

Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Cubist French Abstract Geometric Composition With Spheres Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
, suiting both modern interiors and collections of early to mid century French abstraction. While quieter in
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Unique LOVE drawing and studio notes (Hand Signed by Robert Indiana), Framed
By Robert Indiana
Located in New York, NY
, hard-edge painting, and Pop art. Indiana, a self proclaimed “American painter of signs,” created a
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Permanent Marker, Pencil

1940 s California Hills Landscape
By Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
focus and began painting more abstract images, fusing together Op Art, Pop Art and Hard Edge. Perhaps
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

"Untitled" Friedel Dzubas, Shades of Red and Blue, Lyrical Expressionist Work
By Friedel Dzubas
Located in New York, NY
School, Friedel Dzubas was associated with the Color Field painting movement in the mid-twentieth century
Category

1980s Color-Field Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

The Dead Tiger
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, turned increasingly to wood cut into hard-edge geometric shapes. From 1950, she lived primarily in New
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Larry Zox "Black Push" Drawing, 1965
By Larry Zox
Located in Toronto, Ontario
others. By the mid 1960's, Zox arrived at his most recognized style, utilizing hard-edge shapes in bold
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

The Dead Tiger
By Dorothy Dehner
Located in Fairlawn, OH
, turned increasingly to wood cut into hard-edge geometric shapes. From 1950, she lived primarily in New
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
and employ hard edges, working spontaneously, placing down a shape and then building upon it. Her
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 20 Red A (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
and employ hard edges, working spontaneously, placing down a shape and then building upon it. Her
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 24 Blue D Summer (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
shapes and employ hard edges, working spontaneously, placing down a shape and then building upon it
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Covers 24 Blue D Summer (Abstract Drawing)
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
shapes and employ hard edges, working spontaneously, placing down a shape and then building upon it
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Larry Zox "Teal Top" Drawing, 1966
By Larry Zox
Located in Toronto, Ontario
others. By the mid 1960's, Zox arrived at his most recognized style, utilizing hard-edge shapes in bold
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Covers 24 Blue D Summer
By Joanne Freeman
Located in London, GB
on handmade Indian Khadi paper. She uses tape to mask out shapes and employ hard edges, working
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Larry Zox "Meta Center" Drawing, 1965
By Larry Zox
Located in Toronto, Ontario
others. By the mid 1960's, Zox arrived at his most recognized style, utilizing hard-edge shapes in bold
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Larry Zox "Minus" Drawing
By Larry Zox
Located in Toronto, Ontario
others. By the mid 1960's, Zox arrived at his most recognized style, utilizing hard-edge shapes in bold
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

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