Stamford / Westport - Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Orientalist drawing of a parading and caparisoned Persian Horse with its rider, and elephants in the background attributed by Hans Jacob Hansen 1853-1947 bears signature 'Hansen' ...

This small original hand-drawn illustration by Elizabeth Iadicicco is made with illustration marker, pen, and colored pencil on Strathmore marker paper. The drawing captures a portrait of a rabbit in profile on a light pink background. The drawing itself measures 8" x 6", and is 9.25" x 7.25" x 0.75" framed. It is signed by the artist on the back of the paper, and is framed in a white frame. It is ready to hang. This illustration pairs beautifully with The Oracle chicken drawing...

This original illustration by Laerta Premto features a painting of a narwhal made with watercolor and ink, on a minimalist white background. The painting itself is 8" x 6", and 15" x...

This original illustration by Laerta Premto features a painting of a whale made with watercolor and ink, on a minimalist white background. The painting itself is 8" x 6", and 15" x 1...

Keith Haring Untitled "Art Attacks on AIDS" Subway Drawing / Chalk on Paper Museum Acid Free Silk Backing, Charcoal Seamless Handmade Wood Frame and Museum Non Glare Plexiglass. Since the very beginning of his career, Keith Haring was always passionate about creating art that was easily accessible to everyone and his New York City subway drawings, murals and street art meant that a much larger and more diverse audience could experience his work, outside of the more insular space of an art gallery. As he traveled the New York City Subway System Keith noticed black matte paper had been used to cover expired adds. He purchased white chalk which he kept in his pocket, and started drawing, this quickly became a daily obsession of his. As the train would enter a station he would look for the black spaces on the subway station walls, exit the train, quickly draw without any planning or any preparation then leave on the next train. As noted by Dr. Amy Raffel: ""His incessant repetition, Haring’s subway drawings allowed him to perfect his highly recognizable reduced linear vocabulary, and to create an inventory of images. Simplification was practical: he needed to complete his drawings as fast as possible to avoid being arrested. He created characters, such as the barking dog and the radiating baby, which he drew on flat planes with no spatial depth, often with only a horizon line or a staircase to suggest space. Drawn close to the surface like cartoons, his images had immediacy and impact, and could carry multiple meanings through various combinations."" Keith is believed to have completed roughly 5,000 chalk subway...