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(Abstract Mythological Landscape) Untitled, 1965, Ian Hornak — Drawing
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1965. Paper Size: 11 x 14 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s graduate studies...
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Charcoal

Standing Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude Colored chalks on tan Strathmore paper, c. 1975 Signed in chalk upper right (see photo) Condition: Excellent Housed in an 8 play acid free rag matting S...
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1970s American Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Erotic French painter - 19th century figure drawings - Nudes - Ink on paper
Located in Varmo, IT
French painter (19th century) - Four erotic scenes. 17 x 24 cm without frames, 21.5 x 28.5 cm with frames. Antique ink drawings on paper, in wood...
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Late 19th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Drawing - Love and the Minotaur by Cuban Artist Jesus Nodarse
Located in Brooklyn, NY
For the Love and the Minotaur. Figurative Pencil Drawing on archival paper. Cuban Artist Jesus Nodarse 11 x 8 inches unframed THE MAN: Jesús Nodarse Valdés was born in Sagua la ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Pencil

Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas
Located in Soquel, CA
Under the Matterhorn - Acrylic on Canvas A sleepy village sits under the shadow of the Matterhorn in this Swiss-style painting by an unknown artist. A handful of lights illuminate w...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Acrylic

Yvonne Posant by Paulémile Pissarro, 1934 - Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED Yvonne Posant by Paulémile Pissarro (1884 - 1972) Graphite on paper 32 x 23.5 cm (12 ⁵/₈ x 9 ¹/₄ inches) Signed lower right, Paulémile-Pissarro-, and titled lower rig...
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1930s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

'Female Nude', by R.V. Goetz, Charcoal on Paper Drawing
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This Richard Vernon Goetz Drawing on Paper from the mid-20th Century features a standing female nude rendered in black and grey cross-hatch lines of Charcoal and Conté Crayon. The we...
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Mid-20th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Conté

Study of a Woman Sitting, Graphite Drawing, 19th Century French School
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size: 13 x 10 1/2 inches (33 x 27 cm) Mounted This is a delicate 19th century academic graphite drawing of a seated female nude in the neoclassical style. A...
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19th Century French School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Mother and child
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Frame with glass pane and wood and gold plastic edge 37 x 32 x 1 cm
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Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Crayon

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Gestural Ink Drawing #56, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Artist Gail Ragains displays a figurative abstract of a nude woman. Gail approaches the composition with spontaneous bursts of expression, followed by thoughtfu...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Nude. Contemporary Realistic Figurative Mixed Media Drawing Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary realistic figurative mixed media drawing on cardboard by Polish artist Andrzej Szypluk. Monochromatic drawing of a female in nude. PROVE...
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Early 2000s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Pastel, Cardboard, Pencil

'Après Le Bain', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp verso for Victor di Gesu (AmerIcan, 1914-1986) and drawn circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the C...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Gestural Ink Drawing #55, Abstract Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

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Artist Gail Ragain displays a nude woman with her leg elegantly raised, standing on her tiptoes. Gail infuses the piece with spontaneous bursts of expression, f...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Paper

"Nude with Hand on Hip Leaning Against Chair" Joseph Delaney, African-American
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Delaney Nude with Hand on Hip Leaning Against Chair, circa 1935 Signed lower right Watercolor on paper Sight 12 x 8 inches Provenance: Sacks Fine Art, New York Private Collection, New York African-American artist Joseph Delaney was a folk-expressionist painter who loved New York City, both as a subject for painting and the spectacle and experience of ever-changing life and vitality. Of the city, he said: "The curtain goes up on the stage of life every time we walk into the street. In spite of New York's being the most congested city I have been in, and know about, by and large, it's just people on the move. I have enjoyed more than I can say seeing people and hearing them speak about things they love and enjoy." Delaney, the son of a Methodist minister, was born in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1904, the ninth of ten children. It was in church that Delaney and his older brother, Beauford, began to express their art talent by drawing on Sunday School cards. He attended school there, leaving the Knoxville Colored High School at the end of the ninth grade. The next few years were spent doing odd jobs around town (caddy at the Cherokee Country Club, bell hop at the Farragut Hotel) until leaving for Chicago around 1924, where he served three years with the National Guard. He returned to Knoxville in 1929, selling insurance and helping found the city's first black Boy Scout unit. In 1930, Delaney went to New York City, studying at the Art Students League with Thomas Hart Benton, George Bridgman and Alexander Brooke. Other students there at the time included Jackson Pollock, Henry Stair, and Bruce Mitchell. In 1932, he exhibited in the first Washington Square Outdoor Art Show. He would continue to do so for the next forty years, working as a sketch artist there, drawing such celebrities as Eartha Kitt, Arlene Francis, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Tallulah Bankhead. Delaney would spend fifty-six years living and painting in the area of lower Manhattan, SoHo and Union Square. From 1934-1940, Delaney worked for the WPA (Works' Progress Administration) on projects in New York City including the Index of Design for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Pier 72 mural, and the Story of the Recorded Word mural at the Public Library. He also taught at Harlem and Brooklyn settlement houses and the Art Students League while exhibiting his paintings in his studio, art galleries and other exhibitions. In 1942, Delaney received a Julius Rosenwald grant of $1200.00 to travel, sketch and later paint the Eastern seaboard. In 1964, he was a sketch artist for the New Orleans exhibit and later the Ghana exhibit at the New York City World's Fair. From 1978-1980, he worked for CETA, the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act, as an artist in residence at the Henry Street Settlement. In 1979, Delaney's brother, Beauford, died in Paris at St. Anne's Hospital, an insane asylum. Delaney paid over $6,000 to the French government for taxes, storage, and shipping, to have Beauford's art and personal effects shipped to the U.S. The University of Tennessee would figure strongly in Delaney's life. In 1970, the artist had an exhibition there, and his painting, "V-J Day, Times Square", was added to their collection. In 1986, the Ewing Gallery exhibited, "Joseph Delaney: A Retrospective," as part of the Homecoming '86 Festival. In that year, author Alex Haley...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Nude - British Art Deco drawing reclining erotic female nude portrait RA artist
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1940 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at Th...
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1940s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Charcoal, Pencil

Standing Nude - British 1946 exhibited art female portrait - Royal Academician
Located in London, GB
An original 1946 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at The Roya...
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20th Century Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Woman from Behind in Charcoal on Paper Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). The model is on her side, facing away fr...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

Nude Women Bathers Pastel Painting by Catherine Bres-Rhocanges
By Catherine Bres-Rhocanges
Located in Atlanta, GA
This pastel painting by Catherine Bres-Rhocanges (1947 -) is titled "Group of Bathers" and signed on the bottom right corner "Bres-Rhocanges." Catherine Bres-Rhocanges paints women w...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Reclining Nude 2" Robert Gilberg 1950s Ink Brush Drawing on Japanese Rice Paper
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970) "Reclining Nude 2" c.1950s Ink on Japanese rice paper with writing 21.75"x9.75 unframed Signed in pencil lower right
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Rice Paper

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a nude male torso with washes of light aqua/sage green and accents of neon pink oil pastel. This is a part of Shap's '80s Interiors...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

Male Lying Nude
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a drawing from the artist's sketchbooks. This pencil drawing shows a nude male in repose, The drawing is dated November 30 '36 (1936). Clearly the works are authentic and this sketch is signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

"Pink Cheeks" American Modernist Robert Gilberg 1950 Ink and Pastel Nude Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970) "Pink Cheeks" c.1950s Ink and pastel on paper 12"x13.75" unframed Unsigned Good Condition - Wear consistent with age and history. Deep creases on upper le...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper, Pastel

Nude Couple, Pastel Drawing Signed Erik Miran 1976
Located in Pasadena, CA
A naked couple is depicted in a pastel on framed paper. The drawing seems to be a studio study signed Erik Miran and dated 1976 . The couple is characteristic of modern painting in...
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1970s Post-Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Reclining Nude - British 40's art nude female portrait Royal Academician artist
Located in London, GB
An original circa 1940 drawing painted by Royal Academy artist Christopher Sanders. A fine example of a Modern British nude drawing by an artist who exhibited hundreds of times at Th...
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1940s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Pencil

"Reclining Figure" Walt Kuhn, Figurative Nude Line Drawing, American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Walt Kuhn Reclining Figure, 1935 Signed and dated lower left Pen on paper Sight 11 x 15 inches Provenance: Kennedy Galleries, New York Spanierman Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York Exhibited: New York, Kennedy Galleries, Walt Kuhn, December 3 - 31, 1968, no. 71. Walter Kuhn...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Life study of a male nude in repose - European School, late 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
European School, late 18th century. Red chalk with primo pensiero in graphite on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (215 x 293 mm). Scattered light handling wear and multiple s...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Graphite, Chalk, Laid Paper

Béla Kádár "Weiblicher Akt" ( Female Nudes ), Ink on Paper 1920's
Located in Berlin, DE
Ink on paper, about 1920s, by Béla Kádár ( 1877-1956 ), one of the most important Hungarian artists of the 20th century. Signed lower right: Kádár Béla. Me...
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1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of two nude men in washes of brown with electric blu...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

1950s "Hand Over Head I" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Hand Over Head I" c 1950s Ink on paper 14" x 16.5" unframed Signed in pencil lower right Came from artist estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark S...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Nude Female - Italian British art Edwardian nude portrait drawing female artist
Located in London, GB
This is a fine detailed and superbly executed Edwardian drawing by Estella Canziani which dated to circa 1911. Drawn by one of the leading artists of the day, it is a very striking a...
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1910s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Dancer Study
By Christian Bérard
Located in London, GB
Pen and ink on paper, 27cm x 20cm, (54cm x 48cm framed). Provenance: Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York. Bérard, an artist, fashion illustrator and de...
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1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Standing male nude
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
Carl August Walther (1880 Leipzig - 1956 Dresden): Standing male nude with raised elbows, 20th century, Chalk Technique: Chalk and Charcoal on Paper Stamp: Lower left Estate stamp,...
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20th Century Symbolist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

18th Century Italian Old Master Drawing Nude Figure Sketches Male & Female
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figurative Sketches Italian School, mid 18th century circle of Pompeo Batoni (1707-1787) charcoal and pencil, heightened with white chalk, unframed...
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Mid-18th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil, Chalk

Nude Female Torso in Charcoal on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Female Torso in Charcoal on Paper Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collectio...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Bable
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sin...
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2010s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Nude woman mixed media original painting
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Perico Pastor (1953) - Nude woman - Mixed media Paper measurements 33x24 cm. Frame measurements 57x48 cm. Perico Pastor (La Seu d'Urgell, 1953) is a Catalan painter, designer and illustrator. He studied in Barcelona in 1976 and then emigrated to New York, where he lived for about twelve years. He had great success, publishing his illustrations in magazines such as Harper, Village Voice, Vogue and especially the New York Times. In 1980 he held his first exhibition at the Cornelia Street...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Untitled (Two Standing Nudes, one seated nude)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes, one seated nude) Graphite on wove paper, heightened with color, c. 1930 Unsigned From a sketchbook created while the artist was working in Paris Condition: Very good Provenance: Estate of the Artist Dawson's Auction, Morris Plains, NY, 2001 Boris Lovet-Lorski Lithuanian/Russian/American 1894-1973 Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade. Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists. He died in Los Angeles in 1973. Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers: “The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.” Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12. Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor Lilian Gish, Actress President Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist President Dwight D. Eisenhower Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959 President John F. Kennedy Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Art Institute of Chicago Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Brandeis University, Waltham, MA British Museum, London Boston University Brooklyn Museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
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1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Flowers never dye
Located in THOMERY, FR
Linda Clerget is a French artist known internationally for her paintings with classical and expressionist influences. She works to create a personal language based on the solid found...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Archival Paper

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of a nude man with a bandana in tones of brown and a...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

Phil Richards
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and gouache on paper, titled ‘Phil Richards’ and dated ‘Friday Dec 8 72’ (lower left), 64cm x 48cm (72cm x 56cm framed).(Provenance: the Artist’s estate (stamped verso)). the picture is framed behind UV glass Stonehouse had an extraordinary life. As a young art student studying fashion illustration, he joined the Royal Artillery at the beginning of WWII but soon became a part of the Special Operations Executive (SOE). He was sent to France as a radio operator but three and a half months later was caught by the Gestapo, tortured, given a death sentence and then selected for slave labour. He spent the subsequent war years in three French prisons and five concentration and labour camps, including Dachau. He still managed to continue to draw in some of the camps. Following the war, Stonehouse went to the US and continued his career as a fashion artist painting for magazines like Vogue, Harper's Bazaar and Elizabeth Arden. He was also an accomplished portraitist. His work is celebrated in Brian Stonehouse...
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1970s Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Astraea, a study for the Golden Age fresco at Dampierre by Ingres
Located in PARIS, FR
This beautiful drawing, of great technical virtuosity, is one of the many studies made by Ingres for Astraea, one of the key characters in the Golden Age fresco he painted between 18...
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1840s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Charles Sims, RA - Nude Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Mural
Located in London, GB
CHARLES SIMS, RA, RWS, RSW (1873-1928) Drapery Study for the Royal Academy Arts & Crafts Mural Pencil, squared for transfer Unframed, in conservation mount 17.5 by 24 cm., 7 by 9 ...
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1910s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Female Nude Study Black Pencil Drawing by G. Debotoiyche
Located in Atlanta, GA
Stunning woman nude pencil study by Russian painter G. Debotoiyche (20th Century). The representation is very modernistic, with only a few lines drawn to render the whole movement an...
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1920s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude
By Jonathan Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Hinckley & Brohel Gallery Jonathan Shahn, Born 1938 has been making sculpture, drawings and prints of the human figure since the early 1960s. He teaches at the Art Studen...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled 12
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Assa, Greddy Title: Untitled 12 Medium: Pencil on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 11.75 x 8.25" Framed Dimensions: 20" x 16.5" Signature: Pencil Signed Edition: Unique Prov...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Yvonne Assise by Paulémile Pissarro, 1934 - Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE SOLD UNFRAMED Yvonne Assise by Paulémile Pissarro (1884 - 1972) Graphite on pape...
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1930s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Standing Female Figurative Nude in Watercolor and Pastel on Paper by B. Warde
Located in Soquel, CA
Standing Female Figurative Nude in Watercolor and Pastel on Paper A woman is depicted standing, presumably pregnant, in the nude with her hand on the small of her back. The artist u...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor

Untitled 8
Located in Boston, MA
Artist: Assa, Greddy Title: Untitled 8 Medium: Pencil on Paper Unframed Dimensions: 11.75 x 8.25" Framed Dimensions: 20" x 16.5" Signature: Pencil Signed Edition: Unique Prove...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Untitled (Kneeling Male Nude)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Kneeling Male Nude) Graphite on paper, c. 1930 Unsigned Annotated in pencil verso: "This drawing was made by David Smith in the Matulka class at A. S. L. 1931 Signed Doroth...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Kneeling Nude by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Charcoal on paper
Located in London, GB
Kneeling Nude by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952) Charcoal on paper 19 x 27 cm (7 ¹/₂ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches) Initalled lower middle This work is accompanied by a certificate of authent...
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20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Light and Shape
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald is an artist of unusual depth and complexity. Sculpture has become his primary means of expression, yet this ability was built upon the foundation of a rigorous tra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté

Nude Study XXXI
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Richard MacDonald is an artist of unusual depth and complexity. Sculpture has become his primary means of expression, yet this ability was built upon the foundation of a rigorous tra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, signed by the artist (upper right), and RA visitor L. Alma Tadema, RA., and dated (lower left), 76cm x 57cm, (64cm x 88cm framed). Olivier studied at the Royal Academy Schools from 1881, where this extraordinary display of drafting took place. Olivier exhibited extensively, including the Royal Academy starting in 1883, and the Paris Salon. He exhibited at the Fine Art Society in the 1880s and at the Grafton Galleries in 1908. An official war artist in the Great War, his work is included in the collection of the Imperial War Museum. It is also contained in many regional art galleries. Drawings of the nude, called academic studies...
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1880s Victorian Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Cubist Nude Study Pastel Painting by John Begg
Located in Atlanta, GA
This lovely pastel painting on paper by John Alfred Begg (1903 - 1974) is a striking cubist nude study in blue, purple, and orange-rust colors with contrasting black lines. The artwork is signed in the bottom right corner. Provenance: From the estate of the artist. Newly reframed in an elegant deep-textured wood frame with orange, black, and gilded colors, original beige jute matte, and glass protection. Measurements: With frame: 17.13 in wide (43.5 cm) x 24.41 in high (62 cm). Opening view: 6.50 in wide (16.5 cm) x 12.44 in (31.5 cm). About: John Alfred Begg was born in New Smyrna Beach...
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1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided) Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). On the ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

'Nude', Musee d'Art Moderne, Paris, SFAA, LACMA, California Woman Artist, Carmel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity for Jane Ament De La Roche (American, 1916-2000) and created circa 1950. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Ament first studied at the Chouinard Art Institute and, subsequently, in Paris with André L’Hote...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite, Watercolor

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The human body has long been a favorite subject for artists throughout history. Nude drawings and watercolor paintings reveal the human figure but also the social ideals, traditions and cultural beliefs around people and bodies at the time they were created.

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Artists like Francisco Goya, Gustav Klimt and Lucian Freud — who painted his friends, his lovers and his children — found acclaim and success by creatively depicting the human body. More recently, as contemporary artists have followed the figurative muse, many painters are exploring the nude as a subject for their drawings and works in watercolors.

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