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Style: American Realist
1930s Nude Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous 1930s figure drawing of a seated female nude by student of Lee Fritz Randolph (American, 1880-1956), 1937. Signed "Randolph," "C.S.F.A." for California School of Fine Art and dated "6/28/37" upper right. "C.S.F.A" and "6/28/37" lower right. Unframed. Image size, 25"H x 10"L. We believe a student of Lee Randolph...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper, Pencil
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Graceful depiction of seated nude female figure by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Joseph Yeager works directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges. No frame.
Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper, Watercolor
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman Judaica Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Synagogue interior. reading the Torah. Jewish Prayer. Judaica piece.
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recen...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Shema Yisrael, Hear, O Israel. Jewish Prayer. Judaica piece.
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently prod...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
MoMA, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently produced watercolor painting...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Two Children and Dog
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Children with Dog" is an original ink drawing on vey thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed a...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Ford T
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Ford T" is an original ink drawing and gouache on thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed at the lower left corner by the arti...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Based on a poem or song. Poetry piece
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently produced watercolor paintin...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
'New England Fisherman's Wharf, ' by Morris Blackburn, Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
In this New England wharf scene, Morris Blackburn composes a familiar assemblage of boats, dock, and weathered, wooden buildings against a crisp blue morning sky with light clouds....
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modernist Watercolor Painting Peter Goldman American Filmmaker Neo Expressionist
Located in Surfside, FL
Bilbouquet sporting painting
Watercolor painting hand signed by Peter Emanuel Goldman.
Legendary French American Film Auteur, These are recently produced watercolor paintings based ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Near Pueblo Canyon, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, Watercolor on Paper Landscape
By Peter de la Fuente
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Near Pueblo Canyon" is a watercolor on paper landscape by American artist Peter De La Fuente. The painting is matted and framed under glass, it is signed "Peter De La Fuente" in the lower left and comes from the Estate of the Artist, Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Pueblo Canyon is a deep gash in the Pajarito Plateau that runs through the center of Los Alamos...
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Early 2000s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Petite Treat, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"My wife has been baking pecan pies for the holiday season," shares artist Dwight Smith," which inspired me to paint the still life. I love the warm colors of...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mending, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A culinary-themed still life featuring a Honeycrisp apple and sewing thimbles. "The beautiful profession of farming requires many hours of pruning or mending ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pelargonium #3, Floral, Richard de Bas paper, realism, botanical
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor on handmade Richard de Bas "fleurs" paper
Agnes Murray has an extensive exhibition history and she is represented in both private and public collections.
Ms. Murray is a p...
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2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Handmade Paper, Archival Paper, Watercolor
Pelargonium #4, Floral, Richard de Bas paper, realism, botanical
By Agnes Murray
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Watercolor on handmade Richard de Bas "fleurs" paper
Agnes Murray has an extensive exhibition history and she is represented in both private and public collections.
Ms. Murray is a p...
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2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Handmade Paper
Seeds Sown, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
In this realist still life watercolor, artist Dwight Smith focused on the warm contrast of the bright red apple and wooden spools against the dramatic gradient ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Building New York
By Leon Kroll
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Building New York
Watercolor on paper, c. 1915
Signed by the artist lower right (see photo)
Partial watermark: "MADE IN ENGLAND... LINEN FIBER"
Excellent, COLORS FRESH AND VIBRANT
Br...
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1910s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
African Agapanthus, or Blue Lily, a native of the Cape
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): FJK
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Early 19th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Squashed, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
A carefully balanced stack of books rests on a support of golden squashes, offering viewers a playful double entendre of the fall ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Figural Studies
By Thomas Sully
Located in New York, NY
Pen and ink on tan laid paper
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19th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper
Dust Bowl, monotype, black and white, wpa style
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
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2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
Seaward
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Seaward', depicting a cargo ship exiting Golden Gate, passing Seal Rock, and entering the Pacific.Ocean, is a highly collectable original 10 x 16 inch watercolor painting by Interna...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Hemlock--Selden's Neck, Lyme, Connecticut
Located in New York, NY
Framed, 5.25 x 8.5 x 1.5 in.
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19th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tree and Fence, East Hartford, Connecticut (New England Landscape)
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor and gouache on paper
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Flox de Pascua-Magnolia (Tropical Trees & Plants)
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on paper
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Two Nudes Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Figure study drawing with two nudes by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Signed with the initials "MWE" in the lower right co...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pen
Bitter Quassia, a native of Surinam
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): FJK
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Early 19th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fried Apples, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"My mom gave my wife and me several cast iron pans of various sizes," says artist Dwight Smith of the setup for this realist stil...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Seascape of waves crashing against a large rock by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Palmistry Readings / watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Palmistry Readings' a highly collectable original watercolor 17 3/4 x 21 1/2 inch painting by Internationally acclaimed American Realist James Torlakson. Currently unframed however ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Outside the Deck by Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Outside the Deck by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joseph Yeager" lower right. No frame. Estate of Joseph Yeager on verso.
Image, 22.75"H x 30.25"W
Signed, lower right "Joe Yeager"
Provenance; from the Joseph Yeager estate.
Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Postman - original watercolor
Located in Burlingame, CA
Iconic Postman original watercolor painting is 11 1/2 x 7 inches / professionally framed at approximately 19 1/2 x 15 inches. Artist signed, titl...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Annual Lavatera a native of Spain
Located in New York, NY
Signed (at lower right): FJK [partial]
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Early 20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
View of Ninth Street Bridge
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Canal and Silos
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Gowanus, Reflections
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Evening on the Canal
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Cement Factory, Gowanus Canal
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daughter. The artist graduated from LaGuardia High School of Music and Art, as well as Vassar College, The Art Students League of New York and received a B.F.A. from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
During his career, Buckner has discovered many different themes, but the one to which he has most often returned is the urban landscape. In these paintings, he allows the viewer a distinctive look into his everyday surroundings, often including factory rooftops, bridges and the rapidly changing Gowanus Canal...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Factories, Sunlight, and Clouds
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Underneath the Elevated Train
Located in Fairfield, CT
Derek Buckner is represented by George Billis Gallery NYC and LA. Born in 1970, Derek Buckner lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, novelist Joanna Hershon, their twin sons and daug...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Unconscious 3
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Category
2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
Incoming Tide, Mid Century Seascape Watercolor (unfinished work)
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid-century watercolor seascape of the incoming tide, waves crashing on rocks by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century), c. 1940s-1950s. Painted on heavy bond watercolor pape...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Evidence of Life, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"Living in Florida where it is hot and humid, I always get excited when the calendar turns to autumn with the remote promise of cooler weather," jokes artist ...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Whimbrel #11 Speaking Out, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
This whimbrel was trying to tell me something as he was leaving. Whimbrels don't talk a lot, so this image is amusingly unusual. He's painted in browns and gray...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Ralph Ledesma – American (1910-1993)
Title: Untitled
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 14.5 x 21.5 inches.
Framed size: 21.75 x 28.75 inches
Signature: Signed lower left
Condition: Very good
Frame: Framed in original frame. Frame in fair-good condition
This evocative watercolor is by California watercolor artist...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Support Group, Original Painting
By Dwight Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist Comments
"What makes you feel good through a storm in your life?" asks artist Dwight Smith. "A good support group. Family and friends are excellent for support - but f...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Empty Booth - iconic watercolor - Red Devil Fireworks
Located in Burlingame, CA
Empty Booth - an iconic American original watercolor painting - 36 x 24 inches - by James Torlakson, who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings. Empty Booth depicts the inside of an empty fireworks booth with a Red Devil...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Mid-Century Cottage in the Woods Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century watercolor landscape of a cottage in the woods, executed with phenomenal attention to detail, by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century Autumn Harvest Watercolor Still-Life with Gourds & Purple Corn
Located in Soquel, CA
Exceptionally detailed mid century watercolor still-life depicting an autumn harvest, with bumpy gourds spilling out of a basket, several ears of deep purple corn, and a fringed blan...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Listen
Located in Denver, CO
Rock formations in landscape
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2010s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Turkish Yataghan, Illustration of Baby, Collier's Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Baby caring a horse shoe on his shoulders reminiscent of the famous J. C. Leyendecker Baby covers for the Saturday Evening Post. This is a cover illustration/ painting for Collie...
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1930s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Mid-Century Hillside Trees Landscape Watercolor (unfinished)
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century landscape watercolor with a tall, stately tree in the foreground, its many forking branches depicted with exceptional detail, and a verdant background of rollin...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Mobile Home with Honda - original watercolor, 1974
Located in Burlingame, CA
Mobile Home with Honda - watercolor is 9 3/4 x 21 1/4 inches. Artist signed, titled and dated. Condition is excellent.
James Torlakson, an international...
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20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor
Lumen Martin Winter, "Lightning, " Watercolor on Paper, circa 1975
Located in Long Island City, NY
This painting was created by American artist Lumen Martin Winter. Winter's figurative equestrian paintings sometimes play with the edge of abstraction, resulting in an expressionisti...
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1970s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Mid-Century Scenic House with Tree Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderful mid-century watercolor landscape of a charming house with porch rendered in crisp detail, and a sprawling verdant green yard with large tree and sheds by Joseph Yeager (ear...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Stone Monument to a Forest Cabin, Mid-Century Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Stone Monument, a mid-century landscape by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. No frame. Unfinished, unsigned work. Estate of Joseph Yeager on Verso.
Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Southwest Living Room Interior Still-Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed watercolor of a Santa Fe southwest style living room, full of vibrant Navajo patterned textiles, by unknown artist "West" (American, 20th Cen...
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1990s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Phantom Fireworks - original watercolor painting
Located in Burlingame, CA
Phantom Fireworks - an iconic American painting by James Torlakson who is known for his photorealist oil paintings, watercolors and aquatint intaglio etchings.
Torlakson’s photoreal...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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