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Country Lane in the Pine Forest - Mid Century Landscape Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Mexico City in the 1950s. He worked off of engineering drawings provided by numerous manufactures
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor, Cardboard, Paper

Mid-Century Portrait of an Elegant Woman (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Mexico City in the 1950s. He worked off of engineering drawings provided by numerous manufactures
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1960s American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
the 1950s. He worked off of engineering drawings provided by numerous manufactures including Ford
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1960s American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper, Watercolor

David Smith Sulzer Engineering Works I Switzerland Watercolor Modern British Art
By David Smith
Located in London, GB
RE (1920-1999) Sulzer Engineering Works Switzerland I Watercolour 26×36.5cm Please note we have two
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

Turbulent Communication Computer Aided Graphic Drawing by Artist Aldo Giorgini
By Aldo Giorgini
Located in Lafayette, IN
This is a rare original "artist's proof" computer-aided drawing by graphic artist Aldo Giorgini
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Retro Engineering Drawings

Anatomical Study - Drawing by Michael Burgess - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Original Drawing - Anatomical Study: Lion Skull - Frontal View, Upper, and Lower Casing - Graphite
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1970s Contemporary Retro Engineering Drawings

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Graphite

One More Time (Black Devil) Outsider Art Painting, Drawing
By Peter Dean
Located in Surfside, FL
to New York to work six months on, six months off in soil engineering and made art in the interims
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1980s Expressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

Lion Skull Drawing - Anatomical Study, Upper Casing by Michael Burgess - 1977
Located in Roma, IT
Original Drawing - Anatomical Study: Lion Skull - Frontal View, Upper, and Lower Casing - Graphite
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1970s Contemporary Retro Engineering Drawings

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Graphite

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 21
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing – foundry mould engineering poster – 21 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 25
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster – 25 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 23
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing – foundry mould engineering poster – 23 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 22
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech Technical Industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster, 22 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 18
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster – 18 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 17
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech Technical Industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster, 17 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 16
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster – 16 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 14
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical Industrial drawing – foundry mould engineering poster – 14 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 8
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry Mould engineering poster – 8 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 5
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech Technical Industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster, 5 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 1
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry Mould engineering poster – 1 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 13
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech Technical Industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster, 13 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 11
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing – foundry mould engineering poster – 11 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 3
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech Technical Industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster, 3 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 7
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing – foundry mould engineering poster – 7 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 26
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster – 26 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 32
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster – 32 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 29
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster – 29 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 33
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing, foundry mould engineering poster – 33 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Czech Technical Industrial Drawing, Foundry Mould Engineering Poster, 28
Located in Hook, Hampshire
Czech technical industrial drawing – foundry mould engineering poster – 28 Sourced from an old
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1970s Czech Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Andre Derain Etching signed in pencil
By Andre Darin
Located in Hudson, NY
allow him to stop training as an engineering student to develop his artistic talents. He devoted himself
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1950s French Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper

Andre Derain Etching signed in pencil
Andre Derain Etching signed in pencil
H 25.25 in W 18.5 in D 1 in
Euclid Avenue, Cleveland
By Lawrence Edwin Blazey
Located in New York, NY
, product development and engineering, and ceramics. In his professional life, he produced paintings and
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

Creekside Campsite - Mid Century Forest Landscape Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
of Art. He studied and painted art in Mexico City in the 1950s. He worked off of engineering drawings
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1960s American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor, Paper, Pencil

Nude Reading
Located in San Francisco, CA
, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or section of paper that was available. After earning an
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

The Triumphal Arch, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
talented, it was Jack who was the shining star, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

Saint Isaac's Cathedral, Leningrad
Located in San Francisco, CA
talented, it was Jack who was the shining star, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

Market Street, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
talented, it was Jack who was the shining star, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

State Capitol at Night, Sacramento, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jack who was the shining star, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or section of paper
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

Surreal semi-Nude Man in the Middle of the Highway
By Steven Stroud
Located in Miami, FL
Cola, General Electric, UPS, Omega Engineering and the Department of Defense. He was past president of
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1980s Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper, Watercolor, Ink

View from Latin Convent, Jerusalem, Graphite and Watercolour Signed Artwork
By Richard Phene Spiers
Located in London, GB
author. He was educated in the engineering department of King's College London, and proceeded thence to
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Mid-20th Century Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor, Graphite

"SPRINGS FLOWING" CANYON LAKE TEXAS
Located in San Antonio, TX
Texas in Austin he served as art editor of the university publication Architecture, Engineering and
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1980s American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

Snowflake Crime XIX, ACE Gallery Collection, unique signed acrylic & fabric work
By Robert Rauschenberg
Located in New York, NY
increasingly conceptual, generating Automobile Tire Print, with John Cage (1953), and Erased de Kooning Drawing
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1980s Pop Art Retro Engineering Drawings

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Fabric, Acrylic, Handmade Paper, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Alexander Calder Yin Yang and Pinwheel 1969 Gouache on Canson Paper Signed
By Alexander Calder
Located in Paris, FR
, Pennsylvania. In 1919, he received an engineering degree from Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New
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1960s Modern Retro Engineering Drawings

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Gouache

R Winton Aldridge St John's College Cambridge watercolour painting
By Rowland de Winton Aldridge
Located in London, GB
Welsh engineering company De Winton & Co (1854-1901) that built narrow-gauge railways. He was a
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Watercolor

"The Old Carriage" Large watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or section of paper that was available. After earning an
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

Materials

Watercolor

"Reclining Nude"
By Gabriel Mayorga
Located in Southampton, NY
Bogota attending an engineering institute before working for a magazine Revistas Estrellas. He moved to
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1970s Post-Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Oil Pastel, Paper

"Staircases Falling Out, " Adrianne Wortzel, Blue and Gold Abstract Op Art
By Adrianne Wortzel
Located in New York, NY
well as the Gateway Engineering Education Coalition at Cooper Union.
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1980s Op Art Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper, Acrylic

Mouvement Spatiale, 1962 - crayon, 80x130 cm., framed.
Located in Nice, FR
Condorcet, first graduates in science and languages, then at the Engineering College just before World War 1
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1960s Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Crayon

James Gowan FRIBA Fountains Abbey Modernist Architect Leicester Engineering
By James Gowan
Located in London, GB
and architectural drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from
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Mid-20th Century Modern Retro Engineering Drawings

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Oil

Minimalist Mixed Media Drawing and Sculpture Andrew Topolski American 1982
By Andrew Topolski
Located in Buffalo, NY
University at Buffalo. His work consists of various mixed media constructions, series of delicate drawings
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1980s Conceptual Retro Engineering Drawings

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Mixed Media

Candido Ballester. surreal. black. face. acrylic painting
By Candido Ballester
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
his parents. There he decides to study aeronautical engineering and while doing so, he begins to write
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1980s Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Acrylic, Cardboard

Candido Ballester. Personale original surrealist mixed media painting
By Candido Ballester
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
his parents. There he decides to study aeronautical engineering and while doing so, he begins to write
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1980s Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

Untitled signed sculpture, from the collection of Dick Polich, Tallix Foundry
By Stephen Talasnik
Located in New York, NY
ongoing studio investigation of drawing. Photographers Harry Callahan and Aaron Siskind lectured on the
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1990s Abstract Expressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Metal

Candido Ballester Sueño original Magical Surrealism mixed media paper
By Candido Ballester
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
his parents. There he decides to study aeronautical engineering and while doing so, he begins to write
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

'River Thames and the Tower Bridge, London' by Charles Hug ( 1899 – 1979 )
Located in Bruges, BE
mechanical engineering apprenticeship in a printing company after completing his schooling. Despite this
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Canvas, Oil

C. Ballester Sueño Original Surrealism Mixed media paper painting
By Candido Ballester
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
Argentina with his parents. There he decides to study aeronautical engineering and while doing so, he begins
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Late 20th Century Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Mixed Media, Acrylic

Midcentury Ceramic Sculpture by Fausto Melotti
By Fausto Melotti
Located in Milan, Italy
and engineering—disciplines that exerted clear influence upon his distinctive practice across
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Retro Engineering Drawings

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Ceramic

Rainbow Dancer, Native American Indian Lithograph California Woman Artist
By Alice Asmar
Located in Surfside, FL
accepted a job as an engineering drafter at Boeing Aircraft in Seattle. Her Assignment was clearing top
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1980s Contemporary Retro Engineering Drawings

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Lithograph

Jorge Castillo - EROTIC COMPOSITION Etching on paper Spanish Surrealism
By Jorge Castillo
Located in Madrid, Madrid
writing a novel. He learns technical drawing while working in the engineering industry, and starts his
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1970s Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Engraving, Etching

Jorge Castillo - MARIENZA EN DOMINGO Etching Spanish Surrealism Feminine
By Jorge Castillo
Located in Madrid, Madrid
drawing while working in the engineering industry, and starts his interest in contemporary painting. Since
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1970s Surrealist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Paper, Engraving, Etching

Northern India, Near Himalaya Range
Located in San Francisco, CA
, constantly drawing, filling every available piece or section of paper that was available. After earning an
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Retro Engineering Drawings

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Oil

Fiesta, c. 1973, red, yellow & blue figurative abstract lithograph
By Alexander Calder
Located in Beachwood, OH
engineering from the Stevens Institute of Technology in 1919. He tried a variety of jobs including working in
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1970s Modern Retro Engineering Drawings

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Lithograph

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