Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
CUBIST STYLE
Inspired by the nontraditional ways Postimpressionists like Paul Cézanne and Georges Seurat depicted the world, Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque pioneered an even more abstract style in which reality was fragmented into flat, geometric forms. Cubism majorly influenced 20th-century Western art as it radically broke with the adherence to composition and linear perspectives that dated back to the Renaissance. Its watershed moments are considered Picasso’s 1907 Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, in which nude figures are fractured into angular shapes, and Georges Braque’s 1908 painting show, which prompted a critic to describe his visual reductions as “cubes.”
Although Cubism was a revolutionary art movement for European culture, it was informed by African masks and other tribal art. Its artists, which included Fernand Léger, Alexander Archipenko, Marcel Duchamp, Juan Gris and Jean Metzinger, experimented with compressing space and playing with the tension between solid and void forms in their work. While their subjects were often conventional, such as still lifes, nudes and landscapes, they were distorted without any illusion of realism.
Cubist art evolved through different distinct phases. In Analytic Cubism, from 1908 to 1912, figures or objects were “analyzed” into pieces that were reassembled in paintings and sculptures, as if presenting the same subject matter from many perspectives at once. The palette was usually monochromatic and muted, giving attention to the overlapping planes. Synthetic Cubism, dating from 1912 to 1914, moved to brighter colors and a further flattening of images. This unmooring from formal ideas of art would shape numerous styles that followed, from Dada to Surrealism.
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Style: Cubist
Night Owl by Michel Debieve Mid-Century French Cubist Painting on Carton
Located in Atlanta, GA
This piece is framed.
Unframed (the artwork only) measures 9.5"H x 7.5"W
Michel Debiève was born on May 29, 1931, with his twin brother Raymond, in a popular suburb of Maubeuge (No...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Cardboard
Abstract Cubist Seascape Lithograph by Roger Lersy
By Roger Lersy
Located in Atlanta, GA
Lithograph on paper by Roger Lersy (France - 1920 - 2004). Stunning abstract seascape cubist composition with a highly colorful design of old boats executed by the artist in France c...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Lithograph
Blue Figure Sitting by Michel Debieve Mid-Century French Cubist Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
Michel Debiève was born on May 29, 1931, with his twin brother Raymond, in a popular suburb of Maubeuge (North of France). Very early, encouraged by Emile, their father, the two brot...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Mixed Media
A Cubist, Untitled Mural Study of a City Scene by Artist Rudolph Weisenborn
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, untitled mural study, Cubist city scene by WPA-era artist Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940. Archivally matted to 16" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Rudolph Weisenborn was born in Strassburg, Germany in 1881, but was orphaned at the age of nine. He was taken-in by Mid-Western farmer Thomas Westaby and spent his early years in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. Weisenborn first attended the University of North Dakota in 1898, then the Students School of Art in Denver. Various accounts have him working out west as a gold miner and cowboy.
Around 1912, he settled in Chicago and worked as a window designer for Marshall Field’s. Weisenborn is best known as the founder of the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists. The group was founded because many artists could not get their work accepted into the mainstream Art Institute shows. Weisenborn is quoted as saying that he harbored feelings of disdain for any jury and that his own paintings were frequently rejected by conservative jurors. He was also involved and helped found other radical artist’s groups such as the Salon des Refuses, Cor Ardens and Neo-Arlimusic. In 1936, he helped found the New York-based American Abstract Artist’s Group. He created the only abstract mural for the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and also worked for the Federal Arts Project in the Easel Division. His WPA murals can be found in Crane Technical High School and Nettlehorst Elementary School in Chicago, IL. In 1945, Chicago businessman Herman Spertus...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
A Graphite on Paper Mural Study of a Rail Yard by Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940
Located in Chicago, IL
A graphite on paper, untitled mural study, Cubist scene of a rail yard by WPA-era artist Rudolph Weisenborn, ca. 1940. Archivally matted to 16" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Rudolph Weisenborn was born in Strassburg, Germany in 1881, but was orphaned at the age of nine. He was taken-in by Mid-Western farmer Thomas Westaby and spent his early years in Wisconsin, Iowa and North Dakota. Weisenborn first attended the University of North Dakota in 1898, then the Students School of Art in Denver. Various accounts have him working out west as a gold miner and cowboy.
Around 1912, he settled in Chicago and worked as a window designer for Marshall Field’s. Weisenborn is best known as the founder of the Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists. The group was founded because many artists could not get their work accepted into the mainstream Art Institute shows. Weisenborn is quoted as saying that he harbored feelings of disdain for any jury and that his own paintings were frequently rejected by conservative jurors. He was also involved and helped found other radical artist’s groups such as the Salon des Refuses, Cor Ardens and Neo-Arlimusic. In 1936, he helped found the New York-based American Abstract Artist’s Group. He created the only abstract mural for the 1933 Century of Progress Exhibition in Chicago and also worked for the Federal Arts Project in the Easel Division. His WPA murals can be found in Crane Technical High School and Nettlehorst Elementary School in Chicago, IL. In 1945, Chicago businessman Herman Spertus...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
Cubist Charcoal Figure Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Cubist Charcoal Figure Drawing on Paper
Rich figurative drawing with wonderful depth to the composition by unknown artist. Artist has a strong command over charcoal as a medium, wit...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
untiltled, black, white and gray etching
Located in Belgrade, MT
This etching is in very good condition, it is signed and numbered by the artist but I was unable to identify the artist. It is a piece from my private collection of artists from the ...
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20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Etching, Lithograph
Color Block Abstract on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored abstract by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Eggleston's use of various mediums and techniques show through...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Cubist Nude 52
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink
Cubist Nude 37
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink
Cubist Nude 80
By Michael Loew
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist, Vincent Vallarino Gallery
Lawrence Fine Art is pleased to present a suite of early, cubist-inspired nudes by first generation abst...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink
Three Cubist Still Life Studies by Philadelphia Artist and Collector Earl Horter
By Earl Horter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Earl Horter (American, 1883-1940)
Three Still Life Studies
Pencil on paper, 7 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches; Framed: 17 x 21 inches
NOTE: while originally mounted with archival materials, the...
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Early 20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a charcoal drawing by Fernand Léger. The drawing is signed lower right, "F.L. 30". The framed piece measures 17 1/4 x 21 1/4 x 7/8 in.
A veteran of the battle of Verdu...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Abstracted Cubist Turkey in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Turkey Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abs...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Abstracted Cubist Lion Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Lion Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abstract...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Abstracted Cubist Egyptian Pharaoh Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Cubist Egyptian Pharaoh Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Centur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil Pastel
Abstracted Woman in Shadows in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Woman in Shadows in Pastel on Paper
Brightly colored abstract drawing by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abstracted woman figure is depicted walkin...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil Pastel
Abstracted Cubist Cat Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored abstract portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). An abstracted figure is depicted as having a cat-like eye and sharp teeth, but the exact fea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel, Paper
"Paysage Cubiste" Watercolor 1915 cm. 23, 5 x 18, 5 Cubism
Located in Torino, IT
Survage,Cubism,1915,france
Leopold Survage ( 1879-1968)
Work signed lower right
Provenance :
Gallerie Zlotowski Paris
Galerie Guillermo de Osma ,Madrid
Private collection In Madrid...
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1910s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Figure Study
By Carl Holty
Located in Lawrence, NY
Signed, E Holty, (Elizabeth Holty, artist's widow) and inscribed, 1142, on verso of mount.
Provenance; Private Collection, NY; Gary Snyder Fine Art, NY.
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink
Composition No. 12
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Composition No. 12
Gouache on paper, c. 1926
Signed lower right: “Urban Weis” (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image: 16 5/8 x 10 5/8"
Frame: 21 1/2 x 15 5/...
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1920s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Abstract 1, 70's - gouache on paper glued on canvas, 75x110 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
gouache on paper maroufflé on canvas. not framed.
*Paul Rigoulet, peintre abstract français, né en 1924 à Samöens (Haute-Savoie). Il fait ses études à l'école nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts de Paris, atelier Jean Souverbie...
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1970s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Late Art Deco Period Cubist Nautical Harbour Scene
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late Art Deco Period, Cubist watercolour of a nautical harbour scene painted by Yan Bernard Morel (dit Yan Bernard Dyl ) in 1939.
Yan B. Morel, born on June 18th 1887, was a French painter, landscape designer, decorator, illustrator and film maker.
Morel was a friend of Robert Delauney...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Carbon Pencil
Head, Modern Cubist Drawing by Benjamin Benno 1948
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original crayon on paper drawing by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 21.25 x 17.5 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the int...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon, Board, Laid Paper
The Life of a Comma, Modern Abstract Still-Life Drawing by Benjamin Benno 1961
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original charcoal on paper by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 25 x 9.5 inches. Nicely framed to 37 x 21.5 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputa...
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1960s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Archival Paper
Nude Study
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
double-sided c.1950's drawing by Spanish artist, Federico Castellon (1914-1971). Ink on wove paper, sheet measures 10 x 13 inches; 21.5 x 24.5 inches in wood frame. Excellent condition with no restoration or damage. Signed with artist's chop in red ink seal that he used in Asia. From a recently discovered collection of over 60 important Castellon drawings and watercolors c.1939-1950.
Birth place:
Almeria, SpainDeath place: New York, NYAddresses: NYC (immigrated 1921; citizen, 1943)Profession: Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, etcher, illustrator, teacher
Exhibited:
Weyhe Gal., 1934, 1936-40; AIC, 1935-47 (prize, 1938); AFA traveling exh., 1937; WMAA, 1938-45; PAFA, 1938-39, 1940 (prize), 1941-42; Carnegie Inst., 1942; PAFA, 1943-53; Assoc. Am. Ar., 1946 (prize), 1952 (solo); Corcoran Gal, 1947; LOC, 1949 (prize); Paris, France, 1952; Bombay, India, 1952; Gallery 10, 1961; Dintenfass Gal., N.Y., 1963; Phila. Pr. Cl., 1964 (prize); Hudson Gld. A., 1964; Great Neck, L.I., 1964; SAGA, 1964 (prize). In 1953, under the auspices of State Dept. Specialist Div., of I.E.S., he exhibited in Venezuela, Colombia, Peru, Chile, Bolivia, Uruguay, Argentina, Paraguay, with lectures in each country.
Awards:
F., Spanish Republic, 1934-36; fellow, Guggenheim Fnd., 1941, 1950; Nat. Inst. A. & Let. Grant, 1950.
Member:
NA; SAGAWork: WMAA; PAFA; MoMA; PMA; MMA; BM; AIC; NYPL; LOC; Univ. KY; San Diego Mus. FA; Newark (NJ) Pub. Lib.; Princeton Univ. (Frank Jewett Mather Coll.).
Comments:
A Surrealist painter whose imagery of the 1930s was greatly influenced by Dali. His full name was Federico Cristencia de Castellón y Martinez. Teacher: Columbia Univ., 1946-61; Pratt Inst., Brooklyn, 1952-61. Illustrator: Shenandoah, 1941; I Went into the Country, 1941; Bulfinch's Mythology, 1948; The Story of Marco Polo, 1954; The Man Who Changed China, 1954; The Story of J. J. Audubon, 1955; The Little Prince, 1954; The Life of Robert L. Stevenson, 1954. Reproduction of paintings on The Sumerian Civilization" for Life series "The Epic of Man," 1956; 15 paintings on "The History of Medicine" for MD magazine, 1960-61; The Story of Madame Curie...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Modern Abstract Still-Life Drawing by Benjamin Benno 1961
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original charcoal on paper by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 19 x 25 inches. Nicely framed to 32 x 36 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputatio...
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1960s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Archival Paper, Charcoal
Still Life with Gray, Green, and Violet Cubist Drawing by Benjamin Benno 1953
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original pastel on paper by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 19 x 25 inches. Nicely framed to 31 x 36 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation ...
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1950s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Archival Paper, Pastel
Colorful Marketplace, Modernist Abstract Figurative Shakespeare festival
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful modernist market scene with abstracted figures on heavy bond paper by Doris Ann Warner (American, 1925-2010). Signed "WARNER" in the lower right corner. Presented in a new double mat of light blue and antique buff...
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Late 20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Cubist Abstract, Gouache Painting by Marcel Salinas
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010)
Title: Cubist Composition
Year: circa 1945
Medium: Gouache on Board, signed
Size: 29 in. x 40 in. (73.66 cm x 101.6 cm)
Frame S...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Edmund D. Kinzinger was born in 1888, to an upper-middle class family in Pforzhein, Germany. In Munich he studied at the Kirr Schule and the Staatliche Akademie, and pursued graduate studies at the Academie Modern, Paris. Before serving in the German Army, Kinzinger was a master student of Adolph Holzel at the Staatcliche Akademie, Stuttgart; he returned to study under Henrich Waldschmidt after nearly five years of artillery service.
Several of Kinzinger’s fellow students in Germany, such as Johannes Itten, would go on to be associated with the Bauhaus school. Coming into contact with all manner of artistic influences in Europe after World War One, Kinzinger’s work may be viewed as a “synthesis” of modernist styles. The influences of Abstract Expressionist, Cubist, and Futurist styles in Kinzinger’s work at this time are symptomatic of his contact with the likes of Hans Hofmann, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Archipenko. Philip Van Keuren...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Conté, Crayon, Paper
Blue Symphony, Abstract Geometric Pastel on Paper by Beatrice Rubel
By Beatrice Rubel
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Beatrice Rubel (aka Betty Abbott)
Title: Blue Symphony
Year: circa 1948
Medium: Pastel on paper, signed verso
Size: 12 in. x 18 in. (30.48 cm x 45.72 cm)
Frame Size: 19.5 x 2...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Venetian Bridge X (Abstract, Cubist Style Graphite Drawing in Vintage Frame)
Located in Hudson, NY
graphite on paper in vintage wood frame with gold detail
8 x 20.5 inches unframed
12 x 24.5 x 2 inches framed
This contemporary, horizontal, black & white graphite work on paper w...
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2010s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Graphite
The Balcony (Drawing for Plate I, Planches de Salut)
Located in London, GB
LOUIS MARCOUSSIS (1883-1941)
(Ludwik Kazimierz Wladyslaw Markus)
1878 or 1883 Łódź, Poland – 1941, Cusset, France
(Polish/French)
Title: The Balcony (Drawing for Plate I, Plan...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Dear Diary by Michel Debieve Mid-Century French Cubist Painting, Black and White
Located in Atlanta, GA
Michel Debiève was born on May 29, 1931, with his twin brother Raymond, in a popular suburb of Maubeuge (North of France). Very early, encouraged by Emile, their father, the two brot...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Mixed Media
A Mother's Hug by Michel Debieve Mid-Century French Cubist Painting on Paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
Michel Debiève was born on May 29, 1931, with his twin brother Raymond, in a popular suburb of Maubeuge (North of France). Very early, encouraged by Emile, their father, the two brot...
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Color Pencil
Analytic Session
By Ron Blumberg
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel
Cubist Dancer
By Dorothy Sklar
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an original California Modernist charcoal drawing by American artist Dorothy Sklar(1906-1996)
"Cubist Dancer" is an original charcoal on paper, signed, c.1935. There is some waving within...
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1930s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Cubist Repose
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Cubist Figure
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the French ...
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1940s Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
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