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Period: 1940s
Foreground of a Lion - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Foreground of a Lion is a beautiful charcoal original drawing on paper, realized by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz (German, 1901–1981), in 1940s.
This wonderful study for a foreground of profile of a lion is accompanied by two rapid sketches of the silhouette and of the muzzle of the feline, is realized with incredible draftsmanship and realism.
This modern artwork, in excellent conditions except for the usual stain of the charcoal, is a really perfect decor for your home able to give your furniture a touch of wildness and exotism.
Wilhelm (Willi) Lorenz (German, 1901–1981)
Wilhelm Lorenz that signed Willi Lorenz, was a German painter specialized in paintings of animals typically hunted as game. His highly detailed oil paintings evoke the texture and movement of animals like boars, foxes, bisons or lions depicted in their natural habitats and attitudes. His artworks...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Nude Woman - 1940s - Emile Deschler - Charcoal Drawing - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is an original artwork realized by Emile Deschler between the end of the 1940s and the beginning of the 1950s. Pencil and charcoal on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist in p...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Le Avventure di Cerbiattino - Original Illustrated tale by Sandro Nardini - 1940
By Italo Orsi
Located in Roma, IT
Le Avventure di Cerbiattino ("The Adventures of the Little Fawn") is an original artwork realized by Sandro Nardini in the 1950s. Tempera, china ink, and pencil on paper. Very good conditions.
This artwork includes 24 unbound sheets: 10 numbered and 14 unnumbered sheets. The numeration is written in pencil on the back of each sheet. It is an artist's proof for the illustrated book "The adventures of the Little Fawn" (original Italian title: "Le Avventure di Cerbiattino"). The artworks are lovely for the brilliance and the vividness of the colors: one episode of the story is represented on each sheet.
The first sheet is the cover of the book. The main characters of the story are: the butterfly, the frog, the bird, the wolf, the porcupine, the hare, and the fawn. In the center of the composition, "Le Avventure di Cerbiattino Racconto e disegni di Sandro...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Ink
Study of Animals - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Animals is a beautiful pencil original drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1974 by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz. Signed and dated " Willi Lorenz, München '74" in pencil on lower right margin.
This is a preparatory study representing the profiles of a big...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Villa Medici / Rome - Ink Drawing by Beppe Guzzi - 1949
By Beppe Guzzi
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful Ink drawing by Beppe Guzzi, representing the famous Villa Medici in Rome.
Good conditions.
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Schoolgirls - Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Schoolgirls is a beautiful watercolored ink drawing of the first half of the 20th century, around 1940.
The drawing shows an inscription in pencil on the lower right that is hard to...
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Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
"Lord Featherby" 1948 Watercolour by Doris Zinkeisen
Located in Bristol, CT
An original watercolour by Doris Zinkeisen (1898-1991) for the 1948 play, The High Toby, depicting Lord Featherby Act II/ Scene I
1948
Art Sz: 14 1/2"H x 10"W
Frame Sz: 21"H x 16 ...
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Other Art Style 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Man's Mother, Saturday Evening Post Original Watercolor Illustration 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original watercolor illustration by Nicholas Riley, American (1900 - 1944) for the Saturday Evening Post 10/19/1940. The painting...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
COMEDIA DEL ARTE - TWO DRAWINGS.
Located in Portland, ME
Danovich, Francis (American, 1920-1956). COMEDIA DEL ARTE - TWO
DRAWINGS. Ink on card, not dated, likely circa 1940-50. Initialed
in ink within the i...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Study of Felines - Original Pencil Drawing by Willy Lorenz - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Felines is an amazing pencil original drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized in 1940s by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, best know as Willi Lorenz.
This is a preparatory study representing a lion and three lionesses in typical felines postures and attitudes, realized with a fat pencil and with the incredible freshness of line and realism.
This modern artwork is in very good conditions, except for a usual yellowing of the paper at the edges.
This is a really perfect artwork for your sophisticated home able to give your furniture a touch of wildness and exotism.
Wilhelm (Willi) Lorenz (German, 1901–1981)
Wilhelm Lorenz that signed Willi Lorenz, was a German painter specialized in paintings of animals typically hunted as game. His highly detailed oil paintings evoke the texture and movement of animals like boars, foxes, bisons or lions depicted in their natural habitats and attitudes. His artworks...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
(Untitled)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1940
Medium: Pastel on Canvas
Dimensions: 30.00" x 24.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Image of a woman seated in front of a fire.
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Toiler's House Drawing
By George Demont Otis
Located in Soquel, CA
Significant 1940s work titled "Toiler's House" by George Demont Otis (American, 1879-1962). Titled "Toiler's House on the bottom left and signed "George Demont Otis" on the bottom right. Presented in a black wood frame. Image size, 12"H x 18"W.
Otis was born in Memphis, Tennessee where he was orphaned at age six and was raised by his grandmother in Chicago...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Crayon, Paper
The Smoker (Portrait of Ottone Rosai) - Charcoal Drawing by M. Maccari - 1940/50
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nice charcoal and ink drawing on paper representing the famous italian painter Ottone Rosai smoking a cigarette.
Signed in pencil lower right.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Anne Faure, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1946, Pastel
By Anne Faure
Located in Paris, FR
Anne Faure (born in 1878)
Portraits of a Gentlaman, 1946
Signed and dated lower right
Pastel on paper
40 x 31 cm,
Original frame with glass 60 x 51 cm
Anne Faure was born Anne F...
Category
Academic 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Lord Lithgow, Time magazine cover, March 16, 1942
Located in Miami, FL
Lord Lithgow, Time magazine cover, March 16, 1942
matted to 17.75 x 16.75 inches. Not framed.
Pencil on paper
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
St. George and the Dragon, Abstract Expressionist Painting by Alfred van Loen
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Alfred van Loen, Dutch/American (1924 - 1994)
Title: St. George and the Dragon
Year: 1947
Medium: Watercolor, signed and dated
Size: 15 x 20.5 inches
Frame Size: 18 x 24.5 ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Al Hirschfeld "Art Week" NYC illustration New York Times poster design 1940
Located in New York, NY
Poster design for National Art Week, November, 1940. In collaboration the Al Hirschfeld Foundation
Al Hirschfeld’s drawings stand as one of the most innovative efforts in establishi...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"The Blue Chair"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
Nude Study, Diana 1948
By Carlo Tagliabue
Located in Soquel, CA
1948 Nude Study of woman's back with sanquine and charcoal. Titled "Diana" by Carlo Taliabue (Italian/American). Signed and dated lower right corner. Titled upper right corner. Image...
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Post-War 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
"Reading"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
1940s Netting the Catch
By Walter P. Taylor
Located in Soquel, CA
Expressive watercolor figurative of fisherman pulling in the nets by Walter P. Taylor (American, 20th Century). Signed "W.P. Taylor U.S.N.R.'45 (for United States Naval Reserve)" low...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lioness in the Savannah by Jean Poulain
By Jean Poulain
Located in Pasadena, CA
Jean Poulain 1884-1967
Jean Poulain was born in 1884 in Katanga (formerly Belgian Congo). The self-taught artist from an early age, he will be in search of all the emotions and beau...
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Other Art Style 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
"Admired"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Jugglers and Horse Giocolieri e Cavallo
Located in London, GB
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Pistoia, Italy 1901-1980 Viareggio, Italy (Italian)
Title: Jugglers and Horse Giocolieri e Cavallo, 1943
Technique: Double-sided Hand Signed and Dated Pencil, Watercolour and Gouache on Thin Card
Paper size: 49 x 34.5 cm. / 19.3 x 13.6 in.
Additional information: This pencil, watercolour and gouache work is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Locarno 1943 Marino" in the lower left image.
It is also signed in ink "Marino" in the lower right image.
The drawing was created in Locarno in 1943.
Furthermore, there is a sketch of Horse...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor, Pencil
"The Pose"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
"After the Bath"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Dreaming of Paradise Island, " Watercolor and Pastel signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dreaming of Paradise Island" is an original watercolor and pastel on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It depicts a large female figure overl...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pastel
Model - Pencil Drawing by Eugène Berman - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing on paper, 1944.
Dimensions: 43 x 35 cm
Hand signed.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an arti...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Mid Century Life Study Nude Figurative
By Emily Farnham
Located in Soquel, CA
Modernist life study drawing by Emily Farnham (American, 1912-2004). Signed and dated lower right corner. 1949. Image, 22”H x 16”W. Measures 32" H x 24" W x 2" D. Shipped without gl...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
French Pencil Drawing - The Tracker
Located in Houston, TX
Handsome pencil drawing of a hunter and his canine companion tracking their prey by French artist Jean-Baptiste Grancher, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
An illustration from Charles Dickens' "The Mystery of Erwin Drood".
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Watercolor
Zoo New York City with Sea Lions
Located in Miami, FL
A charming and stylized depiction of a day at the Central Park Zoo. with World War Two uniformed visitors front and center. Sea lions put on a show in front o...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
LA NOVA
By Betty Ball
Located in Los Angeles, CA
BETTY BALL
"LA NOVA"
PASTEL, SIGNED
AMERICAN, DATED 1949
18 x 14 Inches
Category
Futurist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Paper
"Chorus Girl"
Located in Southampton, NY
Watercolor on paper of a chorus or show girl by Ruth Adele Mysel. Mysel grew up in Boston and attended the New England School of Art. She was both a artist and sculptor as well as ...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Five Faces #736, " a Black Ink Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Five Faces #736" is an original black ink drawing with a stamped signature in the lower left by Sylvia Spicuzza. It depicts five female faces from a...
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American Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
"Showgirl"
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed watercolor on paper by Ruth Adele Mysel of a beautiful showgirl. Signed lower right. Circa 1940 to 1950. Ruth Adele Mysel was raised in Boston and attended the Ne...
Category
American Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
'Woman Holding a Flower', California Post-Impressionist, LACMA, Louvre, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Pastel figurative showing a young woman in a cobalt dress seated in an olive green chair and holding a flower, beside a vase of flowers on a side-table.
...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Oil Pastel
Two Soldiers with Machine Gun
Located in Miami, FL
Arnold Finkel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Heritage
Some slight fading. Mounted to illustration board, Could be Unframed - Not sure if it is framed but the frame is old with wear.
Reco...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Vintage Charcoal & Pastel Drawing - Ballet Dancer
By Guy Chabrol
Located in Houston, TX
Graceful pastel and charcoal drawing of a female ballet dancer in motion by artist Guy Chabrol, circa 1950. Signed lower right.
Original one-o...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Court Jester
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously and carefully rendered period piece that reenact this magicaly moment. Works on Paper, Gouache, Watercolor over traces of pencil heightened with white on illustration ...
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
A Ma Cherie Pilette
By Paul Delvaux
Located in Miami, FL
India ink/Wash on paper
Signed and dated on lower left
The work is housed in Four Thousand Five Hundred Dollara Frame with Master Museum matting
We could sell the work with the ma...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, India Ink
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered account of three prospectors trying to rustle up some water before they can dig up some gold. Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys
Casein on board, Western / Frontier Art...
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American Realist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Casein
Fantasy
By Bela Kadar
Located in London, GB
BELA KADAR 1877-1956
Budapest 1877-1956 (Hungarian)
Title: Fantasy, circa 1940
Technique: Original Hand Signed Gouache on paper
size: 46.2 x 29.4 cm / 18.2 x 11.6 in
Additional Information: This work is a guache painting by the famous Hungarian artist Bela Kadar.
It is hand signed in pencil "Kadar Bela" in the lower right corner of the paper.
Exhibitions:
New York, Shepherd & Derom Galleries, Hungarian Modernism, 29 April-2 July 2010, no.12.
Tel Aviv, Galerie le Minotaure...
Category
Cubist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
French Watercolor & Pencil - Street Performer
Located in Houston, TX
Spirited pencil and watercolor sketch of a performing clown, circa 1940.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certifica...
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor, Paper
The Conductor
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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Cubist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel
Flight into Egypt
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered in beautiful pastels colors account of biblical story.
Doyle New York
Category
American Realist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Gouache, Watercolor
"Der eingeschlaffene Bettler" ( The Sleeping Beggar ) by Hans Brass, 1946
By Hans Brass
Located in Berlin, DE
Pencil on wove paper, 1946 by Hans Brass ( 1885-1959 ), Germany. Monogrammed and dated lower left: HB 1946. Framed.
Measurements: 19.29 x 13.58 in ( 49,0 x 34,5 cm )
Category
Realist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Early 1940s Fashion Study for Elizabeth Arden's Nail Polish at Marshall Field
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring an advertisement for Elizabeth Arden's "Safari" nail polish at Marshall Field & Co. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion ...
Category
Art Deco 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Watercolor
Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse
By Allan Houser
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse
Painting on paper from 1946 by master artist Allan Houser. Ft. Sill Chi...
Category
Contemporary 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Musicians" Trumpeters, Jazz, Watercolor, pencil cm.12 x 8 1946
Located in Torino, IT
Musicians" Trumpeters, Jazz
Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974)
He was born in Paris but spent his childhood and adolescence in Amiens, where he attended the Academy ...
Category
French School 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Couple, The Kiss - Original Ink Drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Francis PICABIA
Couple, The Kiss, 1949
Original Ink Drawing
Handsigned 'Francis' on the back
On paper 27 x 21 cm (c. 11 x 8 in)
This drawing is on the first side of a letter. On the...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Reclining Figures
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore
Reclining Figures
1940
Chalk, pen and watercolour on paper
25.4 x 43.2 cms (10 x 17 ins)
HM15852
Provenance:
Willard Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New York, ac...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Watercolor
Il signor Dudron - Pen Drawing by G. de Chirico - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Il signor Dudron - Illustration of de Chirico is an original drawing in pen realized by Giorgio de Chirico in 1945 ca.
Hand-signed on the lower right. Image Dimensions: 21 x 13.5 c...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Study of Madonna & Child - 20th Century, Wash & pencil on paper by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Signed lower right
Provenance: The Artist
By whom gifted to Duncan Guthrie, 1952
Private Collection, UK
Reference: HMF 2186b
This drawing is one of the preparatory studies...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Wax, Pencil
Standing and Seated Figures - 20th Century, Crayon & ink on paper by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Coloured crayon, ink and pencil
Signed lower right
The Henry Moore Foundation has suggested a date of 1948 for the drawing and that it originally was part of the 1947-49 sketchbook
...
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Crayon, Pencil
Dancer in a Landscape - 20th Century, Work on paper by John Craxton
By John Craxton
Located in London, GB
Pencil, charcoal and conté crayon and gouache on paper
Provenance:
Christopher Hull Gallery
Private collection, UK 1992
Category
Modern 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Gouache, Pencil
Untitled - Drawing by Wifredo Lam - Ink and Pencil - 1941
By Wifredo Lam
Located in Roma, IT
This extraordinary and rare drawing by Wifredo Lam is one of the artworks that the artist took with him when he moved from Cuba to France. In Paris, Lam showed Picasso his drawings a...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Ink
Jacques Fath and Lucien Lelong Fashion Illustration
By Léon Bénigni
Located in New York, NY
Original ink and gouache drawing on paper, in gray mat. Original fashion illustration for a french magazine. Publishes notes in pencil in margins.
Mat size: 22 7/8 x 17 5/8 in.
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Gouache, Pencil
