Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Alfred Bendiner, Avalon (New Jersey)
Located in New York, NY
Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing! From Bendiner's Philadelphia the New Jersey beaches were an easy drive. Avalon is st...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1950s "Waiting" Mid Century Female Nude Ink Drawing NYC Artist
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Waiting"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Signed and dated 1953 in pencil lower right
Came from artist estate
*Custom framing available for additional charge. ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Standing Male Nude - Pencil Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Male Nude is an original pencil drawing on invory colored paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989)....
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Sketch in the Garden - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch in The Garden is an original drawing in Ink and Watercolor in the first half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and harmoni...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Sketch - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sketch is an original drawing realized by Luigi Galli in the Late 19th Century.
Stamped," Coll. Amadeo"
Good conditions but aged.
The artwork is dep...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Sketch - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sketch is an original drawing realized by Luigi Galli in the Late 19th Century
stamped," Coll. Amadeo"
Fair conditions.
The artwork is depicted thro...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Devoted Lady - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Devoted Lady in The Garden is an original drawing in Ink and Watercolor in the first half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes a...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Arab City Square - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Piazza di Città Araba, 1953s, is an original China ink and watercolor drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of 20th Century.
In very good condition.
Unreadable signature, with...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
French Landscape - Watercolor - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The french Landscape is an original drawing in watercolor by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a wel...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dead Christ - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dead Christ is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted by perfe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Invocation - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Invocation is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
Fair conditions with folding and ripping.
The artwork is depicted by perf...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Woman on a Bed
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century French drawing on Canson paper by Gilbert Pastor. Signed bottom right. Acquired directly from the artist.
Born in Marseille, Gilbert Pastor settled in Aups, the so...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Sculpture Motives
By Henry Moore
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Henry Moore. "Sculpture Motives" is a semi-abstract, figurative drawing, ink, watercolor, and wax crayon on paper in beige, white, and black platte by British modern art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Wax Crayon, Ink, Watercolor
The Portrait - Drawing by Luigi Galli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is an original drawing realized by Luigi Galli (1820-1906) in the late 19th Century.
Stamped," Coll. Amadeo"
Good conditions but aged.
The ...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Portrait - Drawing by Luigi Galli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is an original drawing realized by Luigi Galli (1820-1906) in the late 19th Century.
Stamped," Coll. Amadeo"
Good conditions but aged.
The ...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Oscar Winning 1958 film The Defiant Ones Caricature
Located in New York, NY
"The Defiant Ones" Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Oscar Winning 1958 film Caricature. Two escaped convicts chained together, one white and one black, must l...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
The Hand - Drawing by Luigi Galli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hand is an original drawing realized by Luigi Galli (1820-1906) in the late 19th Century.
Stamped," Coll. Amadeo"
Good conditions but aged.a
The art...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
1950s "Topless" Mid Century Figurative Ink Line Drawing
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Topless"
1952
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Signed in pencil lower right, dated 1952 in pencil lower left
Came from artist estate
*Custom framing available for addi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Sketches for Theatrical Costumes - Original Pencil Drawing - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches for theatrical costumes is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper by realized an Anonymous Artist in 1880ca.
In very good conditions.
This artwork represents ...
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1880s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
The Portrait - Drawing by Luigi Galli - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is a drawing realized by Luigi Galli (1820-1906) in the late 19th Century.
Stamped, "Coll. Amadeo"
Good conditions but aged.
The artwork is...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Leg - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Leg is an original drawing realized by Luigi Galli in the Late 19th Century.
Stamped, "Coll. Amadeo"
Good conditions but aged.
The artwork is depicted t...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Farmers in the Landscape - Pen and Pastel by Georges Conrad - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Farmers in the landscape is a very beautiful pen and pastel drawing realized by Georges Conrad.
The artwork is in very good conditions on paper.
Georges Conrad (1874-1936) is a fa...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pastel
The Cat - Original Watercolor on Paper by Carl Kubler - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Cat is an original drawing in watercolor realized by Carl KÜBLER in the Mid-20th Century.
Fair conditions with some cutaways and the sign of humidity.
Hand-signed.
The artwork...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Alfred Bendiner, Santa Fe Cowhands (New Mexico)
Located in New York, NY
Apparently Bendiner never went a day without drawing. He was amazing!
In this scene of a young 'cowgirl' is working a lasso while an 'old cowhand' looks on -- clutching a cigaret of...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Life in the Village - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Life in The Village is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted thr...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink, Pastel
Nude of Lying Girl - Original Mixed Media by Jean-Raymond Delpech - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Lying Girl is an original artwork realized by Jean-Raymond Delpech (Hanoi, 1916 – 1988) in 1940s.
Good conditions. This painting was made with tempera and watercolor.
The w...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Tempera
Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions except for cutaways on the angles.
The artwork is depicted by perfe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Condor - Original Pencil Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Condor is an original contemporary artwork realized by a French artist in the middle of the XX Century.
Original drawing pencil on cardboard.
A signature is present on the low...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Madonna - Original Pen And Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Madonna is an original drawing on paper in pen and pencil mounted on greenish cardboard Passepartout: 21 x 16 cm, realized by an anonymous Italian artist of the Early 20th Century.
...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Pencil
The Five Codes - Original Pen Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Five Codes is an original drawing in Pen realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid-20th Century
Good conditions except for some foxings.
The artwork is depicted through strong...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
1950s "Mark" Oil Pastel and Gouache Figurative Painting NYC Modern Mid Century
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Mark"
c.1950s
Oil pastel and gouache paint on paper
14x17" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist's estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Oil Pastel
Portrait - Original Drawing in Mixed Media - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in mixed media on paper, realized by Frick Mueller (XX-XXI).
Sheet dimension: 29.3 x 19.3 cm.
The artwork represents a portrait, skillfully created...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Three Horses Running
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern Chinese watercolor painting depicting three stallions running underneath a blazing sun.
Category
1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink, Watercolor
Girl - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin.
The...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
Vittorie - China Ink by Carlo Rivalta - 1918
Located in Roma, IT
Vittorie is an original China Ink Drawing on paper realized by Carlo Rivalta (1887-1941) in 1918 s.
Good condition mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (49x34 cm).
No signature...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Landscape - Charcoal Drawing on Paper by R. Santerne-Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful original drawing on paper realized by Robert Santerne between the 1930s and 1940s.
Stamped on the rear "Atelier R.Santerne"
Aged conditions with repaired r...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Portrait - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portrait - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Portraits - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original drawing in pen realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Reclined Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong s...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Happy Birthday
By Chaim Gross
Located in New York, NY
Happy Birthday, 1950, by Chaim Gross (1902-1991)
Ink on paper
5 ¼ x 4 inches unframed (13.335 x 10.16 cm)
11 ¼ x 10 ⅛ inches framed (28.575 x 25.7175 cm...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Little Concert - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch in The Garden is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted th...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel, Watercolor
Le Caveau - Original Drawing by Gustave Jean Jacquet - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Le Caveau is an original drawing realized by Gustave Jean Jacquet in 1880 (1846-1909).
The little artwork is a pencil. China Ink, Biacca and watercolor.
Good condition included a c...
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1880s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Watercolor, Ink
Study for a Frieze - Original Pen Drawing - 18th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study for a Frieze is an original drawing in pen realized by an anonymous artist in the 18th Cent.
Good conditions but aged.
The artwork is depicted through perfect hatching in a w...
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18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Paul Gattuso, (Abstraction)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gattuso attended the Art Students League and worked primarily in New York City. There is an old address with a Bronx, Grand Concourse address on the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Man Seated and Woman with Hat Standing by Elie Anatole Pavil -Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man seated and woman with hat standing is an original artwork realized by Elie Anatole Pavil (1873-1948).
Original china ink drawing on paper. Image Dimensions: 13.5 x 21 cm
The st...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figural Study
By Chaim Gross
Located in New York, NY
Figural Study, ca. 1949-1959, by Chaim Gross (1902-1991)
Ink on fabric
18 x 16 ¼ inches (45.72 x 41.275 cm)
25 x 23 ⅝ inches (63.5 x 60.0075 cm)
Inscribed...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Theatrical Costume - Pencil by Alfredo Edel - 1895
By Alfredo Edel
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original pencil drawing realized by Alfredo Edel in 1895.
Good condition, the artwork is with watercolor and biacca.
Hand signed with pencil by the artis.
Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...
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1890s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Nude of Woman - Mixed Media - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original drawing in mixed media -pencil, pastel and watercolor- on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the early 2...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Portraits - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original modern artwork realized in the 1950s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original Colored Ink and Watercolor on Paper.
Hand-sign...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Landscape - Drawing in Charcoal and Pencil on Paper - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in charcoal and pencil on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XIX century.
The State of preservation is good with the traces of time and s...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
Figure - Original Etching and Drypoint - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original print in etching and drypoint on white paper realized by an anonymous artist of the Mid-20th Century.
In very good conditions.
The artwork created through conf...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pen
"Let's Rodeo" Colorful Abstract Modern Cowboy Pastel Portrait Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful abstract modern pastel drawing of a cowboy by Texas artist Robert Sandman. The work features a man dressed in vibrant clothes holding a cowboy ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Rabbitman with Ax and Squirrel, 2003
Located in Atlanta, GA
Born in Moscow, Idaho,and raised in Seattle, Robert Jessup received his BFA from the University of Washington in 1975 and his MFA from the University of Iowa in 1979. His work has been exhibited extensively since 1981 and is in numerous private and public collections including the metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the University of Virginia, the University of Texas, the Anderson Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Dallas Museum of Art. He is a Professor Emeritus from the University of North Texas where he taught painting in the College of Visual Arts and Design from 1991 to 2018. His work is represented by the Conduit Gallery...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Alongside
By William Thon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Thon, 'Alongside', watercolor, c. 1990. Signed, lower right; titled verso. A fine, expressionist work, on off-white watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges, ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Figures - Original Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures" is an original drawing in tempera on paper, realized by Gabriel Guèrin.
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 19 x 14.8 cm.
Image Dimens...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Theatrical Costume - Drawing - 1860s
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original watercolour realized by an unknown artist in 1860s.
Good condition, so signature.
Included a white cardboard pas...
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1860s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
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