William Grauer

untitled (Mexican Arcade)

The Model Watercolor on paper, c. 1930 signed lower right (see photo) Condition: Excellent A few bits of adhesive residue verso Colors fresh and unfaded Housed in a Marin style metal gilt frame Sheet size: 19 1/4 x 25 1/4 inches Frame size: 30 x 35-1/2 x 1-1/2 inches A major example of the artist's cubist watercolors Provenance: Estate of the artist By decent to his daughter Gretchen Realted to a watercolor illustrated in William H. Robinson and Christine Fowler Shearer, "Against the Grain: Modernism in the Midwest," American Art Review Vol. XXII, no. 4 (August 2010), page 86 William C. Grauer (1895-1985) William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia. Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans...

Post Office, New York Watercolor on paper, c. 1930 Signed with the Estate stamp lower left (see photo) Illustrated: Marbella Gallery, Robert Hallowell (188...

Loge de Theatre (Preliminary study for a painting) Graphite on paper Signed in pencil lower left Annotated with color notations by the artist (see phot...

Sammy Lee Sleeping II Graphite on sketchbook paper, 2007 Signed by the artist in pencil lower right: "Sedrick Huckaby" (see photo) Condition: Excellent Sheet size: 9 x 12 inches Fram...

Bull Ring Brass - Mexico City Watercolor, pen and ink on paper, 1955 Signed in ink, dated and titled in pencil (see photos) Condition: 1'' repaired tear left edge, along with other minor tears. Tape stains from previous matting visible in the four corners Image/Sheet size: 19 3/8 x 15 5/8 inches Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland, friend and patron of Longstreet Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) The artist’s own grandchildren attempt to fathom the real life and nature of Stephen Longstreet, prolific author, artist, screenplay writer, and jazz aficionado. Born Chauncy Weiner (sometimes spelled Wiener) in New York City in 1907, Longstreet reinvented himself on a regular basis. Changing his name first to “Henry,” then “Henri,” he started his career as a commercial artist for a department store. In various public biographies he claimed to have studied in New York, London, and Paris, and said he was a student of cartoonist Ralph Barton (1891-1931). Facts that can be documented are that he was art editor for Golfer and Sportsman magazines, and was a contributor to various other magazines including The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Life, and Hooey, among others. He wrote sketches for NBC radio and the Rudy Vallee Show. In the 1930s, Longstreet worked and wrote under the names Thomas Burton, David Ormsbee, and Paul Haggard...

Untitled Abstraction Unsigned Acrylic and collage on paper From the estate of the artist Condition: excellent Image size: 12 x 12 inches Sheet size: 17 x 13 7/8 inches Peter Marks (...

Inscribed verso 'AL.P. Moretti', titled 'Jeudi à la Maison' (Thursday at Home) and painted circa 1955. A period watercolor interior scene showing two girls relaxing at home, surroun...

Born in Czarist Russia Norman Barr (1908-1994) came to New York as a young boy and except for a few night classes at the school of the National Academy of ...

Skillful late 19th century realist drawing of illustration Newspaper artists at work at the Republican National Convention by Adolph Methfessel (American, 1876-1912)., c.1898. This p...

Thomas Henriot was born in 1980 in Besançon and lives between Marseille and Havana, Cuba. Graduated from the Institut National Supérieur d’Expression Plastique in Besançon in 2003 wi...

Indra Dugar - Varanasi Ghat - 10.5 x 8 inches (unframed size) Set of four stunning works, from the notebook of Bengal Maestro artist, Indra Dugar. Ink on paper Inclusive of shipment...

A superb original illustration from one of the foremost illustrators of the 20th Century. Edward Ardizzone (1900 - 1979) The barmaid Signed, gallery label verso Pen, ink and waterco...