Adolphe Léon Willette

Nude of Woman - Pencil by Adolphe Léon Willette - Early 20th Century

Early 20th Century

Kneeling Nude is a wonderful original pencil drawing on invory-colored paper, realized by the French artist Paul Garin (Nice, 1898-1963) between the beginning and the middle of XX ce...

Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour . The state of preservation is good and aged. Sheet dimension:50 x 32.5 cm The artwork represents a seated ...

Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour . The state of preservation is good and aged. Sheet dimension:52.5 x 37.5 cm The artwork represents a seate...

Seated Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour. The state of preservation is good. Sheet dimension: 37 x 28 cm The artwork represents a posing sea...

Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour in 1940, Hand-signed and dated on the lower left. The state of preservation is good and aged with some small ...

Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour. The state of preservation is good except for some diffused foxings. Sheet dimension: 47 x 31 cm The artwor...

In 1955, as he was residing at the Château de Chassy in the Morvan for two years, Balthus created a large painting entitled "Getting up". Balthus was inspired for this painting by t...

Pencil, coloured pencil and chalk on paper, titled (lower left), signed (lower right), 31cm x 46cm, (51cm x 68cm framed). John Koch was an American painter and teacher, and an impo...

Arno Breker is an artist supported by the Nazi regime and a German sculptor whose neoclassical works meet the military aesthetic of the regime. Breker was ...

'The Roman Bath', pencil on art paper (circa 1960s), School of Rome. Three broad-shouldered men make their way through the sultry corridors of the Hammam in...

Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions. However, it is im...

This is a wonderful drawing by one of America's most treasured artists, Chaim Gross. Throughout his lifetime Gross has gone through tragedy and a real test of faith however, he has the unique ability to focus and direct his expression to the most joyful and beautiful works of art, such as the present lot. For more than sixty years Chaim Gross's art has expressed optimistic, affirming themes. His acrobats, cyclists, and mothers and children convey joyfulness, exuberance, love, and intimacy. This aspect of his work remained consistent with his Hasidic heritage, which teaches that "only in his childlike happiness is man nearest to God." Chaim Gross, born in Wolowa, Austria in 1904, was educated at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and at the Art Student's League in New York. Chaim Gross's work was greatly influenced by his experiences during a period of international conflict, World War II. He had moved to Kolomyya from Wolowa to get a better education, but the Germans came to occupy, killing, raping, and looting. Gross and his family were chased from one village to the next. He wrote, "We were sleeping on roofs and in the fields, with the sound of cannon fire...