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Style: American Modern
1962 Rubenesque Nude Pastel, titled "Black Flemish Leather"
Located in Larchmont, NY
Flemish Black Leather, 1962
Pastel on paper
16 x 18 in.
Framed: 21 1/2 x 23 3/4 x 1 in.
Signed and dated lower right
Inscribed verso
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1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
Located in Surfside, FL
Reclining Nude.Early modernist line drawing, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting, signed with initials, framed. (size includes frame). Work is reminisce...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Reclining Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reclining Female Nude
Charcoal and colored chalks with white highlights on tan laid paper, c. 1948
Signed and monogrammed by the artist lower right
(see photo)
A masterpiece dr...
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1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Chalk
Seated Female Nude (Devora)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seated Female Nude (Devora)
Watercolor on paper, c. 1970
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
A folio from the artist's sketchbook. Done while the artist was in Florida.
Conditio...
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1970s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Nude, 1959, Ink and Watercolor, Figure, Mid-Century, American
By Knox Martin
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1923, Knox Martin moved with his family to New York City in 1927. He attended The Art Students League of New York from 1946 to 1950 under the GI Bil...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Figure Study (Standing Male)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Figure Study (Standing Male- Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Figure Study (Standing Male- Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Figure study of a Standing Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Har...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Standing Male Nude, Arms Upraised (Kouros)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Male Nude, Arms upraised (Kouros)
Graphite on wove paper, c. 1930
Signed lower right (see photo)
Possibly exhibited in May 8-June 1,1973 at Alan Stone Gallery entitled Eroti...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Figure Drawing of a standing Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Har...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Figure Study (Standing Male)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Black and White Figure Study of a Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a seated nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harol...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
"Reclining Nude 2" Robert Gilberg 1950s Ink Brush Drawing on Japanese Rice Paper
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970)
"Reclining Nude 2"
c.1950s
Ink on Japanese rice paper with writing
21.75"x9.75 unframed
Signed in pencil lower right
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Rice Paper
"Pink Cheeks" American Modernist Robert Gilberg 1950 Ink and Pastel Nude Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Robert Gilberg (1911-1970)
"Pink Cheeks"
c.1950s
Ink and pastel on paper
12"x13.75" unframed
Unsigned
Good Condition - Wear consistent with age and history. Deep creases on upper le...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Paper, Pastel
Male Lying Nude
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a drawing from the artist's sketchbooks. This pencil drawing shows a nude male in repose, The drawing is dated November 30 '36 (1936). Clearly the works are authentic and this sketch is signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
1950s "Hand Over Head I" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Hand Over Head I"
c 1950s
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Signed in pencil lower right
Came from artist estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark S...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Paper
Nude Picnic Virgin Islands
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He is best known for his rural life & desert landscapes and World War II sc...
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1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Archival Paper
Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude
By Jonathan Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Hinckley & Brohel Gallery
Jonathan Shahn, Born 1938 has been making sculpture, drawings and prints of the human figure since the early 1960s. He teaches at the Art Studen...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Untitled (Kneeling Male Nude)
By David Smith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Kneeling Male Nude)
Graphite on paper, c. 1930
Unsigned
Annotated in pencil verso:
"This drawing was made by David Smith in the Matulka class at A. S. L. 1931
Signed
Doroth...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Divertimento I (Picasso)
By Conger A. Metcalf
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Divertimento I (Picasso)
Graphite, color wash and oil paint on coated glossy paper, c. 1940
Signed C. Metcalf lower left (see photo)
Inscribed Matisse, Picasso, C. Metcalf lower left by the artist (see photo)
Condition: Irregular sheet margins
Framed in a carved corner, gilt decorated frame with foliate corners. Very complimentary to the work!!! ( See photo)
Oil paint transfer on verso
Three small bits of masking tape along the upper margin from previous framing
Colors fresh, appears to be no fading
Photos available upon request
Sheet/Image size: 13 x 9 1/4 inches
Provenance: Private Collection, Ohio
Exhibited: Childs Gallery, Boston, 2013-2023 (see label)
Conger Metcalf (1914–1998) was an American painter.
"He was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and died in Boston, Massachusetts. Metcalf began his art studies in 1932 at the Iowa Stone City Art Colony, headed by American Regionalist painter Grant Wood. Metcalf continued his studies at Coe College in Cedar Rapids with Stone City co-founder Marvin Cone...
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1940s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil
"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #5
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower left.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
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2010s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Clay, Panel, Graphite
1950s "Hand Over Head II" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Hand Over Head II"
1951
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Came from artist estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Nude Girl
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A rare Ink on Paper nude figure drawing by Milton Hebald, beautifully executed on a lovely blue Italian rag paper. Given the stylization, it is likely a study for one of his sculptures. Hebald is regarded as one of the most important American figurative sculptors...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Tempera, Paper
Antonella
Located in Santa Fe, NM
A rare Ink on Paper nude figure drawing by Milton Hebald. It is especially unique as both side of the paper have fully resolved drawings of the same subject, 'Antonella'. Hebald is regarded as one of the most important American figurative sculptors...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Untitled (Seated Nude)
Located in Chicago, IL
A figure drawing, created by Leontine Wallace in 1931. The drawing is inscribed, “Paris á l’Atelier L’hote”
Leontine Wallace studied with André Lhote in Pa...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Three Nudes in a Garden
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Three Nudes in a Garden
Graphite, c. 1928-1933
Initialed in pencil lower left (see photo)
Illustrated: Elliott & Wooden, Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches, Fige 9, page 32 (see photo)
A...
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Untitled (seated female nude)
By Henry Keller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seated Femake Nude
Graphite and chalk on tan paper, c. 1920
Signed "Keller" and signed again with the artist's initials in a cypher
A finished life drawing most probably exhibited at...
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Male Torso
By John Koch
Located in London, GB
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...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil
Seated Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seated Nude
Match Stick ink drawing, c. 1925
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right: A. Biehle
Created at the Kakoon Arts Club, Cleveland. Influenced by friend and fellow artist...
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Three Graces
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Three Graces
Pentel marker on paper, 1965
Signed and dated by the artist lower left (see photo)
Part of a series of 100 drawings, this number 97 (annotated lower right corner)
Condition: Excellent
Sheet/Image size: 20 x 15 inches
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Martha A. French Trust
Ray H. French: The Evolution of an Artistic Innovator
Printmaker, painter, and sculptor Ray H. French was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on May 16, 1919. Terre Haute was a cultural wasteland before the opening of the Sheldon Swope Art Museum in 1942. Thus, with a father as a coal miner and carpenter, art remained a luxury for Ray. Nevertheless, local art teachers Mabel Mikel Williams and Nola E. Williams helped to foster his creativity and unshakable drive to create things of beauty.
After high school, Ray attended the John Herron School of Art in Indianapolis. His studies there were interrupted by the outbreak of World War II, during which he developed surveillance photographs for the Army Air Force. After the war, Ray transferred to the University of Iowa on the G.I. Bill, where he received both his BFA and MFA degrees. The University of Iowa during the 1940s was a cultural mecca with many major art historians and artists. While in Iowa, Ray played an important role in this culture by becoming a founding member of the Iowa Print...
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1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Permanent Marker
Nude Drawings On Red Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Standing Nude,
Pencil signed and dated March 25, 21. in beautiful vintage frame.
George Kenneth Hartwell painter and illustrator was born in Fitchburg 1891-1949, Massachusetts. He studied at the Art Students' League in New York City under Kenneth Hayes Miller, Edward Hopper, and George Bellows.
His work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1923), the Society of Independent Artists (1923), Salons of America (1928 and 1934), Library of Congress (1944-46), the Laguna Beach Art...
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel, Pencil, Paper
Nude Drawing on Gray Paper
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Standing Nude drawing on gray paper
Pencil signed and dated April 8, 21.
Printmaker, painter and illustrator, George Kenneth Hartwell was born in Fitchburg 1891-1949, Massachusetts. He studied at the Art Students' League in New York City under Kenneth Hayes Miller, Edward Hopper, and George Bellows.
His work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago (1923), the Society of Independent Artists (1923), Salons of America (1928 and 1934), Library of Congress (1944-46), the Laguna Beach Art...
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel, Pencil, Paper
Rare Early Nude Drawing American Modernist Sculptor
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
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...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil
1950s "On Knees 2" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"On Knees"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
8.5" x 11" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fine Art
The Art Students League
Pratt Graphic Arts Center
University of Paris 1953-54
University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55
Faculty: Art Department of the New School
Museum of Modern Art
School of Visual Arts
Stacy Studio Workshop
Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns
George Wittenborn
The New School
Print Exhibitions, Chicago
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu Museum
Monclair Museum
Wisconsin State College
Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
1950s "On Knees" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"On Knees"
c. 1950s
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fine Art
The Art Students League
Pratt Graphic Arts Center
University of Paris 1953-54
University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55
Faculty: Art Department of the New School
Museum of Modern Art
School of Visual Arts
Stacy Studio Workshop
Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns
George Wittenborn
The New School
Print Exhibitions, Chicago
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu Museum
Monclair Museum
Wisconsin State College
Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Preparatory drawing for Figure Composition, Carmel (CA.)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preparatory drawing for Figure Composition, Carmel (CA)
Graphite on paper, 1931
Signed with the artist's initial "W" lower right corner (see photo)...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
"Pregnant Lady" American Modernist Original Drawing
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Pregnant Lady"
c. 1960s
Conte crayon on purple paper
8.5"x11" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
*Custom framing available for a...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Conté, Paper
1950s "Looking Up" Mid Century Figurative Ink New York Artist
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Looking Up"
c. 1950s
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newar...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Reclining Female Nude
By Emil Ganso
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reclining Female Nude
Charcoal on paper, c. 1933
Signed lower right (see photo)
Provenance:
Weyhe Gallery, New York (Ganso's dealer 1925-1941)
Joseph Mark Erdelac, Cleveland, noted collector who had a large collection of Ganso works
Ganso was born in Germany in 1895. At age 14, he apprenticed to a baker and then worked his way to America when he was 17. He worked in bakeries in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Cincinnati and Akron, Ohio. By 1916, Ganso out of a job, and was living the life of a bohemian in New York City, sometimes on less than 30 cents a week.1
In 1921, Ganso painted a realistic nude on a bedsheet, and was forced by the police to remove it from an exhibition. The bedsheet with the painting was later stolen. He soon had a job baking again at $140 a month, and with time to spare for painting and study. Ganso quit baking in 1925 when a New York dealer gave him financial backing of $50 a week. Ganso prospered from his art after that.
His work is in over 15 American museums, and the Print Club of Cleveland awarded him a $500 purchase prize for a wood engraving. A versatile artist, he painted a variety of subjects.
(from a profile written by Clyde Singer...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
1950s "Lounge" Mid Century Figurative Ink Drawing NYC Artist
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Lounge"
c. 1950s
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey
Studied: Newark School of Fine Art
The Art Students League
Pratt Graphic Arts Center
University of Paris 1953-54
University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55
Faculty: Art Department of the New School
Museum of Modern Art
School of Visual Arts
Stacy Studio Workshop
Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns
George Wittenborn
The New School
Print Exhibitions, Chicago
University of Oklahoma
Honolulu Museum
Monclair Museum
Wisconsin State College
Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
1950s "Star Ear" Mid Century Figurative Drawing University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Star Ear"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
Black wood frame 9.75"x17.25
Signed lower right in pencil
Came from artist estate
This striking piece of art is an original drawing by r...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Nude Woman in Chair
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude Woman in Chair
Watercolor, gouache, ink, and pencil on heavy paper, c. 1930-35
Signed with the artist's Estate stamp lower right (see photo)
Note: ...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the Ameri...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Nude with Japanese Lanterns
Ink drawing on wove paper, mounted on wove paper support, c. 1916
Signed with the estate stamp B
Provenance: Esta...
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1910s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
1950s "Star Shining" Mid Century Figurative Drawing University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Star Shining"
c. 1950s
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
This ink drawing on paper entitled "Star Shining" was created by Donald Stacy...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Paper
Female Nude Study
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Female Nude Study
Graphite and crayon on wove paper, c. 1928
Signed with the Estate stamp "B" (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Edward Sommer (his so...
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon
Ink and gouache drawing of a nude woman from behind
Located in Brookville, NY
A nude viewed from behind, with black hair , inscribed on the lower right by the artist John Begg "Mature Nude" c.1953 Outlined in black ink and with som...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine. He was a member of the Ameri...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
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 American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
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 American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
1950s "Mask" Mid Century Nude Ink Figure Drawing NYC Artist
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Mask"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
Black dark wood frame 10.25"x17.25"
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
Introducing an original piece by the American artist Donald Stacy title...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
1950s "Tied Up" Mid Century Figurative Drawing Artist Student League
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Tied Up"
c.1950
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Unsigned
Came from artist estate
*Custom framing available for additional charge. Please expect framing time between 3...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Statue of Young Boy in Fountain on the Plaza
Located in New Orleans, LA
This very early original red conte drawing is signed "Jack L. Nesbitt, 4/21/34". On the back of the drawing, Nesbitt has written "Quick sketch from fountain on Plaza". Jack was a student of Thomas Hart Benton at the Kansas City Art Institute during this period. The figure on the drawing is of a nude young boy with both arms in the air. A very rare early work by this fine artist.
Jackson Lee Nesbitt, a noted printmaker and painter of the American Scene, dedicated his artistic career to the portrayal of ordinary people going about the business of their lives. A native of Oklahoma, Nesbitt created scenes from the Midwest during the 1930s and 1940s, but in the 1950s, when interest in his work diminished, he moved to Atlanta and established a second career in advertising. Thirty years later, Nesbitt sold his business and resumed his artistic career from Atlanta.
He was born in McAlester, Oklahoma, on June 16, 1913, the only child of LuCena Grant and Howard Nesbitt. The family resided in Muskogee, Oklahoma, where his father owned a commercial printing business. Jack, as Nesbitt was known, helped out in the family business until 1931, when he enrolled at the University of Oklahoma in Norman.
Two years later Nesbitt enrolled at the Kansas City Art Institute in Missouri. As a first-year student, he learned etching from John deMartelly, attended Ross Braught's painting class, and met his future wife, Elaine Thompson, who was a costume design student. Thomas Hart Benton, who joined the faculty in the fall of 1935, quickly became a close friend and mentor to the younger artist.
In 1937 the management of the Sheffield Steel Corporation contacted deMartelly concerning an etching commission. Because Nesbitt was an outstanding student, his teacher suggested him for the job. When Nesbitt arrived at the plant one afternoon, he was taken to the open-hearth furnace area, where he diligently sketched anonymous workers in that dramatic setting until five o'clock the following morning. On the strength of his sketches, he was commissioned to create a series of etchings illustrating different phases of the steel industry. The commission launched Nesbitt's career as a professional artist.
The commission with Sheffield Steel Corporation provided the financial security that enabled Jack and Elaine Nesbitt to marry on June 1, 1938. He graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute about the same time. Working as a freelance artist, Nesbitt augmented his commissioned work with genre scenes of the Midwest, and he routinely went with Benton on sketching trips to rural Arkansas.
Beginning in 1939 Nesbitt's work gained widespread recognition. Open Hearth Door, a Sheffield Steel Corporation painting, was chosen to represent Missouri in the American Art Today exhibition at the New York World's Fair. Associated American Artists selected one of his etchings, Watering Place, for an edition of 250 prints that were sold through subscription. Having a print published by the association ensured national distribution, and four more of Nesbitt's works, all of rural southern genre scenes, were later selected by the print publisher.
Over the next decade Nesbitt's work was exhibited in California, Colorado, Illinois, Missouri, New York, and Oklahoma. He was awarded the Eames Prize by the Society of American Etchers in 1946, and his work was included in the book American Prize Prints of the Twentieth Century, by Albert Reese. Major corporations with operations in the Midwest, including Brown and Bigelow, Butler Manufacturing Company, Humble Oil and Refining Company, Omaha Steel Works, Pratt and Whitney...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Conté
'Reclining Nude', Bay Area Abstraction, San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts, CWS
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted circa 1955 by Robert George Gilberg (American, 1911-1970) and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity.
Born in Oakland, Robert George Gilberg first studied at the Oakland Art Center during the 1930s. Following service during WWII, he settled in Nevada City, California where he remained until shortly before his death in San Francisco. Gilberg exhibited widely and with success and was the recipient of numerous medals, prizes and juried awards, including at the San Francisco Museum of Fine Arts...
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1960s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1950s "Morning Robe" Mid Century Figurative Ink Original Drawing
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Morning Robe"
March 1951
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Signed and dated 1951 in pencil lower right
Came from artist estate
*Custom framing available for additional...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
1950s "Looking Over Shoulder" Mid Century Figurative Ink Drawing NYC Artist
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Looking Over Shoulder"
1951
Ink on paper
14" x 16.5" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower left
Came from artist estate
*Custom framing available for additional ch...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Paper
Standing Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude
Match stick and ink drawing, c. 1925
Signed with the estate stamp B
Sheet size: 21 x 16 inches
Created at the Kakoon Arts Klu...
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1920s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
American Modern nude drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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