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Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Silk, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil

Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Silk, Carbon Pencil, Handmade Paper, Gouache, Watercolor

Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour on Silk Applied to Handmade Paper.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Silk

Study of a Butterfly, Watercolour Silk applied Handmade Paper. La Roche Laffitte
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
One from a set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Silk, Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil

Fletcher J Mercer (1861-1922) - Signed Watercolour, Watercolour Study
Located in Corsham, GB
An interesting watercolour still life of two butterflies gently gliding towards the bright read
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21st Century and Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. - Botanical Studies
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. A Group of 10 Flowers and Butterflies. mid to late
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Late 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Rice Paper, Watercolor

Norman Adams "Study at Resipole" Original Watercolor c.1968
Located in San Francisco, CA
Norman Adams "Study at Resipole" Original Watercolor c.1968 Original watercolor on paper
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Mid-20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Set of Four Butterflies. French Watercolours on Silk Laid on Handmade Paper.
By La Roche Laffitte
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil

Art Deco watercolour on paper of a lady in a butterfly costume by Jean Aumond
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very charming and stylish Art Deco costume study of a lady in a blue butterfly costume by the
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

Mary Elizabeth Duffield RI (1819-1914) - Framed Watercolour, Wall Flowers
By Mary Elizabeth Duffield
Located in Corsham, GB
(1819-1914) who is best known for her watercolours of flowering plants. This particular study depicts
Category

19th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Art Deco yellow butterfly costume design by French costume designer Jean Aumond
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A very charming and stylish Art Deco costume study of a lady in a yellow butterfly costume by the
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

Study for Battledore & Shuttlecock - British Aesthetic Movement drawing
By Albert Joseph Moore
Located in London, GB
using his butterfly monogram. Like Leighton, Moore made careful studies and drawing for every figure in
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1870s Aesthetic Movement Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Soldier and Butterflies - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1965
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier and Butterflies is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1965. Hand
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Georgian Contemporary Art by Shota Imerlishvili - Butterfly Effect
Located in Paris, IDF
painting when he was only three years old and didn't study art at any art school or university. A different
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2010s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Pencil, Permanent Marker

Garden Views #3, Tulip with Butterfly
Located in Burlingame, CA
Renaissance drawing and her love of printmaking borne from classical Italian art studies, combined with the
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Handmade Paper, Conté, Graphite, Crayon

Drawing of a Boy / Butterflies
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
, hunks and friends. His 1956 exhibition, Studies for a Boy Book, was a commercial failure because of the
Category

1950s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper

Village Scene, early 20th century drawing on paper, Cleveland School Artist
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Beachwood, OH
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893-1967 Village Scene, 1921 Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper
Category

1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Watercolor, Ink

A Duck to Remember your House (inscribed and signed 3x by Slonem to Warhol muse)
By Hunt Slonem
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor on Paper Hand signed and dated recto, signed again verso; inscribed "Monique, a duck to remember
Category

1990s Pop Art Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

Village Scene, Crickets in November, New Albany, Ohio
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Missouri, MO
, watercolor was his preferred medium. Knowledge of Oriental art influenced him to use simple forms. He spent
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Early 20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper, Gouache

Blizzard in Woods
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Fairlawn, OH
since the early 1960s. This drawing shows Burchfield's working method with his nature studies
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Woman reading a letter, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
and he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Edo Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Japanese Art Figurative Painting, Love for a street-walker, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
and he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Snow Moon and Flowers, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
2012, a deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him and he began to study the great masters of
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2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Bijin Ôkubi, Edo Period
Located in Segovia, ES
butterfly lips are typical of the prototype of a beautiful woman, Bijin-ga. Her upper torso and face
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2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hanamurasaki of the Tamaya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hanazuma of the Hyôgaya House
Located in Segovia, ES
study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hairdresser, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
in oriental art was awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Karagoto of the Chojiya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative painting, Reflective Love, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
in oriental art was awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ikiyo-e Figurative Painting, Obvious Love Arawaruru Koi, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite, Crayon, Oil Crayon

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Takashimayaoisha, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Charles Burchfield Preparatory Sketch, Early 20th Century
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Larchmont, NY
with a kind of ecstatic poetry." (Biagell 54) Throughout his career, watercolor was his preferred
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, The courtese Hinakoto, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Tomimoto Toyohina, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an
Category

2010s Edo Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

BLACK CHAIR (ORIGINAL GOUACHE)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Aventura, FL
, paintings, and tapestries as seen in his Butterfly (1970). “My whole theory about art is the disparity that
Category

1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

UNTITLED (GIRAFFE)
By Alexander Calder
Located in Aventura, FL
-dimensional artworks including lithographs, paintings, and tapestries as seen in his Butterfly (1970). “My
Category

1960s Surrealist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pencil

Sketch of a woman's head in profile
By Sir William Orpen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
& number Columbus Museum of Art, Accession 64.41 CMA This study sheet bears some resemblance to
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1910s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Signed Flower drawing in monograph, inscribed to art historian Norman Rosenthal
By Mark Grotjahn
Located in New York, NY
some of Mark Grotjahn's most well known works, including many from his famous butterfly series
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Offset, Ink, Mixed Media, Lithograph

Lily and Bird
By Joseph Stella
Located in New York, NY
, American Masterworks on Paper: Drawings, Watercolors, and Prints, pp. 6, 46 no. 47 illus. // (probably
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Early 20th Century American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil, Paper

Three Flowers
By Joseph Stella
Located in New York, NY
brother, Joseph, first sending him to medical school in New York, then to study pharmacology, and then
Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Two Wood Ducks on a Flowering Branch
By Joseph Stella
Located in New York, NY
brother, Joseph, first sending him to medical school in New York, then to study pharmacology, and then
Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil

Julian Schnabel Hand Painted Leather Jacket 1991 (Julian Schnabel painting)
By Julian Schnabel
Located in NEW YORK, NY
participated in the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York in the late
Category

1980s Pop Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Leather, Acrylic

Botanical Studies, Pair of Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Anemones
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache

Butterflies
By Carlos Gamez de Francisco
Located in Nashville, TN
himself to learning 100 English words every day, studying diligently, working, and painting at night. His
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2010s Contemporary Mixed Media

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Graphite

Butterfly
By Tom Perkinson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
TOM PERKINSON "BUTTERFLY" MIXED MEDIA, SIGNED AMERICAN, DATED 1974 21.5 X 21 INCHES Tom
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1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Mixed Media

Antique Set of Twelve Chinese Pith Paintings Depicting Butterflies
Located in London, GB
Antique set of twelve Chinese pith paintings depicting butterflies Chinese, 19th Century Panel
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19th Century Animal Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paper, Watercolor

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

3 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
with hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

4 plates from The Wondrous Transformation of Caterpillars & their Strange Diet..
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
hand coloring in watercolor and gouache printed on one sheet of watermarked Honig cream laid paper
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Icecream Bean plant..., plate no. 58, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
Butterfly and Caterpillar with Moth. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Thistle and Moths, plate no. 6, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid Honig paper with a large heraldic watermark with a
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Tree with moth, caterpillar..., Plate 39, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
pupa. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream laid Honig paper with
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Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Cocoa plant, caterpillar, ..., Plate 26, Metamorphosis Insectorum Surinamensium
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in Middletown, NY
butterflies. The Netherlands: 1705. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on watermarked Honig cream laid
Category

Early 18th Century Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Engraving

Pineapple with foliage.
By Maria Sibylla Merian
Located in London, GB
publisher Matthias Merian, devoted herself to the study of European insects and their metamorphoses. As a
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1710s Naturalistic Still-life Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Watercolor, Engraving

Pineapple with foliage.
Pineapple with foliage.
H 20.95 in W 15.04 in D 1.78 in
Portrait of an Enchanting Young Girl Wearing a Garland of Morning Glory Flowers
By James Holland
Located in West Sussex, GB
studies of morning glory(ill.2), and placed butterflies in his flower pieces (ill.3) Several years of
Category

Early 19th Century Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Mexican Fishermen in Lake Patzcuaro' Lithograph by Yves Brayer Modern Landscape
By Yves Brayer
Located in London, GB
travelled with the intention of portraying life in his oil and watercolour paintings in those places. In
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1960s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Study Watercolor Butterfly For Sale on 1stDibs

You are likely to find exactly the study watercolor butterfly you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the contemporary style, while we also have 3 contemporary versions to choose from as well. Making the right choice when shopping for a study watercolor butterfly may mean carefully reviewing examples of this item dating from different eras — you can find an early iteration of this piece from the 18th Century and a newer version made as recently as the 21st Century. On 1stDibs, the right study watercolor butterfly is waiting for you and the choices span a range of colors that includes beige, gray, black and red. Finding an appealing study watercolor butterfly — no matter the origin — is easy, but Joseph Stella, Alexander Calder, Apostolos Chantzaras, Sara Dudman and Audrey Flack each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these — often created in paper, pencil and crayon — can elevate any room of your home. A large study watercolor butterfly can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while smaller examples are available — approximately spanning 5 high and 5 wide — and may be better suited to a more modest living area.

How Much is a Study Watercolor Butterfly?

The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a study watercolor butterfly in our inventory may begin at $414 and can go as high as $179,950, while the average can fetch as much as $2,370.