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Period: 1920s
André Lhote Drawing La Coiffeuse Hand Signed, circa 1920
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Drawing by André Lhote, circa 1920. Hand signed Dimensions of the layer: 26 x 20 cm. Hand signed. Framed in 19th century frame. In original condition. André Lhote was born in 1885 and was a French Cubist painter of figure subjects, portraits, landscapes and still life. After initially working in a Fauvist style, Lhote shifted towards Cubism and joined the Section d'Or group in 1912, exhibiting at the Salon de la Section d'Or. He was alongside some of the fathers of modern art, including Gleizes, Villon, Duchamp, Metzinger, Picabia and La Fresnaye. Lhote lectured extensively in France and other countries, including Belgium, England, Italy and, from the 1950s, also in Egypt and Brazil. In Egypt Lhote worked with Effat Nagy using Egyptian archaeology...
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European Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Design for 1925 Art Deco Expo Pavilion, " Extraordinary Architectural Rendering
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Herbert Hoover did not support the presence of a pavilion for the United States at the famed Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (Internati...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Paint

"Sampling Chocolates, " Quintessential Art Deco Drawing with Blindfolded Flapper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original, signed drawing by John Held, Jr. -- whose artistry helped to define the Jazz Age and enliven the pages of America's most sophisticated magazines -- depicts a tuxedoed ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Louis Icart "La Danse Apache" Etching 1929, David Ashley Éditeur
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Etching on paper mounted on paperboard titled "La Danse Apache" original design and copyright of Louis Icart 1929 in excellent condition. The artwork is hand signed by the ...
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Vintage 1920s Drawings

Busiri Vici Pencil Drawing Architectural Sketch Project, Italy, 1928
Located in Rome, IT
An original pencil architectural sketch on paper realised in 1928 by the Italian architects Michele Busiri Vici and Clemente Busiri Vici for the large vill...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Glass, Wood, Paper

1920s Vintage Quinquina Drawing Depicting WWI Fighting Biplanes Aircraft
Located in Milan, IT
Quinquina drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s representing biplane airplanes fighting. Left=single-seat biplane fighter Hanriot HD 1 produced under license by Macchi in ...
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Italian Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Paper

Set of Two Studies in the Bauhaus Style Typography, Gouache from 1920s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Two decorative studies in typography, painted in gouache on paper with influences from the Bauhaus. The studies were made in the master class for graphic design in Pressburg. Both ...
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Czech Bauhaus Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Left Jab, " Rare, Vivid Drawing of Two Boxers by Littlefield, 1928
Located in Philadelphia, PA
William Littlefield was fascinated by boxers, capturing them again and again in the 1920s and 1930s, issuing a set of prints and producing a series of vivid, arresting drawings. Each...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Eight Nudes, " Monumental Drawing with Male Nudes Attributed to Davies
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An arresting assemblage of nude figures, executed in white chalk on a dramatic black background, this drawing shows the artist's mastery of the human figure in various poses supine, ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Boxer in Triumph, " Rare Ink Drawing of Male Boxer with Arms Raised, 1929
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This 1929 vintage ink and inkwash drawing of a bare-chested boxer is turned away from the viewer, his gloved hands raised high as if the fight has just been won. The artist, William ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

20th Century French Pastel Drawing Signed Polme, 1920s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice 20th century French Pastel drawing signed on the right bottom "Polme" from the 1920s. Representing Peaches, stille life.   
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French Vintage 1920s Drawings

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French Art Deco Black and White Framed Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco black and white framed drawing. Beautifully executed stylized French Art Deco black and white drawing in a giltwood frame wit...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Wilhelm Hunt Diederich Very Rare Pair of Silhouettes, circa 1925
By Wilhelm Hunt Diederich
Located in Sharon, CT
A rare pair of original hand cut silhouettes by the Hungarian-American deco sculpture Wilhelm Hunt Diederich, circa 1925. In period frames (unexamined out of frames), titles annotated in pencil on the circular cut mattes- "The Mad Russian" and "Death in the Afternoon". The black paper silhouettes...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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French Deco Set of 20 Benedictus Pouchoir Plates of the Portfolio of Variations
By Edouard Benedictus
Located in North Miami, FL
These amazing pouchoir plates are from the French Art Deco portfolio of Edouard Benedictus of textile designs and fabric designs. They are not framed but still remain in the original...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Looking Heavenward, " Ink Drawing with Male Nude by Harlem Renaissance Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary drawing produced by one of the great artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance depicts a nude male figure leaning against an icy slope and looking heavenward. The artist was Charles Cullen, who played a very important role in illustrating several volumes associated with Black writers in the 1920s and 1930s, most especially Countee Cullen (no relation to Charles). Countee was a writer and poet who produced several important works, including "The Black Christ and Other Poems," "Copper Sun...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"American Olympics 1928, " Spectacular Art Deco Drawing of Stadium Entrance
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although the Olympics in 1928 were held in Amsterdam, Lee Seibert drew this vivid and colorful image of the main entrance to the stadium as if it were in America, the sky glowing with a rainbow-hued aureole and the scene attracting sophisticated men and women in evening clothes. Indeed, the 1932 Olympics...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Mercury on the Mountain, " Ethereal, Beautiful Allegorical Drawing, 1928
By N. Cobb
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious and ethereal, this lovely drawing of a semi-nude male figure, carrying a caduceus and small jar, no doubt representing Mercury is clearly allegorical and suggestive of a p...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Triton and Nymph, " Art Deco Drawing by Lincoln Kirstein Associate, 1928
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and bold drawing by William Littlefield, this piece depicts male and female nude figures in an embrace, the male figure inspired by Nicholas Podiapolski, Littlefield's model and lover in the late 1920s. Littlefield is known for his male nudes and mythological scenes, either in ink wash as here, or in oil on canvas. This drawing was completed in St. Tropez, during an extended stay in Europe that gave him a close acquaintance with Italian and other classical art. Two years later, Littlefield formed a friendship with Lincoln Kirstein...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

Untitled Ralph Barton Drawing on Paper Framed w/ Book
Located in Van Nuys, CA
This drawing depicts a man eating at a Parisian restaurant with a waiter bringing the gentleman a cup. Ralph Waldo Emerson Barton (August 14, 1891 – May 19, 1931) was an American ar...
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American Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Tryptique on the 'Life of Mary', S.VICARINO, 1925
Located in PARIS, FR
Interesting tryptic depicting three episodes in the life of Mary: The Annunciation( with the inscription "Ave Maria gratia plena"); The birth of the Child("et homo factus est"); and...
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Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Paper

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