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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Period: 1960s
Period: Early 1900s
He Lost His Head Over Her
Located in Cumming, GA
Original Graphite on Paper Dimensions 12.5″ x 8″ Viewable 27″ x 22.5″ Framed. Signed by Artist. Circa 1962.
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1960s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Graphite

Quay by the Bridge in Paris
Located in London, GB
'Quay by the Bridge in Paris', watercolour on art paper, by Roland Dubuc (circa 1970s-80s). The broad Parisian river Seine divides the city into the left and right banks. The Left Bank, or Rive Gauche is famous for the Latin Quarter while the Right Bank is better known for attractions like Arc de Triomphe, Montmartre, and the Louvre. A trip here simply isn’t complete without a stroll along this romantic river. And a cruise on the Seine or drinks aboard an anchored boat along the quay is a wonderful experience as well. The artist Dubuc created many artworks with the Seine as backdrop. You can have this one right in your living room. In good overall condition, the piece is newly framed and glazed with anti-reflective glass. Upon request a video of the painting may be provided. About the Artist: Roland DuBuc (1924-1998), French artist, the sixth of 13 children and son of a construction worker. The very precariousness of the family's financial situation forced him to go to work at the age of 14. In extreme poverty, he moved to Rouen where he was lodged by the Salvation Army. During that time he struck up friendships with several artists who gave him advice and taught him techniques of drawing. He moved to other cities later where he met painters including, among others, Fred Pailhès...
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1960s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

William Glackens Drawing Titled "M. Durand... Arrived on the Scene", Dated 1903
Located in New York, NY
William Glackens, 1870-1938 M. Durand... Arrived on the Scene, 1903 Ink, wash, charcoal and Chinese white on paper Signed (at lower left): W. Glackens...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

L’entrée d’un village animé de paysans en Artois
Located in PARIS, FR
1905 Pastel on paper mounted on canvas Signed lower left “L. Lhermitte”
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Early 1900s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Fairies among the Lily Pads - Female Illustrator Fantasy
Located in Miami, FL
A turn-of-the-century fantasy illustration by female illustrator May Audubon Post features a charming fairy with expanded wings resting on Lilly s...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

French Boy in Bloomers
Located in London, GB
'French Boy in Bloomers', gouache on art paper (circa 1960s-70s), by Raymond Debiève. A young boy emerges from a beach cabana wearing a bloomer bathing costume that was still in use ...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Male Nude Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper Size: 18 x 23 inches Condition: Good Provenance:...
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1960s Renaissance Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Graphite

Original Drawing
Located in London, GB
A lovely signed pen drawing in three colours by Thilo Maatsch. Artist: Thilo Maatsch Date: 1966 Framed size: 49 x 37.5cm Signature: Signed in pencil: “TM 66” Mounting: Conservation-...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Drawing with Flowers, signed and dedicated to Max Brun
Located in OPOLE, PL
Marc Chagall's Drawing with Flowers (1969), signed and dedicated to Max Brun, is an intimate testament to their close friendship. This unique pen drawing, measuring 32 x 24 cm, holds...
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1960s Symbolist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pen, Gel Pen

Seascape - Drawing by Antoine Mayo - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Seascape is a drawing in watercolor, attributed to the artist Antoine Mayo (1905-1990) in the 1960s. In good condition. Antoine Mayo  (Port Said, Egypt 1905 - Seine Port 1990). Gre...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Étang de Cernay by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Étang de Cernay by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952) Watercolour and pencil on paper 24.5 x 35.5 cm (9 ⅝ x 13 ⅝ inches) Inscribed and dated lower right, Étang de Cernay 12 Aug 05 ...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

William Glackens Watercolor on Paper, "Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class"
Located in New York, NY
William Glackens, 1870-1938 Criticizing Ernest Lawson’s Art Class, ca. 1907 Watercolor and pencil on paper Signed (at lower left): Glackens Inscribed ...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Children Amongst Foxgloves - Pink Flowers, Female Illustrator of The Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Children Amongst Foxgloves - Female Illustrator of The Golden Age by a female illustrator of The Golden Age Watercolor on paper, signed 'A. Bowerley' lower left. 11 x 20 in. (sight)...
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Early 1900s Pre-Raphaelite Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper, Pencil

Drawing « helmeted man 1 » for the NASA - Raymond Loewy et William Snaith
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Helmeted man 1" drawing for NASA - Raymond Loewy and William Snaith Space station - Habitability study On paper 16 February 1969 42x35 490€
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

Hullo Old Chap You Look As If You'd Had Sport! 1902 by Phil May
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic c1902 pen & ink sketch depicting two smartly hunt- attired Brit 'chaps' discussing, 'You look as if you had sport in at the kill?... Well, no I was in at the ditch and in at ...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen

(Abstract Still Life with Chessboard) Untitled, 1964, Ian Hornak — Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: (Abstract Still Life with Chessboard) Untitled Year: circa 1964 Medium: Acrylic on illustration board Size: 14 x 11 inches Condition: Good Prove...
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1960s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Uxbridge Road, London by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - City scene watercolour
Located in London, GB
Uxbridge Road, London by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour on paper 23.5 x 31 cm (9 ¹/₄ x 12 ¹/₄ inches) Titled and dated lower left; initialled and inscribed lower right...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Study for Sculpture, Unique signed drawing by renowned modernist sculptor Framed
By Richard Stankiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Stankiewicz Study for Sculpture (Untitled), ca. 1968 Graphite on Paper Signed in graphite lower right front Frame Included: held in original vintage frame with Kulicke label ...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Graphite

Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592)
Located in London, GB
Sam Francis Untitled (#2 Pri-Rain) (SF64-592) 1964 Gouache on paper 57.2 x 75.6 cms (22 1/2 x 29 3/4 ins) Frame size: 82.9 x 103.2 cms (32 5/8 x 40 5/8 ins) SF14652 $300,000 Exhibit...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"Central Park"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Hunting His Tux for the Party, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Original cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, March 31, 1962 The Post described, “At this point, the brave fel...
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Board

Fashion Illustration with Two Leggy Models in Monochromatic Greys
Located in Miami, FL
Two elegant and leggy models are rendered and meticulously designed in this illustration for Geoffrey Beene. Miyake's composition is one model as two or two models as one. We see th...
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1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Permanent Marker, Carbon Pencil

Environmental Prognostication Coil Narrative "Homo Sapiens R.I.P."
Located in Miami, FL
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot," Joni Mitchell said. - - Created in 1969, at the dawn of the American environmental movement, artist Richard Erdoes draws a sequential narrative in the form of a coil. From inception to destruction, it illustrates a list of things that humans are doing to destroy the world we live in. The work was commissioned for school-age humans and executed in a whimsically comic way. Yet the underlying narrative is sophisticated and foreshadows a world that could be on the brink of ecological disaster. Graphically and conceptually, this work exhibits an endless amount of creativity and Erdoes cartoony style is one to fall in love with. Signed lower right. Unframed 12.4 inches Width: 12.85 inches Height is the live area. Board is 16x22 inches. Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author. Early life Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4] Career He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City. In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books. An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories...
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1960s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board

The Sunbonnet Babies - Modernist Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Bertha Corbett Melcher's The Sunbonnet Babies, with their flat, minimalist, semi-abstract, and symbolic style, are an early example of American Modernism/Surrealism by a lesser-known female artist/illustrator. The present work demonstrates a delicate balance between abstraction and representation and between the commonplace and the mysterious. Her signature use of a hat or sunbonnet to hide the identity of her subjects is a big conceptual and visual idea that has been overlooked in the fine art canon. The exact meaning of this is unknown, but 120 years after they were done, it resonates as somewhat surrealistic. Her work is a contradiction. She shows innocent children engaging in everyday activity but are depicted in vail of mystery. Why does she not show the faces of her subjects? Watercolor on paper (each) Six drawings in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each) One signed; two initialed; three not signed. Six drawing in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each) One signed; two initialed; three not signed The Sunbonnet Babies characters were created by illustration Bertha L. Corbett when she was challenged to create a faceless character who nonetheless was engaging and appealing. The characters were a wild hit and appeared in books, comics, and popular collectibles. They also became a popular motif in quilting. Few of Corbett's original drawings for the babies are known to survive, making this a rare offering. From: Wikipedia Sunbonnet Babies are characters created by commercial artist Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Sunbonnet Babies featured two girls in pastel colored dresses with their faces covered by sunbonnets. Sunbonnet Babies appeared in books, illustrations and advertisements between the years of 1900 and 1930. Sunbonnet Babies were later used as a popular quilting pattern also known as Sunbonnet Sue.[1] Melcher created a male version of the Sunbonnet Babies, named the 'Overall Boys' in 1905.[2][3] History Bertha L. Corbett Melcher Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950).[4] Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist.[5] She may have also studied with Howard Pyle.[6] By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California.[7][4] Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets.[4] Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position.[4] Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face."[2] Melcher published her first book, The Sun-Bonnet Babies in 1900.[3] Later, she shopped her illustrations to publisher Rand McNally of Chicago, and nine subsequent books were written by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Bertha Corbett. In 1905, Melcher wrote The Overall Boys.[3] Many of these books were used as primers and used widely in primary schools in the midwest. Melcher used the sunbonnet babies in advertising and later established the Sunbonnet Babies Company. She started a studio to illustrate and create merchandise of the Sunbonnet Babies.[2] The characters also appeared in a comic strip.[2] Quilting Melcher herself did not originate the use of the sunbonnet babies as quilting pattern. The Sunbonnet Babies quilting pattern appeared in textile art 1910's in the Ladies Home Journal 1911–1912 in a quilt stitched by Marie Webster. The pattern was popular during the Great Depression. In the American South, it was often known as "Dutch Doll" until the 1970s.[3] There was also a quilt pattern based on the "Overall Boys," known by the various names including “Overall Bill, “Overall Andy,” “Sunbonnet Sam,” “Suspender Sam,” “Fisherman Jim."[3] Many patterns for quilts and sewing were designed by Ruby Short McKim and published in nationally syndicated newspapers.[8] Sunbonnet Sue became symbolic of 'female innocence and docility'.[9] Linda Pershing collected accounts from women quilters who depicted 'Sues' doing activities such as smoking, wearing more revealing clothing, and subverting feminine stereotypes.[10] In 1979, the “Seamsters Union Local #500," a group of quilters from Lawrence, Kansas, created “The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue," a quilt depicting the character murdered in a variety of ways.[3] Collectibles Sunbonnet Babies merchandise includes school books, valentines cards, postcards, china, and quilts.[2][5][11] Sunbonnet Babies were adapted into three dimensional porcelain collectibles and pottery made by Royal Bayreuth Company in the early 1900s. The Royal Bayreuth China...
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Early 1900s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Sleeping Cat - Original Pencil Drawing by Giselle Halff - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Cats is an original pencil drawing realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971). Not signed and dated on 1965 on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Giselle Halff (1899-1971...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers), 1963, Ian Hornak — Painting
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Abstract Still Life with Flowers) Year: circa 1963 Medium: Acrylic on double layered Masonite Size: 29.5 x 21 inches Condition: Good P...
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1960s Photorealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Seated Nude, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Seated Nude (P5.23), Year: 1961, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Sitting with a red ta...
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1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Rafina II Greece (Kasmin London label) Signed 1961 painting color field artist
By Paul Feeley
Located in New York, NY
Paul Feeley Rafina II Greece, 1961 Watercolour on paper Hand Signed, titled and dated lower front In 1961, color field painter Paul Feeley created a series of watercolors - Rafina an...
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1960s Color-Field Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

Sea Battle - (Stories from the Edda)
Located in Miami, FL
Signed, "A Rackham" lower right Sotheby's New York - The work has recently been elegantly framed with a high end frame and archivalled matted and looks wonderful in person. Arth...
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Early 1900s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Little witches 7
Located in Genève, GE
Erotic scene Work on paper Wooden frame with glass pane 46.4 x 37 x 1.2 cm
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen & Ink, Watercolor on Vellum Overlay on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This piece is on 22.00" x 14.50" illustration board with watercolor on vellum overlay. The image measures to 14.00" x 13.00." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the 1963 epic comedy blockbuster, `It`s a Mad, Mad,Mad, Mad World`, with stars in pursuit of hidden loot. The madcap treasure hunters are (counterclockwise) Buster Keaton, Edward Everett Horton, Mickey Rooney, Buddy Hackett, Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Joe E. Brown, Milton Berle...
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Board, Vellum, Pen

House, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - House (P1.2), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x 38.1 cm), Description: Plastered in bright bu...
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1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

“Montmartre in July”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful, original watercolor by the well known American artist, Henry Martin Gasser. Signed lower right by the artist “Gasser/Paris. Titled verso. Circa 1965. Condition is excellent. The scene is Montmartre, Paris in July with a busy cafe...
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1960s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Captiva Island, Florida - Beach Landscape in Watercolor on Paper Detailed watercolor of a Florida island beach by unknown artist "Dowst" (American, 20th Century). Scrub brush and ot...
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1960s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

The Saloon In New York
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper Signature: Initialed Lower Right Literature: A.H. Gleason, "The Saloon in New York," Collier's Magazine, May 2, 1908, vol. 41, p. 12, frontispie...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1964 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance: E...
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1960s Renaissance Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Clown with a Hat (Clown Portrait #9)
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a clown by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "Blake" in the lower right corner. Unframed. Marjorie May Gulley Blake w...
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1960s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

"Head of Woman with Stars, " Watercolor & Ink signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Head of Woman with Stars" is an original watercolor and ink painting by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece. This artwork features the profile of a woman's head with various ...
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1960s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Clown Portrait #11
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a clown on heavy paper by Marjorie Blake (American, 1920-1994). Signed "M. Blake" in the lower right corner. Unframed. Marjorie ...
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1960s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

H.C. Chatfield-Taylor
Located in Bristol, CT
Hand-coloured illustration artwork depicting the writer H.C. Chatfield-Taylor, a top authority on Moliere whose quote: 'Oh That Mine Enemies Would Read A Book' Hobart Chatfield Chat...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Lithograph

Apocalypse, Catastrophic Destruction of the World, Surrealism - Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Apocalypse in 1962? At the height of the Cold War, Life Magazine commissions an illustration that describes the world's end by means other than a nuclear war with Russia. Richard Erdoes brilliantly illustrates the work with his highly stylized painting technique. My favorite part of the work is on the left side showing a group of people packed together as they fall into oblivion. A clear reference would be Hieronymus Bosch's "The Last Judgment " Once Again the World Ends." Illustration published in Life Magazine, Feb. 9, 1962 Signed in lower right image. Unframed Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author. Early life Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,[1] to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.[2] After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,[3] He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4] Career He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City. In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books. An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories...
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1960s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Gouache, Board, Illustration Board

St Eriksbron Seen From Stadshagen, Stockholm, 1908
Located in Stockholm, SE
This enchanting painting by Arvid Jacobsson (Jacobson)(1881–1966), executed in 1908, offers a captivating view of St. Eriksbron as seen from Stadshagen on Kungsholmen. Jacobsson has ...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Red Chalk Figure Study by Antoniucci Volti
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989) Untitled, 1969 Red chalk on paper 14 3/4 x 11 in. Signed: Volti Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Caricature of Opening of Zero Mostel in "Fiddler on the Roof"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left This illustration is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board with a 12.50" x 12.00" image. Fine condition, editor's notations in margins. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for the opening of Zero Mostel...
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

The Pink Bonnet
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1907 Medium: Mixed Media on Board Dimensions: 18.25" x 15.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right Provenance- From the Helen Hay Whitney estate (the author of The Bed-Time Book for ...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

The Illustrator's Workroom at The San Francisco Call, Late 19th C. Illustration
By Adolph Methfessel
Located in Soquel, CA
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...
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Early 1900s American Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Good Housekeeping Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1906 Medium: Mixed Media on Board Dimensions: 19.00" x 22.00" Signature: Initialed K.R.W. Good Housekeeping Story Illustration Novebmer 1906. ...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

Rhymes of Real Children
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1903 Medium: Mixed Media on Board Sight Size 18.00" x 15.75", Framed 24.50" x 22.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right Betty Sage, Rhymes of Real Children, New York, 1903, illustr...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Board

"White Square"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Burgoyne Diller (1906 – 1965). Born in New York City in 1906, Burgoyne Diller began drawing when he was stri...
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Crayon, Graphite

Maine Fishermen, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Maine Fishermen (39), Year: 1961, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 14.5 in. x 12 in. (36.83 cm x 30.48 cm), Description: Arranging their yello...
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1960s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Spanish folk dance Jota pastel drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Alfredo Opisso Cardona (1907-1980) - Jota - Pastel Measures work 46x36cm. Frame measures 65x55 cm.
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Nina Ricci 'Hibiscus' 71 Watercolor Fashion Plate
Located in Bristol, CT
Original Nina Ricci watercolor c1960s illustration w/ fabric swatch attached Provenance: a Beverly Hills, CA estate Art Sz: 12"H x 8 1/4"W Frame Sz:16"H x 12"W w/ blue matte & y...
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Alençon by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
Alençon by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour on paper 22 x 31 cm (8 ⁵/₈ x 12 ¹/₄ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower left, LR Inscribed an...
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Early 1900s Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Female Figure - China Ink by Marcel Gromaire - 1962
Located in Roma, IT
Beautiful China Ink drawing by Marcel Gromaire, 1962. Contemporary wooden frame included. Excelle conditions.
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1960s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Odes and Epodes of Horace
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Title-page illustration published in The Odes and Epodes of Horace, (Boston: Bibliophile Society, 1901). A beautiful and detailed image that displays Pyle's exquisite brush work.
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pen

Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study Year: circa 1964 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 18 x 23 inches Condition: Good Provenance: E...
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1960s Renaissance Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Abstract Landscape Mid 20th Century Work on Paper Hamptons, NY Drawing Pastel
Located in New York, NY
Abstract Landscape Mid 20th Century Work on Paper Hamptons, NY Drawing Pastel. Signed and dated '62 lower right. 9 x 12 inches (sight) and 15. 1/2 x 18 1/2 inches framed. BIO Robert Dash is known for his Hamptons paintings...
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1960s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

La Celle les Bordes by LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO - Post-Impressionist watercolour
Located in London, GB
La Celle les Bordes by LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878-1952) Watercolour on paper 35 x 25 cm (13 3⁄4 x 9 7⁄8 inches) Signed lower left, Ludovic Rodo Inscribed and dated lower right, La ...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings for Sale on 1stDibs

Revitalize your interiors — introduce drawings and watercolor paintings to your home to evoke emotions, stir conversation and show off your personality and elevated taste.

Drawing is often considered one of the world’s oldest art forms, with historians pointing to cave art as evidence. In fact, a cave in South Africa, home to Stone Age–era artists, houses artwork that is believed to be around 73,000 years old. It has indeed been argued that cave walls were the canvases for early watercolorists as well as for landscape painters in general, who endeavor to depict and elevate natural scenery through their works of art. The supplies and methods used by artists and illustrators to create drawings and paintings have evolved over the years, and so too have the intentions. Artists can use their drawing and painting talents to observe and capture a moment, to explore or communicate ideas and convey or evoke emotion. No matter if an artist is working in charcoal or in watercolor and has chosen to portray the marvels of the pure human form, to create realistic depictions of animals in their natural habitats or perhaps to forge a new path that references the long history of abstract visual art, adding a drawing or watercolor painting to your living room or dining room that speaks to you will in turn speak to your guests and conjure stimulating energy in your space.

When you introduce a new piece of art into a common area of your home — a figurative painting by Italian watercolorist Mino Maccari or a colorful still life, such as a detailed botanical work by Deborah Eddy — you’re bringing in textures that can add visual weight to your interior design. You’ll also be creating a much-needed focal point that can instantly guide an eye toward a designated space, particularly in a room that sees a lot of foot traffic.

When you’re shopping for new visual art, whether it’s for your apartment or weekend house, remember to choose something that resonates. It doesn’t always need to make you happy, but you should at least enjoy its energy. On 1stDibs, browse a wide-ranging collection of drawings and watercolor paintings and find out how to arrange wall art when you’re ready to hang your new works.

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