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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Period: 18th Century
Period: 1940s
Caricature of Arthur Godfrey as a Talent Fisherman for CBS
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left Ink on Illustration Board of Arthur Godfrey as a Talent Fisherman for CBS, with a net of performers slung over...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Martyn Green as Lord Chamberlain in "Iolanthe"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Cardstock Signature: Signed Center Right Approximate Date: Jan. 12, 1948 Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Martyn Green as the Lord Chamberlain in G...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pen

British Comedy Duo and Mellifluos Singers, Bud Flanagan & Chesney Allen
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of British Comedy Duo and Mellifluos Singers Bud Flanagan & Ches...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

The Confrontation, Story Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, 1940
Located in Fort Washington, PA
An illustration depicting a circa late 19th century woman confronting a child, whose holster and gun are lying at his feet. Story illustration for "Pony-Express Boy" by M.G. Chute f...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

The Best People
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for story called 'The Best People', published in Redbook magazine, January, 1943, with their job stamp on verso. Signed and dated lower right. Arthur William Brown...
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1940s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Gouache, Watercolor

"The Pose"
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 Benj...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

"Reading"
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 Benj...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Figure Study, Modern Watercolor and Graphite Drawing attributed to Fernand Léger
Located in Long Island City, NY
Fernand Léger, Attributed to, French (1881 -1955) - Figure Study, Year: circa 1949, Medium: Watercolor and Graphite on Paper, Size: 17 x 28 in. (43.18 x 71.12 x 93.98 cm), Frame S...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

Courses at Deauville, Original Modern Watercolor Painting by Raoul Dufy
Located in Long Island City, NY
Deauville is a French coastal town that has been a popular travel destination since the 1800s. The resort town is home to a grand casino, golf courses, and—as depicted here by Raoul Dufy—horse...
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1940s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Blue and Green Face (Visage Bleu et Vert)
Located in London, GB
Signed Watercolour and gouache on paper 16 x 12 inches
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor

Head of Young Girl
Located in London, GB
Pencil on two joined sheets of toned paper 14 1/2 x 13 inches
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil

The Callings of Saints Peter and Andrew
Located in London, GB
The Callings of Saints Peter and Andrew Robert Edge Pine 1730-1788 Chalk on paper Image size: 15 1/2 x 17 inches (39.5 x 43 cm) Original frame Here in Pine’s picture displays an ac...
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18th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Untitled
By Augustin Lesage
Located in PARIS, FR
Augustin Lesage is a French painter attached to the movement of art brut. Jean Dubuffet included the paintings of Lesage in his collection in 1948, onl...
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1940s Folk Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Abstraction IV Geometric)
Located in London, GB
Dove uses ink to render angular and rounded shapes, he then fills in these shapes with gouache using loose brush marks which create a sensitive textural landscape. The transparency o...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

"Pink Garden" Gerome Kamrowski, American Surrealist 1947 Expressive Abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Gerome Kamrowski Pink Garden, 1947 Signed lower left Watercolor on paper 22 x 30 inches Gerome Kamrowski was born in Warren, Minnesota, on January 19, 1914. In 1932 he enrolled in ...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Composition #1, Modern Cubist Drawing by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Benjamin Benno was an British-born American artist, best known for his Cubist and abstract works. This artwork is signed and dated. Abstract Composition #1 Benjamin Benno, American ...
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1940s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Permanent Marker

Early Modern Colorful Red, Blue, Yellow, & Green Geometric Abstract Line Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract geometric drawing by early Houston. TX artist Robert Preusser. The work features bursts of lines and colors that create movement throughout the composition. Signed and date...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Casein

18th Century Monument, Pencil and Wash Artwork, German School
Located in London, GB
Pencil and wash Image size: 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (27 x 40 cm) Mounted
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

18th Century Monument Side View, Pencil and Wash Artwork, German School
Located in London, GB
Graphite and wash Image size: 10 1/2 x 15 3/4 inches (27 x 40 cm) Mounted
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18th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Apache Woman on Horseback, by Allan Houser, Haozous, painting, paper, horse Painting on paper from 1946 by master artist Allan Houser. Ft. Sill Chi...
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1940s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled
Located in New York, NY
Color crayons and ink on white wove paper. Initialed and dated "VI . 24 . 43" in ink, lower right recto, and annotated and dated in ink, verso. This work is registered in the record...
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Ink

Lady with the Military Medals, Watercolor and Ink on Paper by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Lady with the Military Medals Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980) Date: 1940 Watercolor and ink on paper, signed and dated Size: 24 x 14.38 in. (60.96 x 36.51 cm) Frame Size: 27 x 2...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Untitled 7, Colored Ink drawing by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Amazon Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980) Date: circa 1940 Colored ink on paper Size: 14.75 x 21 in. (37.47 x 53.34 cm) Frame Size: 22 x 28 inches
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Water Jug, Crayon on Paper by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
Still Life with Fruit Bowl and Water Jug Benjamin Benno, American (1901–1980) Date: 1940 Crayon on paper, signed and dated Size: 13 x 17.13 in. (33.02 x 43.5 cm) Frame Size: 24.5 x 2...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

Twentieth Century Mask (Red), Modern Drawing by Benno 1948
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original crayon on paper drawing by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980) measuring 30 x 17 inches. By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the internat...
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1940s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Laid Paper

Untitled (Cows in Autumn)
Located in Greenwich, CT
This work is accompanied by a letter of opinion from the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation, New York. signed Milton Avery (lower right) Born in Sand...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Reclining Figures
Located in London, GB
Henry Moore Reclining Figures 1940 Chalk, pen and watercolour on paper 25.4 x 43.2 cms (10 x 17 ins) HM15852 Provenance: Willard Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York, ac...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Color Pencil

Il signor Dudron - Pen Drawing by G. de Chirico - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Il signor Dudron - Illustration of de Chirico is an original drawing in pen realized by Giorgio de Chirico in 1945 ca. Hand-signed on the lower right. Image Dimensions: 21 x 13.5 c...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Nude Study no. 50, Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 47 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 24 x 19 inches
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1940s Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Farmhouse with Windmill
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Farmhouse with Windmill 243 Year: 1949 Medium: Ink on paper, signed Size: 8.5 in. x 11 in. (21.59 cm x 27.94 cm)
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1940s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Untitled - Drawing by Wifredo Lam - Ink and Pencil - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
This extraordinary and rare drawing by Wifredo Lam is one of the artworks that the artist took with him when he moved from Cuba to France. In Paris, Lam showed Picasso his drawings a...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pencil

The Village Market
Located in Missouri, MO
Jacob (Yaacov) Eisenscher "The Village Market" 1947 Gouache/Watercolor on Paper Signed and Dated Lower Left Image Size: approx 18 x 12.5 Framed Size: approx 27 1/8 x 22 1/4 inches ...
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1940s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Untitled - Drawing by Wifredo Lam - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
This extraordinary and rare drawing by Wifredo Lam is one of the artworks that the artist took with him when he moved from Cuba to France. In Paris, Lam showed Picasso his drawings a...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pencil

Exceptional set of complete works, dedicated, with 8 original endpage drawings
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Jean Cocteau Exceptional copy of the complete works in 9 volumes, dedicated to Jacques Fonson, 8 with original endpage drawings Half bound in red morocco with gold lettering 8 volum...
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1940s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold Leaf

New York Harbor
Located in Missouri, MO
Dong Kingman "New York Harbor" c. 1940s watercolor on paper Signed *This is fully illustrated in the book, "Dong Kingman An American Master" (see attached images). Sheet Size: 22 x 30 inches Framed Size: approx. 33.5 x 40.5 inches This is a wonderful painting by the legendary artist, Dong Kingman (1911-2000). Great period for the artist, with his bold color and whimsical approach. The following obituary is from Dong Kingman Jr., son of the artist: Dong Kingman, the world-renowned artist and teacher, died in his sleep on May 12, 2000 at age 89 in his home in Manhattan. The cause was pancreatic cancer. Long acknowledged as an American watercolor master, he has received an extraordinary number of awards and honors throughout his 70-year career in the arts. Included are two Guggenheim fellowships in 1942 and 1943; the San Francisco Art Association First Purchase Prize, 1936; Audubon Artist Medal of Honor, 1946; Philadelphia Watercolor Club Joseph Pennel Memorial Medal, 1950; Metropolitan Museum of Art Award, and the National Academy Design 150th Anniversary Gold Medal Award, 1975. In 1987, the American Watercolor Society awarded Dong Kingman its highest honor, the Dolphin Medal, "for having made outstanding contributions to art especially to that of watercolor." His work is represented in the permanent collections of 50 museums and universities, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, M.H. deYoung Memorial Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Whitney Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Des Moines Art Center, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Brooklyn Museum and Hirshhorn Museum. Born in Oakland, California in 1911 of Chinese descent, Kingman moved to Hong Kong at age five. He studied art and calligraphy in his formative years at the Lingnan School. The painting master Szeto Wai had recently studied art in Paris and took a keen interest in young Dongs precocious talents. He taught him both Chinese classical and French Impressionist styles of painting. Kingman returned home to Oakland when he was 18 at the height of the Depression. He worked as a newsboy and dishwasher to make ends meet. When he was employed as a houseboy for the Drew family in San Francisco, he painted every spare moment. In a year, he created enough pictures to have a one-man show at the Art Center. It attracted the attention of San Francisco art critics who raved about Kingmans unique style. Wrote Junius Cravens of the San Francisco News: "That young Chinese artist is showing 20 of the freshest and most satisfying watercolors that have been seen hereabouts in many a day Kingman already has developed that universal quality which may place a sincere artist work above the limitations of either racial characteristics or schools. Kingmans art belongs to the world at large today." Dong Kingman became an overnight success. From 1936 to 1941, he was a project artist for WPA and became a pioneer for a new school of painting, the "California Style." His two Guggenheim fellowships enabled him to travel the country painting American scenes. His first one-man show in New York at Midtown Galleries in 1942 was well received in the media, including Time, Newsweek, the New Yorker and American Artist. M.H. de Young Memorial Museum in San Francisco held a major exhibit of his watercolors in 1945. In 1951, Midtown presented a 10-year retrospective of his work. Time Magazine wrote, "At age 40, Kingman is one of the worlds best watercolorists." Other retrospectives, including Corcoran in Washington,D.C. an d Witte Memorial Museum in San Antonio, were held for the artist. Kingman moved to Wildenstein (1958-1969) where he had successful exhibits in New York, London and Paris. Hammer Galleries exhibited his paintings in the 70s, and then the artist expanded his venues to the West Coast and Far East. During World War II, he served with the OSS in Washington, D.C. where he was a cartographer. After his honorable discharge, Kingman moved to Brooklyn Heights from San Francisco when he became a guest lecturer and then art instructor at Columbia University (1946-1958). Hunter College also appointed him instructor in watercolors and Chinese Art (1948-1953). His teaching career continued with the Famous Artists School, Westport, CT in 1953, joining such distinguished artists on the faculty as Will Barnet, Stuart Davis, Norman Rockwell and Ben Shahn. He also became a teaching member for 40 years for the Hewitt Painting Workshops, which conducts worldwide painting tours. He taught at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco, was a member of its board, and received an honorary doctorate from the Academy. In 1954, the U.S. Department of State invited Kingman to go on a cultural exchange program tour around the world to give exhibitions and lectures and to meet local artists. When he came home, he presented the State Department with a 40-foot long report on a scroll, which later appeared in LIFE Magazine. One of Kingman's most treasured experiences was his invitation by the Ministry of Culture of the Peoples Republic of China to exhibit in that country in 1981. He was the first American artist to be accorded a one-man show since diplomatic relations resumed. More than 100,000 visitors attended his exhibitions in Beijing, Hangzhou and Guangzhou and the retrospective received critical acclaim from the Chinese press. Noted the China Daily Mail, "Just as the master painters of the Song Dynasty roamed about mountain and stream to capture the rhythm of nature, Dong Kingman traveled the world capturing the dynamism of modern lifefamiliar scenes have been transformed into a vibrant new vision of life through color schemes with rhythms that play over the entire surface of the picture. The wind swept skies which enliven his watercolors remind us of the pleinairism of the French Impressionists." Kingman, who has been fascinated with movies since seeing his first film "The Thief of Baghdad...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Nude Study 9, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 9 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"Nude Study no. 30, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude 30 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed u.r. Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

"Nude Study no. 47", Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 47 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 24 x 19 inches
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1940s Fauvist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Summit of Montmartre
Located in Fairfield, CT
Ogden Minton Pleissner is known for his landscapes of the American West, as well as images of the Canadian Maritimes and New England. Growing up, Pleissner spent summers in Wyoming w...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Ava's Decision
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional rare original oil pastel by American artist Ron Blumberg, from the artists "Psychological Series", 1948-1952. American...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

The Happy Couple
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "The Happy Couple...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Analytic Session
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Cubist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

The Scream
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just arrived series of original pen and ink and ink wash drawings by Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger. These works were acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist and family. "The Scream...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Polynesia
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green stu...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Accordionist
Located in West Hollywood, CA
An exceptional original watercolor by American artist Byron Randall. "The Accordionist", is an original watercolor on heavy paper, signed, c.1945, ...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Abstraction #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Belgian artist Miette Braive(1916-2000), was classically trained in Belgium, before moving to Paris to pursue her art career as first a student and then a contemporary of the famed F...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Squared
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional mixed media watercolor by Hungarian/American artist Jules Engel. Engel worked and exhibited extensively and gained notoriety as an exceptionally prolific...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Waiting
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Vault
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just arrived series of original pen and ink and ink wash drawings by Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger. These works were acquired directly from the ...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Lone Horse
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just arrived series of original pen and ink and ink wash drawings by Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger. These works were acquired directly from the ...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Brown Horses
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just arrived series of original pen and ink and ink wash drawings by Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger. These works were acquired directly from the ...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Scream #1
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just arrived series of original pen and ink and ink wash drawings by Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger. These works were acquired directly from the personal collection of the artist and family. "The Scream...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Drink by the Lake
Located in West Hollywood, CA
We are proud to present a just arrived series of original pen and ink and ink wash drawings by Austrian/American artist Gustav Rehberger. These works were acquired directly from the ...
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1940s Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

The Cello
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member of the Art Students League. "The Cello", is a rare pen...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Charlie
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Clouds in Culver City
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "Clouds in Culver City...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

San Pedro Harbor
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original watercolor by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010) McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibited throughout his lifetime, including first prize awarded at the Los Angeles County Museum in 1948. "The Red Boxcar...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Violin Solo
Located in West Hollywood, CA
American artist Ron Blumberg was classically trained at La Grande Academie Chaumiere in Paris, 1932, before moving to New York where he became a National Academy artist and a member ...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

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