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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
Style: Art Deco
Style: Street Art
Through The Landscape Of Another World, Part D
By NTEL
Located in Jersey City, NJ
Collage, oil stick, vinyl, enamel, spray paint and glass Collage or other Work on Paper Hand-signed by artist Frame: Included This work includes a certificate of authenticity.
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2010s Street Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Glass, Adhesive, Oil Crayon, Spray Paint, Acrylic, Magazine Paper

Au Bar
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PHILIPPE NOYER "AU BAR" WATERCOLOR, SIGNED FRANCE, C.1960S 25.5 X 19.5 INCHES Philippe Henri Noyer 1917-1985 Philippe Henri Noyer was born on June 28, 1917 in Lyons, France. After a traditional education at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon. Next he moved to Paris, where he worked in decorative arts and advertising. It was during this time, he discovered his talent for oil painting, officially starting his painting career in 1943. That same year, Noyer met the famed Parisian art deal, Emmanuel David, who would promote his work and career. Noyer produced many portraits, for which he quickly gained an international reputation, but he also painted dream figures in rural or maritime settings, compositions that were classical in technique but surreal in concept. In 1947, Noyer held his first one-man show at the prestigious Drouant-David Gallery in Paris. In 1949 the gallery consigned twenty of Noyer’s paintings to an American art dealer who had agreed to organize an exhibition of them in the United States. However the American dealer sold the paintings at cost, in order cover a gambling debt, to Robert Goldstein...
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1960s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Pigeon, by Gustave Miklos, Animals, Drawing, Work on paper, Sculpture study
By Gustave Miklos 1
Located in Geneva, CH
Pigeon, by Gustave Miklos, Animals, Drawing, Work on paper, Sculpture study Pigeon Circa 1957 Pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper 26 x 38.5 cm / 60...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting beggar, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting beggar, Pencil on paper 25.5 x 20.5 cm Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower right In quite good condition : glued ...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting bearded man, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting bearded man Pencil on paper 24.5 x 20 cm Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower left In quite good condition : glued...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a reading monk , original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a reading monk Pencil on paper 29.5 x 19 cm Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower right In quite good condition : crease and ...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Hell of a Year
Located in Jersey City, NJ
"Hell of a Year" 2021. Marker on Bristol board. Drawing / Illustration / Figurative Art / Graffiti and Street Art / Interiors. Framed in a b...
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2010s Street Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Permanent Marker

'Navajo Family', Santa Fe, Modernism, Corcoran, Whitney, PAFA, AIC, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'by Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966), dedicated lower center, 'for Ruth' and painted circa 1945. Additionally signed and titled verso 'Navajo Fa...
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1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Watercolor

Erte (Roman de Tirtoff) Original Set Design for the Opera Dreams of Vienna
Located in San Francisco, CA
Erte Roman de Tirtoff:1892-1990. Well listed and very important Russian artist. Most famous for his set decorations and art deco design. He has an auction result high of $45,000 for ...
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1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

20th Century watercolour of Turkish ladies at the baths in Istanbul
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Turkish bath scene in Istanbul Watercolour/ gouache and pencil on paper 5.1/2 x 8.1/2 in. (14 x 21.4...
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20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil, Gouache, Watercolor

Voodoo Rider Original 1980's T-Shirt Design Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Original drawing for a late 1980's T-shirt design for Voodoo Rider by Gary Ermoloff (American, b. 1949). Dated, titled, and signed along the bottom edge ...
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1980s Street Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker, Acrylic, Paper, Pen

"Lilies, " Robert Reinhardt von Liski, gouache, flowers, Art Deco
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Robert Reinhardt Von Liski was born in Prussia in 1908. He immigrated to the United States and worked in Chicago as a commercial artist. He is best known for his strong sense of Art ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Set of Four 1930's Motor Car Racing Original Drawings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Wonderful set of four original pencil drawings depicting vintage motor cars from the 1930's. They are an ideal gift or interior furnishing for any 'man cave' or 'boys room...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, (Colors, new tales follow...
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for Remy de Gourmont, Couleurs, published in Le Mercure de France (Colors, new tales follow old things), 1908 Graphite and colored...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Color Pencil

Elegant Ladies - Watercolor and Ink by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
"Elegant Ladies" is an original watercolored ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953) in 1920s. Hand-signed in pen o...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

'Vestal Virgin', Danish Modernism, Art Deco Figural, Mythological, Neo-classical
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'F. Sedivy' for Franz Sedivy II (Danish, 1888-1973) and dated 1959. A dramatic figural painting of a young woman, shown naked and holding aloft an earthenware oil...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

La Promenade
Located in London, GB
Charcoal and pastel on paper 49.5 x 63.5 cm (19 ⅜ x 25 inches) Signed lower left, Manzana Executed circa 1920 This work is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by L...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Charcoal

Theater : Sarah Bernhardt with Flowers - Original Watercolor, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Clairin Sarah Bernhardt with Flowers Original watercolor with tempera Signed bottom right On paper 47 x 25 cm at view (c. 19 x 10 in) Presente...
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Early 1900s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Tempera

No room for squares - post graffiti street art pastel drawing on vinyl record
Located in New York, NY
French Artist Lionel Pratt is a post graffiti / street art artist whose work is inspired by memories from his childhood, his passion for jazz music and his love for urban life. His mixed media paintings resemble elementary school blackboards...
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2010s Street Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel

Art Deco Gooses and Ducks - Original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Marie LAURENCIN Art Deco Gooses and Ducks Original pencil drawing Signed with the stamp of the artist On paper 10 x 16 cm (c. 3.93 x 6.2 in) PROVENANC...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Mixed Media "Hangover" Vodka Bar Cart Pop Art Drawing NYC Street Art
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a reworked ad from a magazine, featuring Grey Goose, Stolichnaya, Ketel One and Belvedere Vodka with tomato juice resting on a tipsy bar cart. It is then drawn and modified b...
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2010s Street Art Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil Pastel, Archival Ink, Mixed Media, Permanent Marker

Nude Study
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Original charcoal drawing by Russian-French artist, from the Art Deco period. 22 x 10 Inches without the frame. George Artemoff 1892 - 1965 George Artemoff was born in the Don Va...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Charcoal

'After the Storm', Carmel, California, Paris, Academie Julian, New York, AIC
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Herbert Lewis' (American, 1893-1962) and inscribed 'Caques 1928 and Tucson 1950'. Born in Chicago, Illinois, Herbert Taylor Lewis was known as a painter of ab...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper, Gouache, Fiberboard

Russian, 20th Century Art Deco watercolour of a nanny in a park
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) A nanny resting on a bench pencil and watercolour on paper 3 x 4.1/4 in. (7.7 x 11 cm.) Figurative painter, illustrator Vladi...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

André Favory (1889-1937) Portrait of the poet Jacques Portail, 1923, red chalk
By André Favory
Located in Paris, FR
André Favory (1889-1937) Portrait of the poet Jacques Portail, 1923 red chalk on paper 33 x 25 cm Signed and dated on the lower right Titled on the rever...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

Jean Carlu "Breaking the Chains" Original Charcoal on Paper c.1920s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Jean Carlu (French, 1900-1997) "Breaking the Chains" Original Charcoal on Paper c.1920s Rare original work by noted French poster artist Jean Carlu. A fine example of his interest ...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Russian, early 20th Century watercolour of Turkish fruit sellers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Turkish fruit sellers, Istanbul Pencil and watercolour on paper 9 x 13.5/8 in. (22.8 x 34.5 cm.) Figurative painter, illustra...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

Russian, early 20th Century art deco watercolour of a family and baby
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Famille e bebe pencil and watercolour on paper 3.3/4 x 4.5/8 in. (9.5 x 11.2 cm.) It is possible that this is a scene influen...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

Colman's Starch, Art Deco Early 20th Century Gouache Poster Advertisement
By Arthur H. Tranter
Located in London, GB
Arthur H. Tranter Fl. 1920-1940 Colman's Starch Gouache Image size: 23 x 15 inches Art Deco frame Arthur Henry Tranter was an accomplished artist, illustrator and sculptor from Birm...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Jazz Panel #1 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Jazz Panel #4 - gouache, 102x86 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Russian, Art Deco drawing of a lady of springtime, early 20th Century
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) The maiden of spring Pencil on paper Signed and dated ‘V. Nechoumov / 1921’ (lower right) 8.1/4 x 8 in. (21 x 20 cm.) Figu...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Russian, early 20th century drawings of voluptuous women
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) The movements of a voluptuous lady (a set of 4) pencil on paper The frame measures: 9.1/2 x 16.3/4 in. (24.2 x 42.5 cm.) Fi...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Jazz Panel #5 - gouache, 111x283 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Jazz Panel #3 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Jazz Panel #2 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Russian, 20th Century Art deco drawing of a Turkish warrior
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Study of a Turkish warrior pencil on paper signed and dated ‘V Nechoumov, 1921’ (lower left) 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.) Fig...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Art Deco Gouache Design Electrical & Radio Trading ERT c.1930s Early Wireless
Located in London, GB
To see our other Graphic Designs and Architectural Designs, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." 'W.E.B.' Original Design for Electrical & Radio Trading Magazine 32x26.5cm Gouache c. 1930s signed 'W.E.B.' lower right Radio & Electrical Trading Magazine was first published shortly after the dawn of the radio age, and continues today as ERT magazine. This is a fine example of Art Deco graphic...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Foire de Paris 1937 advertising poster design gouache Art Deco Tricolore
Located in London, GB
To see our other Designs including Architectural Drawings, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller." Anonymous Foire de Paris...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Russian, Art Deco early 20th Century drawing of cafe society in Istanbul, Turkey
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) Café society in Istanbul pencil on paper 8 x 8 in. (20.3 x 20.3 cm.) Executed in 1921 Figurative painter, illustrator Vladimi...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

The Turkish hurdy gurdy
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Vladimir Pavlovich Nechoumoff (Russian, c. 1900 – 1977) The Turkish hurdy gurdy pencil on paper signed V Nechoumov, 1921 (lower right) 7.3/8 x 8 in. (18....
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Charles-Victor Guilloux (1866-1946) Landscape in Provence Oil
Located in Paris, FR
Charles-Victor Guilloux (1866-1946) Landscape in Provence Oil on canvas (Without stretcher) 31 x 23 cm Signature stamp on the bottom left (slightly faded) Framed under glass (Frame...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Regionalist Landscape'
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'M. Cailliet' and dated 1940; additionally inscribed verso, 'Marcel Emile Cailliet, Los Angeles'. A softly-painted, Regionalist landscape showing a woman standing in the shade of a tree beside a path leading to a rural, clap-board house. This listed member of the California Watercolor Society, emigrated from Dijon, France to New York...
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1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

1910's Art Deco Erte Gouache Painting Original Hand Signed Rare French Costume
Located in Buffalo, NY
A rare original signed Art Deco gouache on paper by Erte (Romain de Tirtoff) . This stunning theatrical costume design is signed Erte at the lower right. The piece is 20 by 18 fram...
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1910s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Archival Paper, Gouache

"City Lights" original pastel drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Examples like this of Sylvia Spicuzza's work offer a chance to see a musical composition, with repeating curvilinear lines and patters dancing across the image like Jazz music though...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Somerset by Maxwell Fraser (original painting for book cover), British Art-Deco
By Leonard Cusden
Located in London, GB
Leonard Cusden British Flourished: 1920 - 1950 Somerset Gouache, signed lower right Image size: 17 ¾ x 27 inches Contemporary oak gilt frame This is the original painting used for the cover of the first edition for the novel "Someret" by Maxwell Fraser, published by The Great Western Railway...
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20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Art Deco gouache original artwork 1937 Carnival Night advertising poster design
Located in London, GB
Hammond (British, fl. 1930s) Original design for poster and flyer for Carnival Night at the King's Head 26x19 cm Gouache, 1937 Sadly nothing is known of the life of the artist of th...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

King's College Cambridge River Cam 1920s Art Deco Jazz Age watercolour art
Located in London, GB
Anonymous King's College Cambridge with the River Cam and Bridge to foreground 51x63.5cm Watercolour c. 1920s A fine, and large, view of King's College. The...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Art Deco Style Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine, Vogue Magazine?
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine . Impeccably rendered with quick flat brush strokes in glorious pastel colors , Signed lower right Ant...
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1980s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Gouache

The River Nymph, Early 20th Century Art-Deco Watercolour
By Ernest Collier
Located in London, GB
ERNEST COLLIER 1847 - 1911 THE RIVER NYMPH Watercolour Image size: 5 ½ x 4 inches (13 x 10 cm)
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Seated Semi-Nude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
EMIL GANSO "SEATED NUDE" CHARCOAL WITH COLOR WASH, SIGNED AMERICAN, C.1930 21.5 X 15.5 INCHES Biography from Butler Institute of American Art Emil Ganso 1885-1941 Ganso was born in Germany in 1895. At age 14, he apprenticed to a baker and then worked his way to America when he was 17. He worked in bakeries in Scranton, Pennsylvania; and Cincinnati and Akron, Ohio. By 1916, Ganso was out of a job, and living the life of a bohemian in New York City, sometimes on less than 30 cents a week. In 1921, Ganso painted on a realistic nude on a bedsheet and was forced by the police to remove it from an exhibition. The bedsheet with the painting was later stolen. He soon had a job baking again at $140 a month, and with time to spare for painting and study. Ganso quit baking in 1925 when a New York dealer game him financial backing of $50 a week. Ganso has prospered from his art ever since. His work is in over 15 American museums, and the Print Club of Cleveland awarded him a $500 purchase prize for a wood engraving. A versatile artist, he paints a variety of subjects. Source: from a profile written by Clyde Singer...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

Art Deco Glamorous woman in Purple Evening Dress - Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Size 28.5 x 21 Jaro Fabry was a brilliant illustrator with a defined style of his own. There is not a brushstroke out of place in his works that appear loosely rendered. He is best known for his depiction of Golden Age of Hollywood...
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1940s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Watercolor, Pencil

Art Deco Coulple Magazine Story Illustration, RedBook The Saturday Evening Post
Located in Miami, FL
Signed lower left: Seymour Ball Inscribed upper left: To Morris E Weiss with best wishes Seymour Ball" Matted not framed
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor

Female Sexual Nude
Located in Miami, FL
Sotheby's New York . work is elegantly matted and framed with the Sotheby's sticker on verso
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Evening Nursery, 20th Century Art-Deco Signed Gouache
Located in London, GB
Charles Paine 1895 - 1967 Evening Nursery Gouache Signed upper right with monogram Image size: 3 × 3 inches Acid free mount and black frame Perhaps best known for his iconic London ...
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20th Century Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Art Deco Handsome Couple in Garden Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome couple in a bucolic setting rendered masterfully with post-impressionistic brushstrokes. Watercolor, and pencil, wash on heavy paper, Signed and dated lower left . Framed ...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Watercolor

Art Deco Vogue Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco "Mademoiselle X" story illustration for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," accompanied by corresponding issue of Vogue magazine...
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1930s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Art Deco Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover
Located in Miami, FL
Pulp cover or pin-up magazine cover signed lower left some foxing throughout work is framed
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Oil

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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.

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