Small Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

A local Chicago carp is used in this Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print making to replicate a koi. Using sumi ink to "print" the carp, the artist then embellishes them with colored pe...

A Mackerel is inked and then "printed" with sumi ink in this Japanese style of Gyo-Taku print. The artist then embellishes the fish with colored pencil adding an extraordinary dimen...

Feeling (2018) is a watercolor by contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli that measures 49,5x29,5. It is framed with passepartout and silver frame, measuring 66x46 cm. The profile of...

A "Binocular Vision" charcoal drawing of a female nude by artist Harold Haydon. Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago wit...

Musical Moment (2017), cm 38,5x49,5, by contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli, is a gouache on paper. This gouache is a one-of-a-kind piece. It is signed in the lower right corner...

Memories (2018) is a watercolor by contemporary artist Annemarie Ambrosoli that measures 34x46 cm. It is framed with passepartout and gold frame, measuring 51x63 with 2 x 1,5 cm prof...

"Profile of Omda" (FRAMED) Drawing 14" x 10" inch by Omar Abdel Zaher Abdel Zaher is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Helwan and has been painting for three decades and has...

Pen and ink on paper, 27cm x 20cm, (54cm x 48cm framed). Provenance: Alexander Iolas Gallery, New York. Bérard, an artist, fashion illustrator and designer. Bérard and his lover Bo...

Pencil on paper, signed with a ‘spider’s web’ (lower left), 31.5cm x 24cm, (47cm x 38cm framed). The picture is framed behind museum quality UV non-reflective glass. Caillaux was a...

"Las Metas Pequeńas" (FRAMED) Painting 21" x 20.5" inch by Antonio Pelayo Medium: Pencil on Paper. Acrylic Ink & Paint on Animation Acetate Artist Antonio Pelayo, born in Glendale...

This charming mid-19th-century pastel by Maltese artist George Bonavia (1818-1901) depicts a young British officer in uniform. Upstanding with his right hand resting on his hip, he ...

In the 1970s, the Times Square/ Mid-Town area of New York City was a gritty place of X-rated movies, Strip Bars, Pimps, Street Walkers, and cheap by-the-hour Hotels. The place was a...

Watercolour, pencil and gouache on paper, signed (lower right), 33cm x 33cm, (55cm x 54cm framed). The work is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. Aged only 15, C...

Brightly colored abstract by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). Eggleston's use of various mediums and techniques show throughout this abstract. In the top left blac...

"Alter Ego" - Original Watercolor Hand-Painted Etching on Paper - 35/120 Edition Variable In this highly detailed hand painted etching, artist Claus Sievert (American, 1949-2009) de...

Academic study of a child's hands and feet. Nineteenth century. Drawing on slightly bluish gray paper. Anatomical studies are preparations for a painting or fresco with children or a...

Architectural Illustration of Cape Cod Style Barn House with Dormers in Gouache Detailed, idyllic illustration of a two story suburban house by F. Knowles (20th Century). A house wi...

Life study drawing original atelier drawing by the French artist, Jeanne Nachat (1898-1984) Nachat attended the prestigious Académie des Beaux-Arts in Pa...

"Nude Lady" Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch (1954) by Salah Abdel Kerim Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar a...

"Portrait 1" Drawing 23" x 17" inch by Oleksandr Miroshnychenko Unique work ball pen, spray paint, paper 300g ARTIST BIO: Oleksandr Miroshnychenko lives and works at his studio in...

"Portrait 5" Drawing 23" x 17" inch by Oleksandr Miroshnychenko Unique work ball pen, spray paint, water colour, paper 300g ARTIST BIO: Oleksandr ...

Project for advertising of a Pret-a-porter company for men. Facis. Work by Marco Silombria (Savona, 1936 - Albissola, 2014). Mixed media: drawing, watercol...

The Cottage Steps By Gunn Gwennet (British early 1900’s) signed watercolor painting on paper mounted in a frame. framed: 21 x 18 inches Image: 14 x 9.75 inches provenance: private co...

'Tuscan Man Smoking a Pipe', watercolour on art paper, by Giuseppe Migneco (1969). Such a delightful, colourful depiction of a rural Tuscan man with b...

Henry Moore, O.M., C.H. (British 1898-1986) Standing Nude Signed ‘Moore’ (lower right) Signed ‘Henry Moore’ verso Pen and ink charcoal and ink wash on paper Executed circa 1931 PROVENANCE - Bucholz Gallery (Curt Valentin), New York. Widely respected as one of the most astute dealers in modern art, Valentin organized influential exhibitions and attracted major artists to his Gallery - Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles. In the 1960s the gallery was at the forefront for contemporary and modern art exhibiting prominent European artists, including Henry Moore, Pablo Picasso and Francis Bacon. - Sothebys, London 1972 - Redfern Gallery, London - Private Collection, Florida EXHIBITED - Cincinnati Art Museum, 1950 (currently researching this) - Frank Perls, Beverley Hills, 6 British Moderns 16th March -17th April 1950. Perls introduced southern California to artists he believed represented the best modern art of America and Europe. Between 1950 to 1954, Frank Perls Gallery organized the first West coast exhibitions of Joan Miro, Marino Marini, and Alberto Giacometti - San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Six British Artists, 1st May – 4th June,1950, no 373.50 - Santa Barbara Museum of Art, June 1950 (currently researching this) - Buchholz Gallery, Curt Valentin, New York, Contemporary Drawings 26th September – 14th October, 1950, No 64 - - Felix Landau Gallery, Los Angeles, Modern Masters Drawings and Watercolours, No 33 3rd – 29th April, 1967, LITERATURE Henry Moore Complete Drawings 1930-9, London 1998, volume II, No AG 31.13, illustrated p.48 Sheet height 55.8 cm 22 in. Length 36.1cm., 14 1/4 in. In a silvered, casseta frame Frame height 84 cm. 33 in. length 60 cm., 23 ½ in. The figure is monumental and sculptural; her strength and vitality embodied in a build- up of energy in her body mass. Her presence is conveyed through strength of form and articulation of her body. Whilst her face is treated with reserve, her expression reflects an inner radiance and beauty. Drawing and sculpture were separate practices for Moore. The drawings helped establish Moore’s reputation and were widely seen as complementary presences in their own right. In the 1930’s drawing became a central practice not just as a preliminary to sculpture, and the word ‘drawing’ gradually became less than adequate to describe these works which became recognized by the critics as pictorial art by the end of the 1930’s. As a draughtsman, pictorial artist, or perhaps even painter as he should properly be thought of at this point in his career, Moore was able to work fast with ideas flooding onto the paper, ideas relating to sculpture but which he elaborated and embellished with detail that was essentially pictorial. During the 1930’s pictorial art gave free range to his imagination more readily than sculpture. Pictorial art could reflect on the human condition by means of narratives developed through interaction of internal parts in a way that single-object sculpture could not. Life drawings extend to the early 1930s, but are rare later on, were generally made on larger sheets. ‘I find drawing a useful outlet for ideas which there is not enough time time to realize as sculpture…Every few months, I stop carving for two or three weeks and do life drawing. At one time I used to mix the two, perhaps carving during the day and drawing from a model during the evening. But I found this unsatisfactory – the two activities interfered with each other, for the mental approach to each is different..Stone.. is so different from flesh and blood that one cannot carve directly from life without almost the certainty of ill-treating the material. Drawing and carving are so different that a shape or size or conception which ought to be satisfting in a drawing will be totally wrong realized as stone..In my sculpture I do not draw directly on my memory or observations of a particular object, but rather use whatever comes up from my general fund of knowledge of natural forms’. HM The drawings demonstrate that Moore was a pictorial artist as well as a sculptor. ‘I wonder … very impertinently whether Mr Moore may not be a painter who has taken the wrong turning’. (Raymond Mortimer, critic) Moore’s imagination needed the expressive possibilities of both painting and sculpture. ‘The construction of the human figure, the tremendous variety of balance, of size, of rhythm, all those things make the human being much more difficult to get right, in a drawing, than anything else…its not just a matter of training – you can’t understand it without being emotionally involved…it really is a deep, strong fundamental struggle to understand oneself as much as to understand what one’s drawing’. (HM) Moore wanted to express what made a drawn figure real by expressing vitality through organization of form. He liked working quickly so that the vitality of the model was seen as liveliness and he could reflect volume in the drawing. His sketchbook notes show a constant emphasis on the idea that the human body gains strength in drawing from being conceived in terms of mass. He prioritises certain kinds of formal arrangement that stress organization of mass, over representational accuracy. In that way vitality becomes an attribute of form, not something brought in from the outside to give the superficial effect of liveliness. Moore avoided gestures with the hands, preferring what he called ‘pent up energy’ expressed through relation of masses, to the spent energy of limb movements which are rare after his very early work. He also avoided particular facial expression, and any sense of the model using gesture or expression to address the viewer. Curt Valentin and Buchholz Gallery, New York Curt Valentin was born in Hamburg Germany in 1902. After completing his education, Valentin became a modern art dealer in Berlin. In 1934 Valentin returned to Hamburg to work in the Buchholz Gallery. Owned by Karl Buchholz, this gallery maintained two businesses: a bookstore in the front and, in the rear, an art gallery devoted to the modern art classified as degenerate by Hitler. In 1937 Valentin immigrated to the United States with a sufficient number of modern German paintings...

"Free flow movement" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time ...

Giovanni Battista Cipriani, RA, Italian 1727-1785 Sketch of a mother with three children; black and red chalk on laid paper with watermark '© TAYLOR', 22.4 x 17.5 cm. Provenanc...

Stylish & dapper watercolour 'decoupage' vignette by 'Fell' 1923 Featuring seven English gents sporting various styles of bespoke apparel Image Sz: 17"H x 12 3/4"W Frame Sz: 23 1/...

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Jane Freilicher Untitled I, 1958-59 Signed lower right Charcoal on paper 11 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches Provenance: Tibor de Nagy Gallery, New York Private Collection, New York Jane Freilic...

My dear art lover, This semi-abstract vibrant expressive artwork celebrates a summer floral period. This floral artwork named "Field of pink roses " with its bright vivid colors re...

Studio astratto ,circa 1920 ,Avanguardia Russa ,cornice 1930 Alexander Aleksandrovich Vesnin (1883/1959) fu uno dei principali esponenti dell'architettura costruttivista . È no...

Mixed media on paper Andrea Vandoni is an Italian artist born in 1972 who lives and works in Novara, Italy. The artist studied and trained at the School of the Archaeologists and th...

Aharon Giladi, Israeli painter, born in Russian Empire, 1907-1993 Aharon Golodetz (later Giladi) was born in Belarus, Russia to a wealthy family. In 1923-1926, he studied at the Len...

Original charcoal drawing on paper by James Shipton My works are heavily influenced by the art work of Degas and Gustav Klimt. My desire is to capture the beauty of the human for...

Two Yellowstone Bison browsing on a high ridge of a spring meadow :: Painting :: Realism :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signed by the artist :: Read...

Landscape B/W charcoal on paper (Canson paper 300 gr) 30x 42 cm framed SIZE 40x50 cm the drawing comes with a passepartout and a rigid support ready to be hung this painting is pub...

This very unusual and introspective watercolor is a contemplative piece that invites viewers to ponder the nature of memories and how they come back into our brains. The artist creat...

Delightful & delicate watercolour on papier featuring approx. 20 hand-embellished stationary sheets replete with cartouches & scrolling throughout signed & titled (LR) Art Sz: 12"H ...

"Portrait of Italian Woman" Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussei...

"Abstract Composition" Painting Pastel on Paper 16" x 22" in by Mohammed Ismail 1986 Signed and Dated ABOUT THE ARTIST Mohammed Ismail (1936-1993) Dr. Mohamed Ismail was born in...

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Portrait Drawing of a Man at a Desk in India Ink on Tan Paper Figurative drawing of a man at a desk by Jerry O'Day (American, 1912). The man is seated, about to pick up a pen. His f...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour on paper, unframed painting: 22 x 18 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition; ther...

This beautiful drawing, of great technical virtuosity, is one of the many studies made by Ingres for Astraea, one of the key characters in the Golden Age fresco he painted between 18...

Chicago-based fine art painter Bruno A. Surdo is classically trained in drawing and oil painting in the tradition of Renaissance masters. With strong command of the human form, Surdo...

This watercolor painting #2 is part of a series featuring minimalist characters with pastel watercolors. The artwork depicts a pensive woman in the foreground. She poses with her hea...

Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Cardstock Portrait of a man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The man is looking directly at the viewer, with a neutr...

Expressionist Portrait of a Man in a Suit in Pastel on Paper Moody portrait of a man with dark hair by an unknown artist (20th Century). The man is shown with an elongated face and ...

"Paddling Woman" is a minimalist watercolor that captures the essence of the human experience. Through the delicate strokes of a brush dipped in watercolor, the artist has conveyed t...

Helmer Osslund was a renowned Swedish artist known for his expressionist landscape paintings that captured the raw and natural beauty of Sweden. We are delighted to offer for sale a ...

An English watercolour on paper coastal scene signed with initials 'RS' bottom right. Presented in its original gilt wood frame under glass with trade label to the backboard from Dei...

John Bolam was born in 1922 in Amersham, Buckinghamshire. He originally studied painting at Hornsey School of Art and furniture design at High Wycombe School of Art. He subsequently ...

Abstract cubist style still life graphite drawing inspired by Giorgio Morandi's bottle paintings "Morandi 19” by Hudson Valley artist, David Dew Bruner, made in 2023 Graphite on pap...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed watercolour on card, unframed painting: 18 x 22 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound condition; there...

"Combing Sound" is an improvised gestural drawing conveys an impulse born in the space of sensations. Artwork is done in ink and ocher pastel on thick white paper. "Every time I dra...

Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) watercolour on paper, mounted in a card frame card frame: 19 x 15 inches painting: 11 x 9 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: v...