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Figurative Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
"The Remote", Pigments Watercolor Acrylic Paper Drawing
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Titled "The remote", this artwork created by Frank Girard, utilizes pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencils on 400g/m2 neutral white paper. It remains unfra...
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2010s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pigment

Drawing, Pastel, Ink And Colored Pencils. "The Unseen"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
Pastel, Pencil, petal flowers, Color and Ink on Paper. The base of this drawing is Fabriano paper of 120g /m2. I use natural dyes of flowers, herbs, leaves, bark of trees as the fir...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil

Woman in a Fur Wrap
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman in a Fur Wrap Pen and ink heightened with white, c. 1920 Signed in ink lower right (see photo) Estate stamp verso (see photo) Provenance: estate of the artist ...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Femme Cheval
Located in Miami, FL
Wifredo Lam “Femme Cheval” 1971 Pastel on paper 24 x 18 in Signed and dated at the bottom left corner Provenance: Gallerry Dobbelhoef, Kessel. Private Collection, Brussel. Campo and...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Laid Paper

Feline Sleeping - Original Pencil Drawing by Ernest Rouart - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Feline is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Ernest Rouart by the turn of the XX century. This drawing is hand-signed by the artist in red pen on the lower left. In...
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1890s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Edouard Detaille (1848 1912), The Young Paperboy, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Edouard Detaille (1848-1912) The Young Paperboy 16.5 x 20.5 cm Watercolor and brown ink on paper Signed lower right In good condition, the paper is slightly yellowed by time, some o...
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Alice Liddell and sisters, inspiration for Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
By Lewis Carroll
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
This is a beautiful drawing, brimming with the unique personalities of Alice Liddell and her beloved sisters, Lorina and Edith. Dating back to the late 19th Century, this captivatin...
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20th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Sybil Mullen Glover (1908-1995) - Watercolour, Fishing Boats in Open Sea
By Sybil Mullen Glover
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine framed watercolour by well listed artist Sybil Mullen Glover (1908-1995). Depicting fishing boats out at sea. Presented in a washline mount with modern, white wooden fram...
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21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Female Nude from the Back, around 1900 / - The contour of the Art Nouveau -
By Ludwig von Hofmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Ludwig von Hofmann (1861 Darmstadt - 1945 Pillnitz), Female nude from the back, around 1900. Red chalk drawing on watermarked drawing paper, 36 cm x 44 cm (sheet size). Artist's liga...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Iris Hardcastle (c.1919-2013) - Mid 20th Century Gouache, Windswept Figures
Located in Corsham, GB
This dynamic composition utilises a tall vertical format to match the elongated figures. Hardcastle's bold, linear brushstrokes generate visual movement that captures the energy of t...
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Hamilton Maxwell RSW (1830-1923) - Late 19th Century Watercolour, Sunday Prayers
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative painting by Hamilton Maxwell depicts a solemn scene within an ornate ecclesiastical setting, focusing on a group of figures at prayer. The artist masterfully captures ...
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Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

German Expressionist drawing by Carl Hofer of lovers
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955) Die Liebenden (The lovers) Black ink and remnants of crayon on paper Signed with monogram ‘CH’ (lower right) 13.3/4 x 9.3/4 in. (35 x 24.8 cm.) P...
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20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Ink

Portrait of a Mother and Child by Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tsuguharu Foujita 1886-1968 Japanese-French Portrait of a Mother and Child Signed “Foujita / Paris” (lower left) Ink and watercolor on paper An artistic luminary well ahead of his time, Tsuguharu Foujita burst onto the international art scene in the early 20th century as one of the most important artists in early Japanese modernism...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Hank Aaron, August 6, 1969, black and white drawing, baseball player, sports
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic ink on paper. Paper size: 13" x 10.5" Frame size: 20.75" x 18" Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current work, entitled “Striation Series,” demonstrates a...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Good Health Week 10 ½ x 15 1/2 inches Oil on pape...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.015
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.015 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Notation 418.015 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series-...
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2010s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Graphite, Color Pencil

Untitled (Man in Repose Leaning Against Post)
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...
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1970s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté

Composition - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1960 ca. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Very good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Giuditta - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1965
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1965. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

One for Three - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1955 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1955 ca. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Very good condition.
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Pole in a Landscape - Drawing by Xavier Tricot - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Xavier Tricot in 1991. Hand signed and dated lower ringht in pencil. Titled in the lower left corner. Dedication in the lower c...
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1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Tempera

Portrait of the Villain - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1935 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Maccari in 1935 ca. Hand signed lower right. Another drawing, ink and watercolor, on rear. Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Thief of Geese - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Thief of geese is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed  on the left margin. Good ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

The Drivers - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Drivers is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed  on the right margin. Good co...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

The Marionettes - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Marionettes is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed  on the right margin. Goo...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Giolitti the Crop Robber - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Giolitti the Crop Robber is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed  on the right mar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Free Thinking - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Free Thinking is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed  on the left margin. Good c...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Peace - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Peace is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Monogrammed on the right margin. Good condition...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Foreign Sffairs - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Foreing affairs is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. Good...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

East Blue Sky (Pius X) - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
East blue sky (Pius X) is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the left margin...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Pull the Rope - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pull the rope is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. Good ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Socialists, Republicans, Radicals by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Socialists, Republicans, Radicals is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the r...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

The Pope - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Pope is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. Good condit...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Giolitti- Harlequin - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Giolitti - Harlequin is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the left margin. ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Quarreling Politicians - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Quarreling Politicians is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper. Monogrammed on the right margi...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

The Brave Soldier - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The brave soldier is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. G...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

The "Camorra" Angel - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The "Camorra" Angel is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

In Chains - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
In chains is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Good conditions and aged with foxing. Gabr...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Judith Brenner, Solfrid Dancing 2, Original Contemporary Figurative Nude Sketch
Located in Deddington, GB
Judith Brenner Solfrid Dancing 2 Original Figurative Drawing Acrylic Paint, Pan Pastel, Ink and Watercolour Pencil on Paper Sheet Size: 84.1cm x W 59.4cm x D 0.1cm Sold Unframed Plea...
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor

Study of Hands
Located in New York, NY
Study of Hands Graphite on paper 6.75 x 6 inches (17.1. x 15.2 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

View of Dunoon on the Clyde
Located in Hillsborough, NC
Scottish artist Robert Carrick (1829-1904) is renowned for his landscape and figurative paintings in oil and watercolor. This painting features detailed drawings of figures in the foreground with wagon, and the town and scenery in the background, painted over in watercolor in rich raw umber and red-brown tones in the foreground and blue green tones in the background. Carrick showed promise at a young age, exhibiting his work at the Royal Academy age 16. He was a member of the Royal Institute. This two-toned watercolor work has detailed figures, wagon with hay in the forefront above a view of Dunoon town near Glasgow as it was long ago. Signed by the artist, lower left with an inscription that reads: 'View of Dunoon, Argyllshire drawn by Robert Carrick, Glasgow, for David Allan'. Verso includes a copy of the same inscription. Saltire Gallerie replaced the cracked and dirty plain glass with art glass and added an acid-free paper behind the work. While doing this work we found an art giclee, included with the painting. Presented in a patterned wooden frame with art glass. Dunoon was a thriving town on the river at the time of this work, and later became part of Glasgow. The view from above the town is a popular one, as Saltire Gallerie has another view of Dunoon from above by Scottish artist Patrick Downie...
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19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Board, Pencil

"Dr. Moore Roy Glapion Funeral" - Framed Contemporary New Orleans Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A splendid depiction of a New Orleans jazz funeral (sorry for the reflection on the glass). Typically a crowd of mourners will follow the band, walking and swaying slowly at first to...
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Early 2000s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Original Drawing "Jeune Femme Assise" by Paul Cesar Helleu, c. 1910
Located in Hinsdale, IL
HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR (1859 -1927) "JEUNE FEMME ASSISE" (Young Woman Seated) Original Drawing in sanguine, white and black chalks, c. 1910 Signed in pencil by artist, lower right Full M...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Carbon Pencil

Recruits on a March
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Recruits on a March Ink and watercolor on paper, mounted on support Unsigned Condition: watercolor sheet laid down on paper, moderately faded Original Ackermann frame and matting Ima...
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Early 1800s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Caribbean Mermaid soft tropical color Mermaid and angel fish mythical subject
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on toned sanded archival paper suitable for framing under glass. Signed and dated bottom. Part of an ongoing series of mermaids by the artist
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Freddy Wittop “Bajour” Dress Illustration / Drawing
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Freddy Wittop (1911-2001) Marking(s); notes: signed, marking(s) Country of origin; materials: Dutch/American; mixed media on paper Dimensions (H, W, D): 18.5"h, 14.5"w; 24.5"h, 20"w frame Additional Information: Freddy Wittop's drawing depicts one of the costumes he designed for "Bajour." Provenance: Freddy Wittop Estate / Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida, by descent. Freddy Wittop was a Dutch-American costume designer best known for his award-winning work on Broadway...
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1960s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

"Cubist Figure Lounging" Original Ink Drawing South West Artist John Rosa
Located in Arp, TX
John Rosa "Cubist Figure Lounging" 2000 Ink on paper 11"x8" unframed Signed and dated in ink lower left
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Early 2000s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"Under the Beach Umbrella, " American Realist, Watercolor, Seaside, Figural
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Aaron Berkman was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1900. In 1916 Berkman attended the Connecticut League of Art Students, founded by Charles Noel Flagg. Beginning in 1919 he studied under Albertus E. Jones at the Hartford Art School. Berkman was influenced during this time by George Inness and John Singer Sargent and the Old Masters. He received a scholarship to the Museum Art School of Boston in 1921 and then traveled to Europe, remaining there from 1924 through 1925. He spent time in France, Italy, Spain, Holland and Belgium. In 1929 Berkman moved to New York City, continuing a friendship and painting relationship with Milton Avery. He was appointed by the W.P.A. as Director of the WPA Art Center at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Berkman helped established the A.C.A. Gallery in New York City at 52 West 8th St., the first Artist Cooperative Gallery in New York City. He spent summers on Monhegan Island in...
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Man
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Man, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower left, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance: From a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Notre Dame in Paris - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1971
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1971. Hand signed.Hand signed, titled and dated also on rear. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on Sept...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Early 19th Century Watercolour - Gathering Kindling
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful 19th century watercolour depicting a family collecting kindling for their fire in the depths of winter. Painted en-grisaille, this naive study is full of character and ch...
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Early 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Dolly Dingle's Halloween, Original Paper Doll Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original illustration for a paper doll design, featuring Halloween-themed outfits, including a witch costume, a black cat, and a pumpkin jack-o-lantern. Medium: Watercolor and Ink o...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Black Panther Trials - Civil Rights Movement Police Violence African American
Located in Miami, FL
The Black Panther Trials - In this historically significant work, African American Artist Vicent D. Smith functions as an Art Journalist/ Court Reporter as much as a Artist. Here, he depicts, in complete unity, 21 Black Panther Protestors raising their fist of defiance at the White Judge. Smith's composition is about utter simplicity, where the Black Panther Protestors are symmetrically lined up in a confrontation with a Judge whose size is exaggerated in scale. Set against a stylized American Flag, the supercilious Judge gazes down as the protesters as their fists thrust up. Signed Vincent lower right. Titled Panter 21. Original metal frame. Tape on upper left edge of frame. 255 . Panther 21. Framed under plexi. _____________________________ From Wikipedia In 1969-1971 there was a series of criminal prosecutions in New Haven, Connecticut, against various members and associates of the Black Panther Party.[1] The charges ranged from criminal conspiracy to first-degree murder. All charges stemmed from the murder of 19-year-old Alex Rackley in the early hours of May 21, 1969. The trials became a rallying-point for the American Left, and marked a decline in public support, even among the black community, for the Black Panther Party On May 17, 1969, members of the Black Panther Party kidnapped fellow Panther Alex Rackley, who had fallen under suspicion of informing for the FBI. He was held captive at the New Haven Panther headquarters on Orchard Street, where he was tortured and interrogated until he confessed. His interrogation was tape recorded by the Panthers.[2] During that time, national party chairman Bobby Seale visited New Haven and spoke on the campus of Yale University for the Yale Black Ensemble Theater Company.[3] The prosecution alleged, but Seale denied, that after his speech, Seale briefly stopped by the headquarters where Rackley was being held captive and ordered that Rackley be executed. Early in the morning of May 21, three Panthers – Warren Kimbro, Lonnie McLucas, and George Sams, one of the Panthers who had come East from California to investigate the police infiltration of the New York Panther chapter, drove Rackley to the nearby town of Middlefield, Connecticut. Kimbro shot Rackley once in the head and McLucas shot him once in the chest. They dumped his corpse in a swamp, where it was discovered the next day. New Haven police immediately arrested eight New Haven area Black Panthers. Sams and two other Panthers from California were captured later. Sams and Kimbro confessed to the murder, and agreed to testify against McLucas in exchange for a reduction in sentence. Sams also implicated Seale in the killing, telling his interrogators that while visiting the Panther headquarters on the night of his speech, Seale had directly ordered him to murder Rackley. In all, nine defendants were indicted on charges related to the case. In the heated political rhetoric of the day, these defendants were referred to as the "New Haven Nine", a deliberate allusion to other cause-celebre defendants like the "Chicago Seven". The first trial was that of Lonnie McLucas, the only person who physically took part in the killing who refused to plead guilty. In fact, McLucas had confessed to shooting Rackley, but nonetheless chose to go to trial. Jury selection began in May 1970. The case and trial were already a national cause célèbre among critics of the Nixon administration, and especially among those hostile to the actions of the FBI. Under the Bureau's then-secret "Counter-Intelligence Program" (COINTELPRO), FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had ordered his agents to disrupt, discredit, or otherwise neutralize radical groups like the Panthers. Hostility between groups organizing political dissent and the Bureau was, by the time of the trials, at a fever pitch. Hostility from the left was also directed at the two Panthers cooperating with the prosecutors. Sams in particular was accused of being an informant, and lying to implicate Seale for personal benefit. In the days leading up to a rally on May Day 1970, thousands of supporters of the Panthers arrived in New Haven individually and in organized groups. They were housed and fed by community organizations and by sympathetic Yale students in their dormitory rooms. The Yale college dining halls provided basic meals for everyone. Protesters met daily en masse on the New Haven Green across the street from the Courthouse (and one hundred yards from Yale's main gate). On May Day there was a rally on the Green, featuring speakers including Jean Genet, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and John Froines (an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon). Teach-ins and other events were also held in the colleges themselves. Towards midnight on May 1, two bombs exploded in Yale's Ingalls Rink, where a concert was being held in conjunction with the protests.[4] Although the rink was damaged, no one was injured, and no culprit was identified.[4] Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin stated, "All of us conspired to bring on this tragedy by law enforcement agencies by their illegal acts against the Panthers, and the rest of us by our immoral silence in front of these acts," while Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr. issued the statement, "I personally want to say that I'm appalled and ashamed that things should have come to such a pass that I am skeptical of the ability of a Black revolutionary to receive a fair trial anywhere in the U.S." Brewster's generally sympathetic tone enraged many of the university's older, more conservative alumni, heightening tensions within the school community. As tensions mounted, Yale officials sought to avoid deeper unrest and to deflect the real possibility of riots or violent student demonstrations. Sam Chauncey has been credited with winning tactical management on behalf of the administration to quell anxiety among law enforcement and New Haven's citizens, while Kurt Schmoke, a future Rhodes Scholar, mayor of Baltimore, MD and Dean of Howard University School of Law, has received kudos as undergraduate spokesman to the faculty during some of the protest's tensest moments. Ralph Dawson, a classmate of Schmoke's, figured prominently as moderator of the Black Student Alliance at Yale (BSAY). In the end, compromises between the administration and the students - and, primarily, urgent calls for nonviolence from Bobby Seale and the Black Panthers themselves - quashed the possibility of violence. While Yale (and many other colleges) went "on strike" from May Day until the end of the term, like most schools it was not actually "shut down". Classes were made "voluntarily optional" for the time and students were graded "Pass/Fail" for the work done up to then. Trial of McLucas Black Panther trial sketch...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen, Pencil, Paper

Rare Israeli Modernist Judaica Watercolor Painting Lion Lithograph Naftali Bezem
Located in Surfside, FL
Naftali Bezem (Hebrew: נפתלי בזם‎‎; born November 27, 1924) is an Israeli painter, muralist, and sculptor. Lion on nude figure of wo,man. Bezem was born in Essen, Germany, in 1924. H...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Lithograph

Fear of a Constantly Harrowed Heart - Male Nude Torso, Oil & Graphite on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Rick Sindt's knowledge of the male physique is evident in this drawing of a nude male torso. The subject is tilted back with his head turned away, as if to shield himself from the v...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Archival Paper, Graphite

New York City 6 original work on Japanese paper color pastel collage charcoal
Located in Miami, FL
Bernardo Navarro Tomas (Cuba, 1977) 'Untitled', 2017 mixed media on japanese paper 12.3 x 17 in. (31 x 43 cm.) ID: NAA-306 Hand-signed by author
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Pastel

"The birth of Venus" by Anna Pennati, pastel on black cardboard, greek mythology
Located in Milano, MI
This artwork is part of the series that Anna Pennati has dedicated to Homer's Odyssey, a subject very dear to her and one that she has tackled several times in the past. Venus has b...
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil Pastel

Untitled (Female Figure) [Nude Woman Stepping Up]
Located in New York, NY
Literature: Alfonso Panzetta, Jared French by Jared French: 600 Unpublished Works from the Artist's Italian Years (Turin, Italy: Umberto Allemandi & C., 20...
Category

1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

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