Joan Carl Strauss

Untitled (Basketball Players) Original Study Drawing #2 by Joan Carl Strauss

1975

This Mac Mechem's drawing features a seated nude man draped in a small loincloth. Sitting in a wood-crafted chair, his gaze fixed downward as though he were brooding over some bad news. Despite the defeatist posture, his physique radiates a stark contrast—the sculpted body exudes strength and athleticism through pronounced abdominal lines, robust thighs, and defined biceps. Both hands rest passively on his knees, amplifying the sense of resignation portrayed in the artwork. The artist signed in the lower right part of the artwork. Mac Mechem, a figurative contemporary painter...

Casein monotype by Santa Barbara artist Olga Higgins depicting 2 young boys playing together. Hangs in its original walnut frame.

A whimsical, abstract drawing. Signed Michael Dormer, 1970. Michael Dormer is a prolific Southern Californian artist. Highly influential in California s...

This original caricature by John Marx is divided into two registers: above, an urban scene with four figures; below, a mechanical setup centered on a dog. In the upper half, three ...

Figures is an original drawing in pencil on paper by Emmanuel Gondouin in 1930 ca. In Good condition with diffused foxing. Not signed. This artwork represents several figures The ...

Figures is a modern drawing in pencil on paper realized by Leon Aubert (1824-1906) Sheet dimension: 24.5 x 34.5 Good conditions except for a cutaway at the lower margin that doesn'...

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...

Carl Hofer (German, 1875 – 1955) Die Badegaste II (The bathers) Black crayon on paper 19.1/4 x 15 in. (49 x 38 cm.) With studio stamp (on the reverse) and signature of the artist’s wife Elizabeth Hofer Provenance: These works come from the artist’s second wife Elizabeth and from then by descent. Carl Hofer was a German expressionist painter and the director of the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. One of the most important painters of the Expressionist movement, his work was among those that was considered degenerate art by the Nazis. He studied in Karlsruhe under Hans Thoma. He first visited Paris in 1899 making acquaintance with Julius Meier-Graefe. In 1902 he studied in Stuttgardt and became friends with the sculptor Hermann Haller...