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Medium: Graphite
'Woman Smoking a Pipe', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne et Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
A cabinet-sized, Post-Impressionist figural drawing of a young woman smoking a pip...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Potatoes, or, Everything is Everything IV
Located in Toronto, ON
Amanda Nedham collapses the monumental and the mundane through radical memorial gestures. She is interested in how drawing intersects with architecture and is subject to change. In h...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Stable Scene, 20th century horse and barn watercolor by Cleveland School artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Work sold to benefit the CLEVELAND INSTITUTE OF ART
Joseph B. O’Sickey (American, 1918–2013)
Stable Scene
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Signed lower right
9 x 12.25 inches
Josep...
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Late 20th Century Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamped, verso, for VIctor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
‘Cowboy, 1968’
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Richard McLean
‘Cowboy, 1968’
Framed 30 x 27 inches
Pencil on paper 27½” x 22½ inches
Richard McLean is one of the most highly regarded American photo-realists. His paintings l...
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1960s Photorealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
Toy Horse
By Harold Town
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Harold Town (1924-1990) remains one of the most accomplished and fascinating characters from the "Painters Eleven" group.
While Town coined the group's name (based on the number of...
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1970s Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Graphite
Javier Báez - Baseball Great, Original Framed Watercolor on Archival Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Javier Báez was nicknamed "El Mago" (Spanish for "The Magician") when he was a middle infielder for the Detroit Tigers. On the international level, he represents the Puerto Rican national team. Báez was named the National League Championship Series co-MVP alongside left-handed starter Jon Lester as the Chicago Cubs clinched their 2016 National League pennant en route to winning the 2016 World Series. He is a two-time All-Star, as well as a Gold Glove Award, and Silver Slugger Award winner. He is also the cover athlete for MLB The Show 20.
Margie Lawrence
Javier Báez
watercolor and graphite on paper
12.50h x 22.50w in
31.75h x 57.15w cm
MAL031
Margie Lawrence
b. 1957, Chicago
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Illustration, Printmaking, Chicago, IL
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Theatre, Madison, WI
Drake University, BFA – Theatre, Des Moines, IA
National Theatre Institute, Waterford CT
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, England
Exhibitions
2018 Baseball Art, Second Story Studios, Chicago, IL
Baseball as Art, Cleveland County Arts Council, Shelby, NC
Masterful Moxie – The Power of Art, Dank Haus, Chicago, IL
Connections – Exploring the Ties that Bind, Open Walls, Chicago
2017 Group Show, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, New York, NY
Baseball as Art, Cleveland Count Arts Council, Shelby, NC
2015 Group Show, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, New York, NY
Baseball as Art, Cleveland Count Arts Council, Shelby, NC
2014 All Stars of Baseball Art, The Mason Civic League Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
Pine Tar Portraits & Other Notables, Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL
2013 Baseball Art Show, George Krevsky Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Graphite
Cadmus Slaying a Dragon (God Series)
By Harold Town
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Harold Town (1924-1990) is the ultimate chameleon of Canadian art. One of the founders of Painters Eleven, he remains one of the most fascinating characters from this important colle...
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1970s Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pastel, Graphite
Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis hand signed by four artists
Located in New York, NY
Francisco Fernández, Claudia Fernández, Diego Toledo, Hector Quinones
Corpse Drawing #47, The Return of the Cadavre Exquis, 1993
Ink, graphite, acrylic, and watercolor, with collage
...
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1990s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Watercolor, Graphite
Minnie Minoso - Baseball Great, Original Framed Watercolor on Archival Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Minnie Miñoso was a Cuban professional baseball player. He began his baseball career in the Negro leagues in 1946 and became an All-Star third baseman with the New York Cubans. He was signed by the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB) after the 1948 season as baseball's color line fell. Miñoso went on to become an All-Star left fielder with the Indians and Chicago White Sox. The first Afro-Latino in the major leagues and the first black player in White Sox history, as a 1951 rookie he was one of the first Latin Americans to play in an MLB All-Star Game. Miñoso was one of the most popular and dynamic players in White Sox franchise history. He helped the "Go-Go" White Sox become one of the premier teams of the 1950s and 1960s. A rare power threat on a team known for speed and defense, Miñoso also held the White Sox record for career home runs from 1956 to 1974. This piece is floated on a cream colored mat and framed in a simple black frame measuring 25.5h x 18.5w x 1.5d inches.
Margie Lawrence
Minnie Miñoso
watercolor and graphite on paper
21.50h x 14w in
54.61h x 35.56w cm
MAL030
Margie Lawrence
b. 1957, Chicago
Education
School of the Art Institute of Chicago – Illustration, Printmaking, Chicago, IL
University of Wisconsin-Madison – Theatre, Madison, WI
Drake University, BFA – Theatre, Des Moines, IA
National Theatre Institute, Waterford CT
Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford, England
Exhibitions
2018 Baseball Art, Second Story Studios, Chicago, IL
Baseball as Art, Cleveland County Arts Council, Shelby, NC
Masterful Moxie – The Power of Art, Dank Haus, Chicago, IL
Connections – Exploring the Ties that Bind, Open Walls, Chicago
2017 Group Show, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, New York, NY
Baseball as Art, Cleveland Count Arts Council, Shelby, NC
2015 Group Show, Bergino Baseball Clubhouse, New York, NY
Baseball as Art, Cleveland Count Arts Council, Shelby, NC
2014 All Stars of Baseball Art, The Mason Civic League Gallery, Hoboken, NJ
Pine Tar Portraits & Other Notables, Firecat Projects, Chicago, IL
2013 Baseball Art Show, George Krevsky Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite, Paper
Fallen Fruit
By Mark Hosford
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tales from the Woods is a collection of drawings and prints by Mark Hosford that explore humans interacting with nature and their unique relationships to nature. Mark Hosford holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Kansas and a MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University...
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2010s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
The Crown
By Mark Hosford
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tales from the Woods is a collection of drawings and prints by Mark Hosford that explore humans interacting with nature and their unique relationships to nature. Mark Hosford holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Kansas and a MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University...
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2010s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Baronesses of Ombrosa
By Mark Hosford
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tales from the Woods is a collection of drawings and prints by Mark Hosford that explore humans interacting with nature and their unique relationships to nature. Mark Hosford holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Kansas and a MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University...
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2010s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
The Surrogate
By Mark Hosford
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tales from the Woods is a collection of drawings and prints by Mark Hosford that explore humans interacting with nature and their unique relationships to nature. Mark Hosford holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Kansas and a MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University...
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2010s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
The Kudzu King
By Mark Hosford
Located in New Orleans, LA
Tales from the Woods is a collection of drawings and prints by Mark Hosford that explore humans interacting with nature and their unique relationships to nature. Mark Hosford holds a BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Kansas and a MFA from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He is currently an Associate Professor of Art at Vanderbilt University...
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2010s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Ocean Piece: unique drawings of studies for ocean painting (hand signed)
Located in New York, NY
Jennifer Losch Bartlett
Ocean piece: Untitled painting studies, 1975
Ink and pastel, mixed media on graph paper
Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front
Frame included: held in a museum quality wood frame with UV plexiglass
Ink and pastel on graph paper drawing.
Boldly signed and dated "Summer 75" by Jennifer Bartlett on the lower right front.
Some of the artist's annotations on the drawings say:
Ocean piece
Sky Water Beach Sometimes looking from water
maybe see mountain
two people on beach lying down
sometimes they face each other
... bwhitefree hand drawing
from water beach w/ towel
sky sand water on a diagonal
on a curve
sky water sand...
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1970s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite, Mixed Media, Oil Pastel
Untitled (Renaissance Male Figure Study), 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1964. Paper Size: 14 x 11 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
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1960s Renaissance Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Tattoed character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
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2010s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Life study of a male nude in repose - European School, late 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
European School, late 18th century. Red chalk with primo pensiero in graphite on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (215 x 293 mm). Scattered light handling wear and multiple s...
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Late 18th Century Naturalistic Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Chalk, Laid Paper
Untitled Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing animal color map
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Raising the wreck of the steamer Flushing at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Located in Middletown, NY
Likely a study for an illustration for Harper's Weekly, for which Wiser was a Civil War-era illustrator, focusing on shipwrecks and battles occurring along the mid-Atlantic coast.
...
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing animal color map
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object of fascination, only its visual a...
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Early 2000s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Untitled Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing animal color map
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object of fascination, only its visual a...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Untitled Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour character
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
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2010s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Winged character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art drawing outsider art portrait
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
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Early 2000s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Self Portrait with Armor, 1973
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
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20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Tattoed character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Temptation
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Parlor No. 2, 1973
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
4th of July, No. 3
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
4th of July No. 2, 1983
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
4th of July No. 1, 1975
Located in Columbia, MO
Jerry Berneche (1932 - 2016) was a painter and draftsman of representational scenes and portraits featuring extraordinary color work and extremely detailed mark-making. Locally he is...
Category
20th Century American Realist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Hand VI Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing tree tattoo write
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper
Dated and signed on the back
In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object of fascination, only its visual a...
Category
2010s Outsider Art Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Preliminary Study for the painting Rose and Gold, 1913
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Study for the painting Rose and Gold, 1913
Graphite on paper, 1913
Signed in pencil lower left (see photo)
Titlted "Lizzy Young" in pencil upper left (see photo)
Lizzy was a modle that Paxton depicts numerous times.
The painting that this drawing is related to, is illustrated in Lee & Krause, William McGregor Paxton, 1869-1941, Plate 32, text on page 132. The painting was formerly in the collection of Victor Spark and the Honorable Paul Buchanan. It is currently in a Texas Collection.
Provenance: Private Collection, Florida
William McGregor Paxton (June 22, 1869 – 1941) was an American painter and instructor who embraced the Boston School paradigm and was a co-founder of The Guild of Boston Artists. He taught briefly while a student at Cowles Art School, where he met his wife Elizabeth Okie Paxton, and at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston. Paxton is known for his portraits, including those of two presidents—Grover Cleveland and Calvin Coolidge—and interior scenes with women, including his wife. His works are in many museums in the United States.
Early life
He was born on June 22, 1869, in Baltimore to James and Rose Doherty Paxton. William's father moved the Paxton family and established a catering business in Newton Corner, Massachusetts, in the mid-1870s.
Education
Paxton attended Cowles Art School on a scholarship he attained at the age of 18. He studied with Dennis Miller Bunker...
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1910s American Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Rue de Thorigny, signed F. Feuilloy
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and crayon in color with white heightening on cream wove paper, 13 1/2 x 12 1/4 inches (343 x 310 mm) (sheet). In good condition with uniform toning, handling creases, and lightly dog-eared corners.
The building on the left is a hotel particulier in Paris' Marais neighborhood, the Hôtel Salé, which now houses the Musée Picasso.
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Late 19th Century French School Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Handmade Paper, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Learning to Fly
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sing...
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21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Foam Board, Pencil, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Bable
Located in Greenwich, CT
"Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sin...
Category
2010s Surrealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Kyle Andrew Szpyrka - Lotus
Located in Greenwich, CT
Sutra, a Sanskrit word meaning “thread”, is a word or small group of words that summarize an entire complex web of ideas, truths, wisdoms, or teachings all woven together into a sing...
Category
2010s Surrealist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Male Lying Nude
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a drawing from the artist's sketchbooks. This pencil drawing shows a nude male in repose, The drawing is dated November 30 '36 (1936). Clearly the works are authentic and this sketch is signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Sketch of a woman's head in profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sketch of a woman's head in profile
Graphite on paper, c. 1900-1910
Unsigned
Condition: Excellent
Tiny tear upper right near hinge (repaired and bearly visible)
Sheet size: 4 5/8 x 3...
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1910s Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Old Jewish Shtetl Rabbi Charcoal Judaica Drawing World War II Era
Located in Surfside, FL
Maurycy Trębacz (1861 – 1941) was one of the most popular Jewish painters in Poland in the late 19th and early 20th century. Many of his paintings were lost in the Holocaust, but a r...
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1930s Expressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Nashville is an Enigma
Located in New York, NY
Katherine Porter
Country Music (Nashville is an Enigma), 1986
Mixed media; colored pencil, gouache, and graphite on paper, uniquely signed and inscribed with Nashville dateline
Hand ...
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1980s Abstract Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Color Pencil, Graphite
Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture
Unsigned
Graphite on tracing paper, 1930-1934
Sheet size: 6 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches
Created while the artist was woring in Paris, c. 1930
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Regarding the artist:
Boris Lovet-Lorski
Lithuanian/Russian/American
1894-1973
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade.
Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists.
He died in Los Angeles in 1973.
Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers:
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures
I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland
Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor
Lilian Gish, Actress
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos
President Abraham Lincoln
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense
Pope Pius XII
Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician
General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959
President John F. Kennedy
Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Art Institute of Chicago
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
British Museum, London
Boston University
Brooklyn Museum
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
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1930s Art Deco Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
'Standing Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
A bold figural study of a nude in contrapposto, shown posing with drapery and cont...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
Reg Butler Abstract Figurative Signed "Manipulator"
By Reg Butler
Located in Detroit, MI
SALE ONE WEEK ONLY
"Manipulator" is an abstracted figurative drawing in charcoal and graphite. The figure seems to be "manipulating" some object it holds without visual clarity as w...
Category
1960s Abstract Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
Study of a woman in repose - Russian School
Located in Middletown, NY
Pencil on cream wove paper, 9 1/4 x 7 7/8 inches (235 x 200 mm). Overall toning with multiple spots of white discoloration throughout, and a spray of foxing across the image area on ...
Category
Early 20th Century Naturalistic Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Mountain landscape with an aqueduct and dam - FRENCH SCHOOL
Located in Middletown, NY
Pencil on smooth cream wove paper with a window pane drawn in gold ink, 8 3/8 x 11 3/4 inches (213 x 298 mm). Signed illegibly and dated in ink and again in pencil within the lower m...
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Mid-19th Century French School Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Le Due Fait de la Peinture by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Colourful drawing
Located in London, GB
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Le Due Fait de la Peinture by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961)
27.5 x 18.3 cm (10 ⁷/₈ x 7 ¹/₄ inches)
Graphit...
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1940s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
'Woman Standing', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
A dynamic and loose figural showing a woman in contrapposto, draped in a shawl and...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Woman Standing', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière et Etrangères, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950.
A loosely drawn and and dynamic figural showing a woman standing in contrapposto, ...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite, Paper
Victoire sur les cosmos
Located in PARIS, FR
Shane Wolf is an American artist born in 1976 in Cincinnati.
A first university career in graphic design led him to work for major French industrial brands. He then settled in Annecy...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Threshold VII
Located in PARIS, FR
Shane Wolf is an American artist born in 1976 in Cincinnati.
A first university career in graphic design led him to work for major French industrial brands. He then settled in Annecy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Seated Nude Woman (Original Drawing, Framed)
Located in New Orleans, LA
(Sorry for the reflections on the glass.) When I first saw this graphite-on-paper drawing I assumed it was a print of a Larry Rivers drawing (early Pop Artist and one of the great dr...
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1970s Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil, Graphite
Resting Man (Man relaxes draped only in a small towel)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A rare pencil drawing by John Lear created in 1937, signed and dated in pencil.
John Brock Lear, Jr.
Born: 1910 - Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
Died: ...
Category
1930s Academic Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #5
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower left.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
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2010s American Modern Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Clay, Panel, Graphite
"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #2
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower left.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
Category
2010s Academic Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Clay, Panel, Graphite
"Sons and Lovers" Drill Drawing, #7
Located in Dallas, TX
Signed by artist "M. O'KEEFE 2013" at lower right.
Media is graphite on clay-coated panel.
Overall dimensions including the frame are 18 x 15 inches.
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Clay, Panel, Graphite
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