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Medium: Paper
Japanese Contemporary Drawing by Tomo Sakurai - Ova
Located in Paris, IDF
Pencil on paper
Tomo Sakurai is a Japanese artist born in 1987 who lives & works in Tokyo, Japan. She had an awakening of her talent in pencil drawing as a teenager. It was the beau...
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2010s Romantic Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Mermaid &Tonic mythical sea creatures humor soft light color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Part of an ongoing series of mermaids by the artist on toned archival paper signed and dated on bottom
Category
2010s Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
The Old Woman - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Woman is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940).
Good condition on a white paper.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Hermann René Geo...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Wait - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Wait is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940).
Good condition on a white paper.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Hermann René Georges....
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Widow - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Widow is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940).
Good condition on a white paper.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Hermann René Georges...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Support - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Support is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940).
Good condition on a white paper.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Hermann René Georges. ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Collector-Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Collector is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940).
Good condition on a white paper.
Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin.
Hermann René Geo...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"The Dance, " Ludovico Lipparini, graphite, gouache, mythological, classical
Located in Wiscasset, ME
"The Dance" by Ludovico Lipparini is a beautifully rendered work on paper in the classical tradition using graphite and gouache and created in the f...
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Early 19th Century Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
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 Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil
Drawing, Pastel, Ink And Colored Pencils. "Free Spirits"
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...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Pencil, Color Pencil
Five Fashion Models Wearing Hoodies Vogue Patterns 1970s Fashion - Puerto Rican
Located in Miami, FL
Famed Puerto Rican Fashion Illustrator Antonio Lopez creates an oversized illustration for Vogue Patterns Magazine 1971. He uses a variety of media whic...
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1970s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Third Man 3, night, city scape, monochromatic, narrative
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Category
2010s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Georgian Contemporary Art by Nina Narimanishvili - Kiss
Located in Paris, IDF
Ink & acrylic on paper
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Ink, Paper
A Handsome 1930s Modern Portrait of a Young Male Model, Figure Study
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Portrait Figure Study of a Handsome Young Male Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by ...
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1930s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Lalanne, ink drawing
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
François-Xavier Lalanne (1927-2008), original ink drawing, 2004
This unique work signed by François Xavier Lalanne is an original ink drawing depicting a bee on a beautiful flower. ...
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Early 2000s Surrealist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Statue of Vishnu Garuda, Bali, 1904
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Statue of Vishnu Garuda, Bali, 1904
Signed with initials
Pencil and ink on paper, 21.4 x 21.3 cm
Literature:
Bruce W. Carpenter, W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp. First European Artist in Bali,...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, India Ink
Portrait of a Woman
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Woman, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower right, unframed. 24.25" H x 19" W. Provenance: Fr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Woman at Rest, Nude Female, Pastel and Charcoal Drawing on Green Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
The loose style of this drawing comes together quickly to convey the relaxed state of this nude female. The pastel accents bring a beautiful warmth to this drawing.
Christopher Ganz
Woman at Rest, 2013
pastel and charcoal on green paper
23h x 18w in
58.42h x 45.72w cm
CG0062
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multiplicity with different selves representing dramatis
personae. My likeness is both implicit and symbolic in the portrayal of my
narrative; the drama involved in creating art and the artist’s role in society. I
use realism to invite the viewer into mysterious inner worlds that are layered
reflections of the outer. Dehumanizing environments are imbued with art
historical references as a critique of power structures. The artist is an
Everyman who is at odds with society and his self.
Visually my work is a celebration of society’s dark undercurrents and its
overlooked absurdities. I use charcoal and printmaking media as their
tenebrous values add a fitting metaphor. The nuances of light and shadow
seduce viewers into a world their better judgment would have them avoid.
This provokes a sense of disquietude that causes viewers to assess our world
through the austerity of a colorless, yet not humorless, light.
-BIO-
Christopher Ganz grew up in Northeast Ohio and from early on had a fertile imagination and an interest in art. Christopher's artistic education truly began at the University of Missouri, where his love of the human form led to many figure drawing classes and his exposure to the wonders of printmaking. Christopher's then went onto graduate school at Indiana University and a summer abroad program in Italy was a dream realized. Christopher then grasped charcoal with a renewed vigor and large, sfumato-laden drawings ensued. Christopher's artistic influences are many; from a seminal exposure to Dore's engravings of the Divine Comedy, to Rembrandt, Caravaggio, Goya, and up to Lucian Freud, Mark Tansey...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Léa LAFUGIE (1890-1972), gouache of a Burmese dancer
Located in Paris, FR
Léa Lafugie is a painter who has travelled extensively throughout Asia. She is renowned for her portraits. She studied at the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, then at the Ecole de...
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1920s Art Deco Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Watercolor on paper Italian expressionist figurative nude second quarter 1900
Located in Florence, IT
The work is titled "The Bathers" and is signed at the lower right "CARENA. "The scene depicts a natural setting in which two naked maidens are chatting as they are about to bathe; be...
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Four Faces - Portrait Study in Red & Green by Clayton Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Red and green pastel portrait study of four faces in different poses, one male and one female, by Visionary artist Clayton Anderson (American, b. 1943). Signed and dated "Clayton 197...
Category
1970s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Peaceful Island (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Peaceful Island, 1968.
17 inches diameter on a panel measuring 19 × 23 inches.
Signed and dated.
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on Jul...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Male figure and silhouette sketches
By André Derain
Located in PARIS, FR
Double-sided work in good condition, dispersal of the Knaublich succession, Loiseau-Shmitz, 23/03/2002. Tampon "Atelier Derain" at bottom right. Exhibitions:Talismans VI, galerie Her...
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1940s French School Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Plunder at the Jewish Ghetto, Chalk and Charcoal 'Progrom' Drawing
By Victor E. Penney
Located in Surfside, FL
Chalk and charcoal drawing, depicting old world progrom, "Plunder at the Jewish Ghetto, Jews of Frankfurt are attacked in the 16th century."
Category
20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk, Charcoal
Earth River Flowing (Surrealist Black Philadelphia Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Roland Ayers (1932-2014).
Earth River Flowing, 1979-86.
Ink on paper, 22 ¾ x 15 7/8 inches; measuring 22 × 28 inches in matting.
Signed and dated.
Exhibition History: Roland Ay...
Category
1970s Surrealist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
The Crow - Pencil Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
The Crow is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1972 by the italian artist Leo Guida.
Original Drawing.
Dated and Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right margin: Leo Guid...
Category
1970s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Study of a Sleeping Girl in a Cap
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on greenish gray wove paper. 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (390 x 295 mm). Initialed "G. B." in pencil on the lower right recto. In generally good condition with some minor scattered surface soiling. Condition is consistent with age.
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This drawing is closely related to two known mid 18th century oils...
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18th Century Old Masters Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
Kiss of Death, night scene, interior, black and white, dramatic narrative
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Category
2010s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Born to Kill, monochromatic, crime, narrative, high contrast, drama
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
Located in New York, NY
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker. Sight size: 18 x 23 1/4 inches. Estate stamped verso.
This drawing is the study for a large oil we ...
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1930s American Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Timeless Beauty by Judith Williams black and white nude on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
'Three Young Beauties', Art Nouveau, Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Musée Bordeaux
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, “Ch. Henrida” for Charles Henrida (French, 1854-1924) and painted circa 1900.
Unframed and displayed in a beveled, ivory mat with gilt inner slip.
Matted dimens...
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Early 1900s Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Lady with Hat and Fan
By William Lee
Located in Mc Lean, VA
Signed lower left
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tub...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Nature through the Mirror Nude and with a Whirlwind Style of Childe Hassam
Located in Soquel, CA
Nature through the Mirror Nude and with a Whirlwind Style of Childe Hassam
Exquisite watercolor on card stock in the style of Childe Hassam by American Impressionist Wilhelmina (Minn...
Category
1910s Post-Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper, Postcard
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...
Category
20th Century Post-Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Yves in Tangier. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Acrylic
The Sunbonnet Babies - Modernist Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Bertha Corbett Melcher's The Sunbonnet Babies, with their flat, minimalist, semi-abstract, and symbolic style, are an early example of American Modernism/Surrealism by a lesser-known female artist/illustrator. The present work demonstrates a delicate balance between abstraction and representation and between the commonplace and the mysterious. Her signature use of a hat or sunbonnet to hide the identity of her subjects is a big conceptual and visual idea that has been overlooked in the fine art canon. The exact meaning of this is unknown, but 120 years after they were done, it resonates as somewhat surrealistic. Her work is a contradiction. She shows innocent children engaging in everyday activity but are depicted in vail of mystery. Why does she not show the faces of her subjects?
Watercolor on paper (each)
Six drawings in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each)
One signed; two initialed; three not signed.
Six drawing in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each)
One signed; two initialed; three not signed
The Sunbonnet Babies characters were created by illustration Bertha L. Corbett when she was challenged to create a faceless character who nonetheless was engaging and appealing. The characters were a wild hit and appeared in books, comics, and popular collectibles. They also became a popular motif in quilting. Few of Corbett's original drawings for the babies are known to survive, making this a rare offering.
From: Wikipedia
Sunbonnet Babies are characters created by commercial artist Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Sunbonnet Babies featured two girls in pastel colored dresses with their faces covered by sunbonnets. Sunbonnet Babies appeared in books, illustrations and advertisements between the years of 1900 and 1930. Sunbonnet Babies were later used as a popular quilting pattern also known as Sunbonnet Sue.[1] Melcher created a male version of the Sunbonnet Babies, named the 'Overall Boys' in 1905.[2][3]
History
Bertha L. Corbett Melcher
Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950).[4] Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist.[5] She may have also studied with Howard Pyle.[6] By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California.[7][4]
Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets.[4] Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position.[4] Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face."[2]
Melcher published her first book, The Sun-Bonnet Babies in 1900.[3] Later, she shopped her illustrations to publisher Rand McNally of Chicago, and nine subsequent books were written by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Bertha Corbett. In 1905, Melcher wrote The Overall Boys.[3] Many of these books were used as primers and used widely in primary schools in the midwest.
Melcher used the sunbonnet babies in advertising and later established the Sunbonnet Babies Company. She started a studio to illustrate and create merchandise of the Sunbonnet Babies.[2] The characters also appeared in a comic strip.[2]
Quilting
Melcher herself did not originate the use of the sunbonnet babies as quilting pattern. The Sunbonnet Babies quilting pattern appeared in textile art 1910's in the Ladies Home Journal 1911–1912 in a quilt stitched by Marie Webster. The pattern was popular during the Great Depression. In the American South, it was often known as "Dutch Doll" until the 1970s.[3] There was also a quilt pattern based on the "Overall Boys," known by the various names including “Overall Bill, “Overall Andy,” “Sunbonnet Sam,” “Suspender Sam,” “Fisherman Jim."[3] Many patterns for quilts and sewing were designed by Ruby Short McKim and published in nationally syndicated newspapers.[8]
Sunbonnet Sue became symbolic of 'female innocence and docility'.[9] Linda Pershing collected accounts from women quilters who depicted 'Sues' doing activities such as smoking, wearing more revealing clothing, and subverting feminine stereotypes.[10] In 1979, the “Seamsters Union Local #500," a group of quilters from Lawrence, Kansas, created “The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue," a quilt depicting the character murdered in a variety of ways.[3]
Collectibles
Sunbonnet Babies merchandise includes school books, valentines cards, postcards, china, and quilts.[2][5][11]
Sunbonnet Babies were adapted into three dimensional porcelain collectibles and pottery made by Royal Bayreuth Company in the early 1900s. The Royal Bayreuth China...
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Early 1900s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Amate Bark Painting - People Working in a Village
Located in Soquel, CA
Amate Bark Painting - People Working in a Village by Manuel Remigio S.
In this scene, people are working in a village. Interspersed throughout th...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
$760 Sale Price
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Cantepie, Normandy by Paulémile Pissarro - Drawing
Located in London, GB
Cantepie, Normandy by Paulémile Pissarro (1884-1972)
Pencil on paper
21 x 27 cm (8 ¹/₄ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches)
Signed lower right, Paulémile- Pissarro.
This work is accompanied by a certif...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
'A Young Goatherd', Orientalism, Egypt, Algeria, Morocco, Royal Academy, Benezit
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Monogrammed lower right, 'F.G.' for Frederick Goodall (British, 1822-1904) and dated 1888; additionally accompanied verso by a Fine Art Society label.
Framed in a raw silk mat within...
Category
19th Century Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Violinist (Portrait of Young Man with Violin)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a Violinist, 1950.
Charcoal on paper, sheet measures 13 x 19 inches.
Signed lower left.
A ...
Category
1950s Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Standing Naked Woman - Original Drawing by G.-H. Tribout - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Naked Woman is an original artwork realized by George Henri Tribout.
Original pencil drawing on paper.
Signed G.T.
This interesting drawing shows a beautiful nude of woma...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
“Bugs Bunny & Tasmanian Devil”
Located in Southampton, NY
This is an original drawing of Bugs Bunny and the Tasmanian Devil. The drawing is signed by Virgil Ross, an American artist and cartoonist lower right Graphite, colored pencil on an...
Category
1990s Other Art Style Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
Chemists American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Science Mural
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Chemists American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism WPA Science Mural
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Chemists
40 ½ x 31 ¾ inches
Oil on paper, c. 1930s
Signed lower right
49 x 40 ...
Category
1930s American Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The General….Baron de Brielhe - Pencil by E. O. Wauquier - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The general ... Baron De Brielhe is an original drawing in pencil with gray point, unsigned, on paper, realized by E. O. Wauquier (1808-1869).
Good conditions except for minor cosme...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Stroll at Sunset" (2024) Original Watercolor Painting, Landscape
Located in Denver, CO
"The Stroll at Sunset" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a moody sunset.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based artist celebrated for her plei...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Paradise" Watercolor Abstract Painting 10" x 14" inch by Shaker El Maadawy
Located in Culver City, CA
"Paradise" Watercolor Abstract Painting 10" x 14" inch by Shaker El Maadawy
signed & dated
Shaker El Maadawy graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in painting in 1967 in his nati...
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Wave Series/Tattooed Woman at Sunset Beach
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Wave Series/Tattooed Woman at Sunset Beach" is a unique watercolor utilizing Edo-period imagery by contemporary, Japanese artist, Masami Teraoka. The framed artwork measures 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1 in.
This work is an example of Teraoka's icon of cross-cultural exchange as a submersible yet insuppressible individual, striking out on her own with rented snorkel equipment. Her traditional wave-pattern tattoos and resemblance to a Hokusai pearl diver are time-honored devices recognizable from Edo-era ukiyo-e, but here they are the mark of a very up-to-date woman of the world-and a sign of things to come. "In my mind tattoos were taboo, because we associated tattoos with yakuza gangsters in Japan then," the artist explains. "Those were the only people in Japan who had tattoos, to show off their machismo. So when I saw tattoos in this country, it seemed to me to be a really significant attitude that Americans are not really uptight about having tattoos. Thirty years later, tattoos are invading Japan. Young people have them on their arms, so they can cover them with longsleeved shirts. Perhaps they try to hide them from their parents, but the younger generation is much more open to tattoos and piercings."
Born in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Teraoka studied at what is now Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. His works are inspired by Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints. However, Teraoaka infuses the style and techniques of the traditional art with American Pop Art. The mass-produced nature of Japanese woodcut prints...
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1980s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
UNTITLED (TWO HEADS)
By George Condo
Located in Aventura, FL
Original conte crayon on paper. Dated "12.84" lower margin. Provenance: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Artwork size 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Fram...
Category
1980s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
$27,600 Sale Price
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Shoes
By Andy Warhol
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
This work is unique.
Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s.
Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visua...
Category
1950s Pop Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
$36,000
Mother and Children watercolor painting by John E. Costigan
Located in Hudson, NY
Painting measures 22" x 28" and framed 26" x 32" x 2"
Hand-signed "J.E. Costigan NA 1952" lower left.
About this artist: John Costigan was a self-taught painter distinguished by h...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Whispers Had Changed - Figurative Portrait Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
Category
2010s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
"The Gift" (2024) by Mo Myra, Original Watercolor Painting, Horse and Foal
Located in Denver, CO
"The Gift" (2024) by Mo Myra is a watercolor painting on paper that depicts a a horse and foal standing in a grassy field.
Mo Myra, born in 1990, is a Connecticut-based artist celeb...
Category
2010s Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Buttercream Acrobats circus performers humorous subject male female dynamic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
this is a soft pastel on red toned heavyweight archival paper , framing under glass recommended for display.
full figured women like Botero
theme: circus, food, cake, relationships,...
Category
2010s Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper
Georgian Contemporary Art by Maria Vanishvili - N555
Located in Paris, IDF
Acrylic, watercolour, marker & ink on paper
Maria Vanishvili is a Georgian artist born in 2004 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. She signa her...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Acrylic, Watercolor, Permanent Marker
"Reminiscing" Ink and Acrylic Illustration on Mounted Sketchbook
By Sean 9 Lugo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Reminiscing" is an original piece by Sean 9 Lugo, known artistically for his murals and street art. The piece is part of Lugo's mounted "Blackbooks" series paying tribute to blackbo...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Permanent Marker
Beach of Kusambe, Bali 1937
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Four outrigger proa’s on the beach of Kusambe, Bali, 1937
Signed with initials, dated and described with location bottom left
Pencil and ink on paper, 29.7 x 35 cm
In ebonized frame with white mount
WILLEM OTTO WIJNAND NIEUWENKAMP
(1874-1950)
Nieuwenkamp was born on July 27th 1874 in Amsterdam. His father owned sailing ships sailing to Indonesia and hearing the stories of the returning captains evoked in the young Nieuwenkamp an obsession for distant lands and adventure. After a failed attempt by his father to have his son make a career in his business, Nieuwenkamp attended the Academy for Decorative Art in Amsterdam. However, he left within one year to go his own way.
He was an autodidact and a great experimenter with new techniques, particularly in the art of etching. Nieuwenkamp was a very focused man with the discipline of a scientist tempered by the sensitivity of an artist, a lust for adventure, a natural appreciation for ethnic arts and an enormous ambition to tread new paths.
In 1898 he visited Indonesia for the first time and on his second visit in 1903-1904 he went on to Bali and became the first foreign artist to love Bali and the Balinese with a passion. Having secured agreements with several museums in the Netherlands to obtain Balinese art and objects for their collections, Nieuwenkamp immediately started to purchase and order a wide range of ethnographic art and objects from local artists and craftsmen.
Through his drawings and books, he gave an excellent impression of Balinese art and culture at that time. Since 1854 Northern Bali was under Dutch...
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1930s Art Nouveau Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pencil
Midday Rest (Watercolor)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front by Tarkay. Sheet size 14 x 10.5 inches. Frame size approx 20 x 16 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. From the private coll...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,000 Sale Price
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French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Fille
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour, ink on paper
Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at Drouot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
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