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Medium: Watercolor
Bathing Women Badende Frauen - Landscape Bathers German
Located in London, GB
This watercolour is hand signed with the artist’s monogram and dated in pencil "EH 29" [1929] in the lower right image. It is also hand titled in pencil “Badende Frauen” [Bathing Wo...
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1920s Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Watercolor

"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...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Reflections on a North Shore, Figural Abstract Seascape, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Kenneth Marcus Hugh (American, 1916-2011) Reflections on a North Shore, 2009 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated ’09 lower right 20.5 x 28.5 inches 30 x 37.5 inches, framed Kenneth...
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Early 2000s Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Church Interior
By Ray Quigley
Located in Buffalo, NY
A modern illustration by American artist Ray Quigley depicting two men inside of a church.
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1950s Realist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Ink

Conte Hindou En Noir By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French Conte Hindou en noir Signed “Erté”(middle right) Inscribed "Inscribed 1922" (en verso) Gouache on paper Designed for a 1922 show at the Folies Bergère, Erté draws inspiration from the splendors of India in Conte Hindou (Hindu Story). The central bare-chested figure, adorned with a resplendent jewel-encrusted headpiece and draped in cascading pearl...
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20th Century Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Art Nouveau Painting of a Maiden and Mischievous Cupids 19th Century by Rontini
Located in Rochester, NY
Art nouveau painting of beautiful maiden and mischievous angels. An allegory of Spring. Watercolor. Signed painting by Alessandro Rontini (Italian born 1854). In beautiful custom flo...
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19th Century Art Nouveau Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Bermuda Harbour Watercolour by Alfred Birdsey (1912-1996)
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 15 1/2"H x 18 3/4"W Frame Sz: 21 1/2"H x 24 3/4"W Charming (framed) watercolour by Alfred Birdsey (1912-1996) signed (LR) depicting a quaint Bermuda harbour scene Alfred B...
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20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"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...
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2010s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
Frame measures 13.5 X 11.5 Paper measures 6.5 X 4 inches Hand signed lower right Watercolor painting of prophet or Rabbi, Judaica artwork Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated h...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Brooklyn Bridge" NYC Modernism WPA Mid-Century Watercolor Modern Reginald Marsh (American, 1898-1954) Brooklyn Bridge, 1940, Signed and dated Reginald Marsh May 1940 (lr), Watercolor over traces of pencil on paper , 15 x 22 inches sight. Reginald Marsh was born in Paris, France in 1898, the child of artist parents. He was born over a small cafe on Paris' Left Bank. He was brought to the United States in 1900 and was drawing before he was three. He studied art at Yale University and the Art Students League, during which time he worked primarily as an illustrator for New York newspapers and magazines. After studying in Paris in 1925 and 1926, he turned seriously to painting. In 1929 he was introduced to the egg-tempera medium, which he used extensively the rest of his life. Marsh's gusto for painting the bottom crust of society contrasted curiously with his background. His parents, both well-known artists, were steeped in academic traditions. He attended Lawrenceville Academy and Yale; perhaps this elite background made it possible to paint the earthy people he did with a journalist's objectivity. An admirer of Rubens and Delacroix, he disliked modernist art; indeed, his lifelong preoccupation was with people - enjoying themselves at beaches, at amusement parks, or on crowded city streets. Marsh was a second-generation Ash Can School painter and printmaker, best known as an urban regionalist. He spent his days sketching in small notebooks...
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1940s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Isle of the Blessed
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) was one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists of the 20th century. Emerging on the Toronto art scene at the beginning of the 1960s, over t...
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1980s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Jazz Panel #1 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Flowers - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1973. Hand signed lower right. Dated on rear. Excellent condition.
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1970s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Motherhood Ahead / portrait head drawing, ink, pencil, watercolor, monochrome
Located in Burlingame, CA
Motherhood Ahead is created with china crayon, ink wash on Yupo paper and comes matted and backed in a museum quality presentation mat. The pensive young woman's head is monochrome b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor

MADELEINE (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
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1950s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Jazz Panel #4 - gouache, 102x86 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: German Expressionist Subject: Figures Medium: etching, watercolor paint Surface: Paper This is hand signed lower right.. there does not seem to be an edition size although th...
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Early 20th Century Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Etching

Charon's Ferry - Early 19th Century Scottish Romantic watercolour by David Scott
By David Scott
Located in London, GB
DAVID SCOTT, RSA (British 1806-1849) Charon’s Ferry Signed with initials and indistinctly inscribed l.l. Watercolour Unframed, in mount only 29 by 40.5 cm., 11 ½ by 16 in. (mount size 40.5 by 55.5 cm., 16 by 22 in.) Provenance: William Bell Scott, London; Mrs Balton; Private collection. David Scott was born in Edinburgh. He studied art under his father, the engraver, Robert Scott. He exhibited his first picture oil painting, Hopes of Early Genius Dispelled by Death in 1828, becoming a regular exhibitor at the Royal Scottish Academy. In 1832 he visited Italy. He specialised in large canvases of historical or symbolist subjects, being much influence by William Blake. From the mid 1830s he became absorbed in a series of designs and illustration for Coleridge’s Ancient Mariner, Bunyan’s Pilgrim...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Johann Weinmann: 18th Century Engraving of an aloe in a decorative pot.
Located in Richmond, GB
Hand-coloured mezzotint engravings of decorative urns with aloes and cacti from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", c1739, presented in hand- made, parcel-gilt, ebonised and decalcomania...
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18th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Mezzotint

Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - In the Field
Located in Paris, IDF
Gouache, pastel & oil on paper Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi St...
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2010s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper, Oil, Gouache

1950s British Fashion illustration by Eve Sheldon-Williams
Located in London, GB
EVE SHELDON-WILLIAMS (1916-2001) Fashion Illustration White wash on black paper Framed 30.5 by 15.5 cm., 12 by 6 in. (frame size 50 by 34.5 cm., 19 ¾ by 13 ½ in.) Provenance: The artist’s family. Eve Sheldon-Williams was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the younger daughter of artist Inglis and Ina Sheldon-Williams. She was governess educated until the age of ten, before settling with her parents on the Italian Riviera from 1926 to 1930. After finished her education in England she studied painting, illustration and design at the Central School of Arts and Crafts 1937-1941, under William Roberts, John Skeaping, Bernard Meninsky and John Farleigh...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

BEYLA (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
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1950s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Still Life - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1969. Hand signed and dated lower left. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in...
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1960s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Jazz Panel #2 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

A Fine Orientalist Pencil and Watercolor Reclining Middle Eastern Beauty
By Francesco Ballesio 2
Located in LA, CA
Francesco Ballesio (Italian, 1860-1923). A fine orientalist pencil and watercolor heightened with gum Arabic on paper figure of "A Middle-Eastern Beauty at Rest" depicting a young ma...
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Early 1900s Academic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Jazz Panel #3 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

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 Watercolor 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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Flowers in a Pot
Located in Surfside, FL
Katarzyna LIBROWICZ Polish French painter studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and arrived in France in 1937 . She studied with André Lhote in Montparnasse Paris and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants . She is one of the painters of the School of Paris . Peintre polonaise.Elle étudia à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Varsovie, puis arriva en France en 1937. Elle suivit les...
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20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Early 1940s Fashion Study of Women’s Hat & Gloves by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring a woman seated with hat and gloves. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of...
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1940s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Moraine Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, 20th Century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Moraine Valley, Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, c. 1950 Watercolor on paper 19 x 24 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
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1950s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Graphite

Art Nouveau Illustration Women and Children in the Woods
Located in Miami, FL
Complex Art Nouveau patterns intertwined with gracefull figures define this work by American Artist and illustrator, teacher and lecturer Mildred Bailey Carpenter. Signed in cartouc...
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1920s Art Nouveau Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper, Board

Edward Burra original drawing for a costume design for clown, British, 20th Cent
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Edward Burra CBE (British, 1905 – 1976) Costume design for clown pencil watercolour and body colour on paper 19.3/8 x 9.3/4 in. (49.3 x 24.7 cm.) Provenance: The collection of Gillia...
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20th Century Surrealist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Untitled Surrealist Mythical Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract Surrealist ink and gouache drawing of a human and deer hybrid head sitting within a jar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The work is framed in a silve...
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20th Century Surrealist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Gouache

George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar
Located in New York, NY
George Grosz NYC City Scene Modernism Watercolor German Expressionism Weimar George Grosz (Germany, 1893-1959) "City Scene," 17 x 12 inches, signed and dated “33” lower left, watercolor on paper. This drawing, created while Grosz was living in NYC. Period frame, It has been authenticated by Ralph Jentsch, the globally recognized Grosz expert. Provenance: Hirschl & Adler and 511 Gallery...
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1930s Expressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Lewis Suzuki (Japanese/American, 1920/2016) Title: Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco Year: Circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor Paper: Watercolor paper Image size: 14.5 x 10.25 inc...
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1970s Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Pipe's of Pan - British Watercolour by Hubert von Herkomer
Located in London, GB
SIR HUBERT VON HERKOMER, RA, RWS (1849-1914) The Pipe’s of Pan Signed with initials and dated 26/2/74 Watercolour and bodycolour on paper 17 by 22 cm., 6 ¾ by 8 ¾ in. (frame size ...
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1870s Romantic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

French School 19th century, Le Lavoir (The washing place), watercolor on paper,
Located in Paris, FR
French School, first half of the 19th century Le Lavoir (The washing place) Watercolor and pencil heightened with white gouache Bears a monogramm R P B on the lower left 21.5 x 33.5 cm Collector mark of Maurice Gobin on the back (Lugt L.1124a) In quite good condition: doubled on the back, a repaired tear on the upper border In a modern cardboard...
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1820s Romantic Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

British, turn of the century watercolour of an angel by Lexden Lewis Pocock
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Lexden Lewis Pocock (British, 1850 – 1919) An angel Watercolour on paper Signed ‘Lexden. L. Pockock’ (lower right) 15.1/4 x 6.1/2 in. (38.8 x 16.3 cm.) Lexden Lewis Pocock (1850–191...
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20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Antique 19th Century Realism Orientalist Watercolor Paper on Board
Located in Jacksonville, FL
Arabian Charger Seller" by Antonio Rivas (Spanish, 1845-1911) stands as an exquisite example of Orientalism, a 19th-century artistic movement that sought to depict the rich and diverse cultures of the East. Rivas, a master of his craft, delves into this genre with a keen eye for detail and a dedication to authenticity that brings the scene to life. In this antique watercolor on paper...
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19th Century Realist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Board, Laid Paper

Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Vanity Fair Illustration Proposal. Art Deco Modern 1930s Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Vanity Fair Illustration proposal, c 1930’s 18 X 13 3/4 inches (sight) ...
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1930s American Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Board

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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen, Pencil, Paper

Watercolor on paper: )"Monkey at Sea" (elephant nose )
Located in New York, NY
Shiri Mordechay's paintings are a whirlwind of emotion and complexity, drawing the viewer into a vibrant and dynamic world. Each piece is packed with countless details, your eyes are...
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2010s Surrealist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Bold Flowers in a Vase
Located in Surfside, FL
Katarzyna LIBROWICZ Polish French painter studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw and arrived in France in 1937 . She studied with André Lhote in Montparnasse Paris and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne and the Salon des Independants . She is one of the painters of the School of Paris . Peintre polonaise.Elle étudia à l'Académie des Beaux-Arts de Varsovie, puis arriva en France en 1937. Elle suivit les...
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20th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

L'Aurore boréale by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff) 1892-1990 Russian-French L'Aurore boréale(The Aurora Borealis) Signed "Erté" (lower right) Inscribed ---- (en verso) Gouache on paper In this colorful gouache, Erté draws an enticing and unique fashion design on his model's elegantly elongated figure. Crowned by an elaborate headdress, the woman wears a daring gauzy caftan that drapes dangerously low, celebrating her nude form. EntitledL'Aurore Boréale" or The Aurora Borealis, this work embodies the Art Deco glamour for which the artist's designs are so beloved. This ensemble was inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems from iconic French writer Charles Baudelaire. As the name suggests, this creative design links the celebrated "fleur" orchids with one of nature's other great marvels, the Aurora Borealis. This refined piece of art radiates the essential luxury and theatricality that could only be accomplished by Erté, oft referred to as the "Father of Art Deco." First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
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20th Century Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

A Coachman - 18th Century British Figure watercolour drawing by Paul Sandby
Located in London, GB
PAUL SANDBY (1731-1809) Study of a Coachman Pencil and brown wash, shaped Framed 16.5 by 9 cm., 6 ½ by 3 ½ in. (frame size 32 by 22.5 cm., 12 ½ by 9 in.) Provenance: Iolo Williams; Private collection. Exhibited: Sudbury, Gainsborough House, 1979. Sandby was born in Nottingham and moved to London in 1745. He and his brother Thomas first worked in the military drawing department at the Tower of London, later working on a military survey of new roads and bridges in the Highlands. On leaving this post in 1751 he spent some time living with his brother who had been appointed Deputy Ranger of Windsor Great Park. There he assisted his brother, and made a series of drawings of the castle, town and neighbourhood. In 1760 he settled in London where he contributed to the first exhibition of the Society of Artists where he regularly exhibited until the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768, becoming one of its founder members. In same year he was appointed chief drawing...
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Late 18th Century Realist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of Lydia Clifton, aged 5 years, 6 months Dated January 31st 1841
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of Lydia Clifton, aged 5 years, 6 months and dated January 31st 1841 watercolour on artist paper with wood panel backing, framed framed: 16 x 12 inches painting : 13.5 x 9.5...
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Mid-19th Century English School Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Johann Weinmann: c18th Botanical Engravings in Decalcomania Frames
Located in Richmond, GB
"Phytanthoza Iconographia", c1737-1745. A wonderful selection of yellow and blue flowers: hand-coloured mezzotint engravings from: ""Phytanthoza Iconographia"", presented in hand-m...
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18th Century Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Mezzotint

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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Colorful Watercolor Portrait of Seated Female in Blue Dress and Black + Red Hat
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in a blue dress and black + red hat by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and currently disp...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pen

"Portrait of an Italian Fencer, " John Frederick Kensett, Hudson River School
Located in New York, NY
John Frederick Kensett (1816 - 1872) Portrait of an Italian Fencer, circa 1845-47 Watercolor on wove paper 13 1/8 x 8 1/8 inches Signed with initials and inscribed lower right "J.F.K. Rome" From October 1845 through the spring of 1847, Kensett lived in Rome. He attended classes where he sketched from live models, and he sketched in the countryside outside Rome and around Florence, Perugia, and Venice, places he visited with his artist friends. He fulfilled commissions for paintings from Americans in Italy, and by 1847 his career was well established. Son of an English immigrant engraver, John Kensett lacked enthusiasm for that medium and became one of the most accomplished painters of the second generation of Hudson River School painters. His reputation is for Luminism, careful depiction of light, weather, and atmosphere as they affect color and texture of natural forms. He was particularly influenced by the painting of Asher Durand in that he focused on realism and detail rather than the highly dramatic views associated with Thomas Cole. Going to the western United States in the mid 1850s and the 1860s, he was the first of the Hudson River School painters to explore and paint the West. Kensett was born and raised in Cheshire, Connecticut, and learned his engraving from his father, Thomas Kensett with whom he worked in New Haven, Connecticut until 1829. He continued working until 1840 as an engraver of labels, banknotes and maps and was employed part of that time by the American Bank Note Company in New York City. There he met Thomas Rossiter, John Casilear, and other artists who urged him to pursue painting. In 1840, he and Rossiter, Asher Durand, and Casilear went to Europe where Kensett stayed for seven years and supported himself by doing engraving but became accomplished in landscape painting. Having sent canvases of Italian landscapes back to New York, he had a reputation for skillful painting that preceded him. When he returned to New York City in 1847, he was an "instant success" and very sought after by collectors. Two of his Italian landscapes had already been purchased by the American Art Union. By 1849, he was a full member of the National Academy of Design and was generally popular among his peers. His studio was a gathering place with travelers stopping by to see his canvases and to identify "precise locations in the Catskills or Newport or New England in the oil sketches and drawings that covered his walls." (Zellman 170). For the women, he was a popular bachelor, "romantic looking with high forehead and sensitive expression." (Samuels 262) He was also sought after by many organizations. Among his activities were serving on the committee to oversee the decoration of the United States Capitol in Washington DC, and becoming one of the founders of the Metropolitan Museum in New York. An inveterate traveler, Kensett spent summers on painting excursions away from New York City. One of these trips was a special painting excursion with fifteen other artists sponsored by the B & O Railroad from Baltimore, Maryland to Wheeling, West Virginia. Unlike many of the Hudson River painters...
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1840s Hudson River School Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Figures Viewing The Gallery Exhibition in a Pink Interior British Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Gallery Signed By Tony Herbert (1927-2024) Medium: Watercolor on artists paper on board, framed - glass covered Framed: 16 x 17 inches Watercolour: 8 x 10 inches Condition: Good...
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20th Century Impressionist Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Art Deco gouache original artwork 1937 Carnival Night advertising poster design
Located in London, GB
Hammond (British, fl. 1930s) Original design for poster and flyer for Carnival Night at the King's Head 26x19 cm Gouache, 1937 Sadly nothing is known of the life of the artist of th...
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1930s Art Deco Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Nude of Woman - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1960s. Hand signed in the top right corner. Excellent condition. Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, die...
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1960s Contemporary Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Duncan Grant original 1954 watercolour 'Hero and Leander', signed with initials
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Duncan Grant (British, 1885 – 1978) Hero and Leander, 1954 Watercolour and gouache with crayon Signed with initials and dated ‘DG. / 54’ (lower right) 8.3/4 x 13.7/8 in. (22.3 x 35.3 cm.) Provenance: Paul Roche...
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20th Century Modern Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache

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 Watercolor Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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