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Untitled (Female Figure) [Nude Woman with Bowed Head]
Located in New York, NY
Literature: Alfonso Panzetta, Jared French by Jared French: 600 Unpublished Works from the Artist's Italian Years (Turin, Italy: Umberto Allemandi & C., 2010), no. 67, p. 78, illus. ...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Untitled
Located in Dallas, TX
Edmund D. Kinzinger was born in 1888, to an upper-middle class family in Pforzhein, Germany. In Munich he studied at the Kirr Schule and the Staatliche Akademie, and pursued graduate studies at the Academie Modern, Paris. Before serving in the German Army, Kinzinger was a master student of Adolph Holzel at the Staatcliche Akademie, Stuttgart; he returned to study under Henrich Waldschmidt after nearly five years of artillery service. Several of Kinzinger’s fellow students in Germany, such as Johannes Itten, would go on to be associated with the Bauhaus school. Coming into contact with all manner of artistic influences in Europe after World War One, Kinzinger’s work may be viewed as a “synthesis” of modernist styles. The influences of Abstract Expressionist, Cubist, and Futurist styles in Kinzinger’s work at this time are symptomatic of his contact with the likes of Hans Hofmann, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Archipenko. Philip Van Keuren...
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Cubist 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté, Crayon, Paper

Landscape - Drawing by Ardengo Soffici - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by Ardengo Soffici in 1932. Pencil on laid paper. Hand signed lower right. Left margin restoration sign, generally in good conditi...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Untitled (Study for The Aerialists)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Study for The Aerialists) Graphite on paper, 1932 Signed lower right in pencil: "John Steuart Curry" Dated: 1932 in pencil Exhibited: Schroeder Romero & Shredder, NYC (label), Master Drawings, Oct. 13, 2011-Nov. 12, 2011 (see photo of label) Arkansas Arts Center (label), 44th Collector Show & Sale, Nov. 30-December 30, 2012, Offered at $22,000. (see photo of label) This drawing is closely related to a painting by Curry entitled The Aerialists, 1932, once in the Erskine Collection, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is part of a group of preliminary drawings and three finished paintings executed by Curry around 1932 which were based on The Flying Cadonas. The painting The Flying Cadonas is an icon of American art purchased by the Whitney Museum of Art and now on permanent exhibition. There are other know studies for these works, nos. 199 through 222 and in John Steuart Curry: Rural America, page 32 (Mongerson Wunderlich, Chicago, 1990. Provenance: Mrs. Kathleen Curry (artist’s widow), included in the estate schedule of works Treadway Toomey Auction, Oak Park, Illinois, 2009 Don Joint, New York An important American Regionalist drawing. Like Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry was a major American scene painter of the 1930s. His subjects were taken from American history and his most famous mural, The Tragic Prelude...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

”Admiring the Picture”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original gouache on archival paper by the well known American artist Benjamin Kopman. The scene depicts three figures admiring a picture. Signed lower left. Circa ...
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Ashcan School 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Archival Paper

Interior of The Church - Original Drawing by Rémy Hetreau - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of The Church is an original Artwork realized by Remy Hetreau (1913-2001). Realized with pencil, and watercolor on cardboard. in good condition.
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor

Piano Lesson on a Snowing Day - Original handsigned watercolor - 1930
Located in Paris, IDF
Marcel BLOCH Piano Lesson on a Snowing Day Original watercolor with gouache enhancement Handsigned bottom right c. 1930 On vellum 35 x 24 cm at view (c. ...
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Art Nouveau 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Nude of Woman - Original Watercolor by Jean Delpech - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
"Nude" is an original drawing in sanguine and watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Included Passaport....
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Duck Man - Pen Drawing by Leo Longanesi - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Duck Man is an original pen drawing realized by Leo Longanesi in 1937. The little drawing is in good conditions, numbered on the lower right corner. Le...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately sanguine portrait of Leopold Hamilton Myers (Novelist) by Sir William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945). Captured in Rothenstein's characteristic style, Myers looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression. Although this portrait uses only two colors and minimal shading, the likeness of Myers is incredibly well captured. Leo (Leopold) Hamilton Myers (1881 – 1944) was a British novelist. Numerous examples like this one of the writer are in the Tate Museum. Initialed and dated in the lower right corner ("W.R. 1936") Inscription on verso indicating materials, subject, and artist. Presented in a new cream colored mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 18"H x 12"W Paper size: 15.25"H x 10.75"W William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945) was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry. Soon afterwards he married Bertha Dux, and they had six children, of which William was the fifth. Rothenstein was knighted in 1931. Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art*, London (1888-1893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Académie Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst in Paris he also befriended the Anglo-Australian artist Charles Conder, with whom he shared a studio in Montmartre. In 1893 he returned to England to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic* portraits. In Oxford he met and became a close friend of the caricaturist* and parodist Max Beerbohm, who later immortalised him in the short story Enoch Soames (1919). During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club* and, in 1900, won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. In 1898 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill. During its early years the gallery was closely associated with such artists as Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Ricketts and Augustus John. It also exhibited the work of Auguste Rodin, whose growing reputation in England owed much to Rothenstein's friendship and missionary zeal. The gallery was later the home for all three exhibitions of The Camden Town Group*, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert. Rothenstein is best known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and for being an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was also a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. The style and subject of his paintings varies, though certain themes reappear, in particular an interest in 'weighty' or 'essential' subjects tackled in a restrained manner. Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) - all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery owns over two hundred of his portraits. In 2011 the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation began cataloguing all of his paintings in public ownership online. Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included such names as H.G.Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John. Amongst the young artists to visit Rothenstein in Hampstead were Mark Gertler...
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Realist 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté, Handmade Paper

In Good Company - Charcoal Drawing by Paul Garin - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
In Good Company is an original pencil drawing on paper, realized by the French artist Paul Garin (Nice, 1898-1963) in the 1950s. Black ink stamp on t...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Fashion Model Illustration Perhaps for Vogue Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
This high-fashion illustration was most likely created between 1938 and 1940 for an inside editorial in a major newspaper, such as Vogue or McCall's. It showcases Ruth Grafstrom's d...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Composition - Drawing by Alfredo Mezio - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Composition  is a drawing in pen on paper, realized by Alfredo Mezio in 1934 for the magazine "Il Selvaggio", Year XI, p. 46. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident an...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

“British Pub 2”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior crowded pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed top left and dated ...
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Academic 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

The Model - 1930s mural design for Eltham Palace by Harry Carleton Attwood
Located in London, GB
HARRY CARLETON ATTWOOD (1907-1985) The Model - Design for Eltham Palace Coloured chalks, arched top Framed 21 by 13 cm., 8 ¼ by 5 in. (frame size 39.5 by 31.5 cm., 15 ½ by 12 ½ in...
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Art Deco 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Whimsical Illustration Skiing Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being a Skiing scene, a boy and a girl on skis. signed W. Steig Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938. Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed. In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper. William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988. Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each. Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage. In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator. Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand." Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me." According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist Edward Sorel...
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Naturalistic 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

"Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" - Figurative Drawing of Artist at Work
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming genre painting titled, "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" by Frances Liberman (American, 1911-2002). Signed "Frances Liberman" and dated "Spring 35" lower right. Titled "Roy Zoelin the Sculpture" on verso. Biography of Roy Zoelin and Frances Liberman on verso. Unframed. Image size, 14.25"H x 11"W. A lifelong resident of San Francisco, California, Frances Lieberman was a painter, sculptor and etcher whose subjects included many scenes of San Francisco, child firgures, and seascapes--all in a style that combined realism, impressionism, and abstraction. She was active with her career into the mid 1980s. Lieberman studied at the California School of Fine Art with Nelson Poole and Ralph Stackpole...
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Impressionist 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

World's Fair 1934 (Chicago), Art Deco Drawing by A. Raymond Katz
Located in Long Island City, NY
This is the original drawing for the cover of the Chicago World's Fair Guide Book by A. Raymond Katz (1895 - 1974). This design was used in variation on the guide book, posters and ...
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Art Deco 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Paris, Houses and Tree - Ink Drawing By Orfeo Tamburi - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Paris, houses and tree is a beautiful artwork realized by Orfeo Tamburi in 1935. China Ink Drawing. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Included a Passepartout: 33 x 48 cm. ...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

1930s Modernist Line Drawing: Native American on Horse, Pinto, Black Ink Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1933 black-and-white line drawing titled "Pinto" by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966) captures a striking Native American figure wearing a feathered bonnet headdress, riding horseback. Rendered in fine ink on vellum, this drawing reflects Hiler’s signature style with clean, fluid lines that embody the modernist movement. The artwork is signed by the artist in the lower right corner, adding authenticity and value. Custom framing options are available to enhance this timeless piece. About the Artist: Hilaire Hiler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, where he developed an early interest in art. He studied at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design as a child, before pursuing further education at several renowned institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Paris. Hiler lived in Paris from 1919 to 1934, supporting himself as a jazz musician while continuing his artistic endeavors. After relocating to San Francisco in 1934, Hiler became involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), where he painted murals in the Aquatic Park...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

American Veterans Remembrance Day Poster Study (National Poppy Day, Am. Legion)
Located in Chicago, IL
A wonderful watercolor on artist board study for an American Veterans Remembrance Day Poster Study (National Poppy Day, American Legion) by Elaine Jeanne Glickman (Ginsburg), created...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Board

Whimsical Illustration Hiking Cartoon, 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one being cross country hiking signed "W. Steig" Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938. Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed. In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper. William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988. Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each. Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage. In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator. Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand." Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me." According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist Edward Sorel...
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Naturalistic 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

"The Great Mouthpiece" - Vintage Political Cartoon
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage political cartoon by H.M. Talburt (American, 1895-1966). A man in a suit is speaking about the president into his "hat," which is the mouthpi...
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Other Art Style 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Whimsical Fishing Illustration Cartoon 1938 Mt Tremblant Ski Lodge William Steig
Located in Surfside, FL
Lighthearted Illustration of Outdoor Pursuits This one of a fisherman signed "W. Steig" Provenance: from Mrs. Joseph B. Ryan, Commissioned by Joe Ryan for the bar at his ski resort, Mount Tremblant Lodge, in 1938. Mont Tremblant, P.Q., Canada Watercolor and ink on illustration board, sights sizes 8 1/2 x 16 1/2 in., framed. In 1938 Joe Ryan, described as a millionaire from Philadelphia, bushwhacked his way to the summit of Mont Tremblant and was inspired to create a world class ski resort at the site. In 1939 he opened the Mont Tremblant Lodge, which remains part of the Pedestrian Village today. This original illustration is on Whatman Illustration board. the board measures 14 X 22 inches. label from McClees Galleries, Philadelphia, on the frame backing paper. William Steig, 1907 – 2003 was an American cartoonist, sculptor, and, in his later life, an illustrator and writer of children's books. Best known for the picture books Sylvester and the Magic Pebble, Abel's Island, and Doctor De Soto, he was also the creator of Shrek!, which inspired the film series of the same name. He was the U.S. nominee for both of the biennial, international Hans Christian Andersen Awards, as a children's book illustrator in 1982 and a writer in 1988. Steig was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1907, and grew up in the Bronx. His parents were Polish-Jewish immigrants from Austria, both socialists. His father, Joseph Steig, was a house painter, and his mother, Laura Ebel Steig, was a seamstress who encouraged his artistic leanings. As a child, he dabbled in painting and was an avid reader of literature. Among other works, he was said to have been especially fascinated by Pinocchio.He graduated from Townsend Harris High School at 15 but never completed college, though he attended three, spending two years at City College of New York, three years at the National Academy of Design and a mere five days at the Yale School of Fine Arts before dropping out of each. Hailed as the "King of Cartoons" Steig began drawing illustrations and cartoons for The New Yorker in 1930, producing more than 2,600 drawings and 117 covers for the magazine. Steig, later, when he was 61, began writing children's books. In 1968, he wrote his first children's book. He excelled here as well, and his third book, Sylvester and the Magic Pebble (1969), won the Caldecott Medal. He went on to write more than 30 children's books, including the Doctor DeSoto series, and he continued to write into his nineties. Among his other well-known works, the picture book Shrek! (1990) formed the basis for the DreamWorks Animation film Shrek (2001). After the release of Shrek 2 in 2004, Steig became the first sole-creator of an animated movie franchise that went on to generate over $1 billion from theatrical and ancillary markets after only one sequel. Along with Maurice Sendak, Saul Steinberg, Ludwig Bemelmans and Laurent de Brunhofff his is one of those rare cartoonist whose works form part of our collective cultural heritage. In 1984, Steig's film adaptation of Doctor DeSoto directed by Michael Sporn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film. As one of the most admired cartoonists of all time, Steig spent seven decades drawing for the New Yorker magazine. He touched generations of readers with his tongue–in–cheek pen–and–ink drawings, which often expressed states of mind like shame, embarrassment or anger. Later in life, Steig turned to children's books, working as both a writer and illustrator. Steig's children's books were also wildly popular because of the crazy, complicated language he used—words like lunatic, palsied, sequestration, and cleave. Kids love the sound of those words even if they do not quite understand the meaning. Steig's descriptions were also clever. He once described a beached whale as "breaded with sand." Throughout the course of his career, Steig compiled his cartoons and drawings into books. Some of them were published first in the New Yorker. Others were deemed too dark to be printed there. Most of these collections centered on the cold, dark psychoanalytical truth about relationships. They featured husbands and wives fighting and parents snapping at their kids. His first adult book, Man About Town, was published in 1932, followed by About People, published in 1939, which focused on social outsiders. Sick of Each Other, published in 2000, included a drawing depicting a wife holding her husband at gunpoint, saying, "Say you adore me." According to the Los Angeles Times, fellow New Yorker artist...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Duel - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Duel is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1935. Monogrammed on the lower margin. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Sketches - Drawing by Louis Roux - Late-19th Century
By Gaston Louis Roux
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a Pencil drawing realized by Louis Roux in Late-19th Century. The Artwork id represented through strong strokes. Good conditions with slight foxing.
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

London Harbor - Charcoal Drawing by R.L. Antral - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
London Harbor is an original drawing on paper realized in the 1930s by Robert Louis Antral. This is an original black and white drawing representing a v...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Thetrical Costume - Original China Ink Drawing by E. Berman - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Theatrical Costume is an original drawing in China ink, realized by Russian scenographer Eugène Berman, hand-signed. Image Dimension: 23x 10.5 cm Included a Passepartout. In good ...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Last Passion of Torquemada - Ink Drawing on Paper 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 18.4 X 15.5 cm. The Last Passion of Torquemada is an original artwork realized by Louis Touchagues in 1935. Original black and white watercolored lithograph. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower-left corner. Title on the back. Annotated in pencil on the lower right corner: "Paris magazine April 35". Good conditions except for some foxings on paper. This interesting artwork shows a woman tied in a torture room. The title refers to the famous historical figure of Tomas de Torquemada was the first inquisitor of the Spanish Inquisition...
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Contemporary 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of a Boy - Original Drawing - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait of a Boy" is an original drawing in sanguine on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Included passepartout...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Column, 1933, Cubist Pastel on Paper by Benjamin Benno
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original pastel drawing by Benjamin Benno, American (1901 - 1980). By the early 1930s he had established a reputation as a member of the international avant-garde and exhibited ...
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Cubist 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Nude - Drawing in Mixed Media on Paper - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a drawing in mixed media on paper applied on cardboard realized by an unknown artist in 1932. With a description on the rear. Sheet dimension: 25 x 22 cm. Very good conditi...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor

Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair Watercolor on paper mounted on rag paper support, c. 1930 Signed with the Estate Stamp B Provenance: Estate of the Artist ...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Landscape with a Village - Watercolor by Charlotte Jamois - 1939
By Charlotte Jamois
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with a Village is an original artwork realized in 1939 by Charlotte Jamois in the first half of the 20th century. Watercolor on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the low...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

The Embrace - China Ink - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men Embracing is an original artwork in China ink on ivory-colored paper realized by Anonymous Artist of early 20th Century. The state of preservation is...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Figures - Original Pencil and Oil Pastel on Paper by O. Roche - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original modern drawing in pencil and pastels on paper realized by O.Roche in 1938 Sheet dimension: 25 x 32 good conditions except for a cutaway at the top margin tha...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Oil Pastel

Nude of Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1930s. Hand signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled (Female Figure) [Blanket on Lap]
Located in New York, NY
Literature: Alfonso Panzetta, Jared French by Jared French: 600 Unpublished Works from the Artist's Italian Years (Turin, Italy: Umberto Allemandi & C., 20...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Hammering Nails 39 x 50 ½ inches Gouache on paper c. 19...
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American Realist 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Landscape with Trees - Original Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with Trees is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in 1935 in Marac. Pencil Drawing, hand signed on the lower right margin and dated "Marac 1935". Good Co...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

The circus - Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The Circus is an original watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in 1937. Good conditions. Mino Maccari was an Italian writer, painter, engraver and journalist, winner the Feltrinelli...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Metamorphosis - Drawing by Lucien Coutaud - 1945
Located in Roma, IT
Metamorphosis is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Lucien Coutaud in 1945. Stamped on the rear "Fond Coutaud" Included a Passepartout: 4...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Au Cimetière Monsieur- Pencil and Watercolor on Paper by F. Picabia - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Au Cimetière Monsieur... is a black pencil and watercolor drawing realized by Francis Picabia in 1931. Hand signed lower left, with title lower right. A certificate of inclusion in the Catalog Raisonné being prepared by the Picabia Committee, dated 30 October 2019, will be delivered in original along with the work. Drawing originally realized by Picabia to illustrate the important volume "Le Peseur d'Ames" by André Maurois, published by Editions Antoine Roche in 1931. Though specifically realized for the volume, the drawing was not selected for publication and remained in the artist's personal collection. Cm. 27,4x22. Good conditions. Francis Picabia (1879-1953) was born in Paris to a french mother and a Spanish father who was chancellor at the Cuban embassy in Paris. He had a comfortable childhood, even though he was emotionally troubled. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. At the beginning of his career, from 1908 to 1913, he was strongly influenced first by the Barbizon School and by Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, then by impressionism, cubism and finally abstractionism. Around 1911 he joined the Puteaux Group which he met in the studio of Jacques Villon in the village of Puteaux. He then became friends with the artist Marcel Duchamp. Some members of the group were Apollinaire, Albert Gleizes, Roger de La Fresnaye, Fernand Léger and Jean Metzinger. From 1913 to 1915 Picabia was often in New York. These years can be identified as the proto-Dada period, which consists mostly of the so-called mechanical portraits (portraits méchaniques): these works ironically proposed mechanistic themes of random tangles of metal parts, paintings and drawings of machines. All these mechanisms on the one hand mocked the cult of the machine, on the other they alluded to sexual intercourse...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper, Pencil

The Letter F - Drawing by Alexandre Lagrant - The Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Letter F is a drawing artwork realized by Alexandre Lagrant in the early 20th Century Watercolor drawing on paper. The state of preservation is good.
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Woman Figure - Oil Pastel Drawing by D. Milhaud - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Figure is a beautiful artwork by Daniel Milhaud. Oil Pastel on blue paper. The state of preservation is good. The paper is mounted on a cardboard passepartout (49 x 34 cm) an...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Wire Haired Girl and Cat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Wire Haired Girl and Cat Pen and ink with watercolor, c. 1930 Signed with the Estate stamp "B" Provenance: Estate of the Artist By descent to his son Edward ...
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American Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The "Cannonball", Locomotive Watercolor by Reginald Marsh
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Reginald Marsh, American (1898 - 1954) Title: The "Cannonball" Year: 1936 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, titled, and dated l.r. Size: 16.5 in. x 22.5 in. (41.91 cm x 57...
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American Impressionist 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Towards the Agreement - Pencil and Charcoal by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Towards the Agreement (Original Italian title "Verso l'accordo") is an original modern artwork realized 1937 by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original ...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal

Woman at Rest - Original Charcoal Drawing by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman at Rest is an original artwork realized by Emmanuel Gondouin (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) in 1930s. This charcoal drawing is a study for the graphic collection entitled "...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Jolly - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Jolly is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1930s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was an Italian ...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

The Ship - Tempera on Paper by Paul Garin - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Ship is an original tempera drawing on paper, realized by the French artist Paul Garin (Nice, 1898-1963) in the 1950s. Black ink stamp on the lower-right corner: "Catherine Cha...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

Relax - Pencil Drawing by Angelina Beloff - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Relax is a Pencil Drawing realized by Angelina Beloff (1884-1969) in 1930s. Good condition included a white carddboard passpartout (35x49 cm). Hand s...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Early 20th Century of Two Nude Women in Paris, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
John Teyral (American, 1912-1999) Nudes, Paris, 1938 Watercolor on paper Signed, dated and titled lower right 20 x 13 inches 29.5 x 22.5 inches, framed John Teyral was one of Clev...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Conductor - Drawing by Giuseppe Novello - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing by Novello for the cartoon " The conductor" during Verdi, Wagner and the waltz " Don't love me like this". ink drawing. Handsigned in the lower ...
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Contemporary 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Women in Marocco - Original Pencil and Ink by Helen Vogt - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Women in Marocco is an original pencil and china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt in 1935. The state of preservation is very good. Not signed. Stamp of the artist on the back.
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pencil

Surrealist Nude Female Figure
Located in Miami, FL
This is an important work that is loaded with Surrealist iconographies. The shape of her hands is echoed in the shape of her hair. Tiny man and woman figures...
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Surrealist 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Archival Paper

Grandmother - Pencil Drawing by Giuseppe Mazzullo - 1933
Located in Roma, IT
Original pencil drawing by Giuseppe Mazzullo. a contemporary wooden frame is included. Good conditions. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork i...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

L'ultima ora - China Ink on paper by Kate Wilczynski - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
L'ultima ora is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in 1934 by Katerina Wilczynski (7 July 1894 – 1978). Original China Ink on paper. Hand-signed and dated in pencil by the ...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Woman - Original Watercolor Drawing by Ildebrando Urbani - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Women is a double-sided sheet with two original watercolor drawing on cream-colored paper made in 1931 by the Italian artist Ildebrando Urbani (1901 - 1985). Realized by a very skil...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Tuscan Landscape - Pencil Drawing i - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Tuscany Landscape is a beautiful pen and pencil drawing on cream-colored paper, realized in the 1930s by an Italian artist. Good conditions with some foxing. The artwork is realize...
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Modern 1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Pencil

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