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Period: Early 20th Century
Country Life
By Stuart Davis
Located in Miami, FL
Early work when Stuart Davis was an illustrator.
Christie's, New York
Catalogue Raisonné
Category
American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Pencil
Lanvin of Paris c1920s Fashion Model Original Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9"H x 6'W
Frame Sz: 18"H x 14 1/2"W
w/ silver gilt frame
Watercolour
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lanvin of Paris c1920s Fashion Model Original Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9"H x 6'W
Frame Sz: 18"H x 14 1/2"W
w/ silver gilt frame
Watercolour
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Lanvin of Paris c1920s Fashion Model Original Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Image: 9"H x 6"W
Frame: 18"H x 14.5"W in silver gilt frame
Original circa 1920s Watercolour
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Road-workers, Early 20th Century Watercolour
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour on paper
Image size: 18 x 19 3/4 inches (46 x 50 cm)
Contemporary style hand made frame
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"The Grand Military Gold Cup" Sandown Park- 1905 Gouache by John Beer
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic steeplechase gouache by John Beer (1860-1930) signed (LL) of 'The Grand Military Gold Cup, Sandown Park 1905
Art Sz: 9 3/4"H x 13 1/2"W
Frame Sz: 1...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Otto Madden Jockey
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 9-7/8H" x 6"W
Frame Sz: 16"H x 12"W
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Soldiers in World War I
By Abel Pann
Located in London, GB
ABEL PANN 1883-1963
Latvia 1883-1963 Jerusalem (Russian/Lithuanian /Israeli)
Title: Soldiers in World War I, 1913
Technique: Original Signed Pastel Draw...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Woman with Monkey
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Paper
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Dolly’s Delight Paper Dolls
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 28.00" x 19.50"
Signature: Signed Center
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal Drawing
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Framed 40.00" x 32.00"
Bad glare in photos taken. Piece is in perfect condition. Please let me know if you would like to see a...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Summer, 1910
By Max Weber
Located in Miami, FL
Complex study of nude figures grouping in landscape. Weber works in watercolor and pen with an electric brushstroke. Perhaps a study or a continuation for his major oil. Summer...
Category
Cubist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Three Men Without Their Boat, Signed 20th Century French Illustration
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and ink on paper, signed bottom right
Image size: 7 x 10 1/2 inches (17.75 x 26.5 cm)
Gilt frame
An original artwork by an early 20th Century French illustrator, this is...
Category
French School Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Fairy in the Pussy Willows with Baby and Spider Web Fantasy Children's Book
Located in Miami, FL
This work is presented more as a concept piece since it's condition is destresed.
Illustrator Hazel Frazee was a Female Illustrator in the first quarter of the 20th century for child...
Category
Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
The Story of Rembrandt - Painting
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for “Rembrandt” by Emil Ludwig for Cosmopolitan magazine, published May 1928, illustrated pages 56-57.
The full caption reads: “For years Rembrandt preferred to paint t...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pastel, Board
Girl Collecting Flowers
By Archie Gunn
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
Likely an illustration for a Gerlach Barklow Yard Long Calendar, circa 1915
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Eatin' Strawberries
By Harold Brett
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1904
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Board
Dimensions: 30.00" x 20.00"
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Art Deco Handsome Couple in Garden Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome couple in a bucolic setting rendered masterfully with post-impressionistic brushstrokes. Watercolor, and pencil, wash on heavy paper, Signed and dated lower left .
Framed ...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Skating Woman, American Art Works Calendar Illustration, 1917
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"Skating", American Art Works calendar image, 1917. Original illustration art.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
"Oh if brother would only let me have the key."
Located in Miami, FL
Signed "Violet Moore Higgins" in right-center image. Taped to board and matted.
Story illustration for unknown publication.
Though unconfirmed, it is possible this illustration was produced for The Little Lame Prince by Miss Mulock (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik) (Chicago: Albert Whitman Co., 1927, chapter VII).
Violet Moore Higgins, born Violet Idelle Moore, attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s, and then settled in New York as an illustrator for children's books and magazines. She has illustrated books like 'Pinocchio', 'Heidi', 'Hans Brinker' and 'The Three Bears'. In the 1910s she made 'Picture Puzzle...
Category
Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Cosmopolitan Magazine Illustration
By Peter Helck
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
Illustration for Cosmopolitan Magazine, July 10, 1926
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Anight My Shallop, 20th Century Watercolour Illustration
By Norman Ault
Located in London, GB
NORMAN AULT
1880 – 1950
ANIGHT MY SHALLOP
Pencil & watercolour, signed & dated 1913
Image size: 10 ¼ x 7 ½ inches (26 x 19 cm)
This watercolour was used as an an illustration in Mar...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Seated nude with Face in Profile - Pencil Drawing - female Nude
By Alexej Jawlensky
Located in London, GB
ALEXEJ VON JAWLENSKY 1864-1941
Torzhok 1864 - 1941 Wiesbaden (Russian/German)
Title: Seated nude with Face in Profile Sitzender Akt mit Gesicht im Profil, 1912
Technique: Signed Pencil Drawing on Wove Paper
Paper size: 50 x 40 cm. / 19.7 x 15.7 in.
Additional Information: This drawing is signed in pencil by the artist “A v Jawlensky” at the lower right image.
It is dated in pencil “1912”, at the lower left image.
Provenance: Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover
Sotheby's London, 28 June 1978. Lot 176.
Jacqueline Kohler-Krotoschin, Zurich
Beurret & Bailly, Basel, 20 June 2018. Lot 107.
Exhibited: “Zwischen Tradition und Moderne”. Galerie Rosenbach, Hanover. 1975. Recorded as no. 222, cat. 14 (Illustrated).
Literature: 1. Weiler,C. (1970) Alexej Jawlensky...
Category
Expressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Country Life Illustration
By Stuart Davis
Located in Miami, FL
Early work when Stuart Davis was an illustrator.
Christie's, New York
Catalogue Raisonné
Category
American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Pencil
Fisherman and Family on Boat
Located in Miami, FL
Walt Lauderback like Dean Cornwell represents the pinnacle of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Based on the signature, this watercolor of a family with dog on boat appears ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Elderly cobbler reading paper peering out window
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Board
Signature: Unsigned
Postcard illustration; publisher: (The Gray Lithograph Company), Circa 1903;
The Male Gaze 120 years ago. We joke about how ridiculous it was when men got all titillated at the sight of a woman's ankles. It seems that it was thought ridiculous even then, when it was about the only part of a woman's legs a man was likely to get a glimpse of in public, as shown in this slyly humorous postcard illustration. Ostensibly, the cobbler has only a professional interest in studying the lady's footwear. In case you miss the point, he is reading the Observer and her stockings have a striking design to emphasize the ankle. As in later pinup art...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Dolly Dingle’s Wartime Service
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 22.50" x 16.00"
Signature: Signed Center Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Cream of Wheat Advertisement, 1908
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Advertisement for Cream of Wheat cereal, 1908.
Fast Asleep Advertisement, Cream of Wheat, 1908...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Aranea diadima a study by Walter Spies, an artist living in Indonesia in the 30s
Located in PARIS, FR
Walter Spies was one of the first Europeans to settle in Bali after a stay in Java. He greatly contributed to the discovery and popularization of Balinese...
Category
Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dimples Hunts Bugs with Her New Slingshot
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1914
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 23.50" x 17.50"
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
“She trades for a sling shot and uses it...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"She stepped to her place and fired without taking her usual careful aim.”
Located in Fort Washington, PA
She stepped to her place and fired without taking her usual careful aim.” Illustration for Under the Lilacs by Louisa May Alcott, for the 1906 editio...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Boy with Clarinet, Cover for Children Magazine, 1927
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel and Gouache on Board
Signature: "Alice Beach Winter" Lower Right
"Boy with Clarinet" is a cover illustration for Children Magazine, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Gouache, Board
Dress-Up Days
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 28.00" x 19.50"
Signature: Signed in Center
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1921
Medium: Pastel on Paper
Dimensions: 28.00" x 21.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Satuday Evening Post Cover, November 12, 1921
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Cream of Wheat Ad
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Paper Doll Whimsy
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 28.00" x 19.50"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
'Readers Digest' Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Board
Dimensions: 15.75" x 13.25"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Readers Digest Cover Woman in Yellow Riding Crop
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Board
Mr. Bingle
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
"Mr. Bingle." Frontispiece illustration for "Mr. Bingle" by George Barr McCutcheon (New York: Dodd, Mead and Co., 1915.)
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen
"Whereas, the Women, " Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1922
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"Whereas, the Women," by George Kibbe Turner, illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, July 22, 1922.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
An American In Italy, Book illustration for Jerry Junior
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"She seated herself in the deep embrasure of a window close beside Tony's parapet." Illustration for the book Jerry Junior by Jean Webster (New York: The Century Co., 1907), illustra...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
The Unraveling Secret
By Winold Reiss
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"Man in prison with two jailers" - Book illustration.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen
“The eager young man saw the rose..."
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Boy at doorway watching young woman play piano.
“The eager young man saw the rose and was struck speechless with delight…” Illustration for Jo's Boys by Louisa May...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Saturday Evening Post story, 1920s Parlor Scene
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1920
Medium: Charcoal and Watercolor on Board
Dimensions: 16.00" x 19.00"
Signature: Signed and Inscription Lower Right Corner
1920s parlor scene. ...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Board
She Never Forgave Him, Good Housekeeping Illustration
By Charles D. Mitchell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1923
Medium: Drawing
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Contact for exact dimensions.
published in Good Housekeeping magazine dated February 1923 for a story titled “She never forg...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"The stylish church folks didn’t want him to play Santa Claus"
By George Brehm
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal and Ink Wash on Board
Dimensions: 23.50" x 30.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Board
World War 1 Plane
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor Painting
Signature: Unsigned
World War 1 Plane, 1920.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Pabst Malt Extract, Original Advertisement, Art Nouveau Style, Milwaukee
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Pabst Malt Extract, Original Advertisement, Art Nouveau Style, Milwaukee Wisconsin
Date: Early 1900s
Medium: Watercolor & Ink on Board
Dimensions: 13" x 8.5"
Signature: Unsigned
Am...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Ink, Watercolor
The Industrious Chevalier
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal on Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Board
Women Discussing Shoes
By Charles Stanley Reinhart
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: circa 1900
Medium: Ink on Paper
Dimensions: 11.00" x 12.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Sketchbook I
Located in London, GB
ARTUR MARKOWICZ 1872-1934
Podgórze (Poland) 1872-1934 Cracow (Polish)
Title: Sketchbook I, 1915
Technique: A Sketchbooks with 154 Pencil and Colour Pencil Drawings on Paper with Stamp
Size: 16.5 x 20.5 cm. / 6.5 x 8.1 in.
Additional Information: This is an original sketchbook...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Cityscape
Located in London, GB
LASZLO BARO MEDNYANSZKY 1852-1919
Beckó, Slovakia 1852-1919 Vienna (Hungarian)
Title: Cityscape, 1912
Technique: Original Hand Signed and Dated Pencil Drawing on Paper
s...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
"Birth and Death of Industry" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1919
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Center
"Birth and Death of Industry," by Albert W. Atwood and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, September 15, 1919.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
A Social Gathering
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink, and Ink Wash on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Left
The label affixed to the reverse suggests that this was an illustration for a fictional story and dates the d...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
"More Precious than Rubies, " Story Illustration for Saturday Evening Post, 1924
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Unsigned
"More Precious than Rubies," by Katherine Sproehnle and Jane Grant, illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, June 7, 1924.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"The Rewards of Journalism" Story Illustration in the Saturday Evening Post
Located in Fort Washington, PA
"The Rewards of Journalism," by Chester S. Lord and illustrated by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, September 9th, 1922.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"Ten Thousand for Everybody" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post, 1924
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Initialed Lower Center
"Ten Thousad for Everybody," no author. Story illustration by Guernsey Moore for the Saturday Evening Post, March 16, 1924.
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
"Birthdays For Everybody" Original humor illustration for Life magazine
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration to accompany the article “Adventures in Growing Older: Being the Last of a Series of Adventures in Living” by Helen Ring Robinson for Life magazine, published 1915. Hele...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Witte Arrives
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Cover Illustration for Elias Tobenkin's 'Witte Arrives'. The story of a family of Jewish immigrants, especially of the youngest, Emil, who works his wa...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
