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Period: Mid-20th Century
The Deadly Kiss - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China ink realized by Mino Maccari in 1945.
Hand signed and dated.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a china ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Métal - Projet de rideau. Romain de Tirtoff
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original one-of-a-kind gouache
Hand signed
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
The Broken Heart - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Broken Heart is an Original Drawing in pen on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century on a telegram paper.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (1898-198...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
$449 Sale Price
25% Off
Environmental Prognostication Coil Narrative "Homo Sapiens R.I.P."
Located in Miami, FL
"They paved paradise and put up a parking lot," Joni Mitchell said. - - Created in 1969, at the dawn of the American environmental movement, artist Richard Erdoes draws a sequential narrative in the form of a coil. From inception to destruction, it illustrates a list of things that humans are doing to destroy the world we live in. The work was commissioned for school-age humans and executed in a whimsically comic way. Yet the underlying narrative is sophisticated and foreshadows a world that could be on the brink of ecological disaster.
Graphically and conceptually, this work exhibits an endless amount of creativity and Erdoes cartoony style is one to fall in love with.
Signed lower right. Unframed 12.4 inches Width: 12.85 inches Height is the live area. Board is 16x22 inches.
Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author.
Early life
Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4]
Career
He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City.
In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books.
An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board
Boris Sporykhin, Interior With Girls Reading, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-20th-century drawing by Russian artist Boris Sporykhin (1928-2020) depicts two girls reading within an interior. They also appear in an earlier oil painting, so it’s plausib...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Horse - Drawing by Karl Hanny - 1935 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil and watercolor drawing realized by Karl Hanny (1879-1972) in 1935 ca.
Not signed.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Figures - Drawing by Francisco Bores - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a modern artwork realized by Francisco Bores in 1950.
Charcoal drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Smithfield Cattle Show, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Smithfield Cattle Show
Airbrush and gouache
26 x 33 cm
c.1930
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustra...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Swimmer - Drawing By Isidore Pils - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Swimmer is an artwork realized by Isidore Pils in the Mid 20th Century.
China ink drawing.
In good conditions.
Hand-Signed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Abstract Church Stained Glass Window
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Stained Window
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper
size: 19.5 x 11.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the arti...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
At the Seaside - Drawing by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Oil pastel and watercolor on cardboard realized by Sirio Pellegrini in 1960s.
Includes a wooden frame realized by the Artist. cm. 157.5x113.5.
Sirio Pellegrini, born in Rome on Mar...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Oil Pastel
British Mid 20th Century Impressionist Painting Travellers round the Camp Fire
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Camp Fire
Frank Duffield (British, 1908-1982)
signed original watercolor painting on board, unframed
size: 10.75 x 15 inches
co...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
View of Paris - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
View of Paris is an artwork realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor drawing on paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork is created through deft brushstokes and har...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French Mid Century Drawing, 'Ligne Claire' after Hergé, Nice, South of France
Located in Cotignac, FR
French mid 20th Century drawing in the style of Georges Remi, dit Hergé. The work is not signed but is titled (La Chapelle) and dated (Sept 1969) bottom left. Presented in modern silvered frame under glass.
A charming view of the chapel at the Nice Chateau cemetery on the Cote D'Azur in the South of France. The artist has captured the imposing nature of the fine colourful stone buildings with their arches, cupolas and finials. Surrounding the buildings are trees and bushes and to the foreground cars of typical 1960s design. The style of the artist is clearly inspired by the animations of Georges Remi, dit Hergé which were so popular at this period.
Georges Remi, more commonly known as Hergé created his own clean, expressive style of drawings known as ligne claire...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Stylish Portrait of Posed Lady
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9.5 height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
20th Century French Modernist Painting Colourful Abstract Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Expressionist
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 15.75 x 19 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Showstopper, 20th Century Ink and Watercolour Sketch, Wigan School
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour on paper
Image size: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (35.25 x 24.25 cm)
Framed
Created in 1958 by the artist as evidence for study in their 'Examination in Art' at Wigan A...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Street Costumes, Gay Nineties Fashion - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Street Costumes by Ruth Kreps.
Signed lower right.
Most likely for a book published in the 1930's about turn of the century women's fashion. "Costume Design of the Gay Nineties" T...
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Board
Waiting Room - Drawing att. Fausto Pirandello - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Waiting room is a modern artwork attributed to Fausto Pirandello.
Pencil drawing on paper
Hand signed and titled on the lower margin.
Includes frame
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Erotic Drawing n. 17 - 1930s - Marcel Vertès - Ink - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Drawing n. 17 is an original black China ink drawing on "British" ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed "Vertés" in black China ink on the lower righ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Early 1940s Fashion Study of a Women’s Black Coat, Blum’s Vogue
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring a woman in a Blum's Vogue ad. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institute of Chica...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$280 Sale Price
42% Off
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Est...
Category
Renaissance Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer in Uniform Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer
pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 11 x 8.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition - a few wear a...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Figures Down By The Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figures
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on card
size: 10.5 x 13 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Horse - Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is an original contemporary artwork realized by Artist of the Mid 20th century.
A mixed colored tempera and china ink on jute glued on cardboard (with some foxings).
Signed o...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
A Winter - Seeming Summers Night
By June Wayne
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JUNE WAYNE (1918 - 2011)
A WINTER - SEEMING SUMMER'S NIGHT, 1957 From the John Donne Series. (Conway 122, Basket 106: Gilmour 50)
Lithograph signed, title...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Landscape
By Edwin C. Siegfried
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape" c.1940 is a pastel on paper by noted California artist Edwin C. Siegfried 1889-1955. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size i...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Beautiful Pastel Fountain Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Pastel on paper
20 1/2 x 28 1/2 in.
Framed: 30 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: ME...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Mid Century French Sketch of a Side Profile of a Expressive Young Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9 (height) x 7 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Goo...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Wish Not to Be Disturbed for the Duration of Winter - Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was the Master of the macabre, and most of his work is associated with Charles Addams. The beauty of a Gahan Wilson is that is a payoff pu...
Category
Conceptual Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Color Pencil
Original mid 20th Century French drawing by Expressionist Morot-Sir 'Graphica'
By Gerard Morot-Sir
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Gerard Morot-Sir (French, 1931 – 2003)
Graphica
Ink on paper
Signed and dated ‘ Morot-Sir, 59’ (lower left)
12.1/2 x 9.5/8in. (31.7 x 24.5cm.)
Newly framed in a limed wood frame in a...
Category
Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Figure Playing The Accordion
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Figure
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper mounted on card
size: 16.5 x 12.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance:...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
French Contemporary Art by Francine Ledieu - Lorgues
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil on cardboard
Francine Ledieu is French artist born in 1931 who lives and works in Paris, France. In the 50s, she was a student of Maurice Rocher who specialized in Sacred art. I...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Paper
Drawing of Facial Details
Located in Houston, TX
Classic pen and ink drawings of facial details and hand, 1953. Signed and dated lower right.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Male Portrait Sketched - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Male portrait Sketched is an original drawing on paper, realized around the 1960s by the great Italian artist and journalist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Black Permanent Marke...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
Mid Century French Pencil Study Portrait Profile of an Expressive Woman
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Signed by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10.75 (height) x 8.25 (width)
Stamped Verso
Con...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Rio della Misericordia, Venice.
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
Rio della Misericordia. October 1924. Watercolor. 14 x 8 3/4. McBey did a striking nocturnal view of the bridge in his 1926 drypoint, The Bridge by Night Carter 232. Signed and dated, lower right; titled verso. Housed in a French mat and a 22 x 16 1/2-inch gold leaf frame.
The Rio Della Misericordia ( from the Venetian to the Misericordia Canal ) is a canal from Venice in the sestiere of Cannaregio, Contrada San Marzillan in Italy.
The river runs along the old Servite convent. The canal is crossed by two bridges, from east to west:
the San Marziale spawning linking the campo of the same name with the Fondamenta de la Misericordia and
the dei dei Servi or Betania linking the Mensa di Betania to the Fondamenta de la Misericordia .
Born in Newburgh near Aberdeen, James McBey attended evening classes at Graydon's School of Art and taught himself etching, building his own press at the age of fifteen. He moved to London to prepare for a one-man show at Goupil's Gallery, and shortly after this highly successful first show, he traveled to Morocco with James Kerr...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor
$5,000 Sale Price
33% Off
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A woman seated, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967)
A young woman seated
signed lower leftt
Charcoal, red and white chalks on thin paper transfered on cardboard
49 x 39 cm
Framed : 55.5 x ...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Ideal Decoration - Drawing by Carlo Parisi - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Ideal Decoration is an Artwork realized by the artist Carlo Parisi (1922-2007) in 1935.
Black and white drawing on paper.
Good conditions.
Carlo Parisi...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
A 1950s Pastel and Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
Perfect for your hockey enthusiast! A 1950s pastel on paper drawing of a hockey game by Francis Chapin. Image size: 9" x 12". Matted size:
14" x 18". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Francis Chapin, affectionately called the “Dean of Chicago Painters” by his colleagues, was one of the city’s most popular and celebrated painters in his day. Born at the dawn of the 20th Century in Bristolville, Ohio, Chapin graduated from Washington & Jefferson College near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania before enrolling at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1922. He would set down deep roots at the Art Institute of Chicago, exhibiting there over 31 times between 1926 and 1951. In 1927 Chapin won the prestigious Bryan Lathrop Fellowship from the Art Institute – a prize that funded the artist’s yearlong study trip to Europe. Upon his return to the United States, Chapin decided to remain in Chicago, noting the freedom Chicago artists have in developing independently of the pressure to conform to pre-existing molds (as was experienced by artists in New York, for example). Chapin became a popular instructor at the Art Institute, teaching there from 1929 to 1947 and at the Art Institute’s summer art school in Saugatuck, Michigan (now called Oxbow) between 1934 – 1938 (he was the director of the school from 1941-1945). Chapin’s contemporaries among Chicago’s artists included such luminaries as Ivan Le Lorraine Albright...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
A Day in the Countryside - Watercolor on Paper by Sirio Pellegrini - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper by Sirio Pellegrini in 1969. Hand signed and dated.
Drawing made up of several fragments joined together.
Includes a contemporary wooden frame 97x89 cm.
Sirio ...
Category
Contemporary Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
My Return Cabin from Jerusalem - Original Watercolor
By Jane Levy
Located in Roma, IT
My Return Cabin from Jerusalem on the ship is an original modern artwork realized in the half of 20th century, and attributed to the french painter Jane Levy...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$431 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Woman - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a modern artwork realized by Reynold Arnould in 1941.
Charcoal drawing.
Good conditions.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Flowers 3 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a young man, 1963 Pencil on paper, sheet measures 18 x 24 inches.
Crease running diagonally....
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
French Sketch of a Glamorous Woman Victory Rolls Hairstyle and Bold Red Lips
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10 (height) x 6.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
P...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Mr. Magoo Original Vintage Animation Cel Hand Drawing Painting
By Jules Engel
Located in Surfside, FL
Born in 1918 in Budapest, Hungary, Engel began his professional career in animation as a color designer at the Walt Disney studio. Although his credits include work on such classics as Disney’s Bambi and Fantasia and UPA’s Gerald McBoing-Boing, he is best known as a mentor to literally hundreds of students.
Engel was also one of the original members of United Productions of America (UPA), where, during the ’50s, he worked on classics such as Mr. Magoo, Gerald McBoing-Boing and Madeline. According to his biographer, Dr. Janeann Dill, Engel has created more than 33 personal films and received five Golden Eagle awards, an Annie Award, a Winsor McCay Award, the Fritz Award, a Jean Vigo Award, and the Norman McLaren...
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Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Art Deco Glamorous woman in Purple Evening Dress - Golden Age of Hollywood
By Jaro Fabry
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Size 28.5 x 21
Jaro Fabry was a brilliant illustrator with a defined style of his own. There is not a brushstroke out of place in his works that appear loosely rendered. He is best known for his depiction of Golden Age of Hollywood...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
French Art Deco Original Gouache Illustration Drawing by Raymonde Hacker
Located in Atlanta, GA
A French Art Deco illustrative drawing, hand painted in ink and gouache on blue laid paper. The design includes a collection of fashion accessories, handbags, gloves, hats, and perfu...
Category
Art Deco Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
'Boy with a White Cat', Philadelphia Woman Artist, Moore College of Art
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Anne Jenkins' (American, 1923-2023) and dated 1958.
An elegant and psychologically penetrating study of a young boy, shown seated and holding a white cat.
Born...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Laid Paper
Richard Lindner Marilyn Monroe Was Here, hand signed Pop Art lithograph Framed
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare, pencil signed print based upon the original drawing which is illustrated in the catalogue raisonne of Richard Lindner's Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings, Edited by...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rice Paper, Pencil
Landscape - Pencil Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century.
The State of preservation is very good with the traces of time and some small...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Regiment Provisoire Croate - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Regiment Provisoire Croate is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s.
Good condition except for being aged.
The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions.
Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel.
He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Flowers - Original Drawing by Lucien Coutaud - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Flowers is an Original drawing in China Ink realized by Lucien Coutaud in Mid-20th Century.
Stamp Signed.
Good conditions.
The delicate and dynamic strokes created in a harmonious...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Mid Century French Sketch of a Woman in Profile with Elegant Flowing Hair
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 7 (height) x 5.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Lady - Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch
original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996)
studio stamped
pencil drawing on paper, unframed
Double sided
10.5x 8.25 inches
provenance: private collection o...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Henri Poey, Mask circa 1930, charcoal on paper, mounted on cardboard
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri POEY (1910-1998)
Mask, circa 1930
Charcoal on paper
Mounted on cardboard
Signed lower left
22.5 x 21.5 cm
black lacquered oak frame : 30 x 30 cm
Little biographical informat...
Category
Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Serge Golovine, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo, 1949
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Serge Golovine, Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo" 1949 is a watercolor and crayon on paper by noted French artist Jean Target, 1910-1997 It is signed at the lower right corner, titled at the upper right corner by the artist, and dedicated by Serge Golovine to the artist, at the lower left corner. The artwork size is 11.75 x 9 inches, framed is 21 x 18 inches. it is beautifully custom framed in a wooden silver frame, with matting and silver color spacer. it is in excellent condition, the colors are fresh and bright.
About the artist.
Jean Target was born in France in 1910. From a very young age early on, he was impassioned by the two forms of art that would remain the focal point of his career for all his life: visual arts and performing arts. In the 30s and 40s, as a young man, Jean Target frequented the Parisian theaters and cabarets, just like his role model, the famous impressionist painter Toulouse Lautrec, did at the end of the 19th century. Jean became friends with many performers and captured many formal as well as candid depictions. He gained exclusive access and used this privilege to create art with unparalleled perspective as an insider to the seedy, dark, yet glamorous underworld of Parisian cabaret. He drew the dancers on-site, capturing the dancer’s movements in his immediately recognizable signature style. In the 40s and 50s, he continued his artistic career, gaining recognition among collectors in France and all over Europe. His work depicting the Parisian performing art scene captures the feeling and history of the the theater and golden age of cabaret in Paris. Jean Target continued to draw, paint and sculpt until his death in 1997. The work of Jean Target is held in collections and museums worldwide including the world renowned Victoria And Albert Museum in London.
About the subject.
Serge Golovine, a star of the Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas in the 1950's who was considered one of the most brilliant dancers of his generation. As popular as Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov in later years, Mr. Golovine was known for the airborne quality, lightness and virtuosity of his dancing. His best-known roles were the Blue Bird in ''The Sleeping Beauty,'' where the articulation and elegance of his footwork were seen to their best advantage, and the title role of ''Le Spectre de la Rose.'' He was also greatly praised for his poignant portrayal of Petrouchka, which he danced at the Paris Opera in the 1970's. Mr. Golovine was a leading teacher at the ballet school at the Paris Opera from 1981 to 1997. He stood out for the gentleness and quiet wit of his teaching in master classes last summer at the New York University School of Education, where he was a guest professor with his wife, Claude Bessy, the director of the Paris Opera Ballet School. Mr. Golovine, born in Monte Carlo, was one of three siblings who became noted dancers. (His sister, Solange, died several years ago. George Goviloff, a brother, is now the director of the Theatre de la Danse in Avignon.) He began his training in Nice with Julie Sedova, a former Maryinsky dancer, followed by studies with Gustave Ricaux at the Paris Opera. Mr. Golovine made his professional debut at 17 with the Nouveaux Ballets de Monte Carlo, a refuge for dancers reluctant to perform in Paris during the German occupation. He joined the Paris Opera Ballet in 1947 but left in 1950 to join the de Cuevas company. During his years with the troupe, which he left in 1962, Mr. Golovine created the role of Iphias in John Taras's ''Piege de Lumiere.'' His repertory also included the ''Black Swan'' pas de deux from ''Swan Lake,'' ''Les Sylphides'' and the lead male roles in ''Giselle'' and the Bournonville production of ''La Sylphide.'' He effectively retired from the stage in 1964, when he joined the Geneva Ballet as its resident choreographer and ballet master through 1968. Mr. Golovine's best-known ballets were ''Feu Rouge, Feu Vert'' and ''La Mort de Narcisse.'' He was considered an expert in the staging of ballets from the 20th-century Russian repertory. He also taught for Maurice Bejart...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
