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Style: American Modern
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Feet)
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1930s charcoal study of crossed legs a...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Feet)
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Feet)

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Feet), Circa 1930

$135
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Foot)
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Male Foot by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1930s charcoal study highlighti...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Foot)
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Foot)

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Foot), Circa 1930

$85
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Arms)
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of Male Arms by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1930s charcoal study (a c...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Arms)
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Arms)

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Arms), Circa. 1930

$135
Grace Martin Taylor (Frame), (Town View), 1930, pastel, signed
Located in New York, NY
West Virginia native Grace Martin Taylor, artist for the brightly colored pastel (TownView), attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the Art S...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Grace Martin Taylor (Frame), (Town View), 1930, pastel, signed
Grace Martin Taylor (Frame), (Town View), 1930, pastel, signed

Grace Martin Taylor
Grace Martin Taylor (Frame), (Town View), 1930, pastel, signed, 1930

$3,500
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, c. 1922 Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 22.5 x 27.75 inches 27.75 x 34.5 inches, framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland School
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland School

Frank Wilcox
Plowman, Brecksville, Ohio, Early 20th Century Farm Landscape, Cleveland School, c. 1922

$18,500
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this compelling studio ink drawing is executed in ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

A Striking Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen

Rudolph Pen
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen

$950
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...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Beautiful Pastel Fountain Drawing
Beautiful Pastel Fountain Drawing

Beautiful Pastel Fountain Drawing

$995
Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper
By John Begg, 1903
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine.  He was a member of the  Ameri...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper
Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper

John Begg, 1903
Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper, 1953

$200
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s c...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model, Circa 1930

$265
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Completed in the 1960s, this compelling studio ink drawing is executed in ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen

Rudolph Pen
A Stunning Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Seated Female Nude by Rudolph Pen, circa 1960s

$950
Sleeping Cat, Early 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Sleeping Cat, 1929 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated upper right 15 x 19 inches 21.25 x 25.25 inches, framed Clarence Holbrook Car...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Sleeping Cat, Early 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
Sleeping Cat, Early 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist

Clarence Holbrook Carter
Sleeping Cat, Early 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist, 1929

$11,000
Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, 1932 Watercolor on board Signed and dated lower right 15.25 x 21 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century Cleveland School

Frank Wilcox
Oxen on Road, Gaspé, Canada, Early 20th Century Cleveland School, 1932

$6,750
Untitled (Double sided watercolor) Recto: Figures seated at a table
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Watercolor on paper Most probably related to the artist's creation of images surrounding Haggadah (Passover) which he started in 1930 and finished with the publication of his book in...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled (Double sided watercolor) Recto: Figures seated at a table
Untitled (Double sided watercolor) Recto: Figures seated at a table

Ben Shahn
Untitled (Double sided watercolor) Recto: Figures seated at a table, c. 1960

$3,250
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Study of Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionall...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model, Circa. 1930

$185
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Shoulder and Arm) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exception...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model, Circa. 1930

$135
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well execu...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model, Circa. 1930

$185
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model, Circa. 1930

$185
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well ex...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model, Circa. 1930

$185
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing, Female Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Pastel Figure Study Drawing of a Female Nude Model (Study of Shoulder, Arm & Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). ...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing, Female Model
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing, Female Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing, Female Model, Circa. 1930

$235
Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper
By John Begg, 1903
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine.  He was a member of the  Ameri...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper
Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper

John Begg, 1903
Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper, 1953

$200
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...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

A Winter - Seeming Summers Night
A Winter - Seeming Summers Night

June Wayne
A Winter - Seeming Summers Night, 1957

$1,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Cliffs near Paramé, France, vibrant seascape & landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Cliffs near Paramé, France, c. 1926-7 Watercolor on paper Signed lower right 11 x 14.5 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters". In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Cliffs near Paramé, France, vibrant seascape & landscape watercolor
Cliffs near Paramé, France, vibrant seascape & landscape watercolor

Frank Wilcox
Cliffs near Paramé, France, vibrant seascape & landscape watercolor, c. 1926-7

$7,480
Paul Gattuso, (Abstraction)
By Paul Gattuso.
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gattuso attended the Art Students League and worked primarily in New York City. There is an old address with a Bronx, Grand Concourse address on the ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Paul Gattuso, (Abstraction)
Paul Gattuso, (Abstraction)

Paul Gattuso.
Paul Gattuso, (Abstraction), 1940, about

$500
“Woman in Blue”
By Kenneth Paul Block
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original watercolor and gouache fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Presently unframed. Signed with initi...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper

“Woman in Blue”
“Woman in Blue”

Kenneth Paul Block
“Woman in Blue”, Circa 1960

$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude By Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A finely rendered standing female nude studi...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink, Charcoal, Paper

An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude
An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude

Harold Haydon
An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude, 1945

$385
"New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge)" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturne
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge), circa 1939-1940 Signed lower left Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches Exhibited Roslyn Harbor, New York, Nassau County Museum of Art, Deco ...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge)" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturne
"New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge)" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturne

Leon Dolice
"New York Harbor (Brooklyn Bridge)" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturne, circa 1939-1940

$3,000
Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Volcano and Arch, Taormina, 1961 Watercolor on scintilla paper Signed and dated upper right 11 x 11 inches "My last year in art schoo...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist
Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist

Clarence Holbrook Carter
Volcano and Arch, Taormina, Sicily, Italy, Mid Century Cleveland School Artist, 1961

$14,000
Alongside
By William Thon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Thon, 'Alongside', watercolor, c. 1990. Signed, lower right; titled verso. A fine, expressionist work, on off-white watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges, ...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Alongside

William Thon
Alongside, c. 1990

$2,400
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901 - 1980) Oil Riggers, Mural Study Image: 6 1/2 x 37 inches Watercolor and egg tem...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard

WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism

Louise Ronnebeck
WPA Post Office Mural Study American Scene Regionalism Social Realism, 1937

$18,000
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model (Back)
By Harold Haydon
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...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model (Back)
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model (Back)

Harold Haydon
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model (Back), Circa. 1930

$385
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s charco...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model

Harold Haydon
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model, Circa. 1930

$385
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
By Morris Louis
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy) Pen and ink on paperboard, 1948 Signed and dated by the artist lower right Extremely rare "Middle Period" drawing. One of two drawings that were given by the artist to Jeanette Kear, Chevy Chase, MD which were signed and dated by the artist. All others in the exhibition are from sketchbooks and have the estate stamp and numbering. Exhibited at National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Dec. 6 1979-Feb. 3, 1980 and Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Feb. 22-April6, 1980 Illustrated twice in the resulting catalog, The Drawings of Morris Louis, by Diane Upright Headly, Harvard Univeristy and author of the catalog essay and entries. (See photos) Condition: Mounted to paper board by owner, Jeanette Kear for framing Glazed with glass Image size: 13 7/8 x 16 5/8 inches Frame size: 20 x 23 x 3/4 inches Provenance: Jeanette F. Kear, Chevy Chase, MD Illustrated: National Collection of Fine Art, 1979: "The Drawings of Morris Louis," Catalog No. 1, illustrated D1, reproduced p. 73 Morris Louis Bernstein (November 28, 1912 – September 7, 1962), known professionally as Morris Louis, was an American painter. During the 1950s he became one of the earliest exponents of Color Field painting. While living in Washington, D.C., Louis, along with Kenneth Noland and other Washington painters, formed an art movement that is known today as the Washington Color Schoo Early life and education From 1929 to 1933, he studied at the Maryland Institute of Fine and Applied Arts (now Maryland Institute College of Art) on a scholarship, but left shortly before completing the program. Louis worked at various odd jobs to support himself while painting, and in 1935 was president of the Baltimore Artists' Association. From 1936 to 1940, he lived in New York City and worked in the easel division of the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project. During this period, he knew Arshile Gorky, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and Jack Tworkov. He also dropped his last name. Work Color field painting He returned to his native Baltimore in 1940 and taught privately. In 1948, he pioneered the use of Magna paint—a newly developed oil-based acrylic paint made for him by his friends, New York paintmakers Leonard Bocour and Sam Golden. In 1952, Louis moved to Washington, D.C. Living in Washington, D.C., he was somewhat apart from the New York scene and he was working almost in isolation. During the 1950s he and a group of artists that included Kenneth Noland, Gene Davis, Thomas Downing, Howard Mehring, Anne Truitt and Hilda Thorpe...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy)

Morris Louis
Untitled (Wizard Fantasy), 1948

$17,000
A 1950s Pastel and Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
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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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

A 1950s Pastel and Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin
A 1950s Pastel and Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin

Francis Chapin
A 1950s Pastel and Charcoal Drawing of a Hockey Game by Francis Chapin

$385
Original Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.5 X 18 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Original Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Original Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art

Jerry Walter & Linda Walter
Original Vintage Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art, c. 1954

$850
Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio Watercolor
By Clarence Holbrook Carter
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000) Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio, 1929 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lowe...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio Watercolor
Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio Watercolor

Clarence Holbrook Carter
Confederate Soldiers' Cemetery, Camp Chase, Columbus, Ohio Watercolor, 1929

$21,000
[untitled] Street Scene with Fruit Vendor.
By Emilio Sanchez
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created [untitled] “STREET SCENE WITH FRUIT VENDOR” in circa 1950. This unsigned watercolor and came to us directly from the Sanchez estate. It is stamped on the verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." This piece is in good to very good condition and painted to the paper's edge. The paper size is 14.88 x 15.25 inches (37.6 x 38.6 cm). “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

[untitled] Street Scene with Fruit Vendor.
[untitled] Street Scene with Fruit Vendor.

Emilio Sanchez
[untitled] Street Scene with Fruit Vendor., circa 1950

$2,125
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, c. 1926 Watercolor on board Signed lower right 21.75 x 28 inches 30.5 x 36.5 inches, framed Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, Early 20th Century Cleveland School

Frank Wilcox
Home in the Village, Mt. St. Michel, France, Early 20th Century Cleveland School, c. 1926

$8,500
Alfred Bendiner, (Baseball Hitter and Pitcher -- The Philadelphia Phillies?)
By Alfred Bendiner
Located in New York, NY
Of course it's possible that these baseball players aren't from a Philadelphia team, but I doubt it. There was so much drama and intrigue with both the Philadelphia Phillies...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor

Alfred Bendiner, (Baseball Hitter and Pitcher -- The Philadelphia Phillies?)
Alfred Bendiner, (Baseball Hitter and Pitcher -- The Philadelphia Phillies?)

Alfred Bendiner
Alfred Bendiner, (Baseball Hitter and Pitcher -- The Philadelphia Phillies?), 1959

$900
Wire Haired Girl and Cat
By William Sommer
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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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Wire Haired Girl and Cat
Wire Haired Girl and Cat

William Sommer
Wire Haired Girl and Cat, c. 1930

$1,500
Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, c. 1920 Watercolor and graphite on board Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School
Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School

Frank Wilcox
Cows by Woodland Pond, Toledo, Ohio, Early 20th Century Cleveland School, c. 1920

$7,500
A Striking 1940s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1940s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exquisite studio portrait study, charcoal on paper, dating...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

A Striking 1940s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon
A Striking 1940s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
A Striking 1940s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon, 1945

$235
A Finely Drawn 1940s Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1940s Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exquisite studio portrait study, charcoal on...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

A Finely Drawn 1940s Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman
A Finely Drawn 1940s Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman

Harold Haydon
A Finely Drawn 1940s Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman

$165
War Machine — Spanish Civil War, Anti-fascism
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Untitled (War Machine)', brush and ink, c. 1936. Estate stamped, verso. A fine expressionist rendering, on cream wove drawing board, with marg...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

War Machine — Spanish Civil War, Anti-fascism
War Machine — Spanish Civil War, Anti-fascism

Leon Bibel
War Machine — Spanish Civil War, Anti-fascism, c. 1936

$5,500
Fashion Model Illustration Perhaps for Vogue Magazine
By Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom
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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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Fashion Model Illustration Perhaps for Vogue Magazine
Fashion Model Illustration Perhaps for Vogue Magazine

Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom
Fashion Model Illustration Perhaps for Vogue Magazine, 1939 - 1940

$14,000
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962
Located in Soquel, CA
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962 Beautiful, soft original drawing by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A realistic depiction of a short-haired woman, her large lips parted into a soft smile. She's surrounded in geometric shapes offering a wonderful juxtaposition to the natural curves of her face and hair. Signed in pencil, "Eugene Hawkins '62" Presented in a new black mat. Mat size: 20"H x 16"W Paper size: 18.5"H x 14.5"W Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933) is a BIPOC artist known for his detailed portraiture and printmaking. He is listed in Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, and his work was exhibited in the Whitney Museum of American Art. He spent the majority of his life working and exhibiting in Southern California. His work frequently touches upon socio-political subjects, making strong statements about the world. The California African American Museum features Eugene Hawkins's work in the Permanent Collection. Exhibition: 2017 Paperworks: Selections from the Permanent Collection focuses on works on paper produced from 1950-2000 and includes figurative, impressionistic, and abstract styles. The exhibition showcases the radically diverse range of works on paper created by African American and other artists over the last two centuries, and includes drawings, prints, paintings, and collages by Edward Mitchell Bannister...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962

Eugene Hawkins
Geometric Woman's Portrait - Rare Signed Graphite Drawing on Paper 1962, 1962

$1,750
“1960’s Style”
By Kenneth Paul Block
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original mixed media fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Signed with initials bottom right. Presently unf...
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1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper, Oil Pastel, Acrylic

“1960’s Style”
“1960’s Style”

Kenneth Paul Block
“1960’s Style”, Circa 1965

$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Women's Corner, Along the Cuyahoga River, Early 20th Century Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Women's Corner, Along the Cuyahoga River, c. 1916 Watercolor and graphite on paper 21 x 29 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer, and Frederick Gottwald. He also attended Keller's Berlin Heights summer school from 1909. After graduating in 1910, Wilcox traveled and studied in Europe, sometimes dropping by Académie Colarossi in the evening to sketch the model or the other students at their easels, where he was influenced by French impressionism. Wilcox was influenced by Keller's innovative watercolor techniques, and from 1910 to 1916 they experimented together with impressionism and post-impressionism. Wilcox soon developed his own signature style in the American Scene or Regionalist tradition of the early 20th century. He joined the Cleveland School of Art faculty in 1913. Among his students were Lawrence Edwin Blazey, Carl Gaertner, Paul Travis, and Charles E. Burchfield. Around this time Wilcox became associated with Cowan Pottery. In 1916 Wilcox married fellow artist Florence Bard, and they spent most of their honeymoon painting in Berlin Heights with Keller. They had one daughter, Mary. In 1918 he joined the Cleveland Society of Artists, a conservative counter to the Bohemian Kokoon Arts Club, and would later serve as its president. He also began teaching night school at the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute at this time, and taught briefly at Baldwin-Wallace College. Wilcox wrote and illustrated Ohio Indian Trails in 1933, which was favorably reviewed by the New York Times in 1934. This book was edited and reprinted in 1970 by William A. McGill. McGill also edited and reprinted Wilcox' Canals of the Old Northwest in 1969. Wilcox also wrote, illustrated, and published Weather Wisdom in 1949, a limited edition (50 copies) of twenty-four serigraphs (silk screen prints) accompanied by commentary "based upon familiar weather observations commonly made by people living in the country." Wilcox displayed over 250 works at Cleveland's annual May Show. He received numerous awards, including the Penton Medal for as The Omnibus, Paris (1920), Fish Tug on Lake Erie (1921), Blacksmith Shop (1922), and The Gravel Pit (1922). Other paintings include The Trailing Fog (1929), Under the Big Top (1930), and Ohio Landscape...
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1910s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

Women's Corner, Along the Cuyahoga River, Early 20th Century Landscape
Women's Corner, Along the Cuyahoga River, Early 20th Century Landscape

Frank Wilcox
Women's Corner, Along the Cuyahoga River, Early 20th Century Landscape, c. 1916

$7,000
Girl in Profile
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Girl in Profile Lithographic crayon and watercolor on thin wove paper, c. 1930 Signed twice in pencil (see photos) Provenance: Estate of the Artist Edward Somme...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Girl in Profile
Girl in Profile

William Sommer
Girl in Profile, c. 1930

$4,500
The Ruby R
By William Thon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Thon, 'The Ruby R', watercolor, c. 1990. Signed, lower right; titled verso. A fine, expressionist work, on off-white watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges....
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The Ruby R

William Thon
The Ruby R, c. 1990

$2,200
"Menu" - "Eat Out More Often" - Intaglio Hand painted Print by Bernadette Emrick
Located in Soquel, CA
"Eat Out More Often" - Menu - Intaglio Hand painted Print by Bernadette Emrick The artwork "Eat Out More Often - The Perfect Meal - Menu - by Bernadette Emrick (American, 20th C), ...
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1980s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Watercolor, Intaglio

"Menu" - "Eat Out More Often" - Intaglio Hand painted Print by Bernadette Emrick
"Menu" - "Eat Out More Often" - Intaglio Hand painted Print by Bernadette Emrick

Bernadette Emrick
"Menu" - "Eat Out More Often" - Intaglio Hand painted Print by Bernadette Emrick, 1983

$675
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 black and white figure study of a nude male, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse. Harold Emerson Hay...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon

Harold Haydon
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Graphite on Paper Figure Study by Artist Harold Haydon, 1951

$285 Sale Price
70% Off
A ca. 1928 Drawing of a Dapper Man with a Pint Glass by Artist Francis Chapin
By Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1928 charcoal on paper drawing of a dapper man with a pint glass by artist Francis Chapin. Image size: 12" x 9". 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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1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

A ca. 1928 Drawing of a Dapper Man with a Pint Glass by Artist Francis Chapin
A ca. 1928 Drawing of a Dapper Man with a Pint Glass by Artist Francis Chapin

Francis Chapin
A ca. 1928 Drawing of a Dapper Man with a Pint Glass by Artist Francis Chapin, ca. 1928

$475
She Gets Her Way (Couple with Vase)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Crayon on paper, 11 ½ x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper

She Gets Her Way (Couple with Vase)

Charles Louis Goeller
She Gets Her Way (Couple with Vase), Circa 1930/40s

$3,250
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork Size: 18 x 12, unframed, mounted / floated t...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study

Harold Haydon
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study, 1950

$385
"New York Harbor Nocturne" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturnal Landscape
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice New York Harbor Nocturne, circa 1930-40 Signed lower right Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long inf...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

"New York Harbor Nocturne" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturnal Landscape

Leon Dolice
"New York Harbor Nocturne" Leon Dolice, Mid-Century New York Nocturnal Landscape, circa 1930-1940

$3,000
Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada Watercolor on Whatman board Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches 29 x 37.5 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist

Frank Wilcox
Cormorant Rock, Gaspé, Canada, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist

$6,500
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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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Board

American Veterans Remembrance Day Poster Study (National Poppy Day, Am. Legion)
American Veterans Remembrance Day Poster Study (National Poppy Day, Am. Legion)

Elaine Jeanne Glickman (Ginsberg)
American Veterans Remembrance Day Poster Study (National Poppy Day, Am. Legion), ca. 1938

$485
Man Trimming Tree
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed lower right, Matted, but no...
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Paper

Man Trimming Tree

Charles Louis Goeller
Man Trimming Tree, Circa 1930/40s

$3,500
Gilbert's Camp, Western Painting, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964) Gilbert's Camp, c. 1941 Watercolor on Whatman board Signed lower right 22 x 30 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian. In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Gilbert's Camp, Western Painting, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
Gilbert's Camp, Western Painting, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist

Frank Wilcox
Gilbert's Camp, Western Painting, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist, c. 1941

$8,500
Alfred Bendiner, Johnny Hodges (Johnny Hodges, Bass Fiddle & Traps)
By Alfred Bendiner
Located in New York, NY
Did Bendiner ever miss a performance, show, concert, play? Was there anyone he didn't know? This double-side drawing in blue crayon shows Johnny Hodges (jazz saxophonist extraordina...
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1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

Alfred Bendiner, Johnny Hodges (Johnny Hodges, Bass Fiddle & Traps)
Alfred Bendiner, Johnny Hodges (Johnny Hodges, Bass Fiddle & Traps)

Alfred Bendiner
Alfred Bendiner, Johnny Hodges (Johnny Hodges, Bass Fiddle & Traps), 1955

$600

American Modern figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic American Modern figurative drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add figurative drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, yellow and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Donald Stacy, Alfred Bendiner, Irene Pattinson, and Frank Wilcox. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large American Modern figurative drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available. Prices for figurative drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $85 and tops out at $243,750, while the average work sells for $1,200.

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