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Style: Art Deco
Art Deco Black Stallion and Wood Nymph Drawing by Wheeler Williams
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled Study, 1942
Pencil on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1942
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Art Deco Polo Players Study by Wheeler Williams
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled Study, 1944 (Polo Players)
Pencil on paper
15 1/2 x 19 1/4 in.
Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1944
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with...
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Bust-length portrait of a woman, pastel signed
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927)
Bust-length portrait of a woman
signed lower right
pastel on paper
53 x 43 cm
Framed 74 x 64 cm
This bust portrait of a woman shows us another aspect o...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Les Travestis By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Les travestis (The Transvestites)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed "No. 18.363 / Moi, j'aime le music-hall / Les Travestis" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté’s costume...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
" Elégante à la rose et l'éventail " . Carlton Cannes .
By René Gruau
Located in CANNES, FR
René Gruau ( 1909 - 2004 )
" Elégante à la rose et l'éventail "
Dessin original et unique .signé .
Graphite et fusain sur papier .
taille feuille : 83 x50 cm
taille globale : ...
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
Thee Graces Preparatory Drawing by Wheeler Williams, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled (Study of Three Graces), 1947
Pencil on paper
9 1/4 x 12 1/4 in.
Signed lower right: Wheeler Williams, 1947
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors from Yale University in 1919 and earned a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard in 1922. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago with sculptor Albin Polasek...
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
La Mariee.
Located in New York, NY
ZIG [Louis Gaudin]. La Mariee. Costume design for the entertainer Mistinguette for her production at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. Watercolor, Signed Zig. Ca 19...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Art Deco Woman before a Mirror - Vogue Magazine Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Fabled Vogue Magazine Cover Artist Eduardo Garcia Benito depicts a perfectly posed long-neck flapper with her reflection in a mirror, Her extrav...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Jazz Panel #4 - gouache, 102x86 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
"orange bikini swimmer on the sand" figurative water colour, china ink on paper
Located in Saint Pol de Léon, Bretagne
This captivating piece titled 'Orange Bikini Swimmer on the Sand' beckons for a contemplative pause. The figurative drawing in watercolor, with ink accen...
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21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Art Deco gouache original artwork 1937 Carnival Night advertising poster design
Located in London, GB
Hammond (British, fl. 1930s)
Original design for poster and flyer for Carnival Night at the King's Head
26x19 cm
Gouache, 1937
Sadly nothing is known of the life of the artist of th...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Art Deco Buick Car 1937 Design Mid-20th Century American Modern Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Buick Car 1937 Design Mid-20th Century American Modern Illustration
Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981)
1937 Buick
10 1/2 x 19 inches (sight)
11 5/8 x 23 inches (sheet)
Go...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
L'Aurore boréale by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
L'Aurore boréale(The Aurora Borealis)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed ---- (en verso)
Gouache on paper
In this colorful gouache, Erté draws an enticing and unique fashion design on his model's elegantly elongated figure. Crowned by an elaborate headdress, the woman wears a daring gauzy caftan that drapes dangerously low, celebrating her nude form. EntitledL'Aurore Boréale" or The Aurora Borealis, this work embodies the Art Deco glamour for which the artist's designs are so beloved. This ensemble was inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems from iconic French writer Charles Baudelaire. As the name suggests, this creative design links the celebrated "fleur" orchids with one of nature's other great marvels, the Aurora Borealis. This refined piece of art radiates the essential luxury and theatricality that could only be accomplished by Erté, oft referred to as the "Father of Art Deco."
First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Art Deco Costume Design - Eva
Located in Miami, FL
The paper in some of these photos looks overly textured due to the sharpness of the high-res digital camera.
In person, with the human eye, the paper looks reasonably smooth with out blemishes.
For this fashion illustration, Georges Lepape paints a stunning abstract pattern for the subject dress that is repeated in her hair. The work represents an early use of metallic paint, with silver metallic in the dress and bronze metallic in the blouse. Lepape's highly detailed drawing becomes more evident the closer you look. It's quite amazing how deftly he rendered facial feature on such a small scale. "Eva" 1918 Gouache, watercolor, and ink on paper Signed and dated, lower right: '1918' Inscribed, verso: "Costume for L'enfantement du mort, (miracle en pourpre, et or.). Devised by Marcel L'Herbier and performed at the Théatre Edouard VII and the Comédie des Champs-Elysées, 1919" Provenance: Ex-collection Lucien...
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1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil, Gouache
Deco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative Dance
Located in New York, NY
Deco Dancing Hungarian Expressionism European Drawing Modernism Figurative Dance. 22 1/2 x 16 inches. Signed lower left. Framed.
BIO
Hugó Scheiber was born in Budapest in 1873. At the age of eight, he moved with his family from Budapest to Vienna.
In 1898, to help support his family after they had returned to Budapest. He started working during the day, attending painting classes at the Commercial Art School in the evening. In 1900, he completed his studies.
Scheiber showed an early interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. In 1915 he met Marinetti, who invited him to join the Futurist movement. Because Scheiber's paintings conflicted with academic style of the Hungarian art establishment, his work was virtually ignored in his own country. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádár held an exhibition organized by Hévesy in Vienna, which was a great success, so much so that the Budapest Art Museum purchased two of his drawings.
In 1920, Scheiber returned to Vienna. A turning point in his career came in 1921 when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981)
Deco Girl with Car, 1936
30 x 20 inches
Oil on Canvas Board
Signed Arthur ‘36 lower right
Provenance: Estate of the artist.
BIO
Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s.
He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure.
In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood
and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935.
He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2.
It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war.
Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959.
He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job.
Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955.
They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross.
He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
Jazz Panel #1 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Poupee Espagnole
Located in New York, NY
Poupee Espagnole. Costume design for the entertainer Mistinguette for her production at the Moulin Rouge in Paris. Watercolor. Signed Zig. Ca 1928, . Framed.
Provenance: Nephew of M...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jazz Panel #5 - gouache, 111x283 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
La Princesse Lointaine: Porteurs d' Eventails (original gouache on paper)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Original on Gouache on paper. Hand signed on front; signed, titled, dated with dedication on verso by Erte. Stamped "Composition originale". Frame size 29 x 24.5 inches. Artwork s...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$32,000 Sale Price
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Mistinguett by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Mistinguett
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Stamped "Composition originale" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Erté designed this costume fo...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a Lady, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
Portrait of a Lady
Signed upper right
Pastel on paper
46 x 38 cm
Framed under glass: 57.5 x 50 cm
The vintage frame is not in perfect ...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
MADELEINE (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$2,962 Sale Price
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Upscale Couple Illustration Puck magazine Interior - Mexican Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Marius de Zayas was born in Veracruz, Mexico and emigrated to New York with his family in 1907. He joined the art staff of the New York Evening World newspaper and quickly became kno...
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1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Two Preparatory Drawings by Wheeler Williams
Located in New York, NY
Wheeler Williams (American, 1897-1972)
Untitled Study, 1931
Pencil on paper
8 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.
Each signed: Wheeler Williams, 1931
A native of Chicago, Wheeler Williams is known for his allegorical, narrative work including "Tablets to Pioneers" on the Michigan Avenue bridge in Chicago, and "Settlers of the Seaboard" in Fairmount Park in Philadelphia.
He graduated with honors...
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Untitled Fashion Design, 1919
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Likely a dress design for Henri Bendel or B. Altman, Untitled Fashion Design from 1919 is an iconic early Erté design. Erté's stylized Villa Excelsior name stamp and the 'Composition...
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1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mid-Century Art Deco Minimalism Black & White Japan Geisha Latin Artist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
'Ode to Mineko Iwasaki (1970s Japanese Geisha)' is an original charcoal drawing by the American artist Jorge Ruiz-Martinez. The artist works in an art deco style, imagining graceful ...
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2010s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
BEYLA (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso.
Sheet size 10.7...
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$2,962 Sale Price
25% Off
Jazz Panel #2 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Jazz Panel #3 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Academic Study (Archer)
Located in London, GB
Jean Durand, (French 1894-1977) Academic Study (Centaur), c.1930s, Charcoal on paper, studio stamp (lower right), 32cm x 48cm (63cm x 46cm framed.) The picture is framed behind museu...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Berthomme Saint-André, Before Bathing, 1926
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Louis BERTHOMME SAINT-ANDRE, France, 1926. Befor bathing. With frame: 74x63.5 cm - 29.1x25 inches ; without frame, just the watercolor: 50x36 cm - 19.7x14.2 inches. Si...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1930s French Watercolour of an Early Art Deco Odeon Cinema and a Park
Located in Cotignac, FR
French watercolour on paper view of a park in front of an Odeon cinema by Henri Clamen. Though not signed the painting was acquired from the atelier of the artist with other signed w...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Les fleurs du mal by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Fleurs du Mal(The Flowers of Evil)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed 114.6 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Captivating and vibrant, this colorful gouache entitledFleurs du Mal showcases Erté's masterful creativity and keen eye. Inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems by French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble marries light purple and green floral motifs with the suggestive form of red lips poised for a smooch. This daring yet feminine appearance encapsulates the Art Deco allure for which the artist's creations are cherished. The sophisticated arrangement emanates the fundamental richness and theatricality that can only be accomplished by Erté, often hailed as the "Father of Art Deco."
First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Gysie by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Gysie
Signed "Erté"(lower right)
Inscribed "No. 5442" (en verso)
Gouache on paper
An enthralling pink gown by Erté is namedGysie,...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
La Dionée Dite Gobe-Mouches By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La dionée dite Gobe-mouches(Venus Flytrap)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed ---- (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Daring and mysterious, this original gouache from the creative mind of Erté features the sinuous figure of a woman wearing a unique ebony and sanguine body suit with a dramatic wing-like cape. Entitled La dionée dite Gobe-mouches or Venus Flytrap, this work embodies the Art Deco glamour and tongue-in-cheek artistry for which the artist's designs are so beloved. Inspired by the famed volume of poems from iconic French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble showcases Erté's sartorial interpretation of La Vampire from Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal. This elegant composition exudes the quintessential opulence and drama that only Erté, the oft-called "Father of Art Deco," could achieve.
La dionée dite Gobe-mouches showcases the breadth of Erté's creativity and his design expertise. First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several specific poems to create original fashion sketches...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Female Sexual Nude
Located in Miami, FL
Sotheby's New York . work is elegantly matted and framed with the Sotheby's sticker on verso
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Deschmacker, Young Woman Lying By The Sea, Watercolor
Located in Saint Amans des cots, FR
Watercolor by Paul-Alex Deschmacker, France, 1920s. This watercolor is in the classical period populated by mythological characters of Paul-Alex Deschmacker, itself becoming part of ...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Arthémis by Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Arthémis
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed No. 4.8 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
This original gouache from the creative mind ...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tub...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a boy, signed pastel
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
Portrait of a boy
Signed lower left
Pastel on paper
28 x 23 cm
Framed : 63 x 58 cm
Guirand de Scévola is particularly renowned for hi...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
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...
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil, Paper
Art Deco Style Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine, Vogue Magazine?
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine . Impeccably rendered with quick flat brush strokes in glorious pastel colors , Signed lower right Ant...
Category
1980s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil
Consequences - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Consequences is an ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953).
Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin.
In good condition...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Pair of antique portraits women period clothes framed drawing red hats 19th
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of original red conte crayon drawings in their original frames featuring two young women in period clothing.
Category
1910s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
$551 Sale Price
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Art Deco 1940s High Fashion Illustration Woman with Fan and Screen
Located in Miami, FL
French female illustrator Geneviève Thomas renders a highly stylized fashion illustration set against a seamless red background, The model is wearin...
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1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary study for Cretan Dancer bronze sculpture
Unsigned
Graphite on tracing paper, 1930-1934
Sheet size: 6 7/8 x 7 1/8 inches
Created while the artist was woring in Paris, c. 1...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The French Model
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a rare, early original drawing, "The French Model", by American artist Robert McIntosh(1916-2010)
McIntosh was extremely prolific and exhibi...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Vogue Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
"Mademoiselle X" story illustration
for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," ...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
'Age 9', Art Deco, Woman Artist, AIC, ASL, Paris, Salon d'Automne, Corcoran
By Nura Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Nura Woodson Ulreich (American, 1899-1950) as a full-page illustration for the book 'The Buttermilk Tree', circa 1935. A rare example of a fully-developed pen, ink and gou...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pen, Pencil
Therese
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: (Romain De Tirtoff) Erte (Russian, 1892-1990)
Title: Therese
Year: Circa 1935
Medium: Gouache on paper
Paper size: 14.5 x 10.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower right ...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$2,600
Those Who Wait - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Those Who Wait is an ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953).
Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin.
In good conditi...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
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...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Offering - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Offering is an ink and watercolor ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953).
Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin.
In good condition...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$619 Sale Price
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Art Deco pastel drawings of ballerinas on point by French artist Charles Gir'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Charles Gir (French, 1883 – 1941)
Ballerinas on point
Pastel on paper
Signed ‘CH. Gir’ (lower left)
24 x 18.1/2 in. (61 x 46.8 cm.)
Charles Gir was born in Tours, France on November 1, 1883. He was a noted painter, watercolorist, pastellist, sculptor and illustrator.
Gir was married to the well-known actress, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, and attended the Paris Opera every night for 17 years. He made many sketches of dancers and caricatures, and at the end of his wife’s performance used to deliver them to the newspapers he worked for.
He knew Raoul Dufy, Frances Carco and Jehan Rictus.
He sculpted a bronze statue of Don Quixote that now stands near the Prefecture of Cergy-Pontoise; and he also illustrated several books, including Edmond Rostand...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act - Drawing by Erté - 1948
By Erté
Located in Roma, IT
Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act is a modern artwork realized in 1948 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff).
Mixed colored gouache on paper.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Titled and numbered "9893" on the back.
Includes frame
Provenance :
- Erté personal collection.
- Serge Leeman collection.
Erté is responsible for the costumes and sets for Les Mamelles de Tirésias. This opera bouffe in two acts by Francis Poulenc based on a play by Guillaume Apollinaire...
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Rare Art deco painting of Jane Marnac in a hat by Gesmar, gouache and ink 1921
By Charles Gesmar
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
A rare and exquisite gouache and watercolor painting of Jane Marnac by renowned Art Deco artist Charles Gesmar. The artwork features a topless Jane Marnac in an elegant, oversized ha...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Mayan, Large 20th Century Watercolor, Viktor Schreckengost
Located in Beachwood, OH
Viktor Schreckengost (American, 1906-2008)
Mayan
Watercolor heightened with gouache over pencil on paper
Signed lower right
39 x 29 inches
45.5 x 35.5 inches, framed
Registered with The Viktor Schreckengost foundation, stock no. 6891
The son of a commercial potter in Sebring, Ohio, Viktor Schreckengost learned the craft of sculpting in clay from his father. In the mid-1920s, he enrolled at the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art, or CIA) to study cartoon making, but after seeing an exhibition at the Cleveland Museum of Art he changed his focus to ceramics. Upon graduation in 1929, he studied ceramics in Vienna, Austria, where he began to build a reputation, not only for his art, but also as a jazz saxophonist. A year later, at the age of 25, he became the youngest faculty member at the CIA. In 1931, Schreckengost won the first of several awards for excellence in ceramics at the Cleveland Museum of Art, and his works were shown at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Panama-Pacific Exposition in San Francisco, and elsewhere.
By the mid-1930s, Schreckengost had begun to pursue his interest in industrial design. For American Limoges...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Watercolor
Young Man Reclining (Boris Snezhkovsky)
Located in London, GB
Konstantin Andreevich Somov (Russian 1869-1939), Young Man Reclining (Boris Snezhkovsky), 1931, Sanguine and pastel on paper, signed and dated (twice) (lower right), 32cm x 48cm, (46...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Chalk, Paper
The camp by Jean Blailé - Pencil on paper 23x30 cm
By Jean Blailé
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Gilded wooden frame with a glass pane
39 x 51 x 1 cm
Category
1970s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
$496 Sale Price
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