Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Portrait - Drawing By Lucien Coutaud - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Lucien Coutaud in the Mid-20th Century.
Ink and watercolor drawing.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
'The Pont Marie and Bateau Mouche' in Paris
By Roland Hamon
Located in London, GB
‘The Pont Marie and Bateau Mouche’ in Paris, watercolour on art paper, by Roland Hamon (1971). The artist combines two icons of Paris in this depiction on a beautiful blue summer day...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rare Charles Burchfield Drawing Book plate Rare Black and White Museum Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original rare bookplate drawing by Charles Burchfield featuring his most famous motifs of sunflowers.
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal and Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Study of Lion - Drawing by Wilhelm Lorenz - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of lion is a beautiful original drawing on ivory-colored paper realized in the mid-20th Century by the German artist Wilhelm Lorenz, also known as Willi Lorenz.
Hand-signed o...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Container Ship, pencil drawing by Laurence Dunn
Located in London, GB
We acquired a series of marine works from Laurence Dunn's Archives. To find more scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this seller."
Laurence D...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Nude of Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1930s.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Personnages - Pencil and Pen Drawing by Paul Garin - Mid 20th Century
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Personnages is a drawing pen realized by the French artist Paul Garin (Nice, 1898-1963).
Black-ink stamp on the lower right corner: "Catherine Charbonneux Commissaire Priseur - Atel...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pen
Prisoners - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1952
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Prisoners is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1952.
Black Marker drawing.
Dated and hand-signed by the artist.
Good conditions.
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Permanent Marker
Figures in the City - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1962
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in the City is a Pen and Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1962.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Ink
4 November - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
4 November is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
Pen on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing and cutting.
The work has been reali...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Landscape - Original Drawing by Paulette Humbert - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original drawing in ink and watercolor realized in the mid-20th Century by Paulette Humbert.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Still Life - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Still Life is a Pencil Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980) in 1970.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (50x35 cm).
Monogrammed by ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Neoclassic Garden- Original Drawing by Jules Arsene Garnier - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Neoclassic Garden is an original drawing in China ink and watercolor on paper applied on a Passepartout paper, realized by Jules Arsene Garnier (French, 1847-1889), in the late 19th ...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Greek Islands - Mixed Media by Robert Sauterne - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Greek Islands is a drawing in mixed media (pencil, ink and watercolor) on cardboard realized by Robert Sauterne.
The State of preservation is good, with a small stain along the left...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Landscape - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by in the Early-20th century
Ink drawing.
Good conditions
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
The Shore - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Shore is a modern artwork realized by in the Mid-20th century
Pastel.
Good conditions
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Landscape - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by in the Mid-20th century
Charcoal.
Good conditions
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Alfred Bendiner, (Supper at the Oak Room, Plaza Hotel, NYC)
Located in New York, NY
Bendiner always took drawing materials with him when he traveled. And a beautiful piece of 'found' paper was never wasted. (Once in Greece on a bus trip he had to acquire paper from ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figures - Charcoal and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original modern artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Mixed colored charcoal and watercolor drawing.
Hand signed on the lower margin.
Includes fr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Londres - Original China Ink Drawing by J. Cocteau - 1920
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Londres (Smoking in the Tub) is an original, rare and important realized by the great Surrealist artist Jean Cocteau in 1920.
Realized for the book "Dessins" and published in the s...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of Dante - Drawing By Albert Decaris - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Albert Decaris in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal and watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
The Concert - Mixed Media - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Concert is an original artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Mixed media artwork on paper.
Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin. Unreadable signature.
Includes a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Sacra Famiglia - Etching - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sacra Famiglia is a print artwork on paper in the late 18th century by an Anonymous Artist.
Etching on paper
Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins
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Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Little Island, Landscape Drawing, Nature Artwork, Tree Drawing, Botanical Art
Located in Deddington, GB
Little Island is an original pastel drawing on paper by artist Cornelia Fitzroy. Cornelia FitzRoy is a Norfolk landscape plein air artist who uses co...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Architectural Design Original Ink and Watercolor on Cardboard-Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural design is an original painting in ink and watercolor on cardboard by Anonymous french Artist in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions except for being aged and repai...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
1950's Big Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Peaceful Backstreets Of French Village
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper mounted in a card frame
size: 25.5 x 21 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed - wi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of Man - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original drawing, pencil, charcoal, watercolor on paper, realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal, Watercolor
Trees - Original China Ink and Pen Drawing by Gustave Pierre- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trees is an Original China Ink and Pen Drawing realized by Gustave Pierre.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (48.5x32.5 cm).
Gustave René Pierre...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Portrait of Woman - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a modern artwork realized by Reynold Arnould in 1941.
Charcoal drawing.
Good conditions.
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Untitled, Figurative, Ink on Paper by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sakti Burman
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman - Untitled
Ink on Paper
4.5 x 5.5 inches
( Framed and delivered )
Born : 1935 Kolkata
Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole N...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi - Oil paint by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi is an original oil on board realized by the painter Mino Maccari, depicting his friend the painter Giorgio Morandi.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
1950's Big Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Terraced French Apartments
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on artist paper, mounted in a card frame
size: 25 x 21 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoye...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of Moroccan Woman - Original Drawing by Helen Vogt - Mid-20th Century
By Helen Vogt
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Moroccan Woman is an original drawing realized by Helen Vogt in the Mid-20th Century.
China ink drawing on paper.
Includes frame 48 x 4 x ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Architectural - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
Pen and pencil on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing and cutting.
The work ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Pen
Balinese Women - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Balinese women is an original contemporary artwork realized in the second half of 20th century.
A mixed colored tempera on paper.
Hand signed on the lower right margin: "IMD Gronding Peneszanana Ubud...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Paul Gattuso, (Abstraction)
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 Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Theater Costume : Allegory of Spring and Little Dog - Watercolor, handsigned
Located in Paris, IDF
Jean Gabriel DOMERGUE (1889-1962)
Theater Costume : Allegory of Spring and Little Dog
Original ink and watercolor drawing
Handsigned bottom right
On ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Mon Colonel
Located in London, GB
'Mon Colonel', pencil and crayon on paper, by noted French artist, Auguste Chabaud (circa 1914-1918). A delightfully simple drawing of a French Army colonel in profile along with clo...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Lovers - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal and watercolor on paper.
Hand-Signed by the artist.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Si...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
The Window - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Window is a drawing in pastel on paper realized in the mid-20th century by an unknown french artist.
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork represents an open window be...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
The Pedder - Ink Drawing and Watercolor by J.J. Grandville
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed. Original ink watercoloured drawing. Made for the illustration of the volume 'Scènes de la vie privée et publique des animaux', published by Garner frères in 1869, Paris....
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1840s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Polish French Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting Original Bauhaus Yiddish Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Moses Bahelfer BAGEL (1908-1995)
Moses Bagel (born Moshe Bahelfer) was a Polish-born Jewish artist and graphic designer associated with the original Bauhaus and then the School of Pa...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, ABS
Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929.
Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", published by H. L. Mermod, Lausanne.
Edition of 2...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Landscape watercolour by George Bissill
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Landscape
Watercolour
26 x 31 cm
Initialled to bottom right
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Back Cover - Original Watercolor and China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1913
Located in Roma, IT
Back Cover is an original China ink and Watercolor artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1913.
In good conditions, there is some pencil notes on the back of the card.
Gabriele ...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Foot with Strawberries
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unparalleled influence on artists and visual cultur...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
POLITICAL CARTOONS - Vignette by Vauro Senesi, Italy 1970
Located in Napoli, IT
Vauro Senesi, known simply as Vauro (Pistoia, March 24, 1955), is an Italian cartoonist, editor, television personality and actor. He is among the best-known satirical cartoonists in...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Ronald Searle ink drawings 'Studies for Dynamene'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Ronald Searle, CBE HRWS (British, 1920 – 2011)
Studies for Dynamene
(Taken from a sketchbook of preliminary drawings for ‘A Phoenix Too Frequent’ a comedy by Christopher Fry, 1959)
I...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Untitled, Mixed Media on Paper, Black, Yellow colour by Modern Artist "In Stock"
By Sakti Burman
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman
(a) Untitled - 7.5 x 9.5 inches (Unframed size)
Watercolour on Paper
(b) Untitled - 3 x 6 inches (Unframed size)
Pen on Paper , 1992
(c) Untitled - 4.5 x 9 inc...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen, Mixed Media
Capharnaüm - Original Mixed Media by Jean Raymond Delpech - 1940
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Capharnaüm is an original mixed media drawing realized in the 1940 by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
The artwork is hand signed, titled, and dated on the lower left margin.
The state o...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media
Destroyer, American Modern Watercolor Painting by Robert Parker 1964
Located in Long Island City, NY
Executed in an American Modern style reminiscent of Lyonel Feininger, this Robert Andrew Parker watercolor painting depicts a warship at sea. The work is signed and dated lower left....
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Artist's Studio - Drawing - 1941
Located in Roma, IT
Artist's Studio is a modern artwork realized by an unknown artist in 1941.
Watercolor on paper.
Dated and Hand-signed, illegible.
Good conditions.
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
The Director - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Director is a pen and pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century.
Hand-signed on the lower in pencil.
Included a whie Passepartout.
Good condition on yell...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Felt Pen
Girls - China Ink on Paper by Erhard Klepper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Girls is an original artwork realized by Erhard Klepper in the early 20th Century.
Original black and white china ink drawing.
The artwork repr...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Landscape - Charcoal Drawing by Achille Lega - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by Achille Lega in 1928.
Black and white charcoal drawing.
Published on the Art Review "Il Selvaggio".
Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Figures - Original Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in charcoal realized by an anonymous artist in the 20th Century.
Good condition.
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced com...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of Man - Drawing by Antoine Alphonse Monfort - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an Original Drawing, ink pencil and white lead on ivory paper realized by Antoine Alphonse Monfort.
Hand signed on the lower margin. Passpartout cm 36x31
Good co...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
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