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
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model, Young Man
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 Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Paper
Hurki Costume for an opera - Pencil and watercolor drawing by Taho - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for an opera is an original artwork realized by Taho in the 1930s.
Beautiful pencil and watercolor drawing on cardboard.
Good conditions.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Eros - Drawing by Maurice Vertès - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Eros is a pencil drawing realized by Maurice Vertès in the 1930s.
Good conditions with slight folding.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Queen Street, Exeter watercolour by Louis Osman FRIBA
By Louis Osman
Located in London, GB
Louis Osman was an English artist, architect, goldsmith, silversmith and medallist. He is notable for the gold coronet he designed and made for the investiture in 1969 of Charles, Pr...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
La Questione di Fiume
By Mario Sironi
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera on paper. Image dimensions: 17.5 x 22.5 cm
Certificate of authenticity provided by the Galleria Russo.
Provenance: Galleria F. Russo, Rome.
Mario Sironi was an Italian paint...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera
St. Gregory in Rome - Original Ink and Watercolor by J. P. Verdussen - 1741
Located in Roma, IT
St. Gregory in Rome is a beautiful artwork realized by Jan Peter Verdussen in 1741.
Ink and watercolour on brown paper. In very good codition. Dated on the lower margin. The origin...
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1740s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Two Figures - Original Drawing by Henri Epstein - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Figures is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Epstein (1892-1944).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard (35x51 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Henri Epstein born in Lódz ( Russian Empire ) on January 14 , 1891 where theJune 20 , 18922 , 3 and died in deportation to Auschwitz ( Third Reich...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed ea...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Female Face - Drawing by Henri Epstein - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female Face is an Pencil Drawing realized by Henri Epstein (1892-1944).
Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a white cardboard (50x35 cm).
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Henri Epstein born in Lódz ( Russian Empire ) on January 14 , 1891 where theJune 20 , 18922 , 3 and died in deportation to Auschwitz ( Third Reich...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Nude Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 193...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Clinton Hill, (Nude #8), 1952, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
A Ca. 1915 Portrait of a Gentleman by Artist Anthony Stuffers
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1915 portrait of a gentleman by artist Anthony Stuffers. This artist died at the age of 26--so this is a rare drawing, indeed! Image size: 19 1/2" x 14 3/4". The watercolor...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
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 Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
A ca. 1950 Watercolor of Male Bathers in Morocco by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1950 watercolor of male bathers in Morocco by artist Andre Delfau. Image size: 7 1/2" x 7 3/4". Archivally matted to 14" x 14". Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Born in ...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache, Paper
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
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 Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of a Lady - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Lady is a pencil, ink and watercolor drawing realized by Hermann Paul.
Hand signed on the lower right corner. Passpartout included cm 40.5x30.5
Good condition.
René ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Lovers - Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Charcoal drawings.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
MB 807 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing on Arches Paper of Two Male Nude Models)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative drawing of two male nudes made with graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 18.5 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of two standing male n...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Archival Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Figure - Pencil by Auguste Jean Baptiste Roubille - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a graceful sketch in pencil realized by the French painter, illustrator, designer, and cartoonist Auguste Jean Baptiste Roubille.
The artwork i...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Clinton Hill, (Nude #2), 1950, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. From 1949 to 1951 he attended the Brooklyn...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
A Fine 1946 Modern Portrait Figure Study of a Handsome Young Male Model / Artist
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1940s, Mid-Century Modern Academic Portrait Figure Study of a Handsome Young Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well execut...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
The Architecture - Pencil Drawing - Mid- 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Architecture is an original Drawing in charcoal and pencil on paper realized by Hermine David in the mid-20th century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented through rapid...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Pencil
Erotic Scene - Pencil Drawing by Maurice Vertès - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an original pencil drawing realized by Maurice Vertès in the 1930s.
The little drawing is in good condition with some folding on yellowed paper.
On the back is the ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
A Fine 1930's, Depiction of a Boxing Match
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930's, Depiction of a Boxing Match by Francis Chapin. This dynamic drawing captures overlapping human forms rendered in expressive, gestural lines. There is a clear sense of ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Paper, Pastel
Man - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Man is a Colored lithograph realized by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca.
French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director.
Good conditions.
...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Lithograph
Two Men - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Two men is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1909.
Watercolor, ink, tempera and pencil on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing.
Gabriele Galant...
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Tempera, Watercolor, Pencil
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
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Gouache
Jonathan Winters, Old Cross Dresser, unique drawing in pen
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique drawing created by Jonathan Winters in 2001 using pen and ink. It is hand signed and dated, "May 22, 2001." Winters was an iconic American comedian, actor, aut...
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
MB 005 (Modern, Traditional Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nude drawing on Arches paper
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
22 x 15 inches unframed
Contemporary figurative life study drawing of a reclining male nu...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Conté, Graphite
The Dancer - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancer is a drawing realized by an anonymous in the mid-20th century.
Charcoal drawing on paper.
Written on the lower "EN DEUXIEME"
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
The Tree and Cat - Original Ink Drawing by Louis Touchagues - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Tree and Cat is an Original Drawing applied on a white Passepartout, realized by Louis Touchagues in the mid 20th century.
Drawing in ink and pen.
Hand-signed on the lower by t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Erotic Drawing n. 17 - 1930s - Marcel Vertès - Ink - Modern
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Drawing n. 17 is an original black China ink drawing on "British" ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed "Vertés" in black China ink on the lower righ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
WINDMILL AND WORKERS (Large Pastel)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
B.J.O. NORDFELDT (Swedish/American 1878 – 1955)
(WINDMILL AND WORKERS). c.1900. Color pastel on colored paper, unsigned. 22 ¼ x 15”. Sheet: 24 ½ x 18 ¼”. In 1900 Nordfeldt studied ...
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
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Erotic - Drawing by Maurice Vertès - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic is an original pencil drawing realized by Maurice Vertès in 1930s.
The little drawing is in good condition on a yellowed paper.
On the back the stamp of the collection by Comtesse Anna Laetitia...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
A Fine 1946 Modern Figure Study of a Handsome Young Male Model Wearing a Suit
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1940s, Mid-Century Modern Academic Figure Study Portrait of a Handsome, Seated Male Model Wearing a Suit by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1940s charcoal...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Paper
Horse - Drawing by Antonio Vangelli - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is a modern artwork realized by Antonio Vangelli.
Black marker drawing on paper.
Hand signed on the upper margin.
Includes frame.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Permanent Marker
On the Top, People Crossing the Mountains, Montana Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
On the Top, Montana, 1952
Watercolor and gouache on board
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 30 inches
25.5 x 34 inches framed
Frank Nelso...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Gouache
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Size: 1...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Profile of Woman - Charcoal Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Woman is a Charcoal drawing on paper realized by an unkown artist in the early 20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower, illegible.
Good conditions with some foxing.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Permanent Marker
Woman - Drawing by Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a Pencil drawing realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot in the Early 20th Century.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Hand-signed.
Pierre-Georges Jeanniot (1848–1934) wa...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
A Charming, Vintage 1930s Charcoal Drawing of a Saxophone Player, Jazz Musician
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, Vintage 1930s Charcoal Drawing of a Saxophone Player, Jazz Musician, by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A striking and lively figure study ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Nude of Woman - Original Drawing attr. to Paul Grain - Mid 20th Century
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original China Ink Drawing attributed to Paul Garin and realized in the mid-20th century.
Good condition on a brown paper.
No Signature.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Reader, oversize drawing of young woman reading, minimal color
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work was intentionally torn and mended. It predates the artist's full immersion, years later into torn and re-pasted collages, using ripped previous drawings and paper-based materials from media. These recently discovered 1984 oversize drawings on archival papers were created working quickly, from a live model. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artist's switch to working with her non- dominant left hand.
As a feminist, Anastasi's main focus is presenting other women. Unlike the often objectified male gaze...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Man Smoking Pipe, Modern Watercolor and Graphite by Paul Kohn
Located in Long Island City, NY
Paul Kohn - Man Smoking Pipe, Year: 1969, Medium: Watercolor and Graphite, signed and dated in pencil lower right, Size: 11 x 8.5 x 3 in. (27.94 x 21.59 x 7.62 cm), Frame Size: 1...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite, Watercolor
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Standing Male Nude (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Standing Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, earl...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Bull engaging the muleta (Bull Fight)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bull engaging the muleta (Bull Fight)
Signed with the Estate stamp lower left (See photo)
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Marbella Gallery Inc., NYC
Refer...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
A Compelling 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Compelling, 1951 Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Artwork is unframed, matted/...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
The Brave Soldier - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The brave soldier is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin.
G...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Nude of Woman - Charcoal Drawing by Gio Colucci - 20th Century
By Gio Colucci
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Of Woman is a charcoal drawing on brown paper. Unsigned. Good conditions except for some folds and some rips on the corners.
Prolific and eclectic, the Italian Gio Colucci (Florence, 1892 – Paris, 1974), also known in France as Geo Colucci, was a painter, engraver, illustrator, ceramist, and sculptor. From 1921, he exhibited his engravings in various salons. He worked with French publishers specialized in the illustrated books of high bibliophilia, and delivered series of remarkable prints for texts by Barbey d'Aurevilly, Pierre Loti, Guy Maupassant...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
A Fine 1930s Modern Drawing of a Figure Study Sketch Class, Artists at Easels
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Depicting an Artist's Sketch Class and a Seated Young Male Mode by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An excep...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Duncan Grant original 1954 watercolour 'Hero and Leander', signed with initials
By Duncan Grant
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Duncan Grant (British, 1885 – 1978)
Hero and Leander, 1954
Watercolour and gouache with crayon
Signed with initials and dated ‘DG. / 54’ (lower right)
8.3/4 x 13.7/8 in. (22.3 x 35.3 cm.)
Provenance: Paul Roche...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache
On the Air - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on cardboard realized by Mino Maccari in 1960s.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Watercolor
Beachside Village, Maine, 20th century landscape watercolor, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967)
Beachside Village, Maine
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
10 x 14 inches
17.75 x 21.75 inches, framed
A major painter of American ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
MB 001 (Modern, Academic Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude )
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing on Arches paper by Mark Beard
graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
22 x 15 inches unframed
Contemporary figurative life study drawing of ...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Graphite
Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Oscar Winning 1958 film The Defiant Ones Caricature
Located in New York, NY
"The Defiant Ones" Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Oscar Winning 1958 film Caricature. Two escaped convicts chained together, one white and one black, must l...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Board
African American Woman artist Mailou Jones Cezannian Cote d'Azur cubist village
Located in Norwich, GB
If you are interested in African American Art and in Women in the Arts, I will certainly not need to introduce Lois Mailou Jones (1905-1988). Often associated with the Harlem Renaissance, her
work can be found in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, the Brooklyn Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Muscarelle Museum of Art, and The Phillips Collection. I am proud to present an original watercolour painting by the artist which dates from the late 1940s or early 1950s.
Jones was born in Boston, Massachusetts to a father who became the first African-American to earn a law degree from Suffolk Law School. Jones's parents encouraged her to draw and paint using watercolors during her childhood. She held her first solo exhibition at the age of seventeen in Martha's Vineyard.
He career began in the 1930s and she continued to produce art work until her death in 1998 at the age of 92. Her style shifted and evolved multiple times in response to influences in her life, especially her extensive travels. She felt that her greatest contribution to the art world was "proof of the talent of black artists". Her work echoes her pride in her African roots and American ancestry.
In 1937, Jones received a fellowship to study in Paris at the Académie Julian, bringing her to France for the first time. The French were appreciative of her paintings and talent and Loïs Mailou Jones was thrilled at the country’s racial tolerance, so different from her reality in the United States.
She summered in France annually from 1945 to 1953, sharing studio with her lifelong friend Celine Marie Tabary in Cabris, France.
It was during one of these sojourns that the lovely work presented here was created.
Our painting depicts the village of Tourettes sur Loup, just north of Nice, in the Provence Cote d'Azur region, about 14 miles from Cabris.
Please note its similarities with her painting "Arreau, Hautes-Pyrénées" in the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Her portrayal of the picturesque village nestled in a valley evokes landscape paintings by Paul Cézanne, a stylistic influence she acknowledged.
Over the course of the following 10 years, Jones exhibited at the Phillips Collection, Seattle Art Museum, National Academy of Design, the Barnett-Aden Gallery, Pennsylvania's Lincoln University, Howard University, galleries in New York, and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. In 1952, the book Loïs Mailou Jones: Peintures 1937–1951 was published, reproducing more than one hundred of her art pieces completed in France.At the Barnett-Aden Gallery, Jones exhibited with a group of prominent black artists, such as Jacob Lawrence and Alma Thomas. These artists and others were known as the "Little Paris...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Cat - Original Drawing by Giselle Halff - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cat is a charcoal drawing realized by Giselle Halff (1899-1971).
Good conditions.
Giselle Halff (1899-1971) born in Hanoi, student of R.X. Prinet, R. Ménard, L. Simon, B. Boutet de...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Headland & Rocks, White Island, Maine, early 20th century watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Headland & Rocks, White Island, Maine, c. 1923
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
15 x 19.5 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...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Foot)
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 Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Russian Judaica Shtetl Klezmer Musicians
Located in Surfside, FL
Pastel or Tempera on paper. Judaica Shtetl scene of village.
Anatoli Lwowitch Kaplan was a Russian painter, sculptor and printmaker, whose works often reflect his Jewish origins.
his...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel, Tempera
Modern figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic 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, blue, yellow, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mino Maccari, Flor David, Gabriele Galantara, and Alberto Ziveri. 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 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 $11 and tops out at $648,500, while the average work sells for $409.
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