Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Ancient View of Strasburg is an original modern artwork realized in the Mid-19th Century. Original B/W Lithograph on Ivory Paper. Inscripted on the lower central margin: Strasburg...

Houses is a drawing realized by Lacones Lestnille  in the Mid-20th Century. Ink and watercolor on paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft e...

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...

Delicate depiction of a fly fisherman in the rain by Harvey Eckert (American, 1946-2018). This highly detailed landscape watercolor depicts a man fishing in the rain, wading into the water as he smokes a pipe under a tree. Signed and dated in the lower right corner. Presented in a wood frame with a double mat and anti-glare glass. A check from the original purchase is attached to verso (blurred for privacy). Image size: 14"H x 18"W Harvey Eckert (American, 1946-2018) was an American artist from Kansas. He attended Colby Community College, Hays Emporia State and graduated from Wichita University with two degrees. While living in Montana, he was employed by Bob Wards, Fran Johnson’s Sporting Goods and Cashell Engineers as a surveyor and draftsman. Eckert illustrated three books, Caddisflies by the late Gary LaFontaine, Montana Trout Flies and The Master Fly Weaver by the late George Grant. He did illustrations for the following publications: Montana Outdoors, Colorado Streamside, The River Rat published by Trout Unlimited, Fly Fisherman, Rod and Reel...

Projet de Fontaine is a lovely and fun drawing and China ink, probably a sketch for an illustration, realized by the French painter, illustrator, and writer Amandine Doré...

Sketch of Egyptian Temple is an original drawing in watercolor and Ink realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Good conditions except ...

Woman is a modern artwork realized by the French artist,  Jules Marie Auguste Leroux  ( Paris 1871-1954) painter and illustrator. A pencil ...

Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair Watercolor on paper mounted on rag paper support, c. 1930 Signed with the Estate Stamp B Provenance: Estate of the Artist ...

The Lady is an original artwork realized by Unknown Artisti, in the early 20th Century. Beautiful pencil drawing on cardboard. Good conditions. Not signed.

Nude of Woman is an artwok realized by the French Artist Emile André Leroy. Pastel Drawing on paper. Hand Signed in the left margin. Good conditions except fo a small tear in the r...

Men is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895). Good conditions. No signature. F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a French p...

Landscape is a drawing realized by Juan André Perroud in the mid-20th century. Watercolor on paper. Stamped on the lower right. Good conditions. The artwork is realized through b...

Ryan is a contemporary artwork realized by Ryan Mendoza in 2000. Pencil and charcoal on paper. Hand signed on the lower margin. Provenance: Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia Born in 1971 in New York, Mendoza's personal story is subsequently intertwined with the two extremes of Europe, Naples and Berlin, the two cities in which he has lived and worked up to now. In his works he represents complex theatricality, models anatomies, doses colours, calibrates lights, draws on a rich archive of memories, confusing ancient pictorial wisdom and contemporary risks. The artist's attention is particularly focused on portraits in which he carries out distortions and alterations: he exhibits perspective disproportions, reveals anatomical dissonances, manifests dystonias between the characters in the foreground and the backgrounds. His characters appear "possessed", it is no coincidence that the title of the 2010 solo show at the Muse d'Arte Contemporanea Donna Regina in Naples is "The possessed...

Portrait of Molière is a drawing realized by Karl Hanny in the Late-19th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized throug...

Composition is an original drawing in pen realized in the mid-20th Century by an anonymous Artist. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced ...

Reclined Nude is an original Charcoal and Watercolour Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition except for some little cuts on the lower margin of the pap...

Au Cimetière Monsieur... is a black pencil and watercolor drawing realized by Francis Picabia in 1931. Hand signed lower left, with title lower right. A certificate of inclusion in the Catalog Raisonné being prepared by the Picabia Committee, dated 30 October 2019, will be delivered in original along with the work. Drawing originally realized by Picabia to illustrate the important volume "Le Peseur d'Ames" by André Maurois, published by Editions Antoine Roche in 1931. Though specifically realized for the volume, the drawing was not selected for publication and remained in the artist's personal collection. Cm. 27,4x22. Good conditions. Francis Picabia (1879-1953) was born in Paris to a french mother and a Spanish father who was chancellor at the Cuban embassy in Paris. He had a comfortable childhood, even though he was emotionally troubled. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. At the beginning of his career, from 1908 to 1913, he was strongly influenced first by the Barbizon School and by Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, then by impressionism, cubism and finally abstractionism. Around 1911 he joined the Puteaux Group which he met in the studio of Jacques Villon in the village of Puteaux. He then became friends with the artist Marcel Duchamp. Some members of the group were Apollinaire, Albert Gleizes, Roger de La Fresnaye, Fernand Léger and Jean Metzinger. From 1913 to 1915 Picabia was often in New York. These years can be identified as the proto-Dada period, which consists mostly of the so-called mechanical portraits (portraits méchaniques): these works ironically proposed mechanistic themes of random tangles of metal parts, paintings and drawings of machines. All these mechanisms on the one hand mocked the cult of the machine, on the other they alluded to sexual intercourse...

Conversation is a pen drawing Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rom...

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.5 X 19.5 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. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...

Figure is an original drawing in pencil and china ink on paper, realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. The status of preservation is good and aged except for som...

Love is a drawing realized by Charles Lemoin in the Mid-19th Century. Pencil on paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.

Flowers is a Color Marker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born in Le Havr...

Suzanne LALIQUE XVIII Century Women Costume Original carbon pencil and gouache on vellum Signed with the stamp of atelier on the back On vellum 31 x 24 (c. 12 x 9.4 in) Very good c...

Sunil Das - Aaamar Kabi - 10 x 7 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal...

The Church is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century. China ink ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized throu...

An early 1940s fashion study featuring and advertisement for Marshall Field & Company featuring the "Southern Collection by Nettie Rosenstien". Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Fo...

Horse Riders is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions with slight folding. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-R...

Women is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century. Ink and watercolor on Paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.

Nude is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressi...

Die moralische Eifersucht  is a contemporary artwork realized by Friedrich Schröder Sonnenstern in 1964. Pencil and colored chalks on Schoellershammer cardboard. Signed "F. S. SONN...

Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expr...

A wonderfully evocative scene of a passenger looking out to sea on the deck of an ocean liner - from the golden age of cruising. Sir David Muirhead Bone On a P & O, Mediterranean ev...

Marie LAURENCIN Ballerina Original drawing Signed with the stamp of the artist On paper 10 x 16 cm (c. 6.2 x 3.93 in) Good condition, the paper slightly yellowish

Men of Power is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Two drawings attached to Cardbard artwork have been realized in ink on paper. Included...

Figure is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin. T...

Portrait of Woman is an original black marker drawing realized by and Unknown artist and signed in pencil "Borély". Hand signed, good condition. Included a white cardboard passpart...

Meeting is a charcoal drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June ...

The Envy is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong...

Cloudy mountain landscape is an original modern artwork attributed to Edward Theodore Compton. Located and dated on the back of the artwork. ...

George Bissill (1896-1973) Watching over the farmhouse in Stow-on-the-Wold Pencil sketch 25 x 39 cm Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designe...

7e Hussards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. Hand-signed. T...

Figures is a china ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June...

War is a china ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16,...

The Kitten is a Drawing in pencil realized by Augusto Monari in the Early-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions, including a creamy-colored Passepartout. The art...

The Cat is an original drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by Marie Paulette Lagosse (1921-1996). Hand-signed on the lower right in pen. The state of preservation of t...

Destructed Houses is al drawing realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Early 20th Century. Carbon Pencil on ivory-colored paper Stamped on the lower. Good conditions with slight foxi...

The Boy is a Drawing in pencil, watercolor, and white lead realized by Augusto Monari in the Early-20th Century. Monogrammed on the lower. Good conditions, including a creamy-colo...

George Bissill (1896-1973) Exploring the Lake District Watercolour 20 x 28 cm Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mini...

Study of Nudes is an Original Pencil Drawing on Paper realized by an Unknown Artist in mid-20th century. No signature. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident and sugge...

Houses on the River is an original drawing in watercolor on creamy cardboard realized by Georges-Renè Gautier (1887-1969). In good conditions, except for some signs of aging. Not s...

Buddah is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-20th century by Helen Vogt. Mixed media colored painting. Hand signed on the lower right margin. D...

George Bissill (1896-1973) Church view from the railway Watercolour 28 x 40 cm Signed to lower right Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture design...

Prière du Christ is an original modern artwork realized by the French artist and sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (Montauban, 1861 - 1929) in the first years of the 20th Century. Original colored watercolor on paper. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the upper left corner: Bourdelle. Titled on the lower right corner in pencil: Prière du Christ. Excellent conditions. Beautiful and fresh painting depicting christ in prayer. The figure is luminous and the background completely blue. The color gives a great brightness to the whole painting. The figure of Christ is kneeling and wearing a very bright white toga. This work has been realized by the French artist Antoine Bourdelle (Montabaun, 1861 - 1929). Born Émile Antoine Bordelles, he was an influential and prolific French sculptor and teacher. He was a student of Auguste Rodin, a teacher of Giacometti and Henri Matisse, and an important figure in the Art Deco movement and the transition from the Beaux-Arts style to modern sculpture. His studio became the Musée Bourdelle, an art museum dedicated to his work. In 1885, he moved into the studio on 16, impasse du Maine - which is now the museum. That same year, his paster cast of La Première victoire d'Hannibal (The First Victory of Hannibal) won a medal at the Salon of French Artists. In 1900, Bourdelle decorated the theatre of the Grevin Museum. In 1909, Bourdelle started teaching at the Grande Chaumière Academy, where his students included Alberto Giacometti, Germaine Richier, Vieira da Silva and Otto...

The Tamer is a Charcoal and watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-...

Carol Johnson (American, c. 1917-2003) Untitled (American Family), c. 1950 Watercolor and paper mounted to board 13 5/8 x 23 inches Signed lower right: C...

Snake Tail is an original artwork realized between the XIX century and the XX century by Henry Somm. Original black and white pen drawings on paper. The artwork represents an ironi...

Figures is a watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...

Birds is a Color Markers Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Paris 1980). Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook. No signature. Reynold Arnould was born...

Landscape with Trees is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in 1935 in Marac. Pencil Drawing, hand signed on the lower margin left and dated "Marac 1935" on the lef...

Nude from the back is a graceful sketch in pencil realized by the French painter, illustrator, designer, and cartoonist Auguste Jean Baptiste Roubille . ...