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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
The Sun and the Earth - Drawing in Pencil and Watercolor - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sun and the Earth is an original Drawing in watercolor and pencil on ivory-colored paper realized by Gustave Bourgogne in the early 20th century. Good conditions. The artwork h...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of Teacher - Original Pencil Drawing by A.C.C. Rodet - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Teacher is an interesting pencil drawing on paper divided into millimeters realized by Anne Charlotte Claudine Rodet. The drawing, presenting the initials “A.R.” on the ...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of a Noblewoman - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Noblewoman is a black market Drawing realized by Hermann Paul. Hand signed on the lower left corner. Good condition. René Georges Hermann-Paul (27 December 1864 – 2...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Female Figures - Drawing by Abel de Pujol - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figures is a Pencil Drawing realized by Abel de Pujol (1785-1861). Good condition included a white and blue cardboard passpartout (49x35 cm). No signature. Alexandre-Denis-...
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Early 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original Charcoal and Watercolour Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist with penci...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Figure of Woman - Original Tempera and China Ink signed "Avitch" - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of woman is an original artwork realized by an unknown artist and signed "Avitch" in 1980s. Tempera and china ink drawing in good conditions on a yellow paper. Hand-signed b...
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1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Tempera

The Aggressors - Drawing by Jules Joseph Montjoye - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The aggressors is a modern artwork realized by Jules Joseph Montjoye in 19th century. China ink drawing. Includes frame: 19 x 25.5 cm
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1890s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Portrait - China Ink by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in Mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) w...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Crucifixion - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The crucifixion is an original drawing in pencil on paper applied on a paper Passepartout realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Good conditions, with very small diffused stains. The artwork represents the crucifixion of Christ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Seated Figure - Original Drawing - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Figure is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by an unknown artist in mid-19th century. The artwork is in good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (32x50 cm). N...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Sleeping Girl - China Ink By Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Girll is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th Century. Good condition on a cream colored paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil. Mino ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

1950s "Mask" Mid Century Nude Ink Figure Drawing NYC Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Mask" c.1950s Ink on paper Black dark wood frame 10.25"x17.25" Unsigned Came from artist estate Introducing an original piece by the American artist Donald Stacy title...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Domination - Oil pastel by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Domination is an original Oil Paste realized by Mino Maccari in Mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil. Mino Maccari (1898-198...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Nude of Woman - Original Pencil by Charles Lucien Moulin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by Charles Lucien Moulin in the early 20th Century. Good conditions on a brown paper, except for worn paper on the left and righ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Nude - Original Drawing by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in Pencil, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter, eng...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Winter landscape - Drawing by Emilio Longoni - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media artwork (tempera, watercolor and pencil) on cardboard by Emilio Longoni. Hand signed by the artist on the lower right margin. Includes gilded frame.
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Tempera, Watercolor

Playing Fauna - Original Watercolor Etching by Bernardino Nocchi - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Playing Fauna is original watercolored etching realized by artist Bernardino Nocchi. Signed on the plate non the lower right. The state of preserva...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Etching

Un Grise sur les Bleus - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Un Grise sur les Bleus is a Drawing realized by Hermann Paul. This drawing has colored pencil sketches on the back. Good condition. René Georges Hermann-Paul (27 December 1864 – ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Carriage - Original Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Carriage is an Original Drawing in Charcoal realized by Edouard Dufeu (1840-1900). Good conditions except for diffused foxings. The Artwork is depicted...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Admiration - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Admiration is an original Charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1980. Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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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

The Visit - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Visit is a black marker drawing realized by Hermann Paul . Hand signed on the lower left corner. Good condition except for some foxing and yellowed paper . René Georges Herman...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Bike Woman - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bike Woman is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Norbert Meyre. The little artwork on a yellowed paper is in good condition. No Signature. Norbert Meyre is a French Illustr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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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

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Charcoal

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

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Ink

Untitled, Lonely Abstract Landscape Italian Expressionist Oil Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Genre: Expressionist Subject: Landscape Medium: oil Surface: board Country: Italy unsigned Ivan Kurach (1909 – 1968) Ukranian-Italian lived and studied in Italy. Born in the Ukraine...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Board

Landscape - Charcoal and Watercolor By Mino Maccari - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original Charcoal and watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s. Good condition, hand-signed by the artis. Some sketches of the artist on the back of the paper. ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Circus in Villefranche-sur-Mer- Drawing in Pencil - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Circus is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1948 and attributed to Géo François. Titled and dated on the lower right and dated in pencil. The State of preservation is very ...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Child - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Child is a pencil and pastel Drawing realized by Hermann Paul. Dated "1916" on the lower right corner. Passpartout included cm 50x35 Good condition except some foxing . René Georg...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Les Hommes - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Les Hommes is a charcoal Drawing realized by Hermann Paul . On the back another drawing. Passpartout included cm 35x51 Good condition. René Georges Herma...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Landscape - Ink and Pastel Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original china ink and pastels drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of XX Century. In very good conditions. Illegible signature on the low...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Ink

Figures - Drawing by Jules Chadel - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realize by Jules Chadel in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is represented through soft pencil strokes.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Sketches - China Ink by Carlo Rivalta - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is an original draing in China ink realized by Riv (Carlo Rivalta) in the 1930s. Good conditions. Hand-signed. The artwork is realized through soft lines and represents t...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing by Véronique Veron - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by Véronique Veron in about 1950. Pencil Drawing. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin. Passpartout cm 65x50. Good Conditions. Véronique Veron (1927) was born in Budapest on May 10, 1927. As a painter, she belongs to the Ecole Lyonnaise. She attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Member of the Salon d'Automne and the Independents and the drawing and watercolor painting fair, she participated in the young Mediterranean painting...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Standing Figure with Arms Upward - Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Figure with Arms Upward is an original artwork attributed to Paul Grain and realized in the first years of the 20th Century. Cardboard passepartout included (cm 49 x 34). Ve...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Woman with Baby - Ink Drawing by Aurelio De Felice - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed and dated, on ivory colored paper. In good conditions, except some foxings and little stains on the margins.
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Etching

Kurhessisches Corps - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Kurhessisches Corps is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. Hand-si...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

New York Banker - Ink by Adolf Reinhold Hallman - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
New York Banker is original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman around 1...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of Dog - Original Pencil Drawing - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Dog is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of the mid 20th Century. Good condition, no signature. On a white cardboard.
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Conversation - Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1952
Located in Roma, IT
Conversation is an original drawing in pen realized by Mino Maccari in 1952. Hand-signed at the top left Dated "1952". Good conditions except for slight folding on the margins. M...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Woman in an Interior - Drawing by Claudin Felix - 1890
Located in Roma, IT
Woman in an Interior is a pencil drawing realized by Claudin Felix in 1890. Good condition on a brown paper included a white cardboard passpartout (25x16 cm). No signature.
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Landscape - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in Pencil on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Good Conditions but aged. The artwork is depicted through free strok...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait - Original Charcoal Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Charcoal Drawing realized by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900). Good condition included a blue cardboard Passepartout (22x 16 cm). Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. Edouard Dufeu coming from a family originally from Egypt, Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Gathering - Original Drawing by Alfred Grévin - Late-19 Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gathering is an original Original drawing in ink by Alfred Grévin in the 19th Century. Good condition. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in a well-balanced composition.
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Femme Allongée - Charcoal Drawing on Paper - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Femme allongée is a superb original charcoal drawing on paper, realized by an unknown French artist in the end of XX century. A beautiful and sensual woman is laying down on a bed a...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Woman - Original Drawing by Saul Milliet - 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Saul Milliet (1844-1920). Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (63x50 cm). No signature.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Bernard BOUTET DE MONVEL (1881 - 1949), "Portrait of Miss Lise Brissaud"
Located in Paris, FR
Bernard Boutet de Monvel was a French painter, sculptor, engraver, fashion illustrator and interior decorator. Although first known for his etchings, he earned notability for his pai...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Le Caveau - Original Drawing by Gustave Jean Jacquet - 1880
Located in Roma, IT
Le Caveau is an original drawing realized by Gustave Jean Jacquet in 1880 (1846-1909). The little artwork is a pencil. China Ink, Biacca and watercolor. Good condition included a c...
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1880s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor, Ink

Nude - Watercolor by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Meeting - Ink Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Meeting is an original china ink drawing realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Hand-signed on the lower right. Good conditions. The artwork is represented throu...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Sacred Scene - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Sacred Scene" is an original drawing in ink on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the early 20th Century . The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet d...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Musical Group - Drawing by Georges Guido Filiberti - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
The Musical Group is an Original Drawing, china ink on yellowed paper, realized by the french artist Georges Guido Filiberti. Hand signed on th...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Men in Discussion - Original Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Men in Discussion is an original Drawing in China ink and watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in mid 20th century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Mac...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

The Meeting - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Meeting is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (France, 1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann Re...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Urban Landscape - Original Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Urban Landscape is an original artwork, pencil on paper. Is not signed and dated but we can attribute it to the french artist Paul Garin. This beautiful modern artwork representin...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an Original Drawing in pencil carbon on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. With another port...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

The Border - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Border is an original watercolor drawing on paper, realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower, illegible. Good condition. The artwork...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of Man - Drawing by Louis G. Brillouin - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a Pencil Drawing realized by Louis Georges Brillouin in 1847. Good condition on a grey paper, included a white cardboard passpartout (...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Medusa Mask - Black China Ink, Pencil and Watercolor Drawing - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
"Medusa Mask" is an original black China ink, pencil and watercolor drawing on paper glued on ivory-colored cardboard, signed and dated by Eugene Berman, ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil, Watercolor

"Landscape with Two Figures" original monotype and drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this monotype print, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a scene of two young men relaxing within a pastoral landscape. On the back of the print, Spicuzza has left her prepar...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Monotype

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