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 King - China Ink Drawing by A. R. Hallman - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The King is original black China ink and pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman.
Th...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Study of Hands - Pencil Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Hands is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of the early 20th Century.
Good condition, mounted on a white cardboard passpartou...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Grand Hotel - Original Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Grand Hotel is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of XX Century.
In good conditions except for a diffused foxing.
Not signed.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Urbanization - Watercolor Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Urbanization is an original watercolor drawing on paper, realized around the 1970s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Signed "Maccari" i...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Caricatures - Ink by Adolf Reinhold Hallman - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Caricatures is a beautiful black China original drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman arou...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Dictators - Ink by Adolf Reinhold Hallman - 1938
Located in Roma, IT
The Dictators is original black China ink and pastel drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nude of Woman - Ink Drawing by Toti Scialoja - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Nudity of Woman is an original china ink drawing realized by Toti Scialoja, born Antonio Scialoja (Roma, 1914 – 1998) in 1943.
The conditions of th...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen, Ink
Interior - Original Drawing In Pencil And Ink - 20th Century
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Interior is an original drawing in pencil and China ink on paper, realized by Jeanne Daour.
In very good conditions.
This artwork represents an admirable interior of a room, with a...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
The Reading - Original Etching by Pio Joris - Early 20th Century
By Pio Joris
Located in Roma, IT
The Reading is a beautiful etching print artwork realized by Pio Joris in the early 20th Century.
In very good condition.
Included a Passepartout: 49 x 34 cm.
Pio Joris (1843–19...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Nude Woman - Original Pen and Watercolor by André MeauxSaint-Marc - 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is a pen and watercolor drawing realized by the artist André MeauxSaint-Marc (1885-1941)
Good conditions except for aged margins and cutting.
Beautiful nude standing created through deft black strokes...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Cardboard
Face of Bearded Men, Pen and Ink on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size)
Pen and Ink on Paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
The exceptions are the faces such as the profiles of bearded men...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Firenze - Visita agli Uffizi - Original Ink on Paper - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Firenze - Visita agli Uffizi is an original china ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by an unknown artist, whose signature is not readable, in 1880s.
On the bottom right m...
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1880s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Sea Fantasy - Drawing In Pen by Bruno Angoletta - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sea Fantasy is a drawing in pen realized by Italian artist Bruno Angoletta.
Hand-signed on the lower in pencil.
Included a Passepartout: 30 x 40 cm.
Good condition.
The artwork...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
The Embrace - China Ink - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men Embracing is an original artwork in China ink on ivory-colored paper realized by Anonymous Artist of early 20th Century.
The state of preservation is...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Voyeurs - Black Marker Drawing on Paper - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original black marker drawing on ivory-colored paper realized by Leo Guida the 1970s.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Not signed.
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Permanent Marker
The Official - Original Tempera and Watercolor Drawing by G. Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
The Official is a very beautifull tempera and watercolor drawing by Gabriele Galantara (1910).
The little picture is in good conditions on a yellowed cardboard.
Some notes on the b...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor
Porcelain Vases - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Vases is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper realized in 1890 ca.
In very good conditions.
This artwork represents various models of po...
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1890s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Woman Carrying the Burden - Original Drawing by G. Gôbo - Early 20th Century
By Georges Gobo
Located in Roma, IT
Woman carrying the burden is an original sanguine drawing on thick serrated sheet on the left side, realized at the beginning of the 20th Century by the artist Georges Gôbo (Saint Fr...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Monks at the Well - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by André Maire - Mid-20th century
By André Maire
Located in Roma, IT
Monks at the well is an original watercolored drawing in ink on paper, realized by the French artist André Maire (1898-1985). Unsigned.
With autograph pe...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Car - Original China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
The car is an original drawing in china ink and white lead on creamy paper glued on ivory paper, realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937), in 1910s.
In good conditions.
This is ...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Nun
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Nun" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower right corne...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Masks
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Masks" c.1980 is a watercolor on heavy watercolor paper by California artist Charlotte Huntley. It is signed at the lower right corner ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Musicologist Léon Vallas - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Musicologist Leon Vallas is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of Mid-20th century.
The little artwork is in good conditions, except for a stain on the bac...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figure - Original Drawing by Henri Espinouze - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in watercolor and china ink on paper realized in 1957 by Henri Espinouze (1915-1982).
Hand-signed on the lower right and dated.
The state of preservat...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Figures - Ink Drawing by Louis Touchagues - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an artwork realized by Louis Touchagues (1893 - 1974).
Original ink drawing on paper, signed plus stamp from the Touchagues workshop.
Good conditions, good cosmetic wear...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Nude of woman - Original Pencil Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of woman is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Italian Artist of 19th Century.
In excellent conditions: As good as new.
Not signed.
Image Dime...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Female Figure - Original Pencil Drawing by Herta Hausmann - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper made by Herta Haausmann (1892-1972).
Black marker pen on paper.
In good condition. This is an original drawing representi...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
“Seated Model in Red Bra”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original graphite and colored pencil drawing on archival paper of a woman seated in a red bra by the well known American artist, Raphael Soyer. Signed lower r...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite
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Naked Woman Lying - Original Artwork by Louis Touchagues - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Naked Woman Lying is an original artwork realized by Louis Touchagues (1893 - 1974).
Original ink sketch drawing on paper.
Hand-signed.
The artwork represents a "Naked woman lying...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Fakir - Original Mixed Media by Eric Hugon - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fakir is an original drawing in mixed media on paper, realized by Eric Hugon.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Titled on the lower center in French.
In very good condition.
The ar...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor
Figures of Women - Original Drawing by C. L. Moulin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures of Women is an original pencil drawing realized by Charles Lucien Moulin in the early 20th century.
Good conditions, on a brown paper.
A little stamp of the artist on the l...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Still Life - Original Pencil Drawing by Serge Fontinsky - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original sketch pencil drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions, minor cosmetic wear.
Hand-signed on the lower...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Figure - Drawing - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original artwork realized by an artist of the 1970s.
Chalk drawing on black cardboard.
Good conditions.
Illegible signature in white chalk on the lower right margin.
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Cardboard
Portrait of a Woman - Original Pencil Drawing by S. Fontinsky - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions, minor cosmetic wear.
Hand-signed on the...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
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
Innocem V - Original Pencil by Achille Deveria - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Innocem V is an original artwork realized by Achille Deveria (1800-1857) .
Original pencil drawing on paper.
The state of preservation is good.
Han...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Nude of Woman - Original Pen Drawing by Tibor Gertler - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman 1947 is an original pen drawing realized by Tibor Gertler in 1947.
Good conditions, mounted on a yellowed cardboard.
Hand-signed by the artist on the upper left corne...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Naked Female - Original Pencil Drawing by Tibor Gertler - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Naked Female is an original pencil drawing realized by Tibor Gertler.
In very good conditions, mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (40x60).
Hand-s...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Le Nouveau Napoleon - Original Pen Drawing by Emile Rouff - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Le Nouveau Napoleon is an original pen drawing realized by Emile Rouff in 1929.
The little picture is in good conditions on a yellowed paper.
Some pencil...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Female Silhouette - Watercolor Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Female Silhouette is an original drawing on paper, realized around the 1970s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Musician - Original Drawing by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Musician is an original artwork realized by Emmanuel Gondouin (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934) in 1930's.
This charcoal drawing is a study for the ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Garibaldi to Aspromonte - Oleography by V. Malinverno - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Garibaldi to Aspromonte is an original artwork realized by V. Malinverno in the 1930s.
Original Oleography.
Good condition.
The artist represented a scene in which Garibaldi, afte...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color
Night Noise - Original Ink and Watercolor - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Night Noise is an original China ink and watercolor realized by an artist of the early 20th century.
The little picture is ona yellowed paper, with some spots and stains.
Sigled on...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
On the Street - Pen Drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Per strada (On the Street) is an original pen drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Black Ch...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Soldiers - Pencil and Pastel - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original pencil and pastels drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the mid-20th Century.
In very good conditions. Image Dimensions:...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
Sacred Scene - Original Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Sacred Scene" is an original drawing in tempera on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimensio...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Couple in Hat Walking from Behind - Pencil by Wauquier - Mid-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple in hat walking from behind is an original drawing in pencil with gray tip on paper, realized by E. O. Wauquier.
Good conditions except for minor cosmetic wear.
Hand-signed WAUQUIER. French school of the XIXth century. Grid paper...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Welcome - Charcoal and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Welcome is an original charcoal drawing and watercolor realized by Mino Maccari in 1945.
The beautiful artwork is in good conditions on a brown paper, mounted on a black cardboard p...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Female Nude - Watercolor by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nudo femminile (Female Nude) is an original watercolor drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino ...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Figures of Women - Original Drawing by C. L. Moulin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures of Women is an original pencil drawing realized by Charles Lucien Moulin in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions on a brown paper, except for ome stains.
A little stamp ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Figures of Women - Original Pencil Drawing by C. L. Moulin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures of Women is an original pencil drawing realized by the french painter Charles Lucien Moulin in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions on a brown paper, except for worn pape...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Bedroom - Pen Drawing by Leo Longanesi - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
The Bedroom is an original pen drawing realized by Leo Longanesi in 1937.
The little drawing is in good conditions, sigled and numbered on the lower lef...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
The Serenade of La Malfa - Ink Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1965
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Serenade of La Malfa is an original China ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1965.
The artwork is in good conditions except for small yellow stains.
Hand-signed by the art...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figure - Drawing in Charcoal on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1960
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original drawing in pencil on Ivory paper.
Hand-signed in pencil n by ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Self-portrait - Charcoal Drawing by M. Maccari - 1929 ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Self-portrait of Mino Maccari is an original modern artwork realized by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original drawing in pencil on paper.
Hand-signed...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Woman - Watercolor Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original modern artwork realized the 1950s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original drawing in watercolor on paper
Hand-signed on the low...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Female Nude - Pencil on Paper by Herta Hausmann - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude is a drawing in pencil realized in the early 20th Century by Herta Hausmann.
Stamped on the rear.
Good conditions, except for stains and aged margins.
This interesting...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Female Figure - Ink Drawing by Herta Hausmann - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original china ink drawing on ivory paper made by Herta Haausmann (1892-1972).
Black marker pen on paper.
In good condition. This is an original drawing represe...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
House Outside - Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
House Outside is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the Early 20th Century.
In very good conditions.
Not signed. This artwo...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Fashionable Women - Original Ink Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fashionable Women is an original drawing in china ink by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
This modern artwork represents a standing women dressed-up and with a sophist...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Modern figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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