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
Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized my Mino Maccari in 1950s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Posing Nudes - Charcoal Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Nudes is a drawing realized by an Anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Charcoal on paper.
Good Conditions.
The artworks are represented through strong deft strokes and nudes whil...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study of a by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1951 graphite on paper, black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Artwork size: 19" x 12 1/2". Archivally matted to 24" x 20". Provenance...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite, Paper
$285 Sale Price
70% Off
The Knight and the Lady - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed in pencil.
Some minor signs of the time on edgex.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Homme à l'agneau, mangeur de pastèque et flûtiste
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed, dated and numbered “Picasso / 3.2.67 / II” (upper right)
Crayon on paper
Hailed among the fathers of modern art, Pablo Picasso possessed a seemingly e...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon
The Thinker? —vintage drawing, original 'Superman' artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Nowak, 'The Thinker?', conté crayon and India ink, c. 1940s. Signed in ink, lower left. Original cartoon drawing, on textured, off-white wove dra...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Conté, India Ink
Male Lying Nude - In Celebration of Pride Month
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community.
This is a drawing from the artist's sketchbooks. This pencil drawing shows a nude male in repose, The drawing is dated November 30 '36 (1936). Clearly the works are authentic and this sketch is signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt...
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$200 Sale Price
20% Off
Couple - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th century.
Monogrammed on the lower right
Black China ink on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foldi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1930s.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1940s.
Monogrammed on the lower.
Good condition.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was a...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Thinker - Drawing - Late 19th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Thinker is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in late 19th century
Ink and watercolor on paper
Good condition.
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Modernist Conte Crayon Drawing Beach Scene David Burliuk Russian Futurist
Located in Surfside, FL
David Burliuk (Ukrainian, 1882-1967)
Three figure on the beach (Hamptons, Long Island New York)
Conte crayon drawing on paper.
Hand signed lower left.
Unframed
Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions
David Davidovich Burliuk (Дави́д Дави́дович Бурлю́к; 1882-1967) was a Russian poet, artist and publicist of Ukrainian origin associated with the Futurist and Neo-Primitivist movements. Burliuk has been described as "the father of Russian Futurism."
David Burliuk was born on 21 July 1882 in the village of Riabushky (near Lebedyn, Ukraine) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. Burliuk's family was artistically inclined; two of his brothers were talented artists as well, Nikolai and Volodimir Burliuk. The Burliuk family partly descended from Ukrainian Cossacks on their father's side, who held premier positions in the Hetmanate. His mother, Ludmyla Mikhnevich, was of ethnic Belarusian descent.
From 1898 to 1904, he studied at Kazan and Odesa art schools, as well as at the Royal Academy in Munich. His exuberant, extroverted character was recognized by Anton Azhbe, his professor at the Munich Academy, who called Burliuk a "wonderful wild steppe horse". During a time of significant industrialization and political change, movements such as the famed Der Blaue Reiter, a group Burliuk associated with in 1912, while he was in Munich, emphasized a shift away from the classical styles of the past, prioritizing the innovations of the future.
In 1907, he made contact with the Russian art world; he met and befriended Mikhail Larionov, and they are both credited as being major forces in bringing together the contemporary art world. In 1908, an exhibition with the group Zveno ("The Link") in Kiev was organized by David Burliuk together with Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, Alexander Bogomazov, his brother Volodymyr (Wladimir) Burliuk and Aleksandra Exter. The exhibition was a flop, especially because they were all unknown painters. The Burliuks and Larionov left for the aforementioned brothers' home in Chernianka, also known as Hylea; it was during this stay that their work became more Avant-Garde. That autumn, while visiting Ekster, they organized an exhibition which took place in the street; it was a success, and enough money was raised to go to Moscow.
In 1909, Burliuk painted a portrait of his future wife, Marussia, on a background of flowers and rocks...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Crayon
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer in Uniform Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Distinguished Military Officer
pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 11 x 8.5 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound condition - a few wear a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
French Gouache Portrait Study of Three Navajo and Kumeyaay Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Portrait Study of Three Navajo and Kumeyaay Figures
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
The House - Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The House is a modern artwork realized by in the 19 th century
Charcoal drawings.
Good conditions
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
View of Paris - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
View of Paris is an artwork realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s.
Watercolor drawing on paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork is created through deft brushstokes and har...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Weavers in Canyon de Chelly Arizona
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Weavers in Canyon de Chelly Arizona
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed pape...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Self Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1935 ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1935 ca.
Hand signed lower right.
Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Ink on paper. 12 x 19 inches. Pogolotti lived in Paris in the 1930s. The drawing here comes from the collection of his Parisian ophthalmologist, Dr. Prokopenko . Unfortunately, the artist lost his eyesight in 1938.
Marcelo Pogolotti (1902–1988) was a Cuban painter...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Gravesend
By James McBey
Located in Storrs, CT
Gravesend. August 1928. Ink and watercolor on paper. 13 1/2 x 21. Signed and dated in ink, lower left; and titled in ink, verso. Housed in a 24 1/2 x 31-inch Whistler-style gold frame.
Gravesend is a town in northwest Kent, England, on the south bank of the Thames, opposite Tilbury in Essex, about 15 miles southeast of London.
Born in Newburgh near Aberdeen, James McBey attended evening classes at Graydon's School of Art and taught himself etching, building his own press at the age of fifteen. He moved to London to prepare for a one-man show at Goupil's Gallery, and shortly after this highly successful first show, he traveled to Morocco with James Kerr Lawson...
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$1,925 Sale Price
44% Off
The lonely man - Original China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
The lonely man, in 1910s, is an original drawing in china ink on creamy paper realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).
In good conditions.
This is an...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an artwork realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Watercolor on paper.
Hand-signed by the artist.
Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Busy Figures In Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original gouache on paper stuck on card
size: 18 x 25 inches
condition: very good and ready t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
French Cubist Landscape Gouache Painting Framed Original Gallery Label
Located in Buffalo, NY
Gouache of a French cityscape titled "Street in Gordes France" by Sylvia Davis. This piece was originally part of the lending and sales gallery of the Memorial Art Gallery of the Uni...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$871 Sale Price
20% Off
Landscape - Charcoal Drawing on Paper by R. Santerne-Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a beautiful original drawing on paper realized by Robert Santerne between the 1930s and 1940s.
Stamped on the rear "Atelier R.Santerne"
Aged conditions with repaired r...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers, Modern French School
Located in London, GB
'The Parade of Fairground Wrestlers', India ink on art paper, Modern French School (early 1900s). Traveling shows often held promotional events before opening in local areas to generate enthusiasm for the spectacle. This is an intriguing depiction of the various acts on stage strutting their stuff before an audience of potential customers. On the platform, fairground wrestlers mix with clowns, dancers, a percussionist in bolero hat...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, India Ink
Trees - Original China Ink and Pen Drawing by Gustave Pierre- Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trees is an Original China Ink and Pen Drawing realized by Gustave Pierre.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Good condition included a white cardboard passpartout (48.5x32.5 cm).
Gustave René Pierre...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Veduta Prospettica di un Ponte - Drawing by Carlo and Adolfo Coppedè - 1911
Located in Roma, IT
Outstanding drawing realized fro Expo Roma by Carlo and Adolfo Coppedè in 1911.
Charcoal on paper mounted on stretcher.
Includes a beautiful iron frame by Roberto Fallani, realized...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Rare Charles Burchfield Drawing Book plate Rare Black and White Museum Framed
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original rare bookplate drawing by Charles Burchfield featuring his most famous motifs of sunflowers.
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Archival Ink
Travelers - Original Drawing by Charles Joseph Traviès - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Travelers is an Original ink, pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Joseph Traviès (1804-1859).
The little artwork represents two poor men in the street.
Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm).
Hand-signed and notes by the artist on the lower margin.
Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, also known simply as Traviès, (21 February 1804 – 13 August 1859) was a Swiss-born French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist whose work appeared regularly in Le Charivari...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Snow in Forest, Mid-Century Winter Landscape, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clarence Holbrook Carter (American, 1904-2000)
Snow in the Forest, 1945
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right
19 x 23.75 inches
24 x 29 inches, framed
Clarence Holbrook C...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait de Jean Desbordes - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1929
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Lithograph on vélin pur fil des Papeteries du Marais, realized by Cocteau in 1929.
Belongs to the suite "25 Dessins d'Un Dormeur", published by H. L. Mermod, Lausanne.
Edition of 2...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor
Sketch - Drawing in Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original drawing in Pencil, on creamy-colored paper realized b in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions except for cutaways on the right margin.
The artwork is depic...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Sketch - Original Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is an Original Carbon Pencil Drawing realized by an Unknown artist of mid-20th century.
The Drawing is in good condition on a yellowed cardboard.
No signature.
Others ske...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Figures In The Forest Watercolour
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour on artist paper, unframed
size: 11.75 x 8.25 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed.
p...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Litho crayons on illustrator’s board, c. 1932
Signed: Adolf Dehn (VED) lower right corner (signed by Virginia Dehn, the artist’s widow)
Tilted along the upper edge of the recto in pencil by the artist
Verso inscriptions: “VF 3168.D” in a circle, also annotated in red pencil “32” in a circle and “699
Provenance:
Mary Ryan Gallery, exhibition entitled Adolf Dehn Lithographs, 1927-1940, Nov. 16 to Dec. 12, 1982. The original exhibition notice us affixed to the backing board of the frame
Note: A drawing intended or used in the publication Vanity Fair, for whom Dehn worked in the mid 1920’s to the 1930’s.
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895-1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
Mission Impossible Original TV Guide Drawing Illustration Caricature Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
"Mission Impossible" Original TV Guide Drawing Illustration Caricature Mid Century NYC with Greg Morris, Barbara Bain, and Steve Hill. This original drawing...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Le Prince Alexandre Bibesco - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Le Prince Alexandre Bibesco is an Original ink and watercolor drawing realized by an artist of French School of the early 20th century.
Good condition on a...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
The Birds - Original Ink Drawing by Louis Touchagues - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Birds is an Original Drawing realized by Louis Touchagues in the mid 20th Century.
Drawing in ink and pen.
Hand-signed on the lower by the artist.
Good conditions.
The delica...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Weight Lifter (L'Homme aux halteres)
Located in Chicago, IL
The work is signed on the lower right by Gromaire. One of Gromaire's favorite subjects were men "of the people,” whether they worked in the fields or at sea, were construction worke...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Frog - Drawing in pencil by Emmanuel Gondouin - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Frog is a drawing in pencil realized in the early 1930s by Emmanuel Gondouin, (Versailles, 1883 - Parigi, 1934)
The artwork is depicted through strong strokes.
Emmanuel Gondouin is a French Cubist...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Landscape - Drawing by Ardengo Soffici - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by Ardengo Soffici in 1930s.
Pencil on paper.
Hand signed lower right.
Includes frame.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Pastel
Sex Appeal - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Sex Appeal is adrawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989).
Blue ink drawing on paper.
Signed "M...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Self Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
To The Bathroom - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
To The Bathroom is a Colored lithograph realized on japan paper by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca.
French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director.
...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
The Hunger - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Hunger is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in early 20th century
Pencil and china ink on paper
Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Couple
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "EJB" at lower left
21 13/16 x 17 inches including frame
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jazz Age Dancer Illustration by Broadway Designer Mabel E. Johnston
Located in New York, NY
Mabel E. Johnston
Untitled, c. 1930s
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Sight: 12 1/2 x 10 1/2 in.
Framed: 21 1/8 x 17 1/4 x 1/2 in.
Signed lower right: Mabel E. Johnston
The first tidb...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Sacra Famiglia - Etching - Late 18th century
Located in Roma, IT
Sacra Famiglia is a print artwork on paper in the late 18th century by an Anonymous Artist.
Etching on paper
Good conditions with slight foxing and age margins
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Late 18th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th century.
China ink on paper
Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of Young Woman - Drawing by Henri Gervex - Early 20th Century
By Henri Gervex
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Young Woman is an Original Pastel Drawing, realized in the 20th Century Henri Gervex (1852-1929).
The status of preservation Good.
The artwork is depicted skillfully th...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, early 20th century landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, c. 1925
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
15 x 20 inches
20.75 x 25.75 inches, framed
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
Middle Eastern Man with Turban and Blue Cloak in Profile against Yellow
Located in Miami, FL
Portrait in primary blues and yellow of perhaps a Persian man. He is in profile set against a decorative yellow background with floral elements. The work...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1932
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Pen drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1932.
Not signed..
Published on "Il Selvaggio", n.12, p.83, 1932.
Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Figures - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by in the Mid-20th century
Charcoal.
Good conditions
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Mid-19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Tree at the Edge of the Field, Springs" Nell Blaine, 1967 Abstracted Landscape
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
Nell Blaine
Tree at the Edge of the Field, Springs, 1967
Signed and dated lower left
Watercolor on paper
14 1/2 x 20 inches
Nell Blaine was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1922. She ...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Shtetl Village Doodka Player Judaica Jewish California Modernist Artist Etching
Located in Surfside, FL
Boris deutsch was born in krasnagorka lithuania june 4 1892 died in los angeles 1978.Entered the polytechnic school in riga 1905.School of applied arts berlin 1912. Settled in l.A. 1...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor
Erotic Scene - Pecil Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1970.
Hand-signed on the lower margin.
Good condition on a graph paper.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
20th Century French Modernist Figure and Child Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Figure and child
by Guy Nicod
(French 1923 - 2021)
watercolour on artist paper, unframed
painting : 8 x 5.5 inches
provenance: artists estate, France
condition: very good and sound ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Modern figurative drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
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