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Art Subject: Women
Jonathan Winters, A Man in Drag, unique drawing in pen
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique drawing created by Jonathan Winters in 2001 using pen and ink. It is hand signed and dated, "Nov 18, 2001." Winters was an iconic American comedian, actor, aut...
Category
Early 2000s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Midday Rest (Watercolor)
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front by Tarkay. Sheet size 14 x 10.5 inches. Frame size approx 20 x 16 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. From the private coll...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$2,000 Sale Price
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Tantra & Underwater series, Ink & Water Color, Blue, Black, Brown "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 23 x 16.5 inches (unframed size)
Ink & Watercolor on paper
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
In the mid sixties again he explored diverse cults of popular ritual for pictorial ingredients of an
evocative mystic symbolism. An ink-and-wash of 1965 features a figurative image of ambiguous
connotation. The motif looks like a cult image worshipped by people practising primitive religion. A
squat but monumental figure, it has for each hand several reptilians snaking down from shoulder
to the finger-tips, for legs a pair of beastly fore-paws and its dark oval totemic frame...
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1960s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
The Hitter, black and white work on paper, girl playing baseball, dots
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic ink on paper.
Paper size: 11.25" x 17"
Frame size: 19.25" x 25"
Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current work, entitled “Striation Series,” demonstrates ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
gravesend, oler woman w city scape window yellow tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper
*ABOUT Stephen Basso
Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive ...
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2010s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Hercules vanquishing a drakaina (half‑woman, half‑serpent)
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Circle of Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo (Venice 1727 – Madrid 1804)
Hercules vanquishing a drakaina (half‑woman, half‑serpent) – interpreted either as Echidna or a personified Hydra
c. ...
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18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
A Stunning, 1940s Modern Charcoal Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning, 1940s Finely Rendered Modern Charcoal Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994).
Artwork size: 15 x 11 inches, unfram...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Bridge in the Cleveland Flats, Late 20th Century Architectural Painting
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Gould (American, 1930-2017)
Bridge in the Flats, 1990
Watercolor on Arches paper
Signed and dated lower right
21 x 28.5 inches
28 x 35.5 inches, framed
Cleveland Arts Prize ...
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1990s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Femme mettant ses bas by Maximilien Luce
Located in New Orleans, LA
Maximilien Luce
1858-1941 French
Femme mettant ses bas
(Woman putting on her stockings)
Pastel on paper
Signed "Luce 89" (lower left)
Maximilien Luce’s Femme mettant ses bas is a...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Jazz Panel #4 - gouache, 102x86 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Disegno figurativo fiammingo ad acquerello del XVIII secolo, scena di genere
Located in Florence, IT
Sullo sfondo di un paesaggio dai tratti centro-settentrionali europei-in cui si riconoscono una cappella e il profilo di una città dagli alti pinnacoli-si svolge una scena di svago, ...
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18th Century Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
French Contemporary Art by Liubov Juravliova - Fille
Located in Paris, IDF
Watercolour, ink on paper
Liubov Juravliova is a French painter born in Chisinau, Moldova in 1963 who lives and works in Argenteuil, near Paris, France She has been listed at Drouot...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper, Watercolor
The Whispers Had Changed - Figurative Portrait Watercolor Graphite Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
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2010s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Drawing - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Drawing is a pencil 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...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Russian Judaica Shtetl Klezmer Musicians
Located in Surfside, FL
Pastel or Tempera on paper. Judaica Shtetl scene of village.
Anatoli Lwowitch Kaplan was a Russian painter, sculptor and printmaker, whose works often reflect his Jewish origins.
h...
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Tempera
Fairies among the Lily Pads - Female Illustrator Fantasy
Located in Miami, FL
A turn-of-the-century fantasy illustration by female illustrator May Audubon Post features a charming fairy with expanded wings resting on Lilly s...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Hand Fan Project With The Goddess Diana The Huntress floating in the clouds
By François Flameng
Located in PARIS, FR
François FLAMENG
Paris 1856 - 1923
Diana the Huntress floating in the clouds, fan project
1893
Watercolor and gouache on wove paper
Signed and dated lower right
25 x 70 cm sheet (le...
Category
1890s French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Japanese culture drawing, Kimono, Japanese dress, traditional clothing.
By Jean Jansem
Located in La Canada Flintridge, CA
Title is Fillette en Kimono, 1954 .Drawing by Jean Jansem, 1954. Included the certificate of authentic by Stephanie's gallery.
Fillette en Kimono" is a captivating black and white drawing that beautifully captures the essence of Japanese culture and traditional clothing...
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1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
William Glackens Drawing Titled "M. Durand... Arrived on the Scene", Dated 1903
Located in New York, NY
William Glackens, 1870-1938
M. Durand... Arrived on the Scene, 1903
Ink, wash, charcoal and Chinese white on paper
Signed (at lower left): W. Glackens...
Category
Early 1900s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Small Boat and Bather in Dinard
By Jean Pons
Located in London, GB
'Small Boat and Bather in Dinard', gouache and charcoal on art paper, by French artist, Jean Pons (1961). Painted in a naïve style, the piece dep...
Category
1960s Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
$758 Sale Price
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UNTITLED (TWO HEADS)
By George Condo
Located in Aventura, FL
Original conte crayon on paper. Dated "12.84" lower margin. Provenance: Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York. Artwork size 12.5 x 9.5 inches. Fram...
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
$27,600 Sale Price
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The Bully - Narrative Art by Female Illustrator Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
The present work exhibits a storytelling and illustration art style created before the mass communications age. It was rendered in a flat linear style by the highly talented Maginel ...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Board
Portrait of Nude Female Figure, Woman in Purple, Yellow & Blue by America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman in Purple, Yellow & Blue"
Pastel & Ink on Paper
40” x 26”
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
The Violinist (Antique Ellsworth Woodward Figurative Graphite Sketch Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Radiant Beauty by Judith Williams black and white nude on paper
Located in Atlanta, GA
"The unusual shapes coming together in their raw simplistic form, how they interact with each other, the shapes creating their own language. I let them stand alone in their purest fo...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media
Mid Century French Pencil Posed Portrait of a Forlorn Female Face Pencil Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on artists paper, double sided
Size: 10 height) x 6.5 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Provenan...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Searching the Waters, 18x22, figurative watercolor, framed
By Lu Haskew
Located in Loveland, CO
Searching the Waters by Lu Haskew
Pastel 18x22" image size, 26x30" framed
Figurative Portrait of young children on a dock looking into the water.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921...
Category
1990s American Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
137 paper/mixed media, 79x58 cm, 1991 cm
Located in Riga, LV
137
paper/mixed media, 79x58 cm, 1991 cm
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
London Stock Exchange Waiter - 1960s British drawing by Francis Watt
By Frances Watt
Located in London, GB
FRANCES WATT
(1923-2009)
London Stock Exchange Waiter
Pen and ink and watercolour wash, unframed, in mount only
17 by 13 cm., 6 ½ by 5 in.
Edith Frances Watt was born in Falkirk in 1923. In 1926 the family moved to Switzerland when her father, the Rev Thomas Meikle Watt, was appointed permanent chaplain to the Church of Scotland in Geneva. Her father died in 1938 and the family returned to Scotland where Frances continued her schooling at Aberdeen High School for Girls. Her mother moved the family to London in about 1940 and they settled in Southwood Lawn Road, Highgate. Frances attended the Hornsey School of Art were she gained a National Diploma in Design before going on to study at the Byam Shaw School in London, where she later taught. In Highgate she was a member of the Highgate Artists Group, which included Sir Kyffin Williams among its exhibiting members, and she was also an active member of the Highgate Choral Society, designing many programmes and posters for its productions in the 1950s.
In the early 1960s she was commissioned by the Council of the Stock Exchange to record the daily life in the Square Mile. Over the next 20 years she was brilliantly placed to observe the enormous changes taking place in the great institutions of the Stock Exchange and Lloyd’s of London...
Category
1960s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Moonlight, oversize drawing of contemplative young woman, monochromatic
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This work was intentionally torn and mended along the curve through the center of the work. It predates the artist's full immersion, years later into torn and re-pasted collages, us...
Category
2010s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite
Italian Painter Amadeo Simonetti Orientalist Watercolor, 1900
Located in Phoenix, AZ
This wonderful watercolor on board by Amedeo Simonetti (1874-1922) is
signed lower left “A. Simonetti - Roma, 1900.”
Measures 22 by 14 7/8 in. Frame measures 27 3/4 by 20 3/8 in.
The...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint
The Court Ladies Dressed Gerda - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Women illustrators were alive, well, and quite active in the early 20th century. Most of their production was associated with topics that dealt with the home, children or fairy tales. In this masterfully rendered work in pen and ink, Jacobs displays great technical skill in presenting three maidens dressing a beautiful female member of the Court wearing a tiara. Signed in a cartouche lower right
From: Stella Mead, Great Stories from Many Lands, London: James Herbert and Co, 1936, page 78 " Red and White Roses"
Provenance: Chris Beetles
Work is elegantly matted and not framed.
Helen Mary Jacobs was born in Ilford, Essex, the sister of the writer W.W. Jacobs; she studied art at the West Ham...
Category
1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pencil
"Eyes Wide Open" drawing by Hiroshi Hayakawa
Located in Chicago, IL
Hiroshi Hayakawa was born and raised in Japan. He earned a BA in French Literature from Keio University in Tokyo. After a short stint working as a computer systems engineer, he decided his love of life was making art. He relocated to the United States in 1991, attended Columbus College of Art and Design earning BFAs in Photography and Fine Arts, and then Cranbrook Academy of Art for his MFA in Photography.
He expresses his artistic vision in several mediums including drawing, painting, kinetic sculpture, alternative photography and paper crafts. In recent years, he has been more focused on drawing, working on a series entitled "Vanitas". He is an author of 4 papercraft books: "Kirigami Menagerie" (2009), "Paper Pups" (2011), "Paper Birds" (2014) and "Paper Monsters...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...
Materials
Graphite
Elsa
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Elsa, 1915
Charcoal on paper, 14 x 11 inches (35.6 x 27.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower left: Daniel Garber / 1915
Provenance
The artist;
Estate of the artist, 1958;
Tanis Garber Page,...
Category
Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$14,500
Large Drawing, Study Of Dancers
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri ROYER
Nancy 1869 - 1938 Paris
Study of dancers
Sanguine pastel and charcoal on cream white paper
Circa 1900-1910
Unsigned
47 x 62.5 cm sheet
67 x 83 cm cm frame
Provenance: Es...
Category
Early 20th Century French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal, Pastel, Mixed Media
Whispers and Porcelain, Aquarel by Hector Caffieri
Located in Gent, VOV
In Whispers and Porcelain, Hector Caffieri unveils an intimate world of silence, beauty, and refinement. Two young women inhabit a richly decorated interior, surrounded by houseplant...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) Paris, Les Bouquinistes, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962)
Paris, Les Bouquinistes sur les quais, (The booksellers on the banks)
Signed and titled lower right
Pencil on paper
17 x 27 cm
In good condition, ...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Rclined Nude - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1960s.
Hand signed lower right.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in Venice ...
Category
1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jugglers and Horse Giocolieri e Cavallo
Located in London, GB
MARINO MARINI 1901-1980
Pistoia, Italy 1901-1980 Viareggio, Italy (Italian)
Title: Jugglers and Horse Giocolieri e Cavallo, 1943
Technique: Double-sided Hand Signed and Dated Pencil, Watercolour and Gouache on Thin Card
Paper size: 49 x 34.5 cm. / 19.3 x 13.6 in.
Additional information: This pencil, watercolour and gouache work is hand signed and dated in pencil by the artist "Locarno 1943 Marino" in the lower left image.
It is also signed in ink "Marino" in the lower right image.
The drawing was created in Locarno in 1943.
Furthermore, there is a sketch of Horse...
Category
1940s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Spring - Chalk design drawing for a Minton plaque by Herbert Wilson Foster
Located in London, GB
HERBERT WILSON FOSTER
(1846-1929)
Spring
Inscribed with title beneath the mount
Chalk, circular
Framed
Diameter 42 cm., 16 ½ in.
(frame size 61 by 58 cm., 24 by 22 ¾ in.)
Herbert Wilson Foster was born in Endon, Staffordshire. He attended Hanley School of Art before continuing his studies in London, Belgium and France. His paintings of rural and domestic subjects were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1873 and 1899. In 1893 he accepted a teaching position at the Nottingham School of Art, where his pupils included Laura Knight and Harold Knight. Works by him are in the collections of the Minton archives; the Wisbech & Fenland Museum; Leicester Art Gallery; Rushcliffe Council and Nottingham Castle Museum.
In addition to his work as a painter he worked as a porcelain painter, working at one point on the tile panels in the Victoria & Albert Museum. He is known to have worked at Mintons from 1872 where he specialized in portraits of contemporary personalities, including members of the Royal Family. This head of a girl was probably intended for a painted ceramic wall charger...
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1870s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Pencil
The Woman - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1905
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman is an artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1905 Century.
Drawing in tempera, ink, and watercolor.
Monogrammed RL.
The status of preservation is good, aged.
Gabriel...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Tempera, Pen
View of Santa Maria della Salute in Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1991
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1991.
Hand signed lower left.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died in Venice in...
Category
1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
La Veuve Rusée By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
La Veuve Rusée
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Gouache on paper
La Veuve Rusée, first performed in 1748 in Venice, is a comedy cente...
Category
20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Attributed to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865) La famille heureuse, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Attribuetd to Eugène Devéria (1805-1865)
La Famille heureuse (The Happy Family)
Watercolor on paper
23 x 18 cm
In quite good condition : a small tear i...
Category
1840s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$774 Sale Price
20% Off
Young Woman With Bird Original Figurative Drawing Acrylic and ink on paper
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Flower Shop - China Ink Drawing and Watercolor - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
"Flower Shop" is an original china ink drawing on ivory-colorated paper realized by Katerina Wilczynski in 1934.
In excellent conditions.
Containe...
Category
1930s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Vielle Femme en Petite Cape
Located in Milwaukee, WI
Signed with stamp, J.V.
7-5/8" x 4-3/4" art
19" x 15-1/4" frame
Jacques Villon (French, 1875 - 1963) French painter, printmaker and illustrator. The oldest of three brothers who became major 20th-century artists, including Raymond Duchamp-Villon and Marcel Duchamp, he learnt engraving at the age of 16 from his maternal grandfather, Emile-Frédéric Nicolle (1830-94), a ship-broker who was also a much appreciated amateur artist. In January 1894, having completed his studies at the Lycée Corneille in Rouen, he was sent to study at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris, but within a year he was devoting most of his time to art, already contributing lithographs to Parisian illustrated newspapers such as Assiette au beurre. At this time he chose his pseudonym: Jack (subsequently Jacques) in homage to Alphonse Daudet’s novel Jack (1876) and Villon in appreciation of the 15th-century French poet François Villon...
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
India Ink, Gouache
French Watercolour and Gouache, The Harlequins
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil, chalk and watercolour on card depiction of a group of harlequins by French artist Jean Ducel. The work is signed and dated bottom right.
This vivid artwork showcases an ener...
Category
Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
Untitled - Parmis Sayous 21st Century drawing, Iranian contemporary painter
Located in Paris, FR
Oil on paper
Created in 2019 in Paris, France
Unique work
Signed by the artist
Parmis Sayous was born in 1982 in Teheran, Iran.
Since 2015, She has lived and worked in Paris and ded...
Category
2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
Romantic school, Woman and Infant with guards, watercolor signed dated 1847
Located in Paris, FR
Romantic school, mid 19th century
Antique Scene, Woman and Infant surrounded by guards
watercolor, pen and black ink and heightenings of white gouache on...
Category
1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
$1,351 Sale Price
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BEYLA (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
By Erté
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso.
Sheet size 10.7...
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$2,962 Sale Price
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Portrait of Woman - Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a drawing realized in the early 20th century by an Anonymous French artist.
Pencil on paper.
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork is represented thr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Seated Female Nude
By Roger Hilton
Located in Astoria, NY
Roger Hilton (British, 1911-1975), Seated Female Nude, Charcoal on Paper, apparently unsigned, cerused wood frame. Image: 10" H x 8" W; frame: 16.5" H x 14" W. Provenance: Jonathan C...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Figure - Drawing by Arturo Pagano - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is a modern artwork realized by Arturo Pagano in the 1980s.
Watercolor drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Judith and Salome, a pair of oil paintings on canvas by Francesco Conti
Located in PARIS, FR
This widely referenced pair of paintings is one of Francesco Conti’s most successful productions. Francesco Conti is one of the finest painters of 18th-century Florence. In the shimmering colors typical of his best work, he represents two opposite characters from the Bible: the virtuous Judith, whose courage saves her people by cutting off the head of the invader Holofernes, and the depraved Salome, who under the influence of her mother becomes responsible for the beheading of the prophet John the Baptist.
The artist's talent lies in his ability to treat these two macabre subjects with a light touch, presenting us with two attractive women who seem to twirl with glee amidst the severed heads...
1. Francesco Conti, the “Florentine Tiepolo”
Francesco Conti is a major painter of the Florentine school of the 18th century; he can even probably be considered, along with Giovanni Domenico Ferretti (1692-1768), as one of the two main painters of the second quarter of the Florentine 18th century.
Born in Florence in 1682, Francesco Conti began his apprenticeship in the workshop of Simone Pignoni (1611 - 1698), a disciple of Francesco Furini; he was also influenced by the Venetian Sebastiano Ricci. A protégé of Marquis Riccardi, he accompanied him to Rome between 1699 and 1705, where he frequented Carlo Maratta's studio. He settled permanently in Florence in 1705.
Painted exclusively on canvas, the majority of his work consists of religious subjects, altarpieces or private devotional works. It is likely that Conti himself was a devout churchgoer, as evidenced by his affiliation, in the third decade of the eighteenth century, to the Society of the Disciples of Saint-John-the-Baptist, and his entry, at the end of his life, into the fraternity of the Venerable Society of the Holy Trinity.
In Florence, Conti worked for the Grand Duchy's major patrons, including the last Medici - in particular Giangastone and Annamaria Luisa, Electress Palatine - and confirmed his role as a reference painter under the Lorraine Regency, as master of the Public Drawing School, which was closely linked to the institute responsible for the manufacture of semi-precious stone mosaics, then located in the Uffizi complex.
Matteo Marangoni, an art critic of the early 20th century, praised his "brushwork full of elegance and true spirit of the 18th century", pointing out that Conti was "probably one of the best colorists" of the Florentine school of his time. These two characteristics led the art historian Paolo dal Poggetto to nickname him the "Florentine Tiepolo".
2. Judith and Salome, two biblical characters opposing each other
These two paintings form a pair presenting two biblical episodes, which have in common the depiction of a "heroine" carrying the severed head of a man.
While the Salome episode might at first appear to be an echo of the Old Testament story of Judith, each character is the exact opposite of the other. Judith, whose story is told in the Book of Judith, is a beautiful young widow from Bethulia who, accompanied by her maid, went into the camp of the invading Assyrians and won the confidence of Holofernes, the general commanding the enemy army. Invited to a great feast on the fourth evening, she took advantage of Holofernes' drunkenness to cut off his head. “She went up to the bedpost near Holofernes’ head, and took down his sword that hung there. She came close to his bed, took hold of the hair of his head, and said, “Give me strength today, O Lord God of Israel!” Then she struck his neck twice with all her might, and cut off his head. Next she rolled his body off the bed and pulled down the canopy from the posts. Soon afterward she went out and gave Holofernes’ head to her maid, who placed it in her food bag...
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1710s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Untitled Fashion Design, 1919
By Erté
Located in Greenwich, CT
Likely a dress design for Henri Bendel or B. Altman, Untitled Fashion Design from 1919 is an iconic early Erté design. Erté's stylized Villa Excelsior name stamp and the 'Composition...
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Materials
Paper, Gouache
"Reminiscence" (2024) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
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Materials
Canvas, Oil
Boucles D'oreilles En Corail By Erté
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Boucles d'oreilles en corail
(Coral Earrings)
Signed “Erté” (lower right)
Inscribed “n°3544 / Boucles d'oreilles en corail et tub...
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20th Century Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Est...
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1960s Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
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Located in New Orleans, LA
An exquisite depiction of a ballet dancer in motion, rendered exquisitely in pastel by Russian/American artist Valery Kosorukov. The artist has manage...
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1970s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
$1,280 Sale Price
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