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Nude Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Period: 20th Century
Period: 1940s
'Nymph with a Centaur', French School, Academic, Greek Mythological Grisaille
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An exceptionally fine, brush and wash, mythological figural study showing a centaur interrupting the playing of his pan pipes to cast a speculative eye towards a dancing nymph. Datin...
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Early 1900s Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board

"Nude Torso" (FRAMED) Pencil Drawing 18" x 12" in (1975) by Zaccaria Zeini
Located in Culver City, CA
"Nude Torso" (FRAMED) Pencil Drawing 18" x 12" in (1975) by Zaccaria Zeini Medium: pencil on paper Signed and dated Zaccaria El Zeini (1932 - 1993) was raised in the popular distr...
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20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Seated Figure
Located in London, GB
Pencil on paper, initialled (lower right), 23cm x 17cm, (38cm x 32cm framed). (Provenance: from the collection of the artist Michael Leonard (British 1933-2023). The picture is frame...
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Essence of Line, Ink Nude Study, Early 20th Century Drawing, Signed and Dated
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper, signed and dated '34 lower left Image size: 9 3/4 x 15 inches (24.75 x 24.5 cm) Mounted and framed A unique drawing, this work is typical of Brodzky's early nudes with its economy in the use of the line and the seemingly relaxed, informal pose of the model. The spontaneous feel of many of Brodsky's drawings does in a way indicate that the works, such as the present drawing, are purely sketches and studies. In fact, Brodsky was known for making perhaps twenty or thirty drawings at a sitting and of those he preserved perhaps only a handful, only those that 'pass his rigorous censorship sum up qualities resulting from the perfect collaboration of hand and eye and sensibility' (Forty Drawings by Horace Brodsky, by James Laver, 1935, p.15). Laver continued to write that 'Brodsky preferred a pose that showed the body from an unexpected angle, daringly foreshortened or with the weight of the various parts freed from the monotony of the standing pose. He liked to see his models from above, the limbs relaxed, and.... he made many of his drawings from a step-ladder drawn up close to the platform on which the model is lying'. Horace Brodsky Horace Ascher Brodzky (30 January 1885 – 11 February 1969) was an Australian-born artist and writer most of whose work was created in London and New York. His work included paintings, drawings and linocuts, of which he was an early pioneer. An associate in his early career of many leading artists working in Britain of his period, including Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Mark Gertler, and members of the Vorticism movement, he ended his life relatively neglected. Brodzky was born in Kew, Melbourne in 1885 to the Australian journalist Maurice Brodzky (a Jewish immigrant to Australia from Poland), and his wife Flora, née Leon. In his youth he assisted his father in the production of the magazine Table Talk. Brodzky studied initially at the National Gallery School in Melbourne. In 1904 his father was bankrupted after exposing corruption, and Horace moved with his family to San Francisco. In 1908, Brodzky went to London where he studied during 1911 at the City and Guilds South London Technical Art School. He became an acquaintance and follower of Walter Sickert. Amongst his friends was Henri Gaudier-Brzeska who created in 1913 a portrait bust of Brodzky (now in the Tate Gallery, London), and whose biography he wrote in 1933. Brodzky is said to have been so engrossed in talk when he visited Gaudier-Brzeska's studio in the King's Road, that he missed the last bus to Herne Hill where he lived. Brodzky travelled to Italy with the poet John Gould Fletcher and this led to his first London exhibition, "Paintings and Sketches of Italian and Sicilian Scenes" (c. 1911), of which one painting was selected for the 1912 Venice Biennale. He was in fact the first Australian to be exhibited at the Biennale. In 1914 his work was exhibited along with that of other Jewish artists, including Mark Gertler and David Bomberg, in the Whitechapel Gallery. Brodzky became a member of The London Group. During this period he was a pioneer of the technique of linocut, in which medium he has been said to have "excelled". His early oils reveal the influence of both Gertler and Bomberg. Among his works of this period are portraits of Jacob Epstein and Jacob Kramer. In 1915 Brodzky moved to New York, with an introduction to the art patron John Quinn. There he worked as a poster artist and an arts journalist, and in 1917 helped Quinn organize a New York exhibition of Vorticist artists. In 1919 he married Bertha Greenfield; they were to have three sons. In 1920 Egmont Arens...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Male Subject Pencil Drawing by Bernard Sleigh RBSA (circa 1900-1920)
Located in London, GB
Male Subject pencil drawing on wove paper (circa 1900-1920), by Bernard Sleigh, RBSA (Provenance: from the artist's studio). An exquisite drawing which is possibly a study for a larg...
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Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, California, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamped, verso, for VIctor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988), estate stamp verso and created circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the Ch...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. An elegant, cabinet-sized Post-Impressionist graphite drawing of a young woman, sh...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Academie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

"Portrait of Italian Woman" Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim
Located in Culver City, CA
"Portrait of Italian Woman" Pencil on Paper 20" x 12" inch by Salah Abdel Kerim Born in Fayoum to a big family of 5 brothers and sisters. In 1938 he meets the famous painter Hussein Bikar and he becomes his student in the Faculty of Arts in Qena. He remained much attached to his professor all through his life. In 1940 he meets Hussein Youssef Amin and the Group of Contemporary Art at the secondary school of Farouk First in Abasya district in Cairo when he was introduced to surrealism for the first time. In 1943 he becomes a student at the Faculty of Fine Arts and graduates with excellence and honors in 1947. In 1948 he becomes an assistant to the interior decoration section at the FFA. He is then sent to a mission in Paris in 1952 and he becomes a student to Paul Colin and A.Marie Cassandre for publicity and theatre design. He then moves to Rome in 1956 to study cinema design. In 1957 he received the international prize in painting from San Vito Romano, Italy, and obtains his Ph.D. from Centro Sperimental di Cinemato Grafia. Back in Egypt in 1958, he is appointed professor at the FFA where he started experimenting with his masterpieces sculptures in wrote iron...
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for Les Trophées, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for "Les Trophées" carbon pencil on thin paper 15.5 x 19 cm Signed lower left In good condition In in its original mount (a tear in th...
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1910s Symbolist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Erotic " Nude Autoportrait " Marrakech 70's
Located in CANNES, FR
Yves Saint Laurent drawing on paper . " Nude Autoportrait " from "le prince de Babylone " made in 70's in Marrakech (Morocco) . Felt-tip pe...
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Felt Pen

" Debardeur bleu " . Marrakech . Nude Male Erotic
Located in CANNES, FR
Yves Saint Laurent ( 1936-2008 ) " Débardeur bleu " circa 1973 . from le Prince de Babylone color pencil , Felt-Tip pen , colored pencil and graphite on paper . 27 X 21 cm . NUDE ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil

Jon Writing
Located in New York, NY
Jon Writing Signed Color crayon on paper 19 x 25 inches (48.3 x 63.5 cm) Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon

" Pierre Bergé " erotic faun French Fashion Legend
Located in CANNES, FR
Yves Saint Laurent Drawing made in Morocco during 70's by YSL "le prince de Babylone " Famous & Unique " . French Fashion Legend Felt-tip p...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Graphite

Italian Cartoon Drawing Allegory River God 1960s pencil on paper
Located in Florence, IT
Preparatory Cartoon for a lunette that was part of the decoration of the former Commercial Bank in Florence, now venue of the Stefano Ricci's shop, done by Giovanni Colacicchi in the 1962. It represents a River God...
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1960s Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Seated Woman - Drawing by Moise Kisling - 1930/40s
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an Original drawing in Pen and China Ink realized in 1940 by Paulette Humbert. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composi...
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1940s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

'Seated Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Lying Nude - Original drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Suzanne VALADON Lying Nude, 1920 Original drawing Handsigned in pencil and dated 1920 On Arches laid paper 46 x 60 cm (c. 18 x 24 in) Good condition, light foxing, papier slightly...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Carbon Pencil

Figure Drawings (Pencil Drawings on Paper)
Located in New Orleans, LA
I bought this as part of a portfolio of sketches by an obviously talented artist, but don't know the artist's name. These might be studio sketches as exercises, or preparation sketch...
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Late 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Lady with Snake Horse
Located in Missouri, MO
Lady with Snake Horse, 1981 By Rudy Autio (1926-2007) Unframed: 29" x 22.5" Framed: 35.75" x 29.25" Signed and Dated Bottom Right Rudy Autio is a ceramist who was born in Butte, Montana, in 1926, and has lived in his native state throughout most of his career. He headed the ceramics department at the University of Montana for twenty-eight years and is now retired as Professor Emeritus of the School of Fine Arts. Prior to his appointment at the University of Montana, Autio was a founding resident artist at the Archie Bray Ceramics Foundation in Helena, Montana. Autio received a Tiffany Award...
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20th Century Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Two Horses with Female Nude
Located in Missouri, MO
Two Horses with Female Nude, 1981 By Rudy Autio (1926-2007) Without Frame: 25" x 39" With Frame: 33.25" x 47.25" Signed and Dated Bottom Right Rudy Autio is a ceramist who was born in Butte, Montana, in 1926, and has lived in his native state throughout most of his career. He headed the ceramics department at the University of Montana for twenty-eight years and is now retired as Professor Emeritus of the School of Fine Arts. Prior to his appointment at the University of Montana, Autio was a founding resident artist at the Archie Bray Ceramics Foundation in Helena, Montana. Autio received a Tiffany Award...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor

"Bathing Nude I" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bathing Nude I" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef Signed and dated 1959 A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal: With ...
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20th Century Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

"Bathing Nude II" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef
Located in Culver City, CA
"Bathing Nude II" Watercolor Painting 24" x 17" inch (1959) by Kawkab Youssef Signed and dated 1959 A short history of Kawkab Youssef El-Assal: With...
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20th Century Post-War Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Leaning Female Nude
Located in New York, NY
Leaning Female Nude Crayon on paper 12.5 x 9 inches (31.8×22.9 cm) Contact gallery for price. This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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1960s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté, Paper

Nude Study no. 50, Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 47 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 24 x 19 inches
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1940s Fauvist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Vintage Israel Bezalel School Watercolor Painting Artist with Model Kibbutz Life
Located in Surfside, FL
Moshe Avni was born in 1937, in Kibbutz Kfar Blum in the Upper Galilee in Israel. Presently, he lives and paints in Jerusalem. During the years 1956-1957, he studied Painting and Graphic Arts in the Bezalel Art School in Jerusalem, supported by a Betzalel School Scholarship. He studied with and was guided by the painter Leo Roth, z”l (1914-2002), from Kibbutz Afikim. Moshe Avni has participated in Workshops and Courses in the framework of the Kibbutz Movement and the Israeli Artists’ Organization. He has received scholarships from both the Sharett Fund and from the Norman Fund. In 1979, Moshe Avni was accepted to the Israeli Artists’ Organization. Exhibitions 2011 In the Jerusalem House of Quality – 16-22 December 2011 2009 In the Neighborhood Center of Beit haKerem, Jerusalem 2003 In Moshav Batzra, Israel 1984 In the Artists’ Quarter, Rishon leZion, Israel 1979 In the House of Culture for Young People, Kfar Saba, Israel 1977 In the “New Gallery”, Tel Aviv, Israel 1973 In the “New Gallery”, Tel Aviv, Israel 1970 In “The House of Uri and Rami Nechushtan” in Ashdot Yaacov, Israel Horses & People, New Gallery, Tel Aviv 1965 Journalists House - Sokolov House, Tel Aviv, Israel Exhibitions of Young Artists in “House of Helena Rubenstein”, Tel Aviv, Israel Private Exhibitions in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, and more. Group Exhibitions Kiryat Shmona 1957 Artists: Noemi Schindler...
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Watercolor

Many Figure Studies and Studies for Compositions with Groups
Located in New York, NY
Many Figure Studies and Studies for Compositions with Groups Black ink on paper 14 x 9.75 inches (35.6 x 24.8 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Athletic Nude Model in Repose
Located in New York, NY
Athletic Nude Model in Repose 1962 Initialed and dated, l.r. Black ink on British Scraper Board 12 x 19.5 inches (30.5 x 49.5 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Illustration Board, Ink

Nude Model Wearing a Cross Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Nude Model Wearing a Cross Necklace Black ink on paper 20 x 14 inches (50.8 x 35.6 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Flexing Male Nude
Located in New York, NY
Flexing Male Nude Black ink on paper 20 x 14 inches This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

On One Knee
Located in New York, NY
On One Knee Ink on paper 18.5 x 12.5 inches (47 x 31.8 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Athletic Pose
Located in New York, NY
Athletic Pose Charcoal and Conté crayon on paper 17.5 x 12 inches (44.5 x 30.5 cm) This work is offered by Clamp Art in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté, Charcoal, Paper

Backside
Located in New York, NY
Backside Pink ink on paper 13 x 8 inches (33 x 20.3 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Many Studies of One Model
Located in New York, NY
Many Studies of One Model Graphite and black ink on paper 14 x 9.75 inches (35.6 x 24.8 cm) This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper, Graphite

"Spiritual Self-Portrait" Watercolor, Ink, Portrait, Nude, Linear Grid, Colors
Located in Detroit, MI
"Spiritual Self-Portrait" is a portrait of the artist by the artist. She has presented herself nude gazing boldly and directly at the viewer not so much challenging, but inviting dia...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Nude Drawing, Charcoal on Paper by PadmaShree Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - 10 x 12.5 inches (unframed size) Charcoal on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das (1939-2015) was a Master Modern Indian Artist from Bengal. Extr...
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1990s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

"Nude Study 9, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 9 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Fauvist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

"Nude Study no. 30, " Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude 30 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed u.r. Size: 19 in. x 24 in. (48.26 cm x 60.96 cm)
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1940s Fauvist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

"Nude Study no. 47", Gouache on Paper, 1949
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Laurent Marcel Salinas, French (1913 - 2010) Title: Nude Study no. 47 Year: 1949 Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated l.l. Size: 24 x 19 inches
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1940s Fauvist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper

Polynesia
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Premiering for the first time in three decades, the original paintings of American artist Maurice Green. Born in 1908 in Latvia, Maurice Green studied with prominent artists of the d...
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1940s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Spirit of Free Men
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a monumental original graphite drawing by American artist Alexander Rosenfeld. Rosenfeld was classically trained in Poland before set...
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1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Repose
By Dale Barnhart
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting an exceptional original drawing by American artist Dale Barnhart. Barnhart, was an illustrator who works prolifically on many films including, "The Jungle Book", Winnie...
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1950s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

California Girl
By Emil Jean Kosa Jr.
Located in West Hollywood, CA
A wonderful original charcoal drawing by American artist Emil Kosa Jr. The drawing is unframed, and there is a small tear in the upper right margin, but it does not detract from t...
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1940s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Untitled
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charcoal on paper
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1970s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

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The human body has long been a favorite subject for artists throughout history. Nude drawings and watercolor paintings reveal the human figure but also the social ideals, traditions and cultural beliefs around people and bodies at the time they were created.

Nude drawings and watercolors offer a unique way to illustrate the human body. Drawings in pencil or ink can quickly capture movement or poses while watercolor is more expressive of a moment. Different cultures utilize the same materials differently, and each piece provides a singular glimpse into the perspectives and expectations around people’s bodies.

Artists like Francisco Goya, Gustav Klimt and Lucian Freud — who painted his friends, his lovers and his children — found acclaim and success by creatively depicting the human body. More recently, as contemporary artists have followed the figurative muse, many painters are exploring the nude as a subject for their drawings and works in watercolors.

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