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Nude Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Period: 1970s
Period: 1950s
Ink and gouache drawing of a nude woman from behind
Located in Brookville, NY
A nude viewed from behind, with black hair , inscribed on the lower right by the artist John Begg "Mature Nude" c.1953 Outlined in black ink and with som...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Young naked woman by Emile Chambon - Pencil on paper 43x30 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in Oil Pastel realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Reclining Nude Male Figure, figural expressionist New York artist ink drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Reclining Male Figure (For Nick) 1971 India ink on paper Inscribed, signed and dated 10.25 x 14 inches Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, O...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Nude No. 20
Located in Lawrence, NY
India Ink on paper; Provenance: Estate of artist; estate number en verso Like many of his peers--including de Kooning, Pollock, Rothko and others--Loew painted in a figurative styl...
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1950s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Reclining Nude Male Figure, figural expressionist New York artist ink drawing
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Reclining Figure, facing right (Nikos) 1971 India ink on paper Signed and dated middle right 26 x 38.25 inches Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s V...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original drawing in watercolor on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movem...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Men While Drawing a Posing Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Men while Drawing a posing nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in China ink and waterco...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

'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 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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Watercolor, Board, Paper, Graphite

Nude in Furs, Watercolor Painting by Charles Levier
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Charles Levier, French (1920 - 2003) Title: Nudes in Fur II Year: circa 1970 Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed Image Size: 22 x 16.5 inches Size: 28.5 in. x 22 in. (72.39 ...
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1970s Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in charcoal, china ink, and Watercolor on ...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

'Standing 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 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, Watercolor

Reclining Nude in black ink on buff paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine.  He was a member of the  Ameri...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Seated Nude with Mirror /// Figurative Chair Lady Woman Byron Browne Drawing Art
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Byron Browne (American, 1907-1961) Title: "Seated Nude with Mirror" *Signed and dated by Browne in pencil lower right Year: 1957 Medium: Original Graphite Pencil Drawing on u...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Graphite

'Standing 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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Paper, Graphite

Standing Figure, figural abstract expressionist ink drawing, 20th century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Figure 1955 Ink on paper Signed and dated lower center 9 x 12 inches Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma and grew up in Texas. In 1...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Woman in the Hammam - Original Pastel Drawing, Signed #REFERENCED
Located in Paris, FR
Françoise GILOT (1921-) Woman in the Hammam Original Pastel Drawing Signed bottom right On paper 74 x 55 cm at view (c. 30 x 22 in) Presented in golden wood frame 96 x 77 cm (c. 38...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pastel

New York School Abstract Expressionist Drawing Watercolor Painting Carmen Cicero
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a stylized figurative abstract expressionist nude. This one appears to be possibly signed in the drawing itself. From the style we are estimating it to the 1970's They have abstract stylized erotic male and female nude elements to them some have a stylized American flag. Carmen Louis Cicero (born 1926) is an American figurative abstract painter from Newark, New Jersey. Cicero attended the New Jersey State Teachers College (now Kean University) from 1947 to 1951. Cicero studied painting under Hans Hofmann and Robert Motherwell at Hunter College in 1953. He received an MFA from Montclair State University in 1991.Cicero started as an abstract painter and use automatism in his drawings of memories of places. In 1957, Cicero had his first solo show at the Peridot Gallery, New York, showing with fellow artists Louise Bourgeois and Philip Guston. In the early 1960s, Cicero’s canvases began to be populated with intense, expressionist figures. These works positioned him as one of the earliest figurative expressionist painters of his generation. In 1971 a studio fire destroyed the work still in his possession. He moved to New York to a studio loft on the Bowery and started over in a dramatically different figurative style. In the 1990s, Cicero's style changed again, from figurative expressionism to visionary realism/surrealism reminiscent of magic realism. His work spans three periods and styles Abstract Expressionism, Figurative Expressionism, and surrealist “visionary.” In the late 1970s and 1980s and produced a body of work that was well received both uptown on Madison Avenue and downtown during the heyday of the East Village art scene. He was represented by the Berta Walker Gallery. He lives in New York City and Truro on Cape Cod. He is also an accomplished jazz musician. Cicero taught painting at Sarah Lawrence College 1959 to 1968. Cicero was a professor of painting at Montclair State University from 1970 through 2001. A monograph, The Art of Carmen Cicero was published in 2013 by Schiffer Publishing in Atglen, PA. Awards Guggenheim Fellowship 1957-58 and 63-64 Ford Foundation, Purchase Prizes 1961 and 65 Jackson Pollock- Lee Krasner Foundation Grant, 2008 Jacob Lawrence and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Reclining Nude, Pastel Drawing by Jan de Ruth
Located in Long Island City, NY
Sleeping Woman II Jan De Ruth, Czech (1922–1991) Date: circa 1970 Pastel on Paper, signed Size: 9 in. x 16 in. (22.86 cm x 40.64 cm) Frame Size: 16.5 x 27 inches
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1970s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

The Smell of the Flower - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
The smell of the flower is a Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 ca. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Included two original drawings in mixed on ivory...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Watercolor

Collage - Collage by Sergio Barletta - 1975
Located in Roma, IT
Collage is an original work by Sergio Barletta. A wonderful collage on ivory-colored paper with the great touch of the Italian Pop artist. Signed and dated in pen on the lower righ...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

'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 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, Watercolor

Three Nude Figures - Pencil Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Three Nude Figures is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Pencil Drawing on paper. Mint conditions. Leo Guida. Sensi...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Zittend Naakt (Seated Nude) /// Figurative Girl Lady Pencil Drawing Woman Art
By Hendrik Paulides
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Hendrik Paulides (Dutch, 1892-1967) Title: "Zittend Naakt (Seated Nude)" *Monogram signed and dated by Paulides in pencil lower left Year: 1958 Medium: Original Graphite Pencil Drawing on cream wove paper Framing: Recently exquisitely framed in a heavy gold Art Deco moulding...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Graphite

The Sybil - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
The Sybil is an original drawing in pencil realized by Leo Guida in the 1972. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historic...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Train - China Ink by Sergio Barletta - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
The Train is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Sergio Barletta in 1980s. Good Condition included a white passpartout (2x35 cm). No signature. Sergio Barletta is a cartooni...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Artist Painting Nude Women in Artist Studio - Perhaps Playboy Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
"Harry has no interest in mundane pleasures." Enter the mind of a mid-century American/ Canadian Artist. The theme of Artist and Model has been used for centuries but Richard Taylor ( R. Taylor ) clearly has his own humorous style. The Taylor girl is easily recognizable with oversized heavy-lidded oval eyes and curvaceous body shapes. Taylor is in the Charles Addams...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Pen

Lovers - Watercolor - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the XX century. In very good conditions, except for some folding and very ...
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1950s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Standing Male Nude - Pencil Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Male Nude is an original pencil drawing on invory colored paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989)....
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1970s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is a drawing in oil pastel realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and historica...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original drawing in Ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movem...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Unexpected Gift - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1972
Located in Roma, IT
Unexpected Gift is an original drawing in pencil realized by Leo Guida in 1972. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic movements and histor...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Untitled #177
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper Dated in pencil, l.r. Numbered 177 in pencil, u.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman and...
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1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Internal Nude - Original Ink Drawing by Tibon Gertler - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Internal Nude is an original china ink drawing on ivory paper, realized by Tibor Gertler, in 1950s. In good condition. This artwork represents a figure of a nude woman. Not signed.
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Nude of Woman - China Ink by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original artwork realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s. Pen ink drawing on paper. Includes a beautiful gilded frame. Hand-signed on the lower margin.
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Nude Seated in Chair
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude Seated in Chair Graphite on paper, 1976 Signed and dated lower right (see photo) Exhibited: Dart Gallery, Chicago, 1976 (see photo of label) Condition: Excellent Sheet size: 14 7/8 x 11 1/8 inches Provenance: Dart Gallery, Chicago, 1976 William H. Bailey (American, b. 1930) Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, William Bailey became a painter in styles ranging from abstraction to super-real. He earned his B.F.A. and M.F.A. at Yale University and studied with Josef Albers and also had an Alice Kimball English traveling scholarship. From 1962 to 1969, he taught at Indiana University, and from 1969, was a professor of art at Yale University. He lives and works in Branford, CT and is a member of the National Academy of Design, elected an Associate in 1983, an Academician in 1994. Recent one-person exhibitions include Robert Schoelkopf Gallery; Andre Emmerich Gallery; Robert Miller Gallery; Galleria il Gabbiana, Rome; and Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris. Selected group exhibitions include Realism Now, Vassar College Art Museum; 22 Realists, and 7 Realists, both at the Yale University Art Gallery; Decade in Review, Whitney Museum of American Art; and Contemporary American Realism Since 1960,at the Pennsylvania Academy. His work is included in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; Des Moines Art Center; Art Institute of Chicago; Arkansas Art Center; Hirshhorn Museum; Pennsylvania Academy; St. Louis Museum of Art; Whitney Museum of American Art; and Yale University Art Gallery. Publications on Mr. Bailey include "William Bailey", by Mark Strand...
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1970s American Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Nude of Woman - China Ink - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of woman is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy in the 1970s. Original China Ink on cardboard. In very good conditions. Not signed. Excellent and fresh artwork depicting a female nude from behind...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original drawing in Ink and watercolor on paper realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artis...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Sensitive to current issues, artistic move...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Nude Figures - China Ink drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Figures is an original China Ink drawing on paper glued on cardboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1958, included a Passepartout. In very good conditions, with some sign of hum...
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1950s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in Charcoal and Oil Pastel on paper. Good...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Nude Lying Down - Original Ink Drawing by Tibor Gertler - 1951
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Lying down is an original china ink drawing on ivory paper glued on cardboard, realized by Tibor Gertler, in 1951. In good condition. Image Dimension...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Untitled (Seated Man Facing Left)
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper Signed and dated, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...
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1970s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté

Seated Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Seated Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper. Good ...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Reclined Nude - Watercolor on Paper by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original watercolor on paper. Good conditions. The artwork...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

'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 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, Watercolor

Female Figure - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in oil pastel on paper. Good conditions b...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Reclined Figure - Pencil Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Figure is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in pencil on paper. Good conditions but...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Reclined Figure - Pencil Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Figure is an original contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in pencil on paper. Good co...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Composition - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawings in china ink and Watercolor on paper. Good ...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

Posing Figures Sketch - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Posing figures sketch is an original artwork realized in the 1970s. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original Charcoal and oil pastel drawing realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition except for some foxings and a folding on the lowe-right. The artwork...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Oil Pastel

Nude - Ink Drawing by Angelo Sabbatani - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original artwork realized by Angelo Sabbatani in 1970s Ink drawing on paper. Includes wooden frame: 47 x 1 x 37.5 cm Hand signed on the lower margin. Good conditions e...
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1970s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Reticulum - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Reticulum is an original drawing in china ink ink realized by Leo Guida in 1973. Good condition. Hand-signed. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in harmonious colors.
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Figure - Original Pen Drawing by Danilo Bergamo - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in Italy by Danilo Bergamo (b.1938) in the 1970s. Original drawing on paper. Black China Ink. Hand-signed by the artist on the ...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Little Summer - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1973
Located in Roma, IT
Little Summer is a drawing in watercolor and ink realized by Leo Guida in 1973. Good condition. Hand-signed. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes in harmonious colors.
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Portraits - China Ink by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in colored china ink and pencil on ivor...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Nude Figures - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes figures is an original artwork realized in the 1970s. by the Italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in China ink and watercolor on yellowish-c...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

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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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On 1stDibs, find a collection of nude drawings and watercolor paintings for diverse views and attitudes toward the human form through a range of cultures and times.

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