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Nude Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
Style: Modern
Style: Surrealist
Nude - Pencil Drawing by Flor-David - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper attributed to Flor-David, and realized in the Mid 20th century. Good conditions. The artwork is represented posing nud...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Love - Drawing by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Love is a drawing in watercolor and pastel realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions with minor folding. The artwork is realized in harmonious ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pastel, Paper

1950's Modernist/Cubist Painting Nude Female Portrait With Blue Shadow
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Nude by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original gouache on paper size: 14 x 10.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed pro...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Couple - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painte...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Woman - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Little witches 1
Located in Genève, GE
Erotic scene Wooden frame with glass pane 49.5 x 41.5 x 1.3 cm
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Szene aus der Operette "Aventures du roi pausole"
Located in Wien, 9
Mariette Lydis (Vienna 1887 - Buenos Aires 1970) is an Austrian painter and illustrator who was successful in Paris in the 1930s, in Montparnasse and then in Argentina, where she emigrated in 1940. Mariette Lydis was born on 24 August in Vienna, Austria 1887. From 1919 to 1922 she signed her works with the initials MPK for Marietta Pachoffer Karñy, a name derived from her first marriage in 1910 to Julius Koloman Pachoffer-Karñy, who died on 22 April 1922. Subsequently she lived in different cities around Europe, among others: Athens and Florence. She moved to France from 1926 to 1939, during these years she exhibited and became a member of the Salon d'Automne. She befriended Count Giuseppe Govone, the art publisher, in 1928 and married him on 1 August 1934, for whom she illustrated the books of many authors and cultivated a great friendship with Henry de Montherlant, which came about through the publication of a first in 1938 monograph by the author of Les Jeunes Filles. Fearing the German invasion, she travelled to England and then to Buenos Aires in July 1940, where she stayed and published published her latest paintings...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is a drawing in watercolor realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions except for folding. The artwork is realized in deft strokes ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Women - Original Drawing by Lucien Coutaud - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Women is an Original drawing in China Ink and water color realized by Lucien Coutaud in Mid-20th Century. Stamp Signed. Good conditions. The delicate and dynamic strokes created i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Nude From The Back - Drawing by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is a drawing in watercolor realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions except for folding and a minor missing piece of paper at the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Nude - Drawing by Marthe Delacroix - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Posing Nude is an Original Drawing realised by Marthe Delacroix. Watercolour and pencil on the paper. Good conditions. The delicate and beautiful fine strokes form the artwork...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor

Looking Away (a sensual young woman reflects on her future as she ponders past)
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pencil drawing Tom Leveritt (1976) was raised in Texas, sent to boarding school in the UK, got a first at Cambridge, an Army Scholarship into the 5th Ro...
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2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Milchmädchen mit Kuh / Milkmaid with cow
Located in Wien, 9
Mariette Lydis (Vienna 1887 - Buenos Aires 1970) is an Austrian painter and illustrator who was successful in Paris in the 1930s, in Montparnasse and then in Argentina, where she emigrated in 1940. Mariette Lydis was born on 24 August in Vienna, Austria 1887. From 1919 to 1922 she signed her works with the initials MPK for Marietta Pachoffer Karñy, a name derived from her first marriage in 1910 to Julius Koloman Pachoffer-Karñy, who died on 22 April 1922. Subsequently she lived in different cities around Europe, among others: Athens and Florence. She moved to France from 1926 to 1939, during these years she exhibited and became a member of the Salon d'Automne. She befriended Count Giuseppe Govone, the art publisher, in 1928 and married him on 1 August 1934, for whom she illustrated the books of many authors and cultivated a great friendship with Henry de Montherlant, which came about through the publication of a first in 1938 monograph by the author of Les Jeunes Filles. Fearing the German invasion, she travelled to England and then to Buenos Aires in July 1940, where she stayed and published published her latest paintings...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

The Roman Bath
Located in London, GB
'The Roman Bath', pencil on art paper (circa 1960s), School of Rome. Three broad-shouldered men make their way through the sultry corridors of the Hammam in...
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Standing Nude Study
Located in London, GB
'Standing Nude Study', pastel on art paper, by Louis Latapie (circa 1930). There is something very pure in the naked human body, but for some that purity can veer towards pruriency. ...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Love - Drawing by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Love is a drawing in watercolor realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions except for folding and cuts. The artwork ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Nude Man - Original Pencil Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Man is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in about the 1950s. Pencil Drawing. Applied on a white Passepartout. Monogrammed on the lower " G.T" Good Conditio...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is a drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions with minor folding and cuts on the margins. The artwork is ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Nude - Watercolor by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter, engraver a...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude - Original Pen Drawing on Paper - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is an Original Pen Drawing on Paper realized by an Unknown Artist in mid-20th century. No signature. The artwork is depicts through soft strokes with perfect hatchings i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Ink

Reclined Nude - Drawing by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is a drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions with minor folding and cuts. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-191...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

MB 001 (Modern, Academic Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude )
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing on Arches paper by Mark Beard graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 22 x 15 inches unframed Contemporary figurative life study drawing of ...
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2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Conté

Nude - Original Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an Original Pencil Drawing on Paper realized by an unknown artist in mid-20th century. The artwork is in good condition. No signature.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Dance Partners nude female subject with rose bouquet surreal expressive format
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Soft pastel on red toned heavyweight archival paper signed and dated bottom. Part of an ongoing series by the artist of women with floral bouquets. Framing under glass is necessary f...
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2010s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Lying Female Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Female Nude is an original drawing realized between the end of the XIX and the beginning of the 20th Century in France by an Anonymous artist . Pencil on paper. Cardboard passe...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Young Lovers - Original Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Young Lovers is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in about 1940. Pencil Drawing. Good Conditions. Georges Henri Tribout (1884-1962) ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Odalisque, Watercolour of a Female Nude
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century watercolour on paper of a naked female figure before an open window. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in carved, white painted wood frame. ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Love - China Ink Drawing by Gino Bonichi - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Love is an original modern artwork realized by Gino Bonichi (February 25, 1904 – November 9, 1933), known as Scipione. Mixed colored china ink drawing. In...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

MB 005 (Modern, Traditional Style Figurative Life Drawing of Muscular Male Nude)
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative nude drawing on Arches paper graphite, conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper 22 x 15 inches unframed Contemporary figurative life study drawing of a reclining male nu...
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2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté, Graphite

Standing Nude - Original Pencil Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Standing Nude is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in the 1950s. Pencil Drawing. Applied on a white Passepartout. Monogrammed on the lower " G.T" Good Conditio...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Figure - Original Watercolor on Paper by R. Cazanove - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Cazanove in 1922. Hand-signed on the lower right. In good conditions, with aged margins. Sheet dimension: 38 x 26...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude of Woman - Original Drawing attr. to Paul Grain - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original China Ink Drawing attributed to Paul Garin and realized in the mid-20th century. Good condition on a brown paper. No Signature.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Rare Early Nude Drawing American Modernist Sculptor
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wonderful drawing by one of America's most treasured artists, Chaim Gross. Throughout his lifetime Gross has gone through tragedy and a real test of faith however, he has the unique ability to focus and direct his expression to the most joyful and beautiful works of art, such as the present lot. For more than sixty years Chaim Gross's art has expressed optimistic, affirming themes. His acrobats, cyclists, and mothers and children convey joyfulness, exuberance, love, and intimacy. This aspect of his work remained consistent with his Hasidic heritage, which teaches that "only in his childlike happiness is man nearest to God." Chaim Gross, born in Wolowa, Austria in 1904, was educated at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and at the Art Student's League in New York. Chaim Gross's work was greatly influenced by his experiences during a period of international conflict, World War II. He had moved to Kolomyya from Wolowa to get a better education, but the Germans came to occupy, killing, raping, and looting. Gross and his family were chased from one village to the next. He wrote, "We were sleeping on roofs and in the fields, with the sound of cannon fire...
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20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pastel, Pencil

Reclined Nude - Original Pencil Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in the 1950s. Pencil Drawing. Applied on a white Passepartout. Monogrammed on the lower " G.T" Good Condition...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions except for consumed margins and some foxings. Jean-Raymo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude of Woman - Watercolor by Silvio Loffredo - 1956
By Silvio Loffredo
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original watercolor realized by Silvio Loffredo in 1956. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower margin. On the back another...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude of Woman - Original Pen Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original Pen Drawing realized by an unknown artist in mid-20th century. Good condition on a brown paper. No Signature.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Man Lying Naked - Original Pencil by Jean Boullet - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Lying Naked is an original artwork realized by Jean Boullet. Original drawing in white pencil on black sheet of paper signed by Jean BOULLET (1921-19...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Erotic Scene - Pencil Drawing by Maurice Vertès - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is an original pencil drawing realized by Maurice Vertès in the 1930s. The little drawing is in good condition with some folding on yellowed paper. On the back is the ...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

1950s "On Knees 2" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "On Knees" c.1950s Ink on paper 8.5" x 11" unframed Unsigned Came from artist estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League Pratt Graphic Arts Center University of Paris 1953-54 University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55 Faculty: Art Department of the New School Museum of Modern Art School of Visual Arts Stacy Studio Workshop Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns George Wittenborn The New School Print Exhibitions, Chicago University of Oklahoma Honolulu Museum Monclair Museum Wisconsin State College Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Landscape - Charcoal Drawing by Achille Lega - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by Achille Lega in 1928. Black and white charcoal drawing. Published on the Art Review "Il Selvaggio". Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter,...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude of Woman - China Ink and Pencil by Marcel Spranck - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original Pen Drawing realized by Marcel Spranck (1896-1978). The little artwork is in very good condition, included a yellow cardboard passpartout (50x32.5 cm). ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Ink

Nude Man and Woman (Desire and sexual tension)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Is it lust? Is it love? A pencil drawing shows a nude man and a nude woman on the same page. Sexual tension and desire are paramount in this composition. Tom Leveritt...
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2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Lying Nude - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Nude is an original artwork realized in the first years of the 20th century by an Anonymous French artist. Pencil on paper. The initials of the artist are on the lower right. ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Nude of Woman - Original China Ink Drawing by Pino della Selva-Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Pino della Selva (1904-1987). Good condition included a brown cardboard passpartout. Not signed. Pino della Selva (pseudonym of Pino Giuffrida ) is a painter, sculptor , designer and engraver ( etching and woodcut ), also poet and art critic , born on January 3, 1904in Catania ( Sicily ), settled in Paris in 1931 (lived at 31, rue La Bruyère )died in 1987 in Paris. His pictorial work, which initially turned towards themes of a social nature ( Blind to Work in 1925, Workers in 1932) comparable to those of the French Édouard Pignon and André...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

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

Little witches 2
Located in Genève, GE
Erotic scene Work on paper Wooden frame with glass pane 49.5 x 41.5 x 1.3 cm
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Standing Nude in Profile - Pencil Drawing Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Profile is an original artwork realized by an Anonymous French artist in the first years of the XX century. Pencil on paper. Passepartout included. Good conditions except fo...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

'Surrealistic Nude Figures, ' by Leonard Kaplan, Painting, c. 1960s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 20" x 14" painting in a surrealist style by artist Leonard Kaplan depicts three nude figures crowded together, sitting and standing with a white bird obscured by the dark shadows. Predominant colors are red, orange, black, and cream. The painting is on paper and masonite framed behind glass in a silver metal frame. Leonard Kalan is known for surrealism and figure paintings. He died in California in 2008. Leonard was born January 15, 1922 in New York City and won a scholarship in 1940 to study at the Art Student League under Reginald Marsh and William Pair. He won an art scholarship to New York University in the late 1930's. He studied art at the Henry Street...
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1960s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Masonite, Chalk, Acrylic

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

Landscape - Charcoal Drawing by Achille Lega - 1928
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original modern artwork realized by Achille Lega in 1928. Black and white charcoal drawing. Published on the Art Review "Il Selvaggio". Hand signed and dated on th...
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter, ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). Good conditions. Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter,...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Naked Woman on the Rocks - Drawing by G. Lallich - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Naked Woman on the Rocks is an original modern artwork realized by Giuseppe Lallich (1867-1953) in the early 20th Century. Mixed colored watercolor. Hand-Signed by the artist Inc...
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Early 20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Reclined Nude - Original Pencil Drawing by George-Henri Tribout - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original artwork realized by Georges Henri Tribout in the 1950s. Pencil Drawing. Applied on a white Passepartout. Monogrammed on the lower " G.T" Good Condition...
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Nude - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original China Ink and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil. Mino Maccari...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Paper

1950s "On Knees" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "On Knees" c. 1950s Ink on paper 14" x 16.5" unframed Unsigned Came from artist estate Donald Stacy (1925-2008) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League Pratt Graphic Arts Center University of Paris 1953-54 University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55 Faculty: Art Department of the New School Museum of Modern Art School of Visual Arts Stacy Studio Workshop Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns George Wittenborn The New School Print Exhibitions, Chicago University of Oklahoma Honolulu Museum Monclair Museum Wisconsin State College Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

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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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