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"Standing Nude" - Graphite Woman Portrait Drawing

A truly lovely nude by noted 20th-century New Orleans artist and extraordinary draftsman Charles Richards, whose work does not come up for sale often enough here in New Orleans. Sorr...

Despite the tears and repairs, this remains an absolutely wonderful drawing, by a famous Southern artist. 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...

This is a fine detailed and superbly executed Edwardian drawing by Estella Canziani which dated to circa 1911. Drawn by one of the leading artists of the day, it is a very striking a...

English Graphite Sketch of a Male Nude, Back View by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches provenance...