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Item Ships From: USA
Medium: Graphite
Women Welders, The Ship
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Women Welders, The Ship" is a social surrealist drawing, graphite on paper in black and white by Post-War artist Irving Norman. T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Reticent - Original Graphite Drawing on Panel, Two People at the Beach Circa '50
By Rick Sindt
Located in Chicago, IL
"Reticent" by Rick Sindt is a small graphite drawing of two figures. This deceptively simple drawing is very powerful in its beauty and intimacy. The graph lines often used by arti...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Panel, Graphite
MB 018 (Figurative Life Drawing of Handsome Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 018"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Signed, lower right
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
Untitled, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled, 1984 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on paper
Signed in the lower right corner. Great condition.
Provenance: Private collection.
Image size: 12 in H x 9 in W
Unframed
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Enriq...
Category
1980s Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
(Male Nude) Untitled, 1977, Original Drawing—Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: (Male Nude) Untitled
Year: 1977
Medium: Graphite on Artist's Board
Size: 48.5 x 38.75 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed & date...
Category
1970s Photorealist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
MB 824 (Double-Sided Figure Drawing of Handsome Nude Men by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative, academic style life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 824"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30.5 x 21 inches unframed
...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Conté, Graphite, Archival Paper
(Male Nude) Untitled, 1974, Original Drawing—Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: (Male Nude) Untitled, 1974
Year: 1974
Medium: Graphite on Artist's Board
Size: 38 x 23.5 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed & d...
Category
1970s Photorealist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
(Male Nude) Untitled, 1973, Original Drawing—Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: (Male Nude) Untitled, 1973
Year: 1973
Medium: Graphite on Artist's Board
Size: 38.5 x 26.75 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
(Male Nude) Untitled, 1980, Original Drawing—Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: (Male Nude) Untitled, 1980
Year: 1980
Medium: Graphite on Artist's Board
Size: 54.75 x 39.75 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed...
Category
1980s Photorealist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
(Male Nude) Untitled, 1977, Original Drawing—Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: (Male Nude) Untitled, 1977
Year: 1977
Medium: Graphite on Artist's Board
Size: 52.5 x 40 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed & d...
Category
1970s Photorealist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
(Male Nude) Untitled, 1973, Original Drawing—Lowell Nesbitt
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Lowell Nesbitt (1933-1993)
Title: (Male Nude) Untitled, 1973
Year: 1973
Medium: Graphite on Artist's Board
Size: 40 x 30.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
Inscription: Signed & ...
Category
1970s Photorealist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled II, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled II, 1984 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on paper
Signed in the lower right corner. Great condition.
Provenance: Private collection.
Image size: 12 in H x 9 in W
Unframed
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En...
Category
1980s Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Para Celso, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Para Celso, 1984 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on paper
Image size: 23 in H x 18 in W
Signed in the lower right corner. Great condition with flaws.
Provenance: Private collection.
Unfram...
Category
1980s Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
Untitled III, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled III, 1984 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on paper
Signed in the top right corner. Great condition.
Provenance: Private collection.
Image size: 12 in H x 9 in W
Unframed
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Enr...
Category
1980s Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled IV, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Untitled IV, 1992 by Enrique Grau
Graphite on ight cardboard
Image size: 17 in H x 14 in W
Signed and dated in the top right corner. Great condition with flaws. Provenance: Private ...
Category
1980s Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Cardboard, Graphite
Untitled Nude Male Diptych, Charcoal/ Graphite on Parchment by Henrik Kóbor
Located in New York, NY
This refined art nouveau diptych was realized in Hungary in 1908/1909 by the famed artist of the Austro-Hungarian artist Henrik Kóbor. It features two rectangular panels each offerin...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
MB 085A (Contemporary Life Drawing of Nude Male by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 085A"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 18.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower rig...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
MB 702 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Male Nude by Mark Beard)
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 19 inches unframed
Con...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite
Standing Male Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Male Nude
Graphite on wove paper, c. 1890's
Unsigned
Sheet size: 9 5/16 x 6 inches
Provenance:
Rookwood Pottery Factory Collection, Cincinnati
Ira Spanierman, New York (labe...
Category
1890s Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled (Standing Female Nude)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Standing Female Nude)
Graphite on paper, c. 1930
Signed bottom right: Lorski (see photo)
Sheet size: 9 5/16 x 5 13/16 inches
From a sketchbook created while the artist was working in Paris
Condition: Good
Thin spots verso from previous mounting
Soft vertical fold running across image
Barely visible on recto
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Dawson's Auctioneers and Appraisers, 2001
Amity Art Foundation
Boris Lovet-Lorski
Lithuanian/Russian/American
1894-1973
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade.
Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists.
He died in Los Angeles in 1973.
Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers:
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures
I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland
Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor
Lilian Gish, Actress
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos
President Abraham Lincoln
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense
Pope Pius XII
Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician
General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959
President John F. Kennedy
Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Art Institute of Chicago
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
British Museum, London
Boston University
Brooklyn Museum
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Art Deco Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
MB 017 (Figurative Life Drawing of Female Nude by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic style life drawing of female nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 017"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 22 inches unframed
Signed, lowe...
Category
2010s Academic Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
Seated Nude and Landscape
Located in Hollywood, FL
Artist: Justin Liam O'Brien
Title: Seated Nude and Landscape
Medium: Graphite on Paper
Size: 10 x 7 Inches
Year: 2021
Notes: Hand Signed, Titled and Date...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
MB 827 (Contemporary Life Drawing of Two Nude Males by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of two nude males with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 827"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
29.75 x 21.75 inches unframed
Signed, l...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
Figure Study (Standing Male- Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
'Reclining 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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Figure Study (Standing Male)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled (Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study), 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1963. Paper Size: 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study), 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1963. Paper Size: 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study), 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1963. Paper Size: 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study), 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1963. Paper Size: 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study), 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1963. Paper Size: 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study), 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1963. Paper Size: 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study), 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
Original drawing on archival paper, circa 1963. Paper Size: 18 x 23 inches. Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, East Hampton, New York. Notes: Created during Hornak’s undergraduate st...
Category
1960s Renaissance Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Figure study of a Standing Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Har...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Ecstasy-02
By Yuroz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yuroz Exclusive Studios (YES) is introducing an exciting new collection called "Icono" on 1stDibs, The collection consists of original drawing studies that will later serve as the ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Reclining Nude-01
By Yuroz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yuroz Exclusive Studios (YES) is introducing an exciting new collection called "Icono" on 1stDibs, The collection consists of original drawing studies that will later serve as the ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Ecstasy-01
By Yuroz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yuroz Exclusive Studios (YES) is introducing an exciting new collection called "Icono" on 1stDibs, The collection consists of original drawing studies that will later serve as the ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Black and White Figure Study of a Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a seated nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harol...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Figure Study (Standing Male- Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Reclining Nude -03
By Yuroz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yuroz Exclusive Studios (YES) is introducing an exciting new collection called "Icono" on 1stDibs, The collection consists of original drawing studies that will later serve as the ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Reclining Nude-02
By Yuroz
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Yuroz Exclusive Studios (YES) is introducing an exciting new collection called "Icono" on 1stDibs, The collection consists of original drawing studies that will later serve as the ba...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Standing Male Nude, Arms Upraised (Kouros)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Male Nude, Arms upraised (Kouros)
Graphite on wove paper, c. 1930
Signed lower right (see photo)
Possibly exhibited in May 8-June 1,1973 at Alan Stone Gallery entitled Eroti...
Category
1930s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
Figure Drawing of a standing Male Nude by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a standing nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Har...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Graphite
'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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Life study of a male nude in repose - European School, late 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
European School, late 18th century. Red chalk with primo pensiero in graphite on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches (215 x 293 mm). Scattered light handling wear and multiple s...
Category
Late 18th Century Naturalistic Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Graphite, Chalk, Laid Paper
Lean
By Amrta Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a unique Amrta Art sketch. Delicate and mysterious, Amrta has a way of making her figures feel like they are floating and moving on the page. This piece is on Strathmore Tone...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
Figure Study (Standing Male)
Located in Chicago, IL
A black and white figure study of a nude male, from 1951, by artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 24" x 20". Provenance: Estate of the Artist. Estate stamped on reverse.
Harold Emers...
Category
1950s American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Gentle
By Amrta Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a unique Amrta Art sketch. Delicate and mysterious, Amrta has a way of making her figures feel like they are floating and moving on the page. This piece is on Strathmore Tone...
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Archival Paper
'Après Le Bain', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp verso for Victor di Gesu (AmerIcan, 1914-1986) and drawn circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and the C...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
'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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Untitled (Standing Male Nude 1)
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
2010s Contemporary Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, 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...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Male Lying Nude
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a drawing from the artist's sketchbooks. This pencil drawing shows a nude male in repose, The drawing is dated November 30 '36 (1936). Clearly the works are authentic and this sketch is signed "Jackson Lee Nesbitt...
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes, one seated nude)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Two Standing Nudes, one seated nude)
Graphite on wove paper, heightened with color, c. 1930
Unsigned
From a sketchbook created while the artist was working in Paris
Condition: Very good
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Dawson's Auction, Morris Plains, NY, 2001
Boris Lovet-Lorski
Lithuanian/Russian/American
1894-1973
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade.
Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists.
He died in Los Angeles in 1973.
Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers:
“The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.”
Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12.
Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures
I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland
Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor
Lilian Gish, Actress
President Franklin D. Roosevelt
Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos
President Abraham Lincoln
James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense
Pope Pius XII
Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist
President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician
General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France
John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959
President John F. Kennedy
Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections:
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo
Art Institute of Chicago
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
Brandeis University, Waltham, MA
British Museum, London
Boston University
Brooklyn Museum
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...
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1930s Art Deco Graphite Nude Drawings and Watercolors
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