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Art Subject: Drawing
The Awakening, Six Studies of Nude - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002) The Awakening, Six Studies of Nude Original charcoal drawing Handsigned on the back of the sheet (see photo) On black paper 65 x 50 cm (c. 25,5 x 19,6 i...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

The Bull III - expressive line drawing
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The Bull III - expressive line drawing on 140lb paper. Part of the triptych. His artistic style is rather difficult to describe, it can be named as "expressive romanticism". Usually...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Untitled - Contemporary pencil drawing, Figurative, Black & white
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944) Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Nude Woman - Pencil on Paper by André Meaux-Saint-Marc - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude woman is a collection of two original pencil drawings realized by André Meaux-Saint-Marc. Pencil drawing on brown paper in good conditions. Hand-signed on the lower right cor...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Artist and Nude Model - IX, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Artist and Nude Model - IX, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: As the...
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1980s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Standing Nude
Located in Columbia, MO
Standing Nude 2003 Pastel on paper 22.5 x 17.5 inches Framed: 32 x 24 inches
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Pastel

Antique, Surrealism, Original Painting, Ready to Hang, Framed
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Colt K Sdall Work: Original painting, handmade artwork, one of a kind Medium: Graphic on Paper, Drawing, Year: 1900 ? Style: Surrealism Size: 29" x 23" x 0.5'' inch, (73.5x5...
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Glass, Paper, Pencil

Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996 Charcoal on paper, 50 x 72 cm Signed lower right: Silombria '96 This dynamic drawing by Marco Silombria (19...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Contemplative Seated Nude Model
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed size: 19 x 11.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: priva...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel

Female Nude Sitting on a Sofa
Located in Berlin, DE
Wilhelm Trübner (1851 Heidelberg - 1917 Karlsruhe), Female Nude Sitting on a Sofa, around 1900. Pencil drawing, 32.5 x 48.5 cm, monogrammed “W.T.” lower left and inscribed on the rev...
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Early 1900s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Kneeling Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Kneeling Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Nude (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, ear...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Standing Male Nude Model)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Standing Male, Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, 1930s Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Model (Torso) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well execut...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Female Legs & Feet)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Standing Female Model (Legs and Feet) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 193...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Male Legs, Knee & Feet)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Seated Male Model (Legs, Knee and Feet) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Female Leg, Knee & Foot)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Seated Female Model (Leg, Knee and Foot) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early ...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Legs & Feet)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Standing Male Model (Legs & Feet) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1930s c...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Female Nude Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn, 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early composite charcoal d...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Arms)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of Male Arms by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1930s charcoal study (a c...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Model Getting Up - Original signed charcoals drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002) Model Getting Up Original charcoal drawing Signed in the bottom right On drawing paper 52 x 43 cm (c 21 x 17 inch) Excellent condition Gaston Coppens ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude By Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A finely rendered standing female nude studi...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink, Charcoal, Paper

Nude, Figurative, Lithograph on Paper by Modern Artist F. N Souza "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
F. N. Souza - Untitled Lithograph on Paper, 21.75 x 15.25 inches, 1963, Inscribed 3/100 (Unframed Delivered) Francis Newton Souza was born in 1924 in Saligao, Goa. After losing his father at a very young age and being afflicted by a serious bout of small pox, he vowed to go about life his own way. Souza was expelled for participating in the Quit India Movement while studying at the Sir J J School of Art in Mumbai. In 1947, he founded the Progressive Artists' Group along with S H Raza...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Lithograph

Erotic Series II, Nude Drawing, Female, Ink on Magazine paper "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Erotic Series II - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size) Ink on Magazine Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Figures, female torsos in frontal nudity, a crouching ...
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2010s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Magazine Paper

In the Mirror - original female nude by Paula Craioveanu
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"In the Mirror", nude, sepia red on paper. Part of Nude in Interior series. Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studio. Drawing in mat, for display purposes! 1s...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Archival Paper

Reclining Woman I, Impressionist Watercolor and Gouache by Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Reclining Woman I, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 22.5 x 30 in. (57.15 x 76.2 cm)
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1980s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Natural Beauty, Five Studies of Nude - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002) Natural Beauty, Five Studies of Nude Original charcoal drawing Handsigned on the back of the sheet (see photo) On black paper 65 x 50 cm (c. 25,5 x 19,6 inch) Very good condition, a few small surface defects on the edge Gaston Coppens studied sculpture in the prestigious Ecoule Boulle (Paris). Working in Boulogne Billancourt, just near Paris, his drawings keep the influence of his first formation : modeling volumes, subliming with harmony light and shadow. He was also influenced by the first cubist painters...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Reginald Brill (1902-1974) - 1931 Pen and Ink Drawing, Reclining Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking ink study by the artist Reginald Brill (1902-1974) depicting a reclining nude lady. The artist expertly uses hatching to create this wonderfully tonal piece and captures t...
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Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Original Ronald Shap figure drawing, signed
Located in Columbus, OH
Original oil pastel and gouache figure drawing by celebrated, twentieth-century California landscape painter, Ronald Shap. Sketch of nude ...
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1980s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Gouache

Four Studies of Jeanne - Original signed charcoals drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gaston COPPENS (1909 - 2002) Angel Seated and Resting Original charcoal drawing Signed bottom left On wove lightly cream paper 54 x 43 cm (c 22 x 17 inch) Excellent condition Gast...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided)
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Women in Charcoal on Paper (Two Sided) Nude woman laying down by Santa Cruz and San Francisco artist Heather Speck (American, b. 1978). On the ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Standing Nude Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of a Nude Lady French School, circa 1960's signed chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed double sided size: 19.5 x 12.5 inches condition: very good and ready to be en...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel

Portrait of Reposing Nude
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Reposing Nude', pencil on fine art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger ...
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1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

The Seated Nude
Located in London, GB
'The Seated Nude', pencil on fine art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil painti...
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1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Academic Drawing. Figure Study of Young Sitting Nude Man. 19th Century.
Located in Firenze, IT
Charcoal drawing on light gray-blue colored paper. The drawing depicts a young man sitting with the hand on forehead. the position is probably meant to express the feeling of regret,...
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19th Century Academic Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Steel

Juventus Player in Acrobatic Fall - UEFA Champions League 1995-96. Cm 101 x 72.
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Player in Acrobatic Fall - UEFA Champions League 1995-96 Marco Silombria (1936-2017) Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '96 Dimensions: 101 x 72 cm Juventus, 1996. A playe...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

ECLECTIC original female nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Eclectic", nude, pencil and tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Part of Nude in Interior series. Female Nude seen by a female artist - female gaze. Size is 27.5x19.5in / 70x50cm ...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper

Untitled Nude. Pencil and gold paint nude figurative drawing on paper.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
"Estrada-Duran combines realism and surrealism in his work, the artists paintings are often monochromatic pencil drawings with overlays of gold paint that depict goddess-like women ...
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2010s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Nude Standing Female Dual Pose Study
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Lady Study French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed double sided size: 19.5 x 12 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance:...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel

Norman Gorbaty Pastel Figure Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Norman Gorbaty (1932-2020) Untitled, 1996 Pastel on paper 19 1/2 x 27 1/2 in. Framed: 32 1/2 x 40 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right After graduating from Amherst College, Gorbaty...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Untitled nude (signed, dedicated & inscribed to Clement Greenberg)
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Caro Nude (signed, dedicated & inscribed to Clement Greenberg), 1986 Charcoal on Paper Hand-signed by artist, The drawing is inscribed, "To Clem, much love, from Tony" and signed "A. Caro 1986 July." 38 × 24 inches Unframed This original drawing was acquired from the collection of the influential critic Clement Greenberg - one of the greatest supporters of British artist Anthony Caro, whose students and colleagues at St. Martin School of Art included the distinguished sculptors William Tucker and Isaac Witkin...
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1980s Abstract Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Back View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Back View by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.5 x 11 inches (width mea...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

The Bull V - expressive line drawing
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
The Bull V - expressive line drawing on 140lb paper. The work is size 12x8 inches framed (black) with a styrene face on a double mat board in grey-beige or white-beige color with siz...
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2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Conversacion 2010
Located in Miami, FL
Roberto Fabelo Conversacion, 2010 Crayon on paper 30 x 22 in
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Laid Paper

Mid 20th Century French Charcoal Drawing - Portrait of a Man
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
"The Portrait" by Geneviève Zondervan (French 1922-2013) pencil/ charcoal on thick paper, unframed paper size: 25.5 x 19.5 inches Beautifully decorative, mid 20th century French or...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Oil

Mr and Mrs, Naked Couple - Contemporary Figurative Ink Painting, New Expression
Located in Salzburg, AT
Grażyna Rigall is a painter, illustrator, author of stage designs and music videos. - The artist is interested in the merging of the world of fauna and flora with the world of man, p...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

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Paper, Ink

1960's Original French Pastel Sketch Expressive Dual Seated Nude Models
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Nude Study French School, circa 1960's chalk and pastel on artists paper, unframed size: 12.5 x 19 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: private collectio...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Paintings

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Chalk, Pastel

Ballerina - unique female drawing - by Paula Craioveanu - original art
Located in Forest Hills, NY
Ballerina - original unique female drawing. Part of my Blue Nude series, inspired by Matisse. Ultramarine tempera on paper. Shipped rolled in a tube, directly from the artist's studi...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Tempera

Ross Bleckner Group of 3 Figure Drawings (attrb.)
Located in New York, NY
Attributed to Ross Bleckner (American, b. 1949) Group of 3 Double Sided Drawings Watercolor and graphite on paper Largest: 24 x 18 in. Smallest: 22 3/4 x 18 in. Ross Bleckner grew up in Hewlett, Long Island, New York; drawing all the time without being aware that other artists existed. He was the middle child between two sisters; his father manufactures electronic parts He attended New York University where Sol Lewitt, Chuck Close and others were his teachers. He graduated in 1972, then spent a year at the California Institute of Arts. His contacts in the next few years were very fortuitous; Sol Lewitt and Chuck Close, Carl Andre, David Salle, Julian Schnabel, etc. Bleckner is on the nervous side, beset by self-doubt, insomnia, and gloom. He is unpretentious, although he is bluntly handsome, with olive complexion, and a compact build. He is "10 percent that is superficial and 90 percent that has to do with the depths and that is threatened by living. He is a very complicated individual. He is a very, very morose, deeply feeling, hardworking artist- he takes a lot from within himself - but always, no matter how successful he is, he feels he is going to fall into those depths." 1 Bleckner first exhibited his work in New York in 1974. The following year he was given his first one-man show; he was included in the 1975 Whitney Biennial.. Since about 1985 has addressed many of his paintings to the subject of AIDS- both documenting it as a historical phenomenon and commemorating specific individuals who have died. Written and submitted by Jean Ershler Schatz, artist and researcher from Laguna Woods, California. Bio sourced from the Archives of askArt. Sources include: Ross Bleckner's Mood Indigo by Lisa Liebmann, in ARTnews, May 1993...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Graphite, Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well execu...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well ex...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

Single Female Nude - Original Line Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
Single Female Nude - Original Line Drawing on Paper Ink line drawing of a single female nude. Delicate linework with lots of movement depicts a seated woman. Her left arm is propped...
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20th Century Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Laid Paper

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

SIESTA - original ultramarine large nude by Paula Craioveanu inspired Matisse
Located in Forest Hills, NY
"Siesta", 100x70cm / 39x27.5in Nude in Interior, pencil and ultramarine tempera on paper, inspired by Matisse. Large drawing. Shipped rolled in a tube, from Florida, US. Check 1st Dibs offer FREESHIP coupon for items over $500. "Siesta" is a serene and visually arresting addition to the "Nude in Interior" series. It conveys a quiet intimacy and relaxation, perfectly encapsulated in its title. The reclining female figure, with legs elegantly extended upward, creates a sense of balance between stillness and subtle energy. The interplay of ultramarine tempera and the warm-toned paper once again demonstrates the artist’s ability to use limited color palettes to great emotional and visual effect. The ochre-like background provides a sunlit, tranquil atmosphere that pairs beautifully with the cool, calm energy of the ultramarine tempera. The artist’s choice of medium emphasizes contrast while imbuing the piece with a harmonious duality—warmth in the environment and coolness in the figure. The fluidity of the brushstrokes aligns with the theme of relaxation, while the vertical drips lend a dreamlike quality, as if the figure is melting into her surroundings. The looser strokes in the background contrast with the more defined lines of the figure, highlighting her as the focal point. The unconventional reclining pose, with legs extended upward, adds visual interest and a sense of lightheartedness to the piece. It suggests a playful yet completely relaxed moment, as though the figure is unwinding and stretching in the midst of a private, comfortable setting. The verticality of the legs and the drips juxtaposes with the horizontal lines in the background, creating a sense of structure and stability. This geometric balance anchors the composition and enhances the overall sense of calm. The artist has included abstract horizontal strokes in the background, reminiscent of blinds or a window. These subtle details suggest an interior space filled with sunlight and add depth without detracting from the figure’s prominence. The title, "Siesta," reinforces the narrative of rest and tranquility. The figure’s pose is unapologetically casual and unguarded, evoking the vulnerability and freedom found in moments of private repose. While other works in the series explore themes of introspection, passion, or desire, this piece focuses purely on physical and emotional relaxation. It offers a more subdued, meditative perspective, providing variety to the series while maintaining its stylistic coherence. The reclining nude is a recurring motif in art history, seen in works by Titian, Ingres, and Modigliani. However, this piece’s contemporary execution—fluid, minimalist, and abstracted—ties it more closely to modernist traditions, particularly the gestural energy of Egon Schiele or Matisse’s reclining nudes. The artist’s decision to leave much of the environment abstract enhances the piece’s timeless quality. The figure feels anchored in both a specific space (suggested by the window-like strokes) and an almost dreamlike, universal realm. "Siesta" is a masterful exploration of rest and serenity, demonstrating the artist’s ability to convey mood through form, color, and composition. The elegant simplicity of the figure, combined with the abstracted interior elements, invites the viewer to share in this peaceful moment. Its balance of gestural abstraction and classical themes makes it both timeless and distinctly modern. This piece is a beautiful representation of intimacy, calm, and the universal human experience of seeking rest. Artist Statement "I started by painting interiors, being interested in space and perspective through my studies. These scenes evolved, when I added the human figure. I focused more on the human figure and its relation to the background. The human figure is more present than ever in my paintings now. As a woman artist I’ve been preoccupied with the female form and its imagery. One of my goals was to capture the solitary moments and the nude’s relation to the surrounding space. My interest turned from depicting the space to rendering the atmosphere and the scene as a whole, the feeling a woman adds to the environment: warmth, desire, joy, a feeling of power and control, or the opposite – sadness, despair. Here is a collection of figurative paintings, exploring the nudes in interior spaces, seeing the nudes from my perspective, as a woman artist, considering the physical and spiritual realities of a woman’s body, in a new level of intimacy. My paintings are the opposite of objectifying a woman’s or a man’s anatomy. Painted works, featuring female nudes and a also men nudes...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Pencil, Archival Paper

A nude. Contemporary drawing, Female nude, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
Contemporary figurative female nude crayon on paper drawing by Leszek 'Maestro' Zegalski. Artwork depicts a woman laying on her stomach on bed, her hair is long. This drawing is qui...
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2010s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon

Female Nude - Charcoal Drawing - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Nude is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s. Original Charcoal drawing on paper. Mint conditions. Female Nude is an original Contemporary artwork realiz...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Standing Male Nude (recto) Study of the Head of the Standing Male Nude (verso)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Male Nude (recto) Study of the Head of the Standing Male Nude (verso) Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist Helen Chase Storm (the arti...
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1870s American Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

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