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Period: 1920s
The Japanese Girl by Orovida Pissarro - Watercolour on paper
Located in London, GB
The Japanese Girl by Orovida Pissarro (1893-1968)
Watercolour on paper
17.78 x 12.7 cm (7 x 5 inches)
Signed lower right, Orovida
Circa 1920
This highly original piece has the origi...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
South Spring Wind - Voice of Persephone
Located in Fairlawn, OH
South Spring Wind - Voice of Persephone
Sanguine on paper heightened with white gouache over the entire sheet
Signed lower left
An important work on paper by the artist with extensive exhibition history (see labels). The artist used the theme of Persephone in paintings, drawings and prints.
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 13 5/8 inches
Housed in an 8 ply rag mat
Provenance: Mildred Davies (the artist's widow)
Feragil Gallery, New York (label)
Montrsoe Gallery, New York (label)
FAR Gallery, New York (label)
Biography
Arthur B. Davies’s mystical, mysterious paintings hearken back to 19th-century romanticism, even while Davies aligned himself with American artists advancing the most radical ideals of their day. Davies was born on September 26, 1862, in Utica, New York, the son of English and Welsh parents who had immigrated to the United States in 1856. He first took art lessons as a teenager from a local landscape painter, Dwight Williams...
Category
Ashcan School 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Paul Brown 'The First Fence Pink Coat Cup' West Hills, L.I. Race Meeting" 1926
Located in Bristol, CT
West Hills Race Meeting November 13, 1926
Drawn on stone 4/35 signed Paul Brown lower right
Art Sz: 13"H x 22"W
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Conté
Un Lecteur d'Henri Dordeaux - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - 1924
Located in Roma, IT
Un Lecteur d'Henri Dordeaux is an original Pen and Pencil Drawing realized by Norbert Meyre in 1924.
The little artwork on a yellowed paper is in good c...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
Paul Brown 'Webb Takes Care Of Atkinson' c1929 Conte C/ Charcoal Polo Drawing
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 13" x 17"
Original conte crayon drawing by Paul Desmond Brown (1893-1958) depicting a polo match with :
James Watson Webb II (known as James Sr.) (July 1, 1884 – March 4, 1960) was an American polo champion and insurance executive. He was a grandson of William Henry Vanderbilt and James Watson Webb.
In 1921, and, again in 1924 and 1927, he played on the American polo team that won the International Polo Cup...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Cliffs at Paramé, France, 20th century seascape & landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Cliffs at Paramé, France, c. 1926
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
14 x 17.5 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17...
Category
American Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Female Figure - Pencil Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1920s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Female Figure is an original modern artwork realized the 1920s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original pencil drawing on Ivory paper.
Hand-sig...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
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. ...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
The Red Dress
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Red Dress
Watercolor on paper, mounted on board by the artist, 1926
Signed and dated, 1926 lower left (see photo)
Condition: Mounted on support board by...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
At the Circus
Located in Lawrence, NY
Martha Walter was a second generation American Impressionist painter. She devoted her long and successful career to painting life as she saw it with overtones of Impressionism and Mo...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Woman - Drawing by Cesare Bentivoglio - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original drawing in pencil, ink and watercolor realized by Cesare Bentivoglio in 1920s.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted throu...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
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...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Dove - Original Drawing by Eugène Juillerat - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Dove is an original artwork realized by Eugène Juillerat (1856-1925) in 1920s.
Pencil drawing.
Excellent condition.
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pen
Female Nude Study
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Female Nude Study
Graphite and crayon on wove paper, c. 1928
Signed with the Estate stamp "B" (see photo)
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Edward Sommer (his so...
Category
American Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
Graphite on laid paper
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the artist
by descent to his Grandson
Depicts the artist's wife Carolyn.
Most probably created in Nashville, Indiana
Related to the painting entitled "Maiden" in the Haan Museum, Lafayette, IN (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Archival framing with TruVue Conservation Clear glass
Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches
Frame size: 18 7/8 x 16 inches
Louis Oscar Griffith
(1875-1956)
Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts.
In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club.
He made his first trip to Brown County...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
W.H.D. Koerner "Silent Paths" Original Illustration
Located in San Francisco, CA
William Henry Detlef Koerner: 1878-1938. Well listed American painter and illustrator. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Art Students League in NY under Howard Pyle. He has auction results over $255,000. He is known for his Western and Indian themed paintings and illustrations for books from authors like Zane Grey...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"Lake Scene" - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolor Seascape Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
(I apologize for the reflections on the glass.) A lovely, gentle watercolor of a quiet lake with the fall trees reflected in the water. In the misty distance rises a cathedral above ...
Category
Romantic 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Boats on the Thames - Original Drawing by Robert Louis Antral - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Boats is an original drawing in charcoal and pencil realized by Robert Louis Antral (1895-1939).
This Artwork is depicted through strong and confident strokes in a well-balanced com...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Charcoal
Untitled, Venice
Located in Lawrence, NY
Martha Walter was a second generation American Impressionist painter. She devoted her long and successful career to painting life as she saw it with overtones of Impressionism and Mo...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flamenco Dancer, Seville
Located in Lawrence, NY
Martha Walter was a second generation American Impressionist painter. She devoted her long and successful career to painting life as she saw it with overtones of Impressionism and Mo...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Cover for "Il Selvaggio" - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the 1930s.
Beautiful colored watercolour and tempera drawing on ivory paper.
Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-si...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Male Nudes - Original Drawing on Paper by D. Ginsbourg - 1921
Located in Roma, IT
Male Nudes is an original modern artwork realized in 1921 by the French artist Daniel Ginsbourg.
Original sanguine drawing on paper. The sheet is gluew on a blue dark sheet.
Hand-s...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Two Nudes Posing
Located in London, GB
'Two Nudes Posing', pencil on fine art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketch...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sleeping Bird - Original Drawing by Eugène Juillerat - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Bird is an original pencile and pen drawing realized by Eugène Juillerat (1856 - 1925) in 1920.
Good condition on a grey paper mounted on a ...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Pen
Nude - Original Pencil Drawing by Tibor Gertler - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pencil applied on paper realized by Tibor Gertler in 1946.
In good condition except for some folding and stains and a rip on the lower margin.
Hand-s...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Aranea diadima a study by Walter Spies, an artist living in Indonesia in the 30s
Located in PARIS, FR
Walter Spies was one of the first Europeans to settle in Bali after a stay in Java. He greatly contributed to the discovery and popularization of Balinese...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fat Gentleman Dining Ink and watercolor of a gentleman in blues and greens
Located in Brookville, NY
signed on the lower left side, and framed with a custom made frame in Paris.
Charles Martin was born in France, shown in the Tate Gallery and National Portrait Gallery of London
Kn...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Three Fish - colorful Blue Green Lavender Purple White Orange
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Signed lower left.
Provenance: The Estate of the Artist
A letter of authenticity from the Artist's Estate will accompany this work of art.
Category
Expressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
New York Street Movement and Figure - Architecture
By John Marin
Located in Miami, FL
This work by John Marin depicts an image of lower Manhattan which was Marin's more iconic subject matter. The work has a stellar provenance as well.
Provenance:
Kennedy Galleries
Richard York Gallery
ACA Galleries...
Category
American Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
"undergrowth" forest, trees, greenery 1929 watercolor cm. 36, 5 x 26, 5
Located in Torino, IT
watercolor, forest, green
Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990)
Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very close to the artists that used to patroniz...
Category
Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Two Studies of Henriette (Head of the artist's wife & The Artist's wife writing
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Studies of Henriette (Left: Head of the artist's wife, Right: The Artist's wife writing a letter)
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 1928-1930
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Image/sheet size: 9 3/8 x 11 inches
Condition: Excellent
Colors fresh and unfaded
Provenance: Estate of the artist
The Orange Chicken...
Category
American Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study for Medal and Bas-Relief - Drawing by Aurelio Mistruzzi - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Medal and Bas-Relief is an original drawing in pencil realized by Aurelio Mistruzzi in the 1920s.
Good condition except for being aged with diffused foxings.
The artwork ...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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 ...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Seville
Located in Lawrence, NY
Martha Walter was a second generation American Impressionist painter. She devoted her long and successful career to painting life as she saw it with overtones of Impressionism and Mo...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Study for Scenography - Watercolor by Erminio Loy - 1920s
By Erminio Loy
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Scenography is a painting in watercolor realized in the 1920s by Erminio Loy.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
Good conditions.
The artwork represented through harmonious...
Category
Pop Art 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Atlas Cornice Drawings 2 —Vienna Secessionist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Two early 20th-century Vienna Secessionist, male nude cornice drawings. Graphite on pale blue/grey wove drawing paper, spot glued by the artist to ...
Category
Vienna Secession 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Le Secret Professionnel - Vintage Rare Book Illustrated by Jean Cocteau - 1925
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
Le Secret Professionnel is an original modern rare book illustrated by Jean Cocteau (Maisons-Laffitte, 1889 – Milly-la-Forêt, 1963) in 1925.
Published by Au Sens Pareil, Paris.
Original Edition.
530 numbered copies, one of the 440 copies on vélin d'Annonay.
Format: in 8°.
The book includes 105 pages with Twelve full page color drawings.
Mint conditions.
Jean Cocteau (Maisons-Laffitte, 1889 – Milly-la-Forêt, 1963). Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau was one of the most famous French writer, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. The novel Les Enfants Terribles (1929) and the films Blood of a Poet (1930), Les Parents Terribles (1948), Beauty and the Beast (1946) and Orpheus (1949) are his most appreciated works. His circle of friends, lovers and colleagues included Kenneth Anger...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Doves - Original Pastel by Eugène Juillerat - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Doves is an original colored pastel realized by Eugène Juillerat (1856-1925) in 1920.
Good condition mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (49x34 ...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Composition 2 - Original Drawing by Clément Kons - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 2 is an original drawing realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is in tempera and in very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 34 x 29 cm
No signature. The bri...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Cityscape - Charcoal Drawing by Jean Chapin - Early 1900
By Jean Chapin
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is a charcoal drawing realized by Jean Chapin in the XX century.
Signature stamp of the artist on the lower right margin. The drawing is detached from a notebook.
The ar...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
The Fired Worker - Watercolor and Ink by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
The Fired Worker is an original Modern Artwork realized in the first half of the 20th Century by Luigi Bompard (Bologna, 8 September 1879 - Rome, 24 February 1953).
Watercolor and c...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Composition 1920 - Original Painting by Clément Kons - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Composition 1920 is an original painting realized by Clément Kons (1879-1956).
The artwork is on tempera, in very good conditions and mounted on a cardb...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Nude of Woman - Mixed Media - 1926
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original drawing in mixed media -pencil, pastel and watercolor- on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the early 2...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting bearded man, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932)
Study of a sitting bearded man
Pencil on paper
24.5 x 20 cm
Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower left
In quite good condition : glued...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1930's Milford, CT Landscape -- First Church of Christ Congregational
Located in Soquel, CA
1930's watercolor figurative landscape depicting the First Church of Christ Congregational in Milford, Connecticut by J. Nolan of Providence, Rhode Island (American, 20th Century). S...
Category
American Impressionist 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Laid Paper, Watercolor
Costume for Aida - Tempera and Watercolor - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for Aida is a drawing in tempera and watercolor on brownish paper realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous Italian artist of the early 20th Century.
In very good condition.
The...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Tempera
Figure - Original Watercolor on Paper by Cazanove - 1922
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Raymond Cazanove in 1922.
Hand-signed on the lower right.
In good conditions, with aged margins.
Sheet dimension:...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Old Reliable', Early American Modernist, Jalopy, Model T Ford Flatbed Truck
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
An American School watercolor showing an old Ford Model T flatbed truck backed up to a barn in a rural landscape.
A well-composed work paint...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
Male figures - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Male figures is original drawing in china ink on paper applied on a paper Passepartout realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
Good co...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting beggar, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932)
Study of a sitting beggar,
Pencil on paper
25.5 x 20.5 cm
Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower right
In quite good condition : glued ...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Portrait of a Young Girl
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of a Young Girl', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil pa...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Mother Nursing Her Baby
Located in London, GB
'Mother Nursing Her Baby', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil pai...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Maine Coastal Harbour Scene
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic watercolour depicting a Maine coastal harbour signed (LR) 1920s
W.C. Puddefoot
Art Sz: 7"H x 15-1/2"W
Frame Sz: 12-1/2"H x 20-3/4"W
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Composition with Reading Girl by an Unknown Artist, Ink on Paper, Dated 1922
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unknown Swedish Artist
Composition with Reading Girl
inkl on paper
indistinctly signed and dated Eric Eric SON? 1922
frame included
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Reposing Nude and Tree
Located in London, GB
'Reposing Nude and Tree', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil pain...
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
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...
Category
Modern 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait - Original Mixed Media Artwork by Maurice Lourday - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor drawing on creamy cardboard, realized in 1927 by Maurice Lourday (1860-1934).
Titled on the lower.
In very good conditions, ex...
Category
Contemporary 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Cardboard, Watercolor, Pencil, Pastel
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a reading monk , original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932)
Study of a reading monk
Pencil on paper
29.5 x 19 cm
Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower right
In quite good condition : crease and ...
Category
Art Deco 1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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