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Period: 1940s
20th century Belgium, Black and White Abstract pencil drawing, Etude
Located in Woodbury, CT
Outstanding pencil on paper Abstract drawing. Marcel Dumont was a Liège artist who painted in oils and gouache, also produced collages and was an illustrator and engraver, doing so in a number of different styles. Early on in his career, he tended to produce paintings displaying a poetic realism but this changed over time until, in 1957, he was employing geometric abstraction and later still, the influence of pop art could be discerned. His geometric style has strong linear structure which occasionally veers to expressionism and the effect of this is an interesting sense of detachment that the viewer of the work can feel and one engages with the subject on a different level than one would normally expect. A critic wrote of him," Sometimes expressionist, sometimes linear, the abstraction forms itself willingly, in Marcel Dumont's world, to leave the rectangular structure to connect to carefully prepared tones. He retains also, in his abundant output, a few poetic pop-art collages together with a number of drawings and engravings illustrating Stefan Zweig...
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Abstract 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Cityscape - Original Pencil on Paper - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1943 by an Anonymous artist of the Mid-20 Century. Hand-signed illegible-dated 43. T...
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Contemporary 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Charles Culver Landscape "Late Afternoon Landscape" Watercolor on Paper
Located in Detroit, MI
“Late Afternoon Landscape” is set in the golden light of evening painted in the mid-west town of Utica, Michigan. It has the atmosphere of when work is done and peace and quiet blanket the countryside. The The farm machinery has ceased its racket as has the family dog wandering about for one last sniff. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and conservative glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles Culver...
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Naturalistic 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Morocco - Original Pastel Drawing by Helen Vogt - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Morocco is an original pastel drawing realized by Helen Vogt, in 1944. Dated on the lower right. Included a Passepartout: 35 x 50.5 cm The state of pres...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

'Navajo Family', Santa Fe, Modernism, Corcoran, Whitney, PAFA, AIC, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower center, 'by Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966), dedicated lower center, 'for Ruth' and painted circa 1945. Additionally signed and titled verso 'Navajo Fa...
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Art Deco 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board, Watercolor

Harbor View Mykonos Greece Landscape Watercolor
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3873 Water color harbor view landscape Mykonos Greece laid on paper backing(13.75x19.75")
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nude - Original Pencil Drawing - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original modern drawing in pencil on creamy paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the 19th Century. Good conditions except for being aged and foldings. Th...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Lying Figure - Original Charcoal on Paper - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Lying Figure is an original charcoal drawing on paper realized by Leo Guida in 1970s. The dry label is present on the upper right corner. Dimensions: cm...
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Contemporary 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative. Chris Ritter (American, 1906 – 1976) "Animated Discourse," 19 x 24 (sight). Watercolor on paper. Si...
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American Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

WC Ives, The New Bodleian Building, Oxford (1946) pencil drawing
Located in London, GB
To see our other views of Oxford and Cambridge, scroll down to "More from this Seller" and below it click on "See all from this Seller" - or send us a message if you cannot find the ...
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Realist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Hairdresser — vintage drawing, original 'Superman' artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Nowak, 'Hairdresser', conté crayon and India ink, c. 1940s. Signed in ink, lower left. Original cartoon drawing, on textured, off-white wove draw...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Conté

Landscape - China ink Drawing by Renzo Vespignani - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in China ink on paper realized in 1949 by Renzo Vespignani. Hand-signed on the lower left and date. Applied on a Passepartout: 21 x 15.5 cm. Very...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Autumn Forest - Mid Century Abstracted Fauvist Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous mid century fauvist watercolor landscape with lush, vivid trees and distant houses by Emily Shotwell Goeller-Wood (American, 1887-1965). Presented in a rustic giltwood frame...
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Fauvist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing by R. Cazanove - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a superb black and white drawing in pencil on cream-colored and laid paper, realized by Cazanove, as it is reported on the lower margin. Very good conditions. On the back of this Artwork there is another portrait in pencil.
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Lecon d' Amour - Original Ink and Watercolor - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Lecon d' Amour is an original artwork realized by Henry Marteau in 1940. China Ink and watercolor. Very good condition.
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Cats - Original Watercolor and Pen by Marie Paulette Lagosse - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Cats is an original etching by Marie Paulette Lagosse (1921-1996) in 1948. Signed on the plate on the lower right. The state of preservation of the artwork is good except for some ...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pen

Cat on the Chair - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
Cat on the Chair is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour. The state of preservation is good except for some foldings and stains. Hand-signed and dated 19...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Water Sports - Coney Island Nude Swimmers and Nude Bathers
Located in Miami, FL
Presented in a good broad craved and antiqued giltwood frame in the Spanish Baroque style. Each corner boldly carved with a stylized anthemion mantled by foliate scrolls. Signed and ...
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Realist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor

Portrait of Man - Drawing in China Ink by Umberto Casotti - 1947
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original drawing in Cina ink realized by Umberto Casotti in 1947. signed on lower . sheet dimension: 30 x 22 cm. The state of preservation is good except for...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Abstract Composition - China Ink on Paper by Michel Cadoret - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original artwork realized by Michel Cadoret. Penmarker on paper. The monogram of the artist is on the lower right corner. ...
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Abstract 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Greek Village Scene Landscape Watercolor
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3872 Greek Village scene landscape watercolor Part of a series of 10 Greek watercolors on our site
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Boat in the Dock - Original Watercolor - 1945 ca
Located in Roma, IT
The boat in the dock is an original drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an anonymous artist in 1945 ca. Good conditions. The artwork represents a beautiful sea in the perspe...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nude with Crossed Arms - Drawing in Pencil by Beppe Guzzi - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper, realized by the Italian painter Beppe Guzzi. Included a passepartout: 40 x 30 cm. Good conditions and aged except for some ripping ...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Jeanne d'Arc - China Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jeanne d'Arc is a modern artwork realized in the 1940s ca by a French Artist. Original China ink and Watercolors on paper. Passepartout is included (dimensions: 38 x 0.1 x 30 cm)....
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Nude - Original Drawing by Jean Delpech - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in sanguine on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988) 1940s. The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Passport...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Les Voiles by Léopold Survage - Abstract watercolour
Located in London, GB
Les Voiles by Léopold Survage (1987-1968) Watercolour on paper 23 x 38 cm (9 x 15 inches) Monogrammed, stamped and dated lower right Executed in 1945 ...
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Surrealist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Charles Culver Watercolor Landscape "Red Hills Near Patzcurao" Signed & Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this Mexican scene is located in Mexico, west of Mexico City and south of Guadalajara. “Red Hills Near Patzcuaro” is set in a golden light. and was one of three paintings by the artist while the artist visited Patzcuaro, Mexico. The humans depicted lend an atmosphere to the painting and an indication of location - dressed in native Mexican peasant dress - without being obtrusive and causing the viewer to concentrate on them. The intense red hills of Patzcuaro are the feature in this painting along with the pinon and juniper trees and the Chamisa shrub. This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and museum glass. In a 1952 Detroit Free Press article, entitled “Artist Explains His Work,” Culver was asked why he painted the way he did. He stated: “I try to ‘see’ though not too exactly; I try to think though not too ponderously; I feel emotion yet I try not to become overwrought. I interpret rather than describe, and design rather than depict. I work with values, not light and shade; hence, when I am successful, I achieve substance rather than three-dimensional form, and this satisfies me as being wholly sufficient. In my work I wish to be serious without becoming a bore, exuberant without being frivolous, humorous without being silly. I believe that good paintings are conceived, not contrived; and I am interested in art much more than in pictures.” Charles Culver...
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Naturalistic 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

Sleeping Boy - Carbon Pencil by Silvano Pulcinelli - 1946
By Silvano Pulcinelli
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping boy is an original lithograph realized by Silvano Pulcinelli, in 1946. Inclued Passports: 40 x 30 cm Good Conditions.
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Carbon Pencil

'St Mark's Square, Venice', Paris, Post-Impressionist, Charlottenborg Palace
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'V. Isbrand' for Victor Isbrand (Danish, 1897-1989) and titled, 'Venedig' (Venice). Precocious as a child, Victor Isbrand painted professionally from a young age...
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Post-Impressionist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard

"Delaware Water Gap"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Lloyd R. Ney (1893 – 1964) Called “Bill” by his friends, Lloyd Ney was one of the pioneers of Modernist art in New Hope. Ne...
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Abstract 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Beach - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Beach is an original drawing in pencil and pen on paper realized by Jeanne Daour. The state of preservation is good except for some diffused foxings and stains. Hand-signed and dat...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Erte (Roman de Tirtoff) Original Set Design for the Opera Dreams of Vienna
Located in San Francisco, CA
Erte Roman de Tirtoff:1892-1990. Well listed and very important Russian artist. Most famous for his set decorations and art deco design. He has an auction result high of $45,000 for ...
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Art Deco 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Decorated Vase - Original Mixed Media on Paper by G. Fourmaintraux - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Decorated Vase is an original modern artwork realized in the first half of the XX Century by the French artist Gabriel Fourmaintraux (Desvres, 18...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

The Lord's Prayer, Illustration for Coronet Magazine, 1945
By Arthur Szyk
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Ink and Gouache on Stiff Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right "The Lord's Prayer." Illustration published in the January 1946 edition of Coronet magazine, appearing on the in...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper, Ink

Portrait of Jacques - Tempera and Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait of Jacques" is an original drawing in tempera and watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet ...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Fireworks at Night - Original Drawing - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Fireworks at night is an original artwork realized by an artist in 1940s. Tempera and watercolor drawing on ivory cardboard. Good conditions. On the back of the drawing there is a...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera, Watercolor

Moby Dick 4 original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's masterpiece
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning ensemble of fiour original mid century illustrations for Herman Melville's "Moby Dick" . Whilst sharing the modernist, stylis...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

The Thinker? —vintage drawing, original 'Superman' artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leonard Nowak, 'The Thinker?', conté crayon and India ink, c. 1940s. Signed in ink, lower left. Original cartoon drawing, on textured, off-white wove dra...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Conté

“Tavern Meeting”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings of interior crowded pub scene by the British artist, George Anderson Short. Signed bottom left. Circa...
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Academic 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Religious Figurative Drawing dated and signed 20th century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing, made of pencil and sanguine on paper 25 x 36 cm, represents an episode taken for Saint John's Gospel. Jesus, after the Resurrection, met his friend Mary Magdalene and intimates her "Noli me tangere...
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Other Art Style 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Pondering being Naked - Sexy Girl taking off Bikini - Female Cartoonist
Located in Miami, FL
This work clearly has homosexual overtones which in the mid-'40s was as daring as showing nudity. I am not sure if this was the artist's intention but the salesgirl and the model look identical and she signs it twice Shermond. Added to this is a strobe light effect where the model's image is partly replicated giving the impression of 2 figures. She's lost in thought pondering the notion of removing the bows and seeing the consequences. Meanwhile, the sales girls ( perhaps her alta ego - perhaps an admirer ) eggs her on. Caption: "You can always remove the bows if you think they're too fussy." Cover cartoon for unknown publication - Signed "Shermund" twice in the lower right image, dated on verso, and captioned in graphite in the lower margin. Original Matte and not framed - Barbara Shermund...
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Feminist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Graphite

1940s Seated Nude Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude figure study of a seated female model by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Circa 1940. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 25"H x 19"W.
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American Impressionist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Hotel Futura Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Men Who Plan Beyond Tomorrow” Advertising campaign for The world’s incredible technological inventions that we take for granted today ….. Provenance: Edgar Bronfman Sr. former C...
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Futurist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Illustration Board, Gouache

"Billy the Brownie With Flowers #407" original tempera by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
In this painting, Sylvia Spicuzza demonstrates her skill as an illustration artist, representing the Milwaukee character Billie the Brownie with a pair of flowers. An illustration like this could grace the pages of a children's book or illustrated magazine, or as an advertisement for Schuster’s Department Store. 10 x 8 inches, artwork 17 x 13.13 inches, frame stamped with artist signature lower left Born in 1908, Sylvia Spicuzza was the daughter of noted painter Francesco Spicuzza. Sylvia devoted herself to teaching art to the students of Lake Bluff Elementary School in Shorewood, WI. During this time Sylvia produced a magnificent body of work that was undiscovered until her death. Sylvia's work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early figurative drawings to regionalism, Art Deco, lyrical abstractions of every conceivable subject (both real and imagined), as well as figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's. Biomorphic and organic, Modernist images are presented with Sylvia Spicuzza's own unique sense of style, humor and fantasy. Billie the Brownie was a multi-media star of Christmas in Milwaukee from the 1920s to the 1950s. Years earlier, the writer and artist Palmer Cox...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Tempera

Cobwebs and Rocks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Cobwebs and Rocks Watercolor, 1940 Signed, dated, and copyrighted lower right Exhibited: Zimmerli Art Museum, Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Illustrated: Gustafson, Zimmerli Museum: Benjamin Benno: Retrospective Exhibition, 1988 Color Plate 14 copy copy of the catalog accompanies the watercolor Condition: excellent Image size: 14 3/4 x 21 inches Provenance: Estate of the Artist Ruth O...
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Surrealist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

The Fortress - Ink and Watercolor by Gustave Bourgain - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
The Fortress is an original ink and watercolor on paper realized in 1940 by Gustave Bourgain Signed on the plate on the lower right. The State of prese...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Morris Carnovsky "Counterattack" 1943 Broadway Play Theatre Caricature Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Sam Norkin's original illustration for COUNTERATTACK, 1943, featuring Morris Carnovsky; ink on paper, dimensions: 19 ¾” x 15 ½”. Unframed. Samuel Norkin (1917-2011) was a Brooklyn, ...
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Performance 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Board

Vegetation - Original Watercolor on Paper by Jean Delpech - 1944
Located in Roma, IT
"Vegetation" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension: 26.3 x 17 ...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Figures - Original Pencil on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing in pencil on paper by an anonymous Artist of Early 20th Century. In good condition except for some folding and the trace of the glue. Not signed. Th...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Schoolgirls - Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Schoolgirls is a beautiful watercolored ink drawing of the first half of the 20th century, around 1940. The drawing shows an inscription in pencil on the lower right that is hard to...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

Water Sports - Nude Swimmers and Bathers at Coney Island
Located in Miami, FL
Historically, academic artists have always featured the central figures in their composition in a prominent light with the background figures being darker. In water sports...
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Realist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor

Nude of Woman - Ink Drawing by Toti Scialoja - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Nudity of Woman is an original china ink drawing realized by Toti Scialoja, born Antonio Scialoja (Roma, 1914 – 1998) in 1943. The conditions of the painting are excellent apart f...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pen

Girls at the bar - Mixed Media by Jean Raymond Delpech - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Girls at the bar is an original mixed-media drawing realized in the 1940s by Jean Delpech (1916-1988). The state of preservation of the artwork is good with very light foxings on the lower margin. The artwork represents two girls drinking...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Portrait - Original Blue Pencil on Paper - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in blue pencil on paper realized in 1948 by an Anonymous Artist. Dated by the artist on the lower right "27.08.48" The state of preservation is very...
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Sunderland Flying Boat R.A.A.F. Attacking Italian U Boat
Located in New York, NY
Original monochrome gouache illustration for the Sphere No. 2215. London, July 4, 1942.
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Realist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Figures - Original Pencil by Herna Hausmann - 1940 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a little pencil drawing by Herta Hausmann by 1940 ca. Atelier stamp on the lower right corner. Another pencil drawing on the back of the brown paper.
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Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Madam Rundera - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1949
Located in Roma, IT
Madam Rundera is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour. The state of preservation is good and aged. Han-signed and titled on the lower left. Sheet dimens...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Nude - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1940
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by Jeanne Daour. The state of preservation is good except for some foxings and stains. Hand-signed and dated 1940 on the lower ...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

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