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Period: 1940s
Huntsman w/ Hounds c1947 Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
1947
Art Sz: 5 3/4"H x 10 3/4"W
Frame Sz: 11 3/4"H x 16 5/8"W
PAUL DESMOND BROWN (American, 1893-1958), watercolor, equestrian scene with running hounds on illustration board, sig...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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...
Category
Futurist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Flight into Egypt
Located in Miami, FL
Meticulously rendered in beautiful pastels colors account of biblical story.
Doyle New York
Category
American Realist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Watercolor
Study for Sculpture of Nude Woman Balancing Baby
By Chaim Gross
Located in New York, NY
Study for Sculpture of Nude Woman Balancing Baby, 1949, by Chaim Gross (1902-1991)
Ink on paper
10 ½ x 7 ½ inches unframed (26.67 x 19.05 cm)
1...
Category
Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Dorothy Claire and James L. O'Neill in "Finian's Rainbow"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
This piece is on 10.00" x 15.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 9.00" x 8.25."
The illustration was used for the New York Herald Tribune. Includes clipping.
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Dorothy Claire and James L. O`Neill in the 1947 Broadway production of `Finian`s Rainbow` at the 46th St Theatre. These two replaced Ella Logan and Albert Sharpe part-way through the run, which was 1/1/47 to 10/2/48 for 725 performances. Directed by Bretaigne Windust, designed by Jo Mielziner...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
"Lord Featherby" 1948 Watercolour by Doris Zinkeisen
Located in Bristol, CT
An original watercolour by Doris Zinkeisen (1898-1991) for the 1948 play, The High Toby, depicting Lord Featherby Act II/ Scene I
1948
Art Sz: 14 1/2"H x 10"W
Frame Sz: 21"H x 16 ...
Category
Other Art Style 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Beware of False Prophets
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Book illustration for the 1946 edition of The Sermon on the Mount published by the John C. Winston Company (Philadelphia).
Signed and dated 'EVERETT SHINN 1945' bottom center left
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Al Hirschfeld "Art Week" NYC illustration New York Times poster design 1940
Located in New York, NY
Poster design for National Art Week, November, 1940. In collaboration the Al Hirschfeld Foundation
Al Hirschfeld’s drawings stand as one of the most innovative efforts in establishi...
Category
American Realist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Volcano"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Joseph Meierhans (1890 - 1980)
Joseph Meierhans is one of the most important modernist painters associated with Bucks Coun...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Dreaming of Paradise Island, " Watercolor and Pastel signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Dreaming of Paradise Island" is an original watercolor and pastel on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. It depicts a large female figure overl...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Watercolor
Class Struggle - Fay the Maid Dusts Henry Moore - New Yorker Magazine?
Located in Miami, FL
Mary Petty gained fame as a cover artist for The New Yorker, illustrating a fictional upper-class Manhattan family called the Peabodys. One of the main char...
Category
Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Glamorous Palm Beach Portrait with Sun Hat - Mid Century Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
The mid-century glamour portrait of an elegant, long-necked woman in silhouette with a straw sun hat. Signed and dated Grafstrom Palm Beach 1947 - Condition is good with some scatter...
Category
Impressionist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
"The Mystery of Edwin Drood"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
An illustration from Charles Dickens' "The Mystery of Erwin Drood".
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Handsome Couple in Sailboat - Collier's Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Collier's Magazine Illustration
From the Estate of Charles Martignette.
Work is framed in a period wood frame
Watercolor on board
Category
American Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Board
Portrait of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow, 1946
Located in Miami, FL
Powerful pencil study of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow. Tchelitchew exaggerates the sitters features with abnormally large eyes for dramatic effect, Bachoo (Countess Bachoobai Woronzow-D...
Category
Surrealist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Juan San Miguel Allende
Located in Toronto, ON
11" x 6.5" Unframed
Original - Watercolour
Hand Signed by Joe Lasker
1948
Lasker painted this piece in 1948, while he was staying at San Miguel de Allende, Mexico,
where he used to ...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
“I won’t let you take our Katie away!” Illustration for River Singer
By Amos Sewell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration for third and final installment of "River Singer" by Pete Martin for The Saturday Evening Post, published August 30, 1947, page 26.
The full caption reads: “Katie’s br...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Escort Bureau
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"...And He Should Be Tall Dark and Handosme"; Calendar Illustration
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
1945 Broadway Musical, "Up in Central Park"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen & Ink, Pasted on Sheet Music on Board. The illustration is pasted on a sheet music background, blue indicating halftone.
Signature: Signed Lower Right
The piece is on 15.50" x 20.00" illustration board with an image that measures to 12.50" x 11.00."
Includes clipping.
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1945 Broadway Musical...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Board, Pen
Two Soldiers with Machine Gun
Located in Miami, FL
Arnold Finkel Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Heritage
Some slight fading. Mounted to illustration board, Could be Unframed - Not sure if it is framed but the frame is old with wear.
Reco...
Category
American Realist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Drawing for 1948-49 "Anne of the Thousand Days"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 12.00" x 14.50."
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1948-49 Broadway production of Maxwell Anderson`s `Anne of the Thousand Days`, with Rex Harrison and Joyce Redman as King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, flanked by Wendell K. Phillips as Cromwell, Frederic G. Worlock as Wolsey and John Williams as the Duke of Norfolk...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Cast from "Mama (6)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Left and Right
This piece is on 15.00" x 11.00" illustration board with an images that measure to 11.00" x 9.00."
Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of the cast from the endearing CBS-TV family comedy-drama `Mama`, based on John Van Druten`s 1944 play `I Remember Mama`, derived from Kathryn Forbes` book, `Mama`s Bank Account`, which was a smash on Broadway and an equally successful 1948 film before inspiring the live TV series about the Hanson...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Lady and The Mirror
By Peter Driben
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Color Pencil on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Right
A pin-up study.
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
Alfred Drake in the Lead Role of Barnaby Goodchild in "Sing Out, Sweet Land
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Upper Left
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Alfred Drake in the lead role of Barnaby Goodchild for 1944 Broadway musical revue `Sing Out, Sweet Land`. Directed by Walter Kerr & Leon Leonidoff, designed by Albert R. Johnson & Lucinda Ballard, the show ran 12/27/44 - 3/24/45, for 102 performances at the International Theatre...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
My Best Girl
By Jules Erbit
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Board
Dimensions: 26.50" x 18.50"
Signature: Signed Middle Right
Date: 1949
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Board, Pastel
The Broadway Cast of "Kathleen"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Upper Right
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), Broadway cast of `Kathleen` by Michael Sayers, staged by Coby Ruski...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Pullman Railroad Cars Advertisement, published 1946
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original advertisement for Pullmain railroad cars, published in The Saturday Evening Post, 1946
The caption reads: "'All Aboard!' means 'Pleasant Journey' on cars built by Pullman-S...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
John Lund as Yank in "The Hasty Heart"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of John Lund as Yank in John Patrick`s 1945 Broadway wartime drama `The Hasty Heart` at the Hudson Theatre. Starring Richard Basehart, this insightful character study set in a British hospital on the Burma front marked the Broadway debut of Robert Earl Jones...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
1948 Presentation of Israel's Habima Company of "The Dybbuk" in rep with "D
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 12.00" x 17.00."
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1948 Broadway presentation by Israel`s Habima Company of `The Dybbuk...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Rough Sketches for "Doctor in the House"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pencil on Onionskin
Signature: Signed Lower Right
ROUGH SKETCHES - - Large Group of pencil on onionskin sketches for the 1954 movie 'Doctor in the House' starring Dirk Bogarde...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
"Pigs"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Daniel Garber (1880 - 1958).
One of the two most important and, so far, the most valuable of the New Hope Sc...
Category
American Impressionist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
"Machinery"
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...
Category
Abstract 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Martyn Green as Lord Chamberlain in "Iolanthe"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Cardstock
Signature: Signed Center Right
Approximate Date: Jan. 12, 1948
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Martyn Green as the Lord Chamberlain in G...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Sam Jaffe and Ruth Ford in the Broadway Drama, "This Time Tomorrow"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Upper Left
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of Sam Jaffe & Ruth Ford in the Broadway dr...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Portraits of 10 ANTA Actors
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Cardstock
Signature: Unsigned, Lower Left and Lower Right
Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), portraits of ten ANTA Actors: Raymond Massey...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
Bertolt Brecht's 1947 Biographical Study, "Galileo"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for Bertolt Brecht`s 1947 biographical ...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Broadway Production of Sartre's "The Respectful Prostitute"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Cardstock
Signature: Signed Upper Right
The piece is on 14.00" x 22.50" cardstock, with an image that measures to 13.50" x 15.00."
Includes clipping.
Drawing...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
1947 Broadway Drama, "The Whole World Over"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1947 Broadway drama, `The Whole World Over`, starring Uta Hag...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
"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...
Category
Abstract 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
"Finian's Rainbow"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board, blue indicating halftone.
Signature: Signed Lower Right
This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board with an image that measures to 11.50" x 17.50."
Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1947 landmark Broadway Musical `Finian`s Rainbow`, starring Albert Sharpe and Ella Logan. Directed by Bretaigne Windust, choreographed by Michael Kidd, designed by Jo Mielziner...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
1941 Broadway Thriller, "Angel Street"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board. Medium includes blue indicating halftone, pasteup of left-hand figures by GW.
Signature: Signed Upper Right
This piece is on 10.00" x 14.5...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
1947 Broadway Show, "Man and Superman"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, with an image that measures to 11.50" x 14.00." Some soiling, editor's notations.
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1947 Broadway show `Man and Superman` by George Bernard Shaw, starring Maurice Evans...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
"The Virginian"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Cardstock
Signature: Signed Upper Right, Upper Left and Lower Right
On 14.00" x 11.25" cardstock, with images that all measure to 8.00" x 10.00." Includes copy of flyer with Washington portrait...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Jose Ferrer as Face & George Coulouris as Subtle in "The Alchemist"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Jose Ferrer as Face and George Coulouris as Subtle in `The Alchemis...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Donald O'Connor (2)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Upper Right (left)
Approx. Date: c. Late 1940's
Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), of Song `n Dance Star and ...
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1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Caricature for "The Stranger"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Upper Left
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Good Housekeeping Magazine Cover, June 1947
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Left
Good Housekeeping Cover Illustration, June 1947
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Art Deco Glamour illustration, Golden Age of Hollywood
By Jaro Fabry
Located in Miami, FL
Caption: "He proposed this morning right
after the alarm clock went off."
From the Estate of Charles Martignette
Signed lower center
unframed
Category
Art Deco 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"The Last of the School Builders" Story Illustration, Saturday Evening Post
By Peter Helck
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right
"The Last of the School Builders," by Alvin F. Harrow and illustrated by Peter Helck for the Saturday Evening Post, July 12, 1941.
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Board, Pen
"After the Bath"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
Category
Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
"Delaware Water Gap #2"
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...
Category
Abstract 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Peinzende man
Located in BLARICUM, NL
QUIRIJN VAN TIEL
Rotterdam 1900-1967 Rhoon
PEINZENDE MAN
1945
watercolor on paper
36 x 46 cm.
Signed and dated: lower left ‘Quirijn van Tiel 45’
Pr...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Admired"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by:
Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985)
An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
Category
Modern 1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Gouache and Graphite Drawing on Board by Lois Field, Dated 1947
Located in New York, NY
Lois Field (Am. 1923 - 2010)
Untitled
Gouache and graphite on board, 1947
11 3/4” x 9”
Signed and dated Lois Field ‘47, lower left
Provenance
The artist, Webster Groves, MO (ca. 200...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mr. J.V. Rank 1947 by Peter Buchanan Aka "The Tout"
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic original watercolour by "The Tout" aka Peter Buchanan signed (LR) & dated (19)47 depicting the famous British turf racehorse owner Mr JV. (James Voase) "Jimmy" Rank (1881-195...
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Parisian Penthouse Terrace 1948 Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Parisian watercolour c1948 depicting a stylish trellis rooftop garden replete w/ a canopied imperial throne
Art Sz: 4 5/8"H x 6 3/4"W
Frame Sz: 9 1/4"H x 11 1/4"W
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original 1944 Pencil Drawing From Hi, Guy! The Cinderella Horse By Paul Brown 4
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 11"H x 8 3/8"W
1944
Provenance stamp on verso: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown
*Book sold separately*
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Original 1944 Pencil Drawing From Hi, Guy! The Cinderella Horse By Paul Brown 2
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 11"H x 8 3/8"W
1944
Provenance stamp on verso: The Estate of Paul Desmond Brown
*Book sold separately*
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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