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Period: 1950s
Study for a Theater Decoration - Original watercolor drawing, Handsigned
Located in Paris, FR
Fernand Léger (1881 - 1955)
Study for a Theater Decoration, 1950
Original watercolor drawing
Handsigned
Titled "Bolivar" on the back
On paper 17 x 24.5 cm (c. 7 x 10 in) mounted on ...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Central Park Study 1940-60s Ink Drawing
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1940-60s ink on paper drawing of tress in the park is by Bronx New York artist Saul Lishinsky (1922-2012). Lishinsky studied with Hans Hofmann in Provincetown, and attended the ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Belted Navy Blue Dress Gouache & Ink Fashion Illustration
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink and gouache fashion illustration of a woman in a long navy blue dress with a belted waist and matching cropped jacket is by fashion designer Frederick Gibson Bayh (191...
Category
American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Chic Fashion Model circa 1950s Pen & Ink Fashion Sketch
Located in Bristol, CT
Pen & ink circa 1950s fashion sketch in a gilt bamboo frame
Art Sz: 8"H x 4.5"W
Frame Sz: 7.75"H x 11.75"W
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pen
"Odalisque and musician" cm. 19 x 15 1950
Located in Torino, IT
Odalisque,Musician,Guitar, interior, Harem, orient,Yellow,Orange
Giulio DA MILANO (Nizza, 1895 - Torino, 1990)
Giulio Da Milano was a Giacomo Grosso's disciple and he was very clo...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Pencil
Seated Nude, Charcoal Drawing by Leon Kroll
By Leon Kroll
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Leon Kroll, American (1884 - 1974)
Title: Seated Nude
Medium: Charcoal on paper, signed
Size: 10.25 x 11 inches
Frame Size: 24 x 24 inches
Category
American Realist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
'At the Park', Metropolitan Museum, NY MOMA, AIC, ASL, Whitney Museum, Toledo
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, in graphite, 'Rainey Bennett' (American, 1907-1998) and dated 1958; titled, verso, 'Romantic Landscape' and accompanied by original backing bearing original Charl...
Category
Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"My Fair Lady" 1958 West End Theatre Costume Drawing Mid 20th Century Modern
By Cecil Beaton
Located in New York, NY
"My Fair Lady" 1958 West End Theatre Costume Drawing Mid 20th Century Modern
Cecil Beaton (1904 – 1980) "My Fair Lady," Pen and ink on paper. Sight: 12 1/2 x 11 1/2 inches. Signed B...
Category
Performance 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
"L'intrus" - Satirical French Illustration - Hand Colored Lithograph
By Gaston Hoffmann
Located in Soquel, CA
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1960). A doctor is giving a shot to a female patient, while a nurse tries to prevent a man from barging in.
Pencil signed "G Ho...
Category
Realist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
"What do you mean your wife" First African American Illustrator - Black Artist
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbel was the first major African American Illustrator. He did covers for Esquire Magazine starting in the 1930s.
He created the famous bulging-eyed Esquire Mascot “Esky....
Category
Academic 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Board
No Title, 1958 Abstract Watercolor on Paper by Erich Keller
Located in Brescia, IT
This beautiful abstract watercolor is drawed on Fabriano paper, an Italian high quality paper specially made for artists and its artworks.
About Keller arworks was told many words bu...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Sir Terry Frost, Red Black and Yellow Autumnal Landscape, Modern British Art
Located in London, GB
To see our other Modern British Art, 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 artist you ...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Osmos
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated by the artist lower left
Ink, watercolor, and wash on paper
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Invitation to Murder
By Edwin Georgi
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Meidum: Tempera and Gouache on Paper
Signature: Unsigned
Story Illustration for "Invitation to Murder" by Leslie Ford, published in The Saturday Evening Post, July 17, 1954, page 19
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Tempera, Gouache
Drawing of a Boy / Butterflies
By Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is maybe the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. While he is renowned for his iconic Pop art portraits, Caviar20 has been explo...
Category
Pop Art 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Art Deco Sailboat in Abstract Landscape #740," Crayon signed by S. Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Art Deco Sailboat in Abstract Landscape #740" is an original colorful crayon drawing on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza, signed in pencil in the lower right corner. The sailboat of the tit...
Category
Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Minotaur - Original Watercolor by Sergio Barletta - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Minotaur is an original painting in watercolor realized by Sergio Barletta in 1946.
Hand-signed.
In fair conditions with some folding, stains, and tearing on the margins.
The artw...
Category
Contemporary 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Looking Out Over the Valley - Mid Century Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene watercolor by an unknown artist. Situated on a mountain overlook, a lone tree looks out over the valley below. Rolling hills rise beyond the valley, with the horizon beyond th...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
'Raining in Formosa on the Tamsui River' by Ran In-Ting (Lan Yinding, 藍蔭鼎)
Located in London, GB
'Raining in Formosa on the Tamsui River' by Taiwanese artist, Ran In-Ting (Lan Yinding, 藍蔭鼎) (1956-59). Although elements of landscapes often appear in paintings produced by various ...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
La Marguerite
By Erté
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is an original gouache on Canson Mongolfier paper titled "La Marguerite," by Russian/French Artist Erte, Romain De Tirtoff, 1892-1990. It is hand signed in ink by the ar...
Category
Art Nouveau 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
De Rerum Natura
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lawrence Kupferman, 'De Rerum Natura', ink and encaustic, 1954. Signed 'Kupferman' in ink, lower right sheet edge. Signed and titled (twice) in ink, verso, and annotated '#ED:742.C' ...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Encaustic
"Adam and Eve" lack pencil drawing with signature in red crayon cm. 20 x 28 1950
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Torino, IT
Adam and Eva, Valentine's Day
Attributed to Jean COCTEAU (1889-1963)
Category
Surrealist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Preliminary drawing for a sculpture
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated middle right
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Alan Lipton (sons)
Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA
De-accessed 2017
Note: Lipton did a large numb...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Balmain Fashion Sketch - Skirt Suit
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage French fashion sketch of a svelte skirted suit with coordinating turtleneck by the Pierre Balmain Fashion House of Paris, circa 1950.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork on paper...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Still Life with Vessels and Violin
Located in London, GB
'Still Life with Vessels and Violin', ink on paper, by Pierre Ambrogiani (circa 1950s). The artist intrigues the viewer with simple but elegant lines blurring the distinction between...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Milwaukee Harbor," Original Watercolor Seascape signed by Joseph Ferrara
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Milwaukee Harbor" is an original watercolor by Joseph Ferrara. The artist signed the piece lower right. It depicts a view of the water and skyline of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
15" x 2...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Profil aux arabesques " original pastel drawing by Jean Cocteau . certified
By Jean Cocteau
Located in CANNES, FR
Original drawing pastel certified by Madame Annie Guedras .
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pastel
Pink Evening Dress Fashion Illustration in Ink, 1950s
By Gibson Bayh
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1950s ink, gouache, and fabric on paper fashion illustration of a woman in a pink dress is by fashion designer Frederick Gibson Bayh (1917-2007). Bayh frequently used silks and ...
Category
American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Paper, Ink, Gouache
Modernist Surreal Drawing by Seymour Zayon 1955
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Semour Zayon American (1930 - )
Medium: Color Pencil, Pastel on paper, signed and dated
Size: 8.5 x 10 inches
Frame: 12 x 14.5 inches
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Color Pencil
'Still Life of Nasturtiums', Cubist, Paris, Salon d'Automne, Salon des Tuileries
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J. de Gavardie' for Jean de Gavardie (French, 1909-1961), titled lower left, in margin, 'Les Capucines' and painted circa 1955.
Jean de Gavardie first served in...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Reclining Nude - Original Ink on Tissue Paper by Mino Maccari - 1950
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Reclining Nude is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original black china ink on tissue pa...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Tissue Paper
No. 1966, 1959
Located in Quogue, NY
Gouache on paper
Category
Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
The Artist in His Studio
Located in London, GB
'The Artist in His Studio', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1950s). Self-portrait while painting, the artist created this work while he was just a young man. The comp...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Mountains
By Omar Rayo
Located in Long Island City, NY
An early painting by Omar Rayo from 1955. An abstract geometric work with multi-colored shapes on a surrealist horizon.
Artist: Omar Rayo, Colombian (1928 - )
Title: Mountains
Year:...
Category
Abstract Geometric 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
The Angels - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
The Angels is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928).
Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
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Ink Drawing of a Farm House by Houston Artist
By Toby Topek
Located in Houston, TX
Ink drawing of a country house surrounded by trees. The work is done by Houston, Artist Toby Topek. It is signed by her and dated along with an artist stamp on the back of the framed...
Category
Naturalistic 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Portrait - China Ink on Paper by Willem Van Hasselt - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Image dimensions: 16.5 x 10.5 cm.
"Portrait" is an original drawing in china ink realized by Willem van Hasselt, Hand-signed on the lower-left.
Very good conditions.
Image dimensi...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Boatmen - Original Pencil on Paper by Herta Hausmann - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Boatmen is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Herta Hausmann in 1950 ca. and applied on cardboard.
Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil.
Good conditions.
The a...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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'Bacchanal', Mid-century Pompeii, Roman Mythology, Bacchus, Neo-classical
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Gallo Giovanni' for Giovanni Gallo (Italian, 20th century) and dated 1954.
Titled lower left, 'Eseguito a Pompei, 'Trionfo di Bacco'' (Done in Pompeii, 'Triumph...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
French Mid 20th Century Tours Landscape and Town Scene (double sided)
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tours, France: A River Landscape, and a Stone Gate Town Scene on a double-sided sheet
by Henri Miloch (1898-1979)
signed lower right on both sides
watercolour and gouache painting on...
Category
Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Cuban abstract modernist composition
By Raul Milian
Located in Norwich, GB
Raul Milian was born in Havana, Cuba in 1914. Well educated and passionate, Milian started painting in 1952 - when he was already in his late 30s. Self-taught and original, Milian st...
Category
Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
Sketch For a Landscape Painting - Original Pen Drawing by Flor David - 1950s
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch For a Landscape Painting is an original drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s
This is an original pen drawing representing a sketch of a landscape.
Good...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Mermaid - Original China Ink by Eugène Berman - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Mermaid is an original China ink drawing on paper, realized by the Surrealist artist Eugène Berman.
With the description of the artist on the lower, addressed to Countess Pecci Blun...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Muscular Male Nude
Located in Miami, FL
Stunning light-infused male nude study with high contrast that creates a tension between the connected proportions of the body. The nude has a stately demeanor even though it's mostl...
Category
Academic 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
"Abstract composition" mixed media on paper cm. 26 x 20
By Dora Maar
Located in Torino, IT
Black,White,Picasso,abstract
Atelier stamp lower right
Dora Maar, original name Henrietta Theodora Markovitch (Marković), (born November 22, 1907, Paris, France—died July 16, 1997, ...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Young Girl (Girl with Bird)," Original Gouache on Paper signed by Karl Priebe
By Karl Priebe
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Young Girl (Girl with Bird)" is an original gouache on paper by Karl Priebe. It depicts a thin girl with a white head wrap and a puff of black, curly hair with a pink, yellow, and b...
Category
American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century Crashing Surf on Rocks Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Classic mid-century California seascape watercolor of the crashing surf on the rocky coast by Santa Cruz, California artist Margaret E. Rogers (American, 1872-1961), c.1950. Rogers w...
Category
American Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fantastic Landscape - Original Watercolor by Jean Delpech - Mid-20th Century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
"Landscape" is an original drawing in watercolor on paper, realized by Jean Delpech (1916-1988), in the half of XX century.
Hand signed on the lower left margin (part of signature i...
Category
1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Still Life' Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA, Carmel, California
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Chouinard Art S...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard, Graphite
Lucien Coutaud 1950 Original French Surrealist Gouache Painting Figures
Located in Surfside, FL
"Abstract Figures"
Hand signed and dated 1950 Lower Right.
Measures: site, 9" x 7", framed, 16-1/2" x 14-3/4".
Lucien Coutaud (French Surrealist artist, 1904-1977)
Known for etch...
Category
Surrealist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Debonair Man Cuts his Mustache in Front of Mirror
Located in Miami, FL
With a few quick lines, Bemelmans captures the essence of a subject. In this work, the artist portrays a distinguished man in formal attire, trimming his mustache in front of a mirro...
Category
Outsider Art 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
'Still Life of Roses', Paris, Louvre, Académie Chaumière, Carmel, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955.
An elegant and powerful work by this well-exhibited and well-listed California pai...
Category
Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Cardboard, Graphite
Waiter Strutting in a Ship, Possible Madeline sighting
Located in Miami, FL
As usual, Bemelmans delivers a charming moment. We see a happy waiter holding a tray of food in one handing as he struts down a ship's hallway. A bridge and town are visible in the u...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (Abstraction)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Abstraction)
Ink on textured paper, c. 1958
Signed lower right: Scarlett
Note: A rare mid to late 1950s example of the artist's abstract expressionist style.
Provenance: Es...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
'Aylesford in the County of Kent', English Watercolor, Medieval Stone Bridge
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A delicate watercolor view of the Bridge at Aylesford over the River Medway in the English county of Kent.
Signed lower left "Frank Sherwin", (English, 1896-1986), titled "The Brid...
Category
Realist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Tennis Players - Original Charcoal on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1960s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Tennis Players is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1960s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original charcoal on paper.
Hand-signed in p...
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Four in One
By Andy Warhol
Located in New York, NY
Signed in ink, upper left
Category
Pop Art 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Portrait of Dog - Original Pencil Drawing - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Dog is an original pencil drawing realized by an artist of the mid 20th Century.
Good condition, no signature.
On a white cardboard.
Category
Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
