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Period: 1950s
'Reclining Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed, lower right, "Di Gesu" for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Ce...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

20th century charcoal animal drawing cat seated sketch black and white signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Seated Cat" is an original charcoal drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature lower right and wrote the title in charcoal lower left. This piece is a study of a b...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

'Figural Interior', Paris, Académie Julian, Salon D’Automne, Benezit, Bordello
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "Dignimont" for André Dignimont (French, 1891-1965) and painted circa 1950. A substantial, mid-century interior showing a man and ...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Bernard, Self Portrait
Located in London, GB
English School Bernard, Self Portrait 1950s Pencil and sepia chalk on paper Image size: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (24 x 34.3 cm) Handmade contemporary frame This imaginative self-portra...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6 X 18.25 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack,...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Sidney Poitier & Tony Curtis Oscar Winning 1958 film The Defiant Ones Caricature
Located in New York, NY
"The Defiant Ones" Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Oscar Winning 1958 film Caricature. Two escaped convicts chained together, one white and one black, must l...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Board

English Country Estate 1952 Watercolour by Montague Birrell Black (1884-1964)
Located in Bristol, CT
Delightful watercolour by the noted illustrator Montague Birrell Black (1884-1964) & dated 1952 depicting an English country house & gardens Art Sz: 9 1/2"H x 16"W Frame Sz: 15 1/2...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Ink and gouache drawing of a nude woman from behind
Located in Brookville, NY
A nude viewed from behind, with black hair , inscribed on the lower right by the artist John Begg "Mature Nude" c.1953 Outlined in black ink and with som...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Shoe
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance issued by Christie’s. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visua...
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Pop Art 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

Jazz Panel #2 - gouache, 102x186 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Bless You All Tony Award Broadway Costume Design Mid 20th Century Theatre Modern
Located in New York, NY
Bless You All Tony Award Broadway Costume Design Mid 20th Century Theatre Modern. Miles White (1915 – 2000) "Bless You All," 15 x 11 (sight) inches. Mixed media on paper. The musical opened December 13, 1950 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre. Miles won the 1951 Tony Award for Costume Design. Miles was one of my closest friends for the last 20 years of his life. We live with one of his two Tony Awards and a dozen drawings. BIO White was a top Broadway and Hollywood costume designer. The artist created the costumes for the original Broadway productions of OKLAHOMA, CAROUSEL, PAL JOEY and BYE BYE BIRDIE...
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Performance 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

'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 cultures, before the 17th century in the West they were only peripheral. In 5th century China, shan shui or landscape painting developed, expressing harmony and natural beauty. These were among the first paintings to make landscape their subject (ref: 'The Short Story of Art...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

BEYLA (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
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Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"Bee Keeper, " Black Conte Crayon Drawing signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Bee Keeper" is an original black conte crayon drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist signed this piece lower right. This drawing depicts abstrac...
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Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Conté

Naturalistic Study of a Standing Nude Woman
Located in Houston, TX
A naturalistic study of a nude woman standing with her back to the viewer. She appears to be gripping the corner of something. The work is signed and dated by the artist. The paper is not framed. Many others are available. Please inquire to buy the entire collection. Artist Biography: Emile Lejeune...
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Naturalistic 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

"Yellow Flower, " Original Watercolor stamped signature by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Yellow Flower" is an original watercolor on paper by Sylvia Spicuzza. The artist stamped her signature in the lower center. 6 3/4" x 10 1/4" art 14 1/2" x 17 1/2" frame Born in 1...
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Other Art Style 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of a Man (Tony)
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. ...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ballpoint Pen

"Abstract composition" mixed media on paper cm. 26 x 20
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, ...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

homme grenouille (frog man) - gouache on paper, 49x34 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
gouache on paper. Stamped and signed. Not framed. Last painter of the school of Nice. This is an important painter, the first school in nice to have exhibited in New York at the G...
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Abstract 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

Jazz Panel #5 - gouache, 111x283 cm.
Located in Nice, FR
This is a panel painted with gouache on paper that was painted by Paul de Cayeux. He was a french painter and decorator. This suite comes from an old restaurant and ball room in Nice...
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Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

'Seated Nude' Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1950. A graphite study of a young woman shown nude and seated in an armchair. Winner of...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Morey Amsterdam as Featured Host of "Elliot Murphy's Aqua Show"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Upper Left On 13.50" x 20.00" illustration board with the image measuring to 9.00" x 13.25." Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Morey Amsterdam as featured host of the 12th annual `Elliot Murphy`s Aqua Show` at the Flushing Meadow Ampitheatre, on Long Island. This edition of the spectacular water-themed musical review commenced June 19, 1956 and featured tumblers `Wells and the Four Fays`, plus the Forseitz-Mendes troupe of wire walkers...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Standing Figure, figural abstract expressionist ink drawing, 20th century
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925-1996) Figure 1955 Ink on paper Signed and dated lower center 9 x 12 inches Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma and grew up in Texas. In 1...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Unexpected Holiday
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right American Weekly magazine cover, September 9, 1956
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

'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 of Bacchus...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Untitled (Urbana Series)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Richard Diebenkorn. This Untitled work from the Urbana Series is an ink of paper, abstract drawing by Post War, Bay Area Figurat...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Alongside
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Thon, 'Alongside', watercolor, c. 1990. Signed, lower right; titled verso. A fine, expressionist work, on off-white watercolor paper; the image extending to the sheet edges, ...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Lanvin Paris Scandal/ Arpege/ Rumeur/ My Sin Perfume Advertising c1950s Artwork
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 11 3/4"H x 17"W
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Woodland scene with a body of water
Located in Maidenhead, GB
British, 1954, Manner of John Nash (1893-1977) Woodland scene with a body of water Watercolour and graphite on paper, mounted to card Signed indistinctly and dated lower left 34.1 x...
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Post-War 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Zittend Naakt (Seated Nude) /// Figurative Girl Lady Pencil Drawing Woman Art
By Hendrik Paulides
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Hendrik Paulides (Dutch, 1892-1967) Title: "Zittend Naakt (Seated Nude)" *Monogram signed and dated by Paulides in pencil lower left Year: 1958 Medium: Original Graphite Pencil Drawing on cream wove paper Framing: Recently exquisitely framed in a heavy gold Art Deco moulding...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Graphite

A 1951 Ink on Paper Figure Study of a Conversation by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A ink on paper figure study by artist Harold Haydon depicting a conversation. Artwork size: 12" x 9 1/2". Archivally matted to 14" x 16". Provenance: Estate of the artist. Haro...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Edward Laning, Sketch for Sheraton East Hotel Mid-Century Mural of Ancient Myths
Located in New York, NY
This mural depicting ancient myths was designed for the Hotel Ambassador, a skyscraper at 345 Park Avenue, NYC; the building was converted to the Sheraton East in 1958. It was demolished in 1966. It could only be mid-century American! Signed, titled, and annotated, 'Scale 2" = 1' in ink. Edward Laning is largely known as a mural artist. His series The History of the Printed Word is installed at the New York Public Library at 42nd Street, New York City, and Building of the Transcontinental Railroad Mural, is in the Railroad Museum, Ogden, Utah. Laning was briefly a student of Kenneth Hayes Miller at the Art Students League, New York. They were lifelong colleagues and had studios on Union Square near friends Isabel Bishop, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, Reginald Marsh, and Raphael Soyer. As a group they were the Fourteenth Street School...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nantucket Harbor Scene 1958 Watercolor
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 10 5/8"H x 7 7/8"W Frame Sz: 16 3/8"H x 13 3/8"W Charming watercolor rendering depicting a coastal fishing harbor scene, perhaps Nantuck...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nu Debout
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Gromaire, 1892-1971, French "Nu Debout", 1951 Ink on paper, Signed and dated lower right GROMAIRE Marcel: Born July 24, 1892 in Noyelles-sur-Sambre (North), died April 11,...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Laid Paper

'Reclining Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Created circa 1955 by Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and stamped verso with certification of authenticity. Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the ...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Drawing of a Boy / Butterflies
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 exploring and offering his inimitable works on paper from the 1950's. We believe this is an important, and for the time being, accessible and under-appreciated part of his legacy. During the 1950's Warhol established his reputation in New York City as an illustrator for numerous fashion publications and businesses. His succinct line drawings were modern and gentle, realized with a brave yet delicate gay sensibility. The images he created "off the clock" from his fashion commissions were romantic sketches, day-dreams of crushes, hunks and friends. His 1956 exhibition, Studies for a Boy Book...
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Pop Art 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Shooting Gallery, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left The Saturday Evening Post cover, September 12, 1953
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Upper Tuscany — Mid-century expressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
William Thon, 'Upper Tuscany', a two-sided watercolor, c. 1955. Signed, lower right; titled verso. A fine, expressionist work, with fresh colors, on cream watercolor paper; the image...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Women Walking, Abstract Painting on Paper 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:...
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Abstract Geometric 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Country Path with Red Roofs, Coloured Crayon, Pencil & Charcoal on Paper
Located in London, GB
Country Path with Red Roofs by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Coloured crayon, pencil and charcoal on paper 32 x 24 cm (12 ⅝ x 9 ½ inches) Signed with Estate Stamp lower right ...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper, Pencil

Nude in Black ink Reclining, Black ink on ivory paper
Located in Brookville, NY
John Begg studied art at Columbia University, with Arthur Wesley Dow, with Charles Martin, and studied sculpture with Jose De Creeft and Ossip Zadkine.  He was a member of the  Ameri...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Sleeping In, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Cover of The Saturday Evening Post, June 19, 1954
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Illustration Board

Church, Modern Gouache Painting by Pierre Spori
Located in Long Island City, NY
Pierre Spori, Swiss (1923 - 1989) - Church, Year: 1953, Medium: Gouache on Paper, signed and dated top right, Size: 10.25 x 8 in. (26.04 x 20.32 cm)
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Christian Dior Pavilion Swan Watercolor
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 17 3/4"H x 23 3/8"W *sheet w/ tears condition noted*
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

MADELEINE (ORIGINAL GOUCHE)
Located in Aventura, FL
Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte; titled top front with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.7...
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Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Dimitri Berea Still Life
Located in San Francisco, CA
Dimitri Berea: 1908-1975. Very well listed Romanian artist with Auction results over $15,000, but sells for much higher in galleries He painted in the post impressionistic style. He ...
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Post-Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Untitled-009 Abstraction in Reds mixed media painting by John Von Wicht
Located in Hudson, NY
One of a group of over 100 works personally selected by the artist and gifted to a close personal friend in 1969, this work was never matted, framed, glued, taped or exposed to light...
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Abstract Expressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

The Abundance - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal and watercolor drawing realized by minio Maccari in the 1950s. Another charcoal drawing is present on the verso. Hand signed in pencil. Very good condition.
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Watercolor

Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Black marker drawing realized my Mino Maccari in 1950s. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Arabian nights The Thousand and One Nights Donkey Scheherazade, Islam
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
This is a masterfully rendered and brilliantly designed scene from the Arabian Nights. page 33 from Random House. We are not sure if this is by Gustaf Tenggren. However, there are su...
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Art Deco 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

'Rockport Harbor' — Mid-Century Modernism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Wolchonok, 'Rockport Harbor', gouache, c. 1950. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, modernist work, with fresh colors, on cream wove drawing pape...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

"The Red Barn Players Summer Theater" - American Weekly Magazine Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Couple putting on theatrical make-up for summer theatre Cover of American Weekly Magazine, June 20, 1954 Dimensions: 19.75 x 16.00 in. Medium: Gouache and Watercolor on Paper Signa...
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Water Fight, Saturday Evening Post Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left Saturday Evening Post Cover, June 30, 1951
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

Mid 20th Century, Luxembourg, Old Streets Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Luxembourg. "Old Streets" by Leonard Machin Rowe (1880-1968) signed front lower right, inscribed to the back watercolour painting on artist's paper, unframed Image 14 x 9.75 inches, sheet 15 x 10.75 inches Charming painting by Leon. Rowe, likely to be c.1950 in date as we have several on identical artists paper from Luxembourg by this artist dated around that year. It is signed front lower right and inscribed "Luxembourg". It depicts a busy little street with figures, a dog accompanying its owner who gazes into a shop doorway, and a horse drawn cart. Belgium and Luxembourg were two of Rowe's favourite destinations for his painting trips overseas. Often incorporating figures into his work, his style is very similar to Thomas Morley's paintings of French and Belgian market town scenes. Signed front lower right. To the back is his signature once again and an inscription "Old Streets". This work forms part of a watercolour collection we currently hold by Rowe. Known as Leon Rowe, the artist was born in central England...
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Impressionist 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Ca. 1950 Standing Male Bather in Red & Orange Tones by Artist Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
Ca. 1950 watercolor of a standing male bather in red & orange tones by artist Andre Delfau. Born in Paris, France in 1914, Andre Delfau became an internationally acclaimed stage, se...
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American Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper

"Lanvin Paris Mother & Daughter c1950s Artwork"
Located in Bristol, CT
Art Sz: 23"H x 14 1/4"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)
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1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator - The work is meticulously rendered in an exacting technique of line to the point of wonderment. Yet, Baxter can obtain an ethereali...
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English School 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pen

'The Market Seller in Nice' French Vintage Gouache Painting
Located in London, GB
'The Market Seller in Nice', gouache on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The role of women as support to their families has been both very important and highly undervalued b...
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Modern 1950s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

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