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Period: Mid-20th Century
Sandu Liberman Watercolor of a Craftsman
Located in New York, NY
Sandu Liberman (1923-1977)
Untitled, c. mid-20th century
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.
Framed: 22 1/2 x 19 3/4 x 3/4 in.
Signed lower right: Sandu Liberman
Sandu Lib...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Abandoned Wharf
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness.
Crayon on paper, 20 x 12 (image), 22 x 14 inches (sheet), Signed lower right, Matted, but not framed
Ex...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Seated Female Nude
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Study of a Seated Female Nude
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil and Paper
Size: 10.75 (height) x 8.25 (width)
Stamped: No
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
"Grazing"
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 Benj...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Board
Lake Tahoe
By Bart Perry
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: Bart Perry (American, 1906-1992)
Title: Lake Tahoe
Year: c.1960
Medium: Watercolor
Paper: Watercolor paper
Image size: 17 x 22.5 inches
paper size: 17 x 22.5 inches
Signature: Signed lower right in red pencil by the artist
Condition: Excellent, some glue residue remaining on the back at the sheet edge.
About the artist.
Bart Perry studied at the California School of Fine Arts, MFA, 1928. Fine Arts, Mills College, Berkeley, CA. 1955.
Selected Exhibitions: Lucien Labaudt Gallery with Wm. Mayo, 1946; California School of Fine Arts, Roy DeForest...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance:...
Category
Renaissance Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Apocalypse, Catastrophic Destruction of the World, Surrealism - Life Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
Apocalypse in 1962? At the height of the Cold War, Life Magazine commissions an illustration that describes the world's end by means other than a nuclear war with Russia. Richard Erdoes brilliantly illustrates the work with his highly stylized painting technique. My favorite part of the work is on the left side showing a group of people packed together as they fall into oblivion. A clear reference would be Hieronymus Bosch's "The Last Judgment "
Once Again the World Ends." Illustration published in Life Magazine, Feb. 9, 1962
Signed in lower right image.
Unframed
Richard Erdoes (Hungarian Erdős, German Erdös; July 7, 1912 – July 16, 2008) was an American artist, photographer, illustrator and author.
Early life
Erdoes was born in Frankfurt,[1] to Maria Josefa Schrom on July 7, 1912. His father, Richárd Erdős Sr., was a Jewish Hungarian opera singer who had died a few weeks earlier in Budapest on June 9, 1912.[2] After his birth, his mother lived with her sister, the Viennese actress Leopoldine ("Poldi") Sangora,[3] He described himself as "equal parts Austrian, Hungarian and German, as well as equal parts Catholic, Protestant and Jew..."[4]
Career
He was a student at the Berlin Academy of Art in 1933, when Adolf Hitler came to power. He was involved in a small underground paper where he published anti-Hitler political cartoons which attracted the attention of the Nazi regime. He fled Germany with a price on his head. Back in Vienna, he continued his training at the Kunstgewerbeschule, now the University of Applied Arts, Vienna.[5] He also wrote and illustrated children's books and worked as a caricaturist for Tag and Stunde, anti-Nazi newspapers. After the Anschluss of Austria in 1938 he fled again, first to Paris, where he studied at the Academie de la Grande Chaumiere, and then London, England before journeying to the United States. He married his first wife, fellow artist Elsie Schulhof (d. xxxx) in London, shortly before their arrival in New York City.
In New York City, Erdoes enjoyed a long career as a commercial artist, and was known for his highly detailed, whimsical drawings. He created illustrations for such magazines as Stage, Fortune, Pageant, Gourmet, Harper's Bazaar, Sports Illustrated, The New York Times, Time, National Geographic and Life Magazine, where he met his second wife, Jean Sternbergh (d. 1995) who was an art director there. The couple married in 1951 and had three children.[6] Erdoes also illustrated many children's books.
An assignment for Life in 1967 took Erdoes to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation for the first time, and marked the beginning of the work for which he would be best known. Erdoes was fascinated by Native American culture, outraged at the conditions on the reservation and deeply moved by the Civil Rights Movement that was raging at the time. He wrote histories, collections of Native American stories...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Board, Illustration Board
Study for Sculpture, Unique signed drawing by renowned modernist sculptor Framed
By Richard Stankiewicz
Located in New York, NY
Richard Stankiewicz
Study for Sculpture (Untitled), ca. 1968
Graphite on Paper
Signed in graphite lower right front
Frame Included: held in original vintage frame with Kulicke label ...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Hesitation Blues (Black Surrealist Artist)
By Roland Ayers
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Surrealist proto-Afropunk drawing by African-American artist, Roland Ayers (1932-2014). Hesitation Blues, 1968. Ink on paper, sheet measures 13 x 23 inches; 14 x 18 inches in archival pH-neutral matting. Signed and dated lower right. Excellent condition with no damage or restoration.
Provenance: Sheila Ayers-Whitelaw
Exhibition History: Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams, Woodmere Art Museum, 07/10/2021 - 10/24/2021
Artist and art educator, Roland Ayers was born on July 2, 1932, the only child of Alice and Lorenzo Ayers, and grew up in the Germantown district of Philadelphia. Ayers served in the US Army (stationed in Germany) before studying at the Philadelphia College of Art (currently University of the Arts). He graduated with a BFA in Art Education, 1954. He traveled Europe 1966-67, spending time in Amsterdam and Greece in particular. During this period, he drifted away from painting to focus on linear figurative drawings of a surreal nature. His return home inaugurated the artist’s most prolific and inspired period (1968-1975). Shorty before his second major trip abroad in 1971-72 to West Africa, Ayers began to focus on African themes, and African American figures populated his work almost exclusively.
In spite of Ayers’ travel and exploration of the world, he gravitated back to his beloved Germantown, a place he endowed with mythological qualities in his work and literature. His auto-biographical writing focuses on the importance of place during his childhood. Ayers’ journals meticulously document the ethnic and cultural make-up of Germantown, and tell a compelling story of class marginalization that brought together poor families despite racial differences. The distinctive look and design of Germantown inform Ayers’ visual vocabulary. It is a setting with distinctive Gothic Revival architecture and haunting natural beauty. These characteristics are translated and recur in the artist’s imagery.
During his childhood, one of the only books in the Ayers household was an illustrated Bible. The images within had a profound effect on the themes and subjects that would appear in his adult work. Figures in an Ayers’ drawing often seem trapped in a narrative of loss and redemption. Powerful women loom large in the drawings: they suggest the female role models his journals record in early life. The drawings can sometimes convey a strong sense of conflict, and at other times, harmony. Nature and architecture seem to have an antagonistic relationship that is, ironically, symbiotic.
A critical turning point in the artist’s career came in 1971 when he was included in the extremely controversial Whitney Museum show, Contemporary Black Artists in America. The exhibition gave Ayers an international audience and served as a calling card for introductions he would soon make in Europe.
Ayers is a particularly compelling figure in a period when black artists struggled with the idea of authenticity. A questioned often asked was “Is your work too black, or not black enough?” Abstractionists were considered by some peers to be sell-outs, frauds or worse. Figurative* work was accused of being either sentimental or politically radical depending on the critical source. Ayers made the choice early on to be a figurative artist, but considered his work devoid of political content.
Organizations such as Chicago’ s Afri-Cobra in the late 1960‘s asserted that the only true black art of any relevance must depict the black man and woman...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
"Holiday on Wheels" with Sid Caesar
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil on Onionskin Overlay/Car
Signature: Signed Lower Right
This piece is on 14.00" x 22.00" cardstock, with an image that measures to 9.50" x 14.00."
C...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen, Color Pencil
Toulon - Drawing by Paul Emile Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Toulon is an artwork realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Ink and Watercolor.
Good condition.
hand-signed.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
1950's Modernist Painting Bright Watercolour Chateau In Green and Blue Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century)
original watercolour on artist paper
size: 13 x 16 inches
condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed
provenance: the art...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A 1940s American Scene Watercolor of a Chicago Street Scene by Grace Spongberg
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1940s American Scene watercolor depicting a snowy Chicago Street Scene by artist Grace Spongberg. Image size: 12 1/2" x 17". Framed size: 18 1/2" x 22 1/2". This painting come...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Face - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Face, ca. 1960
Ink on paper
9 x 11 cm 3 1/2 x 4 1/3 in.
28 x 30 cm 11 x 11 7/8 in. (Frame included)
Unique work
Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April 7 -...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Characters - Drawing by Mino Maccari - mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century.
Hand signed lower left.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
The Deadly Kiss - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
China ink realized by Mino Maccari in 1945.
Hand signed and dated.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
A Man's Wife
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal and Pencil on Paper
Dimensions: 31.00" x 23.75"
Signature: Inscribed and Signed. Signed and inscribed 'To Steve Kovac/sincerely/Norman/Rockwell' (lower right)
Proven...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pencil
Reclining Nude in black ink on buff 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...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Flaming Youth
By John LaGatta
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Mixed Media on Board
Signature: Signed
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board
Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Woman Reading in a Sunlit Garden
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Original Pastel Drawing of Woman Reading in a Sunlit Garden
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Oil Pastel on...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Lanvin Of Paris Original c1950s Advertising Watercolor Artwork
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 14 1/2"H x 23"W
Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)
Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar
Salon Interior
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia Scenery" c.1950 is a watercolor on paper by Finns/Canadian artist William Edward De Garthe, 1907-1983. It is signed a...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled: Portrait of a Woman
By Pier Canosa
Located in New York, NY
Pier Canosa (Italian, b. 1940), "Untitled: Portrait of a Woman", Abstract Figurative/ Portrait Charcoal Drawing Signed and Dated on Paper, 24.50 x 18.50, Late 20th Century, 1969
Col...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Lanvin Of Paris Original c1950s Advertising Watercolor Artwork
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 14 3/4"H x 23 1/2"W
Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)
Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar
Poodle w/ Arpege Banner
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Provincetown Dock, Modern Gouache Painting by Joseph Solman 1962
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Joseph Solman, American (1909 - )
Title: Provincetown Dock
Year: 1962
Medium: Gouache on black paper, signed and dated l.c.
Size: 9 x 11.5 inches
Frame Size: 19 x 22 inches
Category
Color-Field Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
'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 ...
Category
Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 10 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we have ...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Mid Century French Watercolour of a Woman in a 1940s Style Swimsuit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Watercolour of a Woman in a 1940s Style Swimsuit
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Watercolour and Paper
Size: 7 (height) x 4.75 (width)
...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Drawing of George Kelly's "Craig's Wife"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Drawing by George Wachsteter (1911-2004), for the revival of George Kelly`s ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Barns in the Helderberg, New York (rural 1930s American scene with vintage car)
By Martin Lewis
Located in New Orleans, LA
"Barns in the Helderberg, New York" by Martin Lewis shows neighbors (one in a Model T car) visiting outside a series of barns with a tree in the background...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Charcoal
Geneva countryside and Lake Bienne, Switzerland by Pierre Desaules drawing 20x29
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Study of a peasant woman.
Located in Paris, FR
Study of an peasant woman. Red pastel. Signed.
This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation.
...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Art Deco Vogue Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco "Mademoiselle X" story illustration
for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," accompanied by corresponding issue of Vogue magazine...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
My Sin Perfume for Lanvin Paris
Located in Bristol, CT
Original advert watercolour c1950s artwork by Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) promoting My Sin Perfume for Lanvin of Paris featuring a black & white cat clutching...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Recumbent Lion" by Jean Pages
By Jean Pagès
Located in Bristol, CT
Watercolour of a recumbent lion w/ sapphire eyes by the artist, Jean Pages (1903-1976) signed (LR) who illustrated for Vogue magazine in the 1930s-1940...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Study for Sculpture"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim's of Lambertville Fine Art Gallery is proud to present this piece by Burgoyne Diller (1906 – 1965).
Born in New York City in 1906, Burgoyne Diller began drawing when he was stri...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Graphite
'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...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Ray Bolger in "Three to Make Ready" & "Where's Charley?"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board
Signature: Unsigned
PEN & INK CARICATURES & SKETCHES - Drawings by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Ray Bolger in...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Interwoven Elegance Dual-Tone Leaf Motif Band Ring Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper
unfra...
Category
French School Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
On the Hunt - Early 20th Century Figurative Drawing with Dogs
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative ink and wash drawing of beagles and a terrier leading the hunter to the quarry by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic black and bro...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"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, ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
"Rain"
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 Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Modern Abstract Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Woman in a Peacock Chair
Located in Houston, TX
Modern abstract figurative charcoal drawing of a woman by Texas-born artist Eugene Massin. The work features a central loosely rendered female figure seated in a high-backed peacock ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Finely Detailed British Watercolor Topographical of Boats on a Calm Sea
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 11.5 inches (height) x 9 inches (width)
Signed: No
Condition: Sound condition, with some minor signs of foxing visible
Provenance: Privat...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Original Lanvin Paris Advert Artwork "Fun 'n Sun" by Alexander Warren Montel
Located in Bristol, CT
Original advert illustration c1950s Fun 'n Sun artwork for Lanvin of Paris Place Vendome to promote their suntan lotion by Alexander Warren Montel (1921-20...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef & Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of six Silver Rings Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper, unframed
measurements for all six: 10 x 6.5 inches
condition: the overall condition is very good, minor creasing to the corners/ edges, very minor staining.
provenance: private collection, France
We are honored to introduce to you an incredible and unique collection of original jewelry design artwork. We have over 100 similar original works - some offered as pairs, some individually. For the collector of jewelry they offer the ultimate accessory for their home. Equally, these would look stunning framed together in a jewelry or fashion store or even a vintage bistro or hotel!
Discover the timeless elegance of original French vintage jewelry design artwork by the illustrious Paul Touzet, a master jeweler whose craftsmanship has left an indelible mark on the world of haute joaillerie. Born on January 12, 1917, Touzet's journey into the art of jewelry began at the tender age of 13, training under the prestigious Mauboussin in Paris. His talent and dedication quickly set him apart, and by November 17, 1944, he had officially registered his business, soon after obtaining his hallmark—a distinctive "P.A.T. / a bicycle wheel butterfly"—on December 7, 1944.
Paul Touzet's artistry is celebrated for its collaborations with iconic houses such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, and Sterlé, reflecting the highest standards of French luxury. His exclusive designs have graced the likes of legendary figures, including the beloved singer Charles Aznavour, for whom he crafted exquisite pieces. Touzet's craftsmanship even reached royal circles, with bespoke tuxedo buttons personally delivered to Prince Rainier of Monaco and stunning jewelry designed for his wife, Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly).
Each piece of Touzet's original design artwork...
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French School Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Birds & Flowers 2 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Birds & Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 4 7/8 x 3 1/8 inches; sheet size 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; mat size 14 x 11 inches.
ABOUT THIS WORK
Hopei or Hebei is a province of North East China, on the Gulf of Chihli near Beijing that is home to Chengde Mountain Resort, the imperial summer residence of the Qing-dynasty emperors. Chengde contains 18th-century palaces, gardens, and pagodas ringed...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flowers 1 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Showstopper, 20th Century Ink and Watercolour Sketch, Wigan School
Located in London, GB
Ink and watercolour on paper
Image size: 13 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches (35.25 x 24.25 cm)
Framed
Created in 1958 by the artist as evidence for study in their 'Examination in Art' at Wigan A...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Lanvin of Paris Flower Girl Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Original advert watercolour for Lanvin of Paris depicting a flower girl by Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002)
c1950s
Art Sz: 12"H x 7"W
Frame Sz: ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Our Army, Magazine Cover, July 1945
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor, Gouache and Charcoal on Paper
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Soldier awakens in bunk, with lipstick mark. "Who kissed me?" Magazine Cover July 1945
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
Rafina II Greece (Kasmin London label) Signed 1961 painting color field artist
By Paul Feeley
Located in New York, NY
Paul Feeley
Rafina II Greece, 1961
Watercolour on paper
Hand Signed, titled and dated lower front
In 1961, color field painter Paul Feeley created a series of watercolors - Rafina an...
Category
Color-Field Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Graphite
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Nude Lady - Stamped
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch
original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996)
studio stamped
pencil drawing on paper, unframed
Double sided
10.5x 8.25 inches
provenance: private collection o...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Watercolor Landscape - Waterfall with Mountains in the Background
By Karl Teodor
Located in Houston, TX
Impressionistic style watercolor of a cascading waterfall framed by tree branches heavy with greenery by artist Karl Teodor, 1943. Unsigned.
Original...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
The Medway, Rochester - Large Modern British Kent Landscape Watercolor Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
A beautiful large signed and dated 1937 watercolour by Roland Vivian Pitchforth RA depicting the River Medway at Rochester in Kent.
Fine qua...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Tyrannus, Early 20th Century painting of a dog, Cleveland School Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
William Sommer (American, 1867-1949)
Tyrannus, c. 1935
Watercolor and pen and ink on paper
Signed lower right
7.5 x 9.5 inches
16 x 18 inches, framed
William Sommer is seen as a ke...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Watercolor, Ink
"Untitled (Dock Scene)" Watercolor on Paper, Local Scene, Buildings, Water
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this local dock scene falls within a couple of styles one being regionalism, an American realist modern art movement that included paintings, murals, lithographs, and illustrations depicting scenes of rural and small-town America primarily in the Midwest and frequently associated with Grant Wood and Thomas Hart Benton. The other style is romanticism wherein the scene depicted is a more desired or dramatic version of what actually is. “Untitled (Dock Scene)” is typical of a small town dock scene from Michigan where Culver lived or from places as far away as Maine, but what makes it important is its easy familiarity: water, gulls or terns, slanting wood shanties, scruffy dirt patches and course grasses. It is not idealized, but does set the tone of fresh air, the scream of birds and the sun on water. 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...
Category
Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Face II - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
By Leonor Fini
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini
Face II, ca. 1960
Ink on paper
11 x 8.5 cm 4 1/3 x 3 1/8 in.
23 x 20 cm 9 x 7 7/8 in. (Frame included)
Unique work
Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small Faces, April ...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
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