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Period: Mid-20th Century
“Provincetown Harbor”
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful original watercolor of Provincetown Harbor in first light by the well known artist John Cuthbert Hare. Signed lower right. Condition is excellent. The watercolor is hou...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Desert Flower
By Pierre Roy (b.1880)
Located in London, GB
'Desert Flower', gouache on coloured paper, by Pierre Roy (circa 1930s). The artist has skilfully captured the beautiful white flowers extending from the ma...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$6,240 Sale Price
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"L'intrus" - Satirical French Illustration - Hand Colored Lithograph
Located in Soquel, CA
Comical illustration by Gaston Hoffmann (French, 1883-1977). 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...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Lithograph
Untitled by Jacob El Hanani
Located in New York, NY
Ink on paper, signed in Hebrew and dated.
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Charles Culver Landscape Winter Road Watercolor Signed & Dated
Located in Detroit, MI
The idyllic atmosphere of this country 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 (Winter Road)” is a quiet country scene depicting a road leading into the distance either going to or coming from a local farm. The snow does not particularly seem fresh suggesting a melt and the coming of spring.
This piece has been professionally reframed with acid-free matting and conservator 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...
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Naturalistic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Salvador Dalì (1904–1989) -Athene-heliogravure and drypoint etching- 1965
Located in Varese, IT
Mixed media incorporating heliogravure and drypoint etching hand-colored on Arches paper , edited in 1963
Limited edition of 150 copies , numbered 23/150 in lower left
Hand signed by...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
ROGER BONAFE (B.1932) ORIGINAL PAINTING FRENCH MODERNIST - LANDSCAPE SKETCH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Roger Bonafe (French b. 1932) signed
watercolour on thick art paper, inscribed verso
Size 29.5 x 22 inches
Bonafe was born in the town of Caux (Herau...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Telephone Pole Worker
38 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Oil on pap...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, 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: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
Category
Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Jewel that is London, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
The Jewel that is London
Airbrush and gouache
26 x 33 cm
c.1930
Signed to reverse
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a Brit...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Pablo Picasso ( 1881 – 1973 ) – Coloured lithograph on Arches paper - 1968
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured lithograph on Arches paper, edited in 1968.
Limited edition of 200 pieces, numbered as 177/200 in lower left corner.
Signed in pencil by artist in lower right corner.
Paper...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph, Paper
Clinton Hill, Firenze (Florence, Italy), 1952, drawing, landscape/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images. This abstraction references Florence, Italy, where he studied in the early 1950s.
He lived in SoHo, New York, a...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Provence Riverside Village Landscape Post-Impressionist Signed 1962 Painting
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provence Landscape, Panoramic View of a Riverside Village
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed lower right, dated 62 (1962)
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
measurements:...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Furs, 1930s art deco poster design by A. E. Halliwell
Located in London, GB
A. E. Halliwell (1905-1987)
Furs
Airbrush and pen
50 x 32 cm
c.1930
Stamped signature
Provenance: Family of the artist
A.E. Halliwell (1905–1986) was a British artist, illustrator...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Humorous Gentleman's Magazine cartoon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Cartoon sketch, ca. 1955. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 8.5 x 11 inches. Unsigned with editor's notations.
From a group of sketches meant to be preliminary drafts for editor appro...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$125 Sale Price
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Old Town Nice Back Street Houses Antique French Impressionist Watercolor
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Old Town, Nice
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
signed lower corner
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 16.5 x 13 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of Fr...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Renaissance Hand Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Hand Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenanc...
Category
Renaissance Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
$1,880 Sale Price
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Set of Four Butterflies. French Watercolours on Silk Laid on Handmade Paper.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A set of four watercolours of butterflies on silk, applied to handmade paper, with hand cut edges, by French artist La Roche Laffitte. Two are signed by the artist to the bottom righ...
Category
Academic Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Silk, Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil
$3,035 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Illustration Sketch pink plant pot
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
The Flower Pot
by Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
signed
pastel on paper, unframed
painting: 19 x 25 inches
good condition
provenance: from the artists estate, France
Josine Vigno...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
The Mirror - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Mirror is a Watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 1...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Figures with Hat and Loose Shirt
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated figure
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Size: 12 (height) x 8.5 (width)
Condition: G...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
'Lone Cypress', Carmel Seascape, California Plein Air, Pebble Beach, Monterey
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'James March Phillips' (American, 1913-1981) and painted circa 1965.
Born in California, James March Phillips first studied in San Francisco at the Turner Art Ac...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Diadem
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Diadem
Black Crayon on paper, 1957
Signed and dated lower left
The preliminary drawing for the 1957 sculpture of the same name in the collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art...
Category
Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
Figure - Etching on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1950
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original modern artwork realized the half of the XX Century by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original Etching on paper.
Hand-signed in p...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Etching
$284 Sale Price
20% Off
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Weavers in Canyon de Chelly Arizona
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Weavers in Canyon de Chelly Arizona
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed pape...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century French Drawing Study of a Classical Bust
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Bust Portrait
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper
Size: 19 (height) x 12.5 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condit...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Nude Figure
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Exhibiting a spare and except...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Romantic Elegantly Dressed Couple Mid Century French Sketch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 13 (height) x 10 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
Pr...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
Stuart Davis (American, 1892-1964) "Street Signs" Modernist gouache and traces of pencil on paper in the proto-pop art style Davis is celebrated for, 1938, signed to lower right, framed. Image: 11 1/4 x 15 1/4 inches. Frame by Bark: 18 1/2 x 22 inches.
LITERATURE: A, Boyajian, M. Rutkowski, Stuart Davis, A Catalogue Raisonne, Vol. 2, New Haven, Connecticut, 2007, vol. II, p. 632, no. 1232, illustrated.
EXHIBITIONS: ACA Galleries, New York American Artists' Congress: Group Exhibition of Paintings and Sculpture, Dec. 3-16, 1939 (SDAB I, 12/3/39, p. 129). Outlines Gallery, Pittsburgh, Stuart Davis, Mar. 3-16, 1946. Coleman Art Gallery, Philadelphia, 5 Prodigal Sons: Former Philadelphia Artists: Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Charles Demuth, Julian Levi, Charles Sheeler, Oct 4 - 30, 1947 (pamphlet), no. 12.
PROVENANCE: The artist; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bowles, New York, Apr. 3, 1956; thence by descent, Private Collection, New York.
NOTES: According to the Catalogue Raissonne, "the title 'Street Signs' is recorded in the artist's account books...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Harbor Scene at Dusk with Fishermen and Wooden Boats Resting on the Shore
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tranquil Harbor Scene at Dusk
Tony Minartz (French, 1873 - 1994)
watercolour on artist paper
painting : 12.75 x 17 inches
Provenance: private collection in the South of France,
Co...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Giorgio de Chirico ( 1888 - 1978 ) - Coloured lithograph on paper - 1969
Located in Varese, IT
Coloured lithograph on paper, edited in 1969.
Limited edition of 90 copies, numbered as 54/90 in lower left corner.
Paper size: 61 x 81 cm
Framed size: 76 x 96 cm
Very good conditio...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Portrait of a Man
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Man, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower left, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance: From a...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fishing Village, Scotland
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Fishing Village, Scotland" c.1930, is a watercolor on paper by British artist Ken Cherrington, 1886-1969. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwo...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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: 8.5 x 5.75inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
David Burliuk Signed Watercolor, 1947, Seascape
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Unframed watercolor painting by Russian/New York artist David Burliuk (1882-1967)
Beautiful vivid color, in excellent condition and signed lower left.
Inscribed and dated 1947 on the...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
1940's Provence France Painting Landscape - Post Impressionist artist
By Louis Bellon
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Provencal Landscape
by Louis Bellon (French 1908-1998)
Signed and dated 1947
From a batch of similar work where most were dated 1942-1947
watercolour painting on paper, unframed
mea...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Weald Of Kent Oast Houses Elms Garden Of England Framed Watercolor Painting
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Rowland Hilder.
British ( b.1905 - d.1993 ).
The Weald Of Kent.
Watercolor On Paper.
Signed Lower Center.
Image size 20.9 inches x 29.5 inches ( 53cm x 75cm ).
Frame size 28.7 inch...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Jab - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Jab is a black marker Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Modern Dancers
By Mick Micheyl
Located in London, GB
'Modern Dancers', pastel, ink and gouache on fine art paper by French artist, singer and sculptor, Mick Micheyl (1964). Two elegant young men are depicted in a graceful dancing pose, arms outstretched, their lithe bodies so agile and limber. Perhaps one of the dancers was her friend, Philippe, to whom the painting is dedicated on the bottom. The dedication says: 'For you Philippe, all my friendship'. Signed: 'Mick Micheyl'. The work has been newly framed and glazed after having been acquired in the S. of France. It is in fair vintage condition commensurate with age showing minor blemishing on the paper. Upon request a video of the piece can be provided.
Dimensions with Frame:
H 75 cm / 29.5"
W 61 cm / 24"
Dimensions without Frame:
H 56 cm / 22"
W 42 cm / 16.5"
About the Artist: Mick Micheyl (1922 - 2019) was born in Lyon and had a busy and rewarding artistic career as a singer, producer, reviewer, metal sculptor, artist. After having received training at the School of Fine Arts in Lyon she became a painter and decorator in the theatre but then commenced a career in the musical activities of a theatrical troupe. She won the ABC competition in Paris in 1949 with a song, Le Marchand de Poésie, which she composed herself. She then performed in many cabarets: L'Échelle de Jacob, Harlequin and Liberty's. In the 1950s she was one of the most important French cabaret singers of that period. One of her titles, 'Un Gamin de Paris', became one of the French standards and also performed by Yves Montand and Robert Clary...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink, Gouache
$2,189 Sale Price
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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: 12.75 x 10 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we ha...
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Abstract Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Hydrangeas, " Walter Inglis Anderson, Mississippi Southern Illustrator, Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Walter Anderson ( American, 1903 - 1965)
Hydrangeas, circa 1950
Mixed media on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Luise Ross Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
Acquired from the estate of the above, 2021
Walter Anderson firmly believed that quality art was an important part of life and should be made available to everyone. As he said, "There should be simple, good decorations, to be sold at prices to rival the five-and-ten." Noticing that only poor quality art was available in stores and little was available for children, he resolved to make art which could be reproduced easily and sell inexpensively — linoleum block prints. This technique enabled him to provide affordable, quality art.
The technique of linoleum block printing is a simple concept; however, it requires much skill and talent to actually produce memorable art. Anderson purchased surplus "battleship linoleum," thicker than ordinary linoleum with a burlap backing for better support, to create his blocks. During the mid-1940s, he created almost 300 linocuts working in the attic of the sea-side plantation house, Oldfields, his wife's family home in Gautier. Masses of linoleum chips accumulated at the foot of the attic stairs as he often worked night and day. He began with sketching out a design directly on the linoleum. Once he had carved the image into the surface, he used the back of faded, surplus stock wallpaper that a friend sent him, laying long strips on top of the inked linoleum. A roller made of sewer pipe filled with sand served as his press. When the print was completed, he often colored it by hand with bold strokes and vivid colors. The prints were sold at Shearwater Pottery, the family business, for a mere dollar a foot.
But "what about a well-designed fairy tale for a child's room?" he asked himself. Since there was a lack of affordable art for children, much of his work with linoleum blocks focused on subjects for children. He depicted fables and fairy tales ranging from Arabian Nights, to Germany and the Grimm Brothers' Rapunzel, to the French story of The White Cat, to the Greek tales such as Europa and the Bull, and to tales from China, India, and other cultures. Anderson also created "mini" books featuring the alphabet and Robinson Cat. The blocks are not only alive with the story being depicted, but they are also filled with designs taken from Best-Maugard's Method for Creative Design. Swirls, half-circles and zig-zag lines fill every available space on the linoleum block making them come alive and capture their audience.
But fairy tales, children's verses and the "mini" books, consisting of about 90 blocks, were not the sole subject of Anderson's linoleum block prints. In total, he created approximately 300 linoleum blocks with subjects ranging from coastal flora and fauna, coastal animals, and sports and other coastal activities. Anderson even created linoleum blocks to be used to print tablecloths and clothing, some worn by his own children. Color and subjects of the linoleum block prints were not the only things that got them noticed.
In 1945 when Anderson was creating these prints, the standard size of linoleum block prints was only 12 by 18 inches. These small dimensions were due to the common size of the paper available and the restrictions made by national competitions. Since Anderson used wallpaper...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
"Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, " John Hare, Cape Ann, New England Watercolor View
Located in New York, NY
John Hare
Gloucester Harbor at Sunset, Massachusetts
Signed lower right
Watercolor on paper
16 x 12 inches
John Cuthbert Hare, 1908-1978, was a watercolorist who painted boats, seascapes and harbor scenes. He was primarily associated New England, especially Cape Cod, Massachusetts where he spent his summers from 1938 to 1965. However, he was in Florida where he was a member of the St. Augustine Art Association, and other locations on the East Coast.
It is likely Hare was born in New York City. He first studied commercial art in Brooklyn at the Pratt Institute and also studied at the Art Students League in Manhattan. He worked for Hearst newspapers corporation, and in 1933 married. In the next few years, he and his wife traveled extensively, camping and painting and exhibiting his work in galleries.
In 1935, they visited St. Augustine and an exhibition of his watercolors was held there in the old bank...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A Distinctive, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cubist Portrait Study of Two Young Men
Located in Chicago, IL
A Distinctive, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Cubist Portrait Study of Two Young Men by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A visually striking charcoal male portrait stu...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Fancy Pants, Art Deco Graphite Drawing by Daysi
Located in Long Island City, NY
Daysi - Fancy Pants, Year: circa 1950, Medium: Graphite Drawing on Paper, signed top left, Size: 15.5 x 16 in. (39.37 x 40.64 cm), Frame Size: 19 x 19.5 inches, Description: Thi...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: E...
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Renaissance Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
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View of Venice - Drawing by Carlo Ravagnan - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on heavy paper realized by Carlo Ravagnan in 1991.
Hand signed and dated lower right.
Excellent condition.
Carlo Ravagnan was born in Udine on September 4, 1911, died i...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Antique Pencil Study of a Classical Female Bust Portrait
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Antique Pencil Study
pencil sketch on artist paper
painting: 20.75 x 15 inches
provenance: private collection
condition: good and sound conditio...
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French School Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
'Pedro, Pineapple Seller', WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Sottosanti' for Angelo Anthony Sottosanti (American, 1917-2004); additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Pedro of Tehuan Tepee, Mexico' and painted circa 1940.
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Alexander Calder, Handwritten, signed letter, from Sache near Tours, France
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder
Handwritten, signed letter, 1956
Ink on paper: 2 page handwritten and hand signed letter
Hand signed by Calder at the end of the letter on the second page.
Unique
11...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Paper
A Striking 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Black Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude African-American Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A beautifully drawn and i...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Mid-Century "Green & Blue Nude" Oil Pastel Drawing
By Jack Hooper
Located in Arp, TX
Jack Hooper
"Green and Blue Nude I"
5/1963
Oil pastel on paper
8.5"x11" unframed
Signed and dated in pencil lower right
Jack Meredith Hooper (August 26, 1...
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Abstract Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
"Indian Dance", Multicolor Abstract Geometric Composition
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and colorful abstract geometric watercolor with multicolor connected forms cascading in a dynamic vertical composition by Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007). Signed "GRAHAM" in the upper right corner, and "Ellwood Graham" on verso. Circa 1961-1966. The title "Indian Dance...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
$920 Sale Price
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Renaissance Hand Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Hand Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good...
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Renaissance Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
$1,880 Sale Price
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Vintage art - French cottage. Landscape with houses. O/C, signed
Located in PARIS, FR
Excellent overall condition. Analysis under UV light shows no retouching, and no prior restaurations. Original canvas.
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Sonia Delaunay - Original Watercolor on paper
Dimensions: 21 x 21 cm.
Authentified by her son Charles Delaunay on the back.
Sonia Delaunay was known for her vivid use of color and her bold, abstract patterns, breaking down traditional distinctions between the fine and applied arts as an artist, designer and printmaker.
Born Sarah Stern on November 14, 1885 in Gradizhsk, Ukraine, she was adopted in 1890 by her maternal uncle, Henri Terk, a lawyer in St. Petersburg, where she grew up, exposed to music and art, and learning several foreign languages. In 1903, she moved to Germany to study drawing with Ludwig Schmidt-Reutler (1863–1909) at the Karlsruhe academy of fine arts; Arnold Schoenberg (1874–1951), composer-to-be, was among her classmates there. In 1905, she traveled to Paris where she attended art classes at the Académie de la Palette, learned printmaking from Rudolf Grossman (1889–1941), and met Amédée Ozenfant (1886–1966), André Dunoyer de Segonzac (1884–1974), and Jean-Louis Boussingault (1883–1943). Sonia spent much of her time at exhibitions and galleries in Paris, which showed works by Paul Cézanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Pierre Bonnard, and Edouard Vuillard, as well as Les Fauves, Henri Matisse and André Derain. She did, however, maintain contact with Germany, exhibiting at the Galerie Der Sturm, Berlin, in 1913, 1920 and 1921.
During her first year in Paris, Sonia met the German collector and art-dealer, Wilhelm Uhde (1874–1947), whom she married on December 5, 1908, and whose Montparnasse gallery, the Galerie Notre-Dame des Champs, showed her first solo exhibition. Through Uhde, Sonia encountered many painters, including Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Maurice de Vlaminck, and Robert Delaunay (1885–1941). In 1910, Sonia divorced Uhde by mutual agreement, married Delaunay that same year, and gave birth to their son, Charles, in January 1911.
Together Sonia and Robert Delaunay pursued the study of color, influenced by theories of Michel-Eugène Chevreul (1786–1889). Sonia’s interest in simultaneous contrast, as evidenced in her early collages, book bindings, small painted boxes...
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Abstract Geometric Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Rockport, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Rockport (P5.34), Year: 1961, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm), Description: Moored along the water n...
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
'Philippines Landscape', Paris, Académie Chaumière, NY, ASL, Sao Paulo Biennal
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A fine and delicate, watercolor landscape showing a view of the rural Philippines by this celebrated Philippine Modernist. Signed, lower right, in graphite, 'Romeo V Tabuena' for Rom...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Laid Paper
Mid Century French Monochrome Watercolour, The Monastery
Located in Cotignac, FR
French mid century monochrome watercolour of a church and surrounding buildings by Henri Royere. The painting is signed bottom right and presented in a plain wood frame under glass.
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
Renaissance Male Hand Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Hand Figure Study
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of I...
Category
Renaissance Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
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Portrait - Original Pen Drawing by Georges Vernotte - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pen drawing realized by Georges Vernotte.
Good condition on yellowed paper.
Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
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