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Portrait Drawings and Watercolors For Sale
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Paris Society Beauty Portrait
Located in Norwich, GB
A astounding portrait of a society beauty by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With an open face and and lightly smiling lips, she is wearing a gown typical of the romantic period. Drawn in graphite and heightened with white, the drawing is dated 1836 As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
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1830s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996 Charcoal on paper, 50 x 36 cm Signed lower right: Silombria '96 This dynamic drawing by Marco Silombria (19...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Man looking into Window
Located in Miami, FL
Original Magazine Illustration for a magazine like Harper's, Vanity Fair, Life, Look, and Judge Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School. He also exhibited with the short-lived group known as "The Eight," Work is framed in an attractive gilt frame Morris Weiss collection...
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1910s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic Polymer, Gouache, Pencil, Watercolor

Renaissance Hand Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Hand Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 18 x 23 inches Condition: Good...
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1960s Renaissance Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

French school Drawing 18th Portrait Ténor SAINT AUBIN three chalks Paris Opéra
Located in PARIS, FR
French school of the 18th century Three pencils (pencil, red chalk, white chalk) on paper 27 x 18 cm (45 x 34 cm with frame) Inscription at bottom “Saint-Aubin de l’Académie de musique” Dated "1785" Augustin d'Herbez known as "Saint-Aubin" was a tenor and member of the Royal Academy of Music...
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1780s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil, Paper, Chalk

Untitled (Man Reading Newspaper)
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper Signed, l.r. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. His works ...
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1970s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté

Young boy with carafe by Heinrich Rettig - Watercolor on paper 60x76 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame Total size with frame 73x89 cm Heinrich RETTIG is an artist born in Germany in 1859 and died in 1921. His works have been sold at public auction ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

A Stunning, 1940s Modern Charcoal Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
A Stunning, 1940s Finely Rendered Modern Charcoal Portrait Drawing of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 15 x 11 inches, unfram...
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1940s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Self Portrait in Front of Easel
Located in New York, NY
Self Portrait in Front of Easel Graphite on paper 4 x 9 inches (10.2 x 22.9 cm) $1,525 This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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1960s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double sided The sketch is original, v...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

J. S. Yamamoto - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Home from the Fields
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine full-length late Meiji period watercolour portrait depicting a father and son walking home from the field in soft evening light. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Antique Italian artist - 18th/19th century figure drawing - The writer
Located in Varmo, IT
Italian artist (18th-19th century) - Study for a writer. 17 x 25.5 cm, with passe-partout. Pencil drawing on paper, without frame. - Work signed indistinctly lower left (under pas...
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Late 18th Century Baroque Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Infanta Soledad- graphite pencil drawing - woman with skulls & succulents
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Soledad,' features the face of a young woman with succulents and skulls in an intricately patterned and complex graphite drawing on Kent paper. from Japanese artist Chikako ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Graphite

Satan Dieu du 6 Juin 1957 - Watercolor on Cardboard - 1957
Located in Roma, IT
Satan Dieu du 5 Juin 1957 is an original artwork realized by Éliane Diverly in 1957. Mixed colored watercolor glued on cardboard. Include passe-partout: 60 x 41.7 cm Hand-signed a...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled 6 - Series Final Fantasy, Minutiae Contemporary Figurative Painting
Located in Salzburg, AT
Magdalena Peszkowska born in 1980 in Gdańsk, Poland. Studied in Department of Painting at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdańsk (1999-2004). Diploma with special recognition in painting in 2004. The cycle of ‘Final Fantasy...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Cardboard

The Running Man - Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
The Running Man is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The ...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

A 1920s Caricature of Author Sean O’Casey by Irish Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of author Sean O'Casey, by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Author of 'Juno and the Paycock' etc," Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archivally...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Disparate III - Contemporary, Figurative, Ananas, Green, Red, Portrait, Male
Located in Baden-Baden, DE
Disparate III, 2014 Tempera on paper (Signed, Framed) 27 3/5 H × 39 2/5 W in. 70 H x 100 W cm On the subject of his new works the artist stated: “There is not enough orange, yellow ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Tempera

Framed Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of John Harrington
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking watercolour portrait of young John Harrington in a fine black jacket with white linen shirt and regency brummel. The miniature study has been well presented in a period ov...
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Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Valentino hat fall, Watercolor and Ink on Paper fashion illustration
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
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2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel

Mid Century Self Portrait of the Artist Original Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist by the Artist Original Charcoal Drawing on Paper 1960 Excellent detailed original drawing of the artist by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A realistic dep...
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1960s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A naked woman seated, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A naked young woman seated Charcoal and red chalk on thin paper transfered on cardboard 49 x 39 cm Framed : 55.5 x 45.5 cm Octave Denis...
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1930s Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Charcoal

Homme Assis et Personnage - Pencil Drawing by A. Giacometti - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis Guilloux's "La merveille", published in "Les Lettres Nouvelles", n°7, septembre 1953, p. 779. Giacometti sketched a male portrait in his typical style. The man is in profile and on the right side of the page there is a small study of a standing figure. Following Fondation Giacometti, it was realized by the author on September 1953. As James Lord...
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1950s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Flora Scottish Female Illustrator Glasgow Girls Pre-Raphaelites
Located in Miami, FL
Annie French was part of the Glasgow Girls group of artists and illustrators who worked in a delicate, feminine, and detailed Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite style. This work, "Flora," is masterfully rendered and decorated with sumptuous floral patterns in the most detailed way. It is signed twice in the upper right quadrant. The mat has a hand-painted decorative border. The work presents better in person, and the viewer can marvel at the minute detail. The Video is overexposed and light and not representative of color. Use still...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In Bright Blue Puffy Dress, Interior Scene
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil, double...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Portrait of the Young Thinker - Drawing by Albert Decaris - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the young thinker is an artwork, charcoal drawing on paper, realized by the French Artist Albert Decaris. It is not signed nor dated.. The artist represents a portrait...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Wink
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Wink Materials : Stamp,xerox transfer,pencil,ink Date : 2015 Dimensions : 8×9″ COA provided Art school took Olivia Gibb away from Oklahoma and up to Kansas City, which she’s...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil

Wink
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No, I'll not give you my password!
Located in Zofingen, AG
Usually viewers try to look over the shoulder to see what the artist is painting, but here Evgeniy Monahov, in a quick sketch portrait, seems to be looking over the shoulder of his m...
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2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Tempera, Permanent Marker

Spurious
Located in Buffalo, NY
This large scale charcoal on paper is from the artist's series "These fragile truths". This body of work explores the limitations and aesthetics of human memory through portraiture...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Charcoal

Lubin de Beauvais (1873-1917) L'Anse de Launay 1911, signed color drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Lubin de Beauvais (1873-1917) L'anse de Launay, a woman at the beach, 1911 signed, dated and titled "Anse de Launay, Loguivy Ploubazlanec, Bretagne,...
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1910s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Color Pencil

Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior Graphite on paper, 1915 Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 909b, the stamp faded from blue to brown (see photo) Provenance: Neffe-D...
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1910s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Girl - Original Pencil Drawing by J.L. Rey Vila - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is an original artwork realized by José Luis Rey Vila in 1959. Pencil drawing on paper. Hand-signed and dated by José Luis Rey Vila on the bac...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

FAUNE MUSICIEN . Edouard DERMIT collection
Located in CANNES, FR
original drawing by Jean Cocteau from Edouard DERMIT collection . signed and dated 1957 . framed .
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Teens at the Beach - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
Teens at the beach is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The artwork represents fre...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Le Croates en Allemagne (French Army)-Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates en Allemagne is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions. Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel. He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Untitled (Angel, Gabriel)
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Untitled (Angel, Gabriel) Year: 1973 Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper Size: 22 x 30 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate of Ian Hornak, ...
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1970s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of a woman by Emile Hornung - Pastel on paper 48x63 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on watercolor paper
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Carbon Pencil

1996: Angelo Peruzzi - Juventus Goalkeeper in the Net, Champion of the UEFA.
Located in Firenze, IT
1996: Angelo Peruzzi - Juventus Goalkeeper in the Net, Champion of the UEFA Champions League Technique: Charcoal on paper, signed and dated '96 Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 19...
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20th Century Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Illustration Board, Paper

1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Pink and Blue Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corne...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

'Woman Wearing a Headscarf', Laguna Beach, California, Art Institute of Chicago
By Ruth Peabody
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Ruth Peabody' for Ruth Eaton Colburn Peabody (American, 1893-1966) and painted circa 1955. Born in Highland Park, Illinois, Ruth Peabody was taught to paint as a child by her mother, artist Elanor Colburn, and first studied sculpture at the Art Institute of Chicago. The two women moved to Laguna Beach, California, in 1924, and became active in the local art scene. At their studio, Peabody sculpted fountains and memorial plaques when not teaching, privately and at Laguna Beach High School. Over the course of a long career, Ruth Peabody exhibited widely and with success including at the Panama Pacific Exhibition (1915), Art Institute of Chicago, Oakland Art Gallery (1932)and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (1931) and was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards. In 1939, the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego presented Peabody's abstract works in a solo exhibition, the first show of its kind by a regional artist. Her work is held in private and public collections including the San Diego Museum and Orange County Museum. Exhibitions: Panama Pacific Exhibition, 1915; Laguna Beach Art Association, 1925-52; County Fair (LA), 1925, 1931; California State Fair, 1926, 1936; West Coast Arts (LA), 1927; Biltmore Salon (LA), 1927; San Diego FA Gallery, 1929, 1931, 1937, 1939; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1931; California Art Club, 1927-32; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1930-31; Pasadena Art Institute 1931; Olympiad, LACMA, 1932; Oakland Art Gallery, 1932; Whittier Art Gallery, 1934; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939. Collections: Laguna Beach Art Gallery (fountain & medallion of Anna Hills...
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1950s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

France circa 1820, Portrait of a gentleman, black chalk and pastel drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France circa 1820 Portrait of a gentleman Black chalk and pastel on paper 12 x 10 cm In its original mount, modern oak frame : 25 x 22.5 cm
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1820s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Chalk

Signed Figure Study by Antoniucci Volti
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989) Untitled, 1969 Red chalk on paper 14 3/4 x 11 in. Signed: Volti Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in there until 1920 when the family moved to France to stay. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen. After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989 Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern sculptors...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Seated Woman (Elizabeth)
Located in New York, NY
EX COLL.: the artist; to I. David Orr (1904–1997), Long Island, New York; to his estate, 1997 until the present Originally trained as a figurative painter, Kline was an exceptional ...
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper, Ink

Male Portrait Sketched - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Male portrait Sketched is an original drawing on paper, realized around the 1960s by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black fountain pen ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

19th c. Watercolor "Portrait of a Child in a White Dress" After Mary Cassatt
Located in San Francisco, CA
Original Watercolor "Portrait of a Child in a White Dress" After Mary Cassatt C.1890 Gorgeous original painting by mystery artist. The painting is fain...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Figures Sketches - Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures Sketches is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century. Drawing in pencil and pen and pa...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pen, Pencil

Portrait - Original Drawing in Mixed Media - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in mixed media on paper, realized by Frick Mueller (XX-XXI). Sheet dimension: 29.3 x 19.3 cm. The artwork represents a portrait, skillfully created...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

Mission Impossible Original TV Guide Drawing Illustration Caricature Mid Century
Located in New York, NY
"Mission Impossible" Original TV Guide Drawing Illustration Caricature Mid Century NYC with Greg Morris, Barbara Bain, and Steve Hill. This original drawing...
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1960s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Board

untitled Woman by the Windows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Woman by the Windows) Unsigned. Pastel on board, c. 1915 Created while the artist was in Giverny, France Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr by Desc...
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Early 20th century English portrait of a red haired young girl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
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1920s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Mid Century Portrait of a Young Mexican Girl
Located in Soquel, CA
Watercolor portrait of a young Mexican girl by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right corner. This piece is on hea...
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1960s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of Nude Female Figure on Paper, Woman With Knees Up by America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman With Knees Up" Pastel & Ink on Paper 24” x 18” AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America i...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Ink

Revolutions, dynamic surreal purple drawing on paper of pretty girl dancing
Located in Dallas, TX
"Revolutions" is a dynamic and unique ink and pastel drawing on paper by Patsy McArthur showing a fashionable female figure dancing. The energy and movement makes it fun and whimsica...
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2010s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper, Ink

Le Croates - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines i...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Eduard Vitali - 19th Century Watercolour, The Oil Lamp
By Eduard Vitali
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study of an Italian woman replacing the oil lamp outside of her home. She wears traditional, brightly coloured clothing with a red headpiece. Signed with initials and insc...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

" Studio per Ritratto di Lady Anne Simms Reeve of Brancaster Hall " 1870 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Raro studio dell'artista Preraffaellita Frederick Sandys,Studio per l’opera Portrait of a Lady,( Anne Simms Reeve of Brancaster Hall, Norfolk) proprie...
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1870s Pre-Raphaelite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Graphite

La femme aux fleurs (Portrait de Mathilde See)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul César Helleu is regarded among the most sought-after society portraitists of his era, and his Belle Époque works rival those of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini. He is best remembered for capturing the era's most beautiful socialites, including Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, the Comtesse de Loriol Chandieu and the Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles, among others. This work, however, stands out in that it captures the charming likeness of one of his art world cohorts, Mathilde See, a Parisian-born decorator and painter of floral still lifes. She is the essence of the modern woman, captured in her fashionable dress as she strolls along the flower-lined streets of Paris. Commanding in size, Portrait de Mathilde See fully displays Helleu's mastery over the medium of pastel. The muted palette of greys and blues is typical of the artist, bringing a harmony and cohesiveness to the composition. Furthermore, Helleu cleverly alludes to See's own artistic output with a backdrop of vibrant floral blooms, enlivening the canvas and complementing the greens and blues of the peacock feather adorning her hat. The portrait is all the more significant thanks to its provenance. It was previously in the collection of A. Alfred Taubman, one of America's most successful entrepreneurs and one-time owner of Sotheby's. Considering Taubman encountered some of the most noteworthy and beautiful works of art ever made through his auction house, the fact that he chose this portrait by Helleu to grace his collection is a testament to its import. Born in Brittany in 1859, Helleu moved to Paris in 1876 in order to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Like so many other artists of his generation, he was trained there under the Academic master Jean-Léon Gérôme. That same year, he also attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Linen, Pastel

Mermaid - Charcoal Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Mermaidt is a Charcoal Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1980s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a white paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, Jun...
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1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

The Death of Napoleon - Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Death of Napoleon is a drawing realized in the mid-20th century by an Italian Anonymous artist. Black marker on paper. Titled in Italian on the lower. The state of preservatio...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Framed Early 20th Century Chinese Watercolour - Noblewomen in Gugu Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
An early 20th century watercolour painting of a Chinese dignitary wearing an opulent Gugu hat with beaded tassels. The head piece worn by this particular individual suggests the sitt...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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