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Procession Four girls with flowers - English Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Four young English girls with flowers are shown in a line and moving from left to right. They are pushed forward on the picture plane as if they were on a stage with a simple indica...
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1890s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Joseph McCarthy as Baby New Year on a Hobbyhorse
Located in New York, NY
ink on beige sight size: 254 x 317 mm. PROVENANCE Acquired directly from the artist by Edward Laning (who inherited Marsh's studio) to Jack Henderson...
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1950s Other Art Style Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

French Artist Drawing Sanctuary of San Luca Bologna 19 century pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
The drawing depict the Sanctuary of Madonna di San luca in Bologna. It can be attributed to a French artist because it's written "Bologne" (the french name of...
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait of a Woman Sitting in Profile
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size: 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (26.5 x 36 cm) Mounted A fine pencil drawing and a stunning example of a 1930s Art Deco portrait.
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Signed Giovanni Colacicchi Nude Drawing Mid-20th ink on paper
Located in Florence, IT
The drawing, signed at the right bottom corner Colacicchi, is a ink on paper study of a Nude lady, portrayed while she’s folding on herself, with the head laying down, touching her t...
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Awakening in Mongolia by Guy Oberson - Work on paper, mother and child, chalk
Located in Paris, FR
Awakening in Mongolia is a unique black chalk on paper painting by contemporary artist Guy Oberson, dimensions are 80 × 120 cm (31.5 × 47.2 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Francis
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina original watercolour on paper One of a kind hand signed 2024 Collective exhibitions: 2023 London biennale, Chelsea, Old Town Hall; 2023 YICCA Inte...
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2010s Vienna Secession Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

John George Indermaur, Group Of Children, Watercolour
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century watercolour by British artist John George Indermaur (1818-1862) depicts four children, a chaise lounge, and footstool. It was shown at the Royal Societ...
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1840s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

1894 Zephyr Pencil Drawing by Mystery French Artist
Located in Larchmont, NY
Untitled, 1894 Graphite on paper Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in. Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in. Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left
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1890s French School Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Angelic Ruth Cobb Watercolor, Signed
Located in Larchmont, NY
Ruth Cobb (American, 1914-2008) Untitled, c. 20th century Watercolor and mixed media on paper Sight: 19 3/4 x 28 1/2 in. Framed: 33 1/2 x 41 3/4 x 1 3/4 in. Signed lower right Born ...
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20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Man In The Moon Drawing by O. Casio
Located in Larchmont, NY
O. Casio Untitled (Moon Man), c. 20th Century Mixed media on paper Sight: 10 x 13 1/4 in. Framed: 16 x 20 in. Signed lower right: O. Casio
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Paper

Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart
Located in Atlanta, GA
This interesting seated woman pencil study is by French artist Wouyart (20th Century). This unique representation captures the model's expression through trace lines and shadows that...
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1930s Cubist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Joker
Located in London, GB
artist: Anastasia Kurakina original watercolour painting on paper one of a kind hand signed Several Anastasia Kurakina's artworks have been included into the Vatican Museums colle...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.154
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.154 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.154 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.156
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.156 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.156 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.030
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.030 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.030 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.155
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.155 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.155 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing - Profile Flying 446.086
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Flying 446.086 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Graphite on Paper Drawing Profile Flying 446.086 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages and paintin...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Gilbert & George, The World of Gilbert & George - Signed Ink Wash Drawing
Located in Hamburg, DE
Gilbert & George (British, b. 1942 and 1943) The World of Gilbert & George: The Storyboard, 2001 Medium: Ink wash drawing on paper (and artist’s book) Dimensions: 20.3 x 29.2 cm (8 x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Romantic Pastel Jester Clown Figure Nature Expressionism Female Artist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Everybody Kisses a Fool Sometime" is a pastel signed by Della Wells. It depicts a black woman kissing a figure wearing a white mask and a comedia del'arte costume also known as the ...
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1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

Customers Wanted, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Three men pose in front of their store, eagerly awaiting customers. Inspired by a vintage photograph found at a garage sale, the painting's warm tones exude a n...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Watercolor

Gottfrid Olsson, La Ciotat
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-20th-century gouache by Swedish artist Gottfrid Olsson (1890-1979) depicts a colourful street in La Ciotat, France. Situated in Provence, La Ciotat is a quaint 17t...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Indian Motorcycle, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
A rider halts on a dirt track, possibly appreciating the scenery around him. Fueled by his passion for motorcycle racing in his twenties, artist Thomas Hoerber ...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Watercolor

Nick Xylouris
Located in New York, NY
This is a drawing by James Childs (1945-2020) offered by CLAMP in New York City. Nick Xylouris 2004 Signed and titled, recto Graphite and Conté crayon on paper 12 x 8.25 inches
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Conté, Graphite

Bozzetto Accademico della Testa di un Cherubino.
Located in Firenze, IT
Bozzetto Accademico della Testa di un Cherubino. Disegno a carboncino e gessetto bianco su carta leggermente colorata di grigio. Seconda metà dell'Ottocento In buone condizioni. Prov...
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19th Century Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Pencil

Talluah Bankhead 3 and Pola Negri II Diptych. From The Dis-enchanted series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Talluah Bankhead 3 and Pola Negri II Diptych, 2016 From The Dis-enchanted series Ink on paper Overall frame size: 20 in. H x 32 in. W x 1 in D Individual size: Image size: 16.5 in....
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Untitled
Located in East Quogue, NY
Ágnes Széphfalvi (b.1965) studied at the Fine Arts Academy in Budapest (1984–1990). In her paintings, she deals with narratives of women's lives. She thematizes painting as a subject...
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1990s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Photographic Film, Archival Paper

Camille Hilaire - Green Trees - Original Signed Watercolor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire (1916-2004) Green Trees Original Signed Watercolor 43 x 36 cm Framed Camille Hilaire (1916-2004) Camille Hilaire began painting from a...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Poli Negri I and Vilma Banky Diptych. Drawing From The Dis-enchanted series.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Poli Negri I and Vilma Banky Diptych, 2016 From The Dis-enchanted series Ink on paper Overall frame size: 20 in. H x 32 in. W x 1 in D Individual size: Image size: 16.5 in. H x 11....
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.062
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.062 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.062 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Poli Negri III, Poli Negri and Louise Brooks II, Triptych.
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Poli Negri III, Poli Negri and Louise Brooks Triptych, 2016 From The Dis-enchanted series Ink on paper Overall frame size: 20 in. H x 48 in. W x 1 in D Individual size: Image size:...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.070
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.070 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.070 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

'Portrait of a Woman', Myanmar Neck Ring, Mill Valley, Mystic Seaport Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J. Norall' for John Norall (American, 1920-2024) and painted circa 1993. Exhibited: Mill Valley Library Gallery, 1993 Born in North Platte, John Norall studied ...
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1990s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.071
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.071 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.071 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.063
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.063 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.063 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Paper

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.067
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.067 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.067 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.069
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.069 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.069 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.082
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.082 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.082 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Gouache, Paper

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.077
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.077 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.077 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.065
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.065 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.065 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Acrylic

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Goauche on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.066
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.066 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic and Goauche on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.066 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, collages an...
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1970s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Modele au Chapeau or Child with a Large Hat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the estate stamp initials lower right, Lugt 388a (see photo) Provenance: Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago (label verso) Fairweather-Hardin Gallery, Chicago (label verso) ...
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1880s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

François-Édouard Picot (French 1786-1868) Greek Comedy Play 19th Century Drawing
By François-Édouard Picot
Located in Meinisberg, CH
François-Édouard Picot (French, 1786 – 1868) Ancient Greek Comedy Play • Pencil Drawing on laid paper behind decorative matting, visible image, ca. 10.5 x 15.5 cm • Modern Glased frame, ca. 27 x 33 cm • Signed "Picot fecit" lower left • As we photographed through glass, there are reflections in the images Worldwide shipping is complimentary - There are no charges for handling & delivery Here we have the somewhat unusual, yet typical subject matter François-Édouard Picot was interested in depicting. Shown is a scene from an ancient Greek comedy play. The previous owner has noted on the back, that this image was copied from an ancient Greek stone relief. François-Édouard Picot was born on the 10th of October in 1786 in Paris, France. He studied with various masters and became well known for his historical and mythological subjects. In 1812 he won the second prize in the Prix de Rome competition and after that success, went on to exhibit at the Paris Salon, where in the year 1819 he won a first-class medal for his neoclassical L'Amour et Psyché, which today hangs in the Louvre in Paris. He regularly exhibited his work in the salon up to 1839. He taught several young great artists at his elitist studio and was known for accepting only very few students, which included William Bouguereau, Gustave Moreau, Cabanel and Paul Seignac...
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Early 19th Century Naturalistic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper, Pencil

Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed upper left charcoal on paper 26.5 x 33,8 cm Framed : 43.5 x 52 cm Little is known about Abert Paul Guilmet, apart from th...
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Early 1900s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1960 ca. Drawing pen on yellowed paper. Hand Signed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena,...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

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...
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1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Illustration Board, Board, Gouache

Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jangahir on a pleasure boat with his harem a
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir depicted with his harem attendees aboard a pleasure cruise, the water filled with lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself. Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold ...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

[Woman at a Table]
Located in Boston, MA
Frederick Bosley was an Impressionist painter of the Boston School who most often depicted portraits, figures and still-lifes. The artist was born in Lebanon, New Hampshire in 1881. He studied at the Museum School in Boston from 1900-1906 with Edmund C. Tarbell (1862-1938) and Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), and then in Europe from 1906-1908. Bosley returned to Boston in 1909, obtaining a studio at the Fenway Studios from 1909-1918. He was to become a teacher in his own right, settling as Director at the Museum School from 1913-1931. His many awards include First prize in the 1920 Concord Art Academy Exhibition and a Gold Medal in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Exhibition, 1925. His work may be found in the collections of several institutions, including the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Farnsworth Museum, the National Academy of Design and the Concord Academy...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterc...

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Pencil, Paper

Mughal School, 18th century – Tiger Hunt
Located in Middletown, NY
An unusual horizontal composition with extensive marginalia. Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 5 3/4 x 11 3/4 inches (140 x 298 mm...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Figures - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Artwork realized by Mino Maccari  (1924-1989) in 1960. Watercolor on yellowed paper. Monogrammed on the lower right margin. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 192...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Study of a hand; preparatory work for the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred DEHODENCQ (1822-1982) Study of a hand; preparatory to the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867 Pencil on paper Dimensions of work: 15.5 x 17.5 cm Frame size : 30 x 30 cm A...
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1860s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
115 years after they were created, one can view these silhouettes differently than the artist’s intent. After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase elaborate women’s hats. They were done for a commercial assignment with a deadline, and picky editors were overseeing the final work. Today, they have a dual meaning. These charming silhouettes are abstractions as much as they are representations. Moreover, each one is a compact little gem stuffed with observational detail. Golden Age female illustrator Jesse Gillespie's mastery of technical skill, is apparent in minute details and composition. Young women, old women, pendants, necklaces, feathers, and laced vails all contribute to the works understated complexity. The identity of the subjects are revealed by small areas of exposed neck and chin. As the viewers eyes goes from left to right - all six silhouettes read as fashion hieroglyphs in a sentence with a visual rhythm and cadence. . Initialed JG lower right., Matted but not framed. Published: Life Magazine, March 17th, 1910. Provenance: Honey and Wax Bookstore ________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Gillespie Willing (March 28, 1888 – August 1, 1972) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of illustration. She was considered the foremost silhouette illustrator of her time, although she did traditional illustration as well. Willing illustrated for books and magazines including Life, The Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Mother and Child, McClure's Magazine, Childhood Education, the Sunday Magazine, Association Men (the magazine of the YMCA), Farm and Fireside, Every Week, Children: The Magazine for Parents (which became Parents Magazine), and the American Magazine. She is perhaps most well known for her work for the Girl Scouts. Early life Willing was born in Brooklyn on March 28, 1888 to John Thomson Willing (August 4, 1860 – July 8, 1947)[1][2] and Charlotte Elizabeth Van Der Veer Willing (December 1, 1859 – March 4, 1930).[3] Thomson Willing was a noted illustrator and art editor. He was also well known for finding new artistic talent. Jessie Willing was the eldest of three children. Her brother Van Der Veer (November 30, 1889 – January 14, 1919), who died of pneumonia at the age of 29, was an advertising agent.[4] Her sister Elizabeth Hunnewell Willing (July 26, 1908 – August 15, 1991) was one of the first women to graduate from the Philadelphia Divinity School.[5][6] Elizabeth married the Rev. Orrin Judd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, on September 22, 1931, and was active in church work.[citation needed] The Willing family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1901 or 1902. Jessie Willing attended the Stevens School, from which she graduated in 1905. She then went on to attend the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1907.[7][8] Career Willing used her middle name Gillespie as her professional surname. She also often signed her illustrations J.G.[9] The story goes that the art editor of Life magazine was in Thomson Willing's office when he was the art editor of the Associated Sunday Magazine syndicate. Thomson Willing had some of Jessie's artwork on his desk, which the Life editor saw and admired. He asked for the artist's information so that he could give her freelance work. Thomson Willing did not want to be accused of nepotism so he persuaded Jessie to use Jessie Gillespie as her professional name, which she did.[10][11] In addition to her extensive illustration work, Willing was also the editor of Heirlooms and Masterpieces from 1922 to 1931 and the art editor of Jewelers' Circular-Keystone from 1933 to 1939.[12] She specialized in jewelry publicity and advertising. In 1966 she won the Gold medal of the Printing Week Graphic Arts Exhibit in Philadelphia for her Christmas catalog for J.E. Caldwell Co., Philadelphia. Willing was a member of the Plastic Club of Philadelphia,[13] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the National Arts Club of New York.[14] She was an honorary life member of the National Arts Club[15] and served on its Board of Governors from 1941-1970. In 1963, she received the Gold Medal of the National Arts Club in recognition of 32 years of selfless devotion.[15] Additionally, she was the national director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1943 to 1946.[15] Previous to this she served as the Program Chairman of the AIGA and in that position she put together a travelling exhibit on the "history of narrative art from the first recorded picture story to the comic book of the twentieth century."[16][17] Illustrations in books With Tongue and Pen--Frederick Bair, et al. (MacMillan, 1940) Masoud the Bedouin--Alfred Post Carhart (Missionary Education Movement, 1915) The Path of the Gopatis--Zilpha Carruthers (National Dairy Council, 1926) The Schoolmaster and His Son: A Narrative of the Thirty Years War--Karl Heinrich Caspari (Lutheran Publication Society, 1917) On a Rainy Day--Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Scott Fisher (A.S. Barnes and Co., 1938) Book of Games for Home, School and Playground--William B. Forbush and Harry R Allen...
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1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Portrait - Drawing by François Chapuis - 1976
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait  is an artwork realized by  François Chapuis in the 1976. Mixed media on Paper. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. Good conditions The portrait is linear and simp...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media

19th Century Antique silhouette of children, reverse painted on glass
Located in Harkstead, GB
A charming silhouette of a group of children ambling along. So much character is expressed through the minimal monochrome depiction. English or American School, 19th Century A silhouette...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Paintings

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Gouache, Glass

On the Road - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Per strada (On the Road)  is a drawing on paper, realized around the Seventies by the great Italian artist and journalist,  Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black China ink (foun...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Originals-Meeting Raphael-Studies of Movement and Form-UK Award Artist- Set of 2
Located in London, GB
This set of drawings included Two Studies of Raphael's paintings in National Gallery, London where Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old masters in Museums, a project she...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper

Original-Meeting Cezanne-Studies of Movement and Form-UK Artist-Set of 2 drawing
Located in London, GB
This set of drawings included Two Studies of Cezanne's paintings in National Gallery and The Courtauld Gallery , London where Shizico Yi learned her craft in drawings from old master...
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2010s Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper

Portrait of Guelfo Bianchini - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1959
Located in Roma, IT
Ritratto di Guelfo Bianchini  is a pen and watercolor drawing on paper realized by  Sergio Barletta  in 1959. Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin. In very good conditions. S...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Felt Pen, Watercolor

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