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Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady In Purple Stripey Top Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady original watercolour painting on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 14 x 10 inches In good condition, though with mi...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Pencil

Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. Watercolor on paper, 42x37 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 194...
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1960s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Portrait of Elegant Young Society Lady In A Pink Blouse Exquisite Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait of an Elegant Lady original watercolour painting on paper by Marjorie Schiele (1913-2008) *see notes below piece of paper is 14 x 10 inches I...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Pencil

Frederick James Mcnamara Evans (1859-1929) - Framed Watercolour, Make Do & Mend
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of an elderly women sat comfortable in a wooden armchair. The figure holds a look of contemplation, quietly working out how to tackle the broken garment placed i...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

English School 19th Century Watercolour - Gentleman in a Bow Tie
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful half length watercolour portrait depicting a distinguished gentleman in his finery. The sitter wears a three piece suit with a black bowtie, showing his status as a prom...
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan & concubine
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
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17th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Herbert Blande Sparks (1870-1916) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Time For Tea
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a young Edwardian lady seated in garden. She holds a dainty teacup close to long cream coloured dress with a lace ruffled collar. Signed to the...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris
By John Wentworth Russell
Located in Norwich, GB
A strong portrait, and a piece of history. It was confidently sketched in 1923, during the heyday of the "Lost Generation" in Paris, at the Closerie des Lilas - Ernest Hemingway's favourite haunt and home-from-home in the City. This historical café is where Hemingway first read The Great Gatsby with his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald and where he wrote most of The Sun Also Rises...
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1920s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

English School Early 19th Century Watercolour - Boy Leaning Against Urn
Located in Corsham, GB
An utterly charming English school portrait of a young boy leaning against a garden urn. Well-presented in an elegant gilt-effect frame with wash-line mount. Signed with the initials...
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Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Girl, Mid-20th Century Pastel Drawing, Signed
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper, signed bottom right Image size: 12 x 14 1/2 inches (30.5 x 36.75 cm) Contemporary style hand made frame This is a touching drawing of a young girl who is seen smili...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

Continental School 20th Century Pastel - Man in a Fedora
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking head and shoulders portrait study of a man wearing a fedora and red suit. He stares straight at the viewer in an almost confrontational stance, with bright blue eyes looki...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Autoportrait, circa 1940, Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Henry MIRANDE (1877-1955) Self-portrait, circa 1940 Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper Anotated "L'Indien du haut Orénoque qui me réclame 4 femmes blanches pour lui seul" upper ri...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Male Nude Pencil Drawing by Bernard Sleigh RBSA (circa 1900-1920)
Located in London, GB
Male Nude pencil drawing on wove paper (circa 1900-1920), by Bernard Sleigh, RBSA (Provenance: from the artist's studio). An exquisite drawing which is possibly a study for a larger ...
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Early 20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Portrait of Raphaël Fumet ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules OURY dit MARCEL-LENOIR (1872-1931) Portrait of Raphaël Fumet (1898-1979) ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914 Charcoal and pencil on paper Signed "Marcel-Lenoi...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
Located in New York, NY
"Judy Garland" Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003) Judy Garland 20 x 15 inches (sight) Etching 26 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches Framed...
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1970s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Ink

Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
Located in New York, NY
Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003) Bette Midler 15 x 11 inches (sight) Etching 22 x 18 inches Framed Signed an...
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1980s Performance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Ink

G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) , Study for "Le Cocher" original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for "Le Cocher" carbon pencil on thin paper 14.5 x 13 cm In good condition Framed : 36.7 x 31 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and...
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1910s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Angel
Located in Boston, MA
From the estate of the artist. 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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Paper, Pencil

"Bob Dylan - Legends" 2019 watercolor on paper - musician guitar music
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
"Bob Dylan - Legends" 2019 Watercolor, pencil, and ink on matted cardboard 5.75 x 4 Inches Matte: 13 x 10.5 Inches Signed and dated by the artist in pencil, lower margin
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil

Mughal School, 18th Century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir and Empress Nur Jahan exchanging lotus blossoms; a symbol of beauty, purity, honesty, rebirth, self-regeneration, and enlightenment....
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Black Woman's Beauty, 10x8" watercolor
Located in Loveland, CO
Black Woman's Beauty by Lu Haskew Watercolor Portrait 10x8" image size 20x18" framed (behind glass) Shipping price includes the custom packing necessary for safe transport of fine art. ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu Haskew 1921-2009 "Life is good to me. Being able to go to my studio five days weekly and paint for several hours, living in a supportive community, having family and friends who encourage me--all have contributed to helping me become an artist. Being fortunate to study with some of the artists I admire has kept me painting from the garden, people and my favorite things. With the support of galleries, teaching and doing demos, how could I do anything else? My goal is to try to be the best I can be by always being a student, looking for new ideas and stretching my horizons." Upon retirement from a 33-year teaching career, Lu rented a studio in Loveland and began concentrating on her oil and watercolor painting. Learning from artists she had followed and admired throughout the years her painting became a full time career that lasted 17-years. Beginning in 1992, she studied with renowned painters Richard Schmid, Clyde Aspevig, Joyce Pike...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cre...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir dancing with his harem attendees
Located in Middletown, NY
A joyful scene of lighthearted merriment in the palace of Jangahir Mahal Agra Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (2...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Rajput School, 17th century Krishna with his beloved, Radha; from Mahabharata
Located in Middletown, NY
Vishnu in the form of Krishna being serenaded with his beloved Radha. An illuminated page from the epic of Mahabharata circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream lai...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Edwin, Marzo 14, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Edwin, Marzo 14, 2014 by Celso Castro Black Crayon on archival paper Image size: 39.2 H in. x 28 in. W Unframed ____________ Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry the...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Crayon

Alexa Chung, Portrait, Fashion, Watercolor Painting
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Alexa Chung, Portrait, by Manuel Santelices Watercolor on paper Framed size: 7.7 in. H x 7 in. W Image size: 6.5 in. H x 6 in. W Framed 2016 The worlds of fashion, society, and p...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Watercolor, Paper

"Sensitivity"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork makes part of my new period in my artistic expression. This painting dedicated to "Women" series is a special one since it is all about my strong deep personal transfor...
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2010s Abstract Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic

Untitled - Drawing by Julio Galan - 1988
Located in Roma, IT
Untitled is a contemporary arteork realized by Julio Galan in 1988. Mixed colored pastel on paper. Hand signed and dated on the higher margin. Provenanc...
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1980s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Portrait of Rebecca Octavia Dorothy Nash, Victorian Graphite Drawings
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, inscribed on original backing Image size: 6 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (16.5 x 14 cm) Mounted This is a delightful graphite drawing by the artist Joseph Nash that depict...
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Mid-19th Century Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Baldassarre Franceschini, Sleeping Cupid, Valentine's Day Gift
Located in Harkstead, GB
A beautiful 19th century copy by Giuseppe Rocchi of Baldassarre Franceschini's Sleeping Cupid, presented in a very attractive gilt frame with hand carved mouldings. A very peaceful i...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Ritratto a matita del pittore Francesco Albani, inizi del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno rappresenta, come riportato a penna in basso al centro del foglio, il ritratto del celebre pittore dell'Emilia Romagna Francesco Albani, uno dei massimi rappresentanti del...
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Early 18th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Glamour Fashion Portrait of Model Sara Thom - Mid Century
By Richard Stone
Located in Miami, FL
Dick Stone was a top mid-century illustrator who worked for the most famous brands. He was an assignment artist hired by such esteemed Ad Agencies as BBDO ...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Casein, Board, Pen

Ritratto a tempera di nobile sullo sfondo di Firenze del XIX secolo, firmato
Located in Florence, IT
Il piccolo ma dettagliato dipinto a tempera acquerellata su carta, di forma ovale, è firmato in basso a sinistra E. Niccheri, ovvero Egisto Niccheri, un pittore toscano attivo soprat...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Tempera, Watercolor

Disegno matite su carta ritratto di fanciullo con cappellino del XVIII secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno a matita grigia e rossa raffigura un intenso ritratto frontale di un fanciullo con cappello, con le braccia incrociate davanti. Sul retro, in grafia corsiva, è probabilme...
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1780s Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Disegno italiano, ritratto di signora con cuffia, matita su carta del XIX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno in questione è molto probabilmente uno studio dal vivo per un ritratto da riportare successivamente in pittura, come si può notare dall'intensità dello sguardo e dall'alta...
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Early 19th Century Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir taking tea in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on li...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Portrait pencil drawing of a Dutch young boy (1934)
By Willy Sluiter
Located in Oostende, BE
Willy Sluiter (Amersfoort, 1873 – The Hague 1949) was a Dutch painter, draftsman and graphic designer. The boy's name was Claes Honig from Koog aan Zaan (Dutch village), as can be ...
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1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil

Portrait, woman's head, 1959, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Marc DAUTRY (1930-2008) Woman’s head, 1959 ? Pencil on paper Signed and dated "1959" ? lower left 14 x 10.5 cm Frame (antique glass) : 36 x 30 cm Born in Nime (south of France), Mar...
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1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Mughal School, 17th century Tiger Hunt near the Jahangir Maha, Agra
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. c 1690. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on light ...
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17th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Girl with Car Mid-20th Century American Modernism Pin-Up Illustration Arthur Rosenman Ross (1913 - 1981) Deco Girl with Car, 1936 30 x 20 inches Oil on Canvas Board Signed Arthur ‘36 lower right Provenance: Estate of the artist. BIO Arthur Rosenman Ross was a key figure in automotive design at General Motors during America's "Golden Age" of auto design, the 1930's through the 1950s. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago from age 17, exhibiting a special interest for automotive renderings and the female figure. In 1934, he changed his name from Rosenman to Ross, fearing his Jewish ancestry could prejudice his career prospects. At age 20, he turned down job offers from MGM Studios in Hollywood and Duesenberg to work at General Motors alongside the Legendary Harley Earl in 1935. He was hand picked by Mr. Earl and assigned to GM's War and Camouflage Division in 1937 through WW2. It was during this pivotal period in which he executed some extraordinary military aircraft artworks, likely used between GM and America's military aeronautics companies in design preparation for WW2. General Motors played an important role in helping America's aircraft manufacturers preceding and during the war. Just after the war in 1945, Mr. Ross was rewarded by GM, being made Chief Designer of Cadillac, then two years later becoming Chief at Oldsmobile until his retirement in 1959. He was in large part responsible for some of GM's classic Cadillac designs such as the Cadillac Sixty Special, Fleetwood, LaSalle and GM's first concept car, the extraordinary Buick Y-Job. Mr. Ross was an exceptionally charismatic and vivacious man who quite by chance, befriended His idol, Salvador Dali at GM in 1955. They talked about art, cars and girls late into the evening, according to his son, Carter Ross. He had a gift in rendering the erotic arts...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Board

Mughal School, 19th century Empress Nur Jahan hunting an Indian Gazelle.
Located in Middletown, NY
Circa 1890. Pencil and black ink on cream laid paper with a border drawn in light blue ink, 6 x 5 1/8 inches (153 x 130 mm). Scattered light surface soiling and multiple soft horizontal folds. Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat, inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman, In the ranks of men she...
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19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
Emperor Jahangir in his harem surrounded by lotus blossoms; symbols of paradise itself. Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cream laid paper, 8 1/2 x 6 1/4 inches (...
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17th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules-Eugène Lenepveu (1819-1898) Portrait of a man in profile signed on the lower right Pencil and heightenings of white gouache on paper 19.5 x 13 cm Framed : 29 x 22.7 cm Jules-Eugène Lenepveu is of course particularly well known for his large-scale paintings, such as the one on the ceiling of the Paris Opera, but his work here is much more delicate and intimate. We recognise the artist's mastery of talent, but the play of textures, with its highlights of white that enliven and illuminate the model's face, is also very subtle. There's a particularly charming sense of life and impression of light. Jules-Eugène Lenepveu was born in Angers on 12 December 1819, on the site of the street that now bears his name, into a family of small shopkeepers. The painter showed a deep attachment to his family throughout his life through his correspondence and the many portraits of his relatives. He entered the drawing school in Angers in 1833, where he was a pupil of Jean-Michel Mercier. There he rubbed shoulders with the sculptor Ferdinand Taluet. He arrived in Paris in 1837 and entered the Beaux-Arts, where he was officially admitted to François-Édouard Picot's studio in 1838. He exhibited his work "L'Idylle" at the Salon of 1843 and, that same year, left for his first visit to Italy. He was awarded the Second Prix de Rome in 1843 for "Cincinnatus recevant les députés du Sénat" (Cincinnatus receiving the deputies of the Senate), then the First Prize in 1847 for "La Mort de Vitellius" (The Death of Vitellius). A resident at the Villa Médicis from 1848, he was surrounded by painters Alexandre Cabanel, Léon Benouville, Gustave Boulanger, Félix Barrias...
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1860s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

Portrait Of A Young Woman Attributed To Frank Weston Benson
Located in New Orleans, LA
Attributed to Frank Weston Benson American 1862-1951 Portrait of a Young Woman Watercolor on paper Signed “F.W. Benson 1912” (lower right) This watercolor painting, entitled Port...
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20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Infanta Flower Head with Mountain Body
Located in Burlingame, CA
Chikako Okada’s autobiographical works of art bridge traditional realism with magical realism and surrealism. The artist uniquely addresses questions of the human condition through h...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper, Graphite

Mughal School, 18th cent – Emperor Jahangir & Empress Nur Jahan on a Tiger Hunt
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful composition depicting Empress Nur Jahan on a tiger hunt, an act of feminism. Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on brown laid paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (317 x 210 mm), with a floral-motif border painted in blue and oxblood, the full sheet. With extensive inscriptions in Persian written in black ink on the verso. In good condition with overall toning and minor creasing, all consistent with age. The color is rich and and fresh with bright yellow illumination. In the distance we see the Jahangir Mahal Agra, as well as a sage meditating in his hut. A beautiful composition. Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat, inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman, In the ranks of men she...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Mughal School, 17th century – Emperor Jahangir reclining in his harem
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. Circa 1690. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Mughal School, 18th century Emperor Jahangir with Empress Nur Jahan on a Tiger
Located in Middletown, NY
circa 1750. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on brown laid paper, 12 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (317 x 210 mm), with a floral-motif border painted in blue and gold, the full sheet. With extensive inscriptions in Persian written in black ink on the verso. In good condition with extraordinary color. We see Empress Nur Jahan making an offering to a sage in his hut, as Emperor Jahangir looks on from a tree stand. Nur Jahan was fond of hunting and often went on hunting tours with her husband and was known for her boldness in hunting ferocious tigers. She is reported to have slain four tigers with six bullets during one hunt. According to Sir Syed Ahmad Khan this feat, inspired a poet to declaim a spontaneous couplet in her honor: "Though Nur Jahan be in form a woman, In the ranks of men she...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Rare Modernist Hungarian Rabbi Pastel Drawing Gouache Painting Judaica Art Deco
Located in Surfside, FL
Rabbi in the synagogue at prayer wearing tallit and tefillin. Hugó Scheiber (born 29 September 1873 in Budapest – died there 7 March 1950) was a Hungarian modernist painter. Hugo Scheiber was brought from Budapest to Vienna at the age of eight where his father worked as a sign painter for the Prater Theater. At fifteen, he returned with his family to Budapest and began working during the day to help support them and attending painting classes at the School of Design in the evening, where Henrik Papp was one of his teachers. He completed his studies in 1900. His work was at first in a post-Impressionistic style but from 1910 onward showed his increasing interest in German Expressionism and Futurism. This made it of little interest to the conservative Hungarian art establishment. However, in 1915 he met the great Italian avant-gardist Filippo Tommaso Marinetti and the two painters became close friends. Marinetti invited him to join the Futurist Movement. The uniquely modernist style that he developed was, however, closer to German Expressionism than to Futurism and eventually drifted toward an international art deco manner similar to Erté's. In 1919, he and his friend Béla Kádar held an exhibition at the Hevesy Salon in Vienna. It was a great success and at last caused the Budapest Art Museum to acquire some of Scheiber's drawings. Encouraged, Scheiber came back to live in Vienna in 1920. A turning point in Scheiber's career came a year later, when Herwarth Walden, founder of Germany's leading avant-garde periodical, Der Sturm, and of the Sturm Gallery in Berlin, became interested in Scheiber's work. Scheiber moved to Berlin in 1922, and his paintings soon appeared regularly in Walden's magazine and elsewhere. Exhibitions of his work followed in London, Rome, La Paz, and New York. Scheiber's move to Germany coincided with a significant exodus of Hungarian artists to Berlin, including Laszlo Moholy-Nagy and Sandor Bortnyik. There had been a major split in ideology among the Hungarian avant-garde. The Constructivist and leader of the Hungarian avantgarde, Lajos Kassák (painted by Hugó Scheiber in 1930) believed that art should relate to all the needs of contemporary humankind. Thus he refused to compromise the purity of his style to reflect the demands of either the ruling class or socialists and communists. The other camp believed that an artist should be a figurehead for social and political change. The fall out and factions that resulted from this politicisation resulted in most of the Hungarian avant gardists leaving Vienna for Berlin. Hungarian émigrés made up one of the largest minority groups in the German capital and the influx of their painters had a significant effect on Hungarian and international art. Another turning point of Scheiber's career came in 1926, with the New York exhibition of the Société Anonyme, organized by Katherine Dreier. Scheiber and other important avant garde artists from more than twenty-three countries were represented. In 1933, Scheiber was invited by Marinetti to participate in the great meeting of the Futurists held in Rome in late April 1933, Mostra Nazionale d’Arte Futurista where he was received with great enthusiasm. Gradually, the Hungarian artists began to return home, particularly with the rise of Nazism in Germany. Kádar went back from Berlin in about 1932 and Scheiber followed in 1934. He was then at the peak of his powers and had a special flair in depicting café and cabaret life in vivid colors, sturdily abstracted forms and spontaneous brush strokes. Scheiber depicted cosmopolitan modern life using stylized shapes and expressive colors. His preferred subjects were cabaret and street scenes, jazz musicians, flappers, and a series of self-portraits (usually with a cigar). his principal media being gouache and oil. He was a member of the prestigious New Society of Artists (KUT—Képzőművészek Új Társasága)and seems to have weathered Hungary's post–World War II transition to state-communism without difficulty. He continued to be well regarded, eventually even receiving the posthumous honor of having one of his images used for a Russian Soviet postage stamp (see image above). Hugó Scheiber died in Budapest in 1950. Paintings by Hugó Scheiber form part of permanent museum collections in Budapest (Hungarian National Museum), Pecs (Jannus Pannonius Museum), Vienna, New York, Bern and elsewhere. His work has also been shown in many important exhibitions, including: "The Nell Walden Collection," Kunsthaus Zürich (1945) "Collection of the Société Anonyme," Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut (1950) "Hugó Scheiber: A Commemorative Exhibition," Hungarian National Museum, Budapest (1964) "Ungarische Avantgarde," Galleria del Levante, Munich (1971) "Paris-Berlin 1900-1930," Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (1978) "L’Art en Hongrie, 1905-1920," Musée d’Art et l’Industrie, Saint-Etienne (1980) "Ungarische Avantgarde in der Weimarer Republik," Marburg (1986) "Modernizmus," Eresz & Maklary Gallery, Budapest (2006) "Hugó Scheiber & Béla Kádár," Galerie le Minotaure, Paris and Tel Aviv (2007) Hugó Scheiber's paintings continue to be regularly sold at Sotheby's, Christie's, Gillen's Arts (London), Papillon Gallery (Los Angeles) and other auction houses. He was included in the exhibition The Art Of Modern Hungary 1931 and other exhibitions along with Vilmos Novak Aba, Count Julius Batthyany, Pal Bor, Bela Buky, Denes Csanky, Istvan Csok, Bela Czobel, Peter Di Gabor, Bela Ivanyi Grunwald, Baron Ferenc Hatvany, Lipot Herman, Odon Marffy, C. Pal Molnar...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Watercolor, Gouache

Lady in a Feathered Hat, Portrait, Figure, Charcoal Drawing, Austrian
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Irene Hölzer-Weineck was born in Prague in 1888 and later worked as a painter primarily in Vienna. After artistic training with the Czech painter Vojtech Hynais, Hölzer-Weineck studi...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Portrait of a German Airman, Graphite on paper, 1919, Air Park Document Verso
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated '13 Feb (19)19' bottom left Image size: 13 x 8 1/4 inches (33 x 21 cm) This is a portrait of a German airman that was done by the artist at the s...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Graphite

Portrait of a German Airman, Graphite on paper, 1919, Air Park Document Verso
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper, signed and dated '13 Feb (19)19' bottom left Image size: 13 x 8 1/4 inches (33 x 21 cm) This is a portrait of a German airman that was done by the artist at the s...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Graphite

Head with Green Dress
Located in Provincetown, MA
Alfred H. Maurer emerged as an influential crucial figure in the art scene of late 19th-century America, gaining widespread recognition for his innovative Fauvist approach characterized by vibrant colors and expressive brushwork. Departing from his renowned portraits and genre paintings, he delved into Fauvist landscapes, still lifes, and depictions of anonymous individuals. His distinctive technique relied on saturated colors rather than precise lines or forms, allowing him to convey a profound psychological intensity through dynamic, flowing strokes. As he matured as an artist, Maurer pioneered American...
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1920s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

2.1M TINTIN EN AMERIQUE. Drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
2.1M TINTIN EN AMERIQUE, 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g. Frame size: 43 cm H x 34 cm W x 3 cm D Image size: 30 cm H x 21 cm W Unique Ivory Wood Brown F...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Paper

A Lonely Angel - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Un Angelo solitario is a drawing on paper, realized around the Sixties by the great Italian artist and journalist, Mino Maccari  (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black ink drawing (watercolor)...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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

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Mixed Media

Ada V. Hobson (1831-1911) - 1863 Watercolour, Blushing Beauty
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate study of a pretty young woman with rosy cheeks by Ada Hobson. Presented in a dark wood oval frame. Signed and dated. On paper.
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Mid-19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Richard Westall RA (1765-1836) - Early 19th Century Watercolour, A Prayer
Located in Corsham, GB
An accomplished watercolour study depicting a woman on her knees in prayer. The piece is signed with Westall's monogram to the lower right. Presented in a part gilt frame. Label vers...
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Early 19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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