Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Maurycy Trębacz (1861 – 1941) was one of the most popular Jewish painters in Poland in the late 19th and early 20th century. Many of his paintings were lost in the Holocaust, but a r...

Figure of Woman is a Pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1935s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition on a little yellowed paper. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1...

'The Cabaret Dancer', crayon on art paper, by Kolomon Moore (circa 1930s). The Crazy Years (les Années Folles) of Paris in the 1920s hit an abrupt end in...

Stately portrait of George Arliss by Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980). Mr. Arliss is depicted wearing his signature monocle, looking directly at the viewer. Although this piece appears to be done rapidly, there is a clear confidence in Opffer's work - he was an accomplished portrait artist - and the resemblance to the subject is unmistakable. George Arliss (born Augustus George Andrews; 10 April 1868 – 5 February 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright, and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award – which he won for his performance as Victorian-era British prime minister Benjamin Disraeli in Disraeli (1929) – as well as the earliest-born actor to win the honour. He specialized in successful biopics, such as Disraeli, Voltaire (1933), and Cardinal Richelieu (1935), as well as light comedies, which included The Millionaire (1931) and A Successful Calamity (1932). Signed and dated "Ivan Opffer 1934" in the lower right. Titled "Mr. Arliss" in the lower left. Presented in a new off-white mat with foamcore backing. Mat size: 22"H x 16"W Art size: 17.5"H x 12"W Ivan Opffer (Danish, 1897-1980) was born in Nyborg, Denmark, on June 4, 1897, to a family of Danish scholars and journalists. His brother was Emil Opffer, a Danish merchant seaman and journalist who was known for his relationship with American writer Hart Crane. Ivan was raised in Mexico City and New York, where his anarchist father was the editor of a radical Danish-language newspaper. His involvement in painting and drawing began at an early age. At a summer workshop, he met and studied drawing with Winslow Homer, then went on to study at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League of New York. When the US entered World War I, Opffer was one of the members of the American Army Camouflage Corps, headed by Homer Saint-Gaudens (whose mother was a relative of Winslow Homer), the son of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. As a camoufleur, Opffer served with other artists and architects, some of whom became well-known, including Barry Faulkner, Sherry Edmundson Fry, Kimon Nicolaides, Robert Lawson, Abraham Rattner, Kerr Eby, and others. It was this same unit, while still in training in at Camp American University in Washington DC, that launched a camp newspaper called The Camoufleur. Only three issues were published before the unit’s deployment to France in late 1917. In the October 31 issue, a satirical portrait by Opffer of Homer Saint-Gaudens (titled “Our Boss”) was published on page 5. After the war, Opffer returned to New York, where he became known for his caricatures of leading Modern writers, among them James Joyce, Edgar Lee Masters, Siegfried Sassoon, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Sandburg, G.K. Chesterton, and Thomas Mann. In the years between the wars, Opffer married Betty à Beckett Chomley, and settled in Paris, where he was a student at the Academie Julliard. He also lived in London and Copenhagen, where his drawings were frequently published in newspapers and magazines. With the outbreak of World War II, he and his family returned to New York and lived in Greenwich Village. Among his friends in that era were William Butler Yeats, F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald...

Lina – Pocasset August 6, 1934 Signed in pencil, u.r.; Also titled and dated in pencil, l.r. Graphite on paper 10.25 x 14.5 inches, sheet This work is offered by CLAMP in New Yor...

"double side " original drawing by Jean Cocteau . certified by Madame Annie Guedras . 31.8 X 24 cm . Framed under museum glass . Museum quality !

Initialed lower right: "M.L.". Estate stamp verso, lower left: Lucille Deming Lewis Collection. Inscribed verso, lower left: "LDL-803". In fine condition.

The drawing, signed at the right bottom corner Colacicchi, is a study for the painting Psyche, exhibited for the first time in 1939 at the Ussi Prize-planned by the Florence Academy ...

Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, known as Baroness Hilla von Rebay or simply Hilla Rebay was the co-founder of the Museum...

August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...

" portrait d'homme en buste ". " portrait of a man " is an original drawing , graphite on tracing paper. this drawing was executed by Jean Cocteau in 1931 during a stay in the clin...

" patineur sur glace ", "Ice Skater " is an original drawing by Jean COCTEAU . India ink and graphite on tracing paper . this drawing was executed in 1931 during a stay in Toulon ( s...

Study for an Illustration of "Il Selvaggio" is an original Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1930/1940s. Good condition on a brown paper, except for a missing corner. No ...

Medium: Pastel on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 20.00" x 28.50;" Framed 32.50" x 41.25" Cover Art for Unidentified Title Pre-code Hollywood starlet Verna Hillie is the subject of this erotically charged pastel portrait, which was the title Reel Movie Fun, a short lived wild and racy publication that merged the world of pin-up and burlesque with the envelope pushing film culture emerging from Hollywood before enforcement of the notorious Hays code put an end to overt expressions of sexuality or immorality on screen. Pastel is dated and signed on the back and the sitter is identified in the artist's hand as seen. Beautifully framed and matted behind glass in a handsome gallery frame and ready to hang. Verna Hillie was a Monograph Pictures star who appeared in The Marx brothers comedy "Duck Soup...

" Philippe " is an graphite , black pencil and stump drawing by Jean COCTEAU , executed in 1931 during a stay in Toulon ( South of France ) . " la méditerranée "is a restaurant in Pa...

" Deux personnages " . " Two characters " is an original indian ink on paper drawing by Jean Cocteau, graphite, stump and brown wash . "Anteil " was a jean Cocteau and Igor Stravinsky...

Theo Meier (1908-1982) “A Balinese woman with offerings” Signed, dated '36 and annotated Mankok (the name of the sitter) lower left Sanguine on paper, measures: 57 x 41.5 cm In a handmade and hand painted frame with address: Max Kno¨ll, Herberggasse 4/1, Basel. Provenance: Private collection, Basel (acquired directly from the artist) Private collection, London Note: Theo Meier was born in Basel, where he attended art school and became a successful portrait painter. However, after visiting an exhibition in Basel of Tahitian paintings by Paul Gaugin, he decided to follow in Gaugin’s footsteps and go to the South Pacific. To finance his voyage, he founded a club in which every member pledged a monthly sum in return of which they could choose one of Meier’s paintings upon his return. In 1932, at the age of 24, he embarked on his voyage to the South Sea. In Tahiti, he certainly discovered the beauty of the colours of the tropical world but the simplicity of the inhabitants, he had seen in Gaugin’s paintings turned out to be more in the artist’s fantasy than in reality. He returned to Basel but in 1935 again was on his way to the South Sea. In 1936 he arrived in Bali, planning to stay there for two or three weeks, but thirty years later he was still there. In Bali “a delirium laid hold of me which even today has not subsided”, he was to write much later. The present drawing was made during his first “delirius” year in Bali. In Bali, he settled and found inspiration and friendship with other artists including Walter Spies...

Figure is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by an artist of the XX century. The state of preservation of the artwork is good and aged with signs of the time a small cu...

Caricatures is a beautiful black China original drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman arou...

The Dictator is an original black China ink and pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallm...

Art Deco "Mademoiselle X" story illustration for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," accompanied by corresponding issue of Vogue magazine...

Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by an Anonymous Artist in 1930. Original watercolor drawing on Ivory paper. Not signed. This artwork represents a portrait of a man...

Portrait of Ardengo Soffici is an original drawing in China ink and watercolor on paper realized in 1938 ca by Mino Maccari (1898-1989). Hand-signed lower left. In good conditions...

Medium: Pastel and Watercolor Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 13th, 1937.

Illustration is an original drawing in china ink applied on paper realized by Italian artist Bruno Angoletta. Passepartout: 49 x 34 cm. The artwork is in a good condition except f...

Medium: Charcoal and Ink on Board Signature: Unsigned Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of Comedian Joe E. Brown, 1938, along with preliminary sketc...

Figure is an original drawing in pen on paper, realized by Alfredo Mezio in 1930. Hand-signed on the lower right. The status of preservation good and aged except for some rips and ...

This work is accompanied by a Photo-certificate and essay from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné Signed lower right. Estate stamp on verso...

Study of an peasant woman. Red pastel. Signed. This work will be recorded in the catalogue raisonné of the work of the artist currently in preparation. ...

Artist: Emmet Edwards Title: Eleanor Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed, dated, and titled in pencil Image Size: 21 x 14 inches Frame Size: 28.5 x 21.5 inches

Woman Portrait is an original watercolor drawing realized by Paul Bonet in 1930. Hand-signed and dated on the lower margin. Dedication handwritten by the artist "pour mon ami Lévrie...

Woman with a Hat is an original drawing in pencil, realized by Cesare Breveglieri, in the 1930', hand-signed and, dated, with the stamp of collezione culturale d'artre Milano " Azur ...

Children Sledding, Women's World Magazine Cover, December 1939 Signed lower center image watercolor, gouache, pencil, and wash on paper

Date: 1930s Medium: Pastel on Thick Paper Dimensions: 30.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Crandell (1896-1966) was the undisputed "artist of the stars," befriending and immortalizing Hollywood's most beautiful starlets in his portraits. Among his subjects were Bette Davis, Judy Garland, Carole...

Celebrity portrait sketch of actress June Knight but James Montgomery Flagg on card stock in two colors. Signed and inscribed lower right. The work is unframed. There is a slight cr...

This work is accompanied by a Photo-certificate and essay from Ralph Jentsch who will include it in his forthcoming catalogue raisonné Signed lower right. Estate stamp on ...

Date: 1936 Medium: Pastel Dimensions: 14.00" x 18.00" Signature: Unsigned Original cover artwork for Smith & Street's Picture Play Magazine, April 1936 by Tatiana Fall.

A number of years ago, we acquired the balance of a Northern California estate of artist Thelma Terrell. Terrell lived in Oakland and was an illustator and commercial graphic artist. This male...