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Medium: Graphite
The New Haircut, 20th Century portrait of a Young Girl, drawing
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size: 11 ¾ x 8 ½ inches (30 x 21.5 cm) Original frame This superbly-drawn portrait highlights the artist’s undeniable skill as a portrait artist, particularl...
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20th Century Modern Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Rats & Star Band Member
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on paper. This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
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1980s Pop Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Rats & Star Band Member
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on paper. This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
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1980s Pop Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Tattoed character Geneviève Seillé Contemporary art outsider art drawing colour
Located in Paris, FR
Mixed media drawing on paper Dated and signed on the back In the plastic work of Geneviève Seillé, the word, like a sign, reigns supreme. An object o...
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2010s Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Color Pencil, Graphite

Study of a Sleeping Girl in a Cap
By Jean-Baptiste Greuze
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on greenish gray wove paper. 15 1/4 x 11 5/8 inches (390 x 295 mm). Initialed "G. B." in pencil on the lower right recto. In generally good condition with some minor scattered surface soiling. Condition is consistent with age. ____ This drawing is closely related to two known mid 18th century oils...
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18th Century Old Masters Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Graphite

Bremen #2 - Black and white figurative drawing on paper
By Andy Mister
Located in East Quogue, NY
Photorealistic black and white drawing of rock concert goers - Graphite on paper by Andy Mister. Offered framed. The work of Andy Mister explores the boundary between mechanical and manual reproduction. Working with images appropriated from vintage photographs and deftly mimicking the Xerox aesthetic of punk zines and album covers, removing their specific historical context. Mister’s drawings question how meaning is created or lost through the act of “copying.” Mister says of the arrangement of his images, “It's something like my bedroom as a teenager, filled with images clipped from magazines: bands or writers that I admired interspersed with random images I found aesthetically interesting. I am interested in the relationship between images and connections that the viewer creates when encountering them, connections that I cannot control.” Andy Mister received a BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Loyola University of New Orleans, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. His artwork has been exhibited at Hirschl & Adler Modern, Turn Gallery, Joshua Liner Gallery, Morgan Lehman Gallery...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Male Nude, Back View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Male Nude, Back View by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale blue/grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches provenance...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Study for Assumption of the Virgin
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on hand made, fibrous wove paper, finished with gray wash. Unevenly trimmed sheet edges, non-archival tape remnants at all four corners, recto, well outside of image area. Horseshoe-shaped area of light discoloration that extends significantly into the figure's face, beneath the lips, and up over the rear of the head, dog-eared right lower corner with associated light discoloration at crease. DeMin and Belluno inscribed in graphite, verso. A detailed study showing 'primo pensiero' for Giovanni DeMin's large scale fresco, Assumption of the Virgin...
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Mid-19th Century Old Masters Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Graphite

The Chess Game (antique drawing by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance")
Located in New Orleans, LA
Despite the tears and repairs, this remains an absolutely wonderful drawing, by a famous Southern artist. Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Study of the Pergamene Head, or The Dying Alexander
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite with white heightening on greenish beige wove paper, 17 1/4 x 12 1/2 (437 x 317 mm). Scattered edge wear, tears and losses around the perimeter of the drawing. Margins are wide and the image area is clean and intact. Scattered light soiling and toning, all consistent with age. A dramatic image by a highly skilled draftsman, this works is likely a life study of the Hellenistic sculptural masterpiece of the same title, which is housed in the Uffizi's collection of ancient statues...
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Early 19th Century Italian School Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Color Pencil, Graphite, Handmade Paper

"Truer Than True" ballpoint pen, figurative portrait
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Original drawing by Lauren Rinaldi float mounted in the pictured simple white frame measuring 17in x 14in. Lauren Rinaldi works using unbiased portraits of women’s bodies as a veh...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ballpoint Pen, Archival Paper, Graphite, Oil Pastel

World Series Bench - Chicago Cubs, Bryant, Rizzo & Russell, Graphite on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
The "World Series Bench" by Margie Lawrence consists of three key players in the Chicago Cubs for the long awaited World Series win in 2016. From the ...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Portrait of a Gentleman in a Redingote by student od Jean Louis David drawing
Located in Norwich, GB
An exceptional ink, wash and graphite portrait of a gentleman by Henri-Joseph Hesse, dating from circa 1820, the time of the Bourbon restoration in France. It depicts a dashing figur...
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Early 19th Century French School Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Graphite

Leon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
eon Kroll Original Graphite Portrait of a Young Man c.1940 Outstanding portrait by listed American artist Leon Kroll Graphite on paper Dimensions 12" wide x 18" high The vintage ...
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Early 20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Framed Mid 19th Century Graphite Drawing - Old Man with an Organ
Located in Corsham, GB
A very fine and detailed graphite drawing of an old man with an organ. His clothes are dishevelled and he wears a very creased tri-cornered hat. Well presented in a contemporary blac...
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19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Large black and white drawing by Yvon Pissarro titled Farmhand in a Cowshed
Located in London, GB
Farmhand in a Cowshed by Yvon Pissarro (b. 1937) Graphite on paper 56 x 76 cm (22 x 30 inches) Signed lower left Yvon Vey Provenance Studio of the arti...
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1980s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

English Antique Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Standing by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 14.75 x 10.5 inches provenance:...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Robert Luard Selby (1800-1880) - 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Dutch Peasant
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely drawn graphite study of a portly lady sitting on a bench in the style of David Teniers the Younger. She holds a large jug and wears ragged clothing, with an unusual hat. The...
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19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Robert Luard Selby (1800-1880) - 19th Century Graphite Drawing, Man with Pipe
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely drawn graphite study of a Dutch peasant smoking a pipe in the style of David Teniers the Younger. He sits on a small wooden stool and wears rag...
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19th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Peter Collins ARCA - 1981 Graphite Drawing, Smiling Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful portrait of a young woman by the listed British artist Peter Collins. Here he has captured the sitter's effortless beauty with a small number of expressive pencil marks a...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Head of a Young Woman
Located in London, GB
Karl Parsons English 1884 - 1934 Head of a Young Woman Graphite on paper Signed and dated '(19)07' lower left Image size: 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 inches (16 x 21.5 cm) Contemporary Pre-Raphae...
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Early 20th Century Pre-Raphaelite Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Jimmy Archer - Baseball Great for the 1908 Chicago Cubs In A Catchers Mask
Located in Chicago, IL
Jimmy Archer was an Irish-born catcher in Major League Baseball who spent nearly his entire career with four National League teams, primarily the Chicago Cubs...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Infanta Madre Tierra (Mother Earth)
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta Madre Tierra (Mother Earth)' features the face of a young woman with flora motif (top) and series of birds and flora motif (bottom) representing ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper, Graphite

Portrait of Rudolf Janisch II
Located in Wien, 9
Karl Anton Fleck's portraits captivate through reduction to the essential, as well as distortion and the use of details and symbols. The striking stroke creates clear contours and th...
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20th Century Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Four drawings - Okada suit of playing cards
Located in Burlingame, CA
Four (4) original individual drawings depicting the complete suit of playing cards. (Diamond): Infanta Vida y Muerte, (Heart): Infanta Viento Frio, (Club): Infanta Conocimiento and (...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper, Graphite

Hank Aaron, Ted Williams, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Baseball All-Stars Painting
Located in Chicago, IL
Hank Aaron, nicknamed "Hammer" or "Hammerin' Hank", was an American professional baseball right fielder who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball, from 1954 through 1976, primarily with the Braves Organization. Hall of Fame Induction 1982 Ted Williams was an American professional baseball player and manager. He played his entire 19-year Major League Baseball career, primarily as a left fielder for the Boston Red Sox from 1939 to 1960; his career was interrupted by military service during World War II and the Korean War. Induction into The Hall of Fame 1972 Stanley Frank Musial, nicknamed Stan the Man, was an American baseball outfielder and first baseman. He spent 22 seasons in Major League Baseball, playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, from 1941 to 1944 and from 1946 to 1963. Hall of Fame Induction 1969 Willie Howard Mays Jr., nicknamed "The Say Hey Kid", is an American former professional baseball center fielder. He spent almost all of his 22-season Major League Baseball career playing for the New York/San Francisco Giants before finishing his career with the New York Mets Hall of Fame Induction 1979 Margie Lawrence...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite, Watercolor

"January Layover" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Bryanna Marie's "January Layover" is an original, handmade graphite drawing on Stonehenge paper that depicts a portrait of a female model with flowing, wavy hair. About the Artist:...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Leon Kroll Original Graphite Male Portrait in Profile C.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
Leon Kroll Original Graphite Male Portrait in Profile C.1940 Outstanding portrait by listed American artist Leon Kroll Graphite on paper Dimensi...
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Early 20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

"Almost There" Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Bryanna Marie's "Almost There" is an original, handmade graphite drawing on Bristol paper that depicts a portrait of a female model. About the Artist: Bryanna Marie draws her inspi...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Graphite

"Porcupine Quill Jacket" Abstract Minimalist Portrait of a Man
By Lisa Qualls
Located in Houston, TX
Graphite and watercolor drawing on mylar of a figure dressed in a quill jacket made by the Cameroon grass fields people in Africa by Florida artist Lisa Qualls. Titled “Porcupine Quill Jacket,” the work was created as part of a series titled “Strawmen and Sugarbones” made for the "RAW" exhibition at O'Kane Gallery in 2009. In her artist statement for this series Qualls states: “I have isolated pieces of costumes and placed them on a person who is naked in order to emphasize the relationship between the object and person, the materials and skin, the symbol and the living being. The garments and ritual objects relate to the body in specific ways and are used to explore gender roles, societal and cultural ideas, aesthetics and spirituality. The voyeuristic element of the audience to the subjects in the drawings further emphasizes the vulnerability of the figures and their introspective and intimate poses. The figures, part soft and vulnerable, part concealed and protected, live in these ambiguous spaces as they would in a vision.” Dimensions Without Frame: H 36 in. x W 24 in. Artist Biography: Lisa received her BFA and BA from the University of Texas at Austin. She continued her studies in Fine Art and Design at Parsons and FIT in New York, NY and CISIM in Ravenna, Italy. Her work is currently represented by Ann Connelly...
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Early 2000s Abstract Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Watercolor, Graphite

Infanta La Danza de la Muerte no. 1
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Infanta La Danza de la Muerte no. 1' features the face of a young woman with flora motif (top) and series of birds and flora motif (bottom) representing lif...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper, Graphite

The Violinist (Antique Ellsworth Woodward Figurative Graphite Sketch Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Cloak and Dagger (Ellsworth Woodward Antique Figurative Graphite Drawing)
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this drawing are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts renaissance in the South, the arts and culture in general having been mostly moribund since the dispiriting defeat experienced in the Civil War. I won't bog you down with lots of detail here since all you have to do is Google his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the arts program at Newcomb College in New Orleans, and its famous Newcomb Pottery...
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1890s Romantic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Moira C. (Sitting - Long Red Hair), Mixed media on grey parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, includi...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative painting, Reflective Love, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
Bijing-Ga Series XII (Nº 12) Title: Reflective Love. Lovely portrait of a beauty looking over her shoulder. In Reflective Love (from the Utamaro...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

Lee Roach (Sitting), Mixed media on grey parchment
Located in London, GB
Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Womenswear. There, he tutored many contemporary greats, including John Galliano, Stella McCartney, Christopher Kane, Wes Gordon, Zac Posen and Hussein Chalayan. Examples of Tangye’s portraits are held in many important collections, both public and private, including the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), Harvard University and London’s National Portrait Gallery. Throughout his teaching career Tangye quietly developed a particularly idiosyncratic art practice. By employing a decisive line with bold applications of richly layered materials, Tangye explores the nuances of the human form in an effort to expose his subjects’ true essence and energy. — Howard Tangye Lee Roach (Sitting), 2011 Mixed media on grey parchment...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Paper, Parchment Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Oil Crayon, Oil Pastel,...

"Drawing for Allegheny + Ludlum Helmet & Jacket, " Graphite on Paper, 2020
Located in Chicago, IL
Entitled "Drawing for Allegheny + Ludlum Helmet & Jacket," this work by Chicago-based artist Patrick Fitzgerald is a companion piece to his sculpture "A+L Helmet & Jacket." Worn by the imagined driver of one of his miniature soap box derby cars, each helmet & jacket is branded with an industrial sponsor, in this case the Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, a steel manufacturer from the early 20th century. Mounted on subtle collage materials and paper fragments...
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21st Century and Contemporary Outsider Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Board, Graphite

Black & White Sketch of Leonard
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century - Graphite Character Drawing of Leonard Brezhnev done by Ben Blum
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Glass, Graphite

Self Portrait, Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
Elizabeth Zanzinger's (US based) "Self Portrait" is a graphite drawing that depicts the artist. Elizabeth Zanzinger is an award-winning painter with an enthusiastic international following. She developed her artistic voice through her studies at the Aristides Atelier and Gage Academy of Fine Art in Seattle. Elizabeth finished her education with a fellowship award (Grand Prize, 2nd Annual Utrecht Art...
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2010s Academic Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude Rear View Seated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Back View, Seated by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on off white artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 12 inches prov...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

SEDUCTRESS Signed Watercolor, Erotic Fashion Portrait, Modern Boudoir Art
Located in Union City, NJ
SEDUCTRESS is a unique original mixed media watercolor and graphite on paper, hand drawn and painted by the Dutch artist Nico Vrielink. SEDUCTRESS portrays a dark haired young woman wearing an off-shoulder evening gown and long elegant evening gloves looking sideways over her shoulder, seductively posing on a modern settee, her warm coral pink lipstick, rose lavender eye shadow and warm rose blushed cheeks enhancing her passionate mood. SEDUCTRESS is an erotic fashion portrait of expressive, modern boudoir art...
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1980s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Graphite, Paper, Mixed Media

Foxglove Rabbit Augury: Round Pastel Drawing, Handmade Paper by Kahn & Selesnick
Located in Hudson, NY
Foxglove Rabbit Augury (Circular Pastel Drawing on Indian Handmade Cotton Paper by Kahn & Selesnick) 22 inch diameter, unframed pastel, conte crayon on paper ...
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2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Japanese Art Ikiyo-e Figurative Painting, Obvious Love Arawaruru Koi, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
BIJIN-GA SERIES XVIII (Nº 18) Title: Obvious Love (Arawaruru Koi) This image is part of the bijin-ga series (“Pretty women”) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print Obvious Love (Arawaruru Koi) (1793-94); 38,8 x 26,2 cm.. Art Institute Chicago, USA. A sensual woman seems to care little that her kimono is open, exposing a breast. Her hair is in disarray , the hairpin at the front about to fall and she holds one of the hairpins in her left hand. She appears to be looking down outside the frame of the picture, perhaps in mid-conversation. The term “arawaruru” refers to a love so wholehearted that it expresses itself in the lover´s face and mannerisms. In the 1780's and 90's the publisher Tsutaya Juzaburo and the designer Kitagawa Utamaro worked together on the production of many woodblock prints, most of them of the bijin-ga type. One of their most popular productions was a set of images that purported to depict psychological classifications of women - 'fickle', 'interesting', etc.. Perhaps in response to this success, they then came up with something similar - a set of prints...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite, Crayon, Oil Crayon

Portrait of a Lady, 20th Century Graphite on Paper
Located in London, GB
James Stroudley 1906 -1985 Portrait of a Lady Graphite on paper Image size: 24 x 15 inches James Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year. From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Paper

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hanazuma of the Hyôgaya House
Located in Segovia, ES
Hanazuma, a beautiful high-class courtesan of the Hyôgaya House, appears sitting sideways on her legs, twisting a letter between her hands at the height of her heart. It is perhaps its message that makes her throw her head back with a beautiful turn of her entire body allowing us to contemplate the frontal details of her kimono and her obi, in green and orange, with beautiful ornaments. This image is part of the “bijin-ga” series (Pretty women) drawn by Mario BGil, based in the Kitigawa Utamaro woodblock print “Hanazuma of the Hyôgaya House”, (1794), 38,8 x 25,9 cm. The Japan Ukiyo-e Museum. Matsumoto, Japan. The artist reproduces the seal of the censor (Kiwame) and from the original publisher (“Tsutaya”, climbing leaf)), between the two, the signature of Mario BGil written in Japanese, with the date 14 (2014). The mesaurements of the drawing are 76 x 56 cm. (29,92 x 22,05 in.), with a painted surface of 67 x 49,5 cm. With his work on the bijing-ga series, Mario BGil wanted to embellish, give brilliance and volume to the images presented by japanese artist Kitigawa Utamaro in those beautiful engravings, ennobled with the patina of time, which have served as inspiration. The result obtained is almost life-size portraits, endowed with strong chromaticism and valuable contrasts, all enhanced, in turn, with the volume provided by the weight and rigidity of the paper, and its thick texture (Fabriano Artistico “grana grosso”, 640g/m2; the thickness and hardness of the paper makes it necessary to transport it without rolling). In this way, Mario BGil pays tribute to his admired artist and offers us a new and enriched vision of this popular facet of oriental art from the 18th and 19th centuries. ABOUT THE ARTIST Mario BGil is a self-taught artist who for years has combined his creative activity with his work in the business world, away from commercial art galleries. Man of very diverse interests and great artistic sensitivity, studied Art History and in 2012, a deep interest in oriental art was awakened in him so that he began to study the great masters of Japanese Ukiyo-e prints, who had such an influence on the European avant-garde of the late 19th century. The discovery of Kitagawa Utamaro (1753-1806), a key figure in the metropolitan culture of Edo (now Tokyo), and a point of reference in the history of Japanese engraving...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

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 Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Young boy at Loemboeng, 1918
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Young boy at Loemboeng, 1918 Signed with initials and dated, bottom right Black chalk on paper, 25.7 x 10 cm Literature: W.O.J. Nieuwenkamp, Zwerftochten door Timor en Onderhoori...
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1910s Art Nouveau Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Edwin Kayton "Hawaiian Man" Original Graphite Portrait C.1998
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edwin Kayton "Hawaiian Man" Original Graphite Portrait C.1998 A young muscular Hawaiian man fishing nets Dimensions 19.5" wide x 17.5" high The simple ...
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Late 20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Planes of the Head
Located in Loveland, CO
"Planes of the Head" by Lu Haskew Graphite on Paper 14x12" framed, 10x8" image size ABOUT THE ARTIST: Lu considered it a must to work with live models once ...
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Early 2000s American Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Japanese Art Ukiyo-e Figurative Painting, Hitomoto of the Daimonjiya, Edo period
Located in Segovia, ES
“Hitomoto of The Daimonjiya in Kyô-Machi Itchôme” Hitomoto holds a bouquet of flowers looking to her left, with a surprised face, and with her mouth aj...
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2010s Edo Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Paper, Oil Crayon, Graphite

"Veneer" Figurative Drawing, Color Pencil, Ballpoint Pen, Graphite
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Veneer" is an original oil pastel, ballpoint pen, color pencil, and graphite on arches paper work by Lauren Rinaldi. This piece ships in the pictured archival custom frame. The pape...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Archival Paper, Oil Pastel, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil, Graphite

Self Portrait
By Frank Jameson
Located in London, GB
Frank Jameson 1899 - 1968 Self Portrait Graphite on paper, signed lower right Image size: 15 x 9 inches Contemporary frame Frank Jameson was born in London and later moved to Birmingham where he attended evening classes in drawing and painting at Birmingham Art School. By day he worked as an insurance salesman. During the First World War he became an officer in the Worcester Regiment and was in charge of building bridges and block houses. He returned to the Midlands but then travelled widely by rail, eventually discovering St Ives where he was inspired by the stunning scenery. He stayed and rented the Loft Studio. He also became a member of the St Ives Society of Artists and exhibited frequently with his fellow artists, especially John Park...
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20th Century Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Rats & Star Band Member
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on paper. This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
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1980s Pop Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Rats & Star Band Member
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Graphite on paper. This work is unique. Work comes with a Certificate of Provenance. Stamped on the verso by the Estate of the Artist and The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Ar...
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1980s Pop Art Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Untitled portrait with hand on throat
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on museum board This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Board, Graphite

English Graphite Portrait Sketch of Female Nude, Seated
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
English Graphite Sketch of a Female Nude, Seated by Henry George Moon (British 1857-1905) on pale grey artists paper, unframed measurements: sheet 18.75 x 10.25 inches (width measure...
Category

Late 19th Century Impressionist Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Untitled portrait with hand in mouth
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on museum board This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
Category

2010s Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Board, Graphite

Lady of the Temple, Nude Female Figure, Highly Detailed Pencil Drawing, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
The female figure in Oliver Benson's "Lady of the Temple" is drawn in exquisite detail. This fine drawing is floated on a mat board and framed in a silver frame measuring 11h x 8.25...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Graphite Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Graphite portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.

Find a wide variety of authentic Graphite portrait drawings and watercolors available on 1stDibs. There are many well-known artists whose body of work includes ceramic sculptures. Popular artists on 1stDibs associated with pieces like this include Howard Tangye, Chikako Okada, Henry George Moon, and James Stroudley. Not every interior allows for large Graphite portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 0 inches across are also available

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