19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

E. Rusch (late 19th century) Memento mori - Study of a skull in two positions Pencil drawing Signed and dated lower right Drawing Size - 13 x 18 in Framed Size - 19 1/2 x 24 1/2 in ...

Signed, lower right: Wm Bouguereau Provenance: with Galerie Percier, Paris with Galerie Drouant-David, Paris Private Collection, Chicago Bouguereau was the preeminent academic painter of the nineteenth century and one of the most celebrated artists of his day. Changes in taste caused him to fall out of popular favor for much of the twentieth century, but in the last fifty years appreciation of the artist, at times passionate, has brought about a revival both critical and commercial. Today his work is prized by collectors and museums and serves as a paragon for figurative artists worldwide. Famously prolific, Bouguereau painted over eight hundred finished works. He would develop his compositions from drawings, then proceed to oil studies from models, before approaching the full-size canvas. His drawings were predominantly made with graphite and white or black chalk, with the occasional use of watercolor and gouache. Pastel, as seen in the present work, was not part of his normal creative process and is found only in two other works in the artist’s output: an unelaborated color study dated 1848 for his Saint Peter After his Delivery from Prison by the Angel and a preparatory sketch (Private Collection) for his Zenobia found by Shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes (Musée d’Orsay, Paris). Our Study of a...

Au Marché by CAMILLE PISSARRO (1830-1903) Ink on paper 10.6 x 7.8 cm (4 ¹/₈ x 3 ¹/₈ inches) Stamped lower right, C.P. Inscribed on the reverse and dated, 1883 Provenance Mercury Ga...

Kako Morita: Japanese Fighting Rooster. c. 1889. Sumi ink and watercolor on mulberry paper. Rooster image: 8 7/8 x 7 1/2. Full sheet size: 9 3/4 x ...

Hanging scroll: ink and color on silk Signed by the artist; Original fitted wooden presentation box inscribed and signed by the artist Two water carrier maidens on the seashore beneath a spreading Pine tree where one has discovered a Heian Court hat and robes. Inscriptions on scroll box: Utagawa Toyokuni hitsu (brush) Saishoku (color) Shio nami (sea wave) no zu (picture Kura _____ Kumakichi _____ ichi Yosai Yokofuku (horizontal scroll...

Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 909c Brush and ink on paper Provenance: JPL Fine Art, London (Label) Elaine Sargent, New York, (1933-2016) Note: The irregular format image is...

Pencil on paper. 6-3/4 x 4-1/4 inches (sheet). Attached to mat on top edge. Time and light staining. Mat staining. Spots of surface soiling. A few spots of foxing. Handling creases....

c. 1889. Pencil on paper. 5 x 3 5/8 inches (sheet 12.25 X 10.75). Illustrated: P. Petrides, L'oeuvre complet de Suzanne Valadon, Paris, 1971, p.106, no. D9. Sheet attached to the mou...

The Avenue, Cremorne Gardens, London. c. 1890. Pencil, ink and watercolor. 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 (sheet 10 1/2 x 12 3/4. Exhibited at the Parkin Gallery. Signed in the image; titled benea...

Vertical sheet: Head of Moliere, soldiers, dogs, little boys (signed: Monsiaux) Horizontal sheet: Man in Turkish costume, woman with large hat and three soldiers Pen and ink on ...

Signed and dated upper right "Décember 1851, Damery Fecit" Provenance: Palm Beach Antique Show (1978) Collection Dr. Paul J. Vignos, Jr. (...