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Period: 20th Century
At the table. Paper, watercolor, 55x75 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the table. Paper, watercolor, 55x75 cm
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepaja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued her stu...
Category
Post-Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Posing Figure - Drawing - 1978
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Figure is a drawing realized in 1978 by an unknown artist.
Penc on paper.
Monogrammed and dated on the lower.
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork is represented...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Profile of Man - Drawing - 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Man Profile is a drawing in pencil and pen on paper realized in the early 20th century by French unknown artist.
The state of preservation is good with slight foxing.
The artwork ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Untitled (Abstract Cadaver Study)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Cadaver Study)
Year: 1963
Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper
Size: 16.75 x 14 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Notes: A ra...
Category
Renaissance 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Blond Lady - Drawing by Henri Espinouze - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Blond Lady is a drawing in watercolor on paper realized in the 1950s by Henri Espinouze (1915-1982).
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork represented delicately a blond c...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Profile of M.me du Vivien - Drawing - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of M.me du Vivien is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in the early 20th century by a French Anonymous artist.
The state of preservation is good with slight foxing.
The...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of General - Drawing by Charles de Bozolez - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of General is a drawing in pencil on paper realized in the 1950s by Charles de Bozolez
The state of preservation is good.
The artwork represents the portrait of General th...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Haystacks. 1960s. Two-sided. Paper, watercolor, 31x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Haystacks. 1960s. Bilateral. Paper, watercolor, 31x25 cm
Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013)
Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside. In 1947, she began h...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract African American Male Figure Study)
Year: 1963
Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper
Size: 1...
Category
Renaissance 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
intimité au bord d'une fleur
Located in New York, NY
India ink and pastel on paper
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Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Untitled (Abstract Angel Gabriel)
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Untitled (Abstract Angel Gabriel)
Year: Circa 1980
Medium: Ink on heavy archival paper
Size: 18.5 x 22 inches
Condi...
Category
Surrealist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
The Scapegoat II, Court Drawing by Marshall Goodman
Located in Long Island City, NY
The Scapegoat II
Marshall Goodman, American (1916–2003)
Watercolor on paper
Size: 10 x 10 in. (25.4 x 25.4 cm)
For the last ten years of his life Mr. Goodman worked as a Courtroom Illustrator. for high profile trials such as John Gotti...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Two studies of a woman, 1921 charcoal drawing, signed
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932)
Two studies of a woman, 1921
charcoal on grey paper
signed and dated 24 10 (19)21 on the bottom right
39.5 x 24 cm
A varnish stain in the lower middle of t...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Girl. Paper/watercolor. 64x50 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Girl. Paper/watercolor. 64x50 cm
Malda Muizule
Malda Muižule was born in 1937 in the family of a blacksmith. Graduated from Liepāja Applied Arts High School (1957). She continued he...
Category
Post-Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950), Les Marionnettes 1910, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950)
Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Piérat in Les Marionnettes, 1910
Pencil on paper,
signed, dated and annotated lower ...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
'Portrait of a Tribesman.' Pencil and Conte crayon on paper circa 1960's.
Located in Frome, Somerset
A fine profile portrait drawing of an elder tribesman. ( specific region unknown to us). Pencil and conte crayon on paper circa 1960's. Masterful use of the mediums . Unsigned. The q...
Category
Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
How About a Little More Coffee, New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Interpretation 1: An utterly exhausted man collapses face-first into a diner's countertop. His face and the countertop become one. Seemingly oblivious to the acute nature of the man's condition, the night server gleefully offers him coffee instead of more appropriate help. Interpretation 2: The night server/psycho killer pours unsuspecting customer poisoned coffee and then taunts his lifeless body in a victorious tone. Like Charles Addams...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Colorful Watercolor Portrait of Seated Female in Pink and Orange Striped Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in a pink and orange striped dress by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and currently displ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Self Portrait, 1970's Ink Drawing by Josep Grau-Garriga
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Josep Grau-Garriga, Spanish (1929 - 2011)
Title: Self Portrait II
Year: circa 1976
Medium: Ink on Paper
Size: 28 x 24 in. (71.12 x 60.96 cm)
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Portrait of a Woman
Located in Austin, TX
A calligraphy portrait painting of a woman by Tatsuya Nakamoto. Nakamoto is a postwar & contemporary artist from Japan.
Calligraphy on paper
Dimensions: 9" x 9"
Framed Size: 14.25" x...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Flowers, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015)
Title: Flowers (P5.40)
Year: 1960
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 21.5 x 15 in. (54.61 x 38.1 cm)
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Headdress Procession
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Headdress Procession
Watercolor, c. 1950's
Signed by the artist in ink, lower right
The Headdress Procession occurs every year as part of the Christmas celebrations in Oaxaca.
Guilbe...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait of Lois B. Murphy, Little Girl, Blue Dress, 1920s Portrait
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Elinor M. Barnard (English/American, 1871 - 1942)
Signed: Elinor M. Barnard 27 (Lower, Right)
Portrait of Lois B. Murphy, 1927
Watercolor on Paper
23" x 17"
Housed in a 2" Peri...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of Woman in Hat, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Portrait of Woman in Hat (P1.1)
Year: circa 1962
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 11 x 15 in. (27.94 x ...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Modern Realistic Black and White Pencil Drawing Study of Smiling Mouths and Lips
Located in Houston, TX
Modern realistic black and white pencil drawing study by American artist Scott Martin. The work features six meticulously rendered studi...
Category
Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Vogue Magazine, Elegant Fashion Illustration for Adel Simpson
Located in Miami, FL
Vogue USA, Fashion Illustration. Meticulously drawn in a descriptive and yet creative way. Antonio's full mastery of his art is on full display. Signed lower right. The work is arch...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Portrait of African Man by African American Artist Expressionist Brush Strokes
Located in Miami, FL
This Portrait of an African Man by an African American artist exhibits penetrating psychological insight and is executed in vibrant colors with quick gestural post-expressionist brus...
Category
Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Couple - Lajos Szalay, 20th Century, Figurative drawing
By Lajos Szalay
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper
Signed lower right by the artist
Unique work
Framed
This work was executed by the Hungarian artist circa 1970.
Pablo Picasso said about Lajos Szalay : "He is the best ...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Colorful Watercolor Portrait of Seated Female in Blue and Pink Floral Dress
Located in Houston, TX
Colorful watercolor portrait of seated female in blue and pink floral dress by Mexican artist, Nadine Mayes. Signed by the artist in the bottom right corner and currently displayed ...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pen
Old Rabbi Holding a Cane
By David Gilboa
Located in Surfside, FL
David Gilboa (1910-1976). David Gilboa was born in Romania in 1910. He studied at Academy of Fine Art, Bucharest, Romania, during the years of 1927-29. He immigrated to Israel in 193...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Thank Goodness for Summits (Richard Nixon), Ink Drawing by Hugh Smith Haynie
By Hugh Smith Haynie
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Hugh Smith Haynie, American (1927 - 1999)
Title: Thank Goodness for Summits (Richard Nixon)
Year: 1974
Medium: Ink and Collage, signed
Size: 16.5 in. x 12 in. (41.91 cm x 30....
Category
Post-Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate o...
Category
Renaissance 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Flapper Fanny - Female Cartoonist of the Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Flapper Fanny - Female Cartoonist of the Golden Age
Sylvia Sneidman was originally a fashion illustrator, but assumed the helm of the famous jazz-age panel cartoon "Flapper Fanny Sa...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Archival Paper
Portrait of a Louis XIV Period Gentleman, Drawing by Vivian Rydgren
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Vivian Rydgren
Title: Portrait of a Gentleman
Year: 1948
Medium: Color pencil and pastel on paper, signed and dated l.r.
Paper Size: 23 x 15.5 inches
Framed: 37.5 x 29.5 inches
Category
Romantic 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Pastel, Color Pencil
Untitled Modernist Portrait, Woman in Ink on Archival Paper- Manuel Angele Ortiz
Located in New York, NY
This sophisticated modernist portrait was realized by the esteemed artist Manuel Angele Ortiz in Spain, circa 1950. The work realized in a style influenced by the work of Pablo Picas...
Category
Abstract Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Bearded Man Portrait (27), Ink and Pastel on Paper by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Bearded Man Portrait (27)
Raphael Soyer
Russian/American (1899–1987)
Date: circa 1970
Ink and Pastel on paper, signed
Size: 11.5 x 8 in. (29.21 x 20.32 cm)
Frame Size: 20.75 x 17 i...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
Beautiful Woman watercolor painting by Robert Philipp
Located in Surfside, FL
A sensitive portrait beautifully rendered in watercolor and gouache.
Mid century. I am guessing from the 1940s
it is not dated.
Robert Philipp (February 2, 1895 – November 22, 1981) was an American painter influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits of attractive women and Hollywood stars. Noted art critic Henry McBride called Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. He was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League of New York for 33 years. WPA Era. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, and National Academician, Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts in London. He was married to model and fellow artist Rochelle ("Shelly") Post, who frequently posed for him until her death in 1971. His compositions and painting style have been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Philip won prizes in most of the important exhibitions of his time, and his paintings are in numerous museums and important private collections.
In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of The Long Voyage Home, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis Quintanilla...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
STUDENT
Located in Portland, ME
Hirsch, Joseph (American, 1910-1980). STUDENT. Charcoal drawing on paper, not dated, but before 1980. Signed lower left, "J Hirsch." 17 1/2 x 11 1/4 inches (framed to 25 x 19 inches)...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Portrait of a Man (24), Ink on Paper by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Portrait of a Man (24)
Raphael Soyer
Russian/American (1899–1987)
Date: circa 1970
Ink on paper, signed
Image Size: 8 x 7 inches
Frame Size: 19 x 15 inches
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Profile of Lady - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of Lady is a drawing realized by an Anonymous artist in the mid-20th century.
Red pencil and white lead on paper.
Good conditions.
The artwork realized through beautiful a...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Caricature of Ciriaco De Mita - Drawing by Emilio Giannelli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Caricature of Ciriaco De Mita is a modern artwork realized by the Artist Emilio Giannelli.
Black and white drawing
Hand signed on the lower margin
Includes frame: 34 x 24 cm
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Caricature of Amintore Fanfani - Drawing by Emilio Giannelli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Caricature of Amintore Fanfani is a modern artwork realized by the Artist Emilio Giannelli.
Black and white drawing
Hand signed on the lower margin
Includes frame: 34 x 24 cm
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Caricature of Giovanni Spadolini - Drawing by Emilio Giannelli - 1980s
Located in Roma, IT
Caricature of Giovanni Spadolini is a modern artwork realized by the Artist Emilio Giannelli.
Black and white drawing
Hand signed on the lower margin
Includes frame: 34 x 24 cm
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Pierre Tal-Coat, Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), circa 1930
Located in PARIS, FR
Pierre TAL COAT (1905-1985)
Portrait of Gertrude Stein (1874-1946), circa 1930
Pencil on Paper
Signed lower right
Numeroted “962” verso
21 x 18 cm
The son of a Breton fisherman, Pie...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Brian Chugg (1926-2003) - Framed Mid 20th Century Pen and Ink Drawing, My Mother
Located in Corsham, GB
Pen and watercolour sketch of the artist's mother. Signed in the lower left and dated 1950. Well presented in a slim wooden frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Lord David Cecil
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
Albert Daniel Rutherston 1881-1953, was an English artist who painted, portraits, landscapes, illustrated books and designed stage sets. Two of his brothers were Sir William Rothenst...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Jerusalemite Yeshiva Scholar, Judaica Watercolor
Located in Surfside, FL
Judaica watercolor portrait, Israel, signed l.r.
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Boris Sporykhin, Interior With Girls Reading, Drawing
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This mid-20th-century drawing by Russian artist Boris Sporykhin (1928-2020) depicts two girls reading within an interior. They also appear in an earlier oil painting, so it’s plausib...
Category
20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Smoking Man - Portrait of a Young Gentleman Antique English Watercolor Painting
Located in Sevenoaks, GB
Fine 1930's English watercolor portrait of a smartly dressed young gentleman smoking a cigarette, possibly on a train. Signed lower right. Framed and glazed.
Artist: English School,...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Head of a Gentleman sketch, mid modern
Located in Greenwich, CT
A superbly executed work, this work would have been done for reproduction in a book or magazine. Simkhovitch received quite a number of illustration jobs and could adapt his style t...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Die Bildhauerin
Located in Wien, 9
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...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Madame Petitjean Assise by Hippolyte Petitjean - Pastel, Drawing, Portrait
Located in London, GB
Madame Petitjean Assise, 19 mai 1901 by Hippolyte Petitjean (1854-1929)
Sanguine on paper
52.8 x 38.6 cm (20 ³/₄ x 15 ¹/₄ inches)
Studio stamp and dated lower left, 19 mai 1901
Execu...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
The Rabbis, Judaica portraits
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
the piece without the original frame measures 18X7.5 inchesThis is a wonderful watercolor by one of America's most treasured
artists, Chaim Gross. Throughout his lifetime Gross has gone through tragedy and a real test of faith however, he has the unique ability to focus and direct his expression to the most joyful and beautiful works of art, such as the present lot. For more than sixty years Chaim Gross's art has expressed optimistic, affirming themes. His acrobats, cyclists, and mothers and children convey joyfulness, exuberance, love, and intimacy. This aspect of his work
remained consistent with his Hasidic heritage, which teaches that "only in his
childlike happiness is man nearest to God."
Chaim Gross, born in Wolowa, Austria in 1904, was educated at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and at the Art Student's League in New York. Chaim Gross's work was greatly influenced by his experiences during a period of international conflict, World War II. He had moved to Kolomyya from Wolowa to get a better education, but the Germans came to occupy, killing, raping, and looting. Gross and his family were chased from one village to
the next. He wrote, "We were sleeping on roofs and in the fields, with the sound of cannon fire...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Sketch - Drawing by Jean Bernardin - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a drawing realized by Jean Bernardin the Early-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Heroin
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...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Portrait of La Goulue, " Auguste Grass-Mick, pastel, portrait, impressionist
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Paris, France in 1873, artist Auguste Grass-Mick apprenticed under lithography engraver Auguste Lemoine, the Dangler brothers and painter Georges Lavergne. A patron of Paris's cabarets, Le Chat...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
" Christ Roi "
Located in CANNES, FR
Paco Rabanne ( 1934-2023 )
" Christ Roi " is an original and rare drawing , signed , dated .
" succession Paco Rabanne "
framed with museum glass : 38 x29 cm
drawing : 29 x 21 cm
...
Category
Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper
