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Period: 20th Century
Portrait. 1966. watercolor on paper, 35.5x30 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Portrait. 1966. watercolor on paper, 35.5x30 cm Dzidra Ezergaile (1926-2013) Born in Riga. School years alternate with summer work in the countryside...
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Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of a Young Handsome Man (Army GI)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful WWII era portrait of a young man by Louis Krupp (1888-1978). Charcoal on paper measures 16.5 x 22.5 inches, 25 X 30 IN MATTING. Signed and dated...
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Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Art Deco Woman before a Mirror - Vogue Magazine Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Fabled Vogue Magazine Cover Artist Eduardo Garcia Benito depicts a perfectly posed long-neck flapper with her reflection in a mirror, Her extrav...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Painter Giorgio De Chirico - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccarin in the 1950s. It depicts the painter and Master of Pittura Metafisica Giorgio De Chirico. Hand signed. Very good condition.
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

A ca 1937 Watercolor Titled "Sad Girl" by Institute of Design Artist Eugene Dana
Located in Chicago, IL
A ca. 1937 watercolor Titled "Sad Girl" by Institute of Design artist Eugene Dana. Image size: 19 3/4" x 12 1/2". Matted to 24 1/4" x 18 1/4". Provenance: Estate of the artist. ...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Acrylic Gouache on Paper Drawing - Profile Solid 383.049
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Solid 383.049 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Acrylic and Gouache on Paper Drawing Profile Solid 383.049 is from Linda Stein's Profiles series--drawings, coll...
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Feminist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Acrylic, Gouache

Stipple Drawing in Black and White of the First Lady of Haiti - African American
Located in Miami, FL
1942 Calendar illustration featuring the First Lady of Haiti (Madame Elie Lescot]) rendered in a precise stipple effect and celebrating African-American women which was titled "Twelve American Women." It was executed during the hight of World War II. Lois Mailou Jones...
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Academic 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

Portrait of Minister Scelba - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
China Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Mino Maccari in 1954, and depicting the former italian Prime Minister Mario Scelba. Hand signed. Very good condition
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Geronimo, Contemporary Charcoal & Pencil Drawing with Collage by Tomás Lasansky
By Tomas Lasansky
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large, unique pencil drawing and collage by Tomas Lasansky from circa 1990. A portrait of the Apache leader who fought against Mexico in the historic Apache wars. Signed in lower r...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Woman with Dog, Saturday Evening Post Cover
By Thomas Webb 1
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel and Watercolor Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 13th, 1937.
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Watercolor

Vintage Expressive Multimedia Portrait of a Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Vintage Expressive Multimedia Portrait of a Woman Portrait of a Woman by Irvin Nahan (American b. 1927.) Elegant portrait of a woman looking off into the distance. She has her head t...
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Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint, Graphite, Canvas

Juventus -Alessandro del Piero. UEFA Champions League 1996, 101 x 72 cm
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player, UEFA Champions League 1996 – 101 x 72 cm Technique: Charcoal on paper, signed and dated ’96 Author: Marco Silombria (Savona, 1936 - Albissola, 2017) Dimen...
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Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Woman and Taurus - Lajos Szalay, 20th Century, Figurative drawing
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 ...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator - The work is meticulously rendered in an exacting technique of line to the point of wonderment. Yet, Baxter can obtain an ethereali...
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English School 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting beggar, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting beggar, Pencil on paper 25.5 x 20.5 cm Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower right In quite good condition : glued ...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Female Portrait - Charcoal Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Charcoal Drawing on paper. Mint conditions. Female Portrait is an...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Mrs John Torcapel by Alexandre Blanchet - Sketch 35x47 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper Total dimension with the passe-partout: 63 x 48 cm
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Academic 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Sanguine Watercolour Study of a Cubist Head With Floral Painted Mount.
Located in Cotignac, FR
A sanguine coloured watercolour, gouache and ink drawing of a stylised head with intricate floral and head motifs on the hand drawn mount. The work is initial signed bottom right 'AE...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Disegno figurativo ritratto femminile di maestro fiorentino del XX secolo
By Arcangelo Salimbeni
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, matita su carta 32 x 22.5 cm, raffigura una figura femminile che indossa un vestito con le maniche corte e la gonna che lascia intravedere le gambe, distesa su un fianco,...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

H.E. Foster - Early 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Old Scott
Located in Corsham, GB
A characterful sketch portrait of an elderly sea captain, captured in side profile with a flowing white beard. Executed with confident, economical lines, the drawing conveys a strong...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Le Café
Located in London, GB
'Le Café', watercolour on paper, by Catherine Garros (circa 1990s). Many people's idea of heaven is being seated at an outdoor café somewhere in one o...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Portrait of Virgin Mary - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Virgin Mary is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th Century. Original colored pencil and pastel drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued o...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Pastel

Art Deco Glamour illustration, Golden Age of Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
Caption: "He proposed this morning right after the alarm clock went off." From the Estate of Charles Martignette Signed lower center unframed
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

"Portrait of Goar" (2024) By Bunyod Suvonov, Original Oil Painting
Located in Denver, CO
"Portrait of Goar" (2024) by Bunyod Suvonov is original handmade oil painting done on canvas. This piece depicts a portrait of a woman sitting outdoors on a small flight of stairs. ...
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Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

Rabbi with Book - I, Folk Art Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Rabbi with Book - I, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Placing ...
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Folk Art 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

French Watercolor - Village Vendors at the Outdoor Market
Located in Houston, TX
Vintage watercolor in colorful jewel tones of local villagers selling their wares at an outdoor market by French artist Stephane Magnard (1917-2010), circa 1950. Original artwork on...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Sit woman pencil drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Casimiro Martinez Tarrassó (1900-1979) - Seated Woman - Pencil Drawing measures 31x21 cm. Frame measures 47x37 cm. MARTINEZ TARRASSO, Casimiro – Barcelona 1900 - 1979 Casimiro Martínez Tarrasó, known as TARRASSO, trained at the La Lonja school in Barcelona, ​​completed his studies in Paris where he was able to see first-hand the Fauvist works that were shaking the Parisian artistic environment at this time. He cultivated still life and Catalan and Mallorcan landscapes and held his first exhibition in 1928 at the Galerías Layetanas in Barcelona and since then his shows have followed one another in Barcelona, ​​Madrid, Palma de Mallorca and Bilbao. His awards include the Pollença in 1962 and the Santiago...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Art Deco Style Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine, Vogue Magazine?
Located in Miami, FL
Fashion Illustration for High Fashion Magazine . Impeccably rendered with quick flat brush strokes in glorious pastel colors , Signed lower right Ant...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

Imperial Beauty, British School 20th Century Pastel Portrait
Located in London, GB
Pastel on paper on canvas, initialled lower left "ND" Image size: 13 ¾ x 22 ½ inches (35 x 57 cm) Gilt frame This fine Art Nouveau picture executed around 1900, depicts an auburn ha...
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Art Nouveau 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Renaissance Female Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002) Title: Renaissance Female Figure Study Year: circa 1963 Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper Size: 23 x 18 inches Condition: Good Provenance: Estate...
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Renaissance 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Portrait of Young Girl Gouache Painting by Max Moreau, circa 1950
By Max Moreau
Located in Atlanta, GA
1950s Portrait in Gouache by Belgian Artist Max Moreau (1902–1992) A beautifully executed mid-century portrait depicting a young girl with gentle features and a serene expression, ev...
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Expressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Treno della Guardia. Ufficiale 1811 - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Treno della Guardia is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted through strong lines in well-balanced conditions. Herbert Knotel was a german artist, son and pupil of the famous uniformologist and military historian Richard Knotel. He served as officer under Marshal Hindenburg in the Prussian Army...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Bathing Beauty (Carole Lombard)
Located in Fort Washington, PA
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...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Car in a Village by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on Paper - 26x17 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Benjamin II Vautier (1895–1974) was a Swiss-born artist, known for his contributions to both painting and graphic art. He was born into a family with artistic roots, as the son of Ot...
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Academic 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

V. Salettes - Framed French School Early 20th Century Pastel, Portrait of a Girl
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate, turn of the century, pastel portrait of a young french girl in a blue dress with white collar. Well-presented in a complimenting gilt and blue frame. Signed and dated to ...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Black Power, Attica Prison Riot Prisoners Racial Justice - African American Art
Located in Miami, FL
African American Artist Vincent D Smith makes a statement about racial justice. In this work from 1972, he depicts three African American prisoners with their faces pushed up agains...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of Broadway star Dorothy Dionne
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1933 Medium: Pencil on Paper Dimensions: 16.00" x 13.00" Signature: Signed and Titled For the Broadway play "Young Sinners" Dianne starred in the play “Young Sinners” in 1933.
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Disegno ritratto maschile accademico figurativo nudo seduto del XX secolo
Located in Florence, IT
Il disegno, carboncino su carta, è firmato e datato in basso a destra "Colacicchi Firenze 1924". è un tipico esempio di nudo maschile accademico, come si può notare dalla posizione e...
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Other Art Style 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Pencil Portrait of a Young Man by 20th Century British Artist John Sergeant
Located in London, GB
JOHN SERGEANT (1937-2010) Head of a Young Man Pencil 32 by 25 cm., 12 ½ by 10 in. (frame size 51 by 43 cm., 20 by 17 in.) Sergeant was born in London, the son of a civil servant....
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Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996
Located in Firenze, IT
Juventus Football Player - Tribute to UEFA Champions League Victory, 1996 Charcoal on paper, 50 x 72 cm Signed lower right: Silombria '96 This dynamic drawing by Marco Silombria (19...
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Contemporary 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

Portrait, Bahia, Brazil, 1974, Mixed Media, Signature To Be Identified
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Portrait of a woman, mixed technique on paper, ink and watercolour or chalk? Signature to be identified. Located in Bahia, Brazil in 74. Drawing framed and under glass. Good co...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Art Deco Vogue Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
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...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of a Lady, Charcoal Drawing, 20th Century Russian
Located in London, GB
Charcoal , signed lower right and dated 'Paris 1935' Image size: 25 x 19 inches (63.5 x 48 cm) Original oak frame An accomplished example of Russian art from the mid 20th century. ...
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Art Deco 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Two studies of women, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Two studies of women bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner pencil on paper 23 x 36 cm In good ...
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Symbolist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Romantic Couple In Wartime Paris on Rainy Parisian Night
Located in Miami, FL
The technique and subject matter work well together in this loosely but masterfully rendered World War 1 romantic illustration of a Soldier and a Parisian woman. Even though this wo...
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Romantic 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Young woman in profile, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Young woman in profile bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner pencil on paper 30.5 x 20 cm In go...
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Symbolist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of a Man at Flanders 1918
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a man at Flanders in 1918 by Eduard Dollerschell (German b. 1887 d. 1946.) Beautiful and delicately rendered portrait of a man done in gouache, pencil, and conte crayon....
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté, Gouache, Pencil

Nude with Scarf, Impressionist Watercolor and Gouache by Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Nude with Scarf, Year: 1980, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper, signed l.r., Size: 30 x 22.5 in. (76.2 x 57.15 cm)
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Poster Sketch for fashion advertising for FACIS, Italian Pret-a-Porter company.
Located in Firenze, IT
Poster Sketch for fashion advertising for FACIS, Italian Pret-a-Porter company. Italian Pop art Water-colour, ink and pencil on paper. Size with black ...
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Pop Art 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

F Winterborne - Mid 20th Century Pastel, Young Girl In Green And Pink
Located in Corsham, GB
A very pretty portrait in a wonderful palette showing a young girl sitting elegantly poised, with her hands in her lamp, on a wooden chair. She is wearing a pink cardigan with green...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Torcapel Family att. to Alexandre Blanchet - Drawing 14x20 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper without frame
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French School 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

Gianni - Framed Italian School 20th Century Watercolour, Portrait of Nonna
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour portrait of an elderly Italian woman wearing a red and white candy patterned headscarf and gingham blue dress. The artist has beautifully captured the delicate det...
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Akt mit Strümpfen
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...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Gin Giving Doris a Haircut
Located in Middletown, NY
A life drawing by a well known book illustrator and long-term resident of the Chelsea Hotel in the 1930s. Caswell, Edward Gin giving Doris a hair cut Black crayon on lightweight, br...
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American Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

1940's French Fashion Illustration - The Stylish Lady With The Green Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1940's fashion design by French illustrator Geneviève Thomas. The painting, executed in gouache and pencil. The s...
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Impressionist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Young woman lying on the sofa
Located in Genève, GE
Stamp of the workshop lower right Work on paper Golden wood frame with glass pane 35.5 x 41 x 3.5 cm
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Academic 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Portrait of Boy in a Chair
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Boy in a Chair', gouache on art paper, by Raymond Debiève (circa 1960s). Here the artist paints a young boy, very probably his son, Vincent, sitting in a chair posing fo...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

CHILD - Alfonso Grassi Pastel on paper Portrait italian Painting
Located in Napoli, IT
CHILD - Pastel on paper cm.51x41 signed lower right by Alfonso Grassi, Italy. Wooden frame with passeportout cm.94x73
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Old Masters 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns) by Antonio Gonzalez Collado
Located in Stockholm, SE
Artist: Antonio Gonzalez Collado The Two Clowns (Les Deux Clowns) mixed media on paper signed artist studio stamp on the back dimensions (motif) 15...
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Modern 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Mixed Media

Young woman by Alexandre Blanchet - Pastel on paper 50x56 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Realist 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

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