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Period: Early 20th Century
Portrait of Seated Nude
Located in London, GB
'Portrait of Seated Nude', pencil on art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketches for his larger oil pai...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork realized by Anonymous artist in early 20th century. Black and white pencil drawing. The artwork depict...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of Young Boy - Original Drawing by L.E. Adan - early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Young Boy is an original drawing in Pencil realized by Emile Adan (1839-1937) in the early 20th Century. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes i...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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

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Pen

Sketch woman portrait by Stephanie Guerzoni - Sketch on paper 26x37 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Academic Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

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

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Pen

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

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Pen

Christ on the Cross - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christ on the Cross is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century. Original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on colored cardboard (22 x...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Envy - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Envy is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pastel, Watercolor

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

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Pastel, Pencil

The Lady - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is an original artwork realized by Unknown Artisti, in the early 20th Century. Beautiful pencil drawing on cardboard. Good conditions. Not signed.
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of Christ - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century. Original pen drawing on ivory-colored paper, ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Portrait of Christ - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century. Original pen drawing on ivory-colored paper...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Portrait - Original Pencil on Paper by Bernard Milleret - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Bernard Milleret (1904-1957) Hand-signed on the lower right. The state of preservation is good. except for small foxi...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait - Original Mixed Media Artwork by Maurice Lourday - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil, pastel and watercolor drawing on creamy cardboard, realized in 1927 by Maurice Lourday (1860-1934). Titled on the lower. In very good conditions, ex...
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Contemporary Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Cardboard, Watercolor, Pastel

Portraits - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original drawing in pen realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Young Student - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Young Student is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted throu...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pastel

Divertissement - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Divertissement is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes and harmonious c...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil, Pastel

Sketch for a Bas-Relief - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for a Bas-Relief is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist int he early 20th Century. Original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on colored cardboard ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait - Original Drawing in Pencil by Paul Charles Delaroche - 1910
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Paul Charles Delaroche (1886-1914). Hand-signed and dated on the lower left in pencil. The state of preservation is v...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Early 20th century English portrait of a red haired young girl
Located in Woodbury, CT
Louise H. "Louie" Burrell (née Luker 1873 – 1971) was an English-born artist who also lived in Canada and the United States. The daughter of William and Ada Luker, both artists, Bur...
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Victorian Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Sketch of woman by Stephanie Guerzoni - Drawing 31x48 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with a white wooden frame and glass. The total size with frame is 45,5 x 54,5 cm Stéphanie Guerzoni is a Swiss and Italian painter born April 15, 1887 in Vienna (Aust...
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Academic Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Portrait - Original Drawing by Jeanne de Jesse - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original pencil drawing on paper realized by Jeanne de Jesse in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. Hand-signed on the lower right. The artwork repres...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Portrait - Original Drawing by Georges Gobo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Colette MacDonald is an original Drawing in Pencil realized by Georges Gobo in the Early 20th Century. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes w...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Untitled (Sideview of a Gentleman)
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Sideview of a Gentleman", Charcoal/Pencil on Paper signed and matted to original card stock, 20.75 x 12.75 (22 x 14), Early 20th Century, 1920 Colors: White, Black John Thomas Young Gilroy (30 May 1898 – 11 April 1985) was an English artist and illustrator, best known for his advertising posters for Guinness, the Irish stout. He signed many of his works, simply, "Gilroy". Born in Whitley Bay, Northumberland, England, Gilroy attended Durham University until his studies were interrupted by World War I, during which he served with the Royal Field Artillery. He resumed studying at the Royal College of Art in London, where he remained as a teacher. He taught at Camberwell College of Arts.[1] In 1925, he gained employment at S.H. Benson's advertising agency, where he created the iconic advertisement art for Guinness featuring the Zoo Keeper and animals enjoying Guinness.[2] He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers.[3] He was also an accomplished portrait painter, numbering Royalty, Politicians, Actors and many others amongst his sitters. He worked in his large studio at 10 Holland Park, London, the former home and studio of Sir Bernard Partridge. He was a long-standing and much loved member of the Garrick Club...
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Academic Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil, Charcoal

Martin Bishop of Tours - Original Mixed Media Drawing - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Martin Bishop of Tours is an original drawing in mixed media, pencil, ink and watercolor on paper realized by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil, Ink

Jules Monge (1855-1934) French soldiers, six watercolors
By Jules Monge
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Monge (1855-1934) French soldiers, six different watercolors in a same mount Each one signed (4 on lower right, 2 on lower left) Each one 9.5 x 14...
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Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Portrait - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is an original drawing in China ink on paper realized by an anonymous artist, applied on a brownish Passepartout. Good condition. The artwork represents the profile of...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Three studies of women, original signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Three studies of women charcoal on paper signed on the bottom left 39 x 24.5 cm This drawing of studies was part of the artist's workshop as so it bears the...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Christ Crucifixion - Original Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christ Crucifixion is an original drawing on paper in pencil mounted on greyish cardboard Passepartout: 28.9 x 19 cm, realized by an anonymous Italian artist of the Early 20th Centu...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portraits - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original drawing in pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted by perfect hatching with strong strokes.
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Art Deco Portrait of a Young Blonde
By Franc Root McCreery
Located in Buffalo, NY
A beautiful pastel portrait by American female modern artist Franc Root McCreery Franc Root McCreery (1888-1957) Born: Dodge City, Kansas, US Franc Root M...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Portrait of a Gentleman of the Renaissance-Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Gentleman of the Renaissance is an original drawing in Pencil and Ink on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. Good Conditions but aged with...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Ink

The Little Concert - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch in The Garden is an original drawing in Ink, Watercolor, and pastel by an anonymous artist in the first half of the 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted th...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pastel, Watercolor

Two Nudes Posing
Located in London, GB
'Two Nudes Posing', pencil on fine art paper, by French artist, Guillaume Dulac (circa 1920s). An artist known for his exquisite drawings - many are sketch...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing in pencil by Carl Bertold - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of woman is an original drawing in pencil realized by Carl Bertold in 1929. Hand-signed on the lower right and dated. Good conditions on aged p...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Flying Postman - Original Ink and Watercolor by G. Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
The flying postman is an original drawing in China ink and watercolor on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions. This artwotk presents on ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

French School, Portrait of an officer, 1915, wax crayon on paper
Located in Paris, FR
French School beginning of the 20th century Portrait of an officier, 1915 Wax crayon on paper signed "E Rousselet" and dated 1915 lower right 51.5 x 31.5 cm In quite good condition, ...
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Symbolist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Wax Crayon

Marie Laurencin portrait drawing of her mother, 1903
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Marie Laurencin (French, 1885 – 1956) Portrait of Pauline Laurencin, the artist’s mother, circa 1903 Black crayon on paper Inscribed ‘Despair and die / not die’ (upper right) 6.5/8 x...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon

Nude of Woman - Original Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by an Italian artist of the early 20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. No signature.
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Chinese Lunar New Year Painted Scroll, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
In celebration of the lunar new year festival, it was traditional all over China to hang special decorations. In a city called Wuqiang, local artists made lacquer scroll paintings laden with symbolism. This framed and finely rendered early 20th century folk painting from Wuqiang features an imperial court official and his family dressed in their best silks. The young boy is dressed in a wonderfully patterned yellow robe to offer Shou Xing...
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Qing Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Lacquer, Paper, Pigment

Gibson Girls - Set of Two 1920's Portraits, Vintage Fashion Illustrations
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous pair of two 1920's watercolor portraits of Gibson girls, one in blue and one in pink, by Charles Hollman (Dutch, 1877-1953). Each portrait renders...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Carolyn (Arms raised to her head)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Carolyn (Arms raised to her head) Graphite on laid paper Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the artist by descent to his Grandson Depicts the artist's wife Carolyn. Most probably created in Nashville, Indiana Related to the painting entitled "Maiden" in the Haan Museum, Lafayette, IN (see photo) Condition: Excellent Archival framing with TruVue Conservation Clear glass Image size: 10 3/4 x 8 1/2 inches Frame size: 18 7/8 x 16 inches Louis Oscar Griffith (1875-1956) Born in Greencastle, Indiana, Griffith grew up in Dallas, Texas where Texas artist and teacher Charles Franklin Reaugh recognized young “Griff’s” artistic talent. At age 18, Griffith moved to St. Louis where he attended the St. Louis School of Fine Arts. In 1895, he moved to Chicago where he worked making color prints for the firm Barnes and Crosby. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and during a brief stay in New York, the National Academy of Design. A successful commercial artist with a studio in the Chicago Loop, Griffith was a member and president of the Chicago Palette and Chisel Club. He made his first trip to Brown County...
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Abstract Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Harlequin - Watercolor by Alfredo Edel - 1904
Located in Roma, IT
Harlequin is an original watercolor realized by Alfredo Edel in 1904. Good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout ( 69x49 cm). Hand signed by the artist. Alfredo Leonardo Edel (1856–1912), sometimes credited as Alfredo Edel Colorno, was an Italian costume designer popular during the late 19th and early 20th century. He worked at the La Scala opera...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor

Thinking Man - Original Charcoal Drawing by Georges Gôbo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Character holding his head with reflection in mirror is an original black chalk drawing on drawing sheet, torn at the top, realized at the beginning of the 19th Century by the artist...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Composition with Reading Girl by an Unknown Artist, Ink on Paper, Dated 1922
Located in Stockholm, SE
Unknown Swedish Artist Composition with Reading Girl inkl on paper indistinctly signed and dated Eric Eric SON? 1922 frame included
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Woman With Red Poppies
By Philip Boileau
Located in New York, NY
Woman With Red Poppies, 1905, by Philip Boileau (1863-1917) Pastel on paper 35 ½ × 22 ¾ inches unframed (90.17 x 57.785 cm) Signed, dated, and inscribed...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Woman Silhouette - Original Pencil Drawing - 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Silhouette is an original modern artwork realized in the 20th Century. Original drawing in pencil on paper. Excellent conditions. Woman Sil...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Interior of a Room - Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Interior of a Room is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the early 20th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed. This ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

House Outside - Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
House Outside is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the Early 20th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed. This artwo...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

France early 20th century, Head of a faun, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
France, early 20th century Head of a faun bears a monogram "P H" on the lower right Pencil on paper 24.5 x 13 cm In a period frame (in good condition except a small loss on the upper...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

"Portrait of a Girl, " attrib. to Edmund Tarbell, graphite, portrait, 1900-1910
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in Groton, Massachusetts in 1862, impressionist painter Edmund Charles Tarbell studied with George H. Bartlett at the Massachusetts Normal Art School, under Otto Grundmann at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and in 1883, entered the Académie Julian to study under Gustave Boulanger and Jules Joseph Lefebvre. In 1884, his education included a Grand Tour to Italy and the following year to Belgium, Germany and Brittany. Tarbell returned to Boston in 1886 where he began his career as an illustrator, private art instructor and portrait painter. He was a member of the Ten American Painters and was a leading member of a group of painters which came to be known as the Boston School. In 1889 Tarbell assumed the position of his former mentor, Otto Grundmann, at the Museum School. His students included Bertha Coolidge, Margaret Fitzhugh Browne...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Big Canvas Apron - Original Ink by Chas Laborde - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Big Canvas Apron is an original drawing in China ink with gray tip on ivory paper, realized by Chas Laborde (1886-1941). Good conditions except for minor cosmetic wear. Unsigned. Noted "tablier grosse toile". Chas Laborde, born in 1886, of Béarnese origin, he was at the same time a reporter, painter, engraver, humorous draftsman, book illustrator and poet. He was one of the great artists of the early 20th century. He was open to the world and to life. Colette says of him, after having illustrated "Claudine", "He made twenty of these villages bloom, with their colors of a fresh green, of a tulle rose. One has its bell tower, the others who a train, some a row of pioffi, some a house, some a group of girls...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Paper

Saint Holding Crown of Thorns by Jean Marie Melchior Doze - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Saint Holding Crown of Thorns is an original artwork realized by Jean Marie Melchior Doze (1827 - 1913). Original blood drawing on paper. The state of preservation is good. Unsigned. Jean Marie Melchior Doze (1827 - 1913), was a French painter of miral compositions, religious compositions, nudes, portraits, designer. He specialized in decorative painting of churches...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Their Heroism - China Ink By Adolfo Brayas Bruno - 1916
Located in Roma, IT
Their Heroism is an original drawing in China ink realized in 1916 by Adolfo Brayas Bruno. Hand-signed and dated on the lower right. With description on the lower and right margin ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait - Pencil Drawing - 1925
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of 20th Century. In very good conditions. Image Dimensions: 21 x 15.5 cm. Signed R.A o...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Le Nouveau Napoleon - Original Pen Drawing by Emile Rouff - 1929
Located in Roma, IT
Le Nouveau Napoleon is an original pen drawing realized by Emile Rouff in 1929. The little picture is in good conditions on a yellowed paper. Some pencil...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Tables Indoors - Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tables Indoors is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the early 20th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed.
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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