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Period: Early 20th Century
1903 portrait drawing by Marie Laurencin of her mother
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Marie Laurencin (French, 1885 – 1956) Portraits of Pauline Laurencin, the artist’s mother with a further study of a child on the reverse Pencil and pastel on paper Signed and dated ‘...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper, Pencil

Elegant Ladies - Watercolored Ink by Luigi Bompard - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Elegant Ladies" is an original watercolored ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, signed by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953). In excellent conditions: as good...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Soldier - Original Drawing in Pencil by Jacques Hirtz - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is an original drawing in pencil artwork applied on paper realized by Jacques Hirtz Artist's stamp on the lower right. Sheet dimension: 41.5 x 28.5 The state of preservat...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Soldier - Original Pencil Drawing on Paper by J. Hirtz - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is a beautiful original pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by a French artist, Jacques Hirtz (1905-1988). Signed in pencil on the lower right margin. In good c...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Dancer - Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Dancer" 1940's is an drawing in pencil on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the 20th Century . The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. Sheet dimension:16.8 ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of Woman - Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is a drawing in pencil on paper by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century. Sheet dimension: 32 x 24.5 cm The state of preservation is good and aged Hand-signed o...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait - Pastel on Paper by M. Gérard - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing in colored pastel on greyish paper realized by M.Gérard. Hand-signed on the lower left in pen. Titled on the lower in pen. With a drawing of nude female figu...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Woman with a Child - Original Drawing in Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman with a child is a beautiful artwork realized by an artist of the 20th century. Pencil drawing on brown paper. In very good condition except for a fold on the lower right corne...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Portrait of Ettore Petrolini - Mixed Media Drawing by G. Galantara
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in mixed media, ink, pastel and watercolor on cardboard, realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1905 ca. The state of preservation of the artwork is very ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink, Pastel, Cardboard

Portrait - Original Ink Drawing on Paper - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, realized by anonymous artist in the 1920s. The signature of the artist is unreadable on the lower right. Original penc...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Figure Study For 'Science'
Located in New York, NY
Image dimensions: 24 ½ x 18 ¾ inches Framed dimensions: 34 x 28 inches This charcoal drawing is a preliminary study for the figure of Science, the subject that comprises the far ri...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

The Lucky Bag
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Paper Mounted to Canvas Signature: Signed "Howard Chandler Christy" and Dated Lower Left Published in the 1914 U.S. Naval Academy yearbook, "The Lucky Bag...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Canvas, Watercolor, Gouache

Fisherman and Family on Boat
Located in Miami, FL
Walt Lauderback like Dean Cornwell represents the pinnacle of the Golden Age of American Illustration. Based on the signature, this watercolor of a family with dog on boat appears ...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Head of a Young Girl - Kiki de Montparnasse
Located in Miami, FL
Léonard Tsugouharu FoujitaFujita Tsuguharu?, November 27, 1886 – January 29, 1968) was a Japanese–French painter and printmaker born in Tokyo, Japan who applied Japanese ink techniq...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Two Portraits - Pencil Drawings by Tony Minartz - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two Portraits is included two original drawings in pencil on paper, realized byTony Minartz (1873-1944), with the stamp of the artist on the rear. Sheet...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of a Nude Woman - Early 1900 - René François Xavier Prinet - Drawing
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original artwork in pencil realized by the French artist and illustrator René François Xavier Prinet, between the end of the XIX and the beginning of the XX centuries....
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

"I Should Worry, " Cover for Judge Magazine, Feb. 28, 1914
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Gouache with Graphite on Paper Mounted Signature: Signed Lower Right "I Should Worry." Cover illustration for Judge magazine, pu...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper, Gouache, Graphite

Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) Paris, Les Bouquinistes, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Gabriel Domergue (1889-1962) Paris, Les Bouquinistes sur les quais, (The booksellers on the banks) Signed and titled lower right Pencil on paper 17 x 27 cm In good condition, ...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

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

Girl with Bird and Violets
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor Painting Signature: Signed Lower Right Calendar illustration; publisher: (The Gray Lithograph Company), 1902; Also used as the The Equitable Life Insurance Cale...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

J.Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939), North African Horseman, 1915, watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Jacques Berne-Bellecour (1874-1939) A North African Horseman in the forest, Watercolor on paper signed and dated 1915 lower right, 32 x 27.5 cm In a modern frame : 53 x 48 cm ...
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Academic Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"The Study Hour, " Illustration for The Ladies' Home Journal, April 1908
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor, Graphite, and Wash on Board Signature: Signed Lower Left "The Study Hour (The College Girl at Her Studies)." Illustration for the Colleg...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite, Watercolor

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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Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

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

SMITHEREENS
Located in Portland, ME
Anonymous. "SMITHEREENS" ORIGINAL ART FOR AN ALFRED E. SMITH CAMPAIGN POSTER. Circa 1920. Ink drawing with white highlighting. 20 x 22 inches, in an early fra...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

"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

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 ...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Nude Sketch - Pastel by Michel Simonidy - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Sketch is an original artwork realized by Michel Simonidy in the first years of the XX Century. China ink on paper. Passepartout is included (cm 19 x 26). Mint conditions. ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Portrait - Original China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait Of Woman is a black and white drawing realized in 1969 by Marguerite Callet-Carcano. The artwork is dated 1969 (as reported on the lower part of passe-partout). Provenance: Vente de l'atelier Bruxelles 1969 The drawing is glued on passe-partout. Good conditions except for some foxings on passepartout. Marguerite Callet-Carcano (Milan, 1878) Marguerite Callet-Carcano was an Italian-Belgian graphic artist, illustrated books like Drame and Savonarole. Drame by Iwan Gilkin (1926), Les Chimères by Georges Rency (1928), René by François-René Chateaubriand and a reprint by Adolphe by Benjamin Constant. In addition to the xilograph technique, she also used the linoleum one. She engraved the portrait of Charles De Coster...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of Peggy Hoyt in Art Nouveau Hat
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Charcoal, Griselle, and Pencil Signature: Signed Lower Right Sight Size 14" x 17" Framed 30" x 36 Gravure Full Page in Woman's Home Companion Magazine. A wonderful and very ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal

Untitled (Mother Holding Baby)
Located in New York, NY
John Thomas Young Gilroy (English, 1898-1985), "Untitled: Mother Holding Baby", Figurative/Academic Drawing signed on Paper, 14 x 8, Early 20th Century Colors: White, Black "Untitled: Mother Holding Baby" is a Figurative/ Academic Drawing signed on Paper. Among our Gilroy collection of drawings, this particular work is unique due to its original grid markings included here within. As one can view among our details, the drawing has visible age markings and 3/4 of the perimeter rear of the work has tape. Nevertheless, as with all his figurative graphite works, a wonderfully drawn piece of a Mother cradling her infant child. 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. 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.He worked with Dorothy L. Sayers. 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

Colliers March 12, 1921
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Left Contact for exact size dimensions.
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

Man On Postcard - Original China Ink Drawing on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Man On Postcard is a black and white drawing realized in the half of the XX century. The drawing is glued on a postcard destined for Herrn Paul Strecker 59 av de saxe Paris 7 th. S...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Bubu de Montparnasse - China Ink drawing - 1928/29
Located in Roma, IT
Original China Ink drawing realized by Dunoyer de Segonzac as a sketch for the illustrations of the book "Bubu de Montparnasse" by Charles-Louis Philippe published in 1929 by Societé...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Bather Sketch - Original Ink Drawing by Michel Simonidy - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Bather Sketch is an original artwork realized by Michel Simonidy in the first years of the XX Century. China ink on cardboard. The mark of the artist appears both on the back and o...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Turn of the 20th Century Portrait of Two Brothers
Located in Soquel, CA
Rare turn of the century portrait of J.O. and T.O. Mason, from a daguerreotype photograph, c.1860, by Marion Kavanaugh Wachtel (American, 1876-1954). Portrait c.1900. Signed "Marion...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Collection of Girl Portrait Studies
Located in Houston, TX
Collection of girl portrait studies that are signed and dated by the artist. The papers are not framed. The dimensions are of the larger work, the small...
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Naturalistic Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Portrait of Marie - 19th Century Watercolour, Full Length Portrait - Henri Duhem
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
A full length portrait of Marie Duhem by her husband Henri. Watercolour on paper circa 1910. Signed lower right. This painting is not currently framed but a suitable frame can be sou...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper

Portrait of a Woman, Saturday Evening Post Cover, March 1907
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Unknown Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post Cover
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paint

Art Deco Handsome Couple in Garden Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Handsome couple in a bucolic setting rendered masterfully with post-impressionistic brushstrokes. Watercolor, and pencil, wash on heavy paper, Signed and dated lower left . Framed ...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Watercolor

'Vancouver Girl', Young Woman with Bobbed Copper Hair, AIC, Paris, New York
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed verso, 'George Wilburton Colby' (American, 1859-1922) and dated 1920. George Colby was a member of the old Art League and a life member of the Chicago Art Institute. After hi...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Illustration Board

Portrait of Arab - Original Charcoal Drawing by Jean Plumet - Early 20th Century
By Jean Louis Plumet
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Arab is an interesting drawing realized by the French artist Jean Louis Plumet. It is in very good conditions, except for some tiny stains and a fold on the lower part of...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Schoolchild - Original Pencil Drawing by French Artist Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Schoolchild is an original artwork realized in the XX Century by a French artist. Original drawing realized with different kind of pencil on water-marked paper. Mint conditions. ...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Deux Baigneuses - Pencil Drawing by Michel Simonidy - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Deux Baigneuses is an original artwork realized by Michel Simonidy in the first years of the XX Century. Pencil on paper. Passepartout included (cm 26.5 x 19). Mint conditions. V...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

A Self Portrait
Located in Storrs, CT
A Self Portrait. c. 1932. Ink drawing on wove paper. 3 1/2 x 2 1/4 (sheet 10 x 7). Provenance: the artist's daughter. Unsigned. A unique silhouette housed in an archival French doubl...
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Renaissance Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Woman in a Bonnet - Early 20th Century British Theatrical Portrait
Located in London, GB
BRITISH SCHOOL (20th Century) Woman in a Bonnet Pastel, unframed, in conservation mount 5 ½ by 3 ¼ in., 14 by 8 cm. This drawing is one of a group of similar theatrical portrai...
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Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Pencil Drawing by Lesser Ury, about 1900
Located in Berlin, DE
Pencil drawing on paper, circa 1900. Left at the bottom estate stamp. Framed. Measurements: Sheet 10.59 x 7.44 in ( 26,9 x 18,9 cm ). Framed 20.47 x 17.52 in ( 52 x 44,5 cm ) Leo Lesser Ury ( 1861-1931 ) was a German-Jewish Impressionist...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Woman Laughing - Original Pastel by Michel Simonidy - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman laughing is an original artwork by Michel Simonidy. Mixed media, pastel drawing, and tempera on paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right. Includes passepartout. St...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

"Contemplation"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Young Girl with Pink Ribbon - Original Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Young Girl with Pink Ribbon Original charcoals and pencil drawing Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back On linen vellum 26 x 20 cm (c. 10.5 x 8 ...
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Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal

Circus girl reclining
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated center right, Seam down center where two sheets attached is original. Some slight surface smudging outside figure area .
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Joseph Pennell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated in pencil verso Titled "Joseph Pennell" recto Annotated verso: Adolph a Dehn Oct. 5 1915 Tonight I saw a duplicate of Whistler -- "Joseph Pennell." Bu...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Baby Boy - Original Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Baby Boy Original charcoals and pencil drawing Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back On grey vellum 22 x 26 cm (c. 9 x 1...
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Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal

Study of Body Movement
By Max Rauh
Located in Houston, TX
Fluid charcoal sketch of study of human motion by artist Max Rauh (1888-1961), circa 1920. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard...
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Boy with Long Blond Hair - Original Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Boy with Long Blond Hair, c. 1900 Original charcoals and pencil drawing Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back On cream vellum 23.5 x 31 cm (c. 9...
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Realist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal

"Lilian"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Benj...
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Modern Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"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...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

A Young Beauty Holding Flowers
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel on Paper Dimensions: 24.00" x 16.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Paper

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