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Period: Mid-20th Century
Reverly by Benjamin II Vautier - Graphite on paper - 13x19 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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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Nude Figure Drawing by Antoniucci Volti, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989) Untitled, 1969 Red chalk on paper 11 x 14 3/4 in. Signed: Volti Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in there until 1920 when the family moved to France to stay. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen. After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989 Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern sculptors...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Portraits - Ink and Watercolor on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits is an original modern artwork realized in the 1950s by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989). Original Colored Ink and Watercolor on Paper. Hand-sign...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Charming Oval Watercolor Portrait of a Young Woman with Basket of Fruit
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Charming Oval Watercolor watercolour on artist paper, stuck on black paper painting: 12.75 x 10 inches provenance: private collection condition: very good and sound condition
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is Black Marker and Watercolour realized by an unknown artist of 20th century in 1950. Good condition on a grey paper, included a white cardboard (60x40 cm). No s...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Alfred Bendiner, La Alsacienne (pair)
Located in New York, NY
Leave it to the Bendiners to find an Alsatian restaurant in Paris (La Taverne Alsacienne) and use it's stationary to such a great end! And thank goodness that the paper required two ...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Girl - Original China Ink and Watercolor by Madeleine Scellier - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Girl is an original drawing in watercolored china ink on ivory-colored paper realized by the French artist Madeleine Scellier (1928). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower margin. The...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Nudes - Profile Sketches
Located in Houston, TX
Pencil drawing of human profile in portrait by artist Werner Bell, circa 1960. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size f...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of Miss Bachelard
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Black wooden frame with glass pane 53 x 35 x 1.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Drawing of a Sleeping Woman by Antoniucci Volti, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989) Untitled, 1969 Red chalk on paper 11 x 14 3/4 in. Signed: Volti Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in there until 1920 when the family moved to France to stay. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen. After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989 Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern sculptors...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Portrait of a Man
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Man, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower left, unframed. 20.25" H x 25.75" W. Provenance: Fr...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Lithograph

1940's Fashion Illustration - Lady In Dashing Green Ball Dress
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 sketch is original, vintage and me...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Colisée, Rome
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Portrait of a woman - Original Drawing In Tempera and Watercolor - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a woman is a beautiful artwork realized by Tibor Gertler. Original drawing in tempera and watercolor. In good condition. Not signed. This artwork represents a nude woma...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Tempera

Soldiers Playing Cards
Located in London, GB
'Soldiers Playing Cards', watercolour and gouache on art paper, by Yves Brayer (1939). Such an atmospheric image, this stunning depiction by celebrated F...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Portrait - Pencil Drawing by Tibor Gertler - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil drawing realized by Tibor Gertler in 1960. Good conditions, mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (60x40 cm). Hand-signed by the artist on the low...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Young Woman with a Parasol and a Bouquet of Flowers- attr to R. Tissot-1950/60s
Located in Roma, IT
Young woman with a parasol and a bouquet of flowers is an original contemporary artwork realized by Roland Tissot in the 1950s/60s. Oil on Canvas. Signed Tissot on the lower right ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil

Landscape - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original artwork realized in 1968 by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original pastels drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on cardboard ...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

1940's French Fashion Illustration - Chic Lady In Blue Detailed Dress
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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Composition - Drawing by Alfredo Mezio - 1934
Located in Roma, IT
Composition  is a drawing in pen on paper, realized by Alfredo Mezio in 1934 for the magazine "Il Selvaggio", Year XI, p. 46. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident an...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Abstract Composition - Original Charcoal on Paper - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized the second half of the XX Century. Original black Charcoal on paper. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lo...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Woman smoking pencil drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Frame size 74x61 cm.
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Academic Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Arrest - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
The Arrest is a Drawing in black marker on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1948. Hand-signed on the lower left. Good conditions with minor folding on the lower mar...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

'Self-Portrait with Black Hat' — Mid-Century American Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Self-Portrait with Black Hat', ink and color pastel, c. 1945. Signed in ink, lower right. A fine, spontaneous drawing, on heavy, buff wove paper; the artist's tack holes in the top and bottom left sheet corners, minor rippling in the bottom sheet edge; otherwise in good condition. Image size 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches; sheet size 19 1/4 x 12 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio. ABOUT THE ARTIST Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir. In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer 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...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Ink

Untitled: 1930s Drawing Of A Seated Woman
Located in New York, NY
Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: 1930s Drawing of a Seated Woman", Signed Figurative Pencil Drawing on Paper, 21 x 13.88, Early 20th Century, 1936 Colors: Black and White *Unknown Artist signature...
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Academic Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of a Woman, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Portrait of a Woman (P5.24), Year: 1961, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Sitting with ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Study for the Murder of Marat - China Ink Drawing - 1968
Located in Roma, IT
Study for the Murder of Marat (Studio per l'uccisione di Marat) is the original black ink and black marker drawing on paper, realized in 1968 by Gian Paolo Berto (Andria, Italy, 1940...
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Synthetic Cubist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of a Woman - Original Pencil Drawing by S. Fontinsky - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century. Good conditions, minor cosmetic wear. Hand-signed on the...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Couple - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Couple is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th century. Black China ink on paper. Good conditions and aged.  
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Girl Portrait - Charcoal Drawing by Flor David - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Girl Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s. This is an original drawing realized on a block notes page and it representing a sket...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Figures - Pen on Paper by Maurice Rouzee - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures  is an artwork realized by  Maurice Rouzée  in the Mid-20th Century. Pen Drawing.  The artwork is in good conditions . The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident...
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Contemporary Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Large Drawing of Boy by French Armenian Modernist Jean Jansem Ecole De Paris Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Jean Jansem (Hovhannes Semerdjian) 1920-2013 Young Boy (sad young man) Hand signed lower left corner Provenance: Marble Arch Gallery NYC Measurements Image size: 25 by 18 inches, ove...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Antoniucci Volti - Torso - Signed Original Sanguine Drawing
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Antoniucci Volti Torso Dimensions: 64,5 x 50 cm Sanguine Signed on the lower Right Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is an original China Ink Drawing and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil. Min...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

French Mid 20th Century Lady in a Striped Bathing Suit and Sunhat
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French School, mid century The Bathing Suit unsigned watercolour painting with gouache, on paper (two-layers affixed together), unframed sheet: 18 x 14 inches Eye catching paintin...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Graphite

Woman Knitting - Drawing by Michel Anty - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Knitting is a drawing realized in 1948 by Michel Anty. Pencil on paper. Hand-signed and dated. The state of preservation is good with slight foxing. The artwork is represen...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Seductive Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Seductive Woman is a China ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower margin. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Egyptian Queen - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Egyptian Queen is an artwork realized by an unknown in mid-20th Century. Tempera on Papyrus. 77 x 51 cm ; 94 x 48 cm with frame. Good conditions!
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

Young lady
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 36 x 30 x 1.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

La Voix Humaine
Located in CANNES, FR
" Femme de profil au téléphone " .pen , India ink and wash paper . signed Jean and dated . executed in 1930 . original drawing certified by Madame Annie Guedras .
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Mariondina - Illustration - Original China Ink by Bruno Angoletta - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Illustration is an original drawing in china ink applied on paper realized by Italian artist Bruno Angoletta. Passepartout: 49 x 34 cm. The artwork is in a good condition except f...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Sculptor and The Painter - China Ink By Mino Maccari - Mid 20th cCntury
Located in Roma, IT
The Sculptor and The Painter is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th Century. Good condition on a tissue paper. Hand-signed by the artist with pencil....
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

"portrait d'homme aux longs cils " by Jean Cocteau .certified
Located in CANNES, FR
Jean Cocteau original , certified by Madame Annie Guedras . drawing size : 23.5 x 17.7 cm
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Director - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Director is a pen and pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed on the lower in pencil. Included a whie Passepartout. Good condition on yell...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Felt Pen

Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act - Drawing by Erté - 1948
Located in Roma, IT
Traviata - Rodolphe - 2nd act is a modern artwork realized in 1948 century by Erté (Romain de Tirtoff). Mixed colored gouache on paper. Hand signed on the lower margin. Titled and numbered "9893" on the back. Includes frame Provenance : - Erté personal collection. - Serge Leeman collection. Erté is responsible for the costumes and sets for Les Mamelles de Tirésias. This opera bouffe in two acts by Francis Poulenc based on a play by Guillaume Apollinaire...
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Art Deco Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Portrait of Woman - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Child is an original Ink and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition on a yellowed paper, another drawing on the back. Hand-signed by...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

In full swing by John Torcapel - Gouache on paper 24x35 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Fashion Model Illustration Perhaps for Vogue Magazine
Located in Miami, FL
This high-fashion illustration was most likely created between 1938 and 1940 for an inside editorial in a major newspaper, such as Vogue or McCall's. It showcases Ruth Grafstrom's d...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Ear of Corn, Sioux", Mid Century Native American Portrait
By Robert Floodstrand
Located in Soquel, CA
"Ear of Corn, Sioux", Mid Century Native American Portrait Beautiful mid century portrait titled "Ear of Corn, Sioux" by Robert Floodstrand (American, 19...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Felt, Paper, Pastel

View of the Môle and Mont-Blanc
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 68 x 82.5 x 2.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Portrait - Drawing By Lucien Coutaud - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized in the Mid-20th Century. China ink. Good conditions.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Seascape of waves crashing against a large rock by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Boris Smirnoff (1903 - 2007) - Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Floating Head
By Boris Smirnoff
Located in Corsham, GB
A well presented and colourful watercolour study by Barry Herniman of Connemara coastline, Ireland. A lonely beached fishing boat has been captured nestled on the shore. Signed to th...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Le Croates en Allemagne - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates 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 i...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Untitled (Children Sleeping)
By Amalia Polleri
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Amalia Polleri, 'Untitled (Sleeping Children)', Conté crayon on cream wove drawing paper, signed and dated '43 in ink beneath the image, lower right; with 1/4 margins all around. Arc...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Conté

Alfred Bendiner, Johnny Hodges (Johnny Hodges, Bass Fiddle & Traps)
Located in New York, NY
Did Bendiner ever miss a performance, show, concert, play? Was there anyone he didn't know? This double-side drawing in blue crayon shows Johnny Hodges (jazz saxophonist extraordina...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon

Portrait - Drawing By Lucien Coutaud - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Lucien Coutaud in the Mid-20th Century. Ink and watercolor drawing. Good conditions.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Bloom Floral Display Mid 20th Century French Post Impressionist Signed Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Jean La Forgue (French 1901-1975) signed gouache on paper, unframed dated 1953 painting: 21 x 15 inches provenance: the artists estate, France condition: very good and sound conditi...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Spanish folk dance Jota pastel drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Alfredo Opisso Cardona (1907-1980) - Jota - Pastel Measures work 46x36cm. Frame measures 65x55 cm.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Bike Man - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bike Man is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Norbert Meyre. The little artwork on a yellowed paper is in good condition. No Signature. Norbert Meyre is a French Illustrat...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

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