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Period: Mid-20th Century
The Roman Bath
Located in London, GB
'The Roman Bath', pencil on art paper (circa 1960s), School of Rome. Three broad-shouldered men make their way through the sultry corridors of the Hammam in...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and angular, this piece depicts an African-American man wearing a crown. Given the date of the piece (1955), it is likely a reference to B. B. King, who began topping the Billboard charts in 1953. The portrait is slightly abstracted, with ornamentation that adds detail and depth. Signed and dated "Socha 1955" in the lower left corner. Presented in a wood frame with a linen mat. Frame size: 17.5"H x 14.75"W Image size: 9.5"H x 6.5"W John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983) was a painter and teacher from St. Paul, Minnesota. As a teenager, Socha studied with Diego Rivera and attended the Minneapolis School of Art. He later worked as a WPA artist in the 1930s, and Rivera’s influence can be seen in his murals. Socha then served in the US Army from 1943-1946 before attending the University of Minnesota in 1947. Socha’s work has won many awards and is in the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. Exhibited: Minnesota State Fair, 1938-40 (prize), 1941 (prize), 1942; Minneapolis Women's Club, 1938-42 (prize); Minneapolis IA, 1938-41, 1942 (prize), 1943-46; AIC, 1941-42; MMA, 1941-42; WMAA, 1942; NGA, 1940, 1942; Guatemala City, 1940; Mexico City, 1942; Walker Art Center, 1938, 1940, 1949 (prize); Davenport Municipal Art Gal., 1941; St Paul Art Gal., 1938-42; Denver Art Mus.; Univ. Wisconsin; Fed. Courts Bldg (solo), Hamline Univ. (solo), St. Catherine's Col. (solo), Public Library (solo), St. Paul Park H.S (solo), all in St. Paul; Guy Mayer Gal., NY (solo); Mankato State College, 1957 (solo). Member: Minnesota AA; Minnesota Art...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

Pont de Paris by Aurèle Barraud - Gouache on paper 36x52 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with frame + glass; total size 52 x 68.2 cm
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Ink

1940's French Fashion Illustration - Elegant Three Women Face Portraits
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, double sided The sketch is original, v...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Judy Garland Hollywood Film 1963 Costume Design Mid 20th Century Gay Icon Oscars
Located in New York, NY
Judy Garland Hollywood Film 1963 Costume Design Mid 20th Century Gay Icon Oscars EDITH HEAD (1897-1981) Original costume design for the red dress worn by J...
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Performance Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of lady
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Brown wooden frame with glass pane 44.5 x 35.5 x 1.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Crayon

The Rabbis, Judaica portraits
Located in Surfside, FL
the piece without the original frame measures 18X7.5 inchesThis is a wonderful watercolor by one of America's most treasured artists, Chaim Gross. Throughout his lifetime Gross has gone through tragedy and a real test of faith however, he has the unique ability to focus and direct his expression to the most joyful and beautiful works of art, such as the present lot. For more than sixty years Chaim Gross's art has expressed optimistic, affirming themes. His acrobats, cyclists, and mothers and children convey joyfulness, exuberance, love, and intimacy. This aspect of his work remained consistent with his Hasidic heritage, which teaches that "only in his childlike happiness is man nearest to God." Chaim Gross, born in Wolowa, Austria in 1904, was educated at the Beaux Arts Institute of Design and at the Art Student's League in New York. Chaim Gross's work was greatly influenced by his experiences during a period of international conflict, World War II. He had moved to Kolomyya from Wolowa to get a better education, but the Germans came to occupy, killing, raping, and looting. Gross and his family were chased from one village to the next. He wrote, "We were sleeping on roofs and in the fields, with the sound of cannon fire...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Pensive young girl
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Golden wooden frame with glass pane 66 x 53.5 x 3.5 cm
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Grenadier Guards in Kur-Brandenburg in 1700 - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Grenadier Guards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artw...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

The Figures Sketches - Drawing By Norbert Meyre - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures Sketches is an original Drawing on paper realized by the French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century. Drawing in pencil and pen an...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen, Pencil, Pastel

Woman sitting and smiling
Located in Genève, GE
Work on paper Gilded wooden frame with glass pane 46 x 37.5 x 2 cm
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Child Portrait - Original Drawing by Lucien Coutaud - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Child Portrait is an Original drawing in China Ink realized by Lucien Coutaud in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed. Good conditions. The delicate and dynamic strokes created in a ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

[Man with cigar]
Located in Boston, MA
Initialed lower right: "M.L.". Estate stamp verso, lower left: Lucille Deming Lewis Collection. Inscribed verso, lower left: "LDL-803". In fine condition.
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Signed Giovanni Colacicchi Nude Drawing Psyche 1939 charcoal paper
Located in Florence, IT
The drawing, signed at the right bottom corner Colacicchi, is a study for the painting Psyche, exhibited for the first time in 1939 at the Ussi Prize-planned by the Florence Academy ...
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Other Art Style Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

The Profile of Woman - Original Drawing by Micheline Resco - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Profile of Woman is an Original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by Micheline Resco in the mid-20th century. Good conditions. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

The Boss - Original China Ink by Bernard Bécan - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Boss is an original drawing in China ink realized in the mid-20th Century by Bernard Bécan (1890-1943). Hand-signed on the lower right. In good conditions, except for some fold...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

1940's Fashion Illustration - Black & White Stylish Women In Chic Clothing
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

Materials

Gouache

Nude - Drawing by Carlo Mattioli - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original modern artwork realized by Carlo Mattioli in 1958. Mixed colored pastel drawing on canvas. Hand signed and dated on the lower marg...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Pastel Portrait of a Circus Clown
Located in Hallowell, ME
Pastel Portrait of a Circus Clown Samuel Brecher, American, (1897 - 1982) This portrait of a clown is pastel on paper, is fully signed by Samuel Brecher and dated 1943. This pastel painting of a clown measures 21.5 inches tall by 15.5 inches wide. Matted in the frame the pastel portrait measures 33.5 inches tall by 26.5 inches wide. Samuel Brecher was born in Boryslaw, Austria, a town near the Carpathian Mountains...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

German Legion - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
German Legion 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 line...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Zygmunt Menkes, Dancers, ink on paper 23 x 22.5 cm
Located in Jerusalem, IL
Zygmunt Menkes (1896-1986) Dancers ink on paper 23 x 22.5 cm signed lower right
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Bike People - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bike People 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 Illust...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

French Boy in Bloomers
Located in London, GB
'French Boy in Bloomers', gouache on art paper (circa 1960s-70s), by Raymond Debiève. A young boy emerges from a beach cabana wearing a bloomer bathing costume that was still in use ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Portrait of Mino Maccari - Drawing by Alfredo Mezio - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Mino Maccari is an original modern artwork realized by Alfredo Mezio in the half of 20th Century. China ink drawing. Includes frame. Hand signed on the lower margin H...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

1940's Fashion Illustration - Chanel Styled Woman In Chic Black 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

Materials

Gouache

Train des Equipages Trompettes (French Army) - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Train des Equipages Trompettes 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 th...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Dutch and Spanish Soldiers - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers 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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

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

Soldiers - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Portrait - Original Pen Drawing by Georges Vernotte - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pen drawing realized by Georges Vernotte. Good condition on yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower right corner.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Half-lying young woman
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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

Portrait of a Woman, Paper Collage
Located in Miami, FL
Hildegard Anna Augusta Elisabeth Freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, known as Baroness Hilla von Rebay or simply Hilla Rebay was the co-founder of the Museum...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

“Guy au portrait de madame Descazeaux” / Guy (Bardone) in the portrait of Madame
Located in Berlin, MD
Rene Genis (French 1922-2004) “Guy au portrait de madame Descazeaux” / Guy (Bardone) in the portrait of Madame Descazeaux. Ink on paper laid down on matt board. Unsigned. Image siz...
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French School Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Vue de la Seine by Aurèle Barraud - Gouache on paper 52x71 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on paper with frame + glass; total size 68x86 cm
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache

1940's Fashion Illustration - Four Brides Holding Candles
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

Spanish Soldiers - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is dep...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

The Faces - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Faces is an Original Drawing in ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Ita...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

The Figures Sketches - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures Sketches is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century. Drawing in pencil and pen. The ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Pencil

'3D Surrealist Mixed Media Portrait, ' by Jeffrey Kronsnoble, Mixed Media
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 15.5" x 13.25" mixed media female portrait by artist Jeffrey Kronsnoble features the black and white profile of a women with a circular ...
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Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Graphite

Beautiful Woman watercolor painting by Robert Philipp
Located in Surfside, FL
A sensitive portrait beautifully rendered in watercolor and gouache. Mid century. I am guessing from the 1940s it is not dated. Robert Philipp (February 2, 1895 – November 22, 1981) was an American painter influenced by Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, and known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits of attractive women and Hollywood stars. Noted art critic Henry McBride called Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. He was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League of New York for 33 years. WPA Era. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, and National Academician, Benjamin Franklin Fellow, Royal Society of Arts in London. He was married to model and fellow artist Rochelle ("Shelly") Post, who frequently posed for him until her death in 1971. His compositions and painting style have been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Philip won prizes in most of the important exhibitions of his time, and his paintings are in numerous museums and important private collections. In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood mogul Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of The Long Voyage Home, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis Quintanilla...
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Male Portrait Sketched - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Male portrait Sketched is an original drawing on paper, realized around the 1960s by the great Italian artist and journalist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - 1989). Black Permanent Marke...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Permanent Marker

German Legion - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
German Legion 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 line...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

The Profile - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Profile is an Original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. With another drawing o...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ballpoint Pen

Sketches of Bullfight - Drawing by Norbert Meyre - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches of Bullfight is an original Drawing on paper realized by French painter Norbert Meyre in the mid-20 century. Drawing in pencil. The artwork is represented through deft and...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Faces - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Faces is an Original Drawing in carbon on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. With another drawing on ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

The Angels Captured City - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Angels Captured City is an Original Drawing in watercolor and pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the l...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

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

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Pen, Watercolor

French and Dutch Soldiers - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Soldiers 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...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

The Compassion - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Compassion is a drawing in watercolor and ink realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century. In good conditions with some foxing. The artwork is presented through deft st...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

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

Materials

Gouache

Portrait - Original Pen Drawing by Georges Vernotte - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pen drawing realized by Georges Vernotte. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower rig...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

1930's Original Parisian Fashion Illustration Watercolor Black Oriental Dress
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner ...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Man with pipe
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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

The Figure- Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figure is an Original Drawing in ink and watercolor on cream-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an It...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

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 Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon

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