Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
MODERN STYLE
The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.
Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.
The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.
Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.
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Style: Modern
Woman with Child in Marocco - Original Ink by Helen Vogt - 1930s
By Helen Vogt
Located in Roma, IT
Woman with child in Marocco is an original blue china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt in 1930s.
The state of preservation is very good.
Not signed.
Stamp of the artist on th...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Mountain Man - Original China Ink by Paul Conte - Late 20th Century
By Paul Conte
Located in Roma, IT
Mountain Man is an original drawing in China ink artwork on hard cardboard, realized by the French artist Paul Conte.
Hand-signed on the lower right corn...
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Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Portrait - Original China Ink by Serge Fontinsky - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original china ink drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions, minor cosmetic wear.
Hand-signed on the lower m...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Sketch - Original Pencil by Serge Fontinsky - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original sketch pencil drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions, minor cosmetic wear.
Hand-signed on the lower...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Portrait - Original Pencil by Serge Fontinsky - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original sketch pencil drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century.
Good conditions, minor cosmetic wear.
Hand-signed on the low...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Male Bust and Male Head - Original Drawing by G. Gôbo - Early 20th Century
By Georges Gobo
Located in Roma, IT
Male bust and male head is an original black chalk drawing on greige sheet, realized at the beginning of 20th Century by the artist Georges Gôbo (Saint Francisco, 1876 - Nantes 1958)...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Portrait of Man - Original Pencil Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original pencil drawing attributed to Ernest Rouart and realized in the late 9th Century.
The artwork is in very good conditions and mounted on a white cardboa...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Tale e Quale - China Ink by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Tale e Quale is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th Century,
China ink drawing on paper glued on ivory paper. Not signed.
Good conditions. Image Dimensio...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
M.me Lepic - Original Ink by Chas Laborde - Early 20th Century
By Chas Laborde
Located in Roma, IT
M.me Lepic 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. Titled on the bottom center. Noted "bag".
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...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Portrait - Original Pencil Drawing on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1930s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original pencil drawing on brown-colorated paper, realized by Mino Maccari.
In very good conditions.
Hand-signed on the lower left margin in pencil.
This artwork i...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
The King - Original Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1914
Located in Roma, IT
The king is an original drawing in China ink, watercolor and white lead on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).
In good conditions.
This artwotk presents o...
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1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Portrait - Pencil and Watercolor on Paper by Mino Maccari - 1955
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait 1955 is an original artwork realized by Mino Maccari.
Lapis drawing and watercolor on paper, in good conditions, hand-signed by the artist on the lower left corner.
Mino M...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait - Original Watercolor - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original modern artwork realized by an Anonymous Artist in 1930.
Original watercolor drawing on Ivory paper.
Not signed. This artwork represents a portrait of a man...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Portrait - Original Pencil on Paper - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions, except for some folding along the margins.
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Women - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Women is an original drawing in China ink and watercolor, realized by an Anonymous artist of the mid-XX century.
Hand-signed on the lower right and the second on the rear, illegible...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Man with Headdress - Pencil Drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Man with Headdress is a modern artwork realized in the 19th Century.
Original drawing in pencil on paper. The signature of the drawer is present on the mantle of the man.
Some fox...
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1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Portrait - Original Drawing in Pen - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pen on paper realized in 1950 by Anonymous Artist of the XX century.
In very good condition, except for folding.
The artwork represents the portr...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pen
Portraits of Giorgio Morandi - Pen on Tissue Paper by Mino Maccari - 1955 ca
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Portraits of Giorgio Morandi is an original modern artwork realized in 1955 ca by the Italian artist Mino Maccari (Siena, 1898 - Rome, 1989).
Original pen drawing on tissue paper.
Hand-signed in pen by the artist on the lower right: Maccari.
Excellent conditions.
Trio of portraits depicting the greatest Italian engraver of the Twentieth Century, Giorgio Morandi. The three figures are in different positions: two of them are in profile and one is looking to the right side. The stroke is very quick and fresh and the pen used...
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Tissue Paper, Pen
Souvenir de Bonheur - Original Ink on Paper - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Souvenir de Bonheur is an original modern artwork realized the 1930s.
Original black China ink on paper.
The work is an Italian postcard; on the back...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
The Kiss - Original China Ink by Gabriele Galantara - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The kiss is an original China ink drawing on paper by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).
In very good conditions conditions.
Sheet dimension: 3 x 10.3 cm.
This is an original drawing...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Sentiment - China Ink - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sentiment is an original drawing in china ink on paper by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century.
Sheet dimension: 21 x 26 cm
The state of preservation is ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Sentiment - Original China Ink - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sentiment is an original drawing in china ink on paper by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century.
Sheet dimension: 21 x 26 cm
The state of preservation is good except for some stai...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Sentiment - China Ink - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sentiment is an original drawing in china ink on paper by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century.
Sheet dimension: 21 x 26 cm
The state of preservation is ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Portrait - Pencil Drawing by Pierre Guastalla - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing in pencil on paper realized by Pierre Guastalla (1891-1968)
With the monogram of the artist on the lower right.
The state of preservation is very good.
Inclu...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Gallant Scene - Pencil Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Gallant Scene" is an original pencil drawing on paper, glued on ivory-colorated cardboard by Anonymous Artist of XIX Century.
In excellent conditions.
Sheet dimension: 12.5 x 11 ...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Figure - Original Pencil Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figure" is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937).
In very good conditions.
Sheet dimension: 22 x 16.3 cm.
This is an original dra...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Merchant - Original Drawing in Pen by Jean Albert Grand-Carteret - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Merchant is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by the French artist Jean Albert Grand-Carteret (1903-1982)
Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil.
Image Dimensions: 14 ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pen
Portrait de Jeune Fille - Drawing In Pencil by Jeanne Daour - 20th Century
By Jeanne Daour
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour.
The state of preservation is good except for some diffused foxings.
Sheet dimension: 31,5 x 24 cm
The ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Music Teacher - Black China Ink Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Music Teacher" is an original black China ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, by Anonymous Artist of XX Century.
In excellent conditions: as good as new.
Sheet dimension: 6.7 x ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Portrait - China Ink Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait" is an China ink drawing on cardboard by Emilie Bonet.
In excellent conditions: as good as new.
Sheet dimension: 14.2 x 10 cm.
This i...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Woman Figure - Pencil on Paper - 1853
Located in Roma, IT
"Woman Figure" 1853's is a drawing on paper, signed and dated by Edmond De Beaumont, on the back of the drawing.
In excellent conditions: as good as new...
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1850s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Portrait - Tempera Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait" is an original tempera drawing on paper by Anonymous Artist of XX Century.
In excellent conditions: as good as new.
Sheet dimension: 17.5 x 14 cm.
This is an original ...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Tempera
Portrait - Original Drawing In Pencil- 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait" is an original drawing in pencil on ivory-colored paper glued on ivory-colored cardboard, signed, on the back of the drawing, by Bernard Millerent.
Good conditions.
She...
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20th Century Modern 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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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
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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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Subject Posing - Original Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Subject Posing" is an original drawing in pencil on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimensi...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Portrait - Original Mixed Media Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait" is an original drawing in mixed media on paper, white lead, ink and watercolor, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 27 x 21 cm.
The artwork represents beautiful portrait of a man.
On the back of the drawing, an inscription in ink "Société anonyme des automobiles & cycles peugeot...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Mixed Media, Ink, Watercolor
Figures - Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures" is an original drawing on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension: 25 x 18.6 cm....
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Portrait - Original Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Portrait" is an original drawing in pencil on paper, realized by an Anonymous French Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimens...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Portrait - Drawing in Pencil on Paper by Victor Hubert - Early 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Victor Hubert (born 1786). Hand-signed in pencil on the lower right.
The state of preserv...
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Early 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Standing Worker - China Ink Drawing on Paper - 1969
Located in Roma, IT
This Standing Worker 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 was an Italian-Belgian graphic artist, who illustrated books like Drame by Iwan Gilkin (1926), Les Chimères by Georges Rency (1928), René by François-René Chateaubriand and a reprint by Benjamin Constant. In addition to the xilograph technique, she also used linoleum...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
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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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Woman with Black Mantel - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by F. David - 1949
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Woman With Mantle is an original drawing on ivory glossy paper realized by Flor David in 1949.
Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower-left corner.
This is an original ink and watercolored drawing representing a very beautiful portrait of a woman wrapped in a black mantel...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Watercolor
Monaco Pasqualino in campagna - Watercolor by M. De Vito - 1820 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour stuck on a pink cardboard, 1820 c.a.
Very good quality watercolour representing a monk.
Hand-titled "Monaco Pasqualino che va alla circa in Campagnia, Napoli" (Monk Pas...
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1820s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Philosopher - Original China Ink drawing by E. Berman - 1940 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Hand signed with the artist's monogram. Ink and watercolour on cardboard. Passepartout included.
This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Dancers. 1928, paper, mixed technique, 29x18.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins
(1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter.
Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity.
“I am 58, and in five Years my c...
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1920s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
The Power - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Power is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
The artwork was in mixed media of ink and white lead on paper.
Included a Passepartou: 50...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media
Figure Studies ink drawing by Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
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1990s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Sans titre
Located in PARIS, FR
Magnificent work on cardboard representing a face by Swiss artist Albert Chubac, measuring 81 x 61 cm.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Cardboard
French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Veil Homme
By Jean Hélion
Located in Paris, IDF
Veil Homme
1947
drawing
26,9 x 21 x 0,1 cm
Registered on the catalogue raisonné with inventory number : N°0252 cat. B
sold without frame
about Jean Hélion (April 21, 1904 – October ...
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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Indian Man from Mexico
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Indian Man from Mexico is a souvenir of Winold Reiss’s 1920 sketching tour of Mexico. As he traveled, Reiss’s style began to reflect the influence of the aesthetics, color palette, a...
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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
Head Series, Pen & Ink on Paper (Set of 2) by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Sunil Das
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Untitled - 9 x 7 inches (unframed size)
Pen and Ink on Paper, 2010 & 2012 (Set of 2)
Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form.
The exceptions are the faces such as th...
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2010s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Pen
Tsuhugaru Foujita - Fear - Original Drawing
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Tsuhugaru Foujita - Fear - Original Drawing
14 x 11.9 cm
Ballpoint pen ink on paper
Provenance: Succession Kimiyo Foujita
Léonard Foujita (French/Japanese, 1886–1968)
Léonard T...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Camille Hilaire - Green Trees - Original Signed Watercolor
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Camille Hilaire (1916-2004)
Green Trees
Original Signed Watercolor
43 x 36 cm
Framed
Camille Hilaire
(1916-2004)
Camille Hilaire began painting from a...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Girl with Bonnet, Pastel Portrait by Thomas Strickland
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Thomas Strickland, American (1923 - 1999)
Title: Girl with Bonnet
Year: circa 1970
Medium: Pastel on Paper, signed u.r.
Size: 25.5 in. x 19.7...
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Oil Pastel
Rabbi (Study), Etching on Paper
Located in Surfside, FL
Early Modernist Judaica, Etching on Paper.
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Etching
Fred Astaire and Diana Vreeland, Vanity Fair Magazine
By Robert Risko
Located in Miami, FL
Airbrush Illustration on paper
Signed Risko lower right
Blindstamp Upper Right
Published: Vanity Fair Magazine
Unframed
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1980s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
Dame mit Hut
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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20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Modern portrait drawings and watercolors for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic Modern portrait drawings and watercolors available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add portrait drawings and watercolors created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, yellow, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Mino Maccari, Alberto Ziveri, Pierre Georges Jeanniot, and Devie Elzafon. Frequently made by artists working with Pencil, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Modern portrait drawings and watercolors, so small editions measuring 2.09 inches across are also available. Prices for portrait drawings and watercolors made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $55 and tops out at $425,000, while the average work sells for $403.