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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
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Le Croates - Original 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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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Figures - Drawing in charcoal By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in charcoal. Signed on the lower. Good conditions. Pierre-Georges Jeannio...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

The Lady - Drawing in pencil By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in pencil. Hand-Signed on the lower. Vey Good conditions. Pierre-Georges...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Portrait - Pencil Drawing on Paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Pencil drawing on paper, realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid-20th Century. With another drawing on the rear. Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Figures - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an Original Drawing in red Pencil realized by an anonymous artist in the Early 20th Century. Mint Conditions. The artwork is depicted throu...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Figure of Woman - Original Drawing by Paul de Longpré - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Woman is an Original Ink and Watercolor drawing realized by Paul de Longpré (1855-1911). Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a whit...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Profile - Original Charcoal Drawing By Edouard Dufeu - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile is an Original Charcoal and Watercolor Drawing realized by Edouard Dufeu (1836-1900). Good condition. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower. Edouard Dufeu coming from a family originally from Egypt, Dufeu moved to Paris in 1860 and frequented the studio of Charles Gleyre...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Men - Original Drawing by Alexandre Bida - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Men is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895). Good conditions. No signature. F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a French p...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

'Red Lips And Yellow Bird' Portrait Original Drawing On Paper by Devie
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered. Wi...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Ink, Handmade Paper

Portrait - Drawing in Charcoal - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original charcoal drawing on paper, realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork represented through deft strokes by mastery.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

Regiment Prov. Croate (French Army) - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Regiment Prov. Croate 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 str...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Young Woman With Bird Original Figurative Drawing Acrylic and ink on paper
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Ink, Handmade Paper

Portrait of Giorgio Morandi - Oil paint by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Giorgio Morandi is an original oil on board realized by the painter Mino Maccari, depicting his friend the painter Giorgio Morandi.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Board, Oil

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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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Richard III - Drawing by Charles Amelot - Early 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Richard III is an original ink and watercolor drawing realized by Charles Amelot (1759-1830). Good condition, included a white cardboard passpartout (37.5x55 cm). The artwork repre...
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Early 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Paper

Figure of Man - Original Drawing by Léon François Comerre - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure of Man is an Original pencil and Charcoal Drawing realized by Léon François Comerre (1850-1916). The artwork is in good condition include...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal

Le Croates en Allemagne (French Army)-Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Le Croates en Allemagne 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 s...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Portrait d'un Homme - Original Drawing by C.P. Renouard - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait d'un homme is an original Drawing in Pencil, realized by the French painter Charles Paul Renouard (Cour, Cheverny, 1845 - Paris,1924). Good conditions. Charles Paul Renoua...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Portrait of Young Boy - Original Drawing in Pen By Edouard Dufeu - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Young Boy is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in the 1880s. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions and aged. The artwork is represente...
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1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Felt Pen

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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1960s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

The Memory of the Sea- Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
The Memory of the Sea is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1900s.. Drawing in charcoal. Hand-signed on the lower. Good co...
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Early 1900s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Portrait of a Man - Original ink Drawing by Edouard Detaille - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Man is an original artwork realized in the second half of the 19th century by Édouard Detaille. China ink on paper. Passpartout cm 65...
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19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Landscape in Lagny - Original Drawing by Paul Alouard-Carny - 1936
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape in Lagny is an Original Pastel and Watercolour realized by Paul Alouard-Carny (1884-1961) in 1936. Good condition on a yellowed paper. Hand-signed by the artist on the lo...
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Watercolor

Regiment Prov. Croate (French Army) - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Regiment Prov. Croate 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 str...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Elegant Lady - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Elegant Lady is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1890s. Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. P...
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1890s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Compassion - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Compassion is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1890s. Drawing in Charcoal. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions...
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1890s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

The Sorcerer - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Sorcerer is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934) in the 1890s. Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. P...
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1890s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Smiling Girl - Drawing by Arnaldo De Lisio - 1917
Located in Roma, IT
Smiling Girl is an original modern artwork realized by Arnaldo De Lisio in 1917. Mixed colored oil pastel o board. Hand signed and dated on the lower ma...
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1910s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Figure - Original Drawing by Alexandre Bida - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895). Good conditions. No signature. F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a Frenc...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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

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Watercolor, Pencil

Portrait of Man - Oil Pastel on board by Paul Ascan Demmé - Early 20th Century
By Paul Ascan Demmé
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of man is an original modern artwork realized by Paul Ascan Demmé (Bern 1866 - 1953 Paris) in the early 20th Century. Pastel on board. Hand signed on the lower right marg...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Board

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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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Le Croates en Allemagne - 1813 - Original 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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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Pilgrim - Original Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Pilgrim is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in 1880s. Hand-signed on the lower. Included a white Passepartout: 37 x30 cm Good conditions and aged. ...
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1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Men of Church - Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1886
Located in Roma, IT
Men of Church is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in 1886. Hand-signed on the lower. Dated. Included a white Passeparto...
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1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Vase - Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
The Vase is an original charcoal drawing on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed on the lower. Included a white Passepartout: 37 x30 cm Good condit...
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1890s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Two women - l Drawing by Mario Mafai - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Two women is an original modern artwork realized by Mario Mafai in the early 20th Century. China ink drawings. Some light foxings on paper. Includes frame. Mario Mafai Volpe (Rome, February 12, 1902 - Rome, March 31, 1965) was an Italian painter, initiator, in 1929, with Scipione and Antonietta...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Legion Hanovrienne - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Legion Hanovrienne 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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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Regiment Provisoire Croate - Original Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Regiment Provisoire Croate 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 depicted thr...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

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

Bishop - Drawing in Pencil By Edouard Dufeu - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
Bishop is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Edouard Dufeu in the 1880s. Hand-signed on the lower. Included a white Passepartout: 37 x...
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1880s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Man at Work - Original Drawing by Louis Emile Minet - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
Man at work is a drawing in pencil and charcoal realized by the French painter Emile-Louis Minet in 1899. Hand signed and dated on the right margin. Good conditions. Louis Minet ...
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1890s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Poor Family - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Poor Family is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in china ink. Hand-signed on the lower right. Good conditions. Pierre...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Gray Bird With Yellow Beak Original Drawing Acrylic and ink on paper Framed
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered. Th...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic, Ink, Handmade Paper

7e Hussards - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
7e Hussards is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. Hand-signed. T...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Figure - Original Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing realized by Alfred Grévin in the Late-19 Century. With the stamp of atelier "Grevin" on the lower right. In good conditions. Alfred Grévin (1827- 18...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink, Gouache

Kongl. Lifgardet till Hast - Drawing By Herbert Knotel - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Kongl. Lifgardet till Hast is an original drawing in ink and watercolor realized by Herbert Knotel in the 1930/40s. Good condition except for being aged. The artwork is depicted th...
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Portrait - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original Drawing on paper realized by the painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions except for aged ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Dance Party - Original Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Dance Party is an original Drawing on paper realized by painter Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Drawing in Pencil. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Pierre-Georges ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Figure - Drawing in China ink By Norbert Meyre - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in pencil, on creamy-colored paper realized by Norbert Meyre in the early 20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through deft strokes ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Gentleman - Original Drawing in Pencil by Eugène Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gentleman is an Original Drawing in pencil realized by Eugène Giraud in the Late 19th Century. Applied on a Cardboard, included a blue Passepartout: 41 x 33 cm Good conditions. Sta...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Little Women - Original Drawing by Alfred Grevin - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Little Women is an Original Pencil drawing realized by Alfred Grévin in the late 19th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper, included a brown cardb...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Carriage - Original Drawing by Alexandre Bida - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Carriage is an Original Pencil Drawing realized by Alexandre Bida (1823-1895). Good conditions. No signature. F. Alexandre Bida (1813–1895) was a Fre...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

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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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Ink

Gentleman - Original Drawing in Pencil by Eugène Giraud - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gentleman is an Original Drawing in pencil realized by Eugène Giraud in the Late 19th Century. Applied on a Cardboard, included a blue Passepartout: 41 x 33 cm. Stamped on the lowe...
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Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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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.

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