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Style: American Modern
Blanche Grambs, Eagle
Located in New York, NY
Blanche Grambs, whose career started with the WPA, was an extremely skilled draftsperson. Her birds are masterful. Here an eagle, a majestic bird-of-pr...
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1970s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

1950s "Mask" Mid Century Nude Ink Figure Drawing NYC Artist
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Mask" c.1950s Ink on paper Black dark wood frame 10.25"x17.25" Unsigned Came from artist estate Introducing an original piece by the American artist Donald Stacy title...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 5.5 X 17.75 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mac...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Bourrée Fantasque #10 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on Étoile
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #10 Blue", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the Ne...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Pencil

"Big Bend #5" Modern Abstract Mixed Media Landscape
Located in Houston, TX
Mixed Media work of a Texas national park called Big Bend. The work consists of a landscape photograph with color pencil drawing around the photograph that continues the landscape. T...
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1970s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Photographic Paper, Color Pencil

Bourrée Fantasque #14 Pastel on Paper Mid 20th Century Modern as seen on Étoile
Located in Glenford, NY
"Bourrée Fantasque #14", Pastel on Paper by Artist Francisco Moncion, is a Mid-20th Century fantasy image inspired by George Balanchine's 1949 ballet of the same name for the New Yor...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Pencil

Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
Located in Surfside, FL
Reclining Nude.Early modernist line drawing, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting, signed with initials, framed. (size includes frame). Work is reminisce...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Garden Estombar, Algarve, Portugal
Located in Boston, MA
Titled lower center: "Garden of Estombar, Algarve, Portugal"; signed and dated lower right: "Jason Berger 1988". From the estate of the artist.
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

1950s Mid Century Abstract Expressionist Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
From the estate of Jerry and Ruth Opper Abstract Expressionism Drawing c.1950s Ink and Pastel Drawing 18" x 12" Unframed Unsigned *Custom framing available ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Ink

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract watercolor composition bearing the influence of the earlier color-block compositions of Paul Klee. Pawel August Kontny, (Polish-German-American artist) He was born in Laurahuette, Poland, in 1923, the son of a wealthy pastry shop owner. In 1939 he began studying architecture in Breslau where he was introduced to the European masters and to the work of some of the German Expressionists, soon afterward banned as "degenerate artists" and removed from museums throughout Germany by the Nazi regime. His studies were interrupted by World War II. Drafted into the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in Italy. After the war, he studied at the Union of Nuremberg Architects to help design buildings to replace ones destroyed in the war. He recorded his impressions of the local population and the landscapes through his watercolors and drawings. Pawel Kontny thereafter moved to Nuremberg, Germany, becoming a member of the Union of Nuremberg Architects and helping to rebuild the city's historic center. He soon decided to concentrate on his professional art career. He married Irmgard Laurer, a dancer with the Nuremberg Opera. Pavel Kontny 's career as an artist was launched with his participation in an all German exhibition, held at the Dusseldorf Museum in 1952. He held one-man shows in Germany, Switzerland and the United States. During his trip to the United States in 1960, Kontny became instantly enamored with Colorado, and decided to relocate to Cherry Hills with his wife and two children. He quickly established himself in the local art community, being affiliated for a time with Denver Art Galleries and Saks Galleries. His subject matter became the Southwest. During this time he received the Prestigious Gold Medal of the Art Academy of Rome. His extensive travel provided material for the paintings he did using his hallmark marble dust technique. he also worked equally in pastel, watercolor, charcoal and pencil-and-ink. in a style which merged abstraction and realist styles, influenced by Abstract Expressionist painting and South Western American landscapes. This one bears the influence of Sam Francis. In the early 1960s he was one of only a few European-born professional artists in the state, a select group that included Herbert Bayer (1900-1985), a member of the prewar Bauhaus in Weimar and Dessau, Germany, and Roland Detre...
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20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Lovely Country House Pastel, Signed
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, c. 20th Century Pastel on paper Sight: 21 1/2 x 31 in. Framed: 24 1/4 x 34 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. Signed lower left
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Original California Figurative Abstract Still Life Ink Drawing Joyce Treiman
By Joyce Treiman
Located in Surfside, FL
Joyce Treiman Ink on paper, framed under glass; signed in pencil lower right; Dimensions: 16 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches; 18 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches frame. Joyce Wahl Treiman was an American painter, printmaker, sculptor and teacher. Her work ranged from "the impishly perverse and humorously paradoxical to the brilliant and profound." She was known as an excellent draftsperson throughout her career. She made several trips to Europe to study the old masters, and the human figure is central in her work. In her later paintings she is known to have inserted self-portraits. She attended Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, and then studied at the State University of Iowa (today the University of Iowa) under the influential painter Philip Guston. During World War II she worked as a commercial artist but resigned when she began to have success with exhibitions of her work in Chicago and New York. In 1945 she married Kenneth Treiman, and son Donald, now an Architect, was born in 1950. The Treimans, along with Rene and Rose Wahl, moved to Los Angeles in 1960. She was in an exhibit of Tamarind prints...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Paper

Happy Birthday Drawing: Love Barbara Nessim and Gloria Steinem
Located in Miami, FL
In the late 1960s, Barbara Nessim and Gloria Steinem were roommates. This stylised and colorful illustration appears to be a highly personalized birthday card to their friend Mary A...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Pablo Casals
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Pablo Casals Graphite on paper, 1963 Signed in pencil lower right (see photo) Sheet size: 11 5/8 x 8 inches Condition: glue residue in all four corners of the sheet Drawn from life during an appearance at Carnegie Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Snow-Covered Red Barn Watercolor by Kathleen Fitzgerald
Located in New York, NY
Kathleen Fitzgerald Untitled (Red Barn), c. Later 20th century Watercolor on paper Sight: 11 1/4 x 10 3/4 in. Framed: 16 x 15 x 3/4 in. Signed lower right: Kathy Fitzgerald "I am Ka...
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Late 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

[untitled] Street Scene with Fruit Vendor.
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created [untitled] “STREET SCENE WITH FRUIT VENDOR” in circa 1950. This unsigned watercolor and came to us directly from the Sanchez estate. It is stamped on the verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." This piece is in good to very good condition and painted to the paper's edge. The paper size is 14.88 x 15.25 inches (37.6 x 38.6 cm). “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Graphite

Wire Haired Girl and Cat
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Wire Haired Girl and Cat Pen and ink with watercolor, c. 1930 Signed with the Estate stamp "B" Provenance: Estate of the Artist By descent to his son Edward ...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Northern Parula
Located in Columbia, MO
Hannah Reeves Northern Parula 2024 13 x 11 framed
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Photographic Paper, Graphite

Ink Drawing Man in Suit and Hat with Nude
By Jonathan Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Provenance: Hinckley & Brohel Gallery Jonathan Shahn, Born 1938 has been making sculpture, drawings and prints of the human figure since the early 1960s. He teaches at the Art Studen...
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20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Studio Nude, female figure fish, art within art
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently re-discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artists switch to working with her non- dominant left hand. As a feminist, Anastasi's main focus is presenting other women. Unlike the often objectified male gaze...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Central Park in Fall, Framed Photorealist Watercolor Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown Title: Central Park in Fall Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right Image Size: 17.5 x 25 inches Frame Size: 28 x 35 inches Watercolor of The Mall in Centra...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

1950s "On Knees 2" Mid Century Figurative Ink University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "On Knees" c.1950s Ink on paper 8.5" x 11" unframed Unsigned Came from artist estate Donald Stacy (1925-2011) New Jersey Studied: Newark School of Fine Art The Art Students League Pratt Graphic Arts Center University of Paris 1953-54 University of Aix-en-Provence 1954-55 Faculty: Art Department of the New School Museum of Modern Art School of Visual Arts Stacy Studio Workshop Exhibitions: Grand Central Moderns George Wittenborn The New School Print Exhibitions, Chicago University of Oklahoma Honolulu Museum Monclair Museum Wisconsin State College Louisiana Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

"Tokyo Diptych" Yvonne Jacquette, Japanese Urban Cityscape Nocturnal Aerial
Located in New York, NY
Yvonne Jacquette (American, b. 1935) Tokyo Diptych, 1985 Pastel on paper Overall 17 1/4 x 28 1/2 inches Signed lower center Provenance: Carey Ellis Company, Houston, Texas Brooke Alexander, New York Collection of an American Corporation Exhibited: New York, Brooke Alexander, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, April 5 - May 3, 1986, n.p., illustrated; this exhibition later traveled to Brunswick, Maine, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Yvonne Jacquette: Tokyo Nightviews, June 27 - August 24, 1986. Yvonne Jacquette has a preference for high places, a circling plane, a penthouse window, an aerie from which to watch the world. Her work has often depicted the city and man-made landscape from the vantage of angels. It is a privileged perspective, long loved by photographers, who were perhaps the first to recognize the geometric grandeur of the city below. That grandeur structures Jacquette's images but is not its full content. Her work attempts to resolve the visual and emotional pardoxes of the modern metropolis. Only from the tower is there the possibility of order and context. And unlaced beauty. Jacquette first visited Japan in 1982. Nighttime Tokyo, its cars and crowds and canyons of loud Vegas neon, made a vivid and bewildering impression on her. The neon signs, pulsing, scaling the walls of high rises, fascinated the artist, "like Times Square spread over miles." Her fascination was equal parts marvel, confusion, and curiosity—the sparks of art. She returned to Tokyo in May of 1985, choosing hotel rooms with expansive vistas. From these views Jacquette excerpted images for a series of pastel night scenes. The basic forms and colors of each drawing were blocked in during night sessions by the window. She worked in the dark, selecting colors by flashlight. In daylight, she sharpened the geometry and corrected ambiguous passages. She refined the drawings further in the studio until the images read clearly. Photographic correctness was not important. The finished drawings are complete statements, not simply preparatory sketches for paintings. They have the authority of expert witness. In clear, discreet jots of pastel they record the performance of seeing, each touch of color attesting to a moment's close scrutiny. Yvonne Jacquette was born on December 15, 1934 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and grew up in Stamford, Connecticut. She attended the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence from 1952 to 1955, when she moved to New York City. Her late husband was photographer Rudy Burckhardt, and the couple were part of a circle of artist friends that included Fairfield Porter, Alex Katz, Red Grooms, and Mimi Gross. She continues to live and work in New York City, as well as in Searsmont, Maine. A flight to San Diego in 1969 sparked Jacquette’s interest in aerial views, after which she began flying in commercial airliners to study cloud formations and weather patterns. She soon started sketching and painting the landscape as seen from above, beginning a process that has developed into a defining element of her art. Her first nocturnal painting...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

Bull Ring Brass - Mexico City
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bull Ring Brass - Mexico City Watercolor, pen and ink on paper, 1955 Signed in ink, dated and titled in pencil (see photos) Condition: 1'' repaired tear left edge, along with other minor tears. Tape stains from previous matting visible in the four corners Image/Sheet size: 19 3/8 x 15 5/8 inches Provenance: Acquired directly from the Artist Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland, friend and patron of Longstreet Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002) The artist’s own grandchildren attempt to fathom the real life and nature of Stephen Longstreet, prolific author, artist, screenplay writer, and jazz aficionado. Born Chauncy Weiner (sometimes spelled Wiener) in New York City in 1907, Longstreet reinvented himself on a regular basis. Changing his name first to “Henry,” then “Henri,” he started his career as a commercial artist for a department store. In various public biographies he claimed to have studied in New York, London, and Paris, and said he was a student of cartoonist Ralph Barton (1891-1931). Facts that can be documented are that he was art editor for Golfer and Sportsman magazines, and was a contributor to various other magazines including The New Yorker, Saturday Evening Post, Colliers, Life, and Hooey, among others. He wrote sketches for NBC radio and the Rudy Vallee Show. In the 1930s, Longstreet worked and wrote under the names Thomas Burton, David Ormsbee, and Paul Haggard...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Vintage Golden Age Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.5 X 19.5 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant. King launched the strip in both daily and Sunday form in 1945. Daily, she was only in a panel at first, but it expanded into a full, multi-panel strip on February 7, 1953. In a very odd turn of events, in 1953 the Walters chose to leave King Features behind and hitch their wagon at the McNaught Syndicate. The creators were Harold "Jerry" Walter and his wife, Linda. Jerry was also responsible for Jellybean Jones, who has nothing to do with Jughead Jones's young sister, a modern-day addition to the Archie cast of characters. Together, they did The Lively Ones during the 1960s. Though each was capable of doing both major jobs in comic strip production, their usual working method was for Jerry to dream up the ideas and write the dialog, while Linda did the artwork. The Walters also collaborated on a series of Susie Q. Smith comic books for Dell Comics. Instead of reprinting newspaper strips, these ran new stories by the Walters. Between 1951 and '54, four issues were published as part of the Four Color Comics series, where many minor comic strips, including Dotty Dripple, Timmy and Rusty Riley had found a home. It had no other media spin-offs. Susie Q. Smith had a respectable run in the newspapers, but it ended in 1959. Jerry Walter (1915 - 2007) was an abstract expressionist artist whose output of energetic and colorful paintings were the products of the rich artistic milieu of post-war New York City. He was born Harold Frank Walter in Mount Pleasant, Iowa on November 25, 1915. After graduating from Colgate University in 1937, Walter moved to New York City, where he studied drawing and painting at the New School and the Art Students’ League. Before concentrating seriously on his art, he spent several years as a successful copywriter and idea man for the advertising agencies of J. Walter Thompson, McCann Ericson, and BBDO. During this time, he also worked as a syndicated cartoonist. Collaborating with his wife, Linda, his best-known series was Susie Q. Smith, which first appeared in 1945 and described as a “female Archie type.” Very popular, the cartoon was later the subject of a series of comic books published from 1951 to 1954. After serving in the United States Army for three years during World War II, Walter began to paint seriously. He ascribed his earliest artistic influence to Joan Miró, whose Dog Barking at the Moon (1926) he viewed when he was twelve, the year he published his first cartoon. Walter later wrote that jazz, “the first native expression of so-called modernism” was a strong influence on his work. During the later 1940s, Walters spent time at the Research Studio in Maitland, Florida. Founded in 1937 by artist and architect J. André Smith and supported by the philanthropist Mary Curtis Bok, the Research Studio was a lively colony that hosted prominent artists, including Milton Avery, Ralston Crawford, and Doris Lee. While at the Studio, Walter’s work was purchased by Frank Crowninshield. A founding trustee of the Museum of Modern Art and editor of Vanity Fair, Crowinshield was a noted collector; his collection included important works by Pablo Picasso, Marc Chagall, Henri Matisse, Edgar Degas, George Bellows, and Pierre Bonnard. Returning to New York after his time at the Studio, Walter became an active member of the New York school of the abstract expressionist movement, and in the summer of 1956, Walter exhibited 13 paintings and a selection of drawings at New York’s Chase Gallery. The adroit manipulation of both color and composition evident in his work shows the influence of Abstract Expressionism, particularly Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, and Hans Hofmann. illustrator and female cartoonist Linda Walter was the talented female mind behind the beloved "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip. She played an instrumental role in shaping the cultural landscape through her vibrant illustrations. Known for the timeless charm of the "Susie Q. Smith" comic strip, Linda's artistry brought joy and laughter to countless readers during the 1950s and continues to resonate with fans across generations. She was part of the Woodstock artists community. from Women in Comics: Linda Walter was the artist of newspaper strip Susie Q. Smith, which was written by her husband, Jerry. It was syndicated by King Features Syndicate and ran from 1945 to 1959. The Walters also contributed original Susie Q. Smith stories to Dell's Four Color comic books from 1951 to 1954. From 1964-1965, they created a singled panel comic called The Lively Ones. Vintage Golden Age of Comics era. The Golden Age of Comic Books describes an era in the history of American comic books from 1938 to 1956. During this time, modern comic books were first published and rapidly increased in popularity. The superhero archetype was created. Between 1939 and 1941 Detective Comics (DC) and its sister company, All-American Publications, introduced popular superheroes such as Batman and Robin, Wonder Woman, the Flash, Green Lantern, Doctor Fate, the Atom, Hawkman, Green Arrow and Aquaman. Timely Comics, the 1940s predecessor of Marvel Comics, had million-selling titles featuring the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner, and Captain America. Another notable series was The Spirit by Will Eisner. Dell Comics' non-superhero characters (particularly the licensed Walt Disney animated-character comics) outsold the superhero comics of the day. The publisher featured licensed movie and literary characters such as Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Roy Rogers and Tarzan. Additionally, MLJ's introduction of Archie Andrews in Pep Comics #22 (December 1941) gave rise to teen humor comics, with the Archie Comics...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

1950s "Topless" Mid Century Figurative Ink Line Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Topless" 1952 Ink on paper 14" x 16.5" unframed Signed in pencil lower right, dated 1952 in pencil lower left Came from artist estate *Custom framing available for addi...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Destroyer, American Modern Watercolor Painting by Robert Parker 1964
Located in Long Island City, NY
Executed in an American Modern style reminiscent of Lyonel Feininger, this Robert Andrew Parker watercolor painting depicts a warship at sea. The work is signed and dated lower left....
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Monhegan Path, Summer
Located in Greenwich, CT
Albert Wein had a retrospective and he was called a classical modernist by art critics. He is primarily regarded as one of America's great sculptors but he loved doing drawings, wat...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Figure by Window, graphite, pastel, mylar, paper layered drawing, female, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This feminist work of a nude gazing directly at the viewer, features graphite on mylar over cut paper, aligned to amplify the forms while maintaining the delicacy of the drawing. These recently discovered 1984 oversize works on mylar and archival papers were created with a live model. The series shows the last existing observational drawings prior to the artist's switch to working with her non- dominant left hand. As a feminist, Anastasi's main focus is presenting other women. Unlike the often objectified male gaze...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mylar, Pastel, Mixed Media, Archival Paper

Hells Angel on his Hog
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Hells Angel on his Hog Pen and ink on paper, 1969 Signed 'Longstreet' lower right (see photo) Titled and dated upper right Condition: excellent Image/Sheet size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches Pr...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Reclining Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Reclining Female Nude Charcoal on paper, c. 1933 Signed lower right (see photo) Provenance: Weyhe Gallery, New York (Ganso's dealer 1925-1941) Joseph Mark Erdelac, Cleveland, noted c...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Pensive Dancer, Modern Ink Drawing by Raphael Soyer
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Raphael Soyer, Russian/American (1899 - 1987) Title: Pensive Dancer Year: circa 1956 Medium: Pencil on Paper, signed lower right Paper Size: 8 x 5 inches Frame: 11.5 x 9.5 i...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Archival Paper

Chicken Run female figure with umbrella vintage american car castle tower
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This recent pastel is on toned archival paper suitable for framing under glass.
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2010s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Nude Picnic Virgin Islands
Located in Buffalo, NY
Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and teacher. He is best known for his rural life & desert landscapes and World War II sc...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Watercolor

Sleepwalking at the Olcott, mystery monochromatic narrative noir
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper
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2010s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Monotype

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.5 X 18 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack, Candy and Patsy Walker (before her conversion to a superhero), Susie Q. Smith was a female Archie-type — not exactly an imitator, because Archie, who had started only four years earlier, hadn't yet become popular enough to spawn imitators, but part of his genre. She attended high school, where her teachers often seemed unreasonable to her, interacted with the opposite gender in a typically adolescent way, and her parents didn't completely understand her. And she was cute and perky as only a teenage girl can be. Susie was the star of a comic strip distributed by King Features, the biggest of the comic strip syndicates, whose other offerings have ranged from Jackys Diary to Prince Valiant...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Jenne Magafan “Windmill on the Plains” 1940s Colorado Watercolor, Framed
Located in Denver, CO
"Windmill on the Plains" is an original watercolor and ink on paper painting by acclaimed 20th-century Colorado artist Jenne Magafan (1916–1952). Created in the 1940s, this evocative...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Paper

Estes Park Colorado American Modernist Watercolor Landscape Painting, WPA 1930s
By James Russell Sherman
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage 1930s watercolor and ink painting of Estes Park, Colorado, by American artist James Russell Sherman (1906-1989). This captivating work features a detailed view of storefronts...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Study for "The Jade Necklace"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study for the painting "The Jade Necklace" Silver point drawing on prepared paper, n.d. Stamp lower right: "J Stella/JML Coll" (see photo) The painting of the same sitter and title, measures 21 3/4 x 18 1/8 inches, formerly handled by Richard York Gallery. (see photo) Provenance: Collection of the artist Mrs. Giovanni Stella, the artist's sister-in-law Josephine M...
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20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Red Pillow, mixed media pastel acrylic charcoal drawing of female figure, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created with a live model, working quickly, mostly in pastel. The series show...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Pastel

Female Nude in Profile
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman Pen and ink on paper, c. 1925-1928 Signed in pencil lower left Exhibited: Akron Art Institute (Akron Art Museum), William Sommer Retrospective, Oct. 25 to Nov. 29, 1 970 Illu...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Modernist Judaica Jewish Ink Drawing Painting "New Immigrant" Off the Boat WPA
Located in Surfside, FL
An ink drawing Judaic painting by modern artist Ben-Zion Weinman. It depicts a portrait of an old Jewish man. Coming over from Europe on a ship crossing. The work is signed "Ben-Zion". Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw Reymont, as well as Hebrew literature, Ben-Zion wrote poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the Ukraine, he came to the US in 1920. He wrote fairy tales and poems in Hebrew under the name Benzion Weinman, but when he began painting he dropped his last name and hyphenated his first, saying an artist needed only one name. In 1920 he settled in America, where he found little interest in his writing. He began teaching Hebrew to support himself and then in the early 1930s returned to painting. He used his art to comment on the rise of fascism in Europe, events he felt could not be adequately explored with words. Largely self-taught, Ben-Zion visited the museums of New York City to learn his new trade. His first painting on a large scale, Friday Evening (1933, Jewish Museum, New York), depicts a Sabbath dinner table as recalled from his family home. Ben-Zion supported himself by working odd jobs until the establishment of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. Under the auspices of the wpa, Ben-Zion thrived and galleries began to show his work. In 1936, after his first one-man show at the Artists' Gallery in New York Ben-Zion was a founding member of “The Ten: An Independent Group” The Ten” a 1930’s...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

1930s Modernist Line Drawing: Native American on Horse, Pinto, Black Ink Artwork
Located in Denver, CO
This original 1933 black-and-white line drawing titled "Pinto" by renowned New Mexico modernist artist Hilaire Hiler (1898-1966) captures a striking Native American figure wearing a feathered bonnet headdress, riding horseback. Rendered in fine ink on vellum, this drawing reflects Hiler’s signature style with clean, fluid lines that embody the modernist movement. The artwork is signed by the artist in the lower right corner, adding authenticity and value. Custom framing options are available to enhance this timeless piece. About the Artist: Hilaire Hiler was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, and raised in Providence, Rhode Island, where he developed an early interest in art. He studied at the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design as a child, before pursuing further education at several renowned institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Paris. Hiler lived in Paris from 1919 to 1934, supporting himself as a jazz musician while continuing his artistic endeavors. After relocating to San Francisco in 1934, Hiler became involved with the Works Progress Administration (WPA), where he painted murals in the Aquatic Park...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

"You're Sunday Shot" Early Modern Original Ad Layout for Foley's with Airplane
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern original watercolor and gouache ad layout for Foley's by Houston portraitist Robert C. Joy. The work features a German military aircraft flying over a pile of tin cans t...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

Rare 1950s Original Syndicated Ink Drawing Cartoon Strip Susie Q Smith Comic Art
Located in Surfside, FL
SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6.25 X 18.25 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Ma...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Mixed Media Portrait Painting of a Man
Located in Houston, TX
A mixed media painting of an older man deep in thought in black and white on a yellow background circa 1990s by Theadius McCall. Signed in lower right ...
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1990s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

Man Trimming Tree
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This drawing is part of our exhibition Charles Goeller: A Wistful Loneliness. Crayon on paper, 11 5/8 x 9 inches (image), 14 x 11 inches (sheet), Signed lower right, Matted, but no...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon, Paper

A Man's Mother, Saturday Evening Post Original Watercolor Illustration 1940
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original watercolor illustration by Nicholas Riley, American (1900 - 1944) for the Saturday Evening Post 10/19/1940. The painting...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Wrestlers, monochromatic sports dramatic black and white
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Monotype on paper Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstr...
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2010s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Monotype

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study Portrait Drawing of an African American Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, Academic ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study Portrait Drawing of an African American Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, charcoal ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Seated Black Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Drawing of a Seated African American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio figure study d...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Reclining Black Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Drawing of a Reclining African American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio figure stud...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

"Families near Seville, Spain" Martha Walter, Modernist Figures in Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Martha Walter Families near Seville, Spain Signed lower left Watercolor on paper 7 x 8 inches Martha Walter was best known as a painter of colorful beach scenes and landscapes. Inf...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Resting Cat
Located in Chicago, IL
A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Resting Cat by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 9 1/4” x 11 1/2” (Sheet), unframed, mat...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Resting Cat
Located in Chicago, IL
A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Resting Cat by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 9 1/4” x 11 1/2” (Sheet), unframed, mat...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

An Alluring 1950s, Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Young Female Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
An Alluring, Finely Drawn 1950s Mid-Century Modern Female Nude Figure Study by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). The drawing is ink on paper and dates from 1951...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

University Floral Design, Framed Photorealist Watercolor Painting
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Unknown Title: University Floral Design Medium: Watercolor on paper, signed lower right Image Size: 17.5 x 25 inches Frame Size: 28 x 35 inches ...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Cactus Flower
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Silverpoint and crayon on paper 4 11/16 x 3 inches 11.9 x 7.6 cm Framed dimensions 8 1/8 x 9 7/8 inches Provenance The artist; By bequest to his nephew, Sergio Stella, 1946; By desc...
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20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis
Located in New York, NY
BYE BYE BIRDIE Original 1960 Broadway Musical Costume Drawing Tony Award Elvis Miles White (1915 – 2000) BYE BYE BIRDIE 11 x 8 inches Mixed Media on Paper Signed Lower Right Framed by Bark Affixed to the back are original gold lame fabric swatches. This drawing is available, along with two other original costume drawings from BIRDIE by Miles White, another of Conrad Birdie and one of Chita Rivera. Miles White, a leading Broadway and Hollywood costume designer for decades. created costumes for the original Broadway productions of OKLAHOMA CAROUSEL, BYE BYE BIRDIE and many others. In film he worked on "Around the World in 80 Days" and "The Greatest Show on Earth." He designed Ringling Bros and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and the Ice Capades for many years. Miles was a close friend for the last 20 years of his life. We live with one of his two Tony Awards and a dozen drawings. BYE BYE BIRDIE is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

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