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Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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
Seasons Greetings #2- Drawing by French Painter Marcel Vertes
Located in Pasadena, CA
Season's Greetings # 1 is a greeting card featuring an original drawing by the illustrator and artist Marcel Vertès. The work displays Vertès' signature at the bottom right. The work is based on wax crayons, and ink for the delicate black outlines and composition of the primary character and secondary figures. Season's Greetings is a greeting card featuring an original drawing by the illustrator and artist Marcel Vertès. The work is presented unfolded. The work is based on wax crayons, and ink for the delicate black outlines and details of the six elves. Legend has it that Christmas elves...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wax Crayon, Ink

1940s American Modernist Abstract Industrial Watercolor Ink Charcoal Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original vintage painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968), titled Quitting Time from Bunnell's Black and Blue Series from 1941, exemplifies his unique Abstract Structure ...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

Long Time River Woman (Blackfoot Maiden)
Located in New York, NY
Winold Reiss (1886-1953), who scholars increasingly recognize as a pivotal figure in early 20th-century American art, is known for his evocative portraits that capture the spirit and...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

A Large, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of Quebec City by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Large, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of Quebec City by Rudolph Pen. Artwork is formatted in a trapezoid shape, an innovative composition device for which the artist's work ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Siz...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

The Art Model, 20th Century Oil Painting, Nude
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas Image size: 24 x 20 inches (61 x 51 cm) Original silver frame With her back turned to us, the viewer look across to a female artist facing us, whose gaze is fixed on t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

gravesend, oler woman w city scape window yellow tones
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pastel on toned paper *ABOUT Stephen Basso Stephen Basso's highly original pastels and oil paintings are romantic, yet thought provoking fantasies. His whimsical works are alive ...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

That's a Wrap, Playboy cartoon Illustration ,
By Dink Siegel
Located in Miami, FL
Dink Siegel (American, 1910-2003) That's a Wrap, Playboy cartoon, August 1973 Mixed media on board 11.25 x 8.5 in. Signed lower right
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media

A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork Size: 18 x 12, unframed, mounted / floated t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Hopi Village on First Mesa, Arizona: Red, Blue, Orange Mixed Media Landscape Art
Located in Denver, CO
This stunning mixed-media painting by German-American artist Bert Van Bork (1928–2014), titled Walpi #9 (Hopi Village on First Mesa, Arizona), is a vibra...
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1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Charcoal

The Child Profile - Drawing by Louis Anquetin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Child Profile is an ink drawing on paper realized in the early 20th Century by Louis Anquetin (1861-1932). Hand-signed on the lower. Good condition. Louis Émile Anquetin (26 J...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Milchmädchen mit Kuh / Milkmaid with cow
Located in Wien, 9
Mariette Lydis (Vienna 1887 - Buenos Aires 1970) is an Austrian painter and illustrator who was successful in Paris in the 1930s, in Montparnasse and then in Argentina, where she emigrated in 1940. Mariette Lydis was born on 24 August in Vienna, Austria 1887. From 1919 to 1922 she signed her works with the initials MPK for Marietta Pachoffer Karñy, a name derived from her first marriage in 1910 to Julius Koloman Pachoffer-Karñy, who died on 22 April 1922. Subsequently she lived in different cities around Europe, among others: Athens and Florence. She moved to France from 1926 to 1939, during these years she exhibited and became a member of the Salon d'Automne. She befriended Count Giuseppe Govone, the art publisher, in 1928 and married him on 1 August 1934, for whom she illustrated the books of many authors and cultivated a great friendship with Henry de Montherlant, which came about through the publication of a first in 1938 monograph by the author of Les Jeunes Filles. Fearing the German invasion, she travelled to England and then to Buenos Aires in July 1940, where she stayed and published published her latest paintings...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Erotic Look - China Ink Drawing by M. Vertès - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Look is a superb original black China ink drawing on "British" ivory-colored paper. Unsigned, this is by all odds a Marcel Vertés's artwork with his unmistakable fluid line....
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Original 70's Hand Painted Textile Design Gouache Navy Blue Color on White Paper
Located in ALCOY/ALCOI, ES
Compass Rose and Flower design. Sealed on the back with the design studio name and number 397 We offer a small number of these original illustration designs by this design studio ba...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

A Striking 1960s Mid-Century Modern City Rooftops View, Painted from a City Bus
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, 1960s Mid-Century Modern Watercolor of European City Rooftops, Painted from a City Bus. Rudolph Pen was fond of these innovative city rooftop compositions completed whil...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Board

Portrait of a Man (Tony)
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. ...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ballpoint Pen

Male Nude
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions. However it is imp...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

“Feet” USA, 1950s, Stamped by the estate of Andy Warhol
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unparalleled and iconic influence on artistic culture and image-making. During the 1950's Warhol became established in New York City as an illustrator for many fashion publications, often designing advertisements for shoes. This period informed his continued fascination with representing the body – both nude and adorned. His minimal line drawings...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Original Black and White Graphite Sketch for Mural: Figure on Horseback Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
This compelling graphite drawing on paper by Verona Burkhard (1910–2004) showcases a dynamic figure on horseback, rendered with expressive linework and a keen sense of movement. Likely created as a preliminary study for a larger mural, this untitled composition reveals Burkhard’s skill in capturing form, gesture, and energy through the subtle control of graphite. Executed with a confident hand, the sketch offers insight into the creative process of one of America’s notable WPA muralists, making it a rare and collectible piece of American art history. The drawing is presented in a custom archival frame for long-term preservation and elegant display. Framed dimensions: 29 ¾ x 22 ¾ inches, image size: 23 ½ x 16 ¼ inches About the Artist: Verona Lorraine Burkhard Verona Burkhard was an accomplished American artist, muralist, and educator, best known for her vibrant contributions to the WPA (Works Progress Administration) mural program and for shaping the Western Colorado art community. Born in 1910, Burkhard studied at the Art Students League in New York under Boardman Robinson and at Columbia University with Frank Mechau...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Connecticut Summer Fragments
By Lee Hall
Located in New York, NY
Lee Hall (1934-), Connecticut Summer Fragments, a portfolio of watercolor, 29 in all, each about 5 ¼ x 7 ¼ inches, on hand made paper attached to a backing, i...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

A Triptych: The Olympic Games, Modern British Drawing, Ancient Greek, Nude
Located in London, GB
Graphite on paper Image size of rectangular works: 33 x 43 inches (84 x 109 cm) Image size of arched central work: 38 1/4 x 29 inches (97 x 73.5 cm) Provenance Private Collection of Seymour Stein, Vice President of Warner Bros Records Sotheby's 'Modern British and Irish Art,' London, 19 May 2004, lot 92 The three impressive drawings are studies for Stroudley’s ‘Olympic Games in a Demi-Lune’. From left to right the studies depict groups of athletes practicing diving, a conversing crowd of oarsmen, hurdlers mid jump and a collection of javelin throwers. This study was created in 1930 when Stroudley practiced in the British School in Rome. There are few surviving works from Stroudley’s short stay in Rome, with the compositions from his Rome period being among the last wholly successful decorative cycles produced by a Rome Scholar prior to World War II. Indeed, as can be seen here, his drawings from this period are technically brilliant and even bear comparison with those of Eric Kennington. James Stroudley Stroudley was born in London on 17 June 1906, the son of James Stroudley, showcard and ticket writer. He studied at Clapham School of Art (1923-27) and then at the Royal College of Art (1927-30), where his teachers included Alan Gwynne-Jones and William Rothenstein. As a recipient of the first Abbey Scholarship he was able to spend three years in Italy from 1930, where he absorbed the influences of Giotto and Piero della Francesca, and produced one of the last wholly satisfying decorative cycles by a Rome Scholar of the period. From 1934, he exhibited at the Royal Society of British Artists, and was elected to its membership in the following year. From the Second World War – in which he worked with the Camouflage Unit – Stroudley taught at St Martin’s School of Art and was a visiting lecturer at the Royal Academy Schools. Though he continued to live in London, his later work, exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1955, indicated regular painting trips to Kent and Sussex coasts. However, much of his later work was abstract. In 1971, his former student, Peter Coker, paid homage to Stroudley by including his work in the exhibition ‘Pupil & Masters’, held at Westgate House, Long Melford, Suffolk. Stroudley married three times, and his wives included the fashion artist to the Sun newspaper...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Graphite

Thunderstorm Over Boston
Located in Storrs, CT
Thunderstorm over Boston. July 14, 1930. Ink and watercolor on paper. 10 5/8 x 17 5/8 (sheet 12 x 19 1/4). Signed and dated and titled in ink, lower right; titled verso and annotated...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink, Watercolor

Composition With Figures. Figurative Gouache Painting
Located in Brecon, Powys
Excellent work from this Indian Born (1930) artist, who moved to South Africa. She has received International critical aclaim and her work rarely reaches the market Reddy’s style of...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache

Kiss of Death, night scene, interior, black and white, dramatic narrative
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from FILM NOIR series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism About Tom Bennett: With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett crea...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Monotype

A Charming, Modern 1930s Portrait Study of a Young Male Bather
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1930s Modernist Portrait Study of a Seated Young Male Bather by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Most likely completed at a summer lake house in Al...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

"Downtown Lakefront" original conte cubist drawing by Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
The present work, drawn with black Conté crayon on a calendar sheet, Sylvia Spicuzza presents the viewer with a rhythmic vision of an urban lakefront. The beach scene is dominated by...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Conté

The Painter Giorgio De Chirico - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950 ca
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccarin in the 1950s. It depicts the painter and Master of Pittura Metafisica Giorgio De Chirico. Hand signed. Very good condition.
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

“The Harbor Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor over graphite under drawing of the harbor with sailboats in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic by the American artist, Wilmot Emerton Heitland. Signed “Heitland” lower right by the artist. Condition is excellent. Circa 1930. Under UV plexiglass. A similar painting of the same harbor done in 1924 by Wilmot Heitland is in the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago. The artwork is housed in a light blue laminate frame with navy blue mat. Overall framed measurements are 25 by 31 inches. Provenance: A Sarasota, Florida estate. Born 1893 in Wisconsin, Wilmot Emerton Heitland was an illustrator and painter trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. For a time, he was president of the American Watercolor Society. He also painted numerous illustrations depicting high society that were published in magazines such as: Collier’s, Women’s Home Companion, Cosmopolitan, and McCall’s, throughout the 20s, 30s, and 40s. Later, Heitland moved on to paint and teach at the Art Club. His paintings can be found in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts; the Brooklyn Museum; the Art Institute of Chicago; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; and locally at the Museum of Fine Arts, William R. Hough and Co., Stetson College of Law Library, and the Poynter Institute. Heitland moved to St. Petersburg because of the active Art Club here. He had a solo show of his work at the Art Club in 1963, and served as the exhibition chairman in 1964. He died in 1969. Overview San Felipe de Puerto Plata is the capital of the Puerto Plata province on the Dominican Republic’s Atlantic north coast. The city is best known for its beaches. Playa Dorada’s lengthy beachfront is backed by resorts and an 18-hole golf course. The city’s old colonial-era center is dominated by the 16th-century Fortaleza San Felipe, a Spanish fortress that now houses historical and military artifacts.
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

Salzburger Berge
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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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic

Lacy Grey, semi nude mixed media muted tones lace charcoal
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal, pastel lace Audrey Anastasi states: "The paper doll series was created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal an...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel, Fabric, Archival Paper

Oil Tanks, Alameda Street, Los Angeles
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Oil Tanks, Alameda Street, Los Angeles, c. 1930-33, watercolor on paper, 14 ¼ x 21 ¼ inches (image), inscribed verso: “watercolor by Ruth Zimmerman 1912 – 1968 / Practice work for sc...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

A Striking Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Handsome Young Black Man in Profile
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Handsome Young Black Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A wonderful executed studio figure study portrait depict...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel, Graphite

New York Street Movement and Figure - Architecture
Located in Miami, FL
This work by John Marin depicts an image of lower Manhattan which was Marin's more iconic subject matter. The work has a stellar provenance as well. Provenance: Kennedy Galleries Richard York Gallery ACA Galleries...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Crayon

Synchromist Tree, Pastel
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Provenance The artist; Collection of Henry Dubin, Philadelphia until 2018 Exhibitions Avery Galleries, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, Living Color Modern Life: Hugh Henry Breckenridge and Arthur B. Carles, October 5-November 2, 2018. The Philadelphia modernist Arthur B. Carles was a brilliant colorist and an extraordinarily innovative painter. Though Carles trained initially at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, soaking up the more conservative teaching of William Merritt Chase and Thomas Anshutz, he was deeply influenced by the avant-garde art scene in Paris during his first trip there in 1905. In 1907, Carles won the prestigious Cresson Traveling Scholarship, which enabled him to return to Paris for several more years. This experience had a profound impact on Carles as an artist; he was extremely affected by modern French painting, especially the work of Cezanne and Matisse, and by the time Carles returned home to Philadelphia in 1912, he was a confirmed modernist. This small landscape sketch was probably painted early during Carles's career, and yet, it already reveals his strong interest in abstraction. Indeed, Landscape Abstraction demonstrates both his daring exploration of lyrical color harmonies as well as his interest in two-dimensional surface design. Painted loosely in the spontaneous medium of watercolor, Carles used thin washes and delicate pools of paint to suggest the foreground area and surrounding trees. His color palette is rich and expressive, ranging from pale greens and blues to deep red, yellow, and even purple. In addition to his remarkable career as an artist, Carles was also an incredibly gifted teacher. He taught at PAFA from 1917 to 1925 and had a very deep impact on a number of his students such as Morris Blackburn, Quita Brodhead, and Jane Piper...
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20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Erotic Scene - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1960s. Hand-signed on the lower, with another drawing on the rear. Good condition. Mino Maccari (Siena, ...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen

Toy Horse Friesian
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Harold Town (1924-1990) remains one of the best-known and most intriguing artists from the "Painters Eleven" group. Town's reputation was established in the late 1950s with a serie...
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Los Cuatro Elementos De La Naturaleza (The Four Elements of Nature)
Located in Atlanta, GA
Porcelain (Edition is limited to sixty numbered pieces plus six artist’s proofs numbered EA; measures 17” x 10.25”). This one is numbered 17/60. “Los Cuatro Elementos De La Natur...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Three Planes in Flight - Drawing by Lillo Bartoloni - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Mixed media on cardboard realized by Lillo Bartoloni in 1970s. Hand signed in pencil lower right. Hand signed and titled on rear. Includes a contemporary wooden frame.
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1970s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mixed Media, Cardboard

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Fireman Textile Fabric Design 1920s American Scene Modern Working Men Art Deco
Located in New York, NY
Fireman Textile Fabric Design 1920s American Scene Modern Working Men Art Deco Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Firemen Textile design, c. 1929 19 1/4 ...
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1920s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Board

A Fine 1946 Modern Portrait Figure Study of a Handsome Young Male Model / Artist
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1940s, Mid-Century Modern Academic Portrait Figure Study of a Handsome Young Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well execut...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel

Para Celso, Nude drawing on paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Para Celso, 1984 by Enrique Grau Graphite on paper Image size: 23 in H x 18 in W Signed in the lower right corner. Great condition with flaws. Provenance...
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Graphite

Jonathan Winters, Old Cross Dresser, unique drawing in pen
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique drawing created by Jonathan Winters in 2001 using pen and ink. It is hand signed and dated, "May 22, 2001." Winters was an iconic American comedian, actor, aut...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well execu...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Dionis Baixeras i Verdaguer (1862-1943) - Docker - Charcoal drawing Drawing measurements 58x43 cm. Frame measurements 74x59 cm. Dionisio Baixeras Verdaguer (Barcelona, ​​1862-1943),...
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal

A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model (Torso Study)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn 1930s Figure Study of a Young Male Nude Model (Torso Study) by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Cavallo e Cavaliere by Marini Marino - Watercolour on paper
Located in London, GB
*PLEASE NOTE UK BUYERS WILL ONLY PAY 5% VAT ON THIS PURCHASE. Cavallo e Cavaliere by Marini Marino (1901-1980) Watercolour on paper 41.8 x 29.6 cm (16 ¹...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Sitted Nude - Original handsigned drawing in sanguine
Located in Paris, IDF
Antoniucci VOLTI Sitted nude Original drawing in sanguine (charcoal) Signed bottom left On paper and cardboard , size 65 x 50 cm (26 x 20 inch) G...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Portrait of Minister Scelba - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1954
Located in Roma, IT
China Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Mino Maccari in 1954, and depicting the former italian Prime Minister Mario Scelba. Hand signed. Very good condition
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink

"House with balcony", Fernand Léger (1881-1955)
Located in Paris, FR
Fernand Léger (1881–1955) was a French painter, sculptor, and filmmaker, and a major figure in modern art. Born in Normandy, he began his career influenced by Impressionism before tu...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

Boogie Woogie II
Located in Missouri, MO
Boogie Woogie II, 1993 Peter Ambrose (American, b. 1953) Charcoal on Paper Signed and Dated Lower Right Titled Lower Left 41 x 29 inches 46.25 x 34.25 inches with frame BORN 1953 New York, NY EDUCATION 1977 MFA, The School of Art Institute of Chicago 1975 BFA, Carnegie Mellon University 1974 Yale University, Summer School of Art and Music TEACHING EXPERIENCE 1983 Visiting Artist, 2-D, 3-D Design and Graduate Advisor, Carnegie Mellon University 1995-96 Independent Study in Exhibition installation, art handling, restoration, Saint Louis University 1998 Adjunct faculty, Sculpture, Saint Louis University SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 1999 Elliott Smith...
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1990s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Untitled (Trees)
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original watercolor on paper by American modernist Charles E. Burchfield, created in 1916. This work comes in an archival frame presentation and has been authenticated by the Bur...
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1910s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Interior (Untitled)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
nterior (Untitled), 1958, watercolor and ink on paper mounted on cardboard, signed and dated lower right, 11 ½ x 16 ½ inches (sight); 12 x 18 inches (sheet); inscribed lower left “To...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

French Modern Drawing by Jean Hélion - Veil Homme
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 Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

The Figures - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Figures is a drawing artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara artist in early 20th century  Pencil and china ink on paper Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

'Still Life, Lilac and Jade', Mississippi Modernist Woman, Peabody Collection
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Layton', for Gray Layton (American, 20th century) and created circa 1965. An exuberant and brilliantly colored, Post Impressionist collaged still-life painting comprising a bouquet of lilac blossoms, shown informally arranged in a patterned vase and set beside a jade glass bottle of absinthe and a ripe, yellow Boscobel pear, all contrasted against a background of scumbled and stippled rectangular elements in muted tones of ochre, violet and amethyst. Gray Layton first studied with Elizabeth Hazeltine at the University of Chicago and George Dutch at Peabody College. She furthered her training with Eliot O'Hara before studying watercolor with William Hollingsworth...
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1960s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Adhesive, Acrylic, Carbon Pencil

French Gouache Painting of Acoma Pueblo Corn Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Acoma Pueblo Corn Dance in New Mexico by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French) Signed: Yes Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper, Si...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache

Nudes - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1934 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil and pastel drawing realized by Mino Maccari, on recto and verso of the sheet, in 1934 ca. Hand signed. Very good condition.
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pencil, Pastel

At the stop. 2022, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm
Located in Riga, LV
At the stop 2022, paper, acrylic, 25x25 cm Ansis Butnors (1977) Education: J. Rozentals Art School in Riga – 1989. – 1996. Latvian Academy of Art, Painting Department – 1996. – 2...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

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