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Art Subject: Men
Reclined Nude - China Ink and Watercolor By Mino Maccari-Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclined Nude is an original China Ink Drawing and watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th century. Good condition except for crumpled cream colored paper. Monogrammed by...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Seated Woman and Bull Figure, Modern Drawing by Jose Ortega
Located in Long Island City, NY
Jose Ortega, Spanish (1921 - 1991) Title: Seated Woman and Bull Figure Year: 1962 Medium: Watercolor on BFK Rives, signed and dated l.l. Size: 20 x 25...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of a Gentleman, watercolor and gouache
By Louis Gallait
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Gallait (1810-1887) Portrait of a Gentleman, Watercolor and gouache on paper, square white lines, 24 x 16 cm Stamp of the Louis Gallait Estate on the mount on the lower righ...
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1850s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Night Noise - Original Ink and Watercolor - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Night Noise is an original China ink and watercolor realized by an artist of the early 20th century. The little picture is ona yellowed paper, with some spots and stains. Sigled on...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Masquerade - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Masquerade is an original Contemporary artwork realized in 1970s by the italian artist Leo Guida. Original Pencil Drawing on paper. The work is in very good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Drawing of feline animals by French artist Gustave GUETANT (1873-1953)
Located in Firenze, IT
Authentic drawing from the early 20th century by the well-known French painter Gustave Guetant (1873-1953). Technique: pencil and charcoal on paper. Bottom right stamp: ATELIER GUET...
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Early 20th Century Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Smiling Boy - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
Smiling boy is an original pastel drawing realized by Anthony Roaland in 1980. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The boy is depicted with a delicate an...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pen

The Boy at the Mirror - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1981
Located in Roma, IT
The boy at the mirror is an original drawing pen realized by Anthony Roaland in 1981. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The artist represents the figu...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

THE CHOSEN PATH, English School 19th Century Watercolour
Located in London, GB
JOHN EDWARD GOODALL 1853 - 1920 THE CHOSEN PATH Pencil, watercolour and gouache, signed lower right Image size: 6 ¼ x 8 ¼ inches (16 x 21 cm) Hand made gilt frame John Edward Goodall was the son of Alfred Goodall and Mary Palmer. Alfred was a brother to Edward A. and Frederick Goodall, both accomplished artists. He was most prolific during the period between 1877 and 1911. In the 1891 census he is shown as being married to Grace, manager of the Sommerville Club, London but by 1901 he is to be found with a woman named Annie. John associated with a bohemian art circle and tended to have a corresponding lifestyle. The work produced by Goodall is well executed and often in watercolour. He trained at art school in London and travelled extensively. He was not the prolific artist like his uncles and a lot about his life is still...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil

Archeologists - Original Pen Drawing by Brunello Ulloa Seren - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Archeologists is an original pen drawing realized by Brunello Ulloa Serena. Good condition on a brown paper, glued on a black cardboard. Mounted on a white cardboard passpartout (2...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

Maxwell Armfield - 20th Century British Theatrical watercolour
Located in London, GB
MAXWELL ARMFIELD, RWS. (British 1882-1972) Costume Design for Geranos Signed l.l.: MAXWELL ARMFIELD, inscribed u.l.: Costume, PHEONIX CEREMONY/ IAN (?) VALO as DAVID, and further i...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Satiric Scene For l’Asino - Pen and Pencil Drawing by G. Galantara - 1910s
Located in Roma, IT
Satiric Scene For l’asino is an original drawing in pencil and pen realized in 1910 ca. by Gabriele Galantara. The state of preservation of the artwork is good. The artwork with a ...
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1910s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Pencil

“Villagers”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor with graphite tracings by the well known German artist, Peter Von Halm. Signed in pencil lower right. Condition is good. Several tiny foxing spots with small areas of mild wrinkles on the outer corners. Matted but not framed. He was the son of an innkeeper and brewer. Initially, he wanted to become an architect and, in pursuit of that goal, attended the Technische Universität Darmstadt. After 1875, he studied copper engraving with Johann Leonhard Raab and general art subjects with Ludwig von Löfftz, at the Munich Academy. From 1883 to 1885, he lived in Berlin at the invitation of his friend, Karl Stauffer-Bern, where he created graphic versions of the Old Masters for Wilhelm von Bode...
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1880s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper, Graphite

Nude - XXI Century, Contemporary Figurative Pencil Drawing on Paper
Located in Warsaw, PL
Siergiej Timochow, a Belorussian artist, born in 1960. He studied at an art school in Minsk in 1979 before continuing to study at the Fine Arts Academy in Belarus. His acrylic and ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Study of Nudes - Original Pencil Drawing on Paper - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study of Nudes is an Original Pencil Drawing on Paper realized by an Unknown Artist in mid-20th century. No signature. The artwork is depicted skillfully through confident and sugge...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Young boy with carafe by Heinrich Rettig - Watercolor on paper 60x76 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Watercolor on paper sold with frame Total size with frame 73x89 cm Heinrich RETTIG is an artist born in Germany in 1859 and died in 1921. His works have been sold at public auction ...
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Early 20th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Turkish Man - Original Pencil Drawing - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Turkish Man is an original artwork realized in the 1970s by Anonymous artist. Black and white pencil drawing. The artwork depicting an oriental man who i...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

'A Young Lady', Flapper, Roaring 20's, Figural, Portrait of a Woman, Figural
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted in the style of Frederick Appleyard. Initialed lower left, 'FR.A' and created circa 1925. Bearing signature, verso. An elegant and psychologically-penetrating pastel study of a fashionable young brunette with gray-green eyes, shown standing and gazing to the viewer's left. This notable British landscape and portrait artist attended Scarborough School of Art where he studied under the genre and landscape painter Albert Strange. He then proceeded to the National Art Training School at South Kensington and from there, on the recommendation of the artist John Sparkes, to the Royal Academy. At the Royal Academy, he was met with immediate success, first receiving the Turner Gold Medal, followed by the Creswick Prize and the Landseer Scholarship. Frederick Appleyard was a painter of landscapes, portraits and allegorical compositions of the decorative kind frequently associated with English Impressionism. Over the course of a long and storied career, he received a number of prestigious public commissions that included mural decorations for the Royal Academy of Art. He exhibited for many years at the Royal Academy (1900-1935), the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool and the Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. From 1918-1950, he was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal West of England Academy of which he was elected a full member in 1926. Appleyard's work is well-represented in private and public collections including in the permanent collection of the Tate Gallery which holds 'A Secret', a Chantrey Bequest purchase from the Royal Academy Exhibition...
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1920s Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Laid Paper

1950s "Star Ear" Mid Century Figurative Drawing University of Paris
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy "Star Ear" c.1950s Ink on paper Black wood frame 9.75"x17.25 Signed lower right in pencil Came from artist estate This striking piece of art is an original drawing by r...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Nude - China Ink by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original Contemporary artwork realized in the 1970s by the italian Contemporary artist Leo Guida (1992 - 2017). Original drawing in watercolor and China ink on ivory-colo...
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

In the Kitchen - Original black pen drawing by Herna Hausmann - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
In the Kitchen is a black pen drawing by Herta Hausmann. Atelier stamp on the back of the white paper. The drawing depicts a woman in her kitchen.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

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

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Ink

Nude of Woman - China Ink and Pencil by Marcel Spranck - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original Pen Drawing realized by Marcel Spranck (1896-1978). The little artwork is in very good condition, included a yellow cardboard passpartout (50x32.5 cm). ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

Untitled (Musician with clarinet)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Musician with clarinet) Watercolor on paper, c. 1844 Created on J Whatman Turkey Mill Watermarked paper Signed lower left: Gavarni (see photo) Condition: very fresh colors ...
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1840s Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Nude Figures - China Ink drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1958
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Figures is an original China Ink drawing on paper glued on cardboard realized by Sergio Barletta in 1958, included a Passepartout. In very good conditions, with some sign of hum...
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1950s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Landscape - Original Pen Drawing by Simon Goldberg - Late 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in pen realized by Simon Goldberg (1913-1985). With the stamp Atelier Simon Goldberg on the lower left. With descripti...
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Late 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Figures - Labor Study - China ink by Herta Hausmann - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures - Labor Study is a drawing in China ink on paper, realized by Herta Hausmann. Atelier stamp on the lower right corner on the rear. Very good conditions. The artwork repres...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

'Silk, Blood and Thorns'. Red Roses. Blue, white contemporary painting framed
Located in Penzance, GB
'Silk, Blood and Thorns' Original Artwork. Framed, ready to hang ___________________________________ "But he, that dares not grasp the thorn, should never crave the rose." - Anne Bronte...
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Paintings

Materials

Paint, Ink, Mixed Media, Board

Figures - Original Pencil Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Figures" is an original drawing in tempera on paper glued on ivory-colored cardboard, by an Anonymous Artist of XX Century. In excellent conditions: as good as new. Sheet dimension: 41.8 x 58 cm. This is an original drawing representing two men figures.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Rap Dixon - Baseball Outfielder, Original Gouache Painting on Paper, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
Herbert Alphonso Dixon, AKA Rap, was an outfielder for the Negro Baseball League on several different teams for a total of sixteen seasons. He had the honor of being the first African American player to hit a home run at the famed Yankee Stadium in 1930. Lawrence has captured the ball player here in all his glory. The watercolor is floated in a cream shadowbox and framed in black measuring 34 x 15 inches. Margie Lawrence Rap Dixon...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache, Graphite

Abstract Composition - Original Charcoal on Paper - 1960
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Composition is an original contemporary artwork realized the second half of the XX Century. Original black Charcoal on paper. Hand-signed in pencil by the artist on the lo...
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1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Mid Century Modern East Bay III Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran
Located in Soquel, CA
Mid Century Modern East Bay III Abstracted Landscape by Erle Loran Dynamic mid century abstracted geometric landscape drawing of the East Bay California landscape by Erle Loran (American, 1905-1999), circa 1950. From a collection of estate of Ruth Loran (wife of artist). Presented in mat. Unframed. Image size: 13"H x 16"W. Provenance: This piece was from Erle Loran's sketch book and this drawing was then matted, purchased from the Erle Loran estate and the Carlson Gallery, Carmel. Erle Loran was a modernist of urban-coast views and geometric painting. Loran was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1905. He attended the University of Minnesota for a while before studying at the Minneapolis School of Art, under Cameron Booth...
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1950s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Laid Paper

Sketch for Frescoed Frieze - Pencil and Gouache by Paul Bony - 1932
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for Frescoed Frieze is an interesting preparatory study realized by the artist Paul Bony, a famous French painter active in the last century. The artwork is in good state of p...
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

Paul Desmond Brown Watercolor Painting "Flat Horse"
Located in Bristol, CT
Paul Desmond Brown (American; 1893- 1958) “Flat” Horse, early 20th century Watercolor painting on paper Signed to the lower right Presented matted under glass in a wooden frame Art ...
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20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Figures in the Museum - Original Pen on Paper by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Figures in the Museum is an original black and white drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by the french artist Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos. In very good conditions. This art...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Abandoned Dog - Ink and Pencil on Paper by G. Galantara - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Abandoned Dog is an original pen and pencil drawing on paper by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions except for a cutaway on the top margin. Sheet dimension: 26 x 10....
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Late 19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Ink

Farmers - Painting by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Farmers is an original modern artwork realized in the early 20th Century by the artist Gabriele Galantara. Watercolor and tempera. Monogram on the lower right. Hand-written annotat...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera

Mid Century "Contour Nude" Figurative Ink Drawing
Located in Arp, TX
Bearnice Fisher "Contour Nude" c.1950s Ink on paper 14"x16.75" gold gilt frame with black fillet 20.5"x23.75" Signed lower right in ink Came from artist e...
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1950s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Archival Paper

Larry No. 5
Located in Columbia, MO
Larry #5 2016 Charcoal on paper 22 x 10.5 inches Jessica Keiser currently resides in New Haven, Connecticut. Keiser's style is Naturalistic, concerned with the intimacy of the cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and W...

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Charcoal

Christ - Original Pen and Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christ is an original drawing on paper in pen and pencil mounted on blueish Passepartout, realized by an anonymous Italian artist of the Early 20th Cen...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Pencil

Harry Morley - The Romany Camp - 20th Century British watercolour
Located in London, GB
HARRY MORLEY, ARA, RWS (1881-1943) The Romany Camp Signed and dated 1927 Watercolour and bodycolour, framed 36.5 by 52cm., 14 ¼ by 20 ½ in. (frame size 60.5 by 75 cm., 23 ¾ by 29...
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Early 20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Carnegie International
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic and watercolor on paper Signed in black ink, l.c. This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Price includes framing. Jack Balas...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Acrylic

Study for Scenography - Watercolor by Erminio Loy - 1920s
By Erminio Loy
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Scenography is a painting in watercolor realized in the 1920s by Erminio Loy. Hand-signed on the lower right. Good conditions. The artwork represented through harmonious...
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1920s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Pregnancy - Original Sanguine Drawing by Jean Carton - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pregnancy is a contemporary artwork realized by Jean Carton around the mid-20th century. Sanguine drawing portraying a nude pregnant woman. Dimensions: ...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel

The Outbreak - Original China Ink and Watercolor signed "Piulis" - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Outbreak is an original artwork realized by an unknown artist signed "Piulis". Original China ink and watercolor drawing on ivory cardboard...
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Nude of Woman 1946 - Original China Ink Drawing by Tibor Gertler - 1946
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman 1946 is an original china ink drawing realized by Tibor Gertler in 1946. Good conditions, mounted on a brown cardboard passpartout (52.7x38). Image Dimensions: 43x26....
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1940s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Nude of Woman - Ink Drawing by Toti Scialoja - 1943
Located in Roma, IT
Nudity of Woman is an original china ink drawing realized by Toti Scialoja, born Antonio Scialoja (Roma, 1914 – 1998) in 1943. The conditions of th...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Ink

Dancer. 1932, paper, mixed technique, 26.5x19 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Adolfs Zardins (1890 08 II Riga, Latvia – 1967 07 II Jurmala, Latvia), painter. Only in 1990 his relatives give his artistic heritage to publicity. “I am 58, and in five Years my c...
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1930s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Tilted Landscape, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
The "ink" in this artwork is derived form beets. The imagery is derived from life... :: Drawing :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an official certificate of authenticity signe...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paint...

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Pen

Conversation - Original China Ink and Watercolor - MId-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Conversation is an original modern artwork realized in the mid-XX Century by an unknown artist.. Original Black China Ink and watercolor on paper. The signature of the artist appea...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Portrait of Woman - China Pencil on Paper by A.-F. Cals - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Portrait is a beautiful drawing in pencil realized by Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880) The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Included a Pa...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Untitled, Pen & Ink on Paper, Black color by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Ganesh Pyne
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Ganesh Pyne - Untitled - 8.25 x 11 inches (unframed size) Pen & Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in roll form. Style : Initially, Pyne painted watercolo...
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1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Male Portrait - Original Pencil and Charcoal Drawing by French Artist Late 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a beautiful drawing realized by a French anonymous artist active in the early 19th century. On the lower right, there are the initials “J.G.” that do not allow the...
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Early 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Black and Blue Cat Woman. Charcoal three quarter drawing of large Lady with cats
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Seen here is a charcoal drawing of a large Lady with cats. The unique work of Stephen Basso is wildly imaginative. While he is also a brilliant colorist, the monochromatic charcoal...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

John Phillip Kemble as Hamlet, Act V, Scene I
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated (on back) "January 1845/ J.E.J." Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Rowland, Buckingham, PA Mr. and Mrs. Edward Abraham, West Chester, PA Hirschl & Adler Galleries...
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1840s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Primroses and Fruit Still Life
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant watercolor still life of primroses and fruit by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). Signed "Les Anderson" bottom left. Unframed. Image size: 15"H x 23"W Le...
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Archival Paper

Opera dei Pupi
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolour on ivory colored paper stuck onwhite cardboard sheet, 1820 c.a. Representing people attending the typical Sicilian"Operadei Pupi". Excellent conditionsexcept a little sta...
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1820s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Black Panther Trials - Civil Rights Movement Police Violence African American
Located in Miami, FL
The Black Panther Trials - In this historically significant work, African American Artist Vicent D. Smith functions as an Art Journalist/ Court Reporter as much as a Artist. Here, he depicts, in complete unity, 21 Black Panther Protestors raising their fist of defiance at the White Judge. Smith's composition is about utter simplicity, where the Black Panther Protestors are symmetrically lined up in a confrontation with a Judge whose size is exaggerated in scale. Set against a stylized American Flag, the supercilious Judge gazes down as the protesters as their fists thrust up. Signed Vincent lower right. Titled Panter 21. Original metal frame. Tape on upper left edge of frame. 255 . Panther 21. Framed under plexi. _____________________________ From Wikipedia In 1969-1971 there was a series of criminal prosecutions in New Haven, Connecticut, against various members and associates of the Black Panther Party.[1] The charges ranged from criminal conspiracy to first-degree murder. All charges stemmed from the murder of 19-year-old Alex Rackley in the early hours of May 21, 1969. The trials became a rallying-point for the American Left, and marked a decline in public support, even among the black community, for the Black Panther Party On May 17, 1969, members of the Black Panther Party kidnapped fellow Panther Alex Rackley, who had fallen under suspicion of informing for the FBI. He was held captive at the New Haven Panther headquarters on Orchard Street, where he was tortured and interrogated until he confessed. His interrogation was tape recorded by the Panthers.[2] During that time, national party chairman Bobby Seale visited New Haven and spoke on the campus of Yale University for the Yale Black Ensemble Theater Company.[3] The prosecution alleged, but Seale denied, that after his speech, Seale briefly stopped by the headquarters where Rackley was being held captive and ordered that Rackley be executed. Early in the morning of May 21, three Panthers – Warren Kimbro, Lonnie McLucas, and George Sams, one of the Panthers who had come East from California to investigate the police infiltration of the New York Panther chapter, drove Rackley to the nearby town of Middlefield, Connecticut. Kimbro shot Rackley once in the head and McLucas shot him once in the chest. They dumped his corpse in a swamp, where it was discovered the next day. New Haven police immediately arrested eight New Haven area Black Panthers. Sams and two other Panthers from California were captured later. Sams and Kimbro confessed to the murder, and agreed to testify against McLucas in exchange for a reduction in sentence. Sams also implicated Seale in the killing, telling his interrogators that while visiting the Panther headquarters on the night of his speech, Seale had directly ordered him to murder Rackley. In all, nine defendants were indicted on charges related to the case. In the heated political rhetoric of the day, these defendants were referred to as the "New Haven Nine", a deliberate allusion to other cause-celebre defendants like the "Chicago Seven". The first trial was that of Lonnie McLucas, the only person who physically took part in the killing who refused to plead guilty. In fact, McLucas had confessed to shooting Rackley, but nonetheless chose to go to trial. Jury selection began in May 1970. The case and trial were already a national cause célèbre among critics of the Nixon administration, and especially among those hostile to the actions of the FBI. Under the Bureau's then-secret "Counter-Intelligence Program" (COINTELPRO), FBI director J. Edgar Hoover had ordered his agents to disrupt, discredit, or otherwise neutralize radical groups like the Panthers. Hostility between groups organizing political dissent and the Bureau was, by the time of the trials, at a fever pitch. Hostility from the left was also directed at the two Panthers cooperating with the prosecutors. Sams in particular was accused of being an informant, and lying to implicate Seale for personal benefit. In the days leading up to a rally on May Day 1970, thousands of supporters of the Panthers arrived in New Haven individually and in organized groups. They were housed and fed by community organizations and by sympathetic Yale students in their dormitory rooms. The Yale college dining halls provided basic meals for everyone. Protesters met daily en masse on the New Haven Green across the street from the Courthouse (and one hundred yards from Yale's main gate). On May Day there was a rally on the Green, featuring speakers including Jean Genet, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and John Froines (an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Oregon). Teach-ins and other events were also held in the colleges themselves. Towards midnight on May 1, two bombs exploded in Yale's Ingalls Rink, where a concert was being held in conjunction with the protests.[4] Although the rink was damaged, no one was injured, and no culprit was identified.[4] Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin stated, "All of us conspired to bring on this tragedy by law enforcement agencies by their illegal acts against the Panthers, and the rest of us by our immoral silence in front of these acts," while Yale President Kingman Brewster Jr. issued the statement, "I personally want to say that I'm appalled and ashamed that things should have come to such a pass that I am skeptical of the ability of a Black revolutionary to receive a fair trial anywhere in the U.S." Brewster's generally sympathetic tone enraged many of the university's older, more conservative alumni, heightening tensions within the school community. As tensions mounted, Yale officials sought to avoid deeper unrest and to deflect the real possibility of riots or violent student demonstrations. Sam Chauncey has been credited with winning tactical management on behalf of the administration to quell anxiety among law enforcement and New Haven's citizens, while Kurt Schmoke, a future Rhodes Scholar, mayor of Baltimore, MD and Dean of Howard University School of Law, has received kudos as undergraduate spokesman to the faculty during some of the protest's tensest moments. Ralph Dawson, a classmate of Schmoke's, figured prominently as moderator of the Black Student Alliance at Yale (BSAY). In the end, compromises between the administration and the students - and, primarily, urgent calls for nonviolence from Bobby Seale and the Black Panthers themselves - quashed the possibility of violence. While Yale (and many other colleges) went "on strike" from May Day until the end of the term, like most schools it was not actually "shut down". Classes were made "voluntarily optional" for the time and students were graded "Pass/Fail" for the work done up to then. Trial of McLucas Black Panther trial sketch...
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1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pen, Pencil, Paper

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