Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
International Fine Print Dealers Association (IFPDA)
Launched in 1987, the International Fine Print Dealers Association has continually set the bar for quality and ethics while promoting prints as original works of art to generations of collectors, curators and art lovers. With over 160 members in 13 countries, the IFPDA is a worldwide community of leading dealers and editions publishers who represent the full spectrum of printmaking. Each year, the IFPDA hosts the IFPDA Print Fair in New York, the only major fair dedicated to fine-art prints.
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Two Women and a Child on the Beach at Provincetown
By Charles Demuth
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Women and a Child on the Beach at Provincetown
Unsigned.
Watercolor on paper, c. 1934
A beautiful Provincetown beach scene, included in the catalogue raisonne.
Please see Babcoc...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Reclining Female Nude
By Emil Ganso
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 Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Études de Personnages (Figure Studies)
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Chicago, IL
Provenance:
Atelier of the artist
Notes:
Studio stamp on the verso of this important, early work by Gromaire.
Over the years there has been an ever-widening interest in the work o...
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1920s Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Ballarina having make up applied by Cupid
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ballarina having make up applied by Cupid
Watercolor and gouache on heavy wove paper, c. 1905
Signed in ink lower right
Titled in pencil, verso
Condition: Aging to sheet
Colors...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Playing with Lives (First Responder)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Playing with Lives (First Responder)
Watercolor on Arches paper, 2020
Signed with the artist's initials lower right
Signed with the artist's embossed "Yummy" blindstamp lower right
One of several works with a Covid inspired composition.
A masterpiece of American watercolor.
Condition: Excellent
Archival framing with OP3 Acrylic
Image size: 26 1/16 x 19 1/8 inches
Frame size: 33 x 25 inches
“First Responder” is a piece that celebrates the hard working doctors and nurses that are working around the clock, risking their lives for others. My daughter dresses up in her doctor custom everyday. Doc McStuffins is her favorite cartoon to watch, she carries her doctor kit...
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Untitled
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Bömmels belonged to the co-founders of the Cologne artist group Mülheimer Freiheit , which also included Hans Peter Adamski , Walter Dahn , Jiří Georg Dokoupil , Gerard Kever and Ger...
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1980s Surrealist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Believe in Jesus and be saved from everlasting Hell
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Ink on paper
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink
Trapping the Bird (Attraper l'Oiseau)
By Paul Guiramand
Located in Chicago, IL
Signed lower right
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Late 20th Century Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Influences #2
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the artist's initials and dated lower right
Watercolor on Yupo paper, mounted to board
From Steward's Influences Series
Darius Steward is establishing himself as a mas...
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio
Ink and gouache on handmade paper, 1875-1925)
Miniature depicting Tibetan deity
Script is Tibetan.
Miniature Size: 2 3/8 x 1 ½ inches
Part of a se...
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Bull Ring Brass - Mexico City
By Stephen Longstreet
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 Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Head of a Young Woman with Blond Hair
Watercolor on paper mounted on rag paper support, c. 1930
Signed with the Estate Stamp B
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
UNTITLED (TWO MEN)
By Pablo O'Higgins
Located in Portland, ME
O'Higgins, Paul or Pablo (Mexican, born USA, 1904-1983). UNTITLED DRAWING (TWO MEN).
Watercolor on paper, not dated. Signed "Paul O'Higgins," lower right, so ...
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Mid-20th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Provincetown (Sunbathing)
By Peter Grippe
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Provincetown (Sunbathing)
Sepia ink on tan paper, 1966
Signed in ink lower center (see photo)
Exhibited: Art from Lexington Homes, Lincoln Massachusetts, May 14-22, 1966 (see label)
...
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1960s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Seated Woman, Left Hand to Chin
By William H. Bailey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Seated Woman, Left Hand to Chin
Graphite on laid paper, 1984
Signed and dated in pencil (see photo)
Provenance: Donald Morris Gallery, Inc. Birmingham, MI
...
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1980s American Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
Graphite on paper, 1925
Signed with the artist's initials "PW" and dated 1925
Created while the artist was studying at the ...
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1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The Red Dress
By Robert Hallowell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Red Dress
Watercolor on paper, mounted on board by the artist, 1926
Signed and dated, 1926 lower left (see photo)
Condition: Mounted on support board by the artist
...
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1920s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
The Infant Jupiter Nursing from the She-Goat Amaltheia (The Birth of Jupiter)
By Luigi Quaini
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Infant Jupiter Nursing from the She-Goat Amaltheia
(The Birth of Jupiter)
Red chalk and wash on off-white paper, c. 1700
Unsigned
Attribuuted to Quaini by Dwight Miller, the sch...
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18th Century and Earlier Baroque Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Couple Embracing in Street at Night
By Ito Shinsui
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sumi ink drawing, c. 1928
Signed in the lower right corner (see detail)
Original illustration for the novel "Gunmo" (Hoi Polloi or Blind and Foolish Masses), volume 4 in the "Complete Works of Burafu Nakamura." Nakamura, a popular Japanese novelist and playwright, lived from 1886-1949.
Framed in acid free rag matting, OP3 Acrylic and a rounded corner metal leaf frame
Sight size: 6-3/4 x 5-3/8"
Frame size: 14-5/8 x 12-5/8 x 3/4"
Shinsui Itō...
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1920s Edo Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Sumi Ink
DANCE MARATHON
By Phyllis (Pele) De Lappe
Located in Portland, ME
De Lappe, Pele (American, 1916-2007). DANCE MARATHON. Pencil, 1935. Signed in pencil. 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches. In very good condition, except for minor creases at the top and bottom ri...
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1930s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
The Get Up (Plate 1 of 4)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Get Up (Plate 1 of 4)
Watercolor on Yupo mounted to board, 2019
Signed with the artist's initials lower right
Series: The Get Up (4 plates)
Exhibited: Occupying A Space, Swope Ar...
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
New Orleans Sportin House
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
New Orleans Sportin House
Pen and ink on paper, 1951
Signed in ink, titled and dated in pencil (see photos)
Condition: Corners are pasted to support sheet, some staining in image.
Im...
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1950s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio
Ink and gouache on handmade paper, 1875-1925)
Miniature depicting Tibetan deity
Script is Tibetan.
Miniature Size: 2 3/8 x 1 ½ inches
Part of a se...
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Preliminary Study for the painting Rose and Gold, 1913
By William McGregor Paxton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Study for the painting Rose and Gold, 1913
Graphite on paper, 1913
Signed in pencil lower left (see photo)
Titlted "Lizzy Young" in pencil upper left (see photo)
Lizzy was a modle that Paxton depicts numerous times.
The painting that this drawing is related to, is illustrated in Lee & Krause, William McGregor Paxton, 1869-1941, Plate 32, text on page 132. The painting was formerly in the collection of Victor Spark and the Honorable Paul Buchanan. It is currently in a Texas Collection.
Provenance: Private Collection, Florida
William McGregor Paxton (June 22, 1869 – 1941) was an American painter and instructor who embraced the Boston School paradigm and was a co-founder of The Guild of Boston Artists. He taught briefly while a student at Cowles Art School, where he met his wife Elizabeth Okie Paxton, and at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston. Paxton is known for his portraits, including those of two presidents—Grover Cleveland and Calvin Coolidge—and interior scenes with women, including his wife. His works are in many museums in the United States.
Early life
He was born on June 22, 1869, in Baltimore to James and Rose Doherty Paxton. William's father moved the Paxton family and established a catering business in Newton Corner, Massachusetts, in the mid-1870s.
Education
Paxton attended Cowles Art School on a scholarship he attained at the age of 18. He studied with Dennis Miller Bunker...
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1910s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Schooner St. Croix
By Emilio Sanchez
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created the watercolor entitled “Schooner St. Croix” in 1952. This piece is signed in pen at the lower right and titled on the verso. The paper size is 16.88 x 22.25 inches. Stamped on verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." Good to very good condition.
“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 Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Graphite
Nu (Standing Female Nude)
By Charles Despiau
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nu (Standing Female Nude)
Red chalk on wove paper, c. 1925
Signed lower right by the artist, see photo
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 12 1/8 x 8 5/16 inches
Note:
Despiau ...
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1920s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Wire Haired Girl and Cat
By William Sommer
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 Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
ORTHOPHONIC EVENING
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Portland, ME
Kuhn, Walt (American, 1877-1949). ORTHOPHONIC EVENING. Drawing,
ink and watercolor, 1928. Titled, signed and dated within the
image, in ink, and further inscribed with the copyright symbol (c
in a circle) and signed and dated 1937, in pencil, presumably to
preserve reproduction and publication rights. 9 1/2 x 15 1/2
inches, plus margins of about 1/2 inch. In excellent condition.
The "Orthophonic Victrola," introduced in 1925, was the first
electric record player sold commercially. In the drawing it is
seen at the left, with the host changing a record. The rest of
the drawing reveals that listening to music was not the primary
activity of the "orthophonic evening."
The following is quoted from The Pillips Collection's biography
of Kuhn:
Walt Kuhn is remembered as an early promoter of modern art in
America. He was not only a well-known painter, but also a
cartoonist, sculptor, printmaker, writer, teacher, and producer
of vaudeville shows. Born in 1877, Kuhn grew up in Brooklyn,
where he received his education in private schools until he was
sixteen. In 1899 he ventured to San Francisco to work as a
cartoonist for The Wasp, a political and literary weekly. In 1901
Kuhn traveled to Europe for formal art training at the Académie
Colarossi in Paris and later at the Munich Academy. Returning to
New York in 1903, he established a studio in Manhattan and helped
arrange the 1910 Exhibition of Independent Artists. He was a
founding member and officer of the Association of American
Painters and Sculptors, the organization responsible for mounting
the Armory Show of 1913, and in this role traveled through Europe
in 1912 looking at art and helping to select works to be
exhibited. Seeing paintings by Cézanne, Derain, Dufy, Pascin, and
the cubists affected his style, and throughout the teens and
early twenties Kuhn experimented with fauve colors, using blocks
of color akin to Cézanne and with cubist space, integrating
abstracted forms into the space of the picture plane. Finally, he
developed his own painting style characterized by solid,
sculptural depictions of single figures.
Kuhn had his first solo show in 1910 at the Madison Gallery...
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Lonly (Lonely)
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland, OH
Possibly deaccessed from the Columbus Museum of Art
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Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002)
A...
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20th Century American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Dharma Prayer Book Manuscript Folio
Ink and gouache on handmade paper, 1875-1925)
Miniature depicting Tibetan deity
Script is Tibetan.
Miniature Size: 2 3/8 x 1 ½ inches
Part of a se...
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
UNTITLED (ARTISTS AND MODEL)
By Philip Evergood
Located in Portland, ME
Evergood, Philip (American 1901-1973). UNTITLED (ARTISTS AND MODEL). Drawing, pencil on paper, not dated. Signed, lower right. 15 1/4 x 13 inches, 381...
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Mid-20th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Playing with Lives (First Responder)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Playing with Lives (First Responder)
Watercolor on Arches paper, 2020
Signed with the artist's initials lower right
Signed with the artist's embossed "Yummy" blindstamp lower right
One of several works with a Covid inspired composition.
A masterpiece of American watercolor.
Condition: Excellent
Archival framing with OP3 Acrylic
Image size: 26 1/16 x 19 1/8 inches
Frame size: 33 x 25 inches
“First Responder” is a piece that celebrates the hard working doctors and nurses that are working around the clock, risking their lives for others. My daughter dresses up in her doctor custom everyday. Doc McStuffins is her favorite cartoon to watch, she carries her doctor kit...
Category
2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Las Vegas Date
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Las Vegas Date
Watercolor, c. 1965
Signed lower right (see photo)
Titled in pencil upper left (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 17 1/2 x 11 3/8 inches
Provenance: Jo...
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1960s Expressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Emily At 1 (Study #1)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Emily At 1 (Study #1)
Watercolor on Yupo mounted to board, 2018
Signed with the artist's initials (see photo)
The image depicts the artist's daughter Emily.
Exhibited: Occupying A Sp...
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Two Miniatures and text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown Artist, Thailand, 19th century
Two Miniatures and text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Ink and color on paper, c, 1900
Unsigned as usual
Script: Aksar Chrieng or Khmer These texts are written in Khom script, a variant of Khmer script often used in Central Thai religious manuscripts.
Phra Malai was a Budhist monk whose meditations permitted him to travel to heaven and hell.
Condition: Good, with minor staining to text
Sight (window) size: 11-1/8 x 27 inches
Frame size: 19-3/4 x 35 x 3/4 inches
Framed in solid cherry wood with archival, acid free materials
The legend of Phra Malai, a Buddhist monk of the Theravada tradition said to have attained supernatural powers through his accumulated merit and meditation, is the main text in this 19th-century Thai samut khoi (folding book) held in the Thai, Lao, and Cambodian Collections of the British Library. Phra Malai figures prominently in Thai art...
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19th Century Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pigment
Hells Angel on his Hog
By Stephen Longstreet
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 Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
HAYMARKET III
Located in Portland, ME
Dunham, Gregory (American, born 1946). HAYMARKET III. Drawing, pencil
on paper, 1983. Signed and dated, lower left. 29 3/4 x 22 1/4 inches,
the full sheet, with deckle on all sides....
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1980s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Preliminary Study for a Sculpture Project
By Boris Lovet-Lorski
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Study for a Sculpture Project
Graphite, charcoal and wash on tracing paper, c. 1930-1940
Signed upper left and lower left (see both photos)
Created while the artist was l...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
Miniatures with Text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown Artist, Thailand, 19th century
Miniatures with Text from the "Legend of Phra Malai"
Double folio; ink, color and gold leaf, c. 1900
Unsigned
Script: Khmer (Cambodian) These texts are written in Khom script, a variant of Khmer script often used in Central Thai religious manuscripts.
Paired devas (lesser gods) on throne-like plinths addorse Khmer (Cambodian) script containing tales of Phra Malai, a Sri Lankan arhat or Buddhist saint known for his travels to hell. There, the compassionate monk gave teachings and comfort to sufferers. Phra Malai stories taught the karmic effects of human actions to the faithful as well as conveying Maitreya's message of hope for attaining nirvana.
Though known in neighboring countries, the stories of Phra Malai achieved their greatest popularity and influence in Siam (present day Thailand)
Condition: Very good
Sight window) size: 11-1/8 x 27 inches
Frame size: 19-5/8 x 34-7/8 x 3/4 inches
The legend of Phra Malai, a Buddhist monk of the Theravada tradition said to have attained supernatural powers through his accumulated merit and meditation, is the main text in this 19th-century Thai samut khoi (folding book) held in the Thai, Lao, and Cambodian Collections of the British Library. Phra Malai figures prominently in Thai art...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pigment
Quick Change
By Honore Guilbeau
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Quick Change
Watercolor on paper, 1930-1931
Signed lower right: Honore Guilbeau
Illustrated in American Art Review, August 2014, page 84 in an article by Dr. M...
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1930s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
STUDY OF A BEGGAR
By Edmund Blampied
Located in Portland, ME
Blampied, Edmund. STUDY OF A BEGGAR. Drawing, charcoal on paper, circa 1930s. Signed within the image. 11 1/8 x 8 3/4 inches, 282 x 218 mm. The gray paper has faded to tan, else in v...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
The Mouth of Honey
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Mouth of Honey
Lithographic crayon and mixed media on paper mounted to support paper
Initialed by the artist "GB" bottom center on image. (see photo)
Titled in pencil in bottom m...
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1920s Ashcan School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Lower East Side Crowd
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Lower East Side Crowd
Ink and ink wash on paper, c. 1910
Signed in ink lower center edge (see photo)
Signed with the initials lower right corner (see p...
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1910s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Head of a Deco Woman (recto) Standing Male Model (verso)
Graphite on paper, 1925
Signed with the artist's initials "PW" and dated 1925
Created while the artist was studying at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1925.
This is a preliminary drawing to a series of class assignments.
From a sketch book
Image/Sheet size: 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches
Condition: Excellent Slight syrface dirt
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Winchell Heirs
Paul H. Winchell (1903 – 1971) was a printmaker, illustrator, teacher, and gilder according to Crump, 2009 (Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900- 1945, Minnesota Historical Society Press). He was the son of Mrs. Looman Winchell of Shepherd Rd as noted in a 1937 newspaper article (Painsville, O. Telegraph). Winchell grew up in North Perry, Ohio and then studied and worked as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied with Leon Kroll (1884 – 1974), Boris...
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1920s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Seated Couple
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Inspiration (Seated Couple)
Graphite on paper, c. 1967
Signed twice in pencil by the artist on recto (see photos)
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 13 x 16 inches
Note: Although not t...
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1960s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Read the Signs, No. 13
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Read the Signs, No. 13
Watercolor on Yupo paper, 2013
Signed lower right corner (see photo)
Series: Read the Signs (22 watercolors)
Exhibited: William Busta Gallery, Read the Signs, 2014
Canton Museum of Art, Our Separated Selves, 2018 (label)
Note: Depicts Randy, a student at St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, where the artist taught
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 12 x 9 inches
Frame size: 16 1/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Darius Steward Biography
Darius Steward is establishing himself as a master of the medium of watercolor and large public murals. In 2018, Steward created two large public murals, “Breaker of Chains”, a 200’ by 6’ in height mural for the Midtown Cleveland/Cleveland State University and “Support” on Detroit Avenue in Cleveland. A new mural “Waiting Room” has been finished at SUMMA Health Care Tower, Akron, Ohio. Darius is currently working on a public sculpture commission for the Cleveland Public Library...
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Stolen Moments (4)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Stolen Moments (4)
Ink on Yupo paper, 2019
Signed with the artist's initials lower right (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Image size: 14 x 11 inches
Darius Steward is establishing hi...
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2010s Contemporary Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Couple Embracing
By Ito Shinsui
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Couple Embracing
Sumi ink drawing, c. 1928
Signed lower right: Shinsui (early variant signature)
Most probably an illustration for one of the four volum...
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
Untitled (Standing man with umbrella behind)
By Charles Maurin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Standing man with umbrella behind)
Graphite on paper, c. 1890's
Unsigned
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
Lucien Goldschmidt (1912-1992), noted art
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1890s French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite
Woman with child
By Robert Hallowell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman with child
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930
Signed with the estate stamp lower right (see photo)
Exhibited: Marbella Gallery, New York
Illustrated: Robert Hallowell: An Artist Redi...
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1930s American Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
THE WALL AT UNIONSQUARE
By Isabel Bishop
Located in Portland, ME
Bishop, Isabel (American 1902-1988). THE WALL AT UNION SQUARE Drawing, pencil on paper, not dated. Signed in pencil, lower right. 4 x 5 inches (main image), 7 7/8 x 7 1/2 inches (she...
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Mid-20th Century Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
Deco Woman
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Deco Woman
Crayon on paper, c. 1920
Signed in ink lower left: "Wm. Sommer" (see photo)
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Edwin Sommer (the artist’s son)
Jose...
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1910s Art Deco Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Crayon
ACROBATS
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Portland, ME
Marsh, Reginald. ACROBATS. Ink, gouache, and pastel on paper, 1922. Signed, lower right. c. 18 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches; framed to 28 x 23 1/2 x 1 1/4 inches. In excellent condition.
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1920s Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel, Ink, Gouache
Trompe l'oeil [Punch and Judy].
By George Cruikshank
Located in New York, NY
Trompe l'oeil. [Punch and Judy].
Watercolor and drawing, undated, circa 1830. Paper size 10.25 x 14" (26.1 x 35.6 cm). On "J. Whatman" watermarked paper. Unidentified artist.
A 19th-century visual montage of Cruikshank's "Punch & Judy." The images are taken from the book "The Tragical Comedy, or Comical Tragedy of Punch and Judy." As told to John Payne Collier by Giovanni in 1827, illustrated by George Cruikshank and published by S. Prowlett, London 1828. The central circle illustrates a drawing showing two allegorical female figures with two putti. The text under this image: “E Musao Hugonis Howard Armig, from Guercino.” On top of that illustration is a handsome painting of a flintlock pistol. Trompe l’oeil is an art of illustration – the name translates to ‘Trick of the Eye.”
The puppet show of Pulcinella or Punch and Judy has a long and fascinating history. “A puppet play that would have featured a version of Punch was first recorded in England in May 1662 by the diarist Samuel Pepys. He noted seeing it in Covent Garden, London, performed by the Italian puppet showman Pietro Gimonde from Bologna, otherwise known as Signor Bologna.
The earliest script of a Punch and Judy show...
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1830s Realist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
![Trompe l'oeil [Punch and Judy].](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/a_3312/1620315874402/Trompe_L_Oeil_Punch_87325_master.jpg?width=240 "trompe l'oeil art")
Woman on a Patio
By Karl Albert Buehr
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman on a Patio
Pastel on paper, c. 1915
Unsigned
Provenance: Gift of the artist to his wife, Mary Hess Buehr
By decent to the artist's niece, daughter of Will Hess
David Saltzman
Robert Henry Adams Fine Art
Thomas French Fine Art
Ronald C. Sloter, Columbus, Ohio
Columbus College of Art and Design (de-accessed)
Exhibited at Robert Henry Adams Fine Art, 1994, the first exhibition at the North Franklin Street Gallery.
One of the early Chicago artists to adopt Impressionism, Karl Buehr became a figure and landscape painter. As a figure painter, his specialty became "gorgeously colored images of young women on porches overlooking brilliant summertime gardens." (Kennedy 98) His later work often showed a female figure with serious expression engaging the viewer with a direct stare. In his landscapes, he was noted for his strong coloration. In a December 1896 student exhibition at the Art Institute, a reviewer for the "Chicago Times Herald" described Buehr's landscapes as "blithe and joyous" with "country roads brilliant in sunlight . . . fields rich in summer verdure, under soft skies painted in a high, musical key." (Gerdts 68)
Buehr was born as one of seven sons to a prosperous German family who immigrated to America and settled in Chicago in 1869. He was first exposed to his signature style of Impressionism in 1888 when he enrolled in night classes at the Art Institute while working in the shipping department of a lithographic firm near the Institute. He remained a student there until 1897 and was recognized in a "Chicago Times Herald" editorial of June 13, 1897 as one of the Institute's most outstanding pupils.
The next year, his art career was temporarily put on hold when he briefly enlisted with the U.S. Army in the Spanish American War. In 1899, he resumed his art studies, this time with Frank Duveneck. He exhibited a painting at the Paris Salon of 1900. In 1905, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, Buehr and his family moved to France. They spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, and spent time in Venice as well. In Paris, Buehr studied at the Academy Julian with Raphael Collin for two years. Then he went to England, enrolling in the London Art School but had returned to Paris by 1908. During this time, he began painting at Giverny, the home of Impressionist leader Claude Monet (1840-1926, and by 1912, Buehr was listing that village as his home address. One of his good friends and associates at Giverny was Frederick Frieseke.
One of Buehr's paintings from that time, "News from Home", was exhibited in 1913 at the French Salon in Paris and at the annual exhibit of the Chicago Art Institute. It shows a woman in floral dress sitting on a porch with a background with potted flowers and lush greenery background. Of his painting done at Giverny, Buehr wrote in 1912 to William Macbeth of Macbeth Galleries in New York: "My figures painted in and around Giverny are costumed and in appropriate out door settings." (Gerdts 68)
In 1914, he returned to the United States and took a teaching position in Chicago at the Art Institute, which he held for the remainder of his life. He was married to Mary Hess, a painter of miniatures and decorative works.
In 1928-29, he was a guest artist at Stanford University.
Courtesy, AskArt
“Karl Albert Buehr (1866–1952) was a painter born in Germany.
Buehr was born in Feuerbach - near Stuttgart. He was the son of Frederick Buehr and Henrietta Doh (Dohna?). He moved to Chicago with his parents and siblings in the 1880s. In Chicago, young Karl worked at various jobs until he was employed by a lithograph company near the Art Institute of Chicago. Introduced to art at work, Karl paid regular visits to the Art Institute, where he found part-time employment, enabling him to enroll in night classes. Later, working at the Institute as a night watchman, he had a unique opportunity to study the masters and actually posted sketchings that blended in favorably with student's work. Having studied under John H. Vanderpoel, Buehr graduated with honors, while his work aroused such admiration that he was offered a teaching post there, which he maintained for many years thereafter. He graduated from the Art Inst. of Chicago and served in the IL Cav in the Spanish–American War. Mary Hess became Karl's wife—she was a student of his and an accomplished artist in her own right. In 1922, he was elected into the National Academy of Design as an Associate member.
Art Studies in Europe
In 1904, Buehr received a bronze medal at the St. Louis Universal Exposition, then, in 1905, Buehr and his family moved to France, thanks to a wealthy Chicago patron, and they spent the following year in Taormina, Sicily, where the artist painted local subjects, executing both genre subjects and landscapes as well as time in Venice. Buehr spent at least some time in Paris, where he worked with Raphaël Collin at the Académie Julian.
Giverny and American Impressionism
Prior to this time, Buehr had developed a quasi-impressionistic style, but after 1909, when he began spending summers near Monet in Giverny, his work became decidedly characteristic of that plein-air style but he began focusing on female subjects posed out-of-doors. He remained for some time in Giverny, and here he became well-acquainted with other well known expatriate America impressionists such as Richard Miller, Theodore Earl Butler, Frederick Frieseke, and Lawton Parker. It seems likely that Buehr met Monet, since his own daughter Kathleen and Monet’s granddaughter, Lili Butler, were playmates, according to George Buehr, the painter’s son. His other daughter Lydia died before adulthood due to diabetes. He returned to Chicago at the onset of World War I and taught at The Art Inst for many years. One of his noted pupils at the Art Institute was Archibald Motley...
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1910s Abstract Impressionist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Impossible Solutions at The Fountain of Youth
Collage on paper, 1987
Signed with the artist's initials and datedlower left
Condition: Good, with the ...
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1980s Surrealist Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper
Ballet Dancer, untitled drawing.
By Charles Maurin
Located in New York, NY
CHEZ SAGOT EXPOSITION CH. MAURIN 39 BIS RUE DE CHATEAUDUN.
Signed pencil drawing with the artist's owl head' stamp circa 1899. Paper size 9 7/8 x 12 3/4" (25 x 32.6 cm).
This orig...
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Late 19th Century French School Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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India Ink, Pencil
Two Studies of Henriette (Head of the artist's wife & The Artist's wife writing
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Two Studies of Henriette (Left: Head of the artist's wife, Right: The Artist's wife writing a letter)
Watercolor and graphite on paper, 1928-1930
Signed in pencil lower right (see photo)
Image/sheet size: 9 3/8 x 11 inches
Condition: Excellent
Colors fresh and unfaded
Provenance: Estate of the artist
The Orange Chicken...
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1920s American Modern Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
