Ifpda International Fine Print Dealers Association Nude Drawings and Watercolors

A pencil drawing Tom Leveritt (1976) was raised in Texas, sent to boarding school in the UK, got a first at Cambridge, an Army Scholarship into the 5th Ro...

Figure Study Red conte crayon on a steciled wallpaper sample, c. 1909 Unsigned Condition: Slightly light struck Image: 9 x 10 1/4" (22.86 x 26.04cm) Fra...

Three drawings by Paul Cadmus: 1. Double sided chalk drawing: Recto: Seated Nude Dancer, Verso: Standing Nude Dancer Colored chalks on CM Fabriano paper, c. 1970's Recto: Signed uppe...

Nude with Veil Charcoal, colored chalk, and pastel on paper, 1932 Signed and dated in pencil lower left (see photo) Titled in pencil lower left Annotated in pencil lower center: "After the Bath," which has then been crossed out A preli...

Academic Study of Female Nude, Arms Raised Charcoal on Michallet watermark laid paper, Dec. 1875 Signed and dated lower right Most probably created in the class of Henri Rudolph Lehmann. in Paris Sight size: 24 5/8 x 18 1/2 inches Provenance: Spanierman Gallery Inc., NYC Nelson Norris Bickford (1946, Quebec, Canada-1943, New York) Formal Training: Lowell Institute, Boston, MA, as a boy Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France under Henri Rudolph Lehmann (1814-1882) Academie Julian, Paris, France (1905-1931) under Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) & William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) Instructors: Henri Rudolph Lehmann (1814-1882) Gustave Clarence Rodolphe Boulanger (1824-1888) Jules Joseph Lefebvre (1836-1911) William Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905) Francisco Miralles...

Untitled (Seated Female Nude facing right) Graphite on wove paper, with watercolors Signed with the artist's initials BLL lower right (see photo) Sheet size: 9 1/4 x 6 inches From a sketchbook created while the artist was working in Paris, c. 1930 Unidentified inscription lower left in circle with the initials MD and the date 1940 Provenance: Estate of the Artist Dawson's Auctioneers and Appraisers, 2001 Amity Art Foundation Boris Lovet-Lorski Lithuanian/Russian/American 1894-1973 Sculptor, painter, and printmaker, Boris Lovet-Lorski was born in Lithuania in 1894. His mother died when he was age three. His father was affluent and owned real estate. Boris grew up in a privileged environment. He studied architecture and then fine arts at the Imperial Academy of Art in Petrograd, Russia (now Saint Petersburg). Following the revolution in 1917 and its aftermath, Boris immigrated to Boston to live with his brother. In the 1920’s, his stylized, Art Deco inspired sculptures, lithographs, and paintings proved to be popular among the American elite. He exhibited frequently, holding his first solo exhibition in Boston, 1920. In the following years, Boris exhibited in New York at Marie Sterner Gallery, Jacques Seligmann Galleries and Wildenstein and Company. He lived in Paris from 1926 to 1932 where he befriended Joseph Hecht, and was exposed to the works of Pablo Picasso, Ossip Zadkine, Contantin Brancusi and Aristide Maillol. In 1932 he returned to America where he became a citizen later in the decade. Lovet-Lorski exhibited in the United States, South America, Europe and Asia. He was a member of the Society of Independent Artists (New York), the National Academy of Design (New York), and the Lotos Club (New York), as well as several Parisian salons. His work is in the permanent collections of numerous museums including the Musée Luxembourg, Bibliotèque Nationale, and the Petit Palais in France, the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York, the National Gallery in Washington, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. (A more extensive list of his works in museums follows) He is considered one of the most successful and recognized sculptors of his generation. His creative influence can be seen in many of his contemporary artists. He died in Los Angeles in 1973. Regarding his iconic Art Deco sculptures of Cretan Dancers: “The stylizing of the Cretan allegories, used in figures of animals such as horses and bulls, symbolizes the ancient power of the South. These figures reveal a spiritual sensuality as he strives to attain a symbol of the earth and universe endowed with musical values. If man is the center of his idea of life and nature, it is because of the laws that govern the movement of stars and history. The link binding his figures together has, in a sense, a Pythagorean harmony.” Salvatore Quasimodo, Milan, 1967, quoted from Bush, Boris Lover-Lorski: The Language of Time, page 12. Lovet-Lorski created sculptures of the following major figures I.J. Paderewski, Prime Minister of Poland Arturo Toscanini, Italian Conductor Lilian Gish, Actress President Franklin D. Roosevelt Mrs. M. C. Niarchos, wife of Stavros Niarchos President Abraham Lincoln James Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, First Secretary of Defense Pope Pius XII Dr. Albert Einstein, theoretical physicist President Dwight D. Eisenhower Albert Schweitzer, theologian, organist, writer, humanitarian, philosopher, and physician General Charles De Gaulle, President of the Fourth and Fifth Republic, France John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State, 1953-1959 President John F. Kennedy Works by Lover Lorski are in the following public collections: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Art Institute of Chicago Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris Brandeis University, Waltham, MA British Museum, London Boston University Brooklyn Museum California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Sam Francisco...

Untitled (Seated Female Nude) Colored chalks on Fabriano paper, c. 1975 Signed upper right: Cadmus Sheet size: 9 5/8 x 9 1/2 inches Condition: Excellent Provenance: Estate of the Artist Jon F. Anderson (1937-2018), his partner In 1941, Fidelma Cadmus (Paul’s sister) married Lincoln...

Standing Nude Seen from the Back Ink on paper, n.d. Signed in red ink lower right Sheet size: 11 x 8 3/8 inches Condition: slight aging at edges of the sheet Provenance: Warren Shaull Illustrated: Elliot & Wooden, Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches (Dodge City...

Male Nude reclining, seen from rear sanguine on paper , c. 1930 Signed lower right. (See photo) Sheet size: 15 x 11 inches Framed size: 20 3/4" x 16 3/4" Condition: Stains in upper c...

Double sided drawing: Recto Standing Female Nude in Profile, Verso: Standing Female Nude head bent, arm raised Colored chalks on blue Strathmore Charcoal paper. c. 1980 Signed recto:...

Standing Female Nude, Quarter Profile Colored chalks on Strathmore Charcoal grey paper, c. 1980 Signed in chalk lower right (see photo) Note: In 1941, Fidelma Cadmus (Paul’s sister) married Lincoln...

Martha Erlebacher has created a graceful image of a standing nude woman . This is a major drawing that is pencil signed by an important American figurative artist. Martha Mayer Erle...