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Surrealist Portrait Drawing by Philadelphia Artist Leon Kelly
By Leon Kelly
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Surrealism around 1940. In the 1940s and 1950s Kelly produced a body of paintings that, while of varied style
Category
1950s Surrealist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
"Nude with Totem Pole, " Rare Surrealist Drawing by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his WPA and World's Fair murals, this drawing is a rare example of Dunbar Beck's
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings
Untitled Female Nude with Male, Original Drawing by Surrealist Painter
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
"Untitled Female Nude and Male" is a 22 x 17 inches, ink on paper drawing by American Surrealist
Category
1960s Surrealist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Archival Paper
H 32.5 in W 27 in D 1 in
The Chicken, 1940s Abstract Geometric Pen Ink Drawing, Red, Black, Cream
By Edward Marecak
Located in Denver, CO
"The Chicken", is ink on paper by Denver artist Edward Marecak (1919-1993) from the 1940's of an
Category
1940s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
H 23.75 in W 19.75 in D 0.75 in
Souvenirs Du Pays Natal - Original China Ink Drawing by Jean Cocteau - 1920s
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Roma, IT
this is his recurring addiction to opium. His return to work in the early 1940's was primarily due to
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
H 10.04 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Abstract Composition - China Ink on Paper by Michel Cadoret - 1940s
By Michel Cadoret
Located in Roma, IT
and then to Mexico. His studio became a meeting point for European and American Surrealist artists
Category
1940s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
H 8.19 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
Exceptional set of complete works, dedicated, with 8 original endpage drawings
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
with original endpage drawings
Half bound in red morocco with gold lettering
8 volumes signed by
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
H 7.49 in W 4.73 in D 0.4 in
DEBRIS - Large Ink Drawing - Study for the Print
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
mid 1980's The Hagedorn estate was dispersed in Berkeley by a local dealer. This drawing was part of a
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Chicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Reclining Nude.Early modernist line drawing, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
William S. SchwartzChicago Modernist Line Drawing Reclining Nude WPA Artist. Exhibited Work, c. 1930
H 14.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.1 in
Georgetown (Church in the Mountains, Colorado), Modernist Landscape Ink Drawing
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
second World War and the loss of his 10-year old son, Bunnell’s work of the early 1940’s took on a
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Archival Paper
H 16.25 in W 14.5 in D 1.25 in
NYC School Abstract Expressionist Russian-American Painter Pastel Drawing
Located in Surfside, FL
Abstract Artwork (drawing or rubbing) laid on a New Years card.
Provenance: Virginia Field, Arts
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Crayon
Unique SIGNED Abstract Expressionist drawing major WPA artist, Estate issued COA
By William Baziotes
Located in New York, NY
experiment with the surrealist technique, automatic drawing.
Framed 14.5 inches by 17.5 inches. This work was
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
H 14.5 in W 17.5 in D 0.5 in
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
well as in his moody surrealist pieces from the mid-to-late 1940s, such as the Bird of Doom watercolors
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
H 26 in W 35.5 in D 0.5 in
1930s Graphite Drawing, American Modern City Scene of Houses on a Hill, Colorado
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
well as in his moody surrealist pieces from the mid-to-late 1940s, such as the Bird of Doom watercolors
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Untitled (Too Tired, Shelly)
By Marcel Dzama
Located in Toronto, Ontario
characters in a domestic setting, evocative of a comic-book or graphic novel set in the 1940's. Like the best
Category
Early 2000s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media
'Head of Woman With Collar #781' Felt tip pen, signed by artist
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to the 1990's. Her style ranges from early
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Felt Pen
UNTITLED MOUNTAINS
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Based in the violent and repressive politics of the 1930’s and 1940’s, the best of these images engage
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
PLUNGING COMET
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Based in the violent and repressive politics of the 1930’s and 1940’s, the best of these images engage
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Granite
Portrait of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow, 1946
By Pavel Tchelitchew
Located in Miami, FL
New York in the 1940s.
Leonor Fini painted Bachoo the same year and clearly Tchelitchew's version
Category
1940s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Birth, 1940s Modernist Surrealist Abstract Figural Watercolor Painting
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
well as in his moody surrealist pieces from the mid-to-late 1940s, such as the Bird of Doom watercolors
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
H 27.5 in W 23.25 in D 1.25 in
Portrait of Bachoo Dinshaw, Countess Woronzow
By Pavel Tchelitchew
Located in Miami, FL
New York in the 1940s.
Leonor Fini painted Bachoo the same year and clearly Tchelitchew's version
Category
1940s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
Veillee Sepulchrale; Verso: Study of two figures in a landscape
By Eugene Berman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
frequently at the Julien Levy Gallery (as did Leonid after the war). Later, in the 1940s, Eugène settled in
Category
1940s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Strange Lovers (The Hard Marriage)
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Strange Lovers (The Hard Marriage)" is a social surrealist painting
Category
Early 20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Trees
By Pavel Tchelitchew
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, changing several times and doing much experimentation. He was especially "known for his almost surrealist
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1940s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Trompe-l'Oeil Study
By Eugene Berman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
he exhibited frequently at the Julien Levy Gallery (as did Leonid after the war). Later, in the 1940s
Category
1930s Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Green Landscape, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, circa 1926
By Leon Kelly
Located in Doylestown, PA
the Fine Arts Annuals. In the 1920's Kelly created mostly paintings of Cubist style. By the 1940's he
Category
1920s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Caricature for Jay Jostin from "Mr. District Attorney"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
with victim and hangman`s noose in Surrealist landscape. Jostin did the show on the radio from 1940 to
Category
1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Night Life 2
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Night Life 2" is a social surrealist drawing, graphite on paper in
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Shrapnel
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Shrapnel" is a social surrealist drawing, pen and ink on artists board
Category
20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Related Figures
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "Related Figures" is a social surrealist painting, pen, ink, and pencil
Category
20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Striptease
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, where he began drawing and painting from the atrocities he had witnessed. In 1940, he moved to San
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Color Pencil
1950s Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Composition by Charles Bunnell
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
old son, Bunnell’s work of the early 1940’s took on a Transcendental and Surrealist tone. The works
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
H 17.75 in W 13.75 in D 0.75 in
Untitled Abstract Expressionist sculptural painting on paper, signed, Knoedler
By Herbert Ferber
Located in New York, NY
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This lovely untitled sculptural drawing done by the renowned abstract expressionist sculptor and
Category
1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
H 16.25 in W 16.25 in D 0.5 in
My World and Yours
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
A drawing by Irving Norman. "My World and Yours" is a macabre social surrealism city scape
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Mid-20th Century Post-War Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Nude Study
By Federico Castellon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
double-sided c.1950's drawing by Spanish artist, Federico Castellon (1914-1971). Ink on wove paper
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Mid-20th Century Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
VOLCANO
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Based in the violent and repressive politics of the 1930’s and 1940’s, the best of these images engage
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Abstraction. Reclusive by nature, a character trait that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Big City
By Irving Norman
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Lithuanian-American artist Irving Norman was a social surrealist who painted large-scale and highly detailed
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-War Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Classical Female Head (woman portrait)
By Federico Castellon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful 1950 drawing by Spanish artist, Federico Castellon (1914-1971). Graphite on wove paper
Category
1950s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be limited by the trends of
Category
1920s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Landscape with buildings and trees
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Landscape with buildings and trees
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930's
Signed in pencil lower right (see
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be
Category
1920s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Two Studies of Henriette (Head of the artist's wife & The Artist's wife writing
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
that became more exaggerated in the 1940s and later, Kelly's work reflects his determination not to be
Category
1920s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
themselves. Influenced deeply by Surrealism, Howard was part of a group of American and European Surrealists
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
"Grain Elevators, Buffalo"
By Ralston Crawford
Located in Lambertville, NJ
works range in date from 1940 to 1965 and begin in a representational modernist style, evolving into a
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper, Ink
Untitled
By Charles Houghton Howard
Located in New York, NY
themselves. Influenced deeply by Surrealism, Howard was part of a group of American and European Surrealists
Category
20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Graphite
SURREALIST LANDSCAPE
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Based in the violent and repressive politics of the 1930’s and 1940’s, the best of these images engage
Category
1930s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor
Modern Surrealist Painting by Richard Ericson
By Richard Ericson
Located in Larchmont, NY
drawings of the places in which he was stationed. He eventually found himself guarding Italian prisoners
Category
1950s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Angel oil on canvas painting surrealist
By Ramon Llovet Miserol
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
the front with the heart injury that he suffered from birth aggravated, some small drawings and
Category
1980s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Surrealist Salvador Dali Large Pochoir Etching Drypoint Lithograph Chariot Rider
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
extensive oeuvre not only includes watercolors, drawings and sculptures but also tapestries; here a fine
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching, Lithograph
Woman and rose window oil on canvas painting surrealist
By Ramon Llovet Miserol
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
the front with the heart injury that he suffered from birth aggravated, some small drawings and
Category
1970s Surrealist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
H 24.02 in W 19.69 in
Surrealist Vintage Woven Tapestry, Lions, Tribe of Judah, After Salvador Dali
By Salvador Dalí
Located in Surfside, FL
II, Dali chose the U.S.A. as his permanent residence in 1940. He had a series of spectacular
Category
1980s Surrealist More Art
Materials
Tapestry
1970 Mod Surrealist Painting Collage David Hare Abstract Landscape Summer Land
By David Hare
Located in Surfside, FL
, associated with the Surrealist movement. He is primarily known for his sculpture, though he also worked
Category
1970s Surrealist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Board
Surrealist Female Nude in Industrial Landscape Oil Painting, 1930s Modern
By Virginia True
Located in Denver, CO
Oil on board. Surrealist/Modernist painting with a female nude reaching into a wood burning stove
Category
1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 29.25 in W 35 in D 0.75 in
Jules Perahim Surrealism Oil Painting on Paper Romanian French Surrealist Figure
Located in Surfside, FL
with Surrealist circles at the beginning of the 1930's, he contributed to the early development of what
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Paper, Oil
Surrealist Carom Billards large and bold abstracted mid century modern games oil
By Guy Bourdin
Located in Norwich, GB
includes a Margritte-esque surrealist figure with a bowler hat, grattage - note the intricate herringbone
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Modern Surrealist Winter Painting by Richard Ericson
By Richard Ericson
Located in Larchmont, NY
printmaking in the late 1940's and continued to work in this medium for many years, producing mezzotints
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Father and son oil on canvas painting surrealist
By Ramon Llovet Miserol
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
the front with the heart injury that he suffered from birth aggravated, some small drawings and
Category
1960s Symbolist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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