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Sketch for the Crucifixion - Pencil Drawing - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for The Crucifixion is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized in 1950 ca. by
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Belgian Pencil Sketch - Rustic Tavern
Located in Houston, TX
Detailed pencil sketch of a theater set depicting an old and rustic tavern, circa 1950. Original
Category

1940s Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Sketch Casetta Canottieri - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural sketch of a popular building in Rome, Italy. Original Pencil on paper. Good
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Clifford Ellis Deer pencil sketch Modern British Art Wildlife animal
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
12x20cm excluding frame Pencil sketch Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. Born in Bognor
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Figure - Original Pencil on Paper - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in pencil on ivory paper realized in 1950 by Anonymous Artist of the
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Clifford Ellis Curlew pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art Wildlife
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
including frame 13x20cm excluding frame Pencil sketch with notes Provenance: the family of the artist, by
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Clifford Ellis Red Panda Chico pencil sketch Modern British Art Wildlife animal
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
16x30cm excluding frame Pencil sketch Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. Born in Bognor
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Clifford Ellis William the Pug pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
36x25cm including frame 17x17cm excluding frame Pencil sketch Provenance: the family of the artist, by
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Clifford Ellis Curlew II pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art Wildlife
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
13x20cm excluding frame Pencil sketch Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. Born in Bognor
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

The Profile - Pencil on Ivory Paper - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
The Profile is an original drawing in pencil on ivory paper realized in 1950 by Anonymous Artist of
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Clifford Ellis William Pug Dog II pencil sketch Mid Century Modern British Art
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
31x36cm including frame 13x19cm excluding frame Pencil sketch Provenance: the family of the artist, by
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Sketches of Nudes with Architectural Elements
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century modern French pencil drawing of two nudes and architectural elements, circa 1950
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Exotic Dance: Peter Collins ARCA pencil sketch theatre ballet street performer
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
the artist you want. Peter Collins ARCA (1923-200 Exotic Dancer Pencil 25x17cm Provenance: The
Category

1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

American Modernist Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Sketch"
Located in Arp, TX
Peter Macchiarini "Brooch Drawing" c. 1950s Pencil on paper Site 3.5"x3.5" silver carved wood frame
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Pencil

Lady in Elegant 1950's Winter Coat Parisian Fashion Illustration Sketch
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1950's fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

Lady in 1950's Brown Over Coat Parisian Fashion Illustration Sketch
Located in Cirencester, GB
Very stylish, unique and original 1950's fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin. The
Category

Mid-20th Century Paintings

Materials

Other

Clifford Ellis Broad Chalk Wiltshire sketch Modern British Art New Naturalists
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
) Broad Chalke, Wiltshire 20x33cm Carbon pencil Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. Born
Category

1950s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Jared French Portrait Sketch of Chuck Howard
By Jared French
Located in Savannah, GA
Jared French (American, 1905-1988) Portrait sketch of Chuck Howard pencil on paper signed and
Category

Vintage 1950s American Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper, Glass, Wood

Charles Burchfield Preparatory Sketch, Early 20th Century
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Larchmont, NY
Pencil on paper 12 1/4 x 18 3/4 in. Inscribed: blue / white / blue / RV Born in Ashtabula Harbor, Ohio
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Couple of Lovers - Original Pencil Drawing by Ildebrando Urbani
By Ildebrando Urbani
Located in Roma, IT
Couple of Lovers is a superb original pencil drawing on cream-colored paper made in 1932 by the
Category

1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Homme Assis et Personnage - Pencil Drawing by A. Giacometti - 1953
By Alberto Giacometti
Located in Roma, IT
Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis
Category

1950s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Maison Forte Cheyrac - Pencil Drawing by A. R. Brudieux - 1960s
By André Roland Brudieux
Located in Roma, IT
Maison Forte Cheyrac is a pencil drawing on paper, realized around 1960s by the French artist André
Category

1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Château-Guillaume - Original Pencil Drawing by A. R. Brudieux - 1960s
By André Roland Brudieux
Located in Roma, IT
Château-Guillaume is a original pencil drawing on paper, realized around 1960s by the French artist
Category

1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Meller Series (4)
By John Thompson (b.1950)
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated in pencil lower right:"John Thompson 2014"; inscribed in pencil lower left
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Meller Series (8)
By John Thompson (b.1950)
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated in pencil lower right: "John Thompson 2014"; inscribed in pencil lower left
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Meller Series (9)
By John Thompson (b.1950)
Located in Boston, MA
Signed and dated in pencil lower right: "John Thompson 2014"; inscribed in pencil lower left
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Clifford Ellis Corsham Court Hens Chicken Shed c. 1950 mid century watercolour
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
matter. Two of Ellis’ pupils, discussing his watercolour sketch of VE Day in Bath, recall him as quietly
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Countryside House in Ladrat - Pencil Drawing by A. R. Brudieux - 1960s
By André Roland Brudieux
Located in Roma, IT
the back, "Ladrat" written in pencil, as generally the artists-travelers report on the sketches
Category

1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Architectures in Vendôme - Original Pencil Drawing by A. R. Brudieux - 1960s
By André Roland Brudieux
Located in Roma, IT
Architectures in Vendôme is a original pencil drawing on paper, realized around 1960s by the French
Category

1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

D.L Hadden Design for Executive Desks Geo.M.Hammer 1959 Watercolour and Pencil
By Donald L. Hadden
Located in London, GB
Geo. M. Hammer Watercolour and pencil 41x51cm Signed and dated 1959 Two beautifully detailed
Category

1950s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Stables on Larron Mountain - Original Pencil Drawing by A. R. Brudieux - 1960s
By André Roland Brudieux
Located in Roma, IT
Stables on Larron Mountain is a original pencil drawing on paper, realized around 1960's by the
Category

1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

House in the Countryside - Original Pencil Drawing by A. R. Brudieux - 1960s
By André Roland Brudieux
Located in Roma, IT
, "L'Oise" written in pencil, as usual by the artist traveler that reports the place he sketched. André
Category

1960s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Sleeping Woman - Pen Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1950
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
the artist on the lower right: Maccari. A sketch realized in pencil is present also on the back
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tissue Paper, Pen

'Peter Breughel' Original Etching, Signed in Pencil
By Leonard Baskin
Located in Milwaukee, WI
to the wrinkles of the face, while leaving the hair and clothing like a study or sketch. Like in the
Category

1960s Old Masters Portrait Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Clifford Ellis Swallow watercolour Modern British Art Wildlife Bird Migration
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
pencil Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. Born in Bognor in Sussex and trained at St
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

Clifford Ellis Swallow watercolour Modern British Art Wildlife Bird Migration
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
18x22cm excluding frame Watercolour and pencil Provenance: the family of the artist, by descent. Born in
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

Clifford Ellis Cadbury Castle Gouache Mid Century Modern British Art Painting
By Clifford Ellis
Located in London, GB
and were always fascinated by animals and natural history, as with this sketch.
Category

1950s Realist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Carbon Pencil

St John’s College, Oxford Front Quad drawing by Bryan de Grineau
By Bryan De Grineau
Located in London, GB
Pencil 33 x 52 cm Signed and titled lower left. Drawing published in The Illustrated London News, 1955
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

St John’s College, Oxford Canterbury Quad drawing by Bryan de Grineau
By Bryan De Grineau
Located in London, GB
de Grineau (1883 - 1957) Canterbury Quad, St John’s College, Oxford Pencil 46 x 34 cm Signed and
Category

1950s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

St John’s College, Oxford dining hall drawing by Bryan de Grineau
By Bryan De Grineau
Located in London, GB
de Grineau (1883 – 1957) The Hall, St John’s College, Oxford Pencil 34 x 56 cm Signed and titled
Category

1950s Realist Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Machineries - Pen Drawing on Paper by Paul Garin - 1950s
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Commissaire Priseur - Atelier Garin". The artwork represents a sketch of machineries. Complete your
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Original Broadway Set Design Mid 20th Century American
By Jo Mielziner
Located in New York, NY
Jo Mielziner (1901 – 1976) "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," 7 ½ x 11 ½ inches. Pencil on paper. Label
Category

1950s Performance Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Study for "Getting up" – 1955, a preparatory drawing by Balthus (1908 -2001)
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in PARIS, FR
adolescent girl offering herself to his pencils. The drawing is reminiscent of Rodin's watercolours, but
Category

1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Baby
By Tsuguharu Leonard Foujita
Located in PARIS, FR
Tsuguharu Léonard FOUJITA (1886-1968) Sketch of a baby Graphite pencil and ink on paper Bears the
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pencil

Baby
Baby
H 15.75 in W 9.85 in
Long View to the Sea, Collioure
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sketch drawing on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts. A sketch from his
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Village Scene, early 20th century drawing on paper, Cleveland School Artist
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Beachwood, OH
Charles Burchfield (American, 1893-1967 Village Scene, 1921 Ink, pencil and watercolor on paper
Category

1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Watercolor, Ink

Jardin du Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sketch drawing on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts for his painting Jardin du
Category

1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil

The Chapel Saint Pierre, Villefranche, South of France.
By Hercules Brabazon Brabazon
Located in Cotignac, FR
Cocteau who decorated the interior in the 1950's. Brabazon would have visited Villefranche and captured
Category

Mid-19th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Pencil

Tippie Comic Strip Original Art - Female Cartoonist
Located in Miami, FL
Sketches[3]. She drew editorial cartoons for the Monitor from its first edition (August 7, 1915) until the
Category

1920s Conceptual Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite

Cinderella: Limited Edition Hand-Painted Cel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Disney’s 1950 feature-length animated film, Cinderella, is one of a series of selected limited editions of
Category

1990s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Paint, Paper, Pen, Pencil

Horse - China Ink Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is an original drawing in pencil realized by an Anonymous artist of the XX century, in 1950
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Toulouse-Lautrec, Clownesse et cochon, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Ecuyere de haute ecole, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Ballets, fantaisie, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Clownesse et cheval, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Chocolat, scene, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Ecuyere de haute ecole, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Travail sur le panneau, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Dresseur de chiens, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Toulouse-Lautrec, Dans les coulisses, The Circus by Toulouse-Lautrec (after)
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
clown, Footitt, whose sketches with the negro " Chocolat" as partner attracted the whole of Paris to the
Category

1950s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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How Much are 1950 Pencil Sketches?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — 1950 pencil sketches in our inventory begin at $74 and can go as high as $95,021, while the average can fetch as much as $1,145.