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Two Women - Charcoal Drawing by Flor David - 1950s
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Two Women is an original drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s This is an
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Girl Portrait - Charcoal Drawing by Flor David - 1950s
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Girl Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

The Fountain - Charcoal Drawing on Paper by Paul Garin - 1950s
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
, 1898-1963) in the 1950s. Black ink stamp on the lower-right corner: "Catherine Charbonneux
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Rainbow Angel. Sketches From The Angelesque Series By Marco Silombria. Year 1986
Located in Firenze, IT
designer, who established himself in Turin from the late 1960s. He arrived in Turin in the 1950s, after
Category

1980s Pop Art Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Wax Crayon, Watercolor

Untitled: Portrait of A Blond Male
By Frank Campanella
Located in New York, NY
the boardwalk. During the early l980's he sketched portraits on the Asbury Park Boardwalk in New
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Charcoal

Untitled: Portrait of A Boy
By Frank Campanella
Located in New York, NY
, sketching portraits on the boardwalk. During the early l980's he sketched portraits on the Asbury Park
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Charcoal

Untitled (Young woman seen from the back)
By Paul César Helleu
Located in Fairlawn, OH
gallery in the 1950s) Private Collection, New Jersey Condition: Slight vertical crease in the paper left
Category

Early 1900s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

The body of a slim young man. 1970s. Marco Silombria signed.
Located in Firenze, IT
graphic designer, artist and ceramist. charcoal and wax on paper. Signed bottom right: Silombria. On the
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1970s Pop Art Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Wax Crayon

Gnarled Tree - African American Artist
By Charles Alston
Located in Miami, FL
Executed in 1930, this abstract yet representational biomorphic charcoal work by African American
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1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Self-Portrait
By Sean Keating
Located in Missouri, MO
Sean Keating (Irish 1889-1977) "Self Portrait" c. 1950s Charcoal on Paper Signed Lower Right
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1950s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Charcoal

Dr Claribel & Miss Etta (Cone Sisters) British Pop Artist Kitaj Pastel Drawing
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Surfside, FL
intellectual life in Vienna (where he had started his art studies in the early 1950s), as well as an admiration
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel

Untitled
By Leon Kelly
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Cubist Abstraction Signed and dated lower right Watercolor, charcoal and gouache on paper
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1920s Cubist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache

Djeuner Champtre
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Sheffield, MA
light on the landscape. If he sketched, it would be in charcoal and he generally made a number of
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1950s Post-Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Djeuner Champtre
Djeuner Champtre
H 31.5 in W 36.75 in D 3 in
Modernist Colorado Oil Painting Abstract Cityscape Harbor Scene Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Poppies
Located in Westmount, QC
, M”, which included 147 folios and fifty single sheet sketches. After being stationed in Alberta and
Category

1980s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Monumental Max Turner Patinated Bronze Life Size Otter Fountain Statue Sculpture
Located in Dayton, OH
Russian/American Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950’s. In fact, Hal was a student in the last
Category

1990s Statues

Materials

Bronze

Flowers of the Field
Located in Westmount, QC
fifty single sheet sketches. After being stationed in Alberta and Quebec, the military recognized her
Category

1980s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

St Paul De Vence
Located in San Francisco, CA
American artist Sheldon C. Schoneberg, 1926-2012. It is hand signed, titled and inscribed Artist Proof G.S
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Le Fiacre au Cheval Blanc, Pont St. Michel – Paris
By François Gall
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
painting in all weathers on the banks of the Seine, Gall was organizing raffles with his sketches for the
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Modernist Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
the German army, traveling in many countries as a soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

LADY WITH MARTINI
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

LADY WITH MARTINI
LADY WITH MARTINI
H 20 in W 16 in D 2 in
LADY WITH PICK FAN
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

BLONDE WITH ART DECO NECKLACE
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Master Nicolai Fechin in the early to mid-1950's. In fact, Hal was a student in the last art class that
Category

1990s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Artist
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Modernist Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting Bauhaus Weimar Pawel Kontny
By Pawel Kontny
Located in Surfside, FL
soldier, he sketched various landscapes but in 1945, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war in
Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
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1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
Category

1940s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
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1940s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
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1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
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1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
Category

1930s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Linocut

Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather uncomfortable straightbacked wooden
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Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Creole Dancer
Creole Dancer
H 31.5 in W 23.63 in D 0.04 in
Female Nude Sketch 1950-60s Distemper & Charcoal
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
artists in the 1950s-1960s. 1950-60s Distemper & Charcoal on Paper 17"x14" unframed Signed at the bottom
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Bay Area Figurative Sketch in Graphite, Circa 1960
By Alysanne McGaffey
Located in San Francisco, CA
This Mid 20th Century charcoal and graphite drawing of a female nude wearing a fox fur is by Bay
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Portrait of a Seated Young Woman
By Henry Ives Cobb, Jr.
Located in New York, NY
the fine arts, creating many charcoal sketches, lithographs, and paintings. In 1933 and 1934, James
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Young Girl with Muff and Winter Hat
By Henry Ives Cobb, Jr.
Located in New York, NY
the fine arts, creating many charcoal sketches, lithographs, and paintings. In 1933 and 1934, James
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1940s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

The Dance (El Baile), 1932, Santos Balmori. A Cubist work from the Paris years.
Located in Paris, FR
and Ink wash. 50x65cm. Signed lower left : S Balmori Provenance: Private collection, Paris. Born in
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Graphite

Carmen at Her Dance from the Opera
By Henry Ives Cobb, Jr.
Located in New York, NY
charcoal sketches, lithographs, and paintings. In 1933 and 1934, James Newlin Price held shows of Cobb's
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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Untitled (New Mexico Church)
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
developed a strong interest in and connection to the Southwest U.S., and she would return often to sketch
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20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Montmartre, Le Soir
By Georges Maurice Cloud 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, André Lhote wrote important treatises on landscape painting (1939) and figure painting (1950). The early
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1940s Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel

“Female Nude Study”
By Warren Brandt
Located in Southampton, NY
Original pencil and charcoal figure study on brown sketch paper of two nude women. Signed middle
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1970s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Dr Claribel & Miss Etta (Cone Sisters) British Pop Artist Kitaj Pastel Drawing
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in Surfside, FL
intellectual life in Vienna (where he had started his art studies in the early 1950s), as well as an admiration
Category

1990s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pastel

Abstract Composition (Grey and Black)
By Suki Maguire
Located in New York, NY
create a mature abstract composition as Suki Maguire has been painting in this field since the 1970's
Category

2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

Wild flowers
Located in Westmount, QC
Personal War Records of Private Lamb, M”, which included 147 folios and fifty single sheet sketches. After
Category

1980s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Oslo
Located in Westmount, QC
Molly Lamb Bobak, Canadian, 1920 – 2014 Oslo, 1960 charcoal and ink wash 15.75 x 19.75 in 40 x 50.2
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1980s Still-life Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Oslo
H 16 in W 20 in
after Henri Matisse - Fern - Lithograph
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
of her, as well as numerous sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather
Category

1950s Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Lithograph - Woman
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
of her, as well as numerous sketches with charcoal or ink. She would sit in a pretty but rather
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Girl Portrait - Original Charcoal Drawing by Flor David - 1950s
By Flor David
Located in Roma, IT
Girl Portrait is an original pencil drawing on ivory paper realized by Flor David in the 1950s
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

The Conversation - Charcoal Drawing on Paper by Paul Garin - 1950s
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Conversation is an original charcoal drawing on ivory paper, realized by the French artist Paul
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Untitled: Girl In Green
By Frank Campanella
Located in New York, NY
. During the early l980's he sketched portraits on the Asbury Park Boardwalk in New Jersey for a period of
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel, Charcoal

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1950s Charcoal Sketches For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, there are several options of 1950s charcoal sketches available for sale. Finding the perfect modern, abstract or Art Deco examples of these works for your space is difficult — today, we have a vast range of variations and more on offer. These items have been made for many years, with versions that date back to the 20th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the 1950s charcoal sketches that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, blue, beige and white. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, Pawel Kontny, Suki Maguire and Angelo Di Benedetto are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in lithograph, paint and charcoal — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are 1950s Charcoal Sketches?

Prices for pieces in our collection of 1950s charcoal sketches start at $98 and top out at $28,000 with the average selling for $1,431.

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