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Vintage Drawing Ideas

The Fixed Idea - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor drawing on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1940s. Hand signed lower left. Very good
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1940s Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Watercolor

Henry Moore, English, 1898-1986, "Eight Sculptural Ideas, Girl Writing"
By Henry Moore
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Henry Moore, English, 1898-1986. "Eight Sculptural Ideas, Girl Writing". Signed in pencil, dated
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20th Century Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paper

ABCs
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
In 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Metal

Vintage ABCs
ABCs
$28,250
H 36.5 in W 49.5 in
Nova
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
In 1967, General Idea was founded in Toronto by AA Bronson (b. 1946), Felix Partz (1945-1994), and
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1970s Conceptual Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Graphite

Vintage Nova
Nova
$7,000
H 19.25 in W 25 in
East Wall
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
the final preparatory drawings for the installation. The work features General Idea's hand-written
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1980s Post-Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Gold Leaf

Vintage East Wall
East Wall
$7,500
H 31 in W 22.75 in
Signed and dated watercolour painting by Henry Moore, 1981 'Four ideas'
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Henry Moore O.M., C.H. (British, 1898-1986) Four Ideas for Sculpture Signed and dated ‘Moore/81
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20th Century Abstract Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil

Man and the Ideas-Ink and Watercolor by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Man and the Ideas is an original China Ink and Watercolour realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th
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Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Ink, Watercolor

1970s Mcm to Modern Harvey Probber Club Chairs Orange 1571 Tuxedo Sleigh Bases
By Harvey Probber
Located in Topeka, KS
drawing ideas for furniture. Probber sold his first sofa design when he was just 16, for $10. After high
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Fabric, Foam, Wood

Full Speed Ahead by Ed Mell
By Ed Mell
Located in Phoenix, AZ
for future drawing ideas.Graduating from Phoenix Junior College with an Associated Arts Degree, he
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1980s Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Lithograph

Ed Mell, This Palomino Ain't No Pal of Mine, Giant Size, 54 x 36 in , Special Ed
By Ed Mell
Located in Phoenix, AZ
in Phoenix, Arizona in 1942, Ed Mell started drawing as soon as he could hold a pencil. Influenced by
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1980s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Digital

“Oranges”
Located in Southampton, NY
idea of "weightless" drawings and paintings, and went so far as to affix paintings to the ceiling
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1970s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Canvas, Oil

Vintage “Oranges”
“Oranges”
$2,240 Sale Price
20% Off
H 16 in W 20 in D 1 in
Vintage Indian Sari Mauve Color for Curtains or Evening Dress
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage elegant Indian Sari, with a rich floral drawing: new idea for unusual curtains in bedroom
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Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Synthetic

A Still Life of Fruit, Flowers and Vases on a Table by Marcel Dyf. Oil on Canvas
By Marcel Dyf
Located in St. Albans, GB
sketches he would begin work instantly, drawing on his new ideas while the images were still fresh in his
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1930s Impressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Oil

Painting by James Neill, 1990
By James Neill
Located in Sheffield, MA
James Neill is a contemporary fine artist who specialises in drawing. His work deals with ideas of
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1990s English Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Canvas

Painting by James Neill, 1990
Painting by James Neill, 1990
$3,600
H 26.5 in W 21.5 in D 3.75 in
THE LETTER Q AS BEACH HOUSE, WITH SAILBOAT
By Claes Oldenburg
Located in Portland, ME
, quoted in Haskell "Object Into Monument."). "From initial drawings his idea went through several printed
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1970s Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Lithograph

Georges Rouault Portrait de Marie Thérèse Bonney
By Georges Rouault
Located in Dallas, TX
. Drawing on the ideas of religiously-inspired intellectuals of his time, Rouault looked towards symbolism
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1930s Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paint

Modern Colorful Tropical Abstract Painting of Two Female Figures and an Animal
Located in Houston, TX
Lust for Life. The idea of drawing naked females was of great interest to me. Besides I had no
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Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Canvas, Oil

Signed Vintage Scandinavian Swedish Röllakan by Erik Lundberg for Vavaregarden
By Vävaregården, Erik Lundberg
Located in Dallas, TX
themes of luck, prosperity, and community, drawing inspiration from the idea of a "lucky town." This
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Wool

Recent Sales

Fourteen Ideas for Sculpture - 20th Century, Watercolour on paper by Henry Moore
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
Pencil, wax crayon, watercolour wash, pen and ink, crayon on cream medium weight wove Signed with pen and ink lower left 'Moore/39'
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1930s Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Crayon, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Sepia Ink Drawing on Paper, Leda and the Swan
By Reuben Nakian
Located in Providence, RI
his own work. For a while he turned away from sculpture to develop new ideas in drawings, pushing
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Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paper, Ink

Guillaume AZOULAY Large ORIGINAL DRAWING Study Aries Ram Zodiac Signed Artwork
By Guillaume Azoulay
Located in Bloomington, MN
idea. Additionally, this Drawing, looks absolutely spectacular in person with the tasteful, custom
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paper, Ink

Jean Jansem Original Nude Drawing Authentic Modern Artwork Female Male Portrait
By Jean Jansem
Located in Bloomington, MN
simple yet expressive portraits like the one here. This Original Drawing is titled, "Original Idea for
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20th Century Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Graphite

Universal Rorschach
By Roni Horn
Located in New York, NY
drawing as an "idea [that] bleeds over into everything. I mean you’ve got drawing in the photo work, in
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1990s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Monoprint

A Look at the Menu
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Sheffield, MA
group of sketches he would begin work instantly, drawing on his new ideas while the images were still
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Oil

A Look at the Menu
A Look at the Menu
H 27.75 in W 32.25 in
Vintage Ceramic Bordallo Pinheiro Cabbage Tureen Bowl, Portugal 60s
By Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro
Located in Escalona, Toledo
fauna of his hometown, Caldas, as well as drawing inspiration from ideas from the Renaissance and the
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1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Ceramic

Vintage Ceramic Bordallo Pinheiro Cabbage Salt Shaker, Portugal 60s
By Rafael Bordalo Pinheiro
Located in Escalona, Toledo
hometown, Caldas, as well as drawing inspiration from ideas from the Renaissance and the Art Nouveau and
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1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Ceramic

Painted Slate #5
By Winston Roeth
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
ideas in “Desktop Drawings,” graphite and ink drawings on graph paper. “I use the drawing primarily as a
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1990s Minimalist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Slate

Painted Slate #6
By Winston Roeth
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
ideas in “Desktop Drawings,” graphite and ink drawings on graph paper. “I use the drawing primarily as a
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1990s Minimalist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Slate

Bertone Corvette Ramarro, Signed Portfolio
By Giuseppe "Nuccio" Bertone 1
Located in Bern, CH
(artist drawings, a photo and the idea of this project).
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1980s Italian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

Bertone Corvette Ramarro, Signed Portfolio
Bertone Corvette Ramarro, Signed Portfolio
H 0.4 in W 16.15 in D 10.83 in
Djeuner Champtre
By Marcel Dyf
Located in Sheffield, MA
group of sketches he would begin work instantly, drawing on his new ideas while the images were still
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1950s Post-Impressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Oil

Djeuner Champtre
Djeuner Champtre
H 31.5 in W 36.75 in D 3 in
Harvey Probber Tall Cane Back Chairs
By Harvey Probber
Located in Westport, CT
job in a used-furniture store, and was inspired to try his hand at drawing ideas for furniture
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Fabric, Walnut

Straw on the left, gold on the right David Hockney Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales
By David Hockney
Located in New York, NY
depicts the famous story ‘Rumpelstilzchen’. Hockney says he was intrigued by the idea of drawing something
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1960s Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Etching, Aquatint

20th Century, Carpet "Riviera" for Elio Palmisano by Nathalie Du Pasquier, 1985
By Nathalie du Pasquier
Located in Firenze, IT
hours reproducing the designs of the carpets she had at home. The idea of drawing his motifs was born on
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Late 20th Century Nepalese Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Wool

Modern Colorful Abstract Painting of Three Female Figures and a Bird
Located in Houston, TX
career thusly: "It was never my intention to be an artist. But I read Lust for Life. The idea of drawing
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Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Young Girl Reading)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
giving in to the wanderlust that took him to Chicago’ “with the idea of observing, drawing, and painting
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1940s American Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Ink, Watercolor, Pen

Rare Executive Desk in Herring Bone, Marble, and Walnut by Harvey Probber
By Harvey Probber
Located in Buffalo, NY
took a part-time job in a used-furniture store, and was inspired to try his hand at drawing ideas for
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Marble

Vintage Indian Sari Tobacco Color with Rich Drawing for Curtains Also
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage Indian Sari, tobacco color and gold "botteh" drawing in the border, new idea for unusual
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Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Synthetic

Artist Unknown Sculpture Marble Mother & Child Biomorphic 3ft 10in high Statuary
By Henry Moore
Located in BUNGAY, SUFFOLK
, 1983 – similar working of the curved form Henry Moore Catalogue Raisonne References – Drawings, Ideas
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1980s British Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Marble

Stuart Abelman Art Glass Unicorn Iridescent
By Stuart Abelman
Located in Miami Beach, FL
collegeexam papers, but now he found himself drawing ideas for glass on paper napkins in restaurants and on
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Late 20th Century Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Art Glass

Vintage Indian Sari Dark Brown Color, Unusual Curtains or an Evening Dress
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Vintage Indian Sari with elegant drawings: a new idea for unusual curtains in bedroom or...a
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Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Synthetic

Invisible Cities.
By Wayne Thiebaud
Located in New York, NY
. The artist Wayne Thiebaud contributed twelve drawings, with the idea that the images of cities and
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1990s Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paper

Solar House Project
By Raimund Abraham
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
architectural idea.” To Abraham, drawing was as much the work of the architect as building. Critics describe
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1970s Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Color Pencil, Mixed Media, Pencil, Watercolor

Signed Pair Frederick Cooper Urn Form Lamps in Brass and Lucite
By Frederick Cooper
Located in Ann Arbor, MI
and Joann Barwick. Starting from our designers' ideas, renderings, and drawings, Frederick Cooper's
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1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Brass

Un Bouquet de Fleurs Spectaculaire
By Marcel Dyf
Located in St. Albans, GB
Normandy was crucial during his youth, as innovative ideas and new thinking, born of the Impressionist and
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1960s Impressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Oil

8 Bauhaus Black Leather & Chrome Cantilever Italian Chairs Attributed Mart Stam
By Mart Stam
Located in Topeka, KS
desk, flipping it over, and sketching the drawing of a chair idea he has created for his then pregnant
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20th Century Italian Bauhaus Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Chrome

Monica Laying on Blanket (Black)
By Tom Wesselmann
Located in New York, NY
drawings that “the idea was to take a small doodle and blow it up large, as if it had just been made on the
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Enamel, Steel

Rare Art Deco Roland Paris Porcelain Pierrot Sculpture Lamp
By Roland Paris
Located in Oakland, CA
many original and creative ideas from drawings, paintings, sculpture etc. The piece being offered here
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Metal

Fred Davis Sterling Silver Bracelet
By Frederick Davis
Located in San Francisco, CA
ideas, drawing both Mexican and international artists and intellectuals. In the late 1920s, Davis
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1940s Mexican Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Sterling Silver

Fred Davis Sterling Silver Bracelet
By Frederick Davis
Located in San Francisco, CA
gallery in the Palacio de Iturbide Hotel. It was a lively center for the exchange of art and ideas
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1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Sterling Silver

Anzolo Fuga for A.V.E.M Midcentury Blown Murano Glass 3 Mouths "A Cerchi" Vase
By A.VE.M, Anzolo Fuga
Located in Firenze, Toscana
models at all times, so he would show up at A.V.E.M. with drawings and ideas on a daily basis. He and
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1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Murano Glass

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A New Way Forward
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the va...
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2010s American Realist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Canvas, Oil

A New Way Forward
$14,000
H 30 in W 36 in
National Coming Out Day Poster /// Keith Haring Street Pop Art LGBTQ Political
By Keith Haring
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Keith Haring (American, 1958-1990) Title: "National Coming Out Day" *Signed and dated by Haring in the plate (printed signature) lower right Year: 1988 Medium: Original Offse...
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Lithograph, Offset

Sno-Cone Indoor Swing, Single Seater in Hand Dyed Cotton Velvet
By Gabriela Noelle
Located in Miami, FL
The Sno-Cone swing is a playful indoor swing featuring a hand dyed multi-color velvet cushion, colorful accessory cord, a Lucite base and Lucite accessories created in collaboration ...
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2010s American Other Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Fabric, Rope, Lambskin, Mohair, Acrylic, Lucite

Vondom Faz Daybed with Hinged Canopy/360º Swivels Design by Ramon Esteve
By Ramón Esteve, Vondom
Located in Boston, MA
A collection fashioned as the new norm with an inherit universal and logical appeal. A functional daybed that strikes a perfect balance between design, technology, and ergonomics bas...
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21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Resin

Birds and Spoons - Green Botanical Still Life Dahlia Flowers Tea Fruit, 2024
By Melanie Parke
Located in Kent, CT
In this contemporary oil painting on canvas, a cheerful interior scene is set with a still life arrangement of flowers in a vase beside a lamp, a painted horse figurine, tea cup, pla...
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2010s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Canvas, Oil

Modern Italian Lighting Sfera Model by Angelo Mangiarotti for Skipper, 1970
By Angelo Mangiarotti, Skipper
Located in Milan, Italy
Beautiful table lamp Sfera in Murano glass and chromed metal designed by Angelo Mangiarotti and produced by Skipper in circa 1970. Biography ANGELO MANGIAROTTI was born in Milan on ...
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1670s Italian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Metal

Curious Gull
By Wes Hempel
Located in Fairfield, CT
A walk through any major museum will reveal paintings that depict or legitimate only certain kinds of experience. Despite the good intentions of critical theorists questioning the va...
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2010s American Realist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Canvas, Oil

Curious Gull
$7,500
H 14 in W 24 in
Visage, Cubist Portrait Lithograph after Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in Long Island City, NY
Grabbing the faces of one another, the two women in this Pablo Picasso print tenderly kiss one another. Seen in profile view from the position of the viewer, the scene is loving albe...
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1980s Cubist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Lithograph

Hans-Agne Jakobsson Table Lamp Model B-54 Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in Limhamn, Skåne län
Rare table lamp model B-54 designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson. Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd, Sweden.
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Metal, Brass

The Silvery Song of Resistance - Drawing by Parimah Avani - 2022
Located in Roma, IT
The Silvery Song of Resistance is a drawing realized by Iranian Painter and Poet Parimah Avani in 2022. China ink and acrylic on ivory-colored paper. Hand-signed and dated. Excelle...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paper, India Ink, Acrylic

The Jab - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Jab is a black marker Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Permanent Marker

Original Vintage Hans-Agne Jakobsson Table Lamp Model B-54, Original Label
By Hans-Agne Jakobsson
Located in North Miami, FL
Rare table lamp model B-54 in as-found condition (working perfectly) designed by Hans-Agne Jakobsson in Teak, brass and metal diffuser. Produced by Hans-Agne Jakobsson AB in Markaryd...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Metal, Brass

Saw - Original Lithograph by Nicola Carrino - 1970 ca.
By Nicola Carrino
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 150 prints, numbered and hand signed.
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20th Century Abstract Geometric Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Lithograph

Henry Moore, (British, 1898-1986) Lithograph
By Henry Moore
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Henry Moore, (British, 1898-1986) Lithograph Girl Writing, 1973, titled in the plate, lithograph, signed, dated in pencil, l.r., Artists Proof, l.l. Plate, 15 by 19.5 in., paper, 21...
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20th Century Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Paper

Henry Moore, (British, 1898-1986) Lithograph
Henry Moore, (British, 1898-1986) Lithograph
$1,600
H 21 in W 29 in D 0.5 in
Landscape - Mixed Media by Mario Sinisca - 1970s
By Mario Sinisca
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an artwork realized by Mario Sinisca, 1970s.  Mixed media on canvas, 143 x 245 cm; not framed. Hand signed lower left. Good conditions. 
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1970s Abstract Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Mixed Media

Fixation - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Fixation is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower. Good conditions. Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas

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Pencil

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Vintage Drawing Ideas For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of vintage drawing ideas for sale on 1stDibs. Finding the perfect modern, Surrealist or Impressionist 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 20th Century. Adding a colorful piece of art to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — see the vintage drawing ideas on 1stDibs that include elements of gray, beige, brown, white and more. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by Donald S. Vogel, Victor Vasarely, Della Wells, Penelope Ellis and Christo are consistently popular. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, paper and oil paint — can elevate any room of your home.

How Much are Vintage Drawing Ideas?

Prices for pieces in our collection of vintage drawing ideas start at $91 and top out at $1,150,000 with the average selling for $1,885.