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
Category
1940s Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Watercolor
$575
H 6.89 in W 9.85 in D 0.04 in
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
Category
20th Century Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Metal
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
Category
1970s Conceptual Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Graphite
East Wall
By General Idea
Located in Toronto, Ontario
the final preparatory drawings for the installation. The work features General Idea's hand-written
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Gold Leaf
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
Category
20th Century Abstract Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
$35,735
H 9.63 in W 14.63 in D 1 in
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
$1,018
H 17.13 in W 12.41 in D 0.04 in
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
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Fabric, Foam, Wood
$7,995 / set
H 26 in W 32.5 in D 32 in
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
Category
1980s Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1980s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Digital
$13,500
H 54 in W 34 in
“Oranges”
Located in Southampton, NY
idea of "weightless" drawings and paintings, and went so far as to affix paintings to the ceiling
Category
1970s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1930s Impressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Oil
$9,112
H 36 in W 44 in D 3 in
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
Category
1990s English Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Canvas
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
Category
1970s Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1930s Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Paint
$135,000
H 36.5 in W 31 in D 2.5 in
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$1,800
H 26.5 in W 61 in D 1.5 in
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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'
Category
1930s Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Paper, Ink
H 22.25 in W 30 in D 0.013 in
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
Category
Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
20th Century Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1990s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Oil
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
Category
1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1990s Minimalist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1990s Minimalist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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).
Category
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
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
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Oil
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
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1960s Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
Late 20th Century Nepalese Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Wool
W 78.75 in L 118.12 in
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Canvas, Oil
H 25.13 in W 29.38 in D 1.38 in
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
Category
1940s American Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Synthetic
H 43.31 in W 181.11 in D 0.4 in
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
Category
1980s British Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Marble
H 45.67 in W 25.6 in D 11.82 in
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
Category
Late 20th Century Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
Mid-20th Century Indian Agra Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Synthetic
H 39.38 in W 183.08 in D 0.4 in
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
Category
1990s Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1970s Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1970s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1960s Impressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
20th Century Italian Bauhaus Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Chrome
H 31 in W 23 in D 22.5 in
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
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1940s Mexican Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1940s Mexican Art Deco Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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
Category
1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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...
Category
2010s American Realist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1980s Pop Art Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
$3,000
H 27.25 in W 24.25 in
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 ...
Category
2010s American Other Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Fabric, Rope, Lambskin, Mohair, Acrylic, Lucite
$1,800 / item
H 122 in W 24 in D 12 in
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...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Resin
$11,360
H 35 in W 70 in D 70 in
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...
Category
2010s Contemporary Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$7,200
H 36 in W 48 in D 1.5 in
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 ...
Category
1670s Italian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Metal
$1,437
H 15.75 in Dm 13.78 in
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...
Category
2010s American Realist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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...
Category
1980s Cubist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
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.
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Metal, Brass
$5,392
H 23.63 in W 7.88 in D 23.63 in
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...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Acrylic
$671
H 8.27 in W 11.03 in D 0.04 in
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Permanent Marker
$575
H 6.7 in W 5.12 in D 0.04 in
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...
Category
1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Metal, Brass
$4,800
H 24 in W 8 in D 24.5 in
Saw - Original Lithograph by Nicola Carrino - 1970 ca.
By Nicola Carrino
Located in Roma, IT
Limited edition of 150 prints, numbered and hand signed.
Category
20th Century Abstract Geometric Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Lithograph
$599
H 18.9 in W 25.2 in D 0.04 in
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...
Category
20th Century Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Paper
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.
Category
1970s Abstract Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Mixed Media
$11,743
H 56.3 in W 96.46 in D 0.79 in
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...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Vintage Drawing Ideas
Materials
Pencil
$587
H 9.06 in W 5.91 in D 0.04 in
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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.
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