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Charlie Chaplin - Vintage Photo - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
of his famous sketches. Very good conditions. Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker
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1930s Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Degas, Sketch of Dancers, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
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1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Terracotta Sketch Book Panels
Located in Garnerville, NY
sketches from a famous book or a dream? Most of the writing is legible (Baby, are you a ghost?) Very good
Category

Late 20th Century American Post-Modern Decorative Art

Materials

Terracotta

Terracotta Sketch Book Panels
Terracotta Sketch Book Panels
H 14 in W 11 in D 0.5 in
Masaccio Landscape Sketch Pad
By Giannini
Located in Milan, IT
This item was named after the most famous painter of the early Italian Renaissance, Masaccio, who
Category

2010s Italian Desk Sets

Materials

Leather, Paper

Masaccio Landscape Sketch Pad
Masaccio Landscape Sketch Pad
H 6.3 in W 10.24 in D 0.6 in
Degas, Four sketches of a small dancer, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Galeria Joan Prats - Beach Umbrella Sketch
By Christo
Located in Winterswijk, NL
world-famous installations as an artist couple. With 'L'Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped' (18 September - 03
Category

1980s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Color

Degas, Three dancers, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Degas, Melina Darde, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

French Impressionist Watercolour Landscape Parisian Bridge Sketch
By Maurice Mazeilie
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
. Mazeilie lived and worked in Montmartre, with a studio on the famous Place du Tertre. His love of the coast
Category

20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5
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1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Little Hampton - seascape - James Webb - oil sketch
By James Webb
Located in London, GB
painter who painted a very famous picture of the Battle of Trafalgar. His brother, Byron Webb, was a
Category

1860s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Derain Sketch of Faces. original pencil drawing painting
By André Derain
Located in CORAL GABLES - MIAMI, FL
, which is why he carefully followed Camille Corot's sketches, and also achieved considerable work. A
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1920s Fauvist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Toulouse Lautrec Original Lithograph Famous Political 1800s Collection Signed
By Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Located in Milwaukee, WI
ancient roots. For the lithographs, Lautrec spent hours in the Tournelle quarter of Paris, sketching poor
Category

1890s Post-Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Mulberry Paper

Albert Lorey Groll, American 1866-1952 Pencil sketch.
By Albert Groll
Located in Hallowell, ME
Southwest. Subsequently Leigh became more famous for his paintings of the region than Groll. The two of
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Pencil

Peter Collins ARCA The Schoolroom sketch c. 1950s
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
most famous being Elizabeth Frink. Combining an artist's studio and a single residence at Stanley
Category

1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Busiri Vici Pencil Drawing Architectural Sketch Project, Italy, 1928
Located in Rome, IT
century, various famous figures of architects. As shown in the photos, the sketch was restored in the
Category

Vintage 1920s Italian Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Materials

Glass, Wood, Paper

Degas, Dancer standing, in profile, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Degas, Dancer at the bar, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Degas, Dancer at the bar, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Degas, Dancer arranging her dress, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Degas, Dancer touching her earring, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Violinist (Antique Ellsworth Woodward Figurative Graphite Sketch Drawing)
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
his name to bring up a wealth of information about him. He is most famous for his leadership of the
Category

1890s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Graphite 19th Century Sketch of Voltaire in Vintage Frame
Located in Hudson, NY
probably taken from one of two versions of the famous Houdon seated statue of 1779 which late became a part
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Antique 19th Century Unknown Neoclassical Drawings

Materials

Paper

Famous Painter Walther Firle Oil on Canvas with Leaf Gold Frame
Located in Berlin, DE
charmed and inspired him to draw. Back in Munich, Firle created the first large works of his sketches and
Category

Antique 19th Century German Biedermeier Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Degas, Seated dancer, removing her slipper, Ten Ballet Sketches (after)
By Edgar Degas
Located in Auburn Hills, MI
framed or matted. Notes: From the folio, Degas, A Portfolio Of 10 Reproductions, Ten Ballet Sketches
Category

1940s Impressionist Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Impressionist Landscape oil of the world famous Stone Henge in the UK
By Charles Bertie Hall
Located in Woodbury, CT
Impressionist Landscape oil of the world famous Stone Henge in the UK Charles Bertie Hall
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

20th Century French Modernist Monochrome Sketch Of Female String Musician
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
century, Bolot returned to the Arts Décoratifs in Paris in 1936. He was part of the famous Group "ESPACE
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

ROGER BONAFE (B.1932) ORIGINAL PAINTING FRENCH MODERNIST - LANDSCAPE SKETCH
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
scenes, trying to emulate the famous artist Utrillo. His passion and gift replaced the lack of schooling
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Lovely "Naughty" Book Illustrated by Clara Tice, with Famous B. Franklin Text
Located in Middletown, NY
, Clara Tice" and with small sketch of naked lady in pink crayon on front free endpaper; Tice's own copy
Category

Early 20th Century American Books

Materials

Gold Leaf

"Woman on a Staircase, Sketch" Everett Shinn, Ashcan School, Theater Scene
By Everett Shinn
Located in New York, NY
Everett Shinn Woman on a Staircase, Sketch, circa 1935 Signed on the reverse and on the stretcher
Category

1930s Ashcan School Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sketch for Frescoed Frieze - Pencil and Gouache by Paul Bony - 1932
By Paul Henry Bony
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch for Frescoed Frieze is an interesting preparatory study realized by the artist Paul Bony, a
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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Gouache

19th Century Traditional English Painting of an Artist Sketching in Yorkshire
By English School
Located in Cirencester, GB
inscribed verso Title - "The Challenge", an Incident Occurring During a Sketching Tour at Farnham
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Late 20th Century English Paintings

Materials

Other

Sketch for the Parliament Hall “Thanatos and the Enigma” - 1900s - Drawing
By Giulio Aristide Sartorio
Located in Roma, IT
Original drawing, pencil on paper. A wonderful sketch for the frieze for Parliament Hall in
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink

Exotic Dance: Peter Collins ARCA pencil sketch theatre ballet street performer
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
look at our other drawings and sketches by him. Collins's first job was at an advertising agency, in
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1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

A Study of Human Head and Tiger by Orovida Pissarro - Sketch
By Orovida Pissarro
Located in London, GB
simultaneous decision to drop her famous last name and simply use Orovida as a ‘nom de peintre’, reflected a
Category

1910s Post-Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Ed Sketching at Red Rocks, Vintage 1940s Original Mountain Landscape, Colorado
By Vance Kirkland
Located in Denver, CO
(1904-1981). Titled, "Ed (Hicks) Sketching at Red Rocks". This regionalist mountain landscape painting
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Peter Collins ARCA School Children in a Cloakroom sketch c. 1950s
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
which were scheduled for redevelopment; many artists had worked there, probably the most famous being
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

"Pan Playing His Pipes, " Charming Mural Sketch for Liberty Music Shop, NYC
Located in Philadelphia, PA
against a tree and playing his pipes was a perfect image for the famous Liberty Music Shop in New York
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

"Toltec, " Important Sketch for Art Deco Painting with Male and Female Nudes
By John Garth
Located in Philadelphia, PA
clients, and also designed mosaic murals such as the famous "World Sources of Food" located in the Marina
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Pencil Sketch of Girl Nude Posing - Early 20th Century by Bruno Beran
By Bruno Beran
Located in Watford, Hertfordshire
. Bruno was lucky to join a class under the direction of a most famous artist, Claude Monet, now
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1930s Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Studies of a statue and a sketch of a lady in ink
By George Richmond
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
George Richmond RA (British, 1809 – 1896) Studies of a statue and a sketch of a lady in ink Pencil
Category

19th Century Romantic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pen, Pencil

"Jimi Hendrix original Color Pencil sketch" Fillmore East the very first version
By David Edward Byrd
Located in Southampton, NY
Washington, DC. Featured in this listing is the Original Color pencil Sketch created in 2006 by David Byrd
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Early 2000s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Vellum, Color Pencil

Royal Navy Bandsman: Peter Collins ARCA pen and ink sketch clarinet Naval
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
you to look at our other drawings and sketches by him. Collins's first job was at an advertising
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1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Town Scene: Peter Collins ARCA pen and ink sketch Modern British Art
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
invite you to look at our other drawings and sketches by him. Collins's first job was at an advertising
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1960s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Oil Sketch for the Painting "Gustavus II Adolphus before the Battle of Lützen"
Located in Stockholm, SE
This is an oil sketch for the famous painting "Gustavus II Adolphus before the Battle of Lützen
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1890s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peter Collins ARCA Colliery Mining Scene pen and ink factory England sketch
By Peter Collins ARCA
Located in London, GB
artists had worked there, probably the most famous being Elizabeth Frink. Combining an artist's studio and
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Moooi Large Sketched Collage Rug in Soft Yarn Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk
By Moooi, Joost van Bleiswijk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moooi large sketched collage rug in soft yarn Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk. Joost van
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch More Carpets

Materials

Yarn

Moooi Small Sketched Collage Rug in Low Pile Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk
By Moooi, Joost van Bleiswijk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moooi Small Sketched Collage rug in Low Pile Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk Joost van
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch More Carpets

Materials

Polyester

Moooi Small Sketched Collage Rug in Soft Yarn Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk
By Moooi, Joost van Bleiswijk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moooi Small Sketched Collage rug in Soft Yarn Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk Joost van
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch More Carpets

Materials

Yarn

Moooi Large Sketched Collage Rug in Low Pile Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk
By Moooi, Joost van Bleiswijk
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moooi Large Sketched Collage rug in Low Pile Polyamide by Joost van Bleiswijk Joost van
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch More Carpets

Materials

Polyester

Moooi Small Sketched Collage Rug in Wool with Blind Hem by Joost van Bleiswijk
By Joost van Bleiswijk, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moooi Small Sketched Collage rug in Wool with Blind Hem by Joost van Bleiswijk Joost van
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch More Carpets

Materials

Wool

Moooi Large Sketched Collage Rug in Wool with Blind Hem by Joost van Bleiswijk
By Joost van Bleiswijk, Moooi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Moooi Large Sketched Collage rug in Wool with Blind Hem by Joost van Bleiswijk Joost van
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Dutch More Carpets

Materials

Wool

The Works of Turgenev in 15 Leatherbound Volumes Published London: 1916
Located in San Francisco, CA
. Turgenev was a famous novelist, poet and playwright whose most famous works include Fathers and Sons (1862
Category

Early 20th Century English Books

Materials

Leather, Paper

Shark
By Damien Hirst
Located in Miami, FL
Damien Hirst "Shark" Sketch of the famous shark of Damien Hirst and signed by the artist, Ink on
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Ink

Shark
Shark
H 20 in W 29 in
Ettore Sottsass Bacterio Shirt, 2017 Triennale Design Museum Exhibition, New
By Ettore Sottsass
Located in Chicago, IL
reproduction of the original hand-drawn sketch of his famous Bacterio pattern. Released in conjunction with the
Category

2010s Italian Post-Modern Prints

Materials

Fabric

Small Child's Room Rug by Anni Albers
By Anni Albers
Located in Jersey City, NJ
artist to be honoured with a show at the Museum of Modern Art – and the most famous weaver of the modern
Category

2010s European Caucasian Rugs

Materials

Wool

Dream of flying dandelions
Located in Sempach, LU
This live sketch was made on the same day as the first sketch for the painting “Passion for Color
Category

2010s Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Tempera, Paper, Permanent Marker

Mont Blanc Lake Blanc - contemporary glass mixed media landscape mountain art
By Minna George
Located in London, Chelsea
, hence our desire to seek out and why we value the ‘study sketch’ of famous pieces of art often as much
Category

2010s Abstract Impressionist Mixed Media

Materials

Plexiglass, Mixed Media

Original Study of Rembrandt’s Portrait of an Old Woman
Located in Soquel, CA
Pavlovich Shilnikovsky (Russian, 19th/20th century), circa 1910. The artist studied under famous Russian
Category

Early 20th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings

Materials

Ink, Paper

Oil Landscape of Horizon at Sunset
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
portraits. His landscape scenes are famous for including houses in the distant horizon, much like in this
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Late 19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

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The average selling price for famous sketches we offer is $1,623, while they’re typically $11 on the low end and $700,000 for the highest priced.