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Koch John

Landscape Sketch, Impressionist Graphite Drawing by John Koch
By John Koch
Located in Long Island City, NY
John Koch, American (1909 - 1978) - Landscape Sketch, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Graphite on Paper
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1970s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Interior Bedroom Scene, Modern Graphite Drawing by John Koch
By John Koch
Located in Long Island City, NY
John Koch, American (1909 - 1978) - Interior Bedroom Scene, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Graphite on
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1970s Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Male Torso
By John Koch
Located in London, GB
, (51cm x 68cm framed). John Koch was an American painter and teacher, and an important figure in 20th
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pencil, Color Pencil

Male Torso
Male Torso
$2,272
H 20.08 in W 26.78 in D 1.19 in
Bubbles
By John Koch
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
collection, Connecticut, until present John Koch’s portraits of New York high society offered an intimate
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bubbles
Bubbles
$135,000
H 44.5 in W 30 in
Vermont Barns - Neutral Monochromatic Study in Grays
By John Koch
Located in Miami, FL
signed Koch lower left John Koch made his debut in 1939 with C.W. Kraushaar Galleries. Based on the age
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1950s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Pastoral
By John Koch
Located in Greenwich, CT
John Koch is a beloved American realist painter who depicted people in their everyday lives. Here
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Pastoral
American Pastoral
$28,000
H 37.5 in W 31.75 in D 2 in
Composition, Description of a Masque, Jane Freilicher
By Jane Freilicher
Located in Southampton, NY
including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Along with Frankenthaler, Hartigan
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1990s Academic Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Composition, Description of a Masque, Jane Freilicher
By Jane Freilicher
Located in Southampton, NY
including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Along with Frankenthaler, Hartigan
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1990s Academic Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Composition, Description of a Masque, Jane Freilicher
By Jane Freilicher
Located in Southampton, NY
including John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O'Hara and James Schuyler. Along with Frankenthaler, Hartigan
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1990s Academic Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Summer", Domestic Scene by Sheppard w/ Reclining Male Nude
Located in Philadelphia, PA
work of John Koch, but it was painted by a more recent master of figurative painting -- Joseph Sheppard
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Summer", Domestic Scene by Sheppard w/ Reclining Male Nude
"Summer", Domestic Scene by Sheppard w/ Reclining Male Nude
$6,800 Sale Price
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H 27.5 in W 31.5 in D 1 in
A Day in Venice
By Enid Smiley
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Enid and her husband became best friends with John and Dora Koch. They are noted in John"s famous
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A Day in Venice
$2,695 Sale Price
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H 30 in W 36 in
"Untitled I" Jane Freilicher, Hamptons Landscape Drawing, Mid-century Abstract
By Jane Freilicher
Located in New York, NY
Mitchell, Larry Rivers, Fairfield Porter, and Alex Katz; and poets John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, and Frank
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1950s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Recent Sales

Two Models and the Artist
By John Koch
Located in New York, NY
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1970s Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Nude Male w/ Upraised Arm, " Drawing by John Koch
By John Koch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
music rooms, bedrooms and parlours, John Koch was influenced by Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown and
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Vintage 1950s American Drawings

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Drawing of Male Nude by John Koch
Located in Philadelphia, PA
music rooms, bedrooms and parlours, John Koch was influenced by Charles Hawthorne in Provincetown and
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Vintage 1950s American Drawings

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Meditations in an Emergency /// Abstract Expressionist Female Artist Post-War NY
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
the museum, who died in a tragic accident in 1966. Bill Berkson (with the assistance of Kenneth Koch
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Illustration for 'Romanze, or The Music Students' (I) & (II)
By Roy Lichtenstein
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
. Bill Berkson (with the assistance of Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery) selected the poems and (with advice
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Photogravure, Lithograph

Poem /// Abstract Expressionist Female Artist Post-War NY Modern Lithograph MoMA
By Lee Krasner
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
accident in 1966. Bill Berkson (with the assistance of Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery) selected the poems
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Set of Seven Pencil Studies by American Realist John Koch
By John Koch
Located in Astoria, NY
A set of seven graphite on paper sketches by American Realist Painter John Koch (1909-1978). Each
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20th Century American Drawings

Study for Vermont Marble Quarry
By John Koch
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Image size: 7 x 5 1/2 inches Frame size: 10 x 10 1/16 inches John Koch was an American realist painter
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Ghost In the Shadow
By Enid Smiley
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Enid and her husband became best friends with John and Dora Koch. They are noted in John"s famous
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Self Service Laundry
By Enid Smiley
Located in Buffalo, NY
. Enid and her husband became best friends with John and Dora Koch. They are noted in John"s famous
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1970s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Meditations in an Emergency
By Joan Mitchell
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
accident in 1966. Bill Berkson (with the assistance of Kenneth Koch and John Ashbery) selected the poems
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Untitled, from Permanently
By Alfred Leslie
Located in New York, NY
artists with the work of contemporary poets John Ashbery, Kenneth Koch, Frank O’Hara, and James Schuyler
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20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Color, Screen

Landscape in Brooklyn Oil Painting by New York City Artist Clintel Steed, 2012
Located in New York, NY
Hamptons, Philadelphia and winning the John Koch award from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 2015
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2010s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Somali Pirates with Jackson Oil Painting by New York Artist Clintel Steed, 2014
By Clintel Steed
Located in New York, NY
, exhibitions throughout New York City, the Hamptons, Philadelphia and winning the John Koch award from the
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2010s American Contemporary Art

Materials

Canvas

1950s McGuire Bamboo & Brass & Leather Folding 'Director's X Chair'
By John and Elinor McGuire, Mogens Koch, Leonard Linden
Located in Hamminkeln, DE
Fantastic Director's folding chair, bamboo, oak, black leather and brass, it's the early edition with brass parts. Hans Kaufeld license, purchased in the 1950s Great condition, wood...
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Chairs

Materials

Brass

Set of Four McGuire Bamboo, Brass & Leather, 1950s Folding 'Director's X Chairs'
By Mogens Koch, John and Elinor McGuire, Leonard Linden
Located in Hamminkeln, DE
Fantastic set of four director's folding chairs, bamboo, oak, black leather and brass, it's the early edition with brass parts. Hans Kaufeld license purchased in the 1950s Great con...
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Vintage 1950s German Mid-Century Modern Armchairs

Materials

Brass

East Williamsburg Into Manhattan Landscape by NYC Artist Clintel Steed, 2013
Located in New York, NY
, Philadelphia and winning the John Koch award from the Academy of Arts and Letters in 2015, Clintel is an artist
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2010s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

American Pharoah and Smiley Face Oil Painting by NYC Artist Clintel Steed, 2015
Located in New York, NY
New York City, the Hamptons, Philadelphia and winning the John Koch award from the Academy of Arts and
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2010s American Paintings

Materials

Plywood

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Two male Nudes. Painting.Pastel, carbon pencil, ink on archival paper mounted
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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2010s Contemporary Nude Paintings

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Paper, Pastel, Ink

"Circus", Large and Ambitious Painting by John B. Lear w/ Male Nudes, 1965
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This early and ambitious watercolor painting by John B. Lear shows the growing scale and detail of his best work, here incorporating three nude and semi-nude male figures in a surrea...
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Vintage 1960s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

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

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Wax Crayon

The body of a slim young man. 1970s. Marco Silombria signed.
The body of a slim young man. 1970s. Marco Silombria signed.
$402 Sale Price
25% Off
H 17.72 in W 27.56 in D 0.08 in
Interminable, colorful abstracted male nude figure modern cubist
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is an oil painting on canvas with aggressive, active, colorful strokes representing a male nude figure from the waist up. Emotionally charged and powerful esthetic. Modern cubis...
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2010s Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

18th century oil sketches for a Baroque interior - a pair
Located in London, GB
A FEAST OF THE GODS WITH VENUS AND BACCHUS Collections: With Appleby Brothers, London, June 1957; Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox, London, 1961; John and Eileen Harris, acquired from the abo...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner
By Raoul Pene du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Diminutive and striking, this Mannerist male nude by Raoul Pène du Bois, the great Broadway designer, depicts a confident figure in the full bloom of youth, with golden hair and blus...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner
"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner
$1,200 Sale Price
20% Off
H 7 in W 3.07 in D 0.1 in
"Three Men in Tatters, " Surrealist Painting with Semi-Nude Figures by Lear
By John B. Lear
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Over his long career, John Lear liked to depict nude or half-nude male figures set in fantastic or exotic environments such as the circus, carnival, deserted beach, or Dali-esque set...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Choice I - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Radek Husak
Located in New Orleans, LA
Stone and Press Gallery is excited to offer several works in celebration of the LGBTQ community. Radek Husak, a contemporary process-driven mixed media artist, was born in Poland i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Pigment

Choice I  - In Celebration of Pride Month
Choice I  - In Celebration of Pride Month
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
H 17.25 in W 23 in D 1.5 in
Anatomy Lesson, Segment 13 (Square Figure Painting of Nude Men, Waist to Knees)
By Robert Goldstrom
Located in Hudson, NY
Anatomy Lesson, Segment 13 (modern figurative oil painting of two nude men from waist to knees) by Robert Goldstrom 2024 oil on linen 12 x 12 inches signed and in excellent condition...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Ophelia, Victorian 19th Century Royal Academy Oil Painting
Located in London, GB
Oil on canvas, signed lower right Image size: 33 1/2 x 56 1/2 inches (85 x 143 cm) Original gilt frame Provenance With the artist's son, Millie Dow Stott Esq., until 1912. Artist...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Male Nude by Faye Swengel Badura
By Faye Swengel Badura
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Male nude oil on canvas by New Hope School modernist Faye Swengel Badura (1904-1991). 23.75"Wide x 37.5"High Gilt WoodFramed, Canvas is 19.25"Wide x 33.5"High This item is presently...
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20th Century American Paintings

Male Nude by Faye Swengel Badura
$2,950
H 37.5 in W 23.75 in D 2 in
Baigneuse
By Marguerite Arosa
Located in Paris, FR
Marguerite AROSA (1850-1903), French "Baigneuse" (Bather) Oil on canvas Signed lower left Canvas: 66 1/5" high x 50" wide Frame: 74 1/5" high x 57 1/2" wide This painting was e...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Baigneuse
Baigneuse
$107,256
H 74.22 in W 57.49 in D 2.76 in
Allegory of Abundance
Located in New York, NY
Painted in collaboration with Hendrick van Balen (Antwerp, 1575 – 1632). Provenance: Private Collection, Uruguay, since the 1930s. The eldest son of Jan Breughel the Elder, Jan the...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

Materials

Copper

"Sunday in the Park, 1910"
By Cyprien Eugène Boulet
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Right Cyprien-Eugène Boulet (1877 - 1927)
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bruce of L.A. (Bruce Bellas) Original 1950s Studio Photograph Male Nude
By Bruce of Los Angeles, Bruce Bellas
Located in Palm Springs, CA
From an important 25 plus year collection of Male Physique and Beefcake photography, an iconic image done by Bruce in the studio with model posing on the iconic black and white floor...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Photography

Materials

Other

Bruce of L.A. (Bruce Bellas) Original 1950s Studio Photograph Male Nude
Bruce of L.A. (Bruce Bellas) Original 1950s Studio Photograph Male Nude
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
H 19 in W 16.5 in D 1.25 in
"Nude Bathers at Swan Hill", Painting of Male Nudes by Ernest Smith, Australia
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pale and enigmatic, this lovely modern painting of three male nude bathers -- and a fourth in the distance -- on the sandy shore of a mountainous lake was painted by Ernest Smith. S...
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Early 2000s Australian Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

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