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Traditional Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century hand-carved trial figure made of wood.
Made in Olot, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
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Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
Traditional Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculpture of a Tree
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century carved trial figure made of wood.
Made in Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful patina.
Materials:...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens
Materials
Wood
Set of Two Traditional Turned Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculptures
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Mid-20th century turned trial figures of two girls made of wood.
Made in Olot, Spain.
In original condition, with minor wear consistent with age and use, preserving a beautiful p...
Category
20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Busts
Materials
Wood
A landscape drawing by Claude Lorrain, with a preliminary sketch on the verso
By Claude Lorrain
Located in PARIS, FR
in his studio.
Made from a preliminary graphite drawing (a trace of which can be seen in the middle
Category
1660s Old Masters Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite, Pen
Cornucopia
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in ink lower right
Preliminary sketch in reverse for the 1928 lithograph
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Joe E. Brown, 1938
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
) of Comedian Joe E. Brown, 1938, along with preliminary sketches. On 19" x 15" illustration board. An
Category
1930s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Board
Caricature for "The Garry Moore Show"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
drawing on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, the image measures to 9.75" x 14.00."
Includes preliminary
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Pen, Color Pencil
Tennessee Ernie Ford dressed as a Pilgrim
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
the New York Journal American. Includes preliminary sketch. 11" x 8" image. Minor edge soiling.
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
"The Jimmy Durante Show"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
preliminary sketches and original copy of the magazine. 14" x 9 1/2" image. Minor soiling.
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen, Color Pencil
Johnny Carson for His Debut Appearance on "The Tonight Show"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
. Includes orignal copiesof the magazine and preliminary sketches on onionskin. Carson first appeared on the
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Dressing, Affordable Art, Original Oil Painting,
By Eleanor Woolley
Located in Deddington, GB
Dressing is an original Oil Painting by Eleanor Woolley.
This painting was preliminary sketched on
Category
2010s Contemporary Paintings
Materials
Gesso, Oil, Board
Inspector Plover, in "The Case of the Missing Wife"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
issue of The New York Journal American TView Magazine. Includes preliminary sketches and original copies
Category
1970s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board, Color Pencil
Ralph Bellamy & Ruth Hussey (2)
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
of the program page, preliminary sketch of Bellamy.
Caricatures by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) of
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Afternoon nap (minotaur, centaur) - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional state and intuition.
Artists such as Rubens
Category
2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Old Masters Chalk Drawing, 17th Century Italian Sanguine on Paper
Located in London, GB
and Raphael.
It is likely that this work was intended as a quick preliminary sketch encourage by the
Category
17th Century Italian School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Autumnal
By Matt Flint
Located in Denver, CO
hill, searching for the unexpected.
I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Actaeon
By Matt Flint
Located in Denver, CO
hill, searching for the unexpected.
I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Ink, Oil, Acrylic, Board
Stolid
By Matt Flint
Located in Denver, CO
hill, searching for the unexpected.
I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Oil, Ink, Canvas, Mixed Media
Counterpart
By Matt Flint
Located in Denver, CO
hill, searching for the unexpected.
I begin my paintings without a plan. No preliminary sketches are
Category
2010s Abstract Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Board, Ink, Oil, Acrylic
Sunflowers 19., Painting, Oil on Canvas
By Iryna Kastsova
Located in Yardley, PA
without a preliminary sketch. Oil painting on 100% linen canvas. It is varnished. The sides are painted in
Category
2010s Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil
Vintage Original Abstract Photography of Guggenheim Bilbao by Richard Sladden
Located in Bristol, GB
photographs as works of art in their own right and not just preliminary sketches.
c. 2000 in date.
Framed
Category
Early 2000s Prints
Materials
Paper, Glass
H 24.81 in W 33.08 in D 1.58 in
The Bull III - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional state and intuition.
Artists such as Rubens
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Bull II- expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional state and intuition.
Artists such as Rubens
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Bulls (triptych) - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
romanticism".
Usually, Dmitrii draws without preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Look Back in Anger"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
board with blue to indicate halftone. Probably for the New York American Journal. Includes preliminary
Category
1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
Sketch for Mural, Figure on Horseback in Black and White Original Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
. Preliminary sketch for a later completed mural. Presented in a custom frame with all archival materials, outer
Category
20th Century American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
H 29.75 in W 22.75 in D 1.25 in
Three Versions Caricatures of Shirley Booth as NBC's "Hazel"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
."
Includes two different color versions in watercolor on board, preliminary sketch. Includes original copies
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
ZaSu Pitts in "Cordelia" &" Eva Le Gallienne" (2)
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
preliminary sketch of Pitts, newspaper clipping. 6 1/2" x 6" images. Minor soiling.
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Illustration Board, Pen
MATES, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Marcelo Novo
Located in Yardley, PA
begins not with cautious preliminary sketches but working directly on the chosen surface and completing a
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Abstracted Cityscape - Transfer Monotype in Oil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
a preliminary sketch on the back of this piece. Hand painted on glass or other medium and pressed on
Category
1990s Abstract Expressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Oil, Monotype
H 18 in W 20 in D 0.25 in
BREAKING BAD AGAIN, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Marcelo Novo
Located in Yardley, PA
he goes, my art begins not with cautious preliminary sketches but working directly on the chosen
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
IN VINO VERITAS, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Marcelo Novo
Located in Yardley, PA
goes, my art begins not with cautious preliminary sketches but working directly on the chosen surface
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Loch Ba, Eleanor Woolley, Original Painting, Landscape Sky Artwork, Affordable
By Eleanor Woolley
Located in Deddington, GB
. Preliminary sketches were made at Loch Ba in Scotland, and the painting was executed in the Gloucester Studio
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Free Shipping
H 35.44 in W 35.44 in D 1.5 in
Resue the Children, Family in Horror Magazine Illustration
By Arthur Sarnoff
Located in Miami, FL
nature, magical light is a fleeting event and hard to study with preliminary sketches. It's also hard to
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
The Bull V - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
".
Usually, Dmitrii draws without preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional state and
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Bull III - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
".
Usually, Dmitrii draws without preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional state and
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Bul IlI - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
romanticism".
Usually, Dmitrii draws without preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Bul Il - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
romanticism".
Usually, Dmitrii draws without preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Bulls II (triptych) - expressive line drawing
By Dmitrii Drugakov
Located in Fort Lee, NJ
romanticism".
Usually, Dmitrii draws without preliminary sketches or specific ideas, relying on the emotional
Category
2010s Contemporary Animal Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
"Selfie" , Surrealistic Stoneware Sculpture with Glaze and Underglaze
By Chris Riccardo
Located in St. Louis, MO
the days of exhaustive preliminary sketches and maquettes, I simply visualize how I want the clay to
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware, Glaze, Underglaze
HATTED (DETRAS DE TU MIRADA), Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Marcelo Novo
Located in Yardley, PA
and improvising as he goes, my art begins not with cautious preliminary sketches but working directly
Category
2010s Surrealist Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Do You Mean to Stand There an' Tell Me You Has Lost my Ring?
By George Brehm
Located in Fort Washington, PA
preliminary sketches, although he made many of them for himself before embarking on a finished piece.
Category
1930s Other Art Style Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Paper
Albert Gottschalk, Sketch / Preliminary Drawing of Bridge over a River
Located in Kastrup, DK
Albert Gottschalk - 1866-1906. Sketch / preliminary drawing. Landscape, 'Bro over å' (Bridge over
Category
Antique 19th Century Danish Other Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
H 16.93 in W 28.35 in D 0.79 in
MUNEQUITA, Painting, Acrylic on Canvas
By Marcelo Novo
Located in Yardley, PA
musician playing by ear and improvising as he goes, my art begins not with cautious preliminary sketches
Category
2010s Pop Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
St Martin's Lane Sonata- urban, landscape, oil painting, city
Located in London, GB
preliminary sketch, impulsive layers of paint and scraffito, generally using mixed media oils, pencil, ink and
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
H 20.08 in W 24.02 in D 2.37 in
Untitled Wall Mural
Located in New York, NY
practice.
Otero’s process begins with preliminary sketches, compelling in their own right, which he
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Untitled Lamp
Located in New York, NY
own practice.
Otero’s process begins with preliminary sketches, compelling in their own right, which
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Untitled Orb
Located in New York, NY
own practice.
Otero’s process begins with preliminary sketches, compelling in their own right, which
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
own practice.
Otero’s process begins with preliminary sketches, compelling in their own right, which
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Untitled
Located in New York, NY
own practice.
Otero’s process begins with preliminary sketches, compelling in their own right, which
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Stoneware
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Eden, 2020, gouache, thread, 8 x 15 in
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Bridges, 2020, gouache, thread, 8 x 15 in
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Connections, 2020, gouache, thread, 8 x 8 inches
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Sonne, 2020, gouache, thread, 15 x 8 in
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Currents, 2020, gouache, thread, 8 x 8 in
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Alexandra Rutsch Brock, Seeing Breathing, 2020, gouache, thread, 8 x 15 in
By Alexandra Rutsch Brock
Located in Darien, CT
color. They are sewn directly with no preliminary sketches, just instinctive gesture, sometimes in a
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Thread, Gouache, Archival Paper
Kinetic Sculptures by Jacques Jarrige, 2015
By Jacques Jarrige
Located in New York, NY
trembling movement feeling its way into emptiness, unguided by any preliminary sketches. The sculpture
Category
2010s French Mobiles and Kinetic Sculptures
Materials
Aluminum
Hoeing Cotton
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in Palm Desert, CA
sketches and clay models. Between the time he made the preliminary sketch or model and the time when he
Category
Early 20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Isaac Maimon Serigraph on Paper Of Ladies seating at Terrace Cafe
By Isaac Maimon 1
Located in Cathedral City, CA
these preliminary sketches would create paintings.
His work was 'discovered' in 1989 by Talking Walls
Category
1990s Israeli Mid-Century Modern Contemporary Art
Materials
Gold Leaf
Charles Burchfield Preparatory Sketch, Early 20th Century
By Charles E. Burchfield
Located in Larchmont, NY
includes his watercolors, prints, oil paintings, and preliminary sketches for both paintings and wallpaper
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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