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Street Musicians Performing in Summer French Watercolour Painting
Street Musicians Performing in Summer French Watercolour Painting

Street Musicians Performing in Summer French Watercolour Painting

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

A guitarist and trumpeter share the foreground — one seated in a magenta dress, the other in jeans and a yellow shirt — framed by sketchbook spontaneity and unfinished outlines that ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled (Collage) 1-3

Untitled (Collage) 1-3

By Aurélien Couput

Located in Miami, FL

The pieces start in his sketchbook, and he uses pages from vintage magazines and newspapers, typically from the 1950s, 19960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Category

2010s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

Untitled (Collage) 1-3

Untitled (Collage) 1-3

By Aurélien Couput

Located in Miami, FL

The pieces start in his sketchbook, and he uses pages from vintage magazines and newspapers, typically from the 1950s, 19960s, 1970s, and 1980s.

Category

2010s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil

lithograph for Carnet Californie

lithograph for Carnet Californie

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph (after the the sketch). Executed as a sketchbook drawing during the middle 1950's and subsequently made available by Picasso for publication as a lithograph.

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

lithograph for Carnet Californie

lithograph for Carnet Californie

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph (after the the sketch). Executed as a sketchbook drawing during the middle 1950's and subsequently made available by Picasso for publication as a lithograph.

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

lithograph for Carnet Californie

lithograph for Carnet Californie

By (after) Pablo Picasso

Located in Henderson, NV

Medium: lithograph (after the the sketch). Executed as a sketchbook drawing during the middle 1950's and subsequently made available by Picasso for publication as a lithograph.

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

Promeneur au Pigeonnier, Expressionist Oil on Board Landscape, Signed
Promeneur au Pigeonnier, Expressionist Oil on Board Landscape, Signed

Promeneur au Pigeonnier, Expressionist Oil on Board Landscape, Signed

By Jean Arène

Located in Cotignac, FR

Then, from 1957, Jean Arène left the city for the countryside, which served as his base for many trips, often hitchhiking and backpacking, but always accompanied by a pencil and a sk...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

Saint Nazaire French Fishing Boat at the Harbour Modern Coastal Study
Saint Nazaire French Fishing Boat at the Harbour Modern Coastal Study

Saint Nazaire French Fishing Boat at the Harbour Modern Coastal Study

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Saint Nazaire French Fishing Boat at the Harbour Modern Coastal Study Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed Size (H x W): 5.25 x ...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Still Life with Artist Workbench Yellow Vase and Hat on Wall French Modernist
Still Life with Artist Workbench Yellow Vase and Hat on Wall French Modernist

Still Life with Artist Workbench Yellow Vase and Hat on Wall French Modernist

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The composition presents a vivid artist’s workbench, layered with geometric forms that resemble folded papers, sketchbooks, and tools of the studio, alongside a pot of brushes and as...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Gouache

Antique 1880 Illustration of Trenton, Alabama, Campsite With Thornton Family
Antique 1880 Illustration of Trenton, Alabama, Campsite With Thornton Family

Antique 1880 Illustration of Trenton, Alabama, Campsite With Thornton Family

Located in Centennial, CO

It appears it was cut out of a larger sketchbook. In as found condition, ready to hang. Framed in a modern birds eye maple frame behind glass.

Category

Late 19th Century American Folk Art Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paint, Paper

Pink Seals on Ice Art Print, Hand-Crafted Wood, Nautical, 1970s
Pink Seals on Ice Art Print, Hand-Crafted Wood, Nautical, 1970s

Pink Seals on Ice Art Print, Hand-Crafted Wood, Nautical, 1970s

By John Lennon and Yoko Ono

Located in Port Washington, NY

Taken from the personal sketchbook of John Lennon.  

Category

1970s Japanese Other Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood

French Market Scene Red Canopy Figures Fruit Stalls and Street Vendors
French Market Scene Red Canopy Figures Fruit Stalls and Street Vendors

French Market Scene Red Canopy Figures Fruit Stalls and Street Vendors

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The sheet also retains binding holes along the right edge, suggesting it originated from a sketchbook or studio pad. Collectors of market scenes, plein-air studies, and expressive Fr...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Eduardo DalBono, Portrait of a Lady Painting En Plein Aire, 1880's
Eduardo DalBono, Portrait of a Lady Painting En Plein Aire, 1880's

Eduardo DalBono, Portrait of a Lady Painting En Plein Aire, 1880's

By Edoardo Dalbono

Located in New York, NY

Watercolour on card paper of a lady dressed in white in an artist’s folding chair seated with sketchbook and brush viewing the landscape, possibly seaside with soft brown dunes in th...

Category

1880s Italian Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paint, Paper

Disconnection - Abstract Figurative Illustrative Mixed Media Art on Cardboard
Disconnection - Abstract Figurative Illustrative Mixed Media Art on Cardboard

Disconnection - Abstract Figurative Illustrative Mixed Media Art on Cardboard

By Melissa Chalhoub

Located in Los Angeles, CA

• One-of-a-kind original artwork measuring 16.5 inches high by 11.5 inches wide • Created with color pencils and ink on 'pressed cardboard' from the back of a sketchbook • Signed b...

Category

2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Ink, Mixed Media, Cardboard, Color Pencil

Study for « Paysage de Fribourg » - 1943 a drawing by Balthus (1908 - 2001)
Study for « Paysage de Fribourg » - 1943 a drawing by Balthus (1908 - 2001)

Study for « Paysage de Fribourg » - 1943 a drawing by Balthus (1908 - 2001)

By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)

Located in PARIS, FR

Related works and creative process A sketch kept in a sketchbook and another preparatory drawing give us a better understanding of the artist's creative process leading to the final...

Category

1940s Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Pencil

The Orchestra Musicians Performing Violin Ensemble Scene Watercolour Painting
The Orchestra Musicians Performing Violin Ensemble Scene Watercolour Painting

The Orchestra Musicians Performing Violin Ensemble Scene Watercolour Painting

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: The Orchestra Musicians Performing Violin Ensemble Scene Watercolour Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist sketchbook paper, unframed Siz...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Cello and Violin Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting
Cello and Violin Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting

Cello and Violin Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Cello and Violin Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist sketchbook paper, unframed Size (H x W): 7.5...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Double Bass and Cello Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting
Double Bass and Cello Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting

Double Bass and Cello Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting

By Pierre Neveu

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Double Bass and Cello Duet Musicians Performing Watercolour Painting Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929) Medium: Watercolour on artist sketchbook paper, unframed Size (H x W)...

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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

New American Gothic: framed surrealist oil painting w/ fire, flowers & rabbit
New American Gothic: framed surrealist oil painting w/ fire, flowers & rabbit

New American Gothic: framed surrealist oil painting w/ fire, flowers & rabbit

By Rachel Romano

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

She has been featured in publications, blogs and interviews, including Women’s United; Art Seen; CREATE Quarterly; re-FOCUS;Painters Tubes (Uk/Sweden); In-The-Net-EU (Italian/English...

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2010s Surrealist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Linen, Oil

The Big Kahuna Show, Painting, Acrylic on Paper
The Big Kahuna Show, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

The Big Kahuna Show, Painting, Acrylic on Paper

By Anthony Dunphy

Located in Yardley, PA

I was in a funny mood when I sketched this painting out in my sketchbook and as I continued to draw I kept laughing.

Category

2010s Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Acrylic

Elegy for Red: surrealist oil painting, figures in ritual, dance, prayer worship
Elegy for Red: surrealist oil painting, figures in ritual, dance, prayer worship

Elegy for Red: surrealist oil painting, figures in ritual, dance, prayer worship

By Rachel Romano

Located in Bryn Mawr, PA

She has been featured in publications, blogs and interviews, including Women’s United; Art Seen; CREATE Quarterly; re-FOCUS;Painters Tubes (Uk/Sweden); In-The-Net-EU (Italian/English...

Category

2010s Surrealist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel, Archival Paper

Nose #22
Nose #22

Nose #22

By William Kentridge

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Kentridge treated the print suite as a sketchbook of mis-en-scene ideas for the production.

Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Engraving, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Nose #1
Nose #1

Nose #1

By William Kentridge

Located in Toronto, Ontario

Kentridge treated the print suite as a sketchbook of mis-en-scene ideas for the production.

Category

Early 2000s Surrealist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Engraving, Drypoint, Etching, Aquatint

Unidentified Male
Unidentified Male

Unidentified Male

By Andy Warhol

Located in Indianapolis, IN

Before a camera was his constant companion, Warhol constantly had a sketchbook in hand. He employed numerous drawing styles, having developed three while studying at Carnegie Tech in...

Category

1950s Pop Art Sketchbook Used

Materials

Ballpoint Pen, Paper

A most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu mantel clock
A most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu mantel clock

A most decorative French 19th century Louis XVI st. Onyx and Ormolu mantel clock

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

On one side of the clock is an Ormolu sketchbook, sculpted portrait of who seems to be David, painting frame, and a crown of laurels.

Category

19th Century French Sketchbook Used

Materials

Onyx, Ormolu

Arts & Crafts oak table illustrated in the Liberty & Co 1907 furniture catalogue
Arts & Crafts oak table illustrated in the Liberty & Co 1907 furniture catalogue

Arts & Crafts oak table illustrated in the Liberty & Co 1907 furniture catalogue

By Liberty & Co.

Located in London, GB

An oak Arts and Crafts side table with a moulded edge and line decoration to the lower apron below, the splayed legs with turned and bulbous details to the centres, united by a wrap ...

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Early 1900s English Arts and Crafts Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oak

Café Interior with Seated Figures French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod
Café Interior with Seated Figures French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod

Café Interior with Seated Figures French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod

By Guy Nicod

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Title: Café Interior with Seated Figures French Modernist Gouache by Guy Nicod Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) Gouache on artist paper, unframed Size: 13.75 x 10.5 inches (height x w...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Gouache

Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan

Side profiles, sketch by Keith Vaughan

By Keith Vaughan 1

Located in London, GB

This sketch was taken from Vaughan's 'Ischia Cheese & Grill' sketchbook. It depicts two sculptures in side profile and an antelope skull.

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Ballpoint Pen

Le Faucheur Pastel Drawing of Farm Worker, French, Signed, 51x61 cm
Le Faucheur Pastel Drawing of Farm Worker, French, Signed, 51x61 cm

Le Faucheur Pastel Drawing of Farm Worker, French, Signed, 51x61 cm

By Jean Arène

Located in Cotignac, FR

Then, from 1957, Jean Arène left the city for the countryside, which served as his base for many trips, often hitchhiking and backpacking, but always accompanied by a pencil and a sk...

Category

Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Chalk, Pastel

3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist
3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist

3 Jewish Men Judaica Woodblock Woodcut Engraving Print Chicago 1930s WPA Artist

By Todros Geller

Located in Surfside, FL

The archive includes photographs, sketchbooks, original artwork, commissions for stained glass windows, various manuscript material including typescripts of articles, papers relating...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Woodcut

Fine Art Post Modern Portrait Painting of A Nude Woman on Green by Clair Seglem
Fine Art Post Modern Portrait Painting of A Nude Woman on Green by Clair Seglem

Fine Art Post Modern Portrait Painting of A Nude Woman on Green by Clair Seglem

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This piece is unsigned, however, a few of the other pieces in the sketchbook were. This piece will bring a wonderful pop of color to any space.

Category

20th Century American Post-Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paint, Paper

”Shack Front” large-scale oil painting of beach bungalow, color-block, saturated
”Shack Front” large-scale oil painting of beach bungalow, color-block, saturated

”Shack Front” large-scale oil painting of beach bungalow, color-block, saturated

By Doug Reina

Located in Sag Harbor, NY

He has recently published a book called “Doug Reina, Under the Covers” which is available on Amazon and features cartoons and sketches pulled from the past 25 years of his sketchbook...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary by Hans Nadelhoffer (Book)
Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary by Hans Nadelhoffer (Book)

Cartier: Jewelers Extraordinary by Hans Nadelhoffer (Book)

Located in North Yorkshire, GB

These include photographic plates dating back to the early 1900s and recording each creation in actual size. The personal sketchbooks of the Cartier family and of key designers, as w...

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20th Century Sketchbook Used

Venice Palazzo With Artists Painting En Plein Air Original Watercolour Scene
Venice Palazzo With Artists Painting En Plein Air Original Watercolour Scene

Venice Palazzo With Artists Painting En Plein Air Original Watercolour Scene

By Anthony Herbert

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

The inclusion of children and casual stances adds an endearing informality to the scene, evoking the feel of a sketchbook study painted on location. It's a celebration of the rhythm ...

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20th Century Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Blue Nudes IV, Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Figurative Study Women, Faces
Blue Nudes IV, Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Figurative Study Women, Faces

Blue Nudes IV, Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Figurative Study Women, Faces

By SarahGrace

Located in Jersey City, NJ

"Blue Nudes IV" (2019) by SarahGrace Ink on Paper Drawing, Blue & White, Women, Faces, Figurative Study Drawing / Nude / Human Figure / Figurative Art / Feminist Art and Contemporar...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Ink

Black Ink Nudes II, Ink on Paper Drawing, Black & White, Woman Snake Plants
Black Ink Nudes II, Ink on Paper Drawing, Black & White, Woman Snake Plants

Black Ink Nudes II, Ink on Paper Drawing, Black & White, Woman Snake Plants

By SarahGrace

Located in Jersey City, NJ

"Black Ink Nudes II" (2019) by SarahGrace Ink on Paper Drawing, Black & White, Woman, Snake, Plants Drawing / Nude / Human Figure / Figurative Art / Feminist Art and Contemporary Fe...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Ink

Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati
Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati

Raphael Drawings – Disegni Originali di Raffaello per la prima volta pubblicati

Located in Middletown, NY

This elegant book presents reproductions from a sketchbook attributed to Raphael and acquired by the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, including facsimile of the autograph writing o...

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Early 19th Century Italian Sketchbook Used

Materials

Leather, Paper

Ulysses: The Hospital
Ulysses: The Hospital

Ulysses: The Hospital

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Toronto, Ontario

The etchings originated in the Dedalus Sketchbook of 1892, which marked the beginning of a large body of drawings executed over the next several years.

Category

1980s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Etching

Antique Egyptian Costume, Culture and Primitive Time Plates, c.1900
Antique Egyptian Costume, Culture and Primitive Time Plates, c.1900

Antique Egyptian Costume, Culture and Primitive Time Plates, c.1900

Located in Langweer, NL

Several plates include vivid chromolithographic colour, while others present detailed monochrome renderings reminiscent of archaeological sketchbooks. Subjects include everyday cloth...

Category

Early 1900s German Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

Outsider Artist Portrait Painting of a Man in Blue - Clair Seglem Signed
Outsider Artist Portrait Painting of a Man in Blue - Clair Seglem Signed

Outsider Artist Portrait Painting of a Man in Blue - Clair Seglem Signed

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This piece is one of only a few signed in the sketchbook. It reads "CS" on the bottom right in red.

Category

20th Century American Post-Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paint, Paper

Carnet Intimes

Carnet Intimes

By (after) Georges Braque

Located in Henderson, NV

Printed in 1955 by Draeger Freres, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braque had kept these drawings private, but finally consented to h...

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1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Offset

Carnet Intimes

Carnet Intimes

By (after) Georges Braque

Located in Henderson, NV

Printed in 1955 by Draeger Freres, this composition is from George Braque's Intimate Sketchbooks (Carnets Intimes). Braque had kept these drawings private, but finally consented to h...

Category

1950s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Offset

Desire, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
Desire, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose

Desire, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose

By SarahGrace

Located in Jersey City, NJ

"Desire" (2020) by SarahGrace Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Figurative Study Watercolor / Nude / Human Figure...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Good Hair, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose
Good Hair, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose

Good Hair, Watercolor and Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude, Woman, Pose

By SarahGrace

Located in Jersey City, NJ

"Good Hair" (2020) by SarahGrace Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Figurative Study Watercolor / Nude / Human Fig...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

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How Much is a Sketchbook Used?

The average selling price for a sketchbook used we offer is $2,548, while they’re typically $95 on the low end and $58,000 for the highest priced.