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Woman with Bicycle: Two Views
Woman with Bicycle: Two Views

Woman with Bicycle: Two Views

By Frank Duveneck

Located in Fairlawn, OH

A sister drawing from the same sketchbook was sold at Cowman’s Auction, Cincinnati, October 6, 2018.

Category

1890s American Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Graphite

Longer You Stay, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude Woman, Pose
Longer You Stay, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude Woman, Pose

Longer You Stay, Watercolor, Ink on Paper, Figurative Portrait, Nude Woman, Pose

By SarahGrace

Located in Jersey City, NJ

"The Longer You Stay" (2020) by SarahGrace Watercolor and Ink on Paper; Blue, White & Black, Contour Sketch, Woman Posing, Face, Pose, Portrait, Nude, Figurative Study, Pastel palett...

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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist

By Norman Carton

Located in Surfside, FL

A representational portion of Carton's papers which include correspondence, writings, notes, exhibition catalogs and sketchbooks were donated to the Smithsonian Archives of American ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Man in Raincoat, Vintage Modern Watercolor Painting
Man in Raincoat, Vintage Modern Watercolor Painting

Man in Raincoat, Vintage Modern Watercolor Painting

By John Dobbs

Located in Surfside, FL

He brought along a sketchbook, which he filled with drawings of soldiers and post-war German life, later published in a chapbook, “Drawings of a Draftee” (1955).

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20th Century Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

”Wading at Sand St. Beach” oil painting, sunbathing swimmer, signed and framed
”Wading at Sand St. Beach” oil painting, sunbathing swimmer, signed and framed

”Wading at Sand St. Beach” oil painting, sunbathing swimmer, signed and framed

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel

Study of a Woman with a Bowl, Red Chalk on Buff Paper, 1850s
Study of a Woman with a Bowl, Red Chalk on Buff Paper, 1850s

Study of a Woman with a Bowl, Red Chalk on Buff Paper, 1850s

By Isidore Alexandre Augustin Pils

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

., p.24, fig.7, detail illustrated p.2 (dimensions 242 × 140 mm; perhaps once part of a small sketchbook). L. Becq de Fouquières, Isidore Alexandre Auguste Pils: sa vie et ses œuvre...

Category

1850s Academic Sketchbook Used

Materials

Chalk

Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg
Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg

Expressive Plein Air Study from Engelsberg

By Olof Arborelius

Located in Stockholm, SE

His legacy also lives on through sketchbooks and materials donated by his descendants to the Academy of Fine Arts, including a remarkable early stamp collection now held at the Postm...

Category

1880s Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Board

Travellers and Dogs in Landscape, Ruins on Right - Dutch Old Master oil painting
Travellers and Dogs in Landscape, Ruins on Right - Dutch Old Master oil painting

Travellers and Dogs in Landscape, Ruins on Right - Dutch Old Master oil painting

By Pieter Wouwerman

Located in Hagley, England

Houbraken mentioned a story in which Philips Wouwerman burned his sketchbooks before his death, so that his brother wouldn't be able to use them and cash in on his name.

Category

Mid-17th Century Old Masters Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil

Large Robert Motherwell Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Lament for Lorca 1982
Large Robert Motherwell Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Lament for Lorca 1982

Large Robert Motherwell Lithograph Abstract Expressionist Lament for Lorca 1982

By Robert Motherwell

Located in Surfside, FL

Motherwell's noted Mexican Sketchbook visually reflects the resulting change: while the first drawings are influenced by Matta and Yves Tanguy, later drawings associated with Motherw...

Category

1980s Abstract Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Lithograph

"Copy of a Copy of a Fake" Purple, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting
"Copy of a Copy of a Fake" Purple, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting

"Copy of a Copy of a Fake" Purple, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting

By Robert MacKenzie

Located in Houston, TX

His work is inspired by his interest in world history as well as sites and artifacts he has committed to memory through his travel sketchbooks.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"Untitled" Dark Blue, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting
"Untitled" Dark Blue, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting

"Untitled" Dark Blue, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting

By Robert MacKenzie

Located in Houston, TX

His work is inspired by his interest in world history as well as sites and artifacts he has committed to memory through his travel sketchbooks.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

"Untitled" Dark Blue, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting
"Untitled" Dark Blue, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting

"Untitled" Dark Blue, Neon Pink, and White Anaglyph Painting

By Robert MacKenzie

Located in Houston, TX

His work is inspired by his interest in world history as well as sites and artifacts he has committed to memory through his travel sketchbooks.

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Acrylic

Antique Lithograph Portrait of Ary Scheffer by Le Gout-Gérard, circa 1855
Antique Lithograph Portrait of Ary Scheffer by Le Gout-Gérard, circa 1855

Antique Lithograph Portrait of Ary Scheffer by Le Gout-Gérard, circa 1855

Located in Langweer, NL

The print shows Scheffer seated on a carved chair, holding a large sketchbook across his lap, his thoughtful gaze directed at the viewer.

Category

Mid-19th Century French Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

WOMAN WITH OPERA GLASSES (STUDY FOR "IN THE LOGE").
WOMAN WITH OPERA GLASSES (STUDY FOR "IN THE LOGE").

WOMAN WITH OPERA GLASSES (STUDY FOR "IN THE LOGE").

By Mary Cassatt

Located in Portland, ME

No Cassatt sketchbooks have survived, but it is evident that many of Cassatt's individual sketches were made on sheets from pocket-size sketchbooks of the type used by Degas and othe...

Category

1870s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Pencil

Play at The Plate, Sporting Scene
Play at The Plate, Sporting Scene

Play at The Plate, Sporting Scene

By John Dobbs

Located in Surfside, FL

He brought along a sketchbook, which he filled with drawings of soldiers and post-war German life, later published in a chapbook, “Drawings of a Draftee” (1955).

Category

20th Century Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Goddess Ethereal

Goddess Ethereal

By Kevin Kelly

Located in New York, NY

The sculptures typically begin as drawings. Extensive sketchbooks filled with ideas are revisited and developed over time, refining forms until they reach a sense of clarity and bala...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Resin, Acrylic, Epoxy Resin

Knife V

Knife V

By Kevin Kelly

Located in New York, NY

The sculptures typically begin as drawings. Extensive sketchbooks filled with ideas are revisited and developed over time, refining forms until they reach a sense of clarity and bala...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Resin, Acrylic

Antique 1828 Satirical Print A Fool to Pleasure Yet a Slave to Fame Hand-Colored
Antique 1828 Satirical Print A Fool to Pleasure Yet a Slave to Fame Hand-Colored

Antique 1828 Satirical Print A Fool to Pleasure Yet a Slave to Fame Hand-Colored

Located in Langweer, NL

The male figure, clutching a sketchbook or notebook, appears as a caricature of either a fashion illustrator or a street rogue, leaning forward with one foot raised mischievously.

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1820s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

Attr. Constantine Of Aix, Animated Landscape With Roman Soldiers, 18th/19th Cent
Attr. Constantine Of Aix, Animated Landscape With Roman Soldiers, 18th/19th Cent

Attr. Constantine Of Aix, Animated Landscape With Roman Soldiers, 18th/19th Cent

Located in MARSEILLE, FR

Constantin drew from life, using wash to capture a chosen point of view as faithfully as possible, or pen to fill his many sketchbooks. He also enjoyed drawing sites and views of cit...

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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Chance
American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Chance

American Abstract Expressionist Artist Melissa Meyer Oil Painting Chance

By Melissa Meyer

Located in Surfside, FL

In the late 1970s Meyer and Miriam Schapiro collaborated on a Heresies article entitled Femmage. In 1997 her sketchbooks were published in facsimile by the Mezzanine Gallery of the M...

Category

Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Paddlesteamer drawing by Leslie Carr
Paddlesteamer drawing by Leslie Carr

Paddlesteamer drawing by Leslie Carr

By Leslie Carr

Located in London, GB

Leslie Carr (1891 - 1969) Paddlesteamer Mixed media with pencil bodycolour 19 x 18 cm From one of Carr's sketchbooks. A steamship rendered in monochrome, seen head-on and casting a...

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20th Century Sketchbook Used

Materials

Mixed Media, Pencil

Shot on Goal, Sporting Scene
Shot on Goal, Sporting Scene

Shot on Goal, Sporting Scene

By John Dobbs

Located in Surfside, FL

He brought along a sketchbook, which he filled with drawings of soldiers and post-war German life, later published in a chapbook, “Drawings of a Draftee” (1955).

Category

20th Century Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique Pair of Oriental Paintings on Wood Adolf Schreyer 1828-1899 Circle
Antique Pair of Oriental Paintings on Wood Adolf Schreyer 1828-1899 Circle

Antique Pair of Oriental Paintings on Wood Adolf Schreyer 1828-1899 Circle

Located in Doha, QA

He became acquainted with soldier life and the seemingly foreign and folkloristic countries of the Black Sea and the Balkans, filling his sketchbooks with numerous horse and equestri...

Category

Late 19th Century French Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wood, Giltwood

“Port Jeff Bowl” Oil painting, retro bowling alley, architecture Americana
“Port Jeff Bowl” Oil painting, retro bowling alley, architecture Americana

“Port Jeff Bowl” Oil painting, retro bowling alley, architecture Americana

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Period Landscape Watercolor Credited to John Ruskin
Period Landscape Watercolor Credited to John Ruskin

Period Landscape Watercolor Credited to John Ruskin

By John Ruskin

Located in Roma, IT

His early notebooks and sketchbooks are full of visually sophisticated and technically accomplished drawings of maps, landscapes and buildings, remarkable for a boy of his age.

Category

Late 19th Century Old Masters Sketchbook Used

Materials

Watercolor

Eurybia and Eros
Eurybia and Eros

Eurybia and Eros

By George Braque

Located in Fairlawn, OH

"Braque filled his sketchbooks with drawings of Greek mythological figures and in 1931, with the encouragement of dealer, Ambroise Vollard, undertook a print series based on the Theo...

Category

1930s French School Sketchbook Used

Materials

Etching

“Truck” American Modern realist oil painting, freight box-truck, clean lines
“Truck” American Modern realist oil painting, freight box-truck, clean lines

“Truck” American Modern realist oil painting, freight box-truck, clean lines

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...

Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Panel

George Washington Hand Studies, Mount Vernon
George Washington Hand Studies, Mount Vernon

George Washington Hand Studies, Mount Vernon

By Francis Luis Mora

Located in New York, NY

The two studies were together in one of Mora's well renowned "sketchbooks". A marvelous gift to a gentleman, a great piece to hang in a study or grouping or for a lover of history!

Category

1910s American Realist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century
French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

Done with pencil on paper- this is an anatomically correct excerpt from a student's figure study sketchbook from the early 20th century. Purchased in France, it has been recently pro...

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20th Century French Other Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century
French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

Done with pencil on paper- this is an anatomically correct excerpt from a student's figure study sketchbook from the early 20th century. Purchased in France, it has been recently pro...

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20th Century French Other Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

Anatomical Sketch Drawing, Hand-Drawn Pencil on Paper, 20th Century
Anatomical Sketch Drawing, Hand-Drawn Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

Anatomical Sketch Drawing, Hand-Drawn Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

Done with pencil on paper- this is an anatomically correct excerpt from a student's figure study sketchbook from the early 20th century. Purchased in France, it has been recently pro...

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20th Century French Other Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century
French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

Done with pencil on paper- this is an anatomically correct excerpt from a student's figure study sketchbook from the early 20th century. Purchased in France, it has been recently pro...

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20th Century French Other Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century
French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

Done with pencil on paper- this is an anatomically correct excerpt from a student's figure study sketchbook from the early 20th century. Purchased in France, it has been recently pro...

Category

20th Century French Other Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century
French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

French Vintage Anatomical Sketch, Pencil on Paper, 20th Century

Located in Baton Rouge, LA

Done with pencil on paper- this is an anatomically correct excerpt from a student's figure study sketchbook from the early 20th century. Purchased in France, it has been recently pro...

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20th Century French Other Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paper

Christopher Dresser Design Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set on Tray by Elkington
Christopher Dresser Design Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set on Tray by Elkington

Christopher Dresser Design Antique Sterling Silver Tea Set on Tray by Elkington

By Christopher Dresser

Located in London, London

The attribution of the design being that of Dr Christopher Dresser is based on sketches in the Ipswich sketchbook of an identical shaped sugar bowl, and also the same shape of tea se...

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1870s English Aesthetic Movement Sketchbook Used

Materials

Sterling Silver

Homers Head, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper
Homers Head, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper

Homers Head, Drawing, Charcoal on Paper

By David Sipko

Located in Yardley, PA

It is a charcoal pencil and white pastel pencil, The drawing is from my sketchbook and is 9X12 on toned gray strathmore paper.

Category

2010s Other Art Style Sketchbook Used

Materials

Charcoal

Contemporary Abstract Painting, "Dancing with Life"
Contemporary Abstract Painting, "Dancing with Life"

Contemporary Abstract Painting, "Dancing with Life"

By Daniel Ketelhut

Located in San Diego, CA

The figments are born in the matrix of the sketchbook, in which masses of chaotic scribbles are alchemically transmuted into articulable forms.

Category

2010s Abstract Sketchbook Used

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache

Lord Leighton (1830-1896), Studies for Captive Andromache

By Frederic Leighton

Located in Oxford, GB

[19] Ciarán Rua O’Neill, 'Column Bodies: The Caryatid and Frederic Leighton’s Royal Academy Sketchbooks,' Sculpture Journal 25, no. 3 (2016): 421–32.

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1880s Sketchbook Used

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Awakened, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper
Awakened, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper

Awakened, Drawing, Pen & Ink on Paper

By Sandra Boskamp

Located in Yardley, PA

Marker drawing inspired by ATX's Levitation festival Drawing size is 11.25x11.25, with sketchbook paper border it is 14x14 :: Drawing :: Contemporary :: This piece comes with an off...

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2010s Contemporary Sketchbook Used

Materials

Pen

The Avant-Garde Gesture: A Zeki Müren Vintage Turkish Masterpiece of Moderism
The Avant-Garde Gesture: A Zeki Müren Vintage Turkish Masterpiece of Moderism

The Avant-Garde Gesture: A Zeki Müren Vintage Turkish Masterpiece of Moderism

By Zeki Müren

Located in Dallas, TX

Some resemble architectural studies or fragments of an artist’s sketchbook, while others suggest sails, diamonds, or abstracted talismans.

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Mid-20th Century Turkish Mid-Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wool

Tino Zago, Foghorn Time, 1984 Acrylic on Canvas 42 x 138" O K Harris
Tino Zago, Foghorn Time, 1984 Acrylic on Canvas 42 x 138" O K Harris

Tino Zago, Foghorn Time, 1984 Acrylic on Canvas 42 x 138" O K Harris

By Milo Baughman

Located in Camden, ME

Harris West, Scottsdale, AZ 1981 Frank Marino Gallery, New York, NY 1980 Weyhe Zago, Frank Marino Gallery, New York, NY 1977 Neill Gallery, New York, NY 1976 Burlington Community Col...

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1980s American Mid-Century Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Canvas, Paint

Contemporary mixed media oil/ writing with layered texture, photographs & wax
Contemporary mixed media oil/ writing with layered texture, photographs & wax

Contemporary mixed media oil/ writing with layered texture, photographs & wax

By Andre Kohn

Located in Maricopa, AZ

Kohn's parents also encouraged their son to draw on any surface, including the wallpaper in their home which they simply re-papered when he grew old enough to favor sketchbooks. His ...

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2010s Abstract Impressionist Sketchbook Used

Materials

Wax, Oil, Archival Paper, Pen

Two Women (Contemporary Female Figurative Nude Drawing))
Two Women (Contemporary Female Figurative Nude Drawing))

Two Women (Contemporary Female Figurative Nude Drawing))

Located in New Orleans, LA

Note that this is from her sketchbook so the sketch paper has a few very shallow ripples, normal for this sort of work - but barely noticeable, particularly after framing.

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2010s Academic Sketchbook Used

Materials

Conté

Post Modern Native American Portrait Painting of a Native Woman - Clair Seglem
Post Modern Native American Portrait Painting of a Native Woman - Clair Seglem

Post Modern Native American Portrait Painting of a Native Woman - Clair Seglem

Located in Oklahoma City, OK

This piece is part of a collection that was found in one of his old sketchbooks. It was hidden away in our warehouse when we happened upon it during inventory one day.

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1980s American Post-Modern Sketchbook Used

Materials

Paint, Paper

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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.