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Black Panther Trials - Civil Rights Movement Police Violence African American
Located in Miami, FL
of McLucas Black Panther trial sketch by Robert Templeton McLucas's trial set new records for the
Category

1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pen, Pencil, Paper

ELLSBERG - PENTAGON PAPERS TRIAL - Original Drawing - Leonard Weinglass Attorney
Located in Santa Monica, CA
sketches of this trial-- along with all those that would follow through the next twenty-five years
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"Hurdles, " Original color figurative dynamic sketch print
By Claude Weisbuch
Located in Milwaukee, WI
trial proof (blind stamp Hors Commerce) and has no edition number. It depicts two expertly-drawn men
Category

1970s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Traditional Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculpture of a Tree
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-20th century carved trial figure made of wood. Made in Spain. In original condition, with
Category

20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Natural Specimens

Materials

Wood

Mid 20th Century Traditional Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculpture
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-20th century hand-carved trial figure made of wood. Made in Olot, Spain. In original condition
Category

20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Set of Two Traditional Turned Preliminary Sketch Wooden Sculptures
Located in Barcelona, ES
Mid-20th century turned trial figures of two girls made of wood. Made in Olot, Spain. In
Category

20th Century Spanish Mid-Century Modern Busts

Materials

Wood

High Holidays Shofar Judaica Oil Painting
By Freda Leibovitz Reiter
Located in Surfside, FL
soldiers, and married dentist Frank Reiter that same year. She covered many high profile trials as a sketch
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Wedding Chuppah and Marriage Ring Painting
By Freda Leibovitz Reiter
Located in Surfside, FL
profile trials as a sketch artist, and spent two years in Washington, DC covering the hearings and trials
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Helmsman
By Arthur John Trevor Briscoe
Located in Storrs, CT
The Helmsman. 1925. Etching. Hurst 130. 7 x 10 7/8 (sheet 11 x 5). Trial proof, apart from the
Category

1920s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Printed Illustration by Joseph Krush 1946 San Francisco Cable Car
Located in Malibu, CA
sketch artist at the Nuremberg Trials 1945–1946. As well as illustrated many Harcourt books & record
Category

Mid-20th Century American Bauhaus Drawings

Materials

Wood

cc-tapis Lines Red Handmade Rug in Himalayan Wool by Philippe Malouin
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin. Lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Textured Modern Lines Yellow Handmade Rug in Himalayan Wool by Philippe Malouin
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Textured Modern Lines Green Handmade Rug in Himalayan Wool by Philippe Malouin
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Late 19th Century "Le Rire" Magazine Original Covers in Gold Frames, Set of 2
Located in Pasadena, CA
scene and a park scene. In the trial picture sketched by Willette, an upset judge blames a naked
Category

Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Prints

Materials

Paper

On the Yard, plate 3.
By Arthur John Trevor Briscoe
Located in Storrs, CT
Laver 139, Hurst 246. 8 7/8 x 13 7/8 (sheet 11 1/2 x 16 1/4). Trial proof. No published edition
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Wild and Free" black and white photorealistic oil painting of a horse
By Ken Peloke
Located in Edgartown, MA
and even the walls in the house to sketch his drawings. He and his family moved to Arizona when Ken
Category

2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil, Panel

Open Action.
By Kerr Eby
Located in Storrs, CT
Published edition, not trial proof Open Action. 1926/1928. Etching. Giardina 124. 7 x 15 1/8
Category

1920s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Open Action.
Open Action.
H 16 in W 20 in D 0.5 in
cc-tapis Lines Yellow Handmade Rug in Wool by Philippe Malouin - IN STOCK
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin. Lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Impression B
By Toshi Yoshida 1
Located in Fairlawn, OH
photo) A trial proof, prior to the edition of 100, signed and numbered Condition: Excellent Image size
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Gesture cc-tapis Lines Green Handmade Rug in Wool by Philippe Malouin - IN STOCK
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin. Lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

cc-tapis Lines Blue Handmade Rug in Himalayan Wool by Philippe Malouin -IN STOCK
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

cc-tapis Lines Blue Handmade Rug in Himalayan Wool by Philippe Malouin -IN STOCK
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin. Lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

Old Houses, Milbank Grosvenor Road London 1906
By Joseph Pennell
Located in Soquel, CA
left, the boat in lower foreground left was sketched in later, dock detail center is more defined. The
Category

Early 1900s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Handmade Paper, Etching

Textured Modern Lines Blue Handmade Rug in Himalayan Wool by Philippe Malouin
By Philippe Malouin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Lines by Philippe Malouin lines began through experimenting and sketching with wax crayons
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Tapestries

Materials

Wool

La Capeline de Paille d'Italie (The Italian Straw Hat).
By Henri Matisse
Located in Storrs, CT
3/4 (sheet 23 1/8 x 17 7/8). Trial proof, apart from the published edition of 50. A tonal impression
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Pups in the Pit' — American Realism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
as well as field trials for dogs. His own dogs competed and won awards in bird dog and field trial
Category

1940s American Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

West Point Military Academy Trompe L’oeil Watercolor Graduating Class 1855
Located in Milford, NH
Point as soldiers would need to draw maps and sketch battlefield scenarios. Drafting was taught by
Category

Antique 1850s American Paintings

Materials

Paper

Rossbeg, Co.Donegal
Located in Belfast, GB
Rossbeg, Co.Donegal Oil on Board 36 x 40 in 91.4 x 101.6 cm "Painting is trial and error
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Strangford Co.Down
Located in Belfast, GB
Strangford Co.Down Oil on Board 24 x 67 in 61 x 170.2 cm "Painting is trial and error, somewhere
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Strangford Co.Down
Strangford Co.Down
H 24.02 in W 67.01 in
Docklands, Belfast
Located in Belfast, GB
Docklands, Belfast, 2023 Oil on Board 24 x 72 in 61 x 182.9 cm "Painting is trial and error
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Bighorn' — Mid-Century American Regionalism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Kansas City Star on lithography. McKim juried both art exhibitions as well as field trials for dogs
Category

1940s American Realist Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Friesian 3/12 - lively, movement, animal, horse, figurative, bronze statuette
By Richard Tosczak
Located in Bloomfield, ON
Canadian sculptor, Richard Tosczak. His work begins with a quickly sketched pen and ink single drawing of
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
sketches for The New York Mirror at the trial of Bruno R. Hauptmann for the kidnapping of the Lindbergh
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Flee to Freedom" photorealistic oil painting of a horse black and white
By Ken Peloke
Located in Edgartown, MA
and even the walls in the house to sketch his drawings. He and his family moved to Arizona when Ken
Category

2010s Photorealist Animal Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Still Life Study Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
documentation and making preliminary sketches for a gigantic composition that measured no less than 33 by 197
Category

1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

James Pradier, Phryne
Located in Tricase, IT
her trial for impiety, where she was defended by the orator Hypereides. According to legend, she was
Category

1820s Academic Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

James Pradier, Phryne
James Pradier, Phryne
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H 16.54 in W 5.91 in D 5.91 in
Thomas Sidney Cooper RA, Livestock In A Landscape With River Beyond
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Cheltenham, GB
so while continuing to sketch from nature - escaping into the surrounding countryside at every
Category

1850s Victorian Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Contemplation #2
By Dennis Leri
Located in New York, NY
traditional process of a sketch, then through trial and error the form is worked out with maquettes. The
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Contemplation #2
Contemplation #2
H 40 in W 10 in D 11 in
Blue Curl
By Dennis Leri
Located in New York, NY
traditional process of a sketch, then through trial and error the form is worked out with maquettes. The
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Blue Curl
Blue Curl
H 24 in W 12 in D 13 in
Blue
By Dennis Leri
Located in New York, NY
concept with the traditional process of a sketch, then through trial and error the form is worked out with
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

Blue
H 16 in W 35 in D 15 in
Blue Squares
By Dennis Leri
Located in New York, NY
process of a sketch, then through trial and error the form is worked out with maquettes. The maquettes
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Blue Squares
Blue Squares
H 16 in W 16 in D 6 in
Djibouti, African Landscape Original Israeli Watercolor Cityscape Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
. His courtroom sketches of Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, 1961, are held in the art collection of
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Turquoise Curl
By Dennis Leri
Located in New York, NY
. I begin to develop my concept with the traditional process of a sketch, then through trial and error
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal, Steel

Turquoise Curl
Turquoise Curl
H 28 in W 11 in D 9 in
Projet de Fleurs - Fauvist Flowers Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
documentation and making preliminary sketches for a gigantic composition that measured no less than 33 by 197
Category

1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
documentation and making preliminary sketches for a gigantic composition that measured no less than 33 by 197
Category

1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Thomas Sidney Cooper RA, Cow & Sheep In A Landscape
By Thomas Sidney Cooper
Located in Cheltenham, GB
continuing to sketch from nature - escaping into the surrounding countryside at every opportunity. He also
Category

1850s English School Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Projet de Tissus - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
documentation and making preliminary sketches for a gigantic composition that measured no less than 33 by 197
Category

1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

The Old City of Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
. His courtroom sketches of Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, 1961, are held in the art collection of
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Old City Jaffa
Located in Surfside, FL
. His courtroom sketches of Adolf Eichmann’s trial in Jerusalem, 1961, are held in the art collection of
Category

20th Century Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Old City Jaffa
Old City Jaffa
H 19.5 in W 27.5 in
Fleurs et Papillons - Fauvist Flowers Watercolor & Gouache by Raoul Dufy
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
documentation and making preliminary sketches for a gigantic composition that measured no less than 33 by 197
Category

1920s Fauvist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Western Wall, Jerusalem Watercolor
Located in Surfside, FL
Jerusalem have been reproduced as posters and postcards. His courtroom sketches of Adolf Eichmann’s trial in
Category

20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Watercolor

19th Century Historical English Painting David Wilkie
By Sir David Wilkie
Located in Roma, IT
important painting is probably a sketch for the large painting exhibited at Tate Britain. Provenance: 2022
Category

Antique Early 19th Century English Empire Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Set of Six Original Maison Balmain Gouaches from the 1970-1980 Collection
By Pierre Balmain
Located in Washington, DC
Vintage set one-of-a-kind haute couture gouache fashion sketches by the Parisian Balmain Fashion
Category

20th Century French Paintings

Materials

Plexiglass, Wood, Paint

Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire, Gouache with Ink and Wash Painting, 1940-42 circa
By John Piper
Located in Kingsclere, GB
Hall in Northamptonshire. This work was most likely sketched on the occasion of his visit to the Hall
Category

20th Century Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
escaped to the United States. His first newspaper assignment in America was making courtroom sketches for
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Impression B
By Toshi Yoshida 1
Located in Fairlawn, OH
photo) A trial proof, prior to the edition of 100, signed and numbered Condition: Excellent Image size
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Astraea, a study for the Golden Age fresco at Dampierre by Ingres
By Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Located in PARIS, FR
and sketched out The Iron Age one. The 1848 Revolution and the general upheaval that ensued did not
Category

1840s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pen, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

A Fine Judaica Etching "Atonement" Yom Kippur in the Synagogue
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Surfside, FL
department. During his time at the newspaper, he worked on sketching court trials and learned from other
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Vintage Illustration Judaica Painting, The Rabbi's (Men at Prayers)
By Samuel George Cahan
Located in Surfside, FL
him a job in the newspaper’s art department. During his time at the newspaper, he worked on sketching
Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Pulp Magazine Marine Combat Scene Shoot Out in Blue Noir
Located in Miami, FL
Disney to fight with US forces during World War II. US Marines McDermott World War II sketch titled
Category

1960s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

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