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1940s Charcoal and Pencil Portrait of a Man
Located in Arp, TX
Artist Unknown "Tie and Glasses" c. 1940s Charcoal and pencil on paper 13.5"x17" image 15.5"x19
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

'Self-Portrait with Black Hat' — 1940s American Impressionism
By Robert Philipp
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Self-Portrait with Black Hat', ink and color pastel, c. 1945. Signed in ink, lower
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1940s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pastel

"King of the Blues" - B.B. King Portrait in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Vibrant portrait entitled "King of the Blues" by John Martin Socha (American, 1913-1983). Bold and
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1950s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Watercolor

The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is a watercolor Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1940 ca. Hand-signed
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
Federation. Bernard Gussow is known for genre, landscape, figure, interior paintings. Bernard Gussow was
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1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Mid-Century Cottage in the Woods Landscape Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Charming mid century watercolor landscape of a cottage in the woods, executed with phenomenal
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Estudiante" - Portrait of a Mexican Girl
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Mexican girl in church by Joseph Yeager (early-mid 20th Century) on heavy bond
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Graceful depiction of seated nude female figure by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Joseph Yeager works directly from the estat...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper, Watercolor

Female Nude Study Watercolor Drawing by Rotislaw Racoff
By Rotislaw Racoff
Located in Atlanta, GA
1940s nude study, watercolor, and ink on paper painting by Polish/Russian artist Rotislaw Racoff
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1940s Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Scholar - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Scholar is a china ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in 1940s. Hand-signed on the
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Facial Expressions Seen at the Cinema - Drawing - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
1940s. Signature unreadable. Good condition on a white little paper.
Category

1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Self Portrait
By Frank Jameson
Located in London, GB
Frank Jameson 1899 - 1968 Self Portrait Graphite on paper, signed lower right Image size: 15 x 9
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20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

"Isadora Duncan (Blue), " Pen, Ink, & Watercolor signed by Abraham Walkowitz
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
with pen & ink, graphite, and watercolor piece on cream paper. The artist signed the piece in the lower
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1920s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Graphite

"Isadora Duncan (Orange), " Pen, Ink, & Watercolor signed by Abraham Walkowitz
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Isadora Duncan (Orange)" is an original pen & ink, graphite, and watercolor piece on cream paper
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1920s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Faces - Print by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Faces is a linocut realized by Mino Maccari in the 1940s. 50 x 30 cm. Handisigned in the lower
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1940s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pastel, Linocut

Original (unique) Self portrait drawing
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Al Hirschfeld Original (unique) Self portrait drawing, 1976 Hand signed ink drawing, on typewritten
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1970s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Classical Female Head (woman portrait)
By Federico Castellon
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
. Unframed. From a recently discovered collection of over 60 important Castellon drawings and watercolors c
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1950s Abstract Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Portrait of Woman - China and Watercolor by Carlo Caroli - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original drawing in china and water color on paper by Carlo Caroli in the
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

The Couple - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
, painter, engraver and journalist, winner of the Feltrinelli Prize for Painting in 1963 and first winner of
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ballpoint Pen

Portrait of Bachoo, Countess Woronzow, 1946
By Pavel Tchelitchew
Located in Miami, FL
New York in the 1940s. Leonor Fini painted Bachoo the same year and clearly Tchelitchew's version
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1940s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Portrait of Bachoo Dinshaw, Countess Woronzow
By Pavel Tchelitchew
Located in Miami, FL
New York in the 1940s. Leonor Fini painted Bachoo the same year and clearly Tchelitchew's version
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1940s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Anne Faure, Portrait of a Gentleman, 1946, Pastel
By Anne Faure
Located in Paris, FR
1940s pastel portraits. Most of them are socialites, including the portrait of Anne de Ruillé in Amazon
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1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Le Turban by Henri Matisse - Portrait, Ink Drawing
By Henri Matisse
Located in London, GB
Galleries, Henri Matisse Paintings, Drawings, Lithographs, Mimosa Rug, 3 April - 1 May 1976, no. 15, n.p
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink, Pen

Portrait of a woman, 1929, red chalk on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Erich HERMES (1881-1971) Portrait of a Woman, 1929 Sanguine on paper Signed "E. Hermès" and dated
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1920s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Signed Gisberto Ceracchini Self-portrait Drawing 1930s pen pencil paper
Located in Florence, IT
The drawing is a self portrait of the tuscan artist Gisberto Ceracchini. Considering the age at the
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pen, Pencil

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
By Jessie Gillespie
Located in Miami, FL
century."[16][17] Illustrations in books With Tongue and Pen--Frederick Bair, et al. (MacMillan, 1940
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1910s Victorian Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Mid Century Portrait of Abstract Expressionist Artist Joan Mitchell
By Jo Ann Hambrick
Located in Soquel, CA
Evocative portrait of iconic abstract expressionist artist Joan Mitchell (American, 1925-1996) by
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1940s Abstract Expressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Portrait of a Woman, Framed Pastel Drawing by Peter Driben
By Peter Driben
Located in Long Island City, NY
-up artists of the 1940s and 1950s. Driben's pinups delighted the American public from the beginning
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Two Men Around a Table - 1940s - Paul-Franz Namur - Drawing - Modern
By Paul-Franz Namur
Located in Roma, IT
Two Men Around a Table is an original artwork realized by Paul-Franz Namur in the 1940s. Pencil on
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Follower of Stephen Denning - 19th Century Graphite, Portrait of a Child
Located in Corsham, GB
(1795-1864). This study came from an album that was assembled in the 1940's by a collector. Inscribed
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Man With Beret And Lying Man - 1940s - Paul-Franz Namur - Drawing - Modern
By Paul-Franz Namur
Located in Roma, IT
realized portraits and landscapes. This artwork is shipped from Italy. Under existing legislation, any
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1940s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"March Avery in Beret, " Milton Avery, American Modernism, Portrait of Artist
By Milton Avery
Located in New York, NY
. Always at odds with the dominate style of the time, be it the American Scene Painting and Social Realism
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1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Graphite

Art Lovers and Art Critics Analyzing Obscene Painting. Cartoon
By Richard Taylor
Located in Miami, FL
Cartoonist Richard Taylor was trained in academic art. He frequently comments on abstract art which was the new and radical thing at the time. "Curtis sees so much more in these thi...
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1940s Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Board

Italian Impressionist Figurative Portrait Painting Watercolors signed
By Felice Carena
Located in Florence, IT
Carena, especially on the 1930s-1940s.
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1930s Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Drunk man at party, Golden Age of Hollywood
By Jaro Fabry
Located in Miami, FL
During the Golden Age of Hollywood no illustrator chronicled the great stars, pin-ups and good girls better than Jaro Fabry, Work is Framed in a Modern Black wood frame.
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1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Stone Monument to a Forest Cabin, Mid-Century Landscape
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
watercolor paper with ragged edges. No frame. Unfinished, unsigned work. Estate of Joseph Yeager on Verso
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Monolith Rock - Mid Century Monterey, California Seascape
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
bond watercolor paper with ragged edges. Signed "Joe Yeager" in the lower right corner. No frame. Image
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Beautiful Woman watercolor painting by Robert Philipp
By Robert Philipp
Located in Surfside, FL
A sensitive portrait beautifully rendered in watercolor and gouache. Mid century. I am guessing
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1940s Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache

Headdress Procession
By Honore Guilbeau
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Headdress Procession Watercolor, c. 1950's Signed by the artist in ink, lower right The Headdress
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1950s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Parisian Fashion Model - Mid-Century - Female Artist Vogue Magazine ?
By Ruth Sigrid Grafstrom
Located in Miami, FL
the 1930s and 1940s. Early life Grafstrom was born on April 26, 1905, in Rock Island, Illinois. Her
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1940s Feminist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Calendar of the World-Charcoal and Tempera by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
1930/1940s. Good condition on a blue cardboard. Hand-signed by the artist with pen. Mino Maccari
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Charcoal

Russian Portrait Flushed girl w Big bows 20th century Watercolor by Fonvizin
Located in Stockholm, SE
watercolor portraits of actors and artists, landscapes and still lifes by Fonvizin are kept in the Tretyakov
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20th Century Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Portrait - Original Pastel Drawing - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in Pastel realized by an anonymous artist in the 1940s. Good
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

Portrait - Original Pastel Drawing - 1940s
No Reserve
H 7.88 in W 5.71 in D 0.08 in
French Watercolour Breton School Mid 20th Century Fishing Fleet
By Henri Miloch
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Breton Fishing Fleet by Henri Miloch (1898-1979) signed lower right and dated watercolour painting
Category

1960s Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite

PEE WEE RUSSELL
Located in Portland, ME
Hassett. PEE WEE RUSSELL. Ink and crayon on paper, not dated, but likely 1940s-50s. Signed lower
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Mid-20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Ink

PEE WEE RUSSELL
H 14 in W 11 in
Study for a Cover of "Il Selvaggio" - Pencil by Mino Maccari - 1930/40s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
/1940s. Good condition on a brown paper. No signature. Mino Maccari (1898-1989) was an Italian writer
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Study for an Illustration of "Il Selvaggio"-Pencil by Mino Maccari - 1930/40s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
in 1930/1940s. Good condition on a brown paper, except for a missing corner. No signature, other
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1930s Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Caricature for Jay Jostin from "Mr. District Attorney"
By George Wachsteter
Located in Fort Washington, PA
with victim and hangman`s noose in Surrealist landscape. Jostin did the show on the radio from 1940 to
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1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Bulldog, Drawing Study of a Brown and White Bulldog, Matted and Framed
By Rose Freymuth-Frazier
Located in Chicago, IL
an ambulance in the early 1940's for her to come to the US on a steamer eighteen months later with
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Archival Paper, Color Pencil

The Portrait - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1940s
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
The Portrait is a Pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the 1940s. Monogrammed
Category

1960s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

"Clown Close Up, " Watercolor Portrait signed by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
work is rich, diverse and fascinating collection of drawings, watercolors and prints from the 1920's to
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled Portrait
Located in San Francisco, CA
right Condition: Very good This miniature watercolor portrait by Ruby Walker Usher is exceptional in
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Sleeping Girl - Charcoal Drawing and watercolor by S. Fontinsky - 1940s
By Serge Fontinsky
Located in Roma, IT
half of the 20th Century. The artwork represents a portrait of a girl while she is sleeping. The
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1940s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Itzhak Holtz (Judaica Master) Oil Painting Portrait John Sloan Ashcan Artist WPA
By Itshak Holtz
Located in Surfside, FL
Oil Painting Portrait of Ashcan Artist John Sloan. Signed I. Holtz. The youngest of four children
Category

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait - Pencil Drawing on Paper by A. Vangelli - 1940s
By Antonio Vangelli
Located in Roma, IT
Abstract Portrait is an original artwork realized by Antonio Vangelli in 1940s. Original pencil
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Self-Portrait With Student Creating a Mobile" watercolor by Sylvia Spicuzza
By Sylvia Spicuzza
Located in Milwaukee, WI
figurative paintings that reflect the work of Picasso, Kandinsky and Max Ernst in the 1930's and 1940's
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Lady Reclining Portrait - British 50's Impressionist oil painting female artist
By Caroline Hutchinson
Located in London, GB
) painted and exhibited circa 1950's in oils and watercolour and was from the North East.
Category

1950s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

French Impressionist Watercolour Still Life Pomegranate and Daisy Bunch Painting
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
the back watercolour painting on artist paper, unframed measures: 8.25 inches high by 10.5 inches
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait of Bradnock Principal Worcester College in Car, Malvern, oil painting
By John Rankine Barclay
Located in London, GB
This superb British portrait oil painting is by Scottish born artist John Rankine Barclay. It was
Category

1940s Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

Portrait of Lady Sewing in an Interior - Scottish 40s Pointilliste oil painting
By Murray McNeel Caird Urquhart
Located in London, GB
This superb Scottish 1940's portrait oil painting is by noted artist Murray Urquhart. He has been
Category

1940s Post-Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil

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