Cardwell Higgins Art

Prakash Karmakar - Mother & Child - 29 x 20 inches (unframed size) Pastel on board shipment flat. Style : Legendary master artist Lt. Prokash Karmakar from Bengal was solely respo...

Art Deco painting of Scheherazade by Gustave Kaitz Gouache on board. Painting size: 26 x 32 inches - Offered unframed. Original work of art c. 1930s by...

This dazzling pastel by Ed Dow was created as cover art for a Golden Age Hollywood movie magazine. In glorious bold colors it showcases Carole Lombard in a pink blouse with oversized bow. Lombard was known for her spectacular style: the designer Travis Banton...

Signed, lower right: Wm Bouguereau Provenance: with Galerie Percier, Paris with Galerie Drouant-David, Paris Private Collection, Chicago Bouguereau was the preeminent academic painter of the nineteenth century and one of the most celebrated artists of his day. Changes in taste caused him to fall out of popular favor for much of the twentieth century, but in the last fifty years appreciation of the artist, at times passionate, has brought about a revival both critical and commercial. Today his work is prized by collectors and museums and serves as a paragon for figurative artists worldwide. Famously prolific, Bouguereau painted over eight hundred finished works. He would develop his compositions from drawings, then proceed to oil studies from models, before approaching the full-size canvas. His drawings were predominantly made with graphite and white or black chalk, with the occasional use of watercolor and gouache. Pastel, as seen in the present work, was not part of his normal creative process and is found only in two other works in the artist’s output: an unelaborated color study dated 1848 for his Saint Peter After his Delivery from Prison by the Angel and a preparatory sketch (Private Collection) for his Zenobia found by Shepherds on the Banks of the Araxes (Musée d’Orsay, Paris). Our Study of a...

Boissier (painter and portraitist active at the end of the 18th century) Portrait of a young man Signed and dated "Boissier f(ecit) 1802" on the lower right Pastel on paper transfere...

From the estate of legendary Ziegfeld Follies photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston comes this beautiful pastel portrait of Follies showgirl Barbara Dean. ...

Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte with title and studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.75 x 7.75...

Howard Tangye (b.1948, Australia) has been an influential force in fashion for decades. Lecturing at London’s Central Saint Martins for 35 years, including 16 years as head of BA Wom...

This dazzling pastel created as cover art for a Golden Age Hollywood movie magazine showcases Carole Lombard against a cobalt blue background. Prominent...

Oil portrait of a rancher with cowboy hat, by Patience Street (née Lloyd) (English, 1905-2010). Signed by the artist in the lower left corner. There are multiple notes on the frame o...

This 1930s-era original pastel on board by Charles Sheldon was one of the many movie magazine covers he created featuring Golden Age Hollywood icons. The pastels he created for Photoplay from 1925 to 1930 included glamorous depictions of Hollywood film stars like Clara Bow, Mae West, Jean Harlow...

Unique, one of a kind original gouache on paper from Harper's Bazar series. Hand signed lower front by Erte with studio catalog number on verso. Sheet size 10.75 x 7.75 inches. ...