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Harold Haydon Art

American, 1909-1994
Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon came to Chicago with his family in 1917 and became a naturalized American citizen in 1941. He attended the University of Chicago Lab School and the University of Chicago, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree and Master’s Degree in Philosophy. He also studied painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. Haydon was a long-time Professor of Art at the University of Chicago, teaching from 1944-1975. He became an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1975-1981. Haydon also taught as an Adjunct Professor of Fine Arts at Indiana University from 1975-1982. In addition, Haydon served as the noted art critic of the Chicago Sun-Times from 1963-1985. He died in Chicago in 1994.
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A Fine 1930s Modern, Art Deco Female Drawing, Portrait of a Young Woman
A Fine 1930s Modern, Art Deco Female Drawing, Portrait of a Young Woman

Harold HaydonA Fine 1930s Modern, Art Deco Female Drawing, Portrait of a Young Woman, Circa 1930

$235

A Fine 1930s Modern, Art Deco Female Drawing, Portrait of a Young Woman

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Finely Drawn, 1930s Art Deco Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exquisite studio portrait study, ch...

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1930s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal

A Finely Drawn, Modern 1940s Figure Study (Seated Young Female Model)
A Finely Drawn, Modern 1940s Figure Study (Seated Young Female Model)

Harold HaydonA Finely Drawn, Modern 1940s Figure Study (Seated Young Female Model), 1946

$235

A Finely Drawn, Modern 1940s Figure Study (Seated Young Female Model)

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Finely Drawn, Modern 1940s Figure Study Drawing (Seated Young Female Model) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, Mid-Century M...

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1940s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal

A Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
A Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada

Harold HaydonA Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, 1933

$850

A Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A charming, vintage 1930s Modern forest landscape scene painted in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Many of Haydon's early landscape paintin...

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1930s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Oil, Board

A Sensitive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man By Harold Haydon
A Sensitive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man By Harold Haydon

Harold HaydonA Sensitive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man By Harold Haydon, 1951

$385

A Sensitive 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man By Harold Haydon

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Sensitive, Finely Rendered 1950s Mid-Century Modern Portrait of a Young Man By Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 12 x 9 1/2 inches. Artwork is un...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Graphite

A Fine, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Hand & Feet)
A Fine, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Hand & Feet)

Harold HaydonA Fine, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Hand & Feet), 1950

$135

A Fine, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Hand & Feet)

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Fine, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Model's Hand & Feet by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed composite fi...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Ink

A 1940s Modern, American Scene Study of a Seated Man at a Table by Harold Haydon
A 1940s Modern, American Scene Study of a Seated Man at a Table by Harold Haydon

Harold HaydonA 1940s Modern, American Scene Study of a Seated Man at a Table by Harold Haydon, Circa 1930

$85

A 1940s Modern, American Scene Study of a Seated Man at a Table by Harold Haydon

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Charming, 1940s American Scene study of a Man Seated at a Table by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A delightful sketch ("Dinner at the Windermere Hot...

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1940s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude
An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude

Harold HaydonAn Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude, 1945

$288Sale Price|25% Off

An Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Captivating, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Figure Drawing of a Standing Female Nude By Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A finely rendered standing female nude studio...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Young Nude Male Carrying Bricks
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Young Nude Male Carrying Bricks

Harold HaydonA Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Young Nude Male Carrying Bricks, 1951

$235

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Young Nude Male Carrying Bricks

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Drawing of a Young Male Nude Carrying a Palette of Bricks by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed figure study dra...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Female Feet)
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Female Feet)

Harold HaydonA Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Female Feet), 1950

$135

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Female Feet)

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of Female Feet by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed ink composite figure study...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Ink

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model

Harold HaydonA Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model, 1951

$235

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study Portrait Drawing of an African American Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, charcoal ...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal

A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study
A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study

Harold HaydonA Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study, 1950

$385

A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Fabulous 1950s Mid-Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Study by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork Size: 18 x 12, unframed, mounted / floated t...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Ink

A Colorful, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting
A Colorful, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting

Harold HaydonA Colorful, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting, 1951

$1,800

A Colorful, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Vibrant, Expressionist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Still Life Painting by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting a bright and vivid studio still life scene ...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Harold Haydon Art

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Masonite, Oil

A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man
A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man

Harold HaydonA Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man, 1946

$220

A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Fabulous, Surrealist 1946 Mid-Century Modern Abstract Portrait of a Young Man by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Titled "Introspective Stare", the drawing is ...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal

A Delightful 1940s Modern Painting of Two Women in a Summer Vermont Landscape
A Delightful 1940s Modern Painting of Two Women in a Summer Vermont Landscape

Harold HaydonA Delightful 1940s Modern Painting of Two Women in a Summer Vermont Landscape, 1940

$1,600

A Delightful 1940s Modern Painting of Two Women in a Summer Vermont Landscape

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A delightful & colorful 1940s American Modern painting of two women resting in a summer Vermont landscape by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Painted near the artist's longtim...

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1940s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Oil, Canvas

A Charming, Modern 1930s Portrait Study of a Young Male Bather
A Charming, Modern 1930s Portrait Study of a Young Male Bather

Harold HaydonA Charming, Modern 1930s Portrait Study of a Young Male Bather, Circa 1932

$212Sale Price|20% Off

A Charming, Modern 1930s Portrait Study of a Young Male Bather

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Charming, 1930s Modernist Portrait Study of a Seated Young Male Bather by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Most likely completed at a summer lake house in Al...

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1930s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Charcoal, Paper

A Striking, Dramatic Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Woman
A Striking, Dramatic Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Woman

Harold HaydonA Striking, Dramatic Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Woman, 1951

$235

A Striking, Dramatic Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Woman

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking, Dramatic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study Portrait of Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, studio drawing in charcoal of...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal

A Finely Drawn, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study, Standing Male Nude Model
A Finely Drawn, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study, Standing Male Nude Model

Harold HaydonA Finely Drawn, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study, Standing Male Nude Model, 1951

$235

A Finely Drawn, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study, Standing Male Nude Model

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Very Finely Drawn Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio figu...

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1950s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Graphite

A Charming 1950s Modern Painting of a Red House in Calais, Vermont
A Charming 1950s Modern Painting of a Red House in Calais, Vermont

Harold HaydonA Charming 1950s Modern Painting of a Red House in Calais, Vermont, 1956

$850

A Charming 1950s Modern Painting of a Red House in Calais, Vermont

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A charming 1950s Modern painting of a little red house, titled "Corner of the Brick House with Last Snow Bank, Calais, VT" by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Painted near the...

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1950s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Canvas, Oil, Board

A 1946 Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Male Portrait Study, Binocular Vision
A 1946 Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Male Portrait Study, Binocular Vision

Harold HaydonA 1946 Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Male Portrait Study, Binocular Vision, 1946

$285

A 1946 Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Male Portrait Study, Binocular Vision

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A 1946 Mid-Century Modern Surrealist Male Portrait Study by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A compelling portrait study, perhaps a self portrait of the artist,...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal

An Intriguing 1950s Mid-Century Modern Oil, Standing Male Nude, "Departure"
An Intriguing 1950s Mid-Century Modern Oil, Standing Male Nude, "Departure"

Harold HaydonAn Intriguing 1950s Mid-Century Modern Oil, Standing Male Nude, "Departure", 1952

$1,500

An Intriguing 1950s Mid-Century Modern Oil, Standing Male Nude, "Departure"

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

An Intriguing, Large 1950s Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Standing Male Nude Figure on a Beach by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Titled "Departure", pa...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Masonite, Oil

A Tiny Painting of the Racine, WI Ravine, by Artist Harold Haydon
A Tiny Painting of the Racine, WI Ravine, by Artist Harold Haydon

Harold HaydonA Tiny Painting of the Racine, WI Ravine, by Artist Harold Haydon, 1943

$950

A Tiny Painting of the Racine, WI Ravine, by Artist Harold Haydon

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

Artist Harold Haydon called his tiny paintings "Thumb Box" paintings. This 1943 oil on paper painting depicts the Racine Ravine (Wisconsin Lakefront Beach). This is the perfect ser...

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1940s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Oil

A Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
A Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada

Harold HaydonA Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada, 1933

$850

A Charming Vintage 1930s Forest Landscape, Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A charming, vintage 1930s Modern forest landscape scene painted in Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada by notable Chicago artist, Harold Haydon. Many of Haydon's early landscape paintin...

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1930s American Modern Harold Haydon Art

Materials

Oil, Board

A Unique, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, Beach Scene / Bathers
A Unique, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, Beach Scene / Bathers

Harold HaydonA Unique, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, Beach Scene / Bathers, 1952

$1,100

A Unique, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting, Beach Scene / Bathers

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Unique, Striking 1950s Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Abstract Beach Scene with Bathers by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting an abstracted painting o...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Harold Haydon Art

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Oil, Masonite

A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Male Bather, Vermont Landscape
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Male Bather, Vermont Landscape

Harold HaydonA Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Male Bather, Vermont Landscape, 1952

$1,200

A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Painting of a Male Bather, Vermont Landscape

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Striking, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Oil Painting of a Nude Male Bather Kneeling in a Vermont Summer Landscape by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Painted in A...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Masonite, Oil

A Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Female Nude Bathers, Beach Scene
A Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Female Nude Bathers, Beach Scene

Harold HaydonA Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Female Nude Bathers, Beach Scene, 1952

$1,500

A Surrealist Abstract 1950s Mid-Century Modern Female Nude Bathers, Beach Scene

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Visually Striking, Abstract Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Beach Scene of Nude Female Bathers by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Titled The "Phaeacian ...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Harold Haydon Art

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Masonite, Oil

A Unique, Modern Surrealist Beach Scene, Bathers, Hyde Park, Chicago
A Unique, Modern Surrealist Beach Scene, Bathers, Hyde Park, Chicago

Harold HaydonA Unique, Modern Surrealist Beach Scene, Bathers, Hyde Park, Chicago, circa 1960s

$850

A Unique, Modern Surrealist Beach Scene, Bathers, Hyde Park, Chicago

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Unique, Visually Striking, Surrealist Mid-Century Modern Abstract Beach Scene by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Depicting an abstracted female bathers stan...

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Mid-20th Century Surrealist Harold Haydon Art

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Oil, Canvas, Board

A Finely Drawn, 1946 Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon
A Finely Drawn, 1946 Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon

Harold HaydonA Finely Drawn, 1946 Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon, 1946

$165

A Finely Drawn, 1946 Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman by Harold Haydon

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Finely Drawn, 1946 Modernist Portrait of a Young Woman by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A beautifully executed and introspective charcoal portrait drawing o...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Paper, Charcoal

A Stylized, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Female Nude
A Stylized, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Female Nude

Harold HaydonA Stylized, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Female Nude, 1951

$235

A Stylized, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Figure Study, Seated Female Nude

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Stylized, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Studio Figure Study of a Seated Female Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Executed in a Mannerist, Rubenesque ...

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Mid-20th Century American Modern Harold Haydon Art

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Charcoal, Paper

An Abstract, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Oil, Water Polo - Swimmers
An Abstract, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Oil, Water Polo - Swimmers

Harold HaydonAn Abstract, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Oil, Water Polo - Swimmers, 1951

$850

An Abstract, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Sporting Themed Oil, Water Polo - Swimmers

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Vibrant, Surrealist 1950s Mid-Century Modern Abstract Sporting-Themed Oil Painting of Swimming Water Polo Players by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Oil on ...

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Mid-20th Century Abstract Harold Haydon Art

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Oil, Masonite

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