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Artist: Unknown
Porcelain Vase - China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
Porcelain Vase, 1890s is a china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous French Artist of the late 19th Century.
In excellent conditions: As good as new.
N...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
1849 Pastel - The Mountain Path
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful continental scene depicting figures travelling a winding mountain path. Illegibly signed. Dated 1849. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$290 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by An anonymous artist in the Mid 20th century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented posing nude thr...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Early 20th Century Watercolour - The Shipyard
Located in Corsham, GB
Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait - Pen on Paper - 1950
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing in pen on ivory paper realized in 1950 by Anonymous Artist of the XX century.
In very good condition, except for the yellowish part of the paper along the marg...
Category
1950s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
At The Beach, Watercolor, Signature To Identify
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
At the beach.
Watercolor.
Signature to be identified.
Watercolor (at sight): 22.5 x 31.5 cm
Frame: 37.5 x 46.5 cm
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Glo Williams (b.1940) - Contemporary Pastel, Bouquet of Flowers
Located in Corsham, GB
Well presented in a gilt effect frame. Signed. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$239 Sale Price
20% Off
Bird - Original Pen Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bird is an original drawing in pen realized by a French Anonymous artist of the Mid-20th Century, the state of preservation of the artwork is good except for some foxing along the margins.
Hand-signed on the lower left, illegible.
The artwork represents the study of bird...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Soldier on Horseback - Pencil Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Soldier on Horseback" is a pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper by Anonymous Artist of 19th Century.
In very good conditions.
Sheet dimensio...
Category
19th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Landscape - Watercolor - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is an original drawing in watercolor on paper realized by an unknown artist of the 19th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower right, the signature is illegible.
The state o...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
19th Century Watercolour - Landscape with Castle Ruins
Located in Corsham, GB
Part of a pair of 19th century landscape scenes depicting castles in vast landscapes. Unsigned. Presented in a gilt frame and double card mount. On paper.
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$287 Sale Price
20% Off
C. Sinclair - Framed Contemporary Pastel, Clucking Cockerels
Located in Corsham, GB
A energetic pastel sketch of two white feathered cockerels. Presented in a contemporary frame with a complimenting double card mount. Signed. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Lamp - Original Watercolor and Ink drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lamp" is an original watercolor and ink drawing on ivory-colored paper realized in 1880ca. by Anonymous french Artist of 19th Century.
In very good conditions.
The artw...
Category
1880s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Futurist Composition - Original Pastel Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Futurist Composition is an original pastel drawing realized in the beginning of XX century by Anonymous futurist artist
Mixed colored pastels on plywood.
Includes a very beautiful...
Category
Early 20th Century Futurist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel
Cityscape with Statue - Original Drawing - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Cityscape with Statue is an original artwork, mixed media on cardboard. Is not signed and dated but we can attribute the period middle 20th Century.
The artist want to define a e...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
French School 19th century, Set of nine humoristic drawings, pencil on paper
Located in Paris, FR
France, 19th century
Set of nine humoristic drawings, various subjects in the same mount
Black pencil, for some of them with highlights of white gouache
various dimensions : 6 x 5.5 ...
Category
1850s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
$381 Sale Price
25% Off
Jemma Jamie - Contemporary Gouache, The Reading Nook
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming study in gouache by the contemporary British artist and illustrator Jemma Jamie. Signed and dated '2023' by the artist to the reverse. On paper.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$244 Sale Price
20% Off
18th Century Roman School , A Palazzo with antiques, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century Roman School
A Palazzo with antiques
Brown ink and pen, brown ink wash on paper
12.5 x 20 cm
Framed : 28,5 x 35.5
This nice drawing represents a genre scene, with a nobleman, priests, a mother and her children...
Category
Early 18th Century Old Masters Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$606 Sale Price
25% Off
Woman Figure - Original Ink and Pastel on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Woman Figure" is an original erotic ink and colored pastels drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on white paper, realized by Anonymous Artist of the XX Century.
In excellent cond...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel, Ink
Christ - Original Pen and Pencil Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Christ is an original drawing on paper in pen and pencil mounted on blueish Passepartout, realized by an anonymous Italian artist of the Early 20th Cen...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Pencil
Literature - Pencil Drawing on Paper by Unknown French Artist - Early 1900
Located in Roma, IT
Literature is an original artwork realized by a French artist in the XX Century.
Original drawing on paper.
Very good conditions.
Very interesting artwork representing several s...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Flower in a Field, Modern Marker on Paper by Unknown Artist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Flower in a Field, Year: 1964, Medium: Marker on Paper, signed and dated in pencil, Image Size: 14 x 18.5 inches, Size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm), Description: ...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker
Portrait of Christ - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Christ is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th century.
Original colored pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued on colored cardboa...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Pastel
$251 Sale Price
40% Off
The Port Of Terragon. Watercolor. Circa 1940-1950.
Located in Firenze, IT
The port of Terragon.
Watercolor on paper.
Circa 1940-1950.
Painted on rough watercolor paper, Canson & Montgolfier, old French paper manufacturer.
The chromatic range is played in ...
Category
1940s Neo-Constructivist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$143 Sale Price
20% Off
Demons - Original China Ink - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Demons is an original drawing in china Ink by an anonymous artist in the mid-20th Century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is depicted through confident strokes in a well-balanced com...
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
Category
Mid-19th Century Qing Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Landscape with Men and Horses - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Early 1800
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape with men and horses is a beautiful ink and pencil drawing. Due to the concerned subject matter and the typology of the image, it is assumed th...
Category
Early 19th Century Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Design for Modernist Game Keeper Lodge architectural drawing Mid Century Modern
Located in London, GB
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V A Hards (British, c. 1930-c. 2012)
Design for Game Keeper...
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Figures - Original Pen on Paper - 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is an original drawing in pen on paper realized by an artist of the XX century.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good and aged with signs of the time.
Sheet dime...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pen
1940s Seated Nude Figure Study
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude figure study of a seated female model by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Circa 1940. Unsigned. Unframed. Image size: 25"H x 19"W.
Category
1940s American Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Portrait of Man - Drawing in Pencil - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is a drawing in pencil realized by an Anonymous french artist active in the late 19th century and in the early 20th.
Signed on lower right but unreadable.
Sheet dim...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Georges Pacouil (1903-1996) - Mid 20th Century Charcoal Drawing, Poised Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
Signed to the lower right. Presented in a wooden frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
On the Beach - Pencil on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
On the Beach is a drawing in pencil on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the 20th century.
The State of preservation is very good.
The artwork represents the scenery of fig...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Saint-Louis - Original Pencil Drawing by Unknown French Artist 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Saint-Louis is a beautiful original pencil drawing on paper, realized by a French artist of XIX century. hand-signed in black ink on lower right margin, signature not completely rea...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
French Romantic School, View of a roman atrium, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school circa 1850
An antique Roman Atrium
signed lower right (illegible)
Ink, Ink wash and white gouache heightenings
20 x 13 cm
Framed : 35.5 x 27 cm
The signatu...
Category
1850s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$939 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour - The Straw Cart
Located in Corsham, GB
A gestural countryside scene in muted colours, depicting a farmer standing on the back of a horse drawn cart, gathering in a pile of straw before the rain. The painting is attractive...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$278 Sale Price
20% Off
The Dance - Original Ink and Watercolor by Unknown Artist 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Dance is an original watercolor on paper, realized by Anonymous artist in the XIX century.
Good conditions except for some little foxings. The sheet is lightly wavy.
The artwo...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
House by the sea
Located in Cliffside Park, NJ
A mid-sized work with bright colors and depths.
The artist captures a stone seaside house - possibly in the Old World.
The work has a calming energy no doubt aided by the backgroun...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$520
French School Mid 19th Century Watercolour - Pretty Maiden
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate study of a pretty young woman with a floral hat. With touches of body colour, this study is intricately painted, with great attention given to the facial features and fold...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$274 Sale Price
20% Off
Miniature Late 19th Century Watercolour - Victorian Woman in Black
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature study of a Victorian woman dressed in a black ruffled dress and a hat. Presented in an oval brass frame. On a white bone-like substrate.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$248 Sale Price
20% Off
George Ely - Early 19th Century Watercolour, Cattle in the Mountains
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour scene depicting cattle grazing before a winding river. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a slim gilt frame On paper.
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
French School 19th Century, A Muskeeter, original pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school 19th Century
A Muskeeter
Pencil on paper
26.5 x 17 cm
Bears a signature "F. Roybet" in the lower right
In quite good condition, bears some visible foxings,
In an old mount (some damages)
(not framed)
Even if the style, execution and of course subject are those of Ferdinand Roybet...
Category
1890s Academic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
$234 Sale Price
20% Off
Fauvist Shipyard
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright and bold shipyard by an unknown artist. Presented in a new cream mat. Paper size: 10.25"H x 14.25"W; Mat size: 13"H x 18"W
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sketches - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketches is a modern artwork realized by in the Early 20th Century.
Pencil drawings.
Good conditions.
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Ken Symonds (1927-2010) - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Nude on Patterned Rug
Located in Corsham, GB
A soft and diffused nude study by the Newlyn School artist Ken Symonds. The scene depicts a female figure lying comfortable on a colourful rug. The pastel has been signed by Symonds ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Mid 20th Century Watercolour - A Piercing Stare
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking watercolour study depicting a woman draped in blue staring directly at the viewer. Her eyes are piercing and she wears a stony expression in her face. Unsigned. Presented in a rustic gilt...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$343 Sale Price
20% Off
French School 19th century, Le Lavoir (The washing place), watercolor on paper,
Located in Paris, FR
French School, first half of the 19th century
Le Lavoir (The washing place)
Watercolor and pencil heightened with white gouache
Bears a monogramm R P B on the lower left
21.5 x 33.5 cm
Collector mark of Maurice Gobin on the back (Lugt L.1124a)
In quite good condition: doubled on the back, a repaired tear on the upper border
In a modern cardboard...
Category
1820s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Susan Kemp - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Sweet Peas
Located in Corsham, GB
An expressive floral study executed in a multitude of pastel colours. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a smart gilt-effect frame. On paper.
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
$438 Sale Price
20% Off
Lanvin of Paris c1920s Original Fashion Illustration in Gouache
Located in Bristol, CT
9 3/4"H x 6 3/4"W
Category
1920s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Mid Century Landscape -- Blue Mountain
Located in Soquel, CA
Vivid mid century watercolor landscape of piercing blue mountains overshadowing a golden valley by an unknown artist. Signed "A.D. 1966" lower right. Pre...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Howfe - French Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Saint Martin Tower, Vendome
Located in Corsham, GB
A wonderful mid-century watercolour depicting the magnificent bell & clock tower of Saint Martin's with the exterior of Saint-Martin's church visible in the distance. Well presented ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$343 Sale Price
20% Off
Harry B. Marland - Framed Early 20th Century Watercolour, Peeling Carrots
Located in Corsham, GB
Harry B. Marland. Fine early 20th century watercolour. A portrait of a lady peeling carrots in an interior. The women can be seen seated on a wooden chair, peeling away with a sharp ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$517 Sale Price
20% Off
Geometric Color Variation Surrealist Drawings, France 1960s
Located in Atlanta, GA
These exceptional original project drawings, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, are by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature a geometric ...
Category
1960s Surrealist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
1940s Fashion Study Featuring an Advertisement for Lilly Daché Perfumes
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring an advertisement for Lilly Daché Perfume. Artwork size:
11" x 8 1/2". Archivally matted to 12". x 16". Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin...
Category
1940s Art Deco Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
$280 Sale Price
20% Off
France 19th century, A Set of 5 drawings, landscapes and farms, Ink wash
Located in Paris, FR
France middle of 19th century
A set of 5 drawings
Landscapes, farms and ruins
Brown ink and brown ink wash on paper, Black ink and black ink wash on paper
Dimensions vary :
A big fa...
Category
1840s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$306 Sale Price
20% Off
French Romantic School, View of Arriccia, 1828, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic School beginning of the 19th Century
View of Arriccia, 1828
located and dated, "Arriccia 1828" on the lower right
Pencil on paper
23 x ...
Category
1820s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
$891 Sale Price
20% Off
Harold Hemingway (1908-1976) - 1953 Gouache, The Far Storm
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful landscape study by well listed Northern artist Harold Hemingway. The scene depicts a view over the artist's local industrial town of Rochdale. A storm can be seen gather...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$555 Sale Price
20% Off
C. Dyer - 19th Century Watercolour, View of Florence
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful Grand Tour style study of Florence from a distance. Signed to the lower right. Well presented in a gilt frame with oak leaf strapwork. On paper.
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$393 Sale Price
20% Off
Eizo Kato 1926 Japanese Watercolor
Located in San Francisco, CA
Eizo Kato: 1906-1972. Well listed Japanese artist with auction records for watercolors over $8500. This is a magnificent tropical scene, probably in Japan or another pacific island. ...
Category
1920s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
20th Century Charcoal Drawing - Pensive Female Portrait
Located in Corsham, GB
An intense charcoal portrait of a striking young woman in a headscarf.
The drawing is unsigned and presented in a glazed, black frame with a white mount.
On wove.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$378 Sale Price
20% Off
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