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Artist: Unknown
Italian neoclassical 19th century Italian figurative drawing antique frieze on paper
Located in Florence, IT
This drawing (pencil, ink and white lead on brown paper, 23 x 19, 5 cm) extremely accurately depicts an image taken from or inspired by antiquity, specifically an acanthus girale in ...
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19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pencil, Chalk

The Accordion Player - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Accordion Player is a drawing artwork realized by a French Artist in mid-20th century. Pencil on paper Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

“Sleigh Ride”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artwork for Manville Card Company. Circa 1975. Condition is very good. Watercolor and gouache on heavy card stock. Will be sold with original Christmas card with notations. Sheet size 9 by 10...
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1970s Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor, Cardboard

“Sleigh Ride”
“Sleigh Ride”
$180 Sale Price
20% Off
Porcelain Lamp - Watercolor and Ink - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lamp" is an original watercolor and ink drawing on ivory-colorated paper realized in 1880 ca. by Anonymous Artist of the late 19th Century. With a description in pencil o...
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Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Birds - Watercolor - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Birds is an Original Watercolour realized by an unknown artist in 1970s. Good condition on a little cardboard. Signature on the lower right corner.
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1970s Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Design for a theatre fresco with fancy plasterwork - early 18th century French S
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and sepia ink on cream laid paper, 8 3/4 x 5 3/8 inches (222 x 136 mm). Scattered paper tape repairs on the verso in the area of the upper left corner, and along the right sheet...
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Early 18th Century French School Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Laid Paper

Mother and child - Original Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and child is an original pencil drawing realized by a french artist at the end of 19th Century. Good condition.
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Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

The Couple - Original Mixed Media on Tissue Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Couple is an original modern artwork realized in the first years of the XX Century. Mixed media on tissue paper. Black china ink and colored pastels. Very good conditions. N...
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20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tissue Paper

Lamp - Original China Ink and Watercolor - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"Lamp" is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colorated paper by Anonymous Artist of XIX Century. In very good conditions. Not signed.
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Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Etablissement Thérmal près de Digne - Original Pencil On Paper - 1860
Located in Roma, IT
Etablissement Thérmal press de Digne is an original pencil drawing glued on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist in 1860. In very good condition. Not signed. Notes of the artist on the ...
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1860s Naturalistic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of Woman - Pencil on Paper - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern drawing in pencil on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the 19th Century. hand-signed on the lower righ, illegible. Good conditions. The artwork represen...
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19th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Women - 4 Original Pen Drawing on Paper - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Women is a series of four original drawings in pen by an anonymous French artist of the XX century. The state of preservation is good and aged, one of them with the signs of time on ...
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Mid-20th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen, Pencil

A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
A woman in jewels and a gossamer sari churns butter for ghee. Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on ...
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19th Century Rajput Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

19th-Century Austrian School, Lady Riding A Grey Mare
Located in Cheltenham, GB
This charming mid-19th-century European watercolour depicts a young lady riding a grey mare before a view of Berg Perchtoldsdorf, Austria. During the 19th century, aristocratic wome...
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1860s Victorian Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor, Paper

Geometric Palace Interior - Mughal School, 20th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
A fascinating orientalist art deco composition. Pen and brownish brown ink with gouache on cream wove paper, 9 5/8 x 7 1/2 inches (245 x 190 mm), the full sheet. In good condition w...
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Early 20th Century Rajput Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, India Ink, Gouache, Handmade Paper

Old Testament Scene with Angel 1813 Large Grisaille Drawing on Paper Signed
Located in Stockholm, SE
One of the characters in this scene is a mature man, kneeling with his head bowed and hands clasped near his chest in a gesture of supplication. His posture conveys a sense of humili...
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Early 19th Century Realist Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mahogany, Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

1972 Watercolour - Impressionist Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
A gestural coastal scene in watercolour and gouache on cotton linen. Figures gather around boats on the shore line. The artist has signed illegibly and dated to the lower left corner...
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20th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

1960s American Pop Art hyperrealist drawing Lucky Strike
Located in Norwich, GB
A striking pop art drawing, dating from the 1960s, featuring lettering and a packet of Lucky Strike cigarettes. Pop art as art movement emerged in the 1950s and flourished in the 196...
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1960s Pop Art Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Dog - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
The Dog is a drawing on paper realized by an anonymous artist in the 1950s. Pen Drawing Good conditions and aged.
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1950s Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Nude of Little Girl - Original Pencil and Pastels on Paper - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of little girl is an original pencil and pastels drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the Early 20th Century. In very good condition...
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Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Consecration of a Church 15th Century English School Illuminated Manuscript
Located in London, GB
English School 15th Century The Consecration of a Church Illuminated manuscript on Vellum Image size: 5 ½ x 5 inches (14 x 12.7 cm) 18th century ornate Tabernacle frame
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15th Century and Earlier Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Vellum

Chaîne de Aravais (Mountains in the Alps) - French School, drawing, circa 1850
Located in Middletown, NY
A beautiful drawing of the Aravis mountain chain in the Alps, including Mont Blanc, with all of the peaks identified by hand. Circa 1850 Graphite with white heightening on light card...
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Mid-19th Century French School Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Cardboard, Color Pencil, Graphite

Rue St Rustique, Montmartre and Sacré-Coeur Basilica, Paris. Watercolor and Ink.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century drawing and watercolour of Rue St Rustique in Paris. The drawing is titled and signed bottom left but the signature is as yet undeciphered. Unframed but with a cut card mount. A charming view of one of the oldest streets in Montmartre and Paris leading up to the iconic Sacré-Coeur Basilica. The artist has captured all the charm of this treasured view. They have shown a mastery of their art and wonderful handling of the drawing and watercolour. A lovely evocative painting that would grace any collection or interior. This street in the old village of Montmartre, which existed before the eleventh century as a path, later became an alley that served as a boundary between the seigneuries of Saint-Denis and Montmartre. Called "rue Notre-Dame" around 1516, it is indicated on the map of Jouvin de Rochefort of 1672 as a road. It was classified as part of the Parisian road network by a decree of 23 May...
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Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

John Gilbert (1817-1897) - 19th Century Watercolour, Master and His Disciples
Located in Corsham, GB
This captivating watercolour by John Gilbert, R.A., depicts an intimate gathering of figures in period attire. The composition centres on a group engaged in lively discussion, with r...
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19th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Et in Arcadia ego Pencil and charcoal on paper J. Miro
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Title: Et in Arcadia ego Artist: Signed “J. Miró” Technique: Pencil and charcoal on paper Paper size: 49 × 39 cm (19.3 × 15.4 in) Framed size: 64 × 53 cm (25.2 × 20.9 in) Date: Decem...
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Early 1900s Academic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Georges Pacouil (1903-1996) - Framed Mid 20th Century Gouache, The Fruit Cart
Located in Corsham, GB
French fruit seller in gouache. Presented in a gilt frame. Unsigned. (Provenance: artist studio sale). On paper.
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20th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

A Group of twelve Courtiers
Located in London, GB
[CHINESE EXPORT WATERCOLOURS ON PITH PAPER]. Group of 12 Courtiers. Mid to late nineteenth century. 12 hand painted water-colours on pith paper, pale blue silk borders, a few minor...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Rice Paper

Vietnamese Village Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charming really well drawn and painted watercolor of what looks to be possibly a Vietnamese village. A farmer is walking his ducks along the road and seems to have them all in a row....
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1980s Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Academic Drawing. Figure Study of Young Sitting Nude Man. 19th Century.
Located in Firenze, IT
Charcoal drawing on light gray-blue colored paper. The drawing depicts a young man sitting with the hand on forehead. the position is probably meant to express the feeling of regret,...
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19th Century Academic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Steel

Contemporary Watercolour - City Harbour
Located in Corsham, GB
This atmospheric watercolour captures the essence of a bustling harbour, with moored boats in the foreground and city buildings rising hazily in the background. Unsigned. Presented i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Vintage Parisian Theater Sketch - Bonnet Beauty
Located in Houston, TX
Darling gouache and pencil sketch of a feminine stage costume complete with matching bonnet for a Paris theater by Willie & Co., circa 1930. Original artwork on paper displayed on a...
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1920s Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Paper, Pencil

Theatre Scene, Opera, Old Master Drawing, Griselidis, Mallet, French Art
Located in Greven, DE
Unknown Artist, French School 18th Century, Circle of Mallet? Scene taken from the Decamerone. Old Master Drawing
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18th Century Romantic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Cardboard

Oriental Lamps - Original Watercolor and Ink Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Oriental Lamps is a beautiful original drawing on paper realized by Anonymous French artist of XIX century. Mixed media watercolor and china ink drawing. Good conditions except f...
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19th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Dancer - Original China Ink and Water Color on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is an original drawing in china ink and water color on paper, realized by Anonymous artist of the XX century. The state of preservation of the artwork is good except some ut ...
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20th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Ink

Turbaned man seated, smoking a hookah – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with yellow heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto, and the Jaipur State Council Stamp dated June 5 18...
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19th Century Rajput Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Neapolitan School 19th Century Gouache - The Eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Located in Corsham, GB
A vibrant 19th-century painting from the Neapolitan School depicting the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Smartly mounted in a gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
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19th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

Portrait of Virgin Mary - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Virgin Mary is an original artwork realized by the Unknown Artist in the early 20th Century. Original colored pencil and pastel drawing on ivory-colored paper, glued o...
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Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Pastel

Chapel and houses along a lake, New England Landscape - American School, 19th C
Located in Middletown, NY
Watercolor and pencil on buff wove watercolor paper, 10 x 8 inches (255 x 203 mm). In good condition with overall minor toning. Some watercolor paint splatters on the verso, contem...
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Early 1900s American Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil

A. M. - Late 19th Century Watercolour, The Gentlemen's Meet
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour study depicting a group of gentleman meeting in the park. The well dressed men sport smart top hats and varying colours of chequered slac...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude back (1978) - Ink on paper 46x63 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
China Ink Signed H. Balslaecj (artist unknown from the gallery) and dated 1978 Pastel wooden frame with plexiglas Total size with frame: 75x57x6 cm
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1970s Academic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Circle of Angelika Kauffmann, Venus and Amor, Arrow and Spindle, Oval Drawing
Located in Greven, DE
Fine drawing in pencil, oval format. Circle of Angelika Kauffmann. The subject is not clear. It is Amor with his arrows and perhaps Venus with a sp...
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18th Century Romantic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Handmade Paper

Relaxing on the Porch
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Paper Contact for exact dimensions.
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20th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Old Master Drawing, View of Naples, 18th Century, Italian School
Located in Greven, DE
Italian Artist; Detailled and impressive old master drawing with the view Naples. Very fine Drawing with white heighting.
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19th Century Romantic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

Apache Dolls, Gouache Dated 1958
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Apache dolls. Gouache, signed (?), dated 1958. Good condition. Gouache (visible): 33.5 x 26 cm. Mat: 50.5 x 40 cm.
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1950s Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

French 18th Century Pastel Portrait of a Young Lady in Period Costume.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 18th Century French pastel portrait on paper of a young lady in period dress in a 'feigned oval'. In gilt wood frame presented under glass. Very much of its period and similar ...
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Late 18th Century Realist Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Pastel

Mountainous Riverlandscape with resting Wanderers, German, Aquatint, old master
Located in Greven, DE
German or Swiss School, probably Circle of Christoph Nathe (1753-1808)), around 1800; beautiful old master drawing/ aquatint, inscribed "P 50/ 1871 gekauf...
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19th Century Romantic Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper

"Hope" Ink On Paper 2010 Framed
Located in Carmel, CA
An original piece, one of a kind. Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a...
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper

The Dethroning / Italian School, 18th Century
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite and grayish ink wash on bluish wove paper, 7 x 10 1/2 inches (177 x 265 mm) (matrix). Scattered surface soiling, adhesive residue, dog-eared corners, and scattered edge tears along left margin, outside of image area. Paper is braced on the verso with two pages from a mid 19th century book with illustrations by C.Perrin. One image depicts a scene of a group of soldiers representing the Holy Roman Empire...
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Late 18th Century Italian School Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Ink, Graphite

“The Pink Parasol”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed oil pastel on archival paper done in the style of the French Impressionists. Circa 1985. Condition is excellent. Illegible signed lower left. Possibly the arti...
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1980s Post-Impressionist Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper

“The Pink Parasol”
“The Pink Parasol”
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
Bird & Flowers 1 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper and Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Bird & Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed. Image size 5 1/4 x 3 1/4 inches; sheet size 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; mat size 14 x 11 inches. ABOUT THIS WORK Hopei or Hebei is a province of North East China, on the Gulf of Chihli near Beijing that is home to Chengde Mountain Resort, the imperial summer residence of the Qing-dynasty emperors. Chengde contains 18th-century palaces, gardens, and pagodas ringed...
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

India Naga Tribe Watercolour 19th Century Company School Painting Indian
Located in Norfolk, GB
Untitled - Rongmei Naga Tribe India Watercolour on Paper c 1860 Mounted Unframed: 38 x 45 cm Image size: 24.5 x 31 cm Provenance: Private UK Collection This is a fabulous and rare 19th century watercolour from India in a style that is often referred to as Company School Painting...
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Late 19th Century Other Art Style Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Surrealist Drawings Geometric Colorist Project, France circa 1960
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 ...
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1960s Surrealist Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

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 “spring palace paintings,” these ink and watercolor illustrations imagined the sensual delights of courtly life. Taken from an album of erotic paintings, this framed leaf departs from a tradition of depicting lovers in risqué outdoor settings by picturing an amorous coupling in a distinctly Qing-dynasty interior. The uniquely detailed surroundings shed light on the prevailing aesthetic tastes in decor and furniture of 19th-century China. Note the carved wooden headrest, blue and white censer...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Jockey Up on Race Horse Watercolour
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic original 19th century watercolor w/ French mat w/ Pawsey & Payne Ltd label on verso #1 Bury Street St James London Art Sz: 10"H x 12 1/4"W Frame: 14 1/2"H x 17 1/4"W w/ ...
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19th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

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...
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Mid-19th Century Qing Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Kanak Drawing, Brown Ink, New Caledonia
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Kanak drawing in brown ink. Trace of signature or annotations at the bottom right. A slight water stain at the bottom right. Ink a little faded. Drawing framed, under glass. ...
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20th Century Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Landscape - Drawing - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by in the 19th Century. Charcoal drawing. Good conditions.
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19th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Erotic Scene - Drawing - 2020s
Located in Roma, IT
Erotic Scene is a drawing realized by Ink and watercolor in 2020s. Ink and watercolor on paper. Hand-Signed. Good conditions. The artwork is realized through deft expressive stro...
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2010s Contemporary Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Porcelain Lumen - Original China Ink and Watercolor - 1890s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lumen" 1890s is an original china ink and watercolor drawing on ivory-colored paper realized by an unknown French Artist of 19th Century. In very good conditions. Not s...
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1890s Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Donkey and Figures - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Donkey and figures is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in early 20th century. Pencil and china ink on paper Good condition with foxing and stain on margins. The t...
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Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pencil

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