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Oscillation
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Fairlawn, OH
11 color screen print
Signed, dated, titled and numberedin pencil
Edition: 150 (9/150)
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
By Decent
Category
1980s Op Art Abstract Prints
Materials
Screen
Horses in Stable
By Georges Lemmen
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the estate stamp lower right corner
Note: The image has been sqaured off in red chalk grid lines for use in a large painting
Dated in charcoal lower right: "23 Nov '96"
Category
1890s Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Influences #2
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the artist's initials and dated lower right
Watercolor on Yupo paper, mounted to board
From Steward's Influences Series
Darius Steward is establishing himself as a mas...
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
With the artist's original presentation (Frame and matting)
Two similar titles were exhibited in The ...
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Baggage Claim (Sketch #4)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
From the series: Baggage Claim, inspired by the death of the artist's mother. The reference to "Baggage" is symbolic to all the emotion and weight one acumulates through life and ho...
Category
2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Baggage Claim, Bags #2
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed "Rhonda V" in memory of the artist's mother
From the series: Baggage Claim, inspired by the death of the artist's mother. The reference to "Baggage" is symbolic to all the emotion and hurt one accumulates through life and how the accumulations weights down on the spirit.
Watercolor on Yupo paper...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Campbell Beach, Mentor
By Emma Lane Payne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated by the artist in ink lower left.
Annotated in pencil lower left: "Campbell Beach, Mentor"
Provenance:
By descent from the estate of the artist.
untitled (Shell #773: Interior)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unknown Artist, Japanese, 20th century
Unsigned
Inscription in Japanese that repeats the English
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flower Studies
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Graphite and colored pencils on laid paper
Category
Mid-20th Century Surrealist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Color Pencil
Baggage Claim (Bags #1)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Created in 2017 this series, Baggage Claim, speaks to the symbolic emotional weight one accumulates through life and how the accumulations weigh down the spirit. The artist used handbags...
Category
2010s Contemporary Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Nu (Standing Female Nude)
By Charles Despiau
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower right by the artist
Note:
Despiau was a highly regarded sculptor. In his youth, he worked in the studio of Auguste Rodin, who greatly influenced his mature style. Hi...
Category
1920s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Chalk
Standing Horse
By Robert Hallowell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed with the Estate stamp lower left.
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Marbella Gallery INC. (Stock Number RWWC237)
Category
1920s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Study of a Lawyer)
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Provenance:
FAR Gallery, New York, NY
Private Collection, New Jersey
Reference and Notes:
Daumier was a prolific draftsman. This drawing of a lawyer was once part of a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
untitled (Street Scene Mexico)
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Mexican Landscape (Man Walking on Street)
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Signed with the estate stamp lower right (see photo)
From the Estate of the Artist with the artist's estate stamp lower right.
C. 1960's
Condition: excellent
Image/Sheet size: 9 7/8 x 7 5/8 inches
William C. Grauer (1895-1985)
William C. Grauer (1895-1985) was born in Philadelphia to German immigrant parents. After attending the Philadelphia Museum School of Industrial Art, Grauer received a four year scholarship from the City of Philadelphia to pursue post graduate work. It was during this time that Grauer began working as a designer at the Decorative Stained Glass Co. in Philadelphia.
Following his World War I service in France, Grauer moved to Akron, Ohio where he opened a studio in 1919 with his future brother-in-law, the architect George Evans Mitchell. Soon, the Rorimer-Brooks design company, the developer Van Swerngen brothers, as well as the Sterling Welch and Halle Bros. department stores realized the extent of Grauer's talent and eagerly employed him. Grauer’s work during this time included architectural renderings for Shaker Square, Moreland Courts, and other many other projects commissioned by Cleveland architects. Grauer also remained true to his roots as a master designer of stained glass windows. With his work in such high demand, Grauer received a commission in 1921 to paint murals for the French Grill...
Category
1960s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Still Life with Tromp L'Oeil
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Graphite and watercolor on a book page.
Signed in ink by the artist lower right corner
Provenance:
Estate of the artist (Estate No. 00916 verso)
Ray Sommer (the artist's son)
Joseph M. Erdelac (No. 18 JME verso)
Book page verso is an illustration of a Durer woodcut.
Category
1920s Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Abstraction
By Abraham Walkowitz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction
Pen and ink on paper, 1932
Signed and dated in ink lower center
Condition: Excellent
Sheet/Image size: 10 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches
Frame size: 16 1/2 x 12 1/2"
Provena...
Category
1930s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Quicksand (Small) #18
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Titled and described by the artist verso
Colored pencil on raw sienna laid rag paper
Category
1980s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "Street Gossip"
By Louis Oscar Griffith
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "Street Gossip"
Signed by the artist in pencil lower left
Graphite on tracing paper, 1916-1917
An impre...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
By William Grauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
References And Exhibitions:
With the artist's own original presentation (frame and matting)
Two simil...
Category
1950s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
untitled (Pueblo)
By Virginia Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Taos Pueblo)
Ink on paper, 1985-1990
Signed by the artist in ink lower right (see photo)
An early New Mexico period work, created shortly af...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled (cacti)
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935. A lifetime New Yorker, Marks gradu...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Chilly Chicken
By Emma Lane Payne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Exhibited:
I Don't Have Time to be Lonesome When I'm Painting: Emma Lane Payne 1857–1943 ... Cleveland Artists Foundation, June 22, 200...
Category
Early 19th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
York Road Near Rt. 82
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil upper left; signed again green pencil lower right.
Titled by the artist in black crayon;
Annotated in black crayon: 5;
Annotated in ink: AB-72;
Titled in ink...
Category
Early 20th Century Fauvist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite, Crayon
Untitled (Standing Woman)
By Léopold Survage
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Leopold Survage (1879-1968)
Untitled (Woman Standing)
Graphite on paper, 1933
Signed in pencil by the artist: Survage
Signed with the estate stamp lower right
Signed in pencil "LS" f...
Category
1930s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Page de Croquis: Tetes de Antilops
By Joseph Hecht
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower right recto
Provenance:
Elizabeth Carroll Shearer (1924-2014), Chesterland, Ohio, former President and Trustee of the Print Club of Cleveland which is an affiliate of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Her collectors mark of initials and a Sealyham Terrier...
Category
Early 20th Century Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
John Phillip Kemble as Hamlet, Act V, Scene I
By Eastman Johnson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated (on back) "January 1845/ J.E.J."
Provenance:
Mr. and Mrs. Bertram Rowland, Buckingham, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Abraham, West Chester, PA
Hirschl & Adler Galleries...
Category
1840s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Untitled Abstraction
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned as per usual
Enamel paint and ink on tracing paper
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935....
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
untitled (Lesson 3)
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated by the artist in ink, lower right
Annotated in ink lower left: 3.
Plate 15. - Lesson 3
A very early student work.
From the Artist's estate
Category
1910s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Sea Forms
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated center right edge; Annotated "48" lower left
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
One of a suite of 120 drawings that the artist did in 1 month.
Most were sold thro...
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen
Untitled (Six Chinese Style Wash Drawings)
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Sheet: 14 x 17";
Image: 4 7/16 x 12"
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935. A lifetime ...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Preliminary drawing for the sculpture Catacombs
By Seymour Lipton
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated lower left
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Michael and Alan Lipton (sons)
Wilkes University, Wilkes Barre, PA
De-accessed 2017
Note: Lipton did a large number of preliminary...
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
untitled
By Virginia Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Authenticated verso by the artist's nephew, Andrew Lowe
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Chicago Skyline
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
c. 1929/30
Sheet: 9 7/8 x 14 1/8"
Mat: 15 1/4 x 19 3/4"
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil Crayon
Untitled (Abstraction)
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated by the artist vertically lower left edge.
Part of an experimental series of works using motor oil, India Ink, adhesives, sand, and various other mediums.
Category
1960s Abstract Paintings
Signs
By Virginia Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ink and pastel on paper
Signed by the artist in ink lower left; titled in pencil verso
From the Estate of the artist
Category
Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Cornucopia
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in ink lower right
Preliminary sketch in reverse for the 1928 lithograph "Cornucopia," part of Dehn's Paris Lithographs portfolio
An unsigned sketch of tw...
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
untitled (Woman and Cat)
By Mary Spain
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Graphite on paper
Category
20th Century Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Believe in Jesus and be saved from everlasting Hell
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Ink on paper
Category
1920s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
India Ink
Woman
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in pencil lower left
Category
1920s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Lonly (Lonely)
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed lower right
Provenance:
Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland, OH
Possibly deaccessed from the Columbus Museum of Art
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Stephen Longstreet (1907-2002)
A...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Untitled (Seated Nude)
By Mary Ingebrand-Pohlad
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in ink: Ingebrand
Drawings by the artist are in the collections of the Swope Art Museum, Terre Haute, IN and the Minnesota Museum of American Art...
Materials
Ink
Folk Music
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed in ink, titled in pencil
Watercolor, pen and ink on paper
Dimensions: 16 3/8 x 17 7/8"
Category
20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Mountain Landscape
By Hijikata Torei
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Ink and gold on paper silk mounted to hanging scroll
Brush wash scroll
Signed Torei sha, sealed Hirokuni and Torei
Painting size: 42 x 16"
Scrol...
Materials
Sumi Ink
Untitled (Expressionist Landscape)
By Raphael Gleitsman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated lower right
Category
1940s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Joseph Pennell
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated in pencil verso
Titled "Joseph Pennell" recto
Annotated verso:
Adolph a Dehn
Oct. 5 1915
Tonight I saw a duplicate of Whistler -- "Joseph Pennell." Bu...
Category
1910s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled
By Ray H. French
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and dated "1962" by the artist lower right.
Mixed media on heavy paper.
Done for a show to fund a trip to Italy.
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media
Hells Angel on his Hog
By Stephen Longstreet
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed 'Longstreet' lower right;
Titled and dated upper right
Provenance:
Joseph M. Erdelac, Cleveland
Category
1960s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
untitled (Still Life with Apples and Vase of Flowers)
By William Sommer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
[recto];untitled (Sketches for Still
Unsigned
9 1/2 x 12 inches (24.2 x 30.6 cm.)
Category
20th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Untitled
By Peter Marks
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Provenance:
Estate of the artist
Peter Marks (1935 -2010)
Peter Marks was born in New York City on January 18, 1935. A lifetime New Yorker, Marks graduated from the Hig...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon
Standard Oil Study
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
In the 1940s, Standard Oil commissioned Dehn to make paintings and drawings for their firm, sending him to Louisiana, Mexico, Venezuela and la...
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Lori (Center Face)
By Fritz Bultman
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Initialed and dated in the lower right
Provenance:
Martha Jackson Gallery, NY
David Anderson Gallery, Buffalo NY
David Anderson Grandchildren's Trust, Buffalo NY
Exhi...
Category
1970s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil
untitled (Exotic Bird in Fantastic Landscape)
By August F. Biehle
Located in Fairlawn, OH
untitled (Painting of Exotic Birds in Fantastic Landscape leaning against a wall))
Graphite on paper
Signed by the artist in pencil lower right
Pr...
Category
1960s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
The "Hair Pin" Road, and Studies of a Well Head and Candleholder, Capri
By Margaret Jordan Patterson
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Annotated with title under the landscape
Provenance:
James Bakker, Boston
James Bergquist, Boston
Two images on one sheet: horizontal "Hair Pin" Road; vertical: studies
Category
1920s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
untitled (Lost Ship in a Misty Sea)
By Henry George Keller
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed and monogrammed by the artist lower left
