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Drawings For Sale
Period: 19th Century
Period: Early 20th Century
Caricature Drawing of August Strindberg, by Carl Magnus Lindquist
Located in Stockholm, SE
A wonderful and funny caricature drawing on paper by Carl Magnus Lindquist (1884-1977). Signed Carl-Magnus and dated 9/1 -23.
August Strindberg wa...
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1920s Swedish Vintage Drawings
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Paper
Pair of French Drawings Signed and Framed
Located in Sofia, BG
Pair of French colorful drawings signed and framed.
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Early 20th Century French Drawings
Materials
Paper
French Trompe L'oeil Drawing Circa 1800
Located in New York, NY
This trompe l'oeil drawing depicts the artist's tools -- a black and a red crayon, and a folding steel ruler that was painted with silver pigments, which have blackened with age. They're shown on a sheaf of papers that include a medieval manuscript page, a musical score, and a group of prints.
The unifying theme is the artistic patronage of the Medici, the Grand Dukes of Tuscany, who intermarried with the Habsburgs, who were the Holy Roman Emperors.
Among the papers are prints by Stefano Della Bella, the Florentine artist who worked for the Medici. They depict a negro page with a horse, and portraits of Lorenzo Lippi...
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Early 1800s French Empire Antique Drawings
Materials
Paint, Paper
French Academy Drawing of the Byzantine Commander Belisarius after Gerard
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
Pencil on paper drawing after a late 18th century French neoclassical painting after a painting of Belisarius by Baron Francois Pasal Simo...
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Mid-19th Century French Neoclassical Revival Antique Drawings
Materials
Parchment Paper
19th Century Set of Three Hand-Coloured Engravings on a Paper, England
Located in Sofia, BG
Three antique handcolored engravings on a vellin type paper.
First one is titled 'Rubbing Down'. It shows: a gentleman holding his horse steady in a field, while his stabile boy rub...
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Early 19th Century English Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Clifford & Rosemary Ellis, Lilium Auratum II
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper
H34 x W35 cm (framed dimensions)
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Early 20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Clifford Ellis, Collage II (landscape)
Located in London, GB
Collage on paper
H27 x W47 cm (framed dimensions)
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Early 20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Charcoal Drawing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This charcoal drawing, rooted in the French Academy style, portrays a seated nude female model, capturing her in a moment of quiet contemplation. The artwork excels in its nuanced tr...
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Early 20th Century French Drawings
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Paper
Expressionist Crayon Drawing by Bauhaus Artist Hans Kessler
By Hans Kessler
Located in New York, NY
Crayon drawing of a 1920s German theatrical scene by Bauhaus Artist, Hans Kessler.
Hans Kessler was a student at the Bauhaus Dessau and studied under B...
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Early 20th Century German Modern Drawings
Materials
Crayon
Jens Adolf Jerichau, Antique Pencil Drawing on Paper, Angel, Dated 1852
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jens Adolf Jerichau (1816-1883 in Neder Dråby ved Jægerspris).
Antique pencil drawing on paper. Angel. Frieze after Thorvaldsen. Dated 1852.
The ...
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1850s Danish Neoclassical Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Japanese Scroll Painting of Diplomat Takeaki Enomoto, Meiji, Late 19th Century
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Anonymous Japanese painter (MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY)
Portrait of Takeaki Enomoto (1836-1908)
Ink, color and go fun on silk, framed.
Painting: 79.5 x 50 cm
With fram...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Drawings
Materials
Silk, Paper
Jules James Rougeron, Pastel on Paper, Reclining Lady, circa 1870
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Jules James Rougeron (1841-1880). French artist. Figure and genre painter. Pastel on paper. Reclining lady, circa 1870.
In style of F. Goya 'Maya'.
In...
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1870s French Romantic Antique Drawings
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Other
20th Century French Pastel Drawing Signed Polme, 1920s
Located in LEGNY, FR
Very nice 20th century French Pastel drawing signed on the right bottom "Polme" from the 1920s.
Representing Peaches, stille life.
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1920s French Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paste
Pastel Portrait of a Biedermeier Gentleman
Located in Vancouver, British Columbia
A very well executed early 19th century pastel portrait of a gentleman sitting at his desk. He is portrayed from the waist up, his left hand holding a book...
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1820s Austrian Biedermeier Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Extremely Large Hand-Drawn Manuscript Map of Surinam, 1830, History of Slavery
Located in Amsterdam, NL
A unique large hand-drawn map of Surinam by Albrecht Helmut Hiemcke (German, 1760-1839)
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'Colonie Surinaame', 1830
A large hand-drawn and coloured map of the colony of Suri...
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Mid-19th Century Surinamer Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
19th Century Watercolor by Claudio Linati
Located in Mexico City, MX
This beautiful piece emerged from the graphic compendium Costumes civils, militaires et religieux, du Mexique civil, work of the renowned Italian artist Claudio Linati (1 February 1790 – 11 December 1832), written in French and printed in Brussels in 1828.
This original and signed watercolor is the outcome of Linati’s artistic values and expert lithographic technique.
In words of the author “I have chosen the most elegant gears, as well as the most bizarre, like the one on this plate, which may contrast by its severity with the alluring of the more feathery costume of the palencanas. (…) The basket carried by the woman is carefully made of woven cane. For a better characterization of the country, this young native female carries an anona, known among the Spaniards as pineapple due to its similarities with the pinecone”.
This plate is the sole image of the style composition prevailing in Costumes civils, militaires et religieux, du Mexique civil consisting in precise details of costume and material culture, as can be recognized in the representation where even though the female figure is placed in the foreground, the focus of the image falls into gear: a blue checkered shawl and skirt.
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Early 19th Century Mexican Other Antique Drawings
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Paper
Ritratto di donna di Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca
Located in Vicenza, VI
Disegno a grafite di Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca, raffigurante una donna, con alcuni dettagli a biacca su carta.
Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca nasce a Verona nel...
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1920s Italian Other Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Charcoal Architectural Drawing from France
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 20th-century French architectural study, potentially for a cabinet, door, or wall panel, showcases meticulous craftsmanship and a refined design ethos. Its muted color pal...
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Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a child by Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca
Located in Vicenza, VI
Charcoal drawing by Angelo Dall'Oca Bianca depicting child.
Angelo Dall’Oca Bianca nasce a Verona nel 1858. Despite a difficult childhood, he demonstrated extraordinary artistic qua...
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1920s Italian Vintage Drawings
Materials
Paper
Charcoal Drawing of Bust
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This charcoal pencil drawing of a Roman bust, signed by the artist Fauquet, masterfully encapsulates the intensity and raw emotion of its subject. The precise lines and meticulous sh...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Charcoal Drawing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This early 20th-century French Academy-style charcoal drawing captures a seated male model with a palpable sense of introspection. Skillfully rendered, the artwork highlights an expl...
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Early 1900s French Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
1903 French Academic Charcoal Drawing of Standing Nude Figure
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This 1903 charcoal drawing, rendered with precision and grace, captures the strength and poise of the human form, reflective of the French Academy's classical training. Encased in a ...
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Early 1900s French Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
4 Nude Drawings After a Live Model by V. Geoffroy, Circa 1895
Located in Paris, FR
Four male nude drawings from life by V. Geoffray in the late 19th century. These academic drawings of the nude, called académies, were the basic building block of academic education, as it was practiced in France in the 19th century. They were executed in the studio, where a live model...
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Portrait of a Balinese Beauty by Theo Meier in Original Frame
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Theo Meier (1908-1982)
“A Balinese woman with offerings”
Signed, dated '36 and annotated Mankok (the name of the sitter) lower left
Sanguine on paper, measures: 57 x 41.5 cm
In a handmade and hand painted frame with address: Max Kno¨ll, Herberggasse 4/1, Basel.
Provenance:
Private collection, Basel (acquired directly from the artist)
Private collection, London
Note:
Theo Meier was born in Basel, where he attended art school and became a successful portrait painter. However, after visiting an exhibition in Basel of Tahitian paintings by Paul Gaugin, he decided to follow in Gaugin’s footsteps and go to the South Pacific. To finance his voyage, he founded a club in which every member pledged a monthly sum in return of which they could choose one of Meier’s paintings upon his return.
In 1932, at the age of 24, he embarked on his voyage to the South Sea. In Tahiti, he certainly discovered the beauty of the colours of the tropical world but the simplicity of the inhabitants, he had seen in Gaugin’s paintings turned out to be more in the artist’s fantasy than in reality. He returned to Basel but in 1935 again was on his way to the South Sea. In 1936 he arrived in Bali, planning to stay there for two or three weeks, but thirty years later he was still there. In Bali “a delirium laid hold of me which even today has not subsided”, he was to write much later. The present drawing was made during his first “delirius” year in Bali. In Bali, he settled and found inspiration and friendship with other artists including Walter Spies...
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Early 20th Century Balinese Dutch Colonial Drawings
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Other
1900s Indian Portrait on Paper of Man with Turban
Located in Marbella, ES
1900s Indian portrait on paper of man with turban. Part of a private collection.
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Early 20th Century Indian Drawings
Materials
Paper
Three Sketches on Post Cards by Montague Dawson RA
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
A set of three sketches on post cards of sailing vessels in heavy water by Montague Dawson RA.
Montague Dawson was born in West London, in Chiswick in 1895, Montague Dawson was the grandson of Victorian landscape painter Henry Dawson. He studied under the seascape artist Charles Napier Hemy at the Royal Academy. He also worked in an art school in Bedford Row...
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1870s English Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Costume Design Set for MOVIE THEATER also Sold Individually
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
Rare series of 6 original watercolors paintings by Jean Louis Armand Henri Gerbault (1863-1930) -
French illustrator, water color painter, poster artist and dramaturge - All for Fr...
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Late 19th Century French Other Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Etching of Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington
Located in London, GB
Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington.
Etching engraved by H.T Ryall, from the original by Sir Thomas Lawrence, president of the royal academy.
In it’s original frame by Paul & Domini...
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1820s English Antique Drawings
Materials
Glass, Hardwood, Paper
1819 Ink Drawing After Poussin
By Nicolas Poussin
Located in 263-0031, JP
An ink drawing after Poussin. Dated 1819 on bottom right. The frame and glass color are original.
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1810s French Restauration Antique Drawings
Materials
Canvas
Noël Marcel Lambert (French, 1847-1928) Views of Versailles and the Two Trianons
Located in Buchanan, MI
Noël Marcel Lambert
(French, 1847-1928)
Views of Versailles and the Two Trianons (eight works)
engravings
largest 13 1/2 x 19 1/4 inches.
Framed: 22 x 30 1/4 inches.
Priced per engra...
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Armand POINT, Preparatory drawing for Young Woman with the Green Toque, 1905
By Armand Point
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
This portrait of a woman in red chalk was executed by Armand Point in 1905.
A lover of Italy from 1893 onwards, Armand Point (1861-1932) was notably influenced by the Florentine Pri...
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Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Drawings
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Paper
Robert Isaac CRUIKSHANK – Watercolor
Located in Encino, CA
Robert Isaac CRUIKSHANK (1789-1856)
Drawing, watercolor and charcoal pencil on paper depicting a scene of Anti-Hunting…
Signed bottom center, and mark...
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Early 19th Century British Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
English Framed Print 19th Century "A New Collections of English Coins"
Located in Madrid, ES
English Framed Print 19th century
"A New Collections of English Coins"
Measures: 55cm x 68cm
Very good condition.
Category
19th Century English Baroque Antique Drawings
Materials
Paint
Luigi Bartolini Baldelli "Roman Scene" 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Luigi Bartolini Baldelli
Tuscan engraving from the 19th Century
" Roman Scene "
With mahogany frame
Measure: 62cm x 65cm.
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19th Century Italian Baroque Antique Drawings
Materials
Paint
Fashion Illustration 1920s Lady in a Blue Dress Drawing on Paper Framed
Located in Neuss, NW
Original fashion illustration from the 1920s in a set of three. Coloured pencil drawings on paper. Ready to hang, framed with a passepartout in an ash wood picture frame behind anti-...
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1920s Vintage Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Italian Watercolor by Mariano De Franceschi
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Mariano De Franceschi (1849-1896)
Italian. "Peasant Woman and Boy Watching Baby"
watercolor
Measures: 29 1/4" x 20 3/4".
Signed M. De Franceschi and insc...
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1890s Antique Drawings
Imperial Hotel Plans
Located in Edogawa-ku Tokyo, JP
Imperial hotel built in 1923 is one of the most famous and Classic hotel in Tokyo, Japan.
These are the plans of Imperial Hotel.
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Early 20th Century Unknown Mid-Century Modern Drawings
Materials
Paper
Late 19th Pastel Portrait Young Spanish Woman by Bernard Perot
Located in Marseille, FR
Late 19th pastel portrait young Spanish woman with fan by Bernard Perot drawing.
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Late 19th Century French French Provincial Antique Drawings
Materials
Paste
English Framed Print 19th Century "A New Collections of English Coins"
Located in Madrid, ES
English framed print 19th century
"A New Collections of English Coins"
Measures: 55cm x 68cm
Very good condition.
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19th Century English Baroque Antique Drawings
Materials
Paint
Saint Paul's Cathedral from Southwork bridge - F. LLOYDS, dated 1878
Located in PARIS, FR
large Watercolour, signed lower right F.LLOYDS, dated 1878, representing St Paul's Cathedral seen from the Southwark Bridge, the Millennium Bridge, more in the axis, not yet existin...
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Late 19th Century British Arts and Crafts Antique Drawings
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Paper
Figural Study in Pencil in Floating Frame, Couzet, Early 19th Century
By Couzet
Located in London, GB
Figural study in pencil in floating frame, Couzet, early 19th century.
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19th Century French Antique Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper
L'automobile Et La Femme Heliogravure on Paper 1929 b/w Ready to Hang Framed
Located in Neuss, NW
Illustrations from the magazine L’Illustration – L’Automobile et le Toursime from the year 1929. B/W heliogravures on paper. Ready to hang, framed with a passepartout in a real wood ...
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1920s Vintage Drawings
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Wood, Paper
Greco Roman style Drawing/Etching
Located in New York, NY
Greco Roman Style Drawing/Etching
Art measures 10"h x 17"l
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19th Century American Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
Architectural Etching, La Sculpture & La Peinture
Located in Montreal, Quebec
Architectural print
Total of 6 available
2 horizontal & 4 vertical prints
Dimensions:
Frame: 16” W x 20.25” H x 1” D
Etching: 9.5” W x 13.75” H.
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Late 19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
View of the City of London
Located in London, GB
View of the city of London.
Dry point etching, Graham Clilverd. 1883-1959.
Studied London Central Arts School during WW 1.
He served as a camouflage artist 1916-1918.
This is one o...
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1920s English Vintage Drawings
Materials
Glass, Oak
French 1820s Pen and Ink Study in 1830s French Charles X Frame
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gorgeous pen and ink study of the famous marble statue at the Vatican entitled "Gruppo del Laocoonte." Set in an 1830 Charles X frame with original b...
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19th Century French Antique Drawings
Materials
Ink, Pen, Pencil
Italian Academy Drawing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
charcoal nude study
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19th Century Italian Antique Drawings
Italian Academy Drawing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A great figurative study from a great school - The Roman Academy of Fine Art
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19th Century Italian Antique Drawings
"Garden Scene" Ink and Watercolor Drawing, Signed Lower Right "K Gilsoul-Hoppe"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Ketty Gilsoul-Hoppe (1868-1939)
"Garden Scene" ink and watercolor drawing, signed lower right "K Gilsoul-Hoppe"
Size with frame:
Height 19 in. (48.26 cm.)
Width 22.87 in. (58.1 c...
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19th Century Antique Drawings
Materials
Canvas
19th Century "Château du Thor" Watercolor Drawing on Paper from the 18th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century "Château du Thor" watercolor drawing on paper from the 18th century.
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19th Century French Antique Drawings
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Paper
19th Century "Thoronet Abbey" Watercolor Drawing on Paper from the 18th Century
Located in Marseille, FR
19th century "Thoronet Abbey" watercolor drawing on paper from the 18th century.
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19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Drawings
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Paper
French Charcoal of a Nude, Circa 1910
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A beautiful charcoal drawing of a seated male nude in a modern custom frame. Signed upper right (illegible).
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Drawings
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Parchment Paper
"Dark Pool" by Frank Weston Benson
Located in Stamford, CT
"Dark Pool" a dry point on paper of birds in a marshland by American artist Frank Weston Benson ( 1862 - 1951 ). Signed & dated.
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Early 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
French Charcoal Drawing of Seated Nude, Circa 1910
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A charcoal drawing of an art model male nude in custom modern frame. During the Art Nouveau period emphasizing natural forms and structures.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Drawings
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Parchment Paper
Documents in the Frakturs style
Located in Pompano Beach, FL
Framed documents employing the Fraktur type of lettering. These illustrated manuscripts, are drawn with pen and ink and are embellished with viv...
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Mid-19th Century Antique Drawings
Pair of Academic Drawings of a Man's Back
Located in Washington, DC
A pair of academic drawings of a man's back.
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Late 19th Century French Antique Drawings
Original Signed Kenneth Steel Drypoint Etching Made in England
Located in West Hartford, CT
Signed drypoint, line engraving by Kenneth Steel signed at bottom in pencil. Tilted "ELY".
Medium is line engraving or drypoint on paper. Dark and foreb...
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Early 20th Century English Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Back Yards" Watercolor on Paper, Signed Lower Right "A P Martino"
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Antonio Pietro Martino, (1902-1988)
"Back Yards"
watercolor on paper, signed lower right "A P Martino"
Size with frame:
Height 19 in. (48.26 cm.)
Widt...
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Early 1900s Antique Drawings
Materials
Paper
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