Paper Drawings

Holocaust Prison Camp Scene by Charles Burki, 1965 – Powerful Wartime Illustration This haunting original gouache by Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and dated 1965, is one of the ...

Transport yourself to the wonder and romance of early flight with this pair of hand-colored antique engravings, each depicting the world’s first hot air balloon ascents in 18th-centu...

Set of watercolor hand-painted botanical prints most likely created in the mid to late 1700s. Some of the descriptions are written in Latin and Greek and accompany absolutely stunnin...

Nice original watercolor of a footbridge over a pond in Central Park NYC. Skyscrapers of the day in the background. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, needs a new mat....

Drawing of a female figure done with watercolor and pencil. Signed M.G. and dated '98. Made with neutral colors and raw lines, this one-of-a-kind drawing depicts a woman posing with...

This powerful framed charcoal drawing by Jeff Dikio captures a solitary matador in a post-performance moment of quiet solitude. The figure is rendered in Dikio’s signature expressive...

The Accident – Original Noir Illustration by Charles Burki, 1964 This dramatic original illustration by Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and dated 1964, captures a moment of chilli...

Wonderful ink and wash by Pat Kerr, 1946. So evocative of the 1940s. On card. Unsigned. Presented in an antique water gilded frame Drawn for A & C Kay, New Bond St. Lond...

Beautifully rendered drawing of male nude. This drawing is most probably French in origin, dating to the late 19th or early 20th century. The drawing...

Decorative drawing of Swiss alp

An antique Megillah The Book of Esther, hand written on parchment by an expert Sephardi scribe and richly decorated with hand painted illustrations. The text panels are surrounded by...

Original Illustration Map of Syria and Lebanon by Charles Burki, 1947 – Ink Drawing Original 1947 pen-and-ink illustration of “Syrie en de Libanon” (Syria and Lebanon) by Dutch arti...

Art Deco Home Interior Drawing Calderara & Tito Varisco Arch. Milano, 1920 Pencil and Watercolor Paper on Masoniste Very good condiction

Original Illustration “Le Faucon d’Or” by Charles Burki, 1971 – Gouache on Board Original gouache illustration by Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and dated “Charles B...

Set of five watercolour sketches by Eugene Leliepvre depicting mounted military figures encased in gilt and glazed frames. Dimensions Height 18 Inches Width 15 Inches Depth 1 Inches

This strong and confident drawing of a standing male nude was made by Allyn Cox, probably for one of an array of murals he painted in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, starting with an series of paintings for the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA in 1925. Son of Kenyon Cox...

A spiritual modern etching with hand coloring on Arches wove paper titled “David Montant La Colline des Oliviers (David Ascending The Mount of Olives)” (pl. 71 from The Bible Series)...

French vintage 20th century charcoal and chalk drawing of a crouched nude male figure in prayer. Beautiful in its monochromatic palette, the work highlights the youthful muscularity,...

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

Clearly drawn to protest the induction and destruction of young men in the name of war, this ink sketch depicts three inductees in the British army, surrounded by uniformed officers ...

Original Illustration of a Viking Longship by Charles Burki, 1963 – Gouache and Ink Drawing Original gouache and ink illustration of a Viking longship under sail, signed and dated “...

Although both sides of this drawing show male figures from different viewpoints, indicating Paul Goadby Stone's use of the paper to think out his ideas and capture the moment, each i...

Large framed lithograph by Tony Friedlaender. Signed and numbered 44/95. Nicely framed over canvas.

Aquarelle by Jean Rene Prou French decorator for Le France paquebot little damage on the paper on the left see photo

A delicate and intimate ink drawing capturing the serene grace of a sleeping cat, executed with a refined economy of line reminiscent of early 20th-century Belgian modernism. In the ...

This sun-drenched scene, drawn with a vivid palette of bright Mediterranean blues and chalk whites, shows a pattern of gridding by the artist, indicating that this drawing served as ...

Florentine or Flemish school 17th century study of the Medici Lion by Flaminio Vacca. Measures: Sheet 31.7 x 48.8 cm. (12.5 x 19.2 in.) Frame...

Italian Master Drawings by Hugo Chapman and David Lachenmann. Publisher Paul Holberton Publishing, 2020. 1st Ed hardcover catalog with dust jack...

Original 1964 Gouache by Charles Burki – Dramatic Bear Attack Book Cover Art Original Cover Illustration for “De Groene Klauw” by John Ehle, 1964 This striking original gouache pai...

A charming collection of eleven framed ink and watercolours of Indian birds on pink paper. Before framing, these were pencil signed c.1815 by a British army soldier. Measure: 29cm w...

The Equestrian Eye: Original Pastel of a Stallion by Leslie Charlotte Benenson Dated May 16, 1986 This beautifully rendered original pastel is another remarkable addition from our c...

Original Antique Botanical Etching by Thomas Callender Campbell Mackie M.B.E. (Scottish, 1886–1952) A refined and botanically accomplished etching depicting wild blackberry (Rubus ...

Large framed lithograph by Tony Friedlaender. Signed and numbered 44/95. Nicely framed over canvas.

Decorate a living room wall or study with this elegant and colorful 18th-century Aubusson gouache painting. Created in the renowned tapestry-making city of Aubusson, France circa 176...

Fine pair of Fisher & Son London hand coloured engravings from the early Victorian Period. Beautifully framed and mounted and in good condition. Detailed scenes of Cornwall...

This is an antique framed architectural plan. A French, lithograph set of drawings from Constructions Modernes et Economiques, dating to the late Victorian period, circa 1900. Beaut...

Large Framed Lithograph by Tony Friedlaender. Signed and numbered 44/95. Nicely framed over canvas.

Title: Original 1948 Map of Canada by Charles Burki – Mounted Police Illustration and Art Deco Design This original 1948 pen-and-ink map of Canada by Charles Burki (1909–1994) maste...

A set of five original antique etchings depicting horses by Antonio Tempesta, Italian, 1555 to 1630. Engraved circa 1590. Antonio Tempesta, also called il Tempestino, was an Italian ...

An expressive and characterful 1966 drawing by Dutch artist F. Brehm, depicting a cat named after Holland's famous footballer Johan Cruyff, with her kittens. The composition captures...

Original Illustration "Julius" by Charles Burki, 1968 – Gouache Drawing Description: Original 1968 illustration by Charles Burki (1909–1994), the Dutch painter and illustrator renow...

Always a master draftsman, this lovely drawing by Dunbar Beck demonstrates his mastery of the human figure, with antecedents in Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. The drapery ...

1970s Abstract Op Art Lithograph Kabalah by Pedro Friedeberg A P 6/10 Bright colors bold patterns provide illusion and fantasy. Signed in pencil. 30 h x 30.25 x .75 Art 28.75 x 28.75...

Portrait of a Young Woman, pastel drawing, presented in its original oval frame protected by glass, 18th century Delightful portrait of a young noblewoman in the fashion of the late...

A wonderfully playful charcoal sketch on paper rendering of Central Park, New York City. Circa 1930. Signed with initials, HIC, lower left corner. Possibly a drawing for a later pain...

Bold and atmospheric, this ink drawing depicts a kneeling nude male figure, his bow arched and his arrow ready to spring forward, surrounded by a flower-bedecked landscape that clearly draws its inspiration from Gustav Klimt's work. To the left, silhouetted against the dark background, a pair of stylized geese -- evidently his target -- are shown flying upward. The sun which dapples the figure of the archer highlights his lithe musculature, and the artist -- Erwin Stolz -- gives the same close attention to the landscape behind. Stolz was well connected to the artistic elite of Vienna, and was friends with Alexander Rothaug...

Original gouache & ink masterwork on paper. The artist captures the magnificence of the era with precise architectural perspective. Cerulean, ochre, & shell white celebrate the nosta...

Pair of Original Memento Mori Charcoal Skull Drawings, France, circa 19th Century. They measure 11.5"H x 13"W, and 10.5"H x 14.25"W framed. They were purchased in France and are beli...

Set di due bozzetti di moda inizi 1900 di probabile provenienza francese, raffiguranti eleganti dame a passeggio. I due schizzi sono disegnati a china ed acquerello su carta con de...

Rene Prou drawing for the Paquebot France salon little damage on the paper at left see photo

Rare Yves Saint Laurent Original Pencil Croquis from the 1960's. Gifted to an American business partner who help to launch YSL Rive Gauche ...

This is a beautiful ink on paper post-modernist drawing by Peter Drake (b. 1957). An incredibly unique and fascinating work of art. The manipulated dimensions and ephemeral quality o...

Original 1952 Car Design Drawing by Gio Ponti for Touring Carrozzeria, Milan A rare fusion of automotive innovation and Italian design mastery, this original 1952 concept drawing was...

A beautiful drawing of The Grand Canal Fabulous quality. On wove quality paper/card Signed on verso. Unframed Free shipping *Robert Hindmarsh Grundy...

An early 18th or 19th century architectural concept drawing of opposing lions with marble top likely as a console table. Marked in early ink to lower r...

RENE AMES - Vintage oil pastel drawing on paper - signed - contained in a vintage frame with glass - mid 20th century. Fair vintage condition - minor oil spot to the paper (upper ri...

The House That Waited – Original Crime Illustration by Charles Burki, 1965 This gripping noir-style illustration by Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and dated 1965, depicts a tense...

set of 3 framed and matted french architectural drawings of Propriete de Mr Jugla on the Rue Vital No 39, Paris-Passy. dated Feb. 20, 1894

Set of three 20th century pencil sketches / architectural drawings of the fronts of houses. One signed by T. Voorhees and double dated April 25, '22 and '24. Beveled wood frame with ...

Showing the influence of Cubism and Art Deco, this lovely drawing of a female nude in a topsy-turvy interior -- with a curvy lamp echoed by turned wood posts for bed or stairway -- w...