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Place of Origin: American
"Gods in the Sky, " Tour de Force, High-Style Art Deco Ink Drawing with Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This virtuosic pen-and-ink drawing shows several gods cavorting with wild-maned horses in an Art Deco galaxy. All the figures are perfectly stylized as if parading across a classical...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
"Nude Male and Draped Female, " Study for Painting by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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 ...
Category
1930s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"Left Jab, " Rare, Vivid Drawing of Two Boxers by Littlefield, 1928
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
William Littlefield was fascinated by boxers, capturing them again and again in the 1920s and 1930s, issuing a set of prints and producing a series of vivid, arresting drawings. Each...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
"Nude with Totem Pole, " Rare Surrealist Drawing by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his WPA and World's Fair murals, this drawing is a rare example of Dunbar Beck's foray into Surrealism. His depiction of a nude male facing a Totem pole with one arm o...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
"Male Nude, " Early and Fine Drawing by William Baziotes at National Academy
By William Baziotes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although William Baziotes is justifiably famous for his Surrealist and Biomorphic paintings later in his career, his extraordinary talent is evident in his early works as well. This ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
"Under the Tree, " Striking Mid-Century Scene by Heitland for Liberty Magazine
By Wilmot Emerton Heitland 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and bold example of illustration art, this scene of a young man in a bathing suit conversing with an elegant woman in her car coat, was drawn by Wilmot Heitland for Libert...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
"Nude Shepherdess, " Art Deco Drawing in Style of Rockwell Kent, Sculpted Frame
By Phil Rhynders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic scene depicts two figures: a half-nude woman with staff and wide-brimmed hat -- a modern, adult version of a shepherdess -- along with a reclining male figure. Both fig...
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1940s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Contemporary Gouache Abstract Painting
By Tom John
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary abstract painting in gouache and pencil on paper in a black rectangular frame (Untitled, 2010. Tom John) 12 more similar pieces: JOH6201-JOH6212.
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Nell Blaine Abstract India Ink on Paper, USA 1948
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
Category
1940s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Wilhelm Hunt Diederich Very Rare Pair of Silhouettes, circa 1925
By Wilhelm Hunt Diederich
Located in Sharon, CT
A rare pair of original hand cut silhouettes by the Hungarian-American deco sculpture Wilhelm Hunt Diederich, circa 1925. In period frames (unexamined out of frames), titles annotated in pencil on the circular cut mattes- "The Mad Russian" and "Death in the Afternoon". The black paper silhouettes...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Abstract Painting by California Artist Robert Gilberg
Located in San Francisco, CA
Mid-20th century abstract painting by San Francisco Bay Area artist Robert Gilberg (b.1911-d.1970). Ink and gouache on paper, framed behind glass. Signed and dated 1961.
Born in Oakland, CA on April 25, 1911. Gilberg studied at the Oakland Art Center in the 1930s. Following service in the Army during WWII, he settled in Nevada City...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Drawings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
19th C. Pair of Watercolors, American School
Located in Kittery Point, ME
Western Wild Birds, each monogrammed ES lower left.
Watercolor on Paper.
Category
19th Century Antique American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Large Charcoal and Vermilion Pastel Drawing by John Monti
By John Monti
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Stunning abstract composition by John Monti.
John Monti (1957-) is one of the upcoming "undiscovered" artists of his generation. This piece, dated 1987, belongs to his early period.
John Monti has exhibited regularly in New York since the mid-1980s. Against a fluctuating backdrop of stylistic convulsion he has single-mindedly pursued his own ideas.
Monti's work is ingeniously devised and fabricated. His earliest wood sculptures, suggesting unlikely mergers of Constructivism and West African...
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Late 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
"The People People 2" by Tracy Crump
By Tracy Crump
Located in Chicago, IL
Tracy Crump uses washes of grey, white and aqua to both conceal and reveal sensitively drawn figures. Each figure stands alone as an individual, possessing unique features and hairst...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Drawings
Materials
Paint, Paper
"Man's Portrait, Three Quarters View, " Powerful Drawing by Leon Kroll
By Leon Kroll 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong and compelling portrait of a young man with chiselled features was drawn by Leon Kroll, WPA muralist and accomplished painter who normally favoured female subjects. Kroll studied under John...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Untitled Walter Clark Pastel
By Walter Clark
Located in Hudson, NY
Walter Clark (Born 1848- died 1917) was born in Brooklyn. He was educated as an engineer at the Mass. Institute of Technology. After graduation, he was motivated to travel extensivel...
Category
Early 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
Drawing by Alexandre Ney
By Alexandre Ney
Located in Paris, FR
Very stylish drawing by famous artist Alexandre Ney (b.1939)
"Forever Scholar"
Ink, paint on paper
Born in 1939 in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, Alexander Ney lives and wo...
Category
1990s Other American Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Triton and Nymph, " Art Deco Drawing by Lincoln Kirstein Associate, 1928
By William Littlefield
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine and bold drawing by William Littlefield, this piece depicts male and female nude figures in an embrace, the male figure inspired by Nicholas Podiapolski, Littlefield's model and lover in the late 1920s. Littlefield is known for his male nudes and mythological scenes, either in ink wash as here, or in oil on canvas. This drawing was completed in St. Tropez, during an extended stay in Europe that gave him a close acquaintance with Italian and other classical art. Two years later, Littlefield formed a friendship with Lincoln Kirstein...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Pair of 17th Century Pineapple Engravings
Located in Hawthorne, CA
Artist unknown for this pair of pineapple paintings from 17th century. Beautifully gilt-framed and matted.
Category
17th Century Modern Antique American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Fritz Rauh Drawing, Dated 1981
By Fritz Rauh
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Fritz Rauh drawing on paper, dated 1981. Painting has been professionally reframed. Framed it measures 19.25" wide, 1.5" deep and 20.75" high. Unframed it measures 7.75" wide and 9" high.
About the Artist:
Fritz Rauh (born 1920) studied for four years at the Braunscgweig Art School and Academy (1952), Germany. Came to the United States in 1954 and became associated with Richard Bowman, Lee Mullican...
Category
1980s Vintage American Drawings
"Space Forms" Pastel Artwork
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"SPACE FORMS", 1952 No. 3, pastel on paper with white frame (red, black, orange), by MICHAEL LOEW, (American 1907-1985), signed and dated '52 in pencil lower right
Category
1950s Post-Modern Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
"Nudes in Cubist Landscape, " Drawing by Glidden Parker, Founder, Glidden Pottery
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of 1930s drawing showing the influence of Cubism and Art Deco design, this depiction of a nude couple standing in a landscape with fractured hills and clouds was created by Glidden Parker, most famous for his influence on modern ceramics and home design. Parker's stripped-down, geometric forms for tableware and decorative ware became widely popular in the 1940s and 1950s, and his earliest pieces sometimes have Art Deco decorative motifs. This drawing precedes the establishment of Glidden Pottery...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
1912 Columbia University Football Illustration by Burris Jenkins
By Burris Jenkins
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Wonderfully stylized newspaper illustration original in pencil and ink on paper is signed and dated on the front. Early Burris Jenkins, important newspaper sports cartoonist, prolifi...
Category
Early 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Sitting Female Nude Sketch Painting, Signed 1974
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
20th Century Female Nude Sketch Painting In Black Frame, Signed 1974
Beautiful nude sketch of the female form signed and dated by the artist, 11...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Drawings
Materials
Paper
"The Temple of Dendur" Painting by Eugene Berman
By Eugene Berman
Located in New York, NY
Pen, ink and gouache on paper, painting "The Temple of Dendur' by Eugene Berman. Signed and dated, 1964.
Framed size is 28.25 x 22.25.
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Drawings
Materials
Gouache
Michael Loew "Nude" Oil Painting
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Nude", 1969,Michael Loew,1907 - 1985, Pastel on paper, Signed and dated lower right.
Category
20th Century Expressionist American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Master Drawing of Nude Male Figure, 1947
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly created by a master, this pencil drawing of a nude male figure is signed and dated 1947. The diffused lines and areas of rubbed pencil and erasure give this drawing a comple...
Category
1940s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"Battle of the Gods, " Mural Preparatory Drawing by Dunbar Beck, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Full of drama and a tour de force of figurative drawing heavily influenced by Renaissance masters, this piece was made by Dunbar Beck in preparation for a large mural painting...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Purification, " Art Deco Portrayal of Chemist for Water Treatment Plant
By Robert McGill Mackall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Purification" is a rare artist's working print, which served as the basis for a mural or bas-relief sculpture for a building in the 1930s, probably a water treatment building in the...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
"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.
Category
Early 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
1950s Abstract Figural Portrait by Josef Presser
By Josef Presser 1
Located in New York, NY
Bright, vivid and quite fabulous abstract by Polish American artist Josef Presser (1909-1967), circa 1950s. Known for his figural work this is a beautifully executed portrait of two ...
Category
1950s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Wood
A Robert Freiman Gouache on Paper "Cathedrale" 1961
By Robert Freiman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An interesting gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1961.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...
Category
1960s Modern Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
"American Olympics 1928, " Spectacular Art Deco Drawing of Stadium Entrance
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although the Olympics in 1928 were held in Amsterdam, Lee Seibert drew this vivid and colorful image of the main entrance to the stadium as if it were in America, the sky glowing with a rainbow-hued aureole and the scene attracting sophisticated men and women in evening clothes. Indeed, the 1932 Olympics...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Drawing by Alexandre Ney
By Alexandre Ney
Located in Paris, FR
"Youngster"
Ink on paper
2003
Born in 1939 in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, Alexander Ney lives and works in New York. The artist's early childhood was immersed in surv...
Category
Early 2000s Other American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Drawing by Alexandre Ney
By Alexandre Ney
Located in Paris, FR
"Islander"
Ink on paper
1999
Born in 1939 in Leningrad in the former Soviet Union, Alexander Ney lives and works in New York. The artist's early childhood was immersed in survi...
Category
1990s Other American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Warren McArthur Aircraft Seating Proposal Drawing, 1941
By Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
Warren McArthur rare original pencil proposal sketch (SK 1749) for an aircraft passenger seat for the Lockheed Corporation.
This proposal was accepted and the seat was manufactured...
Category
1940s Industrial Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Autumn in Lexington, " Color-Drenched Drawing for "Four Seasons" Mural
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Highly atmospheric and drenched in lovely color, this drawing showing farmers piling pumpkins and men walking off to the hunt, set off by the purple hills behind, was made by Aiden L...
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Watercolor
"Looking Heavenward, " Ink Drawing with Male Nude by Harlem Renaissance Artist
By Charles Cullen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This extraordinary drawing produced by one of the great artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance depicts a nude male figure leaning against an icy slope and looking heavenward. The artist was Charles Cullen, who played a very important role in illustrating several volumes associated with Black writers in the 1920s and 1930s, most especially Countee Cullen (no relation to Charles). Countee was a writer and poet who produced several important works, including "The Black Christ and Other Poems," "Copper Sun...
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1920s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Portrait Gallery of Grand Bostonians from Joe Tecce's
By Daniel Varoujan Hejinian
Located in Hanover, MA
Framed series of American modern pen and ink drawings, sixteen portraits of Boston "pols" and Italian American civic leaders, all of whom were the famous 'Friends of Joe Tecce's' of the eponymously named restaurant in Boston's North End.
The frame is sixteen feet long by one foot tall...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Wonderfully Framed and Matted Charcoal Portrait of a Boy
Located in Hopewell, NJ
19th century charcoal portrait of a pensive little boy imaginatively matted as an oval surrounded by fancy plaid taffeta and a vintage g...
Category
19th Century Antique American Drawings
Faralla Nude Drawing, 1980
By Richard Faralla
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Duane Richard Raoul Faralla (1916 - 1996) nude drawing. We also have the front view available for sale. This drawing done with pencil and water color is unlike what Faralla is known ...
Category
1980s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Harry Bertoia Monoprint
By Harry Bertoia
Located in New York, NY
Large mono-print by Harry Bertoia, initialed and numbered 1857 on rice paper set mounted in oiled walnut frame. From the Bertoia Family collection. A beautiful rendering of his sculp...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Warren McArthur Corp. Aircraft Co-Pilot Proposal Drawing, 1946
By Warren McArthur
Located in Camden, ME
Interesting vintage proposal drawing in 1/2 scale of an aircraft co-pilot seat. Dated 1/12/46 from the Warren McArthur Corporation.
Drawing measures 26 x 4...
Category
1940s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Carl Sammons '1883-1968'
By Carl Sammons
Located in Houston, TX
Considered one of the early "California Impressionists," Carl Sammons is known for plein air landscapes that featured the flowering plants native to the coasts, mountains, ...
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Mid-20th Century Art Deco American Drawings
"Progress of Civilization" Art Deco Masterpiece by Muralist Aiden Lassell Ripley
By Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In this remarkable drawing, famed muralist Lassell Ripley depicts primitive man, warming himself by the fire with little to wear, looking into the distance toward the bright, white Art Deco spires of modern civilization. The contrast of early mankind with the advances of 1930s America is inspiring and beautiful, and Ripley clearly draw this to prepare for a mural project, probably unexecuted. Ripley is best known for his sportsman paintings, highly collectible today, but early in his career he became known for his murals, including several depicting the life of Paul Revere for the post office in Lexington...
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1930s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Faralla Nude Drawing, 1980
By Richard Faralla
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Duane Richard Raoul Faralla (1916-1996) nude drawing. We also have the back view available for sale. This drawing done with pencil and water color is unlike what Faralla is known for...
Category
1980s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Tony Orrico "Penwald: 1: 1 Circle" Artwork
By Tony Orrico
Located in Chicago, IL
Original body-drawn artwork by artist, Tony Orrico from his Penwald series (ed. 1/8, each unique, derived from live performance). Signed by the artist, all acid-free/archival materia...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Modern American Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Half Nude Man at Rest, " Important Drawing of Black Worker by De Erdelyi
By Francis De Erdely 2
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Fine and important depiction of an African American worker, one of the artist's favorite subjects, this drawing by Francis De Erdelyi gives a hint of his important influence on a g...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Earl Norem Painting
By Earl Norem
Located in Houston, TX
"The Cop Who Raided Mexico."
As an American artist primarily known for his covers for men's - adventure magazine published by Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company and for Go...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Robert Freiman Drawing, 1956
By Robert Freiman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant, expressive, black ink drawing by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1956.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...
Category
1950s Modern Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Original Drawing for General Electric/Jeep, possibly by R. Kent
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original drawing was created for an advertisement by General Electric for its portable power generators, here shown powering a saw wielded by two lumberjacks. Attributed to Roc...
Category
1940s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Large Framed Lithograph by Tony Friedlaender
By Frederic Weinberg
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large Framed Lithograph by Tony Friedlaender. Signed and numbered 44/95. Nicely framed over canvas.
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Dance/Fantasy Watercolor by Robert Freiman
By Robert Freiman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A watercolor by Robert Freiman.
Category
1950s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Original, 1980s, Sumi Ink Drawing
Located in Newport Beach, CA
Original, signed and dated, Sumi ink drawing by listed Japanese-American artist, Sueo Sarisawa (1910-2004) from his “Idlwylld Pine" series.
Category
Late 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Ink
1950s Pair of Abstracted Still Lifes by Emil Weddige
By Emil Weddige
Located in New York, NY
From 1957 comes this fabulous pair of abstracted still lifes by listed artist Emil Weddige. Striking Mid-Century art at its best. One is a drawing (top -- black and white with ochre...
Category
1950s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paint, Ink, Watercolor
"Woodstock Society of Chambers, " Important Art Colony Drawing, 1951
By John Pike
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An original ink drawing by John Pike, the well-known illustrator and watercolorist who was an important fixture of the Woodstock Art Colony, this piece advertised the Woodstock Socie...
Category
1950s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Adam and Eve, " Early Art Deco Drawing by Glidden Parker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of stylized Art Deco drawing with attenuated figures, this depiction of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was created by Glidden Parker, who is most famous for his...
Category
1940s Art Deco Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Graphite, Paper
Pair of Whimsical Surrealist Oil on Panel Paintings in Shadow Boxes
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of whimsical surrealist oil on panel paintings in shadow boxes. Signed.
Category
1970s Vintage American Drawings
Materials
Canvas
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