West Asian Drawings

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

These two drawings by the same hand are unsigned. Done in Sanguine on paper the nudes appear to both be different aspects of the same individual since both works have the same facial...

Serpent & Galleon, Ink on Paper, in an 18th Century GiltWood Frame.

Joe Bradley Etching, Untitled. This piece is signed, dated, and numbered to verso '21/100 Joe Bradley 18'. This work is number 21 from the edition of 100 published by Paupers Press, ...

Wonderful historical pen and ink illustration on board by Courrèges of his models done for and notated to Diana Vreeland. Great piece of fashion history. Framed in an original plexig...

An ink drawing after Poussin. Dated 1819 on bottom right. The frame and glass color are original.

Painting, drawing of dancers from the mid-century time, circa 1950. It is signed H. Sjardi. The drawing has an original green bamboo frame. The pain...

This fine small drawing in sanguine on paper is from the collection of Phillips Hathaway. Retired investment banker, former Sothebys expert and once a World War II pilot. Known for h...

Beautifully realized in sanguine, a ruddy chalk, this view of a North African cityscape dominated by a wide, tumultuous sky and a mosque with a large, low dome and high minaret, was drawn by Misha Reznikoff, a Ukranian-American artist. Reznikoff studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), and later in Europe where he became close friends with Arshile Gorky, a friendship that lasted a lifetime. Later he taught at the Art Students League and The New School for Social Research, was active in the WPA and socialized with Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko, Jackson Pollock, Ad Reinhardt, Milton Avery...

An elegant 18th-century red crayon drawing depicting a muscular male arm grasping a staff, executed with fine hatching, subtle shading, and anatomical precision indicative of academi...

Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This large drawing served as a stu...

Frank Poole Bevan (1903-1976) Studied at Yale and a Professor of Theatrical Design, Yale School of Drama from the 1930's through 1971. Offering an annotated and signed original costume design watercolor...