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Period: 1920s
Drawing Representing Three Different Biplanes Aircraft WWI by Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing drawn by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s representing three single-seat biplane airplanes. Right= two single seat biplane fighter Nieuport 11 Bebe of 1915. Left ...
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Italian Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Pencil Drawing Depicting a Brandenburg C I Aircraft WWI by Riccardo Cavigioli
Located in Milan, IT
Pencil drawing by Riccardo Cavigioli in the early 1920s representing a two-seat biplane airplane for reconnaissance Brandenburg C I of 1916. Measure with frame cm 58 x 31, inch 23 x ...
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Italian Vintage 1920s Drawings

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20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Portrait of a Child, 1921
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1921. Framework oil on canvas, on the first canvas, depicting a portrait of a child on an armchair of good pictorial quality. Chiseled and gilded wooden frame ...
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Italian Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Floating Man, " Study for Ceiling Mural with Male Nude by Allyn Cox, 1920s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Floating Man," study for ceiling mural with male nude by Allyn Cox, 1920s This dramatic drawing, which demonstrates the artist's mastery of the human fi...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"North African Skyline with Mosque, " Stunning Drawing in Sanguine by Reznikoff
By Misha Reznikoff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Sampling Chocolates, " Quintessential Art Deco Drawing with Blindfolded Flapper
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original, signed drawing by John Held, Jr. -- whose artistry helped to define the Jazz Age and enliven the pages of America's most sophisticated magazines -- depicts a tuxedoed ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Design for 1925 Art Deco Expo Pavilion, " Extraordinary Architectural Rendering
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although Herbert Hoover did not support the presence of a pavilion for the United States at the famed Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes (Internati...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Set of Two Studies in the Bauhaus Style Typography, Gouache from 1920s
Located in Vienna, Austria
Two decorative studies in typography, painted in gouache on paper with influences from the Bauhaus. The studies were made in the master class for graphic design in Pressburg. Both ...
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Czech Bauhaus Vintage 1920s Drawings

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French Art Deco Black and White Framed Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
French Art Deco black and white framed drawing. Beautifully executed stylized French Art Deco black and white drawing in a giltwood frame wit...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Busiri Vici Pencil Drawing Architectural Sketch Project, Italy, 1928
Located in Rome, IT
An original pencil architectural sketch on paper realised in 1928 by the Italian architects Michele Busiri Vici and Clemente Busiri Vici for the large vill...
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Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1920s Drawings

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Glass, Wood, 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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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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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French Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Striding Nude, " Bold Art Deco Drawing with Watercolor by Lovet-Lorski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Quintessentially Art Deco, with long, lean lines and a highly stylized nude, this drawing was executed by Boris Lovet-Lorski in Paris, before he settled in America at the age of 26. ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Eight Nudes, " Monumental Drawing with Male Nudes Attributed to Davies
By Arthur Bowen Davies
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An arresting assemblage of nude figures, executed in white chalk on a dramatic black background, this drawing shows the artist's mastery of the human figure in various poses supine, ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Left Jab, " Rare, Vivid Drawing of Two Boxers by Littlefield, 1928
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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Boxer in Triumph, " Rare Ink Drawing of Male Boxer with Arms Raised, 1929
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This 1929 vintage ink and inkwash drawing of a bare-chested boxer is turned away from the viewer, his gloved hands raised high as if the fight has just been won. The artist, William ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Triton and Nymph, " Art Deco Drawing by Lincoln Kirstein Associate, 1928
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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

French Deco Set of 20 Benedictus Pouchoir Plates of the Portfolio of Variations
By Edouard Benedictus
Located in North Miami, FL
These amazing pouchoir plates are from the French Art Deco portfolio of Edouard Benedictus of textile designs and fabric designs. They are not framed but still remain in the original...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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"Mercury on the Mountain, " Ethereal, Beautiful Allegorical Drawing, 1928
By N. Cobb
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mysterious and ethereal, this lovely drawing of a semi-nude male figure, carrying a caduceus and small jar, no doubt representing Mercury is clearly allegorical and suggestive of a p...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

"Looking Heavenward, " Ink Drawing with Male Nude by Harlem Renaissance Artist
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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American Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

Louis Icart, Crayon on Paper, Dancing Woman, 1920s / 30s
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Louis Icart (1888-1950). Crayon on paper. Dancing woman. 1920s / 30s. The paper measures: 43.5 x 34 cm. The frame measures: 1.3 cm. In excellent condition. Signed.
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French Art Deco Vintage 1920s Drawings

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