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Period: 1930s
Interior Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing, Spain, 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Colonial Indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, Project for a home decoration. Cabinet maker archives stamp top Lef: 'J. Anguera. Ca...
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Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Selection of 1930s Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of 1930's Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes, hand drawn by Carl De Zeeuw, American, circa 1930's. The price noted below is for EACH dra...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Male Nude Holding Child Aloft, " Large Art Deco Drawing by Master Muralist
By Robert Hale Ives Gammell
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn by Robert Hale Ives Gammell, this depiction of a nude male figure holding a stylized child aloft is brilliant evidence of the artist's mastery of draughtsmanship. Gammell loved...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Standing Male Nude, " Study for Mural by Allyn Cox, U.S. Capitol Painter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
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...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Enchanting Handwritten Antique Parchment: A Timeless Spanish Treasure
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
This original antique parchment, meticulously handwritten and seemingly in Latin, is a remarkable piece originating from Spain. With its captivating aesthetics, this item exudes a pr...
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Macedonian Country Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Selection of 1930s Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of 1930's Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes, hand drawn by Carl De Zeeuw, American, circa 1930's. The price noted below is for EACH dra...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Early 20th century charcoal on paper, study of a bust
Located in Allentown, PA
This is an early 20th century Charcoal on paper study of a bust. This artist study has been beautifully executed in black charcoal on India paper. This artist study is of a classical...
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American Greco Roman Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Reclining Male Nude", Important Drawing by Edward Wolfe, Duncan Grant's Circle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important, beautifully rendered drawing of a reclining male nude figure was made by Edward Wolfe, who was born in South Africa but spent much of his career in Great Britain in the company of Duncan Grant and other celebrated gay artists. A year after arriving in England in 1916, Roger Fry invited Wolfe to join the Omega Workshops, where he painted and designed furniture with strong colors influenced by the Fauvist movement. Wolfe connected to Grant and the Bloomsbury Group...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Standing Male Nude", Pencil Drawing by William Littlefield, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerfully expressed, with the angular stylization characteristic of Art Deco decorative art, this pencil drawing was executed in 1937 by William Littlefield. The artist was fascina...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Two Nudes with Columned Facade, " Art Deco Drawing w/ Male Nudes, England
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully drawn, clearly by an important artist, this depiction of two nude male figures sitting in the foreground of a columned facade -- perhaps alluding to the Classical sculpture of ancient Greece -- is not signed, perhaps due to the subtly homoerotic nature of the scene. The two figures have the solidity and gravity of high style Art Deco art, and may represent the academic, early work of a great master such as Glyn Philpot or John Craxton...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Nude Study, " Rare and Important Drawing by John Grabach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this drawing depicts a male nude, the artist here is clearly focusing on the power of his arms, hands and legs in particular. John Grabach, best known for his cityscapes and...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Charcoal, Paper

"Dance of the Three Nudes, " Art Deco-Mannerist Drawing w/ Male Figures, 1935
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn in rich, ruddy sanguine, and with a confident, bravura hand, this depiction of three nude males -- all exaggeratedly tall and elastic-limbed -- shows the figures engaging in a ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Seated Black Nude, " Important and Rare Drawing by John Grabach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
John Grabach, best known for his cityscapes and genre scenes, much coveted by collectors in America, was also a master of the nude, which this drawing amply demonstrates. This exampl...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Charcoal, Paper

"Indian Dance", Drawing Depicting Native Americans by Jean Target, France
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This depiction of two Native American men in full headdresses, dancing in the company of three women, arm in arm, is evidence of Western Europe's fascination with American Indian cul...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Paint

Suite of 26 Art Deco Nude Alphabet Pen and Ink Drawings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Suite of 26 Art Deco nude alphabet pen and ink drawings, American, circa 1930s. Perfect for an old school country club, bar, or gentleman's study. Framed in cle...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Interior Bedroom Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing Spain, 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish neoclassical style bedroom indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, project for a home deco...
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Spanish Neoclassical Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Leda and the Swan", Two Art Deco Studies by William Hunt Diederich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Famous for his attenuated, highly stylized horses, hounds and other animals, often executed in iron or ceramic, William Hunt Diederich was one o...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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French School Teacher Educational Paintings "La Pipe", circa 1930s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Painted by a school teacher in rural Hautes Pyrenees, France. Based on the Toto, Lili, Rene and Jojo French educational stories. It is likely that the s...
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French Folk Art Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Paper, Watercolor

Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Contemplation, " Brilliantly-Hued Pastel Drawing of Standing Male Nude by Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensuous and vividly-hued, this pastel drawing of a standing male nude with his head resting against the wall was made by Allyn Cox, son of the famous muralist Kenyon Cox...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Art Deco, Tiger, Early 20th Century, Charcoal and Gouache on Paper, Drawing
Located in Dresden, DE
P. E. Millet (France, early 20th century) TIGER Executed 1937 Charcoal and gouache on paper, 64 x 93 cm Signed and dated lower left: P. E. MILLET 37 Athletically well-trained, mus...
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European Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Pair of Rare Signed Art Deco Lithographs by Boris Lovet-Lorski
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of rare signed Art Deco lithographs by Boris Lovet-Lorski. Lacquered wood frames. Boris Lovet-Lorski (1894-1973), sculptor, lithographer, and painter who contributed significantly to the American Art Deco movement, was born in Lithuania in 1894. Trained as an architect at the Royal Academy in Petrograd, Boris Lovet-Lorski was very aware of volume and structural space. His architectural background combined with other influences like the flattened aesthetic of Art Deco, produce a distinctly original style. Along with his idealized subjects, the originality and artistry of his design quickly won the young sculptor...
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Lithuanian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Glass, Paper, Wood

Sir Jacob Epstein 'Reclining Nude' Pencil Drawing
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Sir Jacob Epstein drawing. Signed pencil on paper life drawing of the Indian Woman 'Sunita'. Drawing itself 14 3/4" x 21 1/2", framed and glazed 25 1/4" 32". Provenance: Al Ross...
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English Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Grand-Scaled French Architectural Drawing
By Atelier Garnier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Pencil with wash: a fine and grandly-scaled French architectural drawing of the "Credit Municipal" building; stamped "Atelier Garnier, Lyon
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French Vintage 1930s Drawings

"Seated Man", Fine Drawing of Nude Male Figure by Woodruff, Vogue Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely drawn and quiet in mood, this lovely drawing by Porter Woodruff depicts a seated, nude male figure from the side, his arms crossed on his knees and his eyes looking into the d...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Wrestlers, Runners, Warriors, Equestrian", Early Drawings, Paul Cadmus, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn during the time when Paul Cadmus produced some of his most famous -- and infamous -- paintings with satiric themes such as "Shore Leave" and "The Fleet's in," but presaging his lifelong interest in the male nude, this set of four scenes depict male figures in scenes that would be familiar to artists going back to Roman and Greek times. One scene depicts two nudes in a wrestling match, another shows several nude figures in a headlong run, a third shows two men in battle, and the fourth depicts a nude figure taming a rearing horse. No doubt inspired by Classical sculptures, this set of drawings captures the energy and dynamics of interacting male figures, but without the very fine detail that he would bring to his countless male nude drawings in the 1950s, 60s and later. The drawings are signed, and the reverse retains an owner's label indicating the drawing was in the collection of William Tregoning, a gallerist who amassed a large collection of male figural art...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"American Indian Dance, " Art Deco Drawing by Jean Target, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Evidence of Western Europe's fascination with Native American culture, dress and way of life for over a century, this vivid drawing uses watercolor, gouache and crayon to capture a g...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"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 ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

Drawing of head
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Drawing of women head
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European Vintage 1930s Drawings

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1920 Giandante X Italian Futurism Art Drawing
By Giandante X
Located in Brescia, IT
Futurist Drawing Giandante X Italy, 1920-1930 Drawing on paper with wood frame. "Giandante X" signed with red pencil Excellent Condiction Paper size: 23 x h 29 cm Giandante X (Mil...
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Italian Futurist Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Enchanting Handwritten Antique Parchment: A Timeless Spanish Treasure
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
This original antique parchment, meticulously handwritten and seemingly in Latin, is a remarkable piece originating from Spain. With its captivating aesthetics, this item exudes a pr...
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Macedonian Country Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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New Objectivity Drawing (Head of Gothic Woman) by Beeldens
Located in New York, NY
Neue Sachlichkeit drawing by Beeldens, unframed, pencil & charcoal on paper. Neue Sachlichkeit (The New Objectivity). New objectivity painters infus...
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings

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'New Objectivity' Drawing, Woman with Veil by Beeldens
Located in New York, NY
Drawing by Beeldens, Belgium, circa 1935. References: Modern and Contemporary Art, New Objectivity, Neue Sachlichkeit.
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Belgian Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Pencil, Paper

Vintage Boho 1930s Pencil Sketch of Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Boho pencil sketch. A stunning rendering of a nude male in a reclining pose. Beautiful matted and framed. Acquired from a Palm Beach collector.
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Bohemian Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Set of Working Drawings, 1930, for a Free Masons Lodge, Schwind Gasse, Vienna
By Abarchitects
Located in Vienna, Austria
This is a rare set of 5 drawings concerning the Free Masons Lodge on the Schwind Gasse number 8, in the 4th district of Vienna. The drawings were made in ...
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Austrian Jugendstil Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Mid Century Hand Drawn Mixed Media of C1939 Brooklyn Bridge & Manhattan Skyline
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Very special hand drawing of the Brooklyn Bridge and Manhattan Skyline from 1939. EastRiver with a tugboat passing under the bridge. Well done and a great perspective from a long los...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Glass, Hardwood, Paint, Paper

Emilio Terry 1930s "Louis XVII Style" Bed
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Terry -- architect, interior, and furniture designer -- was the inventor and sole-practitioner of what was drolly referred to as his “Louis XVII style...
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French Neoclassical Revival Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Władysław Zakrzewski, etching "Autumn by the River".
Located in Chorzów, PL
Władysław Zakrzewski - In the years 1922-1924 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under the supervision of Władysław Jarocki and Józef Pankiewicz, and in the years 1926-...
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Polish Other Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Pencil Drawing of Athletic Male Figure, circa 1930
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pencil Drawing of Athletic Male Figure circa 1930 "pencil on paper" "spotting on paper through out - add character" "unframed - will look amazing once properly matted and framed"
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American Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Italian Medical Futurist Sketch of a Poster of a Campaing to Fight Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch for a Futurist poster, 1930s, "National Campaign against tuberculosis," made using a mixed technique of pastel and watercolor for the Italian National Campaign to fight tuberc...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Reproduction of the "Holy Virgin" by the engraver Flipart
Located in Palermo, IT
Reproduction of a Flipart engraving, "The Holy Virgin". He made reproductions from contemporary artists, often burdened by severe chiaroscuro.
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French Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Nude Pan Figure with Pipe, " Fabulous, Large Art Deco Mythological Drawing
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artists in both America and Europe were fascinated with mythological scenes and ancient tales in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and increasingly gave their gods, goddesses and other figures a powerful physicality and sensuality. This drawing by the Belgian artist, Paul Daxhelet, is a stunning example. Here he depicts a nude male Pan figure...
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Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

"Man with Wavy Hair, " 1930s Portrait in Pastel, Sanguine by Porter Woodruff
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait of a handsome young man with cleft chin, wavy hair and a steady gaze was drawn by Porter Woodruff in pastel and sanguine on pale yellow paper in the 1930s. The artist is best known for his paintings and illustrations for Vogue magazine -- one of five American fashion illustrators who worked for the magazine -- as well as House & Garden. Woodruff was born in Tennessee, but spent much of his creative life in Paris and Tunisia, where he lived with Georges Sébastian, an important Hungarian-born, French orchestra...
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North American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"I Hear America Singing", Important Art Deco Drawing for White House Piano, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with floating nude, mythological figures, highly stylized in the Art Deco manner, this study for the lid of the famous grand piano given by the Steinway Company to the White H...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Italy 1939s Sketch Futurist Poster "Day of Two Crosses" Against Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of the futurist poster "Day of two crosses, 16th April 1939, XVII", mixed technique of pastel and water-color, for an Italian campaign against tuberculosis, to inform people a...
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Italian Futurist Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Set of Six Art Deco Illustrations
Located in Forest Row, East Sussex
Set of six blue crayon vignettes, possibly designs for later Art Deco illustrations or paintings. Media: blue crayon on paper in later frame. ...
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Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Signed Ink Drawing by Henry de Waroquier, France 1930s
Located in New York, NY
Niobe Greek mythology theme signed, 1938 framed (1 chip off on frame finish).
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French Vintage 1930s Drawings

Italian Futurist Medical Sketch of a Campaign Against Tuberculosis 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch for a poster against tuberculosis "Donate money for the poor sick ones with tuberculosis" made using a mixed technique of pastel and watercolor for the Italian National Campai...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Drawings

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"Progress of Civilization" Art Deco Masterpiece by Muralist 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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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Working Drawing, 140 Sitze, Free Mason Lodge, Schwind Gasse, Vienna
Located in Vienna, Austria
The 5th drawing in the series, Free Mason Lodge, Schwind Gasse number 8. Listing- 4 working drawings, Free Masons, Lodge, 1930 There you will find more inf...
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Austrian Jugendstil Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Pair of Rare Signed Art Deco Lithographs by Boris Lovet-Lorski
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of rare signed Art Deco lithographs by Boris Lovet-Lorski. Lacquered wood frames. Boris Lovet-Lorski (1894-1973), sculptor, lithographer, a...
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Lithuanian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Glass, Paper, Wood

1930s Antique Project of the Ship Ortac Morgan Giles Shipyard Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project of the ship Ortac; launched in 1937 at the Morgan Giles shipyard, length 10.68m overall, width 3.39m, it has a mast rather tail-heavy and it won many races of RORC class. Mea...
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British Vintage 1930s Drawings

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1930s Vintage Project of the Ship Ortac Morgan Giles shipyard Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project of the ship Ortac; launched in 1937 at the Morgan Giles shipyard, length 10.68m overall, width 3.39m, it has a mast rather tail-heavy and it won many races of RORC class. Mea...
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British Vintage 1930s Drawings

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Leon Kroll Charcoal Study for Central Panel of Worcester Mural
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Leon Kroll charcoal on prepared illustration board. Unsigned but annotated verso in the artist's hand: 'Study of head for woman with children...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings

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