20th Century Drawings

Gouache and charcoal drawing by Jean Poulain 1939 Oak frame Frame dimensions included: 115 x 80 cm Size of work: 95 x 68 cm Biographie Jean Poulain was a Belgian artist bor...

Anna Walinska gouache on Paper, from the 'Biblical' series. Abstract imaging of large groups of huddled people in Classical/Renaissance style. Image si...

Superb pair of aquatints representing the life of an Iberian village in the Balearic region. Very nice performance and creation from the 50s/60s. It is rare to find a pair of this si...

Salvador Dali Signed Lithograph, 1970s.

A 1962 mixed media drawing on board titled, Isaac, by Canadian-American artist Norman Laliberté (1925-2021). Presented in a black and gold tone wood frame, the biblical story of Isaa...

Pair of beautifully framed 20th century crackled paper prints depicting entrances to the Schloss Belvedere Palace in Vienna. One print is of the Main ...

A gorgeous vintage fashion portrait by the renowned British artist Poppy Waddilove. Signed on the lower left corner. Acquired at a Palm Beach...

Abstract charcoal sketch on paper. Created by combining different charcoal textures and strokes this sketch create a dramatic image of a nude ...

Artist proof lithograph by French artist Ludmilla Tcherina which is a drawing of the sculpture that was titled "Europe at Heart". The piece is signed and marked "EA" epreuve d'art...

Vintage early 20th century pencil on paper drawing of young man. Signed O. Metzler lower right corner. Mounted on gray mat board backing, image...

Pastel on paper dating from the 1930s representing the portrait of a woman. Poetic and aesthetic, this painting does not lack beauty and delicacy. It will be perfect in a vintage ...

David Sharpe Pastel "Woman Drying Herself". Drawing size: 20 1/2"x 15 1/2", Mounted on a gray matte board 24"x19". Pam Adler Gallery label on back, and artist annotation also on bac...

Large 1986 Surreal charcoal on paper by American artist Richard Parker. Pencil signed Richard G. Parker 1986 on the right bottom corner. Newly f...

Melissa Herrington (American, b. 1975) A mixed Media abstract drawing, signed in pencil lower right. Image: 21.25"H x 16"W.

A bold and graphic modern aquatint etching in colors titled "Kalasa V" by Robert Kelly. Hand signed in pencil on the bottom right with an annotation of 5/50 on the bottom left. Published in 1985. Kelly's work intricately combines influences of the Bauhaus from Van Doesburg to Mondrian, with those of Schwitters and Klee, Kelly weds hints of the historical with the contemporary. His play of edges, angles, and cuts creates a tension and an intuitive logic to the placement of line and form. Kelly's work investigates the idea of doubleness through images that reflect, oppose, or mimic each other. Dimensions: 32"w x 1.5"d x 37"h (framed). In very good vintage condition. Robert Kelly (1956- ) paintings have been acquired by public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Brooklyn Museum, New Mexico Museum of Art, Milwaukee Art Museum, Smith College Art Museum, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, The Fogg Museum, The Margulies Collection, and the McNay Art Museum. Kelly has traveled throughout the United States, Europe, North Africa, the Near East, and Nepal. His work often incorporates unusual materials from his journeys, among them vintage posters and printed antique...

A chic and impactful American Minimalist geometric drawing with two large charcoal circles, several interlocking white circles, and set against a bold cobalt blue pastel background. Framed in a custom oak gallery frame. Signed and dated illegibly in the LR. Signed 'Frank 1978' on the reverse. The Minimalism art movement is one of the most influential of the 1960s and 70s, among a number of artists who were moving away from Abstract Expressionism, favoring a sleek, geometric aesthetic instead. These artists wanted to create art that referred only to itself, allowing the viewer an immediate, purely visual response. The personal, gestural elements of Abstract Expressionism were stripped away with the aim to reveal the objective, visual elements of art. Important Minimalist artists...

Unique piece. Rare drawing - Keith Haring - on a magazine page representing the American actress Kim Basinger. The drawing appears on the back of the page, which features a second ph...

Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a view of Venice in impressionist style of good pictorial quality. Artwork that develops vertically, of contained size, with wooden frame complete with fabric passe-partout (see photo). Painting signed lower left (see photo) A. Marangoni attributable to the painter Aldo Marangoni...

Ink on paper parabola hyperbola Martín Kenneth Winkler 4-8-43 16.13 x 13.63 x .75 Art 10.88 x 8.38 Preowned original vintage condition. See images please.

Large Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, circa 1970. Signed in the stone. Edited by Edition des Nouvelles Images, France. Framed. Henri Matisse whether working...

Original Pen & Ink Drawing Signed, by Charles Joseph Travies Travies, Charles Joseph (Swiss, 1804 – 1859) Original Pen and Ink drawing...

Lithograph 'Anette' made by Alberto Giacometti. Especially created by the artist in 1964 for Made for the book titled "Prints from the Mourlot Press" published in Paris, 1964 The b...

Study for a man seated sculpture Michael Kenny RA Original Artist: Michael Kenny RA (1941-1999) Chalk numbers on verso Born in Liverpool 1941, he son of an engineer. Studied at Liverpool art school, alongside Stuart Sutcliffe (an early Beatle) and John Lennon. He then went onto Slade in 1961 to study under Reg Butler, who nicknamed his protege "the Liverpool Italian". His distinguished career began when exhibited in Oxford in 1964. Michael was one of the most influential British sculptors of his generation and his contemplative geometric stone works became increasingly well regarded. He was elected associate member of the Royal Academy in 1976 and a Royal Academician in 1986. Today his work is held in museums all over the world including the British Museum, The Tate Gallery and the V&A in London. He has had solo shows in Germany, Sweden, Milan, Paris, Los Angeles, London, Japan and Dubai. Subsequently many corporations and private collectors throughout the world hold examples of his work. On Michael Kenny's gravestone in Highgate cemetery is the title of one of his sculptures, More Loved Than Known. The legend has been prophetic. He has a passionate following among the thousands of students he taught, who include Antony Gormley and Damien Hurst. Michael Kenny: Sculpture & Drawings This was an exhibition of Michael Kenny’s recent sculptures and drawings, from 1975 to 1977. Kenny (1941-1999) first studied in his home city of Liverpool before moving to London to continue his studies at the Slade. Following a successful international career, he was appointed a Royal Academician in 1986, and in 1997, two years before his death, he had a solo exhibition at the Royal Academy. Several of the sculptures in this Serpentine exhibition derived from his earliest pre-occupation, the human figure. In the works displayed, Kenny took particular inspiration from the female figure, lying or sitting, occupying, and informing an intimate space. We can see the workings of the Artist and possible preparatory sketch for the included sculpture in the following images. Michael Kenny was a sculptor and a painter, a prolific draughtsman and a print-maker. His early sculptures are dramatic, dealing with the isolation and loneliness of the individual. In later years, he worked mainly in stone in a quest for a sculpture that is simple in form and rich in meaning. With over 60 illustrations and key excerpts from the sculptor's own notebooks, this book provides the first opportunity to examine in detail the progress of Michael Kenny's career. Peter Davies...

Magnificent album of 25 plates and 60 sketches, taken on the northern front, with attestation from the commanders of the camps where they were taken, enhanced with watercolor and retouched with wash. This beautiful album was printed in 250 copies on bubble wrap, it bears the number 35. The author is none other than Louis Dauphin...

Italian modern colored tempera work of art painted signed by G. Maffei, 1970s Abstract painting in tempera, painted with thick brushstroke with various colors, with chromed steel fr...

Richard Giglio, American, b. 1936 Nude Studies, Crayon on Vellum, Signed Measures: 26.5" w x 29.75" h Richard Giglio was raised in New Rochelle, ...

Rare pen drawing by Giovanni Gariboldi for Paolo Buffa.

Vintage 1967 original etching named signed and numbered "Nocturnal Abode" #3/7 H. Valoff 1967. 1967 Original etching by Artist H. Valoff Is Framed And Ready To Hang. Nocturnal Ab...

John Lennon & Yoko Ono Seals Art Poster Print. Hardware for hanging. Seascape / Nautical drawing. Taken from the personal sketchbook of John Lennon.  

An intricate and striking Ink Drawing full of movement and coiled energy. Signed lower left. Two figures of women in robes walking, done in stippled ink on off-white paper. sight 23...

Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas depicting a city view with characters in impressionist style of good pictorial quality. Painting that develops vertically, of contained size, with wooden frame complete with fabric passe-partout (see photo). Painting signed lower left (see photo) A. Marangoni attributable to the painter Aldo Marangoni...

Lucio Fontana. "Concepto spaziale", 1965. China ink on paper. Dimensions: 30 x 20 cm. With certificate. This is a preparatory work that is re...

Werner Wilder Gouache with graphite drawing of a man Werner Wilder (German American 1925-2004) gouache and graphite on paper drawing. The whimsical...

Portrait of the Madonna in wood. Craftsmanship, dates back to the 1980s. Painted on walnut wood panel.

Vintage midcentury colored pencil portrait on paper of Texas artist Geneva Flores Hart Fell by Charles Berkeley Normann (1903-1985) Texas. Sign...

Rare and beautiful painted work by Fortunato Depero from 1948. The work bears the Signature in the lower left-hand corner. Work archived at the Archivio Unico per il catalogo delle o...

Color lithograph after the work by Henri Matisse, circa 1970. Signed in the stone. Edited by Edition des Nouvelles Images, France. Framed. In good original condition, with mi...

Red chalk drawing of a reclining Female nude Signed and dated by Frank Dobson This drawing, never before on the market, comes from an important European private collection and is beautified by an antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition. The painting is also protected by glass Dimensions whit frame cm 71 x 58.5 Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts. Frank Owen Dobson (London 1886 – 1963) was a British artist and sculptor. Dobson began as a painter, and his early work was influenced by cubism, vorticism, and futurism. After World War I, however, he turned increasingly toward sculpture in a more or less realist style. Throughout the 1920s and the early 1930s he built a reputation as an outstanding sculptor and was among the first in Britain to prefer direct carving of the material rather than modelling a maquette first. The simplified forms and flowing lines of much of his sculptures, particularly his female nudes, showed the influence of African art. From 1946 to 1953 Dobson was Professor of Sculpture at the Royal College of Art. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1953. While Dobson was one of the most esteemed artists of his time, is now seen as one of the most important British sculptors of the 20th century. Dobson grew up in Clerkenwell where attended school in Forest Gate. After eighteen months in Reynolds-Stephen's studio, Dobson moved to Devon and then to Cornwall where he lived, for two years, by selling landscape paintings. In 1906 he obtained a scholarship to study at the art institute in Hospitalfield House in Arbroath and studied there for four years. From 1910 to 1912 Dobson attended the City and Guilds of London Art School in Kennington, after which he returned to Cornwall. In Newlyn, he met Augustus John who used his influence and contacts and in, or around, 1915 Dobson created his first sculpture, a small piece in wood. In 1915, during the First World War, Dobson enlisted in The Artists Rifles and served in France from October 1916. In April 1918 he married Cordelia Clara Tregurtha. Dobson was formally invalided out of the Army in November 1918 and by then had already submitted several drawings to the British War Memorials Committee. Dobson set up a studio in the Tregurtha family home in Newlyn but towards the end of the war he took a studio in Manresa Road in Chelsea and would live there until the start of the Second World War. Throughout the 1920s Dobson focused increasingly on sculpture, exhibited work in several influential exhibitions and played a leading role in a number of artistic groups. He was the only sculptor to take part in the 1920 Group X exhibition. Dobson was a founding member of the London Artists Association and spent three years as President of the London Group between 1923 and 1927. He made bronze portraits of several public figures. At the Group X exhibition he exhibited two sculptures and studies of Ben Nicholson and his bronze head of H. H. Asquith was shown at the Leicester Galleries in late 1921. Other subjects included Osbert Sitwell, Lydia Lopokova and Tallulah Bankhead. Dobson exhibited at the Venice Biennale in both 1924 and in 1926, was featured in the 1925 Tri-National Exhibition which visited London, Paris and New York and was also included in the 1926 European artists exhibition that toured America and Canada. In March 1927 he had his first major one-man exhibition when the Leicester Galleries exhibited twenty-three of his sculptures and several bronzes. In 1930 the Tate purchased a larger-than-life sculpture from Dobson and erected it outside the gallery on Millbank. During the early 1930s Dobson continued to receive portrait commissions, most notably for Sir Edward Marsh and the actress Margaret Rawlings. Dobson worked in other media including textiles and silver, as well. His silver gilt cup, Calix Majestatis, to mark the coronation of George VI and Queen Elizabeth is now in the Royal Collection. During 1933 Dobson fractured his left arm which greatly limited his ability for heavy carving and his last monumental stone carving was to be Pax, which was first shown at the London Group in 1935. At the start of World War Two, Dobson and his second wife [Caroline] Mary Bussell, whom he had married in 1931, moved to Bristol, where a large retrospective of his work was held in March 1940. Dobson lived in the city throughout the Bristol Blitz and like several other artists painted the ruins of churches destroyed in the bombing. Dobson contacted the War Artists' Advisory Committee and offered his services as both a painter and sculptor. WAAC were reluctant to offer sculpture commissions but eventually did offer Dobson a short-term contract for two portrait busts of Naval personal. Later WAAC commissioned some paintings, including one of workers arriving for work at a factory that had been relocated to a tunnel. Dobson was appointed head of sculpture at the Royal College of Art in 1946, a post he held until his retirement in 1953. For the Festival of Britain site on the South Bank of the Thames in 1951, Dobson created London Pride. The sculpture was originally exhibited as a plaster cast but was later, after Dobson died, cast as a bronze and placed in front of the Royal National Theatre in 1987. Among his last commissions were a bronze head of Sir Thomas Lipton and the zodiac clock...

An expressive etching aquatint in color on wove paper titled "Crowd Portrait" by Lester Johnson. Signed in pencil on the bottom right with an annotation of 27/44 on the bottom left. Published 1977. Gallery tag on verso from Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, MI. A quintessential subject by the artist depicting a tightly crowded group of people in conversation or dancing. This artwork makes a lovely modern accent. It also works well with a grouping of art on a gallery wall. From a private collection. Dimensions: 21"h x 21"w. (In very good vintage condition). Lester Johnson (1919-2010) was an American artist and educator. Johnson was a member of the Second Generation of the New York School during the late 1950s. The subject of much of his work is the human figure. His style is considered by critics and art historians to be in the figurative Expressionist mode. In New York, Johnson exhibited at the Martha Jackson Gallery, Zabriskie Gallery...

Very nice pastel on paper featuring a young girl noblewoman. This painting, never before on the market, comes from a private collection and is beautified by an impressive XVIII Cent...

William P. Katz, American (1926-2003). "The Lady of the Forest", mixed media gouache and pastel on paper, 1991. Signed/dated "W.P. Katz '91" bottom right, inscribed on verso: "To Ruthie 4/6/92; Happy birthday from 'The Lady of the Forest'". Presented in a gold-painted wooden frame. A lovely and whimsical painting in pastel colors by respected sculptor/artist William P. Katz, depicting the face of a woman...

Antique reprint of the first half of the 20th century, engraved reproduction depicting a famous drawing by Giuseppe Zocchi represents the composition o...

An Art Nouveau inspired color aquatint etching on paper depicting a female nude with botanical flowers by Polish artist Barbara Rosiak. Hand signed in pencil on the bottom right with an annotation of 8/30. Titled bottom left. Taking inspiration from modern artists like Gustav Klimt and Alphonse Mucha, organic lines and forms found in nature create a powerful feminine aesthetic. From the personal collection of famed artist, Dominic Pangborn. Dimensions: 24.75"w x 1.25"d x 31"h. In very good vintage condition. Barbara Rosiak is a Polish painter...

Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century). This diminutive mixed-media watercolor, pastel, and ink on paper depicts a haunting abstracted face. It is float-mounted in a faux-g...

Painted painting by BOWES DAVID, Untitled from 1986. Details: Signature and year at upper left. Technique : drawing on Fabriano Watermark. His figures have a theatrical air, especially those with the appearance of Pierrot and Columbine and other Commedia dell'Arte characters. Consciously flirting with the decorative, Bowes often compresses the background and foreground, as in wallpaper, and there is a suggestion of fabric design in the way he repeats his patterns at intervals on the surface. In some images, patterns emerge. In others, the pattern overwhelms itself Provenance; Lucio Amelio Collection, Naples; Private collection. Slight defects. David Bowes...

This beautiful work features on the front a lithograph from a 1958 drawing by Henry Moore from the series 'Heads, figures and ideas'. on the verso an origi...

Red ink portrait drawing by Betty Lieberman Gerald (20th Century) Texas. Unsigned, dated 1971 lower left corner. Unframed, age toning, from the artists es...

Drawing in Transparency, 20th century Transparency drawing on canvas, 20th century, unsigned, unframed. Measures: H: 100 cm, W: 81 cm, D: 2 cm.

Pastel painting by Robert Duflos (1898-1960). “Nude and mirror”.

Rare Poster. John Lennon Kite Poster 22'' x 28'' Unframed in Good Condition.

Francisco Zuniga was a Costa Rican-born Mexican artist best known for his stylized figurative paintings and sculptures. Zuniga’s work often adopts qualities of pre-Columbian art...

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...

Wonderful and powerful work of a cat washing itself by Dutch artist Estella den Boer. Such a pleasure to look at. This trusting cat in utmost concentration to clean its coat. It i...

This fantastic collection of 9 sketches were most likely composed in a figure study art class in France during the 20th century. Drawn with pencil on ...

William P. Katz, American (1926-2003) "Embarrassed Over Walking the Dog" Mixed media acrylic, pen & ink on linen, 1961. Signed and dated lower right, wit...

Dutch painting of the 20th Century. Work in Impressionist style oil on canvas depicting View of cathedral of good pictorial hand. Highly detailed painting with pleasant color use, of...

Graphite and wash drawing, study of a pair of female nudes. Pencil signed lower right. Two heavy set female nudes with their hair up in a pretty peach tone wash. Full paper 20 x 1...

A contemporary pencil drawing of a woman. This piece is framed in a metal frame covered with glass and signed at the bottom. Dimensions: 24.25 18.25" 1" deep.