20th Century Drawings

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.    

Superb lithograph under frame on the theme of Christianity depicting a nun in Carmelite dress, haloed, holding in her hands a crucified Christ and a bouquet of white and golden roses. A rosary is also visible on the left. The portrait is framed by two columns and an arch. We read the inscriptions: "Je veux passer mon ciel à faire du bien sur la Terre" ("I want to spend my heaven doing good on Earth") and "Sainte Thérèse de l'Enfant-Jésus" ("Saint Thérèse...

Miniature signed and framed watercolor Portrait of a woman.

Sanguine by André Ferrand. signed by the artist and entitled "The Three Tears. circa 1998. arches paper 390g. size : 76 cm x 57 cm. Price : 790 € for the artist.

A framed watercolor and gouache on paper depicting sliced watermelon on a color block background, signed Tamayo and dated 1945 as shown. The work was in keeping with the style of Rufino Tamayo and it retains a paper label from Salon de la Plastica Mexicana, listing the detail info. SPM was formed in 1949 to promote contemporary Mexican artists...

A stunning vintage boho original pencil sketch of man. An amazing 1935 rendering with incredible attention to detail. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Paul Wightman Williams, American (20th century). Gouache, ink, and pastel or charcoal on paper. Signed "WW" and dated "44". Unframed. This diminutive figural painting features an i...

Vibeke Alfelt was born in 1934 as the daughter of the artist couple Else Alfelt and Carl-Henning Pedersen. Vibeke Alfelt made her debut as an artist at the age of 14, when she participated with her father in the Cobra group...

An original on paper by Jack Hooper 'Red Line Through' professionally framed, black painted wood frame and glass. About Jack Hooper Born in Los Angel...

Wonderful and darkly intriguing original artwork by renowned American Modernist artist and California artist benefactor Millard Sheets (1907-1989) featuring wartime boats caught in stormy seas. Very evocative and certainly quite relevant to the time it was created taken in the context of the war. The work is hand pencil signed and dated (1942) by Sheets on the mat just below the artwork. Provenance: Property from the estate of Millard Sheets. Would be a great addition to any collectors of his work or Mid-Century Modern artist or an eye-catching stand-alone accent artwork in about any setting. Sheets many awards include: Watson F. Blair Purchase Prize, Chicago Art Institute (1938) Philadelphia Watercolor Club Prize (1939) Dana Watercolor Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts (1943) Drawing Prize, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1946) Gold Brush Award, Artists Guild of Chicago, Award of the Year (1951) Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (1964) His works can be found in numerous permanent collections, public settings, and international museums including: The Museum of Modern Art, New York Scripps College, CA The White House (Washington, DC) The San Diego Museum The Los Angeles Public Library...

Unique set of seven decoration projects signed Alfred Guyard, France 1930. From the child's room to the terrace of the Drouot restaurant (Paris), from the director's office to the di...

Original Dario Campanile female nude drawing, circa 1995. It is beautifully framed and matted. Additional information: Materials: Paper. Color: Gray. Period: 1990s. Art subjects:...

Vintage 1967 original Etching titled, dated, signed and numbered "St. Petersburg" #6/6 H. Valoff 1967. 1967 Original Etching by Artist H. Valoff is framed and ready to hang. St. ...

Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on canvas, first canvas, depicting a fabulous mountain view with chalet of excellent pictorial quality. Painting of good size and good luminosity characterized by particular shades of color in the snow-capped mountains. The contrast with the bright green of the lawn and the intense green of the forest with the numerous shades of the snow in the upper part is pleasant (see photo). Painting signed C. Bentivoglio on the bottom left (see photo) attributable to the famous painter Cesare Bentivoglio...

Original charcoal pencil drawing framed & signed by Artist ‘Kirsten' Number 6/30 ETAT II Title - 'Eget Truk The Drawing was purchased in Copenhagen and framed in the UK in a black ...

JIM M. WISPINSKI (Canadian - b.1942) - 'Inner Harbor Stroll' (Victoria - B.C.) - Vintage pair of watercolor paintings on paper - contained...

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...

Sanguine by André Ferrand signed by the artist and entitled "Maki". circa 1999 Arches paper 390g Size : 76 cm x 57 cm Price : 790 €.

This drawing is representing a nude woman. The frame is in a brown color, and the drawing is done on a white support. It has made circa 1940. Art Deco Period. by VAN DOREN (Raymond...

Vintage 1960s original etching titled, Signed and numbered "The Underworld" #4/10 H. Valoff 1960s. 1960s original etching by artist H. Valoff is framed and ready to hang. The und...

Vintage 196s Original Etching Titled, Signed and Numbered "Dreams" #4/10 H. Valoff 1960s. 1960s Original Etching by Artist H. Valoff is framed and ready to hang. Dreams Is it's t...

Vintage 1962 original Etching titled, dated, signed and numbered "Moscow Symposium" #4/4 H. Valoff 1962. 1962 original etching by Artist H. Valoff is framed and ready to hang. Mo...

Vintage Original Drawing Depicting a Life Drawing Class An accomplished work that successfully brings out the character of both the sitters and artists in a life drawing class. Exe...

Drawing Greek sculpture academy made in charcoal at the beginning of the 20th century, at the Spanish academy in Rome. Depicting a Greek sculpture.

Seventeen Lithographs for Frank O'Hara, New York, Limited Editions Club, 1988 the complete set of 17 signed and numbered lithographs in colors by Willem De Kooning, title page, and justification, on Chine appliqué, numbered 51 of 60 (there were also 12 with opposite facing text, and 550 bound copies with the lithographs appliquéd to the text pages), all with full margins and beautifully framed. Comes with original black cloth-covered portfolio with black leather label and gilt stamped title (very minor wear) and original purchase paperwork from Baby Jane...

Fine vintage graphite pencil drawing on paper - featuring an Iris flower in full bloom - drawing contained in a vintage matte - initialed L.T. lower right (unknown/unidentified artis...

A modern inspired artwork titled "Homage to Picasso" Volume 5 Etching XVII by Peter Max. Signed in pencil with an annotation of 68/99. Created in 1993. Each of the following processe...

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

Wonderful drawing of a Spanish dancer by Karl Hagedorn. Displaying the characteristic futurist, cubist and Bauhaus influences reminiscent of his early work. Signed and dated 19...

Pen and ink on artist board of a pair of cowboys on horseback by Eugene Shortridge (1926-2014) well know western illustration artist. Signed lower right corner. Unframed, edge wear.

This is an example of a hand-drawn scaled drawing of the ‘Top of New Dining Table (DRW.79)’, 17th December 1952. The drawings depicts the top view of what seems to be a ‘simplified’ version of Finn Juhl’s Silver Table, or more commonly known as the ‘Judas Table...

This is an example of a hand-drawn 1:4 scale orthographic drawing of the ‘Conversation Armchair in Maple-Walnut’, 1st March, 1951 by Finn Juhl. The drawings depicts the font view, side on, back, top view and the detail of the armrest.The drawings were sent to Baker Furniture in Michigan...

Italian post modern blue, red, black and white abstract framework with wooden support, 1980s Framework with abstract representation in shades of blue...

Vintage circa 1990's pencil on paper illustration drawing by Delmos Hickmott (1934-2016) Texas. Zombie walking dead like abstract skeletal woman Signed lo...

Italian painting from the first half of the 20th century. Artwork oil on panel depicting a countryside landscape with a cart in post-impressionist style of good pictorial quality. Pa...

Abstraction with India ink on paper by Nell Blaine.

Spanish Painting in Oil on Canvas of Andalusian characters Measurements with frame: 80x100x6cm.

Thirties female portrait. Chalk drawing in original silver gilt carved frame “Muriel 1930 by Charles to Elizabeth" United States, 1930. Dimensions in...

This vintage poster comes from European Advertising throughout the years of 1920. 1930, and 1940. Pictured above is a woman surrounded by a bunch of furry friends.

Mid-century artwork by Italian artist August Mosca. "Two Sleeping Girls" in silver point and ink with wood frame. Please confirm location.

Eugène de Sala, 1899 - 1987. Charcoal drawing on paper, portrait of his wife 1920s. Eugène de Sala's an avant-garde painter from the 1920s are considere...

A fantastic vintage Boho original sketch. Signed by the legendary Cadmus. A chic line drawing of a nude male. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

Art Deco etching by French Artist Paul Jouve depicting a Black Panther. Made in France Circa: 1930

Vintage Original Charcoal on Paper Figural Study An atmospheric study depicting a man in a wide-brimmed hat holding a flower with a female figure behind him. I would date this to t...

Superb framed lithograph representing a swimming pool surrounded by colonnades with a couple of dolphins leaping out of the water in the background. We find in the foreground 2 sharks revolving around an old car (a Bugatti Type 57...

Pointillist composition by Dora Maar. Signed in ink in the lower right corner. Authenticity stamp of the auction that took place in 1998 in Paris. Black ink on cream white paper...

19th Century French academic charcoal drawing of nude male figure standing in the traditional contrapposto pose. With exceptional attention to tonal modeling, the piece has a feeling...

Eugene Leroy original artist proof, eau forte or etching, titled "Sleep". Hand-signed on the lower right, titled and other mentions written in pencil on...

Framed drawing ‘Rider in a Spring Landscape’ by Vicke Lindstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Ink on paper. Signed. Measures: H: 39.5 cm / 15 1/2'' W: 34 cm / 13 1/4''.

John Carroll Doyle (1892-1959) Kansas City, KS. Cocktail Hour, Circa 20th Century, Chin de Colle/Lithograph, Edition 21/2, signed lower right and twice framed. Great condition. Image...

Gouache on artist board of a Native American on horseback by Eugene Shortridge (1926-2014) well know western illustration artist. Signed lower right corner. Unframed, edge wear.

Italian painting of the mid-twentieth century. Work oil on masonite depicting Young gipsy with flowers and candle of good pictorial hand. Picture of beautiful measure, signed and dat...

Original Garry Trudeau Comic Strip Drawing from 1973. Inscribed and signed top border. Framed and matted.

Circa 1930's ink wash on thin paper study of bearded man. Unsigned, age toning, tape residue along edges, some cockling to paper.

Vide Jansson, Träsnitt Graphics Work with the artist's signature and title (in pencil) Working dimensions 53/73 The work is framed Vide Jansson was born in 1924, died in 2007. He was a Swedish graphic artist, painter and sculptor. Jansson studied at the Otte Sköld painting school in Stockholm. He continued his education in Spain and France. In 1958 he founded Grödingegruppen, which included himself, Rune Pettersson and Nalle Werner...

A chic vintage Boho original pencil drawing. A chic composition of a nude male. Beautifully framed. Acquired from a Palm Beach estate.

1930s colored drawing inscribed on the back "Promenade" This important drawing we can very likely attribute to the Italian master Carlo Carrà. The beauti...

Framed drawing ‘Couple in a Spring Landscape’ by Vicke Lindstrand, Sweden, 1950s. Ink on paper. Measures: H: 38 cm / 15'' W: 34 cm / 13 1/4''.