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Period: Mid-20th Century
Anton Pieck 'Roman' Pencil Drawing
Located in Tilburg, NL
Pencil drawing of a Roman man by Anton Pieck (1895-1987).
When viewed up close the craftsmanship of Anton Pieck is obvious. He was a highly skilled arti...
Category
Dutch Classical Roman Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Walnut, Paper
"Cherubs" Gouache and Watercolor on Paper
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Continental school,
19th-20th century
"Cherubs"
Gouache and Watercolor on paper
Size with frame: 19 x 11 in. (48.26 x 27.94 cm.)
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Violets Flowers Chart wall Poster , Italy 1960s
Located in Ceglie Messapica, IT
Violets Flowers Chart wall Poster , Italy 1960s
A rare 1960s flower chart poster with a solid wood frame. Language on the poster: italian
In very good c...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Framed Sketch Two Cows Book Peinture et Dessins de Paul Jouve, 1930
By Paul Jouve
Located in Miami, FL
Vintage black wood framed sketch of two cows, from the Book Peinture et Dessins de Paul Jouve.
Dated circa 1930. Not an original Paul Jouve drawing.
Sk...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Jerry O'Day Nude Drawing #1
By Jerry O'Day
Located in Pasadena, CA
A mild, pensive drawing nude of a woman leaning against a wall.
Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, CA on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. She wed sculptor David Lemon...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Ten Hand-Colored Color Stipple Engravings from Traite Des Arbres Fruitiers
Located in Stamford, CT
Ten hand-colored color stipple engravings from Traite des Arbres Fruitiers, with margins, each in a fine silver gilt custom frame. After Poiteau and Turpin Studies of Fruit. If your ...
Category
Renaissance Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Tempera and Watercolor in Modern Taste
Located in Alessandria, Piemonte
ST/724 - "Amphoras and mugs" : a modern taste for this beautiful unusual Italian watercolor signed ...Scribani and dated April 1965.
Category
Italian Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
John F. Kennedy Portrait, Original Drawing Pencil on Paper Dated 1963, Signed
Located in Frankfurt am Main, DE
John F. Kennedy Portrait - original drawing in pencil and charcoal on paper, realized by Detlef Henze, hand-signed, dated December 25, 1963.
Provenance. Private collection
Charcoal...
Category
German Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Mid-Century Modern Framed Sott Ground Etching Aquatint Signed Eric Fischl Shower
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a framed, sott ground etching and aquatint, titled "Shower," signed and numbered by Eric Fischl, 62/100. The dimensions are 28" H x 32" W framed. In excelle...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Painting of a Venetian Figure Smoking a Cigarette
Located in New York, NY
Ok this is so fun and whimsical yet beautifully done. A figure coming back from a Venetian ball having a dramatic smoke in his costume and mask. Note his cigarette holder and pointed toe are in sync! Most likely gouache or watercolor with oil stick on paper...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Crayon, Wood
Original Fashion Drawing, Pat Kerr, 1946
By Pat Kerr
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful ink and wash by Pat Kerr, 1946. So evocative of the 1940s.
On card. Unsigned.
Presented in an antique water gilded frame
Drawn for A & C Kay, New Bond St. London.
...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
Lithuanian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper, Wood
Mid-Century Modern Framed Signed Don Jensen Four Flowers Mezzotint Etching
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
For your consideration is a lovely mezzotint etching, titled "Four Flowers," signed by artist Don Jensen. The dimensions are 37.75" H x 21.25" W framed. In excellent condition.
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Artwork for a Detective Newspaper Strip, 1940s
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Amazing artwork for a story by James Hadley Chase. So evocative of this period.
We have found no record of this story, A Medal for Miss Lantis, so presumably it was never publishe...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed Painting Landscape with Characters
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a river view with eighteenth-century characters. Painting signed lower right (see photo) ...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas
Arman "Orange Goes" 1968 'New Realist' Drawing Andrew Crispo Gallery Label
By Arman
Located in Sharon, CT
An early drawing by the famous French/American Pop/New Realist artist. Combining two of the artists motifs- paint tubes and multiplicity. A period 'Pop' work retains an Andrew Crispo...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Guy Bourdin, Cat Drawing, Ink and Gouache on Paper, 1955
By Guy Bourdin
Located in London, GB
During the early 1950s Guy Bourdin had established himself as an artist with the eye of a painter, working primarily on paper Bourdin created images containing fascinating stories and compositions. His early experimental work bridges the gap between Surrealism and his later photography which at the time was still in its infancy.
This early cat drawing...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Arcadian Scene with Lute, Lyre & Guitar, " Detailed Art Deco Drawing by Ulreich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn by one of the great muralists for Radio City Music Hall -- Eduard Buk Ulreich -- this beautifully detailed Art Deco scene shows a caped nude figure ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"The Idealized City, " Depiction of Classicized, Homophile Paradise by Goor
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This idealized view of a Greek city of cliffside temples and columned walls climbing a craggy mountain is also the depiction of a homophile Shangri-La, where lithe nude male figures ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Loren Maciver 1940's Drawing Still Life of Fruit
Located in Sharon, CT
Loren Maciver (American 1909-1998) drawing of fruit conte crayon on pastel paper. Measures: Matted and framed 13 1/2" x 14 5/8", sight size 8 1/8" x 7 3/8".
Category
American Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Selection of Modern Art or Gallery Wall
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of Modern Art or Gallery Wall, circa 1960s.
From left to right they are:
1) Watercolor of male nude on blue paper, circa 1960s. It h...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Unknown Artist, Oil Crayon on Paper, Abstract Composition, Mid-20th Century
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown artist. Oil crayon on paper. Abstract composition. Mid-20th century.
Visible dimensions: 31.5 x 24.5 cm.
Total dimensions: 43.5 x 38 cm.
The frame measures: 1.5 cm.
In ex...
Category
Unknown Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
George Price Legendary New Yorker Cartoonist "Quack" Original Drawing
Located in Sharon, CT
Depicting a duck hunter in a boat dressed as a decoy, the caption reading "Quack". Drawn with pencil on illustration board and tracing paper (overlay) in p...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Large Drawing of Water Tower at Fort Ethan Allen
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Large drawing of water tower at Fort Ethan Allen in a wood frame. Purchased from an East Hampton Estate. Brown stains on print.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Loren Maciver 1940s Drawing Still Life of Berries
Located in Sharon, CT
Loren Maciver (American 1909-1998) drawing of berries conte crayon on pastel paper. APF Matted and framed 13 5/8" x 12 1/2", sight size 8 3/4" x 7 3/4".
Category
American Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting River Landscape, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a river landscape with eighteenth-century architecture, characters and animals. Lacquered and gilded woo...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Signed Still Life with Fruits Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on canvas artwork, first canvas, depicting still life with fruit of good pictorial quality. Velvet-covered frame with some small marks...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Lanscape Painting View of the Lake, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a view of the lake with characters of eighteenth-century style. Painting signed lower rig...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas
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...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
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
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
20th Century Oil on Board Impressionist Style Italian Landscape Painting, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the second half of the 20th century. Framework oil on board depicting landscape in impressionist style of good pictorial quality. Small painting, for antique de...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood
Abstract Expressionist Still Life Drawing on Paper by Salvatore Grippi, 1960s
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract expressionist still life drawing on paper by Salvatore Grippi, 1960s. Gorgeous colored graphite still-life on paper. Signed and dated. From artist’s estate.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
James Joseph Kearns "Despondent Man" Etching
Located in Brooklyn, NY
James Joseph Kearns (b. 1924) etching, signed at dated "1957." Depicts a man with hollow eyes and a despondent expression with a hand outstretched. Similar to many of his works, ther...
Category
American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Painting Seascape, Fishermen and Boats, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the middle of the 20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a seascape with fishermen and boats of good pictorial quality. Painting of pleasant decor with ebonized guilloche...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas
Abstract Action Painting, Black & White Pen & Ink on paper by Salvatore Grippi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Abstract Expressionist Gestural Black & White Pen & Ink Work by Salvatore Grippi
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Gorgeous early pen and ink on paper work by Salvatore Grippi. Signed. Circa 1955-56
New York Schoo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Standing Male Nude, " Extraordinary Drawing for Boxer Sculptures by Cecil Howard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely drawn in pencil and a feather, light ink wash, creating a pale, ghostly image that is refined and haunting, this full length male nude was accomplished by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Gio Ponti Sketch "Disegni per Vasi Incrociatifor", Italy, 1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully whimsical concept drawing of two vases. Authentication papers from the Gio Ponti archives provided with drawing.
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Rudolf Nureyev, 1965 portrait
Located in London, GB
A handsome portrait of Rudolf Nureyev, signed indistinctly lower right and dated '65, pencil on paper.
Measures:
Unframed: 11 by 14.5 inches
Framed: 16...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Watercolor Aviation Sketch of a Poster for Gran Premio Milan 19th September 1948
Located in Milan, IT
Preparatory sketch, watercolor, of a poster about the aeronautical competition Gran Premio Milano on 19th September 1948, depicting three types of flying machines, made by Riccardo C...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Archer and Standing Nude, " Early Art Deco Drawing by Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created early in De Lue's career, possibly when he worked in the New York studio of Bryant Baker, this handsome Art Deco drawing depicts a nude male figur...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Male Nude with Sculptural Fragment, " Important Depiction of Fred McDarrah
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing is a highly important and rare window into a relationship that impacted the larger world of Abstract Expressionism in New York just a few years after it was made in 1949...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Unknown Artist, Mixed Media on Paper, "La Marseillaise", Dated 1937
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Unknown artist. Mixed media on paper. "La marseillaise". Dated 1937.
Visible dimensions: 36 x 17 cm.
Total dimensions: 55 x 35 cm.
The frame measures: 2.5 cm.
In excellent condit...
Category
Unknown Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Rear View, " Superb Ink Drawing by John K. Green, Circle of Benjamin Britten
By John Kenneth Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely detailed in ink on paper, this drawing of a nude male figure's back side was made by John Kenneth Green, a prolific and successful English artist who is best known for his portraits. Green came from Suffolk, England, and won a scholarship to study at the Slade School of Fine Art, after which he traveled and exhibited widely, including a trip to America in the early 1930s which led to an exhibition at Feragil Galleries in New York. He had a place in a circle of gay artists, and in 1943 painted a lovely portrait of one of England's foremost gay couples -- Benjamin Britten...
Category
British Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Stunning Modernist Architectural Rendering, Drawing by G.F.Hahn
Located in Buffalo, NY
Original MCM Pen and ink architectural study for a Palm Springs Residence (unbuilt). Framed and signed; J.H.Hahn, Reminiscent of the famed Dinah Shore hous...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Lead
20th Century Oil on Canvas French Still Life with Game Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
French painting from the first half of the 20th century. Oil on canvas framework depicting still life with game of good pictorial quality. Modern ...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas
Genichiro Inokuma (Japanese 1902-1993) Original Ink Drawing
Located in Sharon, CT
A brushed ink "Abstract Expressionist" drawing on tracing paper. Important modern Japanese artist, exhibited in MOMA's 1966: "The New Japanese Painting and...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Panel Italian Landscape Painting Sacra di San Michele, 1948
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1948. Framework oil on panel depicting a view of the famous Sacra di San Michele (seen from Avigliana) of good pictorial quality. Small framework with frame in...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood
"Seated Male Nude, " Superb Drawing by Allyn Cox, US Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This handsome drawing of a seated male nude, executed in pastel, demonstrates Allyn Cox's superb draftsmanship and mastery of color. Depicting his subject from behind, as he leans to his left, is reminiscent of the work of the great masters from the Renaissance, the 18th century and 19th century. Cox spent 20 years painting and restoring murals at the US Capitol...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Dancer, Watch Hill, 1965, Framed Drawing, Capuletti Lillo del Pozo, José Manuel
By José Manuel Capuletti
Located in Madrid, ES
Dancer, watch hill, 1965. Framed drawing.
Signed, located and dated in the lower right corner.
Capuletti Lillo del Pozo, José Manuel (Valladolid, 1925-Eltville am Rhein, Germany, 1978).
José Manuel Capuletti...
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American Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Robert Freiman Watercolor and Ink on Paper, 1956
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A charming 1956 Robert Freiman watercolor and ink on paper.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
20th Century Oil on Panel Italian Still Life Signed Painting, 1930
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1930. Framework oil on panel depicting still life with shell and apples of good pictorial quality. Painting signed lower right S. Bonfantini (see photo) refera...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood
"Male Nude, Side View, " Ghostly Drawing for Boxer Sculptures by Cecil Howard
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Exquisitely drawn in pencil and a feather light ink wash, creating a pale, ghostly image that is refined and haunting, this full length view of a male nude from the side was accomplished by Cecil de...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Nell Blaine Black and White Ink Drawing on Paper, USA 1940s
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Plywood Dated and Signed Italian Painting Victory, 1936
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Large Italian painting dated 1936. Framework oil on plywood of exceptional size and impact depicting Victory of good pictorial quality. Painting that develops vertically with a beaut...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Plywood
Jack Youngerman "Geranium" 1963 Pastel on Board
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Jack Youngerman (1926-2020)
"Geranium" 1963
Pastel on board
Signed with initials, dedicated and dated 'For Norman + Posrty VI 30 '63 J.Y.' (along the left edge)
Measures: 12" x 8...
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Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paste
"Man with Blue Eyes, " Portrait by Paul Cadmus, Possibly of Robert F. Kennedy
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although there is no evidence that Paul Cadmus knew Robert F. Kennedy, this portrait of a handsome, youthful man with blue eyes and a thick head of hair suggests that the artist admi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Model Drawing by André Courrèges for Diana Vreeland
Located in Pawtucket, RI
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...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
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