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Vintage Ivan Jordell Abstract Pastel On Paper Artwork
By Ivan Jordell
Located in Atlanta, GA
Vintage Ivan Jordell Abstract Pastel On Paper Artwork
New Mat with original frame.
Image Size: 10" x 12"
Category
Swedish Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Modernist Don Shoemaker "El Padre" Signed Color Etching Limited Edition of 22
Located in San Diego, CA
Very hard to come by color etching by famous Mexican furniture designer Don Shoemaker, dating from 1950. Hand signed, numbered and titled on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Unknown Artist, Pencil and Watercolor on Cardboard, Portrait of Young Woman
Located in København, Copenhagen
Unknown artist, pencil and watercolor on cardboard.
Portrait of a young woman with a pencil.
Signed Lam, Paris 1951.
In excellent condition.
Measures : 27.5 cm. x 35.5 cm.
Total...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
Leif Rydeng, Well Listed Danish Artist, Two Bird Studies
Located in København, Copenhagen
Leif Rydeng: b. Elsinore 1913 d. 1975. Well listed Danish artist.
Two bird studies.
Signed. Leif Rydeng 61.
Watercolors on Japan paper.
Measur...
Category
Danish Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Dance/Fantasy Watercolor by Robert Freiman
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A watercolor by Robert Freiman.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Unknown Artist, Oil Crayon on Paper, Abstract Composition, Mid-20th Century
Located in København, Copenhagen
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
Original Vintage Color Lithography, Insect on Rock by Ru Van Rossem
Located in Warszawa, Mazowieckie
Ru van Rossem, Insect on Rock, 1962.
Color lithography.
Number 2/40.
This work is signed by the artist. Has an individual number and title (pencil).
Sheet dimensions 71/48.
Unfr...
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$1,050 Sale Price
20% Off
Small American Watercolour of Fowers, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Small American watercolour of flowers, 20th century.
20th century American watercolour of flowers, dated 1962.
H: 23cm, W: 15cm, D: 0,2cm
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Selection of Black and White Nude Artwork
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of black and white nude artwork from various artists, American, circa 1950s. From left to right, as seen in the first photo, they are:
1) The k...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper, Wood
"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
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
1950s Indian Mughal Paper Drawing of a Hunting Party on Antique Court Fee Stamp
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Indian Mughal gouache colorful paper drawing of a hunting party on an antique court fee stamp official paper of the state of Jaipur.
Part of a l...
Category
Indian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Jacques Coquillay (B. 1935, France), "Saint Bandol". Pastel on Board
By Jacques Coquillay
Located in Centennial, CO
An absolutely beautiful pastel drawing of a landscape with town and church, signed in pencil "Saint Bandol, Jacques Coquillay" in the lower left. Presumably a scene of the Mediterran...
Category
French Other Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
Portrait of the Artist's Father, by Earl Hubbard
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by Earl Hubbard (1923-2003) was made in 1964. It depicts the artist's father in simplified form and palette. The work is mixed-media on paper...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Metal
Portrait of a Woman, by Earl Hubbard
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by Earl Hubbard (1923-2003) was made in 1961. It depicts a woman in a stark, simplified form, almost a complete silhouette. The work is mixed...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Metal
Nude Ink Drawing #1 by Jerry O'Day Alias Geraldine Heib
By Jerry O'Day
Located in Pasadena, CA
Framed ink drawing signed by the artist. The price is for the piece unframed.
Jerry O’Day was a post war California artist, also known by the name of Geraldine Naomi Heib, (1912-1986).
Solo exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
$256 Sale Price
32% Off
"Nude Male and Draped Female, " Study for Painting by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Always a master draftsman, this lovely drawing by Dunbar Beck demonstrates his mastery of the human figure, with antecedents in Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. The drapery ...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
"Under the Tree, " Striking Mid-Century Scene by Heitland for Liberty Magazine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and bold example of illustration art, this scene of a young man in a bathing suit conversing with an elegant woman in her car coat, was drawn by Wilmot Heitland for Libert...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstract Composition Drawing by Fritz Klee, 1959
Located in Barntrup, DE
A magnificent abstract organic hand-drawing, a draft of an ornamental composition in strong, bright colors by Fritz Klee. Colored pencils on paper, signed and dated 'Fritz Klee 1959'...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Composition Drawing by Fritz Klee, 1965
Located in Barntrup, DE
A magnificent abstract organic hand-drawing, a draft of an ornamental composition in strong, bright colors by Fritz Klee. Colored pastels on paper, signed and dated 'Fritz Klee 1965'...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Double-Sided Watercolour Drawing of Plants, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Double-sided watercolour drawing of plants, 20th century.
A 20th century double-sided watercolour of plants.
H: 29.5cm, W: 23.5cm, D: 0.2cm
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"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
Wade Reynolds Portrait Drawing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Drawing by American artist Wade Reynolds. Known mostly for his figure paintings and drawings, this piece falls right in line with his style. The portrait of a man on paper with penci...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Crayon
"Twisting Male Nude, " Art Deco Drawing by Pioneering Native American, 1934
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This nude figure, decked out in an Errol Flynn moustache and slicked-back hair, was executed in dark red pencil by Joe Waano-Gano, an important Native American artist with a prestigious career in California in the 1930s and 1940s. Born a Cherokee Indian...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Art Déco lithograph "Aigle with hare" by Paul Jouve. France 1930s. Signed.
By Paul Jouve
Located in Köln, NW
Art Déco lithograph "Aigle with hare" by Paul Jouve. France 1930s.
Paul Jouve (1878-1973) was a very famous French animal painter and sculptor of the Art Déco era.
The eagle is a we...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Nell Blaine Watercolor on Lined 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
St Andrews Golf Club, Bicentenary Etching, Ltd Edition 10/75
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
St Andrews golf club bicentenary etching.
A rare etching of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club St Andrews Clubhouse, produced as Ltd. edition for the...
Category
British Sporting Art Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Nude Male with Upraised Arms, " Striking Midcentury Drawing by RISD Teacher
By Robert Lamb
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stark and sensuous at the same time, this drawing was made by Robert Lamb in 1953, shortly after he graduated from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design. Although primarily k...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Surrealist Drawing
Located in Pasadena, CA
Since its birth in the early 20th century, surrealism has seduced and disconcerted. Emanating from a desire to transgress the boundaries of reason and explore the depths of the uncon...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
$250 Sale Price
21% Off
Ten Hand-Colored Color Stipple Engravings from Traite Des Arbres Fruitiers
Located in Manhasset, NY
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
Angelo Testa Abstract Marigold and Black Hard-Edge Color Field Painting, 1962
By Angelo Testa
Located in Brooklyn, NY
A watercolor on board by Angelo Testa. Signed and dated (1962)
Measures: 29½ H × 19½ W in.
Angelo Testa was one of the foremost American textile designers of the mid-20th century. In 1945, he became the first graduate of the Institute of Design (formerly the New Bauhaus) in Chicago, where he studied under artist László Moholy-Nagy, architect George Fred Keck, and weaver Marli Ehrman...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paint
Paul Citroen Nude
By Paul Citroen
Located in Tilburg, NL
Bauhaus trained artist Paul Citroen (1896-1983) is famous for his graphic works and photographs.
This drawing of a nude woman is fantastic in its simple form and warm colors. The ...
Category
European Bauhaus Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$1,550
Robert Hancock, Finland, Oil Crayon on Paper, Modernist Landscape
Located in København, Copenhagen
Robert Hancock (1912-1993), Finland. Oil crayon on paper. Modernist landscape with boat. Dated 1952.
The paper measures: 41.5 x 29 cm.
The frame measu...
Category
Finnish Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Enigmatic Monochrome Black and White Ink Drawing
Located in Pasadena, CA
Original monochrome drawing from 1963 to be approached as a walk into a mental landscape. The painter's signature does not allow us to identify him. There is in this work a non-figur...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$450 Sale Price
40% Off
Pastel painting "Vase with flowers" signed Jaak Van Den Seylbergh Belgium, 1950
Located in Traversetolo, IT
A stupendous pastel of considerable size executed by Jaak Van Den Seylbergh in the 1940s-50s, the author falls into an exquisitely academic type of production, within a conception in...
Category
Belgian Other Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas, Wood, Crayon
Bengt Carlberg, Sweden, Pastel on Paper, Modernist Still Life
Located in København, Copenhagen
Bengt Carlberg (1897-1967), Sweden. Pastel on paper. Modernist still life.
Mid-20th century.
Visible dimensions: 61.5 x 32 cm.
Overall dimensions: 73.5 x 44.5 cm.
The frame meas...
Category
Swedish Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Purification, " Art Deco Portrayal of Chemist for Water Treatment Plant
By Robert McGill Mackall
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Purification" is a rare artist's working print, which served as the basis for a mural or bas-relief sculpture for a building in the 1930s, probably a water treatment building in the...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Howard Howie Post Cartoon Drawing Plate Art of Sigmund Freud, Anthro DC Comics
By Howard Post
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Portrait of Sigmund Freud on hand thrown ceramic plate.
Signed, "Post to Post with love..." "January 21, 1962"
Howard "Howie" Post (1926-2010)
American animator, cartoonist, and comic strip and comic book writer-artist. Post is known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip The Dropouts which had a 13-year run and for creating DC Comics...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Ceramic
$1,276 Sale Price
20% Off
Watercolour Portrait of a Man by Evelyne Luez, 20th Century.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Watercolour portrait of a man by Evelyne Luez, 20th century.
Watercolour portrait of a 20th century man by Evelyne Luez.
H: 61cm, W: 44cm, D: 0.2cm
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Watercolor Painting, Salvatore Grippi, Blue
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This ink and watercolor figurative abstract expressionist piece on paper is signed by its creator, noted New York School artist Salvatore Grippi. Though undated, the piece is fits in...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Double-Sided Watercolour of Plants, 20th Century, Afton, 1962.
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Double-sided watercolour of plants, 20th century, Afton, 1962.
A 20th century double-sided watercolour of plants.
H: 41cm, W: 30.5cm, D: 0.2cm
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Benjamin Glicker Signed Mid Century Modern Clown Portrait Drawing on Paper Frame
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An expressive mid-century modern mixed media color graphite drawing on paper depicting a portrait of a clown by Michigan based artist Benjamin Glicker. Signed bottom right. Circa 196...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Portrait of Glidden Parker, " by Katherine Nelson, 1940s
By Katherine Nelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait in pastel represents the confluence of two important artists: C. Katherine Nelson, painter and designer, and her onetime student, Glidden Parker, who became one of Ame...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
"Man's Portrait, Three Quarters View, " Powerful Drawing by Leon Kroll
By Leon Kroll 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong and compelling portrait of a young man with chiselled features was drawn by Leon Kroll, WPA muralist and accomplished painter who normally favoured female subjects. Kroll studied under John...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Art Deco Portrait of a Young Woman, England, 1933
Located in London, GB
Art Deco portrait of a young woman. England, 1933.
Pencil and chalk drawing, well executed.
Initialled "C.P.S"
In vintage mount and frame.
In excellent vintage condition comm...
Category
English Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Floating Art Deco Nude, Drawing by Zaidenberg
By Arthur Zaidenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extremely prolific writer, teacher and practicing artist, Arthur Zaidenberg was virtually a household name in the 1940s and 1950s, thanks to the dozens of books he wrote for a gen...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$1,440 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Pastel Drawing of 2 Figures Signed by Artist and Dated 1965
Located in Pasadena, CA
Colorful but contemplative, this serene original vintage pastel of 2 figures is lovely. It is signed by the artist and is dated 1965. A beautiful accompaniment to any room and adds a...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Linen, Paint
$875 Sale Price
20% Off
Earl Norem Painting
By Earl Norem
Located in Houston, TX
"The Cop Who Raided Mexico."
As an American artist primarily known for his covers for men's - adventure magazine published by Martin Goodman's Magazine Management Company and for Go...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$4,900
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
Post War Tropical Nude Color Pencil Drawling Signed Schultz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post-WWII nude tropical color pencil drawing artwork Signed "Schultz" featuring a nude Hawaiian dancer in a skirt.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$687 Sale Price
44% Off
Alfred Guyard, Original Decoration Projects, France, 1930
Located in Catonvielle, FR
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...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Gio Ponti, original drawing for Knoll, prototype armchair, autenthicated
Located in Milano, IT
In 1964, Giò Ponti was approached by furniture company Knoll International and asked to present some ideas for chairs and armchairs. The result of the collaboration was a big dining ...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,638 Sale Price
20% Off
"Frolic on Horseback, " Mural Study w/ Nudes by Kenneth MacIntire
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his masterful painting of horses and polo players for a Hollywood clientele, this important study -- marked off in a grid to help the painter transfer the image to a large canvas -- was drawn by Kenneth Stevens MacIntire, a California painter. His depiction of male and female nudes on...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Portrait of a Young Man in Charcoal
Located in Kent, Dover
An English portrait of a young man in charcoal on parchment, framed in walnut. Dated and signed 1969.
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Walnut
Victor Vasarely, Tecoma
Located in London, GB
1972
Lithograph
H64 x W55.5 cm (framed dimensions)
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$3,016
Terry Frost, Sun and Moon
Located in London, GB
1999
Pastel, pencil and felt-tip pen, signed and dated
H56 x W98 cm (framed dimensions)
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Pencil drawing on paper, depicting on both sides, Dalmatian dogs, USA 1940.
Located in Milan, IT
A pencil drawing on paper depicting on both sides the Dalmatian dog lying on an armchair. On the one hand, the egoist, on the other, a sardonic gleam in one pink rimmed eye. Solid ch...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Delicate Signed Pointillist Color Drawing by Dora Maar, circa 1960
By Dora Maar
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Pointillist composition by Dora Maar.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Authenticity stamp of the auction that took place in 1998 in Paris.
20th century, undated.
In good ori...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
$1,798 Sale Price
50% Off
Vintage Boho Ink Line Drawing on Paper of Nude Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
This gorgeous minimalistic line drawing depicts a nude man with his back turned and legs crossed. The subtle addition of tan against a white background make for a tasteful fine art a...
Category
North American Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Jean COCTEAU - Profile with Laurel Wreath, 1959
By Jean Cocteau
Located in Holmfirth, GB
Jean Cocteau (1889-1963), Profile with Laurel Wreath, 1959. Blue Ink on flyleaf of the book, "The blood of the poet". Signed, dated and dedicated in the centre. Provenance: Offered ...
Category
French Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Collage by Macgregor
By Harry MacGregor
Located in New York, NY
Fabulous small painting by artist MacGregor using paint, ink and paper collage. Plus one piece of foil paper. Going down the left side of the painting in ink it says Christmas. Could...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paint, Paper
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