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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...
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French Modern Vintage 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
20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Signed Impressionist Landscape Painting
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on Masonite depicting Impressionist style landscape of good pictorial quality. Beautifully decorated wooden frame with some small sig...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Masonite
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
Nell Blaine Black & White Ink Drawing on Paper "Shooting Gallery", 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
Bengt Carlberg, Sweden, Pastel on Paper, Modernist Still Life
Located in Copenhagen, DK
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...
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Swedish Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Landscape with Figures Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on canvas framework of fabulous decor depicting landscape with figures and architecture in 18th century style. Nice size and pleasant ...
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Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas
Large Framed Lithograph by Tony Friedlaender
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Large framed lithograph by Tony Friedlaender. Signed and numbered 44/95. Nicely framed over canvas.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
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
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 Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Abstract Artwork by Miriam Kubach
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract charcoal drawing by Miriam Kubach, American, circa 1960s. Similar to works by Louise Bourgeois from the same era. It is executed on paper and has been professionally framed ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Modern Pop Art Elizabeth Taylor Portrait in Pencil by Bill Nelson, 1980
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Stunning early master illustration by Bill Nelson in his preferred medium of colored pencil for the Cincinnati Magazine cover story (May 1980). Framed.
Ta...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paint, Paper
Two African Women, Pastel on Paper by Pal Fried
By Pal Fried
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Two African Women pastel on paper by Pal Fried, an American/Hungarian artist. From the estate of Zsa Zsa Gabor. Newly framed.
Category
American Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Framed Charcoal Drawing of Man "O'Conner"
Located in Larkspur, CA
Charcoal Drawing of contemplative man in burl wood walnut gold lined frame. Signed on the right hand corner "O'Connor".
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
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...
Category
French Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Leon Kroll Charcoal Study for Central Panel of Worcester Mural
By Leon Kroll 1
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...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Picnic Apocryphal, " Sophisticated Art Deco Drawing by Benito, Vogue Pioneer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large and important drawing was made by Eduardo Benito, the pioneering artist who helped to establish the impossibly sophisticated images of modern...
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French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Emilio Terry 1930s "Louis XVII Style" Bed
By Emilio Terry
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...
Category
French Neoclassical Revival Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Earl MacPherson Pastel Painting of a Pin-Up Girl with Balloons, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Offered here for your consideration is a vintage original Earl MacPherson pastel painting of a pin-up girl.
Depicting a blond, smiling, nude pin-up girl dressed only with two larg...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Study for Icarus, " Drawing by Emlen Etting, 1940s
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This large drawing served as a stu...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Mirko Basaldella Monoprint Italian Midcentury Abstract Modern
By Mirko Basaldella
Located in Sharon, CT
Brutalist, abstract ink impression on tracing paper, masking taped to the back of a sheet of bond paper. Signed and dated 1952 lower left. Image size 7 3/4" x 5".
Category
Italian Brutalist Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"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...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Portrait of "Dr. Walerian Chaciński"
Located in Chorzów, PL
Year: 1943
Dimensions:
Frame: Height 70 cm, width 59 cm
Picture: Height 52 cm, width 42 cm.
Category
Polish Neoclassical Revival Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
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
1949 Nautical Project of the Northele Sailing Boat by Berthon Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project coming from the archives of Uffa Fox and never entered the commercial circuit depicting Northele, a sloop 14 m long, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 accordi...
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British Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
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...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
1949s Antique Northele Nautical Ship Project by Berthon Boats Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Northele is a sloop, length 14 m, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 on shipyard project. Measures: 103.5 x 61.3 (H) cm, inches 40.74 x 24.13 (H).
Project coming from ...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Emil Betzler 'Legend' German Expressionist Ink Painting
By Emil Betzler
Located in Niederdorfelden, Hessen
Emil Betzler
German Expressionist painting 'Legend', 1962 ('Sage')
Pen and brush ink drawing on velin paper.
Signed and dated by the artist.
Shown in 'Emil Betzler' - monograph...
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German Expressionist Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Framed Drawing by Mexican Artist José Luis Cuevas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Pencil drawing on paper by José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, b.1934). Entitled "La Esperanza". The work is signed right center and dated 20 Dic. 60 lower right, Silvan Simon Gallery label and inscribed title verso. Sight is 11" by 8.5". With frame is 15" by 19".
José Luis Cuevas was a prominent member of the Generación de la Ruptura (Breakaway Generation), who first challenged the then dominant Mexican muralism movement. He remains a distinguished and controversial artist who is known for depicting the darker side of life and the debasement of the human society with often shocking images. He is also known for being an advocate against creating art purely for commercial gain.
Provenance: this group of the work on paper by Cuevas is from a collection purchased in 60s from Silvan Simone Gallery, Los Angles, CA. The The Silvan Simone Gallery was founded in 1958 by Silvan Simone, an former co-owner of the Florentine Gallery in Pacific Palisades. Between 1959 and 1967, the gallery showed artists such as Lee Mullican, Gordon Wagner...
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Mexican Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Canvas Italian Impressionist Style Seascape Painting, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on canvas depicting an impressionist seascape of particular pictorial quality and pleasant decor. Wooden frame with fabric passe-part...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas, Wood
20th Century Oil on Cardboard Italian Signed Landscape Painting, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on cardboard depicting a countryside landscape with houses in impressionist style. Small size framework, for antique dealers and coll...
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Italian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
French 1940s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1940s gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
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...
Category
British Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Red Chalk Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary red chalk drawing Mid-century drawing in terracotta chalk lines in the manner of Twombly in contemporary mat and wood frame. United Stat...
Category
American Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Watercolor Rendering for 1956 Living Room by Leleu Firm, Paris
By Jules Leleu
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This gorgeous, original elevation watercolor, depicting a living room wall centered around a baronial fireplace with deep red brick hearth, was prepared for Madame Keime by the celebrated Leleu firm, in the years when Jules Leleu was passing the baton to his sons André and Jean and his daughter Paule. At the height of the Art Deco period, Jules was known for his sumptuous furniture with inlays of exotic woods such as Macassar ebony, amboyna and palisander, as well as designs for illustrious projects such as the SS Normandie and SS Ile de France...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Watercolor
"Spring Frolic, " Rare Drawing with Nudes by Gaston Goor, Late Art Deco
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely drawn and vividly hued, this drawing was executed in 1954 by Gaston Goor, who was famous for illustrating a number of books by Roger Peyrefitte and others in France. Goor was ...
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French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Crayon
A Gouache on Paper by Robert Freiman, 1960
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A striking gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1957.
Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington Sch...
Category
American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Walter Gutman Midcentury Abstract Pastels Drawing on Paper
Located in Miami, FL
Walter Gutman midcentury abstract figurative drawing in pastel on paper
Offered for sale is a Mid-Century Modern figurative abstract pastel drawing by W...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Plexiglass, Wood, Paper
Gouache On Paper By Robert Freiman, 1957
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A striking gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1957.
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...
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American Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
1950s Indian Colourful Drawing of Royal with Horse
Located in Marbella, ES
1950s Indian colourful drawing of a Royal with horse. It is part of a private collection.
Category
Indian 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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"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...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
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 Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Charles Ellis '1922-2004' Original Churchill Downs Illustration, circa 1950s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Charles Ellis (1922-2004) original Churchill downs illustration circa 1950s
Charles Ellis was known for his illustrations for the Saturday Evening P...
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American Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
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...
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Indian 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...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
1960s Mural Sized Architectural Oil Rendering by Richard Bobby
By Richard Bobby
Located in Sagaponack, NY
A very large, oil on canvas, rendering of a future building for Crest Corp drawn in 1966 of John F. Kennedy Blvd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Signed "Richard Bobby 9.66 Crest Corp ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Canvas
Nell Blaine Abstraction India Ink 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
Carpet Sketch, Blue
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolor and ink on paper.
Signed and dated lower right.
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Signed Landscape Painting, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from 20th century. Oil painting on Masonite depicting the Lombard countryside in Impressionist style of good pictorial hand. Framework of good size and pleasant deco...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Masonite
"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...
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American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Working Drawing, 140 Sitze, Free Mason Lodge, Schwind Gasse, Vienna
By AnotherView
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 Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
John Sennhauser Geometric Abstract Pen and Ink Drawing, 1944
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original pen and ink drawing by New York Abstract Artist, John Sennhauser (1907-1978)
Signed lower right "J. Sennhauser" and dated '44.
Titled and dated on the verso: "Line in Moti...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Francisco Zúñiga Charcoal and Pastel Drawing on Paper, 1964
Located in Miami, FL
Francisco Zúñiga Charcoal and Pastel Drawing on Paper, 1964
Offered for sale is an original charcoal drawing with pastels by the well listed Costa Rican/Mexican artist Francisco Zúñ...
Category
Mexican Folk Art Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Nell Blaine Abstract India Ink on Paper, USA 1948
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
"Nudes Among the Ruins, " Vivid Mural Study with Male Nudes by Allyn Cox
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sun-drenched scene, drawn with a vivid palette of bright Mediterranean blues and chalk whites, shows a pattern of gridding by the artist, indicating that this drawing served as ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
1940s Nude Male Drawings in Charcoal
Located in Dallas, TX
1940s nude male drawings in charcoal matted and framed. These drawings are matted in a neutral color with a rustic wood frame.
Category
Unknown Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Charcoal
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