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"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
Abstract Charcoal Drawing 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 ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Robert Freiman, 1956, "Third Avenue at 57th Street"
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A wonderful Robert Freiman watercolor, from 1956, entitled " Third Avenue at 57th Street".
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 Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Watercolor
Costume Design for Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes
By Leonid Kachurovsky
Located in New York, NY
Watercolor with pencil and ink of a young woman dressed in a traditional Russian folk costume designed for the Ballets Russes. In addition to designing co...
Category
Russian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Anubis, Conductor of Souls, " Stylized, Muscular Depiction of Egyptian God
By Louis Léon Eugène Billotey
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This striking Art Deco drawing by Louis Léon Eugène Billotey depicts the jackal-headed, human-bodied Anubis, God of the Afterlife and conductor of souls. Billotey won the Grand Prix ...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Early 20th Century Modern Standing Female Nude Figure Original Charcoal Drawing
Located in South Salem, NY
Modernist nude study of the female figure by an anonymous artist, circa early 20th century. Loose, expressive strokes with emphatic shading. Drawn in charcoal on paper. We have two r...
Category
French Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
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
Abstract Charcoal Drawing by Miriam Kubach
Located in Atlanta, GA
Abstract charcoal drawing by Miriam Kubach, American, circa 1960s. It is executed on paper and has been professionally framed under UV resistant glass in a clean lined black lacquer ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Glass
Midcentury Abstract Expressionist Ink Drawing on Paper by Salvatore Grippi, 1953
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury abstract expressionist ink drawing on paper by Salvatore Grippi, 1953. Measures: 9.5" x 12".
This ink wash figurative abstract Expressionist piece on paper is signed by it...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
'Chucho' Reyes Signed Gouache of a Horse on Mounted Paper
Located in Sharon, CT
Jesus 'Chucho' Reyes Ferrera gouache painting on his typical medium -tracing paper, which has been mounted to a thin board (which has cracked down the vertical center).
Category
Mexican Expressionist Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Colorful Nude Chalk Painting Drawing on Blue circa 1960 Signed Ball
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Colorful chalk drawing of a nude woman in repose unframed. This beautiful piece features bold bright complementary colors on blue paper. This still Life nude painting is a wonderful ...
Category
American Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Nell Blaine "Untitled" 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
1960s Pop Art Abstract Expressionism Trompe l'Oeil Collage by Salvatore Grippi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous collage of layered paper resembling bundles of falling textile but in two dimensions. A great melding of the figural and the completely abstract as well as various media. Si...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
WALTER SPIES WATERCOLOURS [SET OF 4 Insect Drawings]
Located in Hawthorne, CA
A SET OF 4 delicately painted watercolours of insects by known artist WALTER SPIES. Matted and framed, presented in perfect condition. These are all origi...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
![WALTER SPIES WATERCOLOURS [SET OF 4 Insect Drawings]](https://a.1stdibscdn.com/archivesE/upload/1121189/f_89224831509436038499/8922483_org.jpg?width=240 "walter spies a view from above")
1960s Italian Architectural Etching Secret Message Inside signed Laurenzi
By Laurenz
Located in Chula Vista, CA
Drawing
Vintage 1960s architectural etching pen drawing on paper. Made in Italy. Signed Laurenzi.
Black ink on paper. Secret message in the drawing, a m...
Category
Italian Greco Roman Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper
"The Hourglass, " Art Deco Drawing with Nude Couple by Goor, 1951
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Haunting and beautiful, this drawing of a young nude couple facing death, in his Classic shroud and holding an hourglass aloft, was made in 1951 by Gaston Goor, who was famous for il...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Suite of 26 Art Deco Nude Alphabet Pen and Ink Drawings
Located in Atlanta, GA
Suite of 26 Art Deco nude alphabet pen and ink drawings, American, circa 1930s. Perfect for an old school country club, bar, or gentleman's study. Framed in cle...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Charcoal Drawing of a View from a Balcony by Lambro Ahlas
By Lambro Ahlas
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A view from a balcony by Lambro Ahlas.
Charcoal pencil on paper. Matted in a black matte under glass in a thin gilt frame.
Ahlas was a California-born artist of Greek ancestry....
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Abstraction" India Ink on Paper by Nell Blaine, 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
Drawing of Architectural Element, Mid-20th Century
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
A drawing of Architectural element, mid-20th century, upper part of a Roman column with a Composite Capital. Black chalk heightened with white on brown paper, framed and matted, hand...
Category
Unknown Classical Roman Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Otmar Alt Figurative Painting, Berlin, circa 1969
By Otmar Alt
Located in New York, NY
From the whimsical world of German artist Otmar Alt comes this great mixed media on paper, circa 1969. He is known as one of the most significant contemporary artists in Germany.
Along with Horst Antes and HAP Grieshaber...
Category
European Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Crayon
Dutch 20th Century Vintage Drawing
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
This well-executed charcoal drawing, circa 1940s, is a study of a marble monument, likely by an art student. It is presented in a grey mat with gold foil liner and ebonized frame.
Category
Dutch Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Mixed Media on Masonite Italian Signed Landscape Painting, 1960
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Tableau italien du 20ème siècle. Oeuvre à technique mixte sur masonite représentant vue de la rivière avec bateaux de bonne qualité picturale, signée en bas à droite (voir photo). Ca...
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Masonite, Wood, Glass
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
Original Jansen Architectural Pencil Drawing
Located in New York, NY
An original Jansen pencil drawing
depicting an architectural detail
"Rosace de Plafond" page 137.
Stamped: Jansen, 9 Rue Royale Paris 8e.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Thomas Downing Watercolor, 1958 "Washington Color School"
By Thomas Downing
Located in Sharon, CT
Rare very early watercolor by this famous 'Washington D.C. Colorist'(from the group of Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland and Gene Davis), signed and dated L.L. 1958. Matted and framed in ...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paint
Genichiro Inokuma (Japanese 1902-1993) Original Gouache and Ink Drawing
Located in Sharon, CT
A gouache and ink "Abstract Expressionist" drawing. Important modern Japanese artist, exhibited in MOMA's 1966: "The New Japanese Painting and S...
Category
Japanese Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Contemporary Colorful Nude Woman Chalk Sketch with Orange circa 1960 Signed Ball
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Portrait chalk sketch of a nude woman sitting and reclining on a floor. In the manner of Salvador Dali. This piece is composed of bright oranges, yellows and emerald greens with smal...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Drawing by Paul Wonner and William Theophilus Brown
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Drawing on paper by Paul Wonner and William T. Brown. Titled 'Farewell to Belvedere'. Drawing is not framed.
Paul John Wonner (April 24, 1920 – April 23, 2008) was an American artis...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"St. George and the Dragon, " Art Deco Drawing with Male Nude by Goor
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic drawing of St. George and the dragon was executed in 1954 by Gaston Goor, who was famous for illustrating a number of books by Roger Peyrefitte and others in France. Go...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Louis Sue & André Mare Original Paintings
By Andre Mare, Louis Sue
Located in Encino, CA
Louis Sue & André Mare (1875-1968) - (1885-1932)
Five sketches "Flowers circa 1930"
Very rare watercolor on paper.
Without frame: H 13" x W 17"
...
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
1955 Recreation Room Architectural Rendering by Rucker Fuller
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Original 1955 "Recreation Room" hand-drawn architectural artwork rendering prepared by Rucker Fuller for The Bank of California Mission Branch.
Rucker Fuller is an architectural fir...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
1930s Artist's Portfolio Charcoal Drawing of a Standing Nude Female
Located in Dallas, TX
A beautiful charcoal drawing, one of a pair. Model is facing to her left. Custom matted and framed in a contemporary silver-leaf frame with glass.
Category
French Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Francisco Hernandez Drawing "Casa Bernalda Alba De Garcia Lorca"
By Francisco Hernandez
Located in Sharon, CT
Pencil drawing, paper size 20" x 25 1/2", image size 16 3/4" x 21 3/4". Signed and dated lower left, annotated lower right. Unframed .Francisco Hernandez, (Spanish 1932).
Category
Spanish Expressionist Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Modernist Don Shoemaker "El Rostro" Signed Color Etching Limited Edition of 22
By Don S. Shoemaker, Diego Rivera
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
"Arab Market" Watercolor by Frederick Goodall
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
Frederick Goodall (English. 1901-1980)
"Arab Market". Monogrammed F G l/l. Watercolor. Measuring: 8 3/4" by 6 1/2".
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Collection of Four Swedish, Mid-20th Century Charcoal Studies
Located in Atlanta, GA
A collection of four European charcoal studies from the mid-20th century in matching wood frames. This set of vintage framed wall art feature c...
Category
European Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Gio Ponti Sketch "Disegni per Vasi Incrociatifor", Italy 1950
By Gio Ponti
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully whimsical concept drawing of a vase. Authentication papers from the Gio Ponti archives provided with drawing.
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Group of Three Works on Paper by Jose Luis Cuevas, framed
Located in Atlanta, GA
A suite of three ink drawing on paper with writings in Spanish by Mexican artist Jose Luis Cuevas, one of the leading modern artists to break away from the Muralists movement in Mexi...
Category
Mexican Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Modernist Don Shoemaker "El Cargador" 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 1951. Hand signed, numbered and titled on...
Category
Mid-20th Century Drawings
Charcoal Abstract of Geometric Forms on Paper
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal abstract of geometric forms on paper (1959 signed: MICHAEL LOEW).
Though the painter Michael Loew is today best known for his colorful and gestural Abstract Expression...
Category
American Post-Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
C.P. Initials, Portait of African Girl, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Girl,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
Category
Congolese Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Plastics, " Striking, Original Graphic Design for Midcentury Advertisement
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An early and important example of graphic design by a woman artist, this striking drawing for "Plastics" in ink and watercolor was executed by Elsie Pivcevich in Cleveland. The stylized Christmas ornaments depicted here suggest that the advertisement was for a manufacturer of holiday decorations...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Robert Freiman Drawing, 1956
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
An elegant, expressive, black ink drawing by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1956.
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 Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Ink, Paper
Stow Wengenroth Original Dry Brush Drawing, 1966, "The Little Owl"
By Stow Wengenroth
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) original dry brush drawing, 1966
This work is a preparatory drawing for his lithograph “The Little Owl”
Signed lower right, “Stow Wengenroth”
Image mea...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Mid-century Pop Art Red Still Life Drawing Sketch by Salvatore Grippi, 1960s Mod
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous red monochrome Pop Art still-life drawing on paper, in the midst of the artist’s untitled table series of which I have a few large canvases listed. Don't miss this treasure!
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Portait of African Male, Charcoal on Paper, Signed Banzyville, 1944
Located in Leuven , BE
C.P. Initials,Portait of African Male,Charcoal on Paper,Signed Banzyville 1944,Framed,Signed and Dated
Category
Congolese Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
1970 Italy Ugo Cara' Drawing on Paper Entitled The Car
Located in Brescia, IT
Ugo Carà was an Italian artist who presented his arworks for the first time at the Biennale in Venice in 1934.
His preferred artworks were drawings and sculp...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Standing Male Nude, " Preparatory Drawing by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This ethereal drawing by Dunbar Beck demonstrates his mastery of the human figure, with antecedents in Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. Beck was one of America's most accomp...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Pop Art Pol Mara Mix-Media on Paper, 1969
By Pol Mara
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Pop Art Pol Mara, mix-media on paper (pencil, aerograph, watercolor, pastel) framed.'
Dimension for drawing only: 107 x 72cm, the original presentation is head down (Photo n°2), but ...
Category
Belgian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Pablo Picasso Drawing 'Pours Mes Chers Fiancés, ' 1956
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A unique vintage Pablo Picasso (Spanish, 1881-1973) framed, signed and inscribed title page of L'Oeuvre Gravé de Picasso dedicated and presented to the engaged couple Sylvette David and Tobias Jellinek, who married later in 1956 with original pastel sketches of the couple below a signed dedication reading 'Pour mes chers fiances' dated to the upper left corner 20.4.56.
Provenance: Given by Pablo Picasso to Sylvette David and Tobias Jellinek on their engagement and who later married; thence sold to Eila Grahame.
Other notes: "In 1956 the art periodical, Verve, had an image of Sylvette on the cover and Sylvette and I were given a copy. We went to see Picasso that day and took the book with us, and asked Picasso if he would sign it for us. He went and found some colored crayons and wrote the dedication, adding the little sketch of us both.
The likeness of Sylvette shows how comfortable he was with producing her image, which he had previously worked with for several months. His drawing of me with my new beard is less of a
likeness!"
Tobias Jellinek, April 2017.
Pablo Picasso had been working on a portrait of Sylvette David, aged 19, as the girl with the ponytail before doing the present cartoon sketch.
"Sylvette" is the title of one of Picasso's numerous paintings featuring a young woman with a ponytail. The model for the painting, Lydia Sylvette David, also known later by her married name Lydia Corbett...
Category
European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Crayon, Paper
Original Graffiti from the 1970s on paper "Sculls & Bones" by Adolf Frankl
Located in Vienna, AT
Original drawing, felt-pen, signed, framed, 21 x 30 cm
Early Graffiti from the 1970s.
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Felt
Framed Drawing by Mexican Artist José Luis Cuevas
Located in Atlanta, GA
Ink on Paper fragment by José Luis Cuevas (Mexican, b.1934) laid on cream woven paper and framed. Inscribed "Yo Mutilado" and it is faintly signed and dated Oct 27 - 60 upper right. Silvan Sloane Gallery Los Angeles, CA label affixed verso with the titled "Auto Retrato" (Self Portrait). Sight is 14.5" x 9.5". With frame -18.5"by 24.5".
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...
Category
Mexican Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
Mid-century Still-Life Violet Tabletop Pop Art Drawing by Salvatore Grippi 1960
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Gorgeous still life drawing by New York Ab Ex artist Salvatore Grippi. Violet oil pencil on paper.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Board Italian Signed Carlo Musso Landscape Painting, 1950
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil painting on board depicting impressionist landscape signed at the bottom left Carlo Musso (1907-1968), without authentic. Framework fo...
Category
Italian Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Wood
Interior Bedroom Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing Spain, 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish neoclassical style bedroom indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, project for a home decoration. Cabinet maker archives stamp bottom...
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Spanish Neoclassical Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
Interior Bedroom Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing, Spain 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish classical bedroom indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, Project for a home decoration. Cabinet maker archives stamp at the bottom p...
Category
Spanish Neoclassical Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
Interior Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing, Spain, 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Colonial Indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, Project for a home decoration. Cabinet maker archives stamp top Lef: 'J. Anguera. Ca...
Category
Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage Mid-20th Century Drawings
Materials
Other
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