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Item Ships From: Continental US
Danseuse By Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
By Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
Located in New Orleans, LA
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse
1851-1932 French
Danseuse
Signed “Pierre Carrier-Belleuse” (lower right)
Pastel on canvas
Strikingly elegant, this extraordinary pastel by French impressi...
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19th Century Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
By Adolf Arthur Dehn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Getting Ready for the Revolution - Learning How to Ride in the Subway
Litho crayons on illustrator’s board, c. 1932
Signed: Adolf Dehn (VED) lower right corner (signed by Virginia Dehn, the artist’s widow)
Tilted along the upper edge of the recto in pencil by the artist
Verso inscriptions: “VF 3168.D” in a circle, also annotated in red pencil “32” in a circle and “699
Provenance:
Mary Ryan Gallery, exhibition entitled Adolf Dehn Lithographs, 1927-1940, Nov. 16 to Dec. 12, 1982. The original exhibition notice us affixed to the backing board of the frame
Note: A drawing intended or used in the publication Vanity Fair, for whom Dehn worked in the mid 1920’s to the 1930’s.
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere—not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic “little magazines” such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895-1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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1930s American Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Crayon
Untitled, Nude
By June Felter
Located in San Francisco, CA
Artist: June Felter (1919-2019)
Title: Untitled
Year: 1964
Medium: Watercolor
Sight size: 20 x 14.25 inches.
Framed size: 29.25 x 23 inches
Signature: Si...
Category
1960s Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Karen Schiff, Word Snake G, 2014, Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper, Pencil
By Karen Schiff
Located in Darien, CT
Karen Schiff is an artist and wordsmith based in New York; she has always been a reader as well as a visual artist. Her drawings, paintings, installations, and performances combine t...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper, Pencil
Sculpture Garden Landscape
By Les Anderson
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene figurative landscape of a sculpture garden full of plants and architectural elements by Les (Leslie Luverne) Anderson (American, 1928-2009). From the estate of Les Anderson in...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Persian Forest, dark patterns, birch trees female figure Arabic writing text
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These collages were created first in the presence of a live model, working quickly, in charcoal and pastel, and again, later, alone in the studio, furiously tearing and pasting image...
Category
2010s American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
"#70 – I AM TIRED", ink, pencil, gouache, collage, vintage, hemingway, poetry
By Amy Williams
Located in Toronto, Ontario
"#70 – I AM TIRED" is from Amy Williams' series "A Farewell to Arms" – wherein the artist works directly onto page 70 of a found copy of Ernest Hemingway'...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Found Objects, Ink, Gouache, Pencil
Sara Eichner, 16 Layers Blue, 2015, Ink, Rag Paper, Pen
By Sara Eichner
Located in Darien, CT
Sara Eichner wants to create a space where point of view can not be fixed. Optical games stand in for the struggle to comprehend the complexities of seeing. Using simple drawing tool...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Rag Paper, Pen
Linda Turner, Art Meditation 7, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
The Blue Street - Monochrome Rural Town Landscape in Colored Pencil on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
The Blue Street - Monochrome Rural Town Landscape in Colored Pencil on Paper
Delicate drawing of a rural street by Alle Wijtze "Charles" de Somer (Dutch, 1869-1919). One of the arti...
Category
1910s Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Color Pencil
"Desert Days", Southwestern Geometric Abstract
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright, monochromatic abstract in warm, glowing desert tones by Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019), 2000. The free flowing color field background is accented with areas of patterns evoking the Southwest. Signed "Marianne K. Brown" in the lower right and was acquired with a collection of Brown's work. Title "Desert Days" and date 2000 are written on verso. No frame.
Marianne K. Brown (American, 1928-2019) has taught watercolor and design for thirty years. Her work has been shown in many art magazines, including Watercolor Magic and The International Artist Magazine, and several books on watercolor painting. She was elected secretary of Orange County Art Association in 1964. Listed in the National Watercolor Society.
Author, Watercolor by Design
Member, East Bay Watercolor Society
1964 - 3rd Place, non-figurative exhibit of Orange County Art Association
1978 - Honorable Mention, Central California Art...
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
$1,080 Sale Price
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A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
By Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s American Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Oscillation
By Roy Ahlgren
Located in Fairlawn, OH
11 color screen print
Signed, dated, titled and numberedin pencil
Edition: 150 (9/150)
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
By Decent
Category
1980s Op Art Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Screen
Renaissance Male Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of ...
Category
1960s Renaissance Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$2,200 Sale Price
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"Basketball Diaries" Painted Ink Illustration of Neighborhood Basketball Hoop
By Sean 9 Lugo
Located in Philadelphia, PA
"Basketball Diaries" is an original piece by Sean 9 Lugo, known artistically for his murals and street art. The piece is made from acrylic and ink on mixed media panel and was debute...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
“Seashore Clouds”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed watercolor on Grumbacher watercolor board by the well known marine artist, Frederic Whitaker. Signed lower right. Circa 1955. Cond...
Category
1950s Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$975 Sale Price
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Au Bar
By Philippe Henri Noyer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
PHILIPPE NOYER
"AU BAR"
WATERCOLOR, SIGNED
FRANCE, C.1960S
25.5 X 19.5 INCHES
Philippe Henri Noyer
1917-1985
Philippe Henri Noyer was born on June 28, 1917 in Lyons, France. After a traditional education at the elite Ecole des Roches, Noyer enrolled in the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Lyon. Next he moved to Paris, where he worked in decorative arts and advertising. It was during this time, he discovered his talent for oil painting, officially starting his painting career in 1943.
That same year, Noyer met the famed Parisian art deal, Emmanuel David, who would promote his work and career. Noyer produced many portraits, for which he quickly gained an international reputation, but he also painted dream figures in rural or maritime settings, compositions that were classical in technique but surreal in concept. In 1947, Noyer held his first one-man show at the prestigious Drouant-David Gallery in Paris.
In 1949 the gallery consigned twenty of Noyer’s paintings to an American art dealer who had agreed to organize an exhibition of them in the United States. However the American dealer sold the paintings at cost, in order cover a gambling debt, to Robert Goldstein...
Category
1960s Art Deco Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$1,375 Sale Price
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'Seated Nude', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, SFAA, LACMA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and painted circa 1955.
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended the Los Angeles Art Center and t...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Gouache, Watercolor
'Early Queenstown', New Zealand Plein Air, Queen Elizabeth II Collection
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'D. Badcock' for Douglas Badcock (New Zealander, 1922-2009) and painted circa 1948.
Preferring to paint en plein-air, Douglas earned a reputation as one of New Ze...
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1940s Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
October 1, from Betty Parsons Gallery, India ink on paper, Signed Framed w/label
By Jack Youngerman
Located in New York, NY
Jack Youngerman
October 1, from Betty Parsons Gallery, 1964
India ink on paper, with original Betty Parsons Gallery label
Pencil signed and dated '64 on the front; also signed, title...
Category
1960s Abstract Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
India Ink
"one day into the next" abstract cityscape, geometric, trees, watercolor, marker
By Miriam Singer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "one day into the next" is an original artwork made from watercolor and marker on panel
by Miriam Singer. This piece measures 10"h x 8"w.
Miriam Singer grew up in...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Panel, Permanent Marker
“Abstract in Black and White”
By Lloyd Raymond Ney
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper by the American artist, Lloyd Raymond. Signed lower left by the artist and dated 1963. Condition is excellent. Presently unframed. Framing op...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,760 Sale Price
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WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures, Houses & Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative watercolor painting, titled The Way War First Comes (1940), was created by noted American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) during the Depression era. The pie...
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1940s American Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Woman with Blossoms, America Martin_Ink on Paper_Figurative/Portrait/Floral
By America Martin
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman with Blossoms"
Ink on Paper
33.75” x 31” Framed
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. America ...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$4,160 Sale Price
20% Off
June
Located in Columbia, MO
John Selburg was born and raised in Peoria, Illinois. He holds a BFA in Drawing, Sculpture, and Graphic Design from Bradley University (2006), and an MFA from the University of Misso...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Signed Figure Study by Antoniucci Volti
By Antoniucci Volti
Located in New York, NY
Antoniucci Volti (French, 1915-1989)
Untitled, 1969
Red chalk on paper
14 3/4 x 11 in.
Signed: Volti
Sculptor, painter, and printmaker Antoniucci Volti was born in Albano, Italy, in 1915. His family lived in there until 1920 when the family moved to France to stay. Volti studied at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs in Nice from 1928 to 1920. By 1932 the young artist had won a gold medal for two polychrome bas-reliefs before going to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean Boucher at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris at the age of only fifteen.
After serving in the Second World War, when he was interned as a prisoner of war in Bavaria, he returned in poor health to Paris, only to find his studio destroyed. From 1947 he showed work at various Paris Salons and, in 1954 and 1955 at the Brussels and Antwerp Biennales. In 1957 a retrospective of his work was organized at the Museum Rodin in Paris. He died in Paris in 1989
Works by Volti are in leading museums such as the Musee National d'Art Moderne, Paris. Antoniucci Volti is one of the most important Late Modern sculptors...
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1960s Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
'The Race for the Brass Ring', Carousel, Merry-Go-Round, Amusement Ride, Funfair
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Dygert' for Audrey Dygert (American, 1922-2010) with artist seal and painted circa 1985.
Born Audrey Harper of Albany, California, Audrey Dygert was a lifel...
Category
1980s Other Art Style Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board
$1,007 Sale Price
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View from the Charles River in Boston 1927
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
5125 Antique charcoal drawing of a landscape as viewed from the Charles River in Boston from 1827
Signed J.G.Berry
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1920s Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Carbon Pencil
Renaissance Female Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Female Nude Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate o...
Category
1960s Renaissance Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Orange Masque - Abstracted Portrait in Conte Crayon on Paper
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). A cubist-style portrait depicts an abstracted person wearing an orange mask over their eyes. This pie...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
Oxford cityscape #1
By Ken Messer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Oxford Cityscape #1" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 20 x 11.25 inches, framed is 26,85 x 17.75 inches. It is custom framed in his original wooden gold and green frame. Artwork and frame are in very good condition.
About the artist.
After attending City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at rugby and cricket, he started work as an accountant in the city.
He then moved on to become a steward for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In the 1960’s Mr Messer was involved in a car accident which would end his sporting career and change his working life.
When he left his job with BOAC he became a graphic designer at Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, which allowed him time to pursue his real passion which was painting watercolours.
He rose through the ranks at Pergamon to become studio manager and when he could progress no further he decided to become a full time artist, a role from which he never retired.
He quickly became well-known for his paintings of Oxford...
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Late 20th Century Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Iris - Botanical Study
By Deborah Eddy
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful watercolor, pen and ink floral study of a purple iris, with brilliant attention to detail and a signature delicate style, by California artist Deborah Eddy (American, b.194...
Category
1980s American Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Battlesea, the T-More Mare, Horse Painting by Helene Alison
By Helene Alison
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Helene Alison, American (XXth)
Title: Battlesea, The T-More Mare
Year: 1977
Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed l.l.
Size: 20 x 20 inches
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1970s American Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Sedona Dream
By Richard Royce
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Sedona Dream" 2004 is a pastel on paper by noted American artist Richard Benjamin Royce, born 1941. It is signed and dated at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 22.25 x 30 inches, framed is 27.25 x 33.75 inches. It is custom framed in silver aluminium frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, frame has scratches and will be replaced by a new one before shipping.
About the artist:
After getting his BA and MA in fine art at the University of Wisconsin, Richard Royce went to France to study with Stanley W. Hayter, On returning to the US he opened a studio where he produced etchings, cast paper, paintings and sculptural commissions of his own work while at the same time helping other artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Marisol, George Segal, Raphael Soyer, Francoise Gilot and Jim Rosenquist to realize works in various media.
Selected collections
Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France
State Historical Society of Wisconsin
Portland Art Museum, Oregon
Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, New York
International Paper Corporation, New York
Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia
Byer Museum of the Arts, Evanston, Illinois
Musee du Petite Format, Couvin, Belgique
Uyasuda Life Insurance Company, Japan
Selected solo exhibitions
1991 Prestige Gallery, Danvers, MA
1989 Watermark/Cargo Gallery.. Kingston, NY
1986 ARRAS Gallery, NYC, NY
1985 The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1982 Linden Gallery, New York, NY
1979 Contemporary Crafts Gallery, Portland, OR
Keller Gallery, Salem, OR
The Tremellen Gallery, Lancaster, PA
1970 Ventura College, Ventura, CO
University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
1969 Comsky Gallery, Boston, MA
Ohio University, OH
1968 Thompson Gallery, Boston, MA
The Galor Hagen Gallery, Dallas, TX
University of Southern California Gallery
Selected group exhibitions
2004 Living Space Gallery, Cornville, AZ
2001 Rodman Gallery, Stockbridge, MA
1997 Dalton Fine Art, Boston, MA
Boston Corporate Art, Boston, MA
Prestige Gallery, Atelier Royce Group Show, Danvers, MA
1996 Copley Society Gallery, Group Sculpture Show, Boston, MA
1995 Barbara’s Hang Up Gallery, Group Show, Beverly, MA
1991 Creative Framing Gallery, Boston, MA
1989 5e Exposition International "Petit Format de Papier" Cul-Des-Arts (Couvin), Belgique
1988 Premiere Triennale Mondiale D'Estampes Petit Format (Traveling show to museums throughout France)
1987 "Eight Upstate Sculptors", Woodstock Artist Assn., NY
1986 First International Biennial of Paper Art, Leopold-Hoesch Museum, Dueren, Germany
1985 '85 Mini-Exhibition, Isla Center, University of Guam, Micronesia
1984 Paperworks: A National Invitational, Chevey Cowles Memorial Museum, Spokane, WA
Paper, Canvas & Glass, Gallery Mack, Seattle, WA
Atelier Royce Group Show, Eclipse Gallery, New York
Contemporary Paperworks, Hurlbutt Gallery, Greenwich, CT
1983 Paper As Images - Traveling exhibition: Six galleries throughout England
1982 Papermaking USA, American Crafts Museum, New York
Atelier Royce Group Show, State University, Purchase, NY
New American Graphics 2, Art Museum Association of San Francisco Traveling...
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Late 20th Century Abstract Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
“Untitled Abstract”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a original and vibrant watercolor on archival paper by the California artist, Edward Darrell Crisp. Signed in pencil D. Crisp in lower right margin and dated Oct 6, 1967 in pencil in lower left margin. Condition is excellent. The artwork is framed in a one and a half inch narrow matte black frame with off white matte. Overall framed measurements are 12 by 10 inches. Provenance: Estate of the artist.
Edward Darrell Crisp was a California painter...
Category
1960s Post-Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$760 Sale Price
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Les fleurs du mal by Erté
By Erte - Romain de Tirtoff
Located in New Orleans, LA
Erté (Romain de Tirtoff)
1892-1990 Russian-French
Fleurs du Mal(The Flowers of Evil)
Signed "Erté" (lower right)
Inscribed 114.6 (en verso)
Gouache on paper
Captivating and vibrant, this colorful gouache entitledFleurs du Mal showcases Erté's masterful creativity and keen eye. Inspired by Les Fleurs du mal, the famed volume of poems by French writer Charles Baudelaire, this ensemble marries light purple and green floral motifs with the suggestive form of red lips poised for a smooch. This daring yet feminine appearance encapsulates the Art Deco allure for which the artist's creations are cherished. The sophisticated arrangement emanates the fundamental richness and theatricality that can only be accomplished by Erté, often hailed as the "Father of Art Deco."
First published in 1857, Baudelaire's Les Fleurs du mal was controversial for its suggestive content and themes of decadence and eroticism. The volume provided a wealth of inspiration for Erté and he drew from several themes to create original fashion sketches...
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20th Century Art Deco Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Bend in the RIver, Black and White
Located in Greenwich, CT
Nothing short of amazing, this is an exceptional DRAWING by an artist that is appreciated for her skill and abilities and pictorial beauty. Her meticulous style of working with charcoal in this case and ink but often with pencil, has garnered her many collectors of her work. She often works in series and this is from 2014. It is under plexiStriking for anSarah Gillespie...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Archival Paper
Cat, Dog, Bird, Monkey, Owl, Lady Bug Portrait - Alert Animals Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
British-American painter and Female Illustrator artfully renders six different animals closely grouped on one page. They are seen as individuals, but silhouetted, not relating to one...
Category
1950s American Modern Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Archival Paper
Ballet Espagnol, Pilar Lopez
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Ballet Espagnol Pilar Lopez" c.1955 referring to the famous Spanish Flamenco dancer, Pilar Lopez, 1912-2008 is a pastel and crayon on paper by noted French artis...
Category
Mid-20th Century Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
UNTITLED DRAWING
By William Gropper
Located in Portland, ME
Gropper, William (American, 1897-1977). UNTITLED DRAWING. Blue chalk
on fibrous handmade paper. Signed lower right, and inscribed at left
to Irwin and Sarah Lefcourt. 26 1/2 x 20 1/...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing
By Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (German, 1933-2019)
Additional Information: Fashion design sketch by Karl Lagerfeld from the Tiziani Archives. ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Edge of the Lake Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Gorgeous landscape of the edge of a lake with mountains in the background by a California watercolor artist.. Signed in pencil in the lowe...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Undersea Whale Life Mag Published 1953 Illustration Ocean Sea
Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994)
Underwater Whale
Life Illustration published, c. November 7, 1953
1...
Category
1950s American Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
Big Cloud, Line Drawing Landscape
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
Bold landscape line drawing with big clouds over a desert landscape by listed Maine artist Laurence Sisson (American, 1928-2015). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son (intialed D.S.) Presented in a new black mat with foam-core backing. Image size: 6.5"H x 12.5"W.
Laurence Sisson, was a student of Herbert Barnett (1910-1972), he was one of America's preeminent realist painters today. His work may be found in the permanent collections of museums nationwide including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Portland Museum of Art, Maine.
Laurence Sisson painted landscapes for sixty years. He was known for his paintings of the Maine coast...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Toiler's House Drawing
By George Demont Otis
Located in Soquel, CA
Significant 1940s work titled "Toiler's House" by George Demont Otis (American, 1879-1962). Titled "Toiler's House on the bottom left and signed "George Demont Otis" on the bottom right. Presented in a black wood frame. Image size, 12"H x 18"W.
Otis was born in Memphis, Tennessee where he was orphaned at age six and was raised by his grandmother in Chicago...
Category
1940s American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pencil
Street in Oxford
By Ken Messer
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Street in Oxford" 1972 is a watercolor by noted architectural British artist, Ken Messer 1931-2017. It is signed and dated at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 14,60 x 10.15 inches, framed size is 21.65 x 15.65 inches. It is custom framed in his original wooden gold and green frame. Artwork and frame are in very good condition.
About the artist.
After attending City of Oxford High School for Boys, where he excelled at rugby and cricket, he started work as an accountant in the city.
He then moved on to become a steward for the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC). In the 1960’s Mr Messer was involved in a car accident which would end his sporting career and change his working life.
When he left his job with BOAC he became a graphic designer at Pergamon Press, owned by Robert Maxwell, which allowed him time to pursue his real passion which was painting watercolours.
He rose through the ranks at Pergamon to become studio manager and when he could progress no further he decided to become a full time artist, a role from which he never retired.
He quickly became well-known for his paintings of Oxford...
Category
Late 20th Century Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Hachiya Persimmons & Fan, Modern Still Life with Red-Orange and Blue
Located in Soquel, CA
Hachiya Persimmons & Fan, Modern Still Life with Red-Orange and Blue
Lovely modern still-life of a fan and persimmons by Santa Cruz, California artist Anita Heckman (American, b.20th Century). This 1987 mixed media work on paper depicts three vivid Hachiya persimmons on a windowsill beside an elegant paper fan with a tassel. A decorative window drape...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Color Pencil, Paper, Oil Pastel
Blonde Young Man in Black Shirt / Head Study No. 54
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Blonde Young Man in Black Shirt' - Head Study No. 54 , drawing featuring of a young man - a musician. The work is created with mixed media on paper, including Stabilo pencil, gouach...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Color Pencil
Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise
Located in New York, NY
Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise
Ann Miller in Stephen Sondheim's "Follies." The 1998 production, played at the Papermill Playhouse. Affixed to the back of the drawing is a brochure promoting the show. Mixed media on paper. Signed lower left. Inscribed lower right: "Ann Miller at 75 'I'm Still Here' in Stephen Sondheim's 'Follies' 1998." Framed. 17 x 12 in. (sight). 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (frame)
'Tops in Taps' Ann Miller was still going strong at 75 years old when she made her last appearance in the musical, "Follies." She was one of M.G.M's most prolific dancers and considered by many to be the greatest female tap dancer of all time.
Hilary, a friend of many years, is still going strong at 96. We saw this production at the Papermill Playhouse. Years ago, I was a press agent working in Henry Luhrman's office where we represented "Sugar Babies" with Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney.
Bio
Hilary Knight (born November 1, 1926) is an American writer-artist who is the illustrator of more than 50 books and the author of nine books. He is best known as the illustrator of Kay Thompson's Eloise (1955) and others in the Eloise series.
Knight has illustrated for a wide variety of clients, creating artwork for magazines, children's fashion advertisements, greeting cards, record albums and posters for Broadway musicals, including Gypsy, Irene, Half A Sixpence, Hallelujah Baby! and No, No Nanette.
The son of artist-writers Clayton Knight...
Category
1990s Performance Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Untitled: Women in Bath
Located in New York, NY
Unknown/Unidentified Artist, "Untitled: Women In Bath", Signed Figurative/ Nude Watercolor, Charcoal (Mixed Media) Painting on Paper, 14 x 17, Late 20th Century, 1967
Colors: Black,...
Category
Late 20th Century Academic Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Mixed Media, Watercolor
Untitled (Female Nude)
Located in New York, NY
This drawing by James Childs is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
Category
20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Charcoal
Midday Rest (Watercolor)
By Itzchak Tarkay
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front by Tarkay. Sheet size 14 x 10.5 inches. Frame size approx 20 x 16 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. From the private coll...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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Linda Turner, Art Meditation 12, Collage, Pattern and Decoration, Automatism
Located in Darien, CT
Linda Turner, raised both in NYC and Northern Virginia, resides in Brooklyn, NY. She achieved a BFA in Surface Design/Textile Design from the Fashion Inst...
Category
2010s Abstract Geometric Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Archival Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Mid Century Santa Cruz, California Figurative Vintage Boardwalk Scene, 1944
Located in Soquel, CA
A lively and detailed mid-1940's vintage boardwalk scene of Santa Cruz, California by California artist Cassard (20th Century), 1944. This figurative...
Category
1940s Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Untitled
By John Button
Located in New York, NY
Graphite on paper
Dated in pencil, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
John Button (1929-1982) was a fine draftsman and drew from life models throug...
Category
1970s Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
'Napoleonic Guard at the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor', Moscow, French Militaria
By Charles Hoffbauer
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower left, 'C.H.' for Charles Constantine Hoffbauer (French, 1875-1957) and painted circa 1900.
Accompanied by the original artist-signed mat, original backing with inscription and newspaper clipping from Los Angeles Times' review of Hoffbauer's 1949 Legion of Honor Exhibition.
Mat dimensions: 12.75 x 13.5 Inches
An exceptionally fine and detailed, cabinet-sized gouache showing members of the Napoleonic guard relaxing in the courtyard of the Cathedral of Uspensky Sobor during France's brief occupation of Moscow during the fall of 1812.
Born in Paris in 1875, Charles Hoffbauer studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts under Fernand Cormon and Gustave Moreau and, during his studies, became acquainted with Matisse, Rouault, and Marquet. He was the recipient of numerous prizes, medals and juried awards including an Honorable Mention in the Salon of 1896, and prizes at the Salons of 1898 and 1899. He was awarded a bronze medal at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1900 and, in the same year, a French government scholarship, the Prix National du Salon, that allowed him to travel and study in Italy, Greece and Egypt. In 1902, he won the Prix Rosa Bonheur. At the Salon of 1904, the French government purchased 'Champs de Bataille' for the Musée du Luxembourg and Hoffbauer was elected a member of the Legion of Honor.
Hoffbauer served in the French Army as an official war artist during the first world war, winning the Croix de Guerre and acting as liaison officer to the American camouflage section. On the recommendation of the mural painter, James Wall Finn, Hoffbauer received the 1935 commission to paint the murals for Battle Abbey, the Confederate memorial in Richmond, Virginia. He revisited America to accept a commission for the mural in the Missouri State Capitol, and was appointed to membership of the jury of the 1937 International Exposition. Two years later, he became an American citizen and settled in Rockport, Massachusetts. Charles Hoffbauer's work may be found in the permanent collections of numerous national museums including the Museum of Modern Art in Paris.
Reference:
Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1585; Thieme-Becker Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zu Gengenwart, Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 17/18, p. 246; E. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Jacques Busse, 1999 Nouvelle Édition, Gründ 1911, Vol. 7, p. 105; Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers of the U.S.: Colonial to 2002, Bob Creps, Dealer’s Choice Books, Inc. 2002, Vol. 1, p. 643; Steen, James T. "The Story of a Painting," Carnegie Magazine 31/32 (February 1957): 57-59; Charles Hoffbauer (1875-1957). Drawings, Temperas & Oil Paintings. Exh. cat. Somerville, MA: Gropper Art Gallery, 1977; Glueck, Grace. New York: The Painted City. Salt Lake City: Peregrine Smith Books...
Category
1940s Realist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
John Chetcuti "Fishermen" Original Watercolor c.1950
By John Chetcuti
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Chetcuti "Fishermen" Original Watercolor c.1950
Watercolor dimensions 11" wide x 7" high
The frame measures 18.25" wide x 14.5" high
Signed in the lower right corner
Good vi...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Winter Night in Canmore, black and white charcoal drawing of trees and sky
Located in New York, NY
Charcoal on paper drawing by Toronto-based artist Katherine Curci. Framed.
Katherine Curci began this series of charcoal drawings, premiered in This L...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
LeRoy Neiman 'Femling - Happy New Year 1982' Original ink & watercolor
By LeRoy Neiman
Located in Pembroke Pines, FL
Artist: Leroy Neiman (1921 - 2012)
Title: Femling - Happy New Years
Type: Original
Material: Ink & Paper
Year Produced: 1982
Medium: ink on paper
Size: 10.5" x 8.5"
Framed approx.: 2...
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
"Animal Illustrations" Allan Rohan Crite, 2 Ink Drawings African American Artist
Located in New York, NY
Allan Rohan Crite
Animal Illustrations
Signed lower left
Pen and ink on paper
23 1/2 x 16 inches
Brought up in Boston, Crite received his art training al the School of the Museum of Fine Arts and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree at the Harvard University Extension School in 1968. He worked for most of his life as an illustrator in the Planning Department of the Boston Naval Shipyards, retiring in 1976, but continued to paint at the same time. His work has been widely exhibited and well received in Boston, where a square is named after him. Crite's early paintings depict the daily life of Boston's African-American community, a community that was to be transformed in the following decade by urban renewal and housing projects.
In his later paintings, magic-realist visions in which a black Virgin and Child ride on public transportation or float above the city streets, Crite used a bright palette rather than the more somber tones of his "neighborhood paintings...
Category
1930s Surrealist Continental US - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
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