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Item Ships From: Continental US
"The Secretary" Minimalist Portrait in Ink on Paper by Geraldine Heib
Located in Soquel, CA
"The Secretary" Minimalist Illustrative Portrait in Ink on Paper
This charming portrait by Jerry O'Day (American, 1912), depicts a tight-lipped woman with stern eyebrows in a fun and simplistic style. Her lips pop in red and the fine line detail of her hair gives texture and movement to the piece. Her rounded figure is created using basic shapes cleverly placed, dressed in a turtleneck with dangling earrings. She is looking sideways, drawing the viewer's eyes in that direction.
Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Presented in a new blue mat.
Mat size: 32"H x 26"W
Paper size: 28.5"H x 22.5"W
Image size: 15.5"H x 11.5"W
Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, California, on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. O'Day wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time, the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito, where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986.
Post War California artist, Jerry O'Day studied at the Cornish School of Fine Arts in Seattle; studied with Beniamino Bufano for two years. She lived in the artist's colony at the Cod fishery with artist David Lemon on Belvedere Island in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1942 - 1963.
Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo, 1955; Marin Art Gallery, Sausalito, 1956; Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1962; East & West Gallery, Fillmore Street, San Francisco; Landmarks Gallery, Marin County, 1991.
Selected Group Exhibitions: 65th Annual Painting and Sculpture Exhibition of the San Francisco Art Association at the San Francisco Museum of Art, 1945; Fourth Winter Invitational, California Palace of The Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 1963.
Source:
David J Carlson...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
'Portrait of a Woman', Myanmar Neck Ring, Mill Valley, Mystic Seaport Museum
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'J. Norall' for John Norall (American, 1920-2024) and painted circa 1993.
Exhibited: Mill Valley Library Gallery, 1993
Born in North Platte, John Norall studied ...
Category
1990s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Hey Cowboy
By Olivia Gibb
Located in Kansas City, MO
Title : Hey Cowboy
Materials : Stamp,xerox transfer,ink
Date : 2015
Dimensions : 16.5×23.5
COA provided
Art school took Olivia Gibb away from Oklahoma and up to Kansas City, which s...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Pencil
Revolutions, dynamic surreal purple drawing on paper of pretty girl dancing
By Patsy McArthur
Located in Dallas, TX
"Revolutions" is a dynamic and unique ink and pastel drawing on paper by Patsy McArthur showing a fashionable female figure dancing. The energy and movement makes it fun and whimsica...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Archival Paper, Ink
"Math of a Real World", contemporary, portrait, man, charcoal, drawing
Located in Natick, MA
“Math of a Real World” by artist Mary Spencer is a 23 x 17.5 inch contemporary portrait of a man drawn in charcoal on rag paper. The drawing is matted and framed in a 34 x 28 x 1 inc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Rag Paper
Portrait of a Woman with Glasses - Drawing in Pen on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Woman with Glasses - Drawing in Pen on Paper
Stylized drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). The sitter for this portrait is wearing horn-rimmed glasses, and...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Woodpecker, realist animal portrait, watercolor and gouache
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky is a contemporary realist miniaturist painter and curator known for her detailed drawings of architecture, trees, and wildlife. Her miniatures carry with them the tradit...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Mars, 1966 Mixed Media by Irene Rice Pereira
By Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mars
Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971)
Creation Date: 1966
Acrylic and pastel on rice paper, signed, dated, and titled in pastel
Size: 39 x 24.75 in. (99.06 x 62.87 cm)
Category
1960s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Acrylic
Erté, "Phi-Phi, les Modeles de Phidias, " unique gouache, hand signed
By Erté
Located in Chatsworth, CA
This piece is a unique gouache on paper by Erté, also known as Romain de Tirtoff. This piece was created in 1940 as a costume design for a cabaret show entitled Phi-Phi. It is from t...
Category
1940s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Mercurius Bringing Day, 1940 Pastel by Irene Rice Pereira
By Irene Rice Pereira
Located in Long Island City, NY
Mercurius Bringing Day
Irene Rice Pereira, American (1902-1971)
1940
Pastel on rice paper, signed, titled and dated in pastel
38.5 x 24.5 in. (97.79 x 62.23 cm)
Category
1940s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Native American Man - I, Contemporary Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Native American Man - I, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Wearing h...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
'Woman Seated', Paris, Louvre, Salon d'Automne, Académie Chaumière, LACMA, SFAA
By Victor Di Gesu
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Stamped, verso, with estate stamp and estate wax seal for Victor Di Gesu (American, 1914-1988) and created circa 1955
Winner of the Prix Othon Friesz, Victor di Gesu first attended ...
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Board, Paper, Ink, Pen
Vilela Valentin Vintage Fantasy Dreamscape in Color Pencil c.1986
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vintage Fantasy Dreamscape in Color Pencil by Vilela Valentin c.1986
This is a remarkable original illustration done in color pencil by a very talente...
Category
Late 20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Color Pencil
"Dr. Moore Roy Glapion Funeral" - Framed Contemporary New Orleans Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A splendid depiction of a New Orleans jazz funeral (sorry for the reflection on the glass). Typically a crowd of mourners will follow the band, walking and swaying slowly at first to...
Category
Early 2000s Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Before The Show" by Devie
By Devie Elzafon
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Acrylic, Handmade Paper
Man In The Moon Drawing by O. Casio
Located in New York, NY
O. Casio
Untitled (Moon Man), c. 20th Century
Mixed media on paper
Sight: 10 x 13 1/4 in.
Framed: 16 x 20 in.
Signed lower right: O. Casio
Category
20th Century American Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Portrait Nude Female Figure on Paper, Woman in Beige and Red by America Martin
By America Martin
Located in 326 N Coast Hwy. | Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin
"Woman in Beige & Red"
Ink on Handmade Paper
30” x 22.5”
AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in Los Angeles. Americ...
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Artist's Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Artist's Self-Portrait in Pastel on Paper
Bright yellow and ochre make up this self-portrait in chalk pastels by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century).
Unsigned, but acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Mat size: 30"H x 24"W
Paper size: 24"H x 18"W
Presented in a new soft peachy cream mat with foam core backing.
Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century) is a San Francisco...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Artist's Board
By Honora Berg
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of a Man with White Hair and Mustache in Pastel on Cardstock
Portrait of a man by Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985). The man is looking directly at the viewer, with a neutral expression. He has white hair and a mustache, and is wearing a brown suit with a red tie.
Signed "Honora Berg" in the bottom right corner.
Stamp from Miller Fine Art on verso
Acquired with a collection of the artist's work.
Initialed and numbered "HB 117" on verso
Unframed.
Board size: 20"H x 15"W
Honora Berg (American, 1897-1985) was an Abstract Expressionist and Bay Area Figurative School artist who studied at the San Francisco Art Institute with David Park, Elmer Bischoff and James Budd Dixon. Berg's friend Edith Truesdell — David Park's aunt — suggested a move to California in 1951 to study under Park. She exhibited at the 25th Annual Drawing, Print and Sculpture Exhibition at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, 1961.
Provenance, Estate of Honora Berg - David Carlson Gallery, Larry Miller...
Category
1950s American Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Cardboard, Oil Pastel
1894 Zephyr Pencil Drawing by Mystery French Artist
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1894
Graphite on paper
Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in.
Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in.
Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left
Category
1890s French School Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Paper
'Out of Hokkaido', Carmel Art Association Exhibit, Japanese portrait, Kimono
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled lower left, 'Mitsuko ''Okaido Born''' and dated August 1976.
Exhibited:
Carmel Art Associati...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite
Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Man with Telephone - Surrealist Black and White Portrait in Ink on Paper
Surrealist composition by an unknown artist (20th Century). A man dressed in a su...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Surrealist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen, Pencil
Torture Scene II, Folk Art Gouache on paper by Unknown Artist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Torture Scene II, Medium: Gouache on thin laid paper, Image Size: 3.25 x 5 inches, Size: 6 x 8.75 in. (15.24 x 22.23 cm)
Category
1960s Folk Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Afternoon Rest (Watercolor)
By Itzchak Tarkay
Located in Aventura, FL
Original watercolor on paper. Hand signed on front by Tarkay. Sheet size 12 x 9 inches. Frame size approx 18 x 15 inches.
Artwork is in excellent condition. Certificate of Authenticity included. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: Itzchak Tarkay (Israeli, 1935–2012) was a painter known for his Post-Impressionist portraits done in watercolor and acrylic. Influenced by the work of both Henri Matisse and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Tarkay’s expressive, use of color lent a dream-like quality to his serigraphs, prints, and paintings. Born in 1935 in Subotica, Serbia, Tarkay and family settled in Israel after Allied forces freed them from a Nazi concentration camp during World War II. The artist went on to study at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem and later the Avni Institute of Art and Design in Tel Aviv. Later in life, Tarkay mentored younger Israeli artists, including Yaacov Agam and Yuval Wolfson...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
"Billie Holiday and her dog Mister" Blues 1972 original
By David Edward Byrd
Located in Southampton, NY
This drawing of Billie Holiday with her beloved dog Mister is an original concept drawing created 53 years ago in 1972 by the legendary Rock and Roll and Broadway art...
Category
1970s Art Deco Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Pencil
Antique American Portrait Maiden Original Gold Frame Pastel Painting Marlatt
Located in Buffalo, NY
An original pastel painting oof a young maiden by listed American artist Hamilton Irving Marlatt. This beautiful painting comes housed in its original...
Category
1890s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Nude Portrait of a Woman with Curly Hair - Drawing in Pen on Paper Signed "Ting"
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Portrait of a Woman with Curly Hair - Drawing in Pen on Paper
Stylized drawing by unknown artist "Ting" (20th Century). The sitter for this portrait has full, curly hair that i...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pen
Two Double Bass Players, Folk Art Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Two Double Bass Players, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Ira...
Category
1980s Folk Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Double Bass Player - II, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Double Bass Player - II, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Although hi...
Category
1980s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Merman, mosaic-like male nude figure, collage golden blue tones
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Paper paint charcoal collage
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, furio...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Fabric, Charcoal, Archival Paper, Magazine Paper
Sun & Solitude, yellow and black work on paper, woman sunbathing, stripes
By Charles Buckley
Located in New York, NY
Acrylic ink on paper.
Paper size: 8.75" x 13.5"
Frame size: 16.5" x 21.25"
Charles Buckley lives and works in Brooklyn, NY. His current work, entitled “Striation Series,” demonstrat...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Naturalistic Monochromatic Figurative Drawing of a Mustached Calvary Officer
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic monochromatic figurative portrait by an unknown artist. The drawing features a pencil portrait of a calvary officer wearing a hat with a "2F" logo. Framed in a reddish-b...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Peacock, contemporary realist gouache on paper miniature animal portrait
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky's realist animal miniature, Peacock, is an updated, humorous take on Renaissance portraiture. The peacock's gleaming jade, aqua, and royal blue plumage sweeps around him...
Category
2010s American Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
"Model With Bird" Ink On Paper 2010 Framed
Located in Carmel, CA
Inspired by the theatre world, Devie had retained her own unique drawing strokes. Her works reflect an approachable other-worldliness. She paints a story to be told and answered.
Th...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Handmade Paper
Four Horse Head Studies
By William Henry Dethlef Koerner
Located in Missouri, MO
Four Horse Head Studies
William Henry Dethlef Koerner (German, American, 1878-1938)
Pencil on Paper
Signed Lower Left
9 x 7 inches
16 x 14 inches with frame
William Henry Dethlef Ko...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
My Husbands Former Girl Friends - First Black Illustrator/ Black Cartoonist
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
Cuties Cartoon Strip - E. Simms Campbell
My Husband Former Girl Friends - First Black Illustrator/ Cartoonist,
Category
1940s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Bird on a Basket, Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - )
Title: Bird on a Basket (P6.25)
Year: 1957
Medium: Watercolor on Paper
Size: 22.5 x 29.5 in. (57.15 x 74.93 cm)
Category
1940s Expressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Grandmother with Her Necklace - Portrait in Pastel on Paper
By Michael William Eggleston
Located in Soquel, CA
Brightly colored portrait by Michael William Eggleston (American, 20th Century). A woman with a large green hairdo is depicted against a purple and red background. She is wearing a l...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Fauvist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
'Sheila', Pacific Grove Art Association Exhibit, Woman Artist, LACMA, PAFA, SFMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
By Virginia Conroy Dedini (American, 1922-2006). Titled on exhibition label, 'Sheila' and created circa 1965.
Exhibited:
Pacific Grove Museum of Natu...
Category
1960s Post-Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Graphite, Mica
Scholar, Etching, Bezalel School, Palestine
By Meir Gur-Arie
Located in Surfside, FL
Meir Gur Arieh (1891-1951) studied in Bezalel from 1909-1911. He was a teacher of painting and ivory carving from 1911-1929. In 1923 he established, with Raban, the "Studio for Ind...
Category
20th Century Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Hasidic Men Reading, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Hasidic Men Reading, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Gathered toge...
Category
1980s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Mother and Child - II, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Mother and Child - II, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Sitti...
Category
1980s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Torture Scene, Folk Art Gouache by Unknown Artist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Torture Scene, Medium: Gouache on thin laid paper, Image Size: 4.5 x 4.5 inches, Size: 7 x 9.75 in. (17.78 x 24.77 cm)
Category
1960s Folk Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Portrait of a Gentleman and his Two Dogs, 1853 British, Birdseye Maple Frame
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Unknown, British
Signed: A. Stuart (Lower, Left)
" Portrait of a Gentleman and his Two Dogs ", 1853
Watercolor, Gouache, and Pastel on Paper
8 1/2" x 6 3/4"
Housed in a 1 1/2" B...
Category
Mid-19th Century Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
Nude Woman with Bed Sheet, Modern Pastel on Laid paper by Arnold Hoffmann, Sr.
By Arnold Hoffmann
Located in Long Island City, NY
Arnold Hoffmann, Sr., Russian (1886 - 1966) - Nude Woman with Bed Sheet, Year: 1950, Medium: Pastel on Laid paper, signed and dated in pencil lower right, Image Size: 15.5 x 11 inch...
Category
1950s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
Scorn, charcoal on paper, portrait of a male in profile
By David Becker
Located in Chicago, IL
David Becker
Scorn
charcoal on paper
40h x 30w in
101.60h x 76.20w cm
DB0011
David Becker b. 1937
David H. Becker, painter, printmaker and educator, was born on August 16, 1937 in M...
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
Native American Woman Weaving, Contemporary Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Native American Woman Weaving, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Sit...
Category
1980s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Merchant Selling Birds, Folk Art Gouache on paper by Unknown Artist
Located in Long Island City, NY
Unknown Artist - Merchant Selling Birds, Medium: Gouache on thin laid paper, Image Size: 3.5 x 2 inches, Size: 4 x 2.5 in. (10.16 x 6.35 cm)
Category
1960s Folk Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Crested Bird, contemporary realist gouache on paper miniature animal portrait
By Dina Brodsky
Located in New York, NY
Dina Brodsky's realist animal miniature, Crested Bird, is a rich melange of hues and textures. The bird's plumage is a blaze of brick red and burnt orange. His tail and crest are pun...
Category
2010s American Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Chinese Company/Export School Fisherman Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Mystery Artist
Untitled (Chinese Company/Export School Portrait), c. 1900
Watercolor on paper
Sight: 19 x 9 1/4 in.
Framed: 22 5/8 x 12 1/4 x 3/4 in.
Portraits such as this were cre...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Nude - II, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Nude - II, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Leaning forward against...
Category
1980s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Three Women, Modern Ink and Pastel on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Three Women, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink and Pastel on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Posing alo...
Category
1980s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pastel
Fiddlers - I, Modern Ink on Paper by Ira Moskowitz
By Ira Moskowitz
Located in Long Island City, NY
Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Fiddlers - I, Year: circa 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Ira Moskowitz'...
Category
1980s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Untitled (Study of a Lawyer)
By Honoré Daumier
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Unsigned
Provenance:
FAR Gallery, New York, NY
Private Collection, New Jersey
Reference and Notes:
Daumier was a prolific draftsman. This drawing of a lawyer was once part of a...
Category
Mid-19th Century Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
Bremen #2 - Black and white figurative drawing on paper
By Andy Mister
Located in East Quogue, NY
Photorealistic black and white drawing of rock concert goers - Graphite on paper by Andy Mister. Offered framed.
The work of Andy Mister explores the boundary between mechanical and manual reproduction. Working with images appropriated from vintage photographs and deftly mimicking the Xerox aesthetic of punk zines and album covers, removing their specific historical context. Mister’s drawings question how meaning is created or lost through the act of “copying.” Mister says of the arrangement of his images, “It's something like my bedroom as a teenager, filled with images clipped from magazines: bands or writers that I admired interspersed with random images I found aesthetically interesting. I am interested in the relationship between images and connections that the viewer creates when encountering them, connections that I cannot control.”
Andy Mister received a BA in English Literature and Philosophy from Loyola University of New Orleans, and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana. His artwork has been exhibited at Hirschl & Adler Modern, Turn Gallery, Joshua Liner Gallery, Morgan Lehman Gallery...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
The Sunbonnet Babies - Modernist Female Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Bertha Corbett Melcher's The Sunbonnet Babies, with their flat, minimalist, semi-abstract, and symbolic style, are an early example of American Modernism/Surrealism by a lesser-known female artist/illustrator. The present work demonstrates a delicate balance between abstraction and representation and between the commonplace and the mysterious. Her signature use of a hat or sunbonnet to hide the identity of her subjects is a big conceptual and visual idea that has been overlooked in the fine art canon. The exact meaning of this is unknown, but 120 years after they were done, it resonates as somewhat surrealistic. Her work is a contradiction. She shows innocent children engaging in everyday activity but are depicted in vail of mystery. Why does she not show the faces of her subjects?
Watercolor on paper (each)
Six drawings in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each)
One signed; two initialed; three not signed.
Six drawing in all on one board. 6-1/8 x 5 inches (15.6 x 12.7 cm) (each)
One signed; two initialed; three not signed
The Sunbonnet Babies characters were created by illustration Bertha L. Corbett when she was challenged to create a faceless character who nonetheless was engaging and appealing. The characters were a wild hit and appeared in books, comics, and popular collectibles. They also became a popular motif in quilting. Few of Corbett's original drawings for the babies are known to survive, making this a rare offering.
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Sunbonnet Babies are characters created by commercial artist Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950). Sunbonnet Babies featured two girls in pastel colored dresses with their faces covered by sunbonnets. Sunbonnet Babies appeared in books, illustrations and advertisements between the years of 1900 and 1930. Sunbonnet Babies were later used as a popular quilting pattern also known as Sunbonnet Sue.[1] Melcher created a male version of the Sunbonnet Babies, named the 'Overall Boys' in 1905.[2][3]
History
Bertha L. Corbett Melcher
Sunbonnet Babies were created by Bertha Corbett Melcher (1872–1950).[4] Melcher was born in Denver and moved with her family to Minneapolis in the 1880s. Melcher attended art school in Minneapolis with plans to become a commercial artist.[5] She may have also studied with Howard Pyle.[6] By the 1920s, Melcher had moved to Topanga, California.[7][4]
Melcher started drawing the Sunbonnet Babies in 1897. The origin of the signature style of the faces being covered by sunbonnets is contested by different members of Melcher's family and by Melcher herself. In an interview, Melcher's brother said their mother suggested Bertha avoid the difficulty of drawing faces by covering them with sunbonnets.[4] Melcher herself said that covering faces allowed her to communicate with body position.[4] Melcher has also said that the design came about in "answer to a friend’s challenge to convey emotion without a face."[2]
Melcher published her first book, The Sun-Bonnet Babies in 1900.[3] Later, she shopped her illustrations to publisher Rand McNally of Chicago, and nine subsequent books were written by Eulalie Osgood Grover and illustrated by Bertha Corbett. In 1905, Melcher wrote The Overall Boys.[3] Many of these books were used as primers and used widely in primary schools in the midwest.
Melcher used the sunbonnet babies in advertising and later established the Sunbonnet Babies Company. She started a studio to illustrate and create merchandise of the Sunbonnet Babies.[2] The characters also appeared in a comic strip.[2]
Quilting
Melcher herself did not originate the use of the sunbonnet babies as quilting pattern. The Sunbonnet Babies quilting pattern appeared in textile art 1910's in the Ladies Home Journal 1911–1912 in a quilt stitched by Marie Webster. The pattern was popular during the Great Depression. In the American South, it was often known as "Dutch Doll" until the 1970s.[3] There was also a quilt pattern based on the "Overall Boys," known by the various names including “Overall Bill, “Overall Andy,” “Sunbonnet Sam,” “Suspender Sam,” “Fisherman Jim."[3] Many patterns for quilts and sewing were designed by Ruby Short McKim and published in nationally syndicated newspapers.[8]
Sunbonnet Sue became symbolic of 'female innocence and docility'.[9] Linda Pershing collected accounts from women quilters who depicted 'Sues' doing activities such as smoking, wearing more revealing clothing, and subverting feminine stereotypes.[10] In 1979, the “Seamsters Union Local #500," a group of quilters from Lawrence, Kansas, created “The Sun Sets on Sunbonnet Sue," a quilt depicting the character murdered in a variety of ways.[3]
Collectibles
Sunbonnet Babies merchandise includes school books, valentines cards, postcards, china, and quilts.[2][5][11]
Sunbonnet Babies were adapted into three dimensional porcelain collectibles and pottery made by Royal Bayreuth Company in the early 1900s. The Royal Bayreuth China...
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