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Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Bette Midler Legendary Film and Recording Star. Gay Icon. 20th Century Litho
Al Hirschfeld (1903 - 2003)
Bette Midler
15 x 11 inches (sight)
Etching
22 x 18 inches Framed
Signed an...
Category
1980s Performance Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
Angela (Small, Light-Blue Portrait of Woman with Daisies by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
Portrait of woman on a light blue pattern dotted with white daisies
"Angela" by Ransome
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece can be hung attra...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic, Graphite, Paper
Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore. Published December 25, 1957 in TV Guide as an editorial to promote the Di...
Category
1950s Performance Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Board
"Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) By James Van Fossan, Original Drawing
By James Van Fossan
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) is an original handmade charcoal and graphite drawing on paper that depicts a cowboy leaning against a sawhorse in a moment of re...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
Banana (original drawing on paper)
By David Hockney
Located in Aventura, FL
Original colored crayons and pastel drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by David Hockney. Artwork size 16.75 x 14inches. Frame size approx 27 x 24 inches. Provenance: Annely Juda Fine Art; Richard Gray Gallery.
Artwork in excellent condition. All reasonable offers will be considered.
About the Artist: David Hockney is one of the most influential British artists of the 20th century. Perhaps best known for his serial paintings of swimming pools, portraits of friends, and verdant landscapes, the artist’s oeuvre ranges from collaged photography and opera posters to Cubist-inspired abstractions and plein-air paintings of the English countryside. Often returning to a certain motif again and again, he probes the manifold ways one can see an image or a space. Hockney’s exploration of photography’s effect on painting and everyday life is evinced in his hallmark work A Bigger Splash (1967). “In art, new ways of seeing mean new ways of feeling; you can't divorce the two, as, we are now aware, you cannot have time without space and space without time,” he has explained. Born on July 9, 1937 in Bradford, United Kingdom, Hockney attended the Royal College of Art in London alongside R.B. Kitaj. At school, he studied under both Francis Bacon and Peter Blake, but also credits Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse for influencing his distinctive and varied style. In 1963, the artist traveled to Southern California for the first time and fell in love with the bright sunshine and easygoing lifestyle. Since then, he has alternated living and working between Yorkshire, United Kingdom, and Los Angeles, CA. In November 2018, his 1972 painting...
Category
1980s Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel
"Jimi Hendrix original Color Pencil sketch" Fillmore East the very first version
By David Edward Byrd
Located in Southampton, NY
A new coffee table book has just been released titled "Poster Child" The Psychedelic Art & Technicolor Life of David Edward Byrd. This original drawing is featured on page 61 of the book.
David Byrd created some of the most memorable Classic Theatre and Rock and Roll images from the 1960s and 70s. David created ALL of the Art for Bill Graham’s Fillmore East, including their Program covers and Rock posters, the art for Jimi Hendrix’s first Fillmore East appearance, The Rolling Stones 1969 World Tour art, The Who’s Performance of Tommy at the New York Metropolitan Opera House and The Fillmore, and The Grateful Dead Swell Dance Concert to name only a few. He also created the poster art for the original location of the 1969 Woodstock music festival . His memorable images were also used for classic Broadway shows like Godspell, Follies and Jesus Christ Superstar to mention only a few. These museum quality drawings are rarely made available for sale, they are not only wonderful rare works of art, but are truly historically important works in the field of Theatre and Rock and Roll collecting. It has been framed with archival double matting.
David Byrd's poster art is in many museum collections, including : The Louvre, in Paris, Victoria & Albert in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Smithsonian in Washington, DC.
Featured in this listing is the Original Color pencil Sketch created in 2006 by David Byrd prior to working on the finished painting which we also have available for sale. This drawing created in 2006 is based on David's very first original 1968 drawing for Hendrix's very first Fillmore East concert. It only featured Hendrix, and Bill Graham asked David if he could add the other two members of The Experience, which became the famous Fillmore East orange poster that featured all three members of the Experience. I included and image in this listing of the original pencil drawing from 1968 where you can see Bill requesting all three members to be included in the poster art. In this color rendering, David Byrd indicates two possible color choices for the poster in this sketch by listing the color numbers. He shows one half with one color combination and the other half with a different color combination. That was so that Bill Graham could choose which colors he preferred if the original 1968 poster art was to use this image. A great original color drawing that David Byrd created to show the colors of the first version of the 1968 Hendrix poster...
Category
Early 2000s Pop Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Color Pencil
Elsa Schiaparelli, 2018, Portrait. Color Pencil on Paper
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
Beverly Sills Opera Singer Diva Classical Music Grammys Caricature 20th Century
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Beverly Sills Opera Singer Diva Classical Music Grammys Caricature 20th Century
Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)
Beverly Sills
Lithograph on heavy paper, 1983
Sight: 11 1/2 x 14 inches
Sig...
Category
1980s Performance Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
In Ralph Lauren in the Hamptons.
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Gouache
Women at Leisure I - Figurative Watercolor Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be discovered, narrating stories or invoking a touch of humor for perceptive observers.
This enchanting watercolor artwork on paper, featuring a woman on a couch in a luxurious room, measures 12 inches high by 16 inches wide. The delicate brushstrokes and ethereal hues evoke a sense of romance and whimsy. This artwork is not framed. The artist signed it on the front and the back and it comes with a certificate of authenticity from the art gallery. Convenient delivery is available for those in the local Los Angeles area, and affordable worldwide shipping is available for US and international art collectors.
Through her artwork, Liyanage proudly amplifies the voices of women of color, reclaiming spaces historically devoid of their representation. Drawing from her experiences as a Sri Lankan navigating colonial spaces in Canada, her art challenges one-dimensional portrayals of women of color often centered around labor. Inspired by French and Dutch Impressionist art...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Portrait of a Man
By Manfred Schwartz
Located in Astoria, NY
Manfred Schwartz (American, b. Poland, 1909-1970), Portrait of a Man, Charcoal on Paper, with the artist's signature stamped lower left, unframed. 20" H x 25.5" W. Provenance: From a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Figure III - Figurative Abstract Watercolor Nude Portrait Painting on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ama Liyanage, a contemporary artist and printmaker, creates whimsical paintings from her home studio in Ontario, Canada. Each piece holds minuscule painted details waiting to be disc...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Female Critic - Female Connosieurs - Scottish Female Artist Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Two young Scottish women wear smart business jackets and fashionable tartan skirts. They are depicted as discerning Art Connoisseurs evaluating a small bronze dancer. The Artist Hele...
Category
1910s Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silver
Driver's License Self Portrait - Original Drawing - Christopher Ganz
By Christopher Ganz
Located in Chicago, IL
Christopher Ganz
Driver's License Self Portrait
2005
lithograph
13.50h x 10w in
34.29h x 25.40w cm
CG0041
-ARTIST STATEMENT-
I depict my person in multipli...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Lithograph
Torero
By Fernando Botero
Located in Miami, FL
Fernando Botero
Torero, 1989
Colored markers on paper
12 x 8 1/2 in
Provenance:
Allegrini Piero, Brescia.
Galleria Panantu Casa de'Aste. Arte Moderna e Contemporanea.
August 5 - Sep...
Category
Late 20th Century Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Laid Paper, Permanent Marker
$35,000
Art Deco Fashion Illustration Ink Drawing by G. Ferro
Located in Atlanta, GA
Original Art Deco fashion drawing, ink, and wash on Vellum paper by French artist G. Ferro. The artwork features a stylish male model with a typical Art Deco overcoat. The piece is s...
Category
1930s Art Deco Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Paper, Ink, Watercolor
"Crystal Study" (2024) By Babs Webb, Original Fantasy Graphite Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
"Crystal Study" is a powdered graphite illustration, detailed with acrylic created by the talented fantasy artist Babs Webb. Depicted in this piece is a standard crystal formation, f...
Category
2010s Surrealist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Graphite
"Back At The Stables (I)" (2024) By James Van Fossan, Original Drawing
By James Van Fossan
Located in Denver, CO
James Van Fossan's "Back At The Stables (II)" (2024) is an original handmade charcoal and graphite drawing on paper that depicts a cowboy about to lean against a sawhorse.
James Va...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Graphite
3.2 M (ACTION COMICS). Drawing on paper
By Rodrigo Spinel
Located in Miami Beach, FL
3.2 M (ACTION COMICS), 2023 by Rodrigo Spinel
From the series Currency
Chinese ink on Fabriano paper 250 g.
Frame size: 43 cm H x 34 cm W x 3 cm D
Imag...
Category
2010s Abstract Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Three hunters; two with a spear and dagger... Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink, 12 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (320 x 217 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sc...
Category
19th Century Rajput Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold
Track Star - Figurative Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Track Star - Abstracted Portrait of an African American Man in Pastel on Paper
Bold and imaginative pastel drawing of a man in a track suit by an unknown artist (20th Century). An A...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
A 1920s Caricature of Author Lennox Robinson by Irish Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of author Lennox Robinson, by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Author of “The White-Headed Boy” etc." Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archiva...
Category
1920s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Untitled (Seated Man Facing Left)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Conté crayon on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York City. ...
Category
1970s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté
Marella Agnelli and Gianni Agnelli in Marrakesh. Diptych
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Cholly (Portrait of Man in Mixed Media and Collage with Floral Theme by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
"Cholly" — small portrait of man in mixed media and collage with floral theme in pink, yellow and green
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece c...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
Eva Ver Et Agrum Colens
By Alessandra Maria
Located in Chicago, IL
Working with a palette of graphite, charcoal, ink, and gold leaf, Alessandra Maria masterfully weaves together elements of the earthly and ethereal. She is part sorceress, part alche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
By Edouard Vuillard
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of Lucie (Ralph) Belin seated in an interior
Graphite on paper, 1915
Signed with the estate stamp, Lugt 909b, the stamp faded from blue to brown (see photo)
Provenance:
Neffe-D...
Category
1910s Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Located in San Francisco, CA
Fine Graphite Portrait of Beautiful Young Woman by R.G. Smith
Portrait dimensions 15.5" x 19.5".
The frame measures 17.5" x 21.5".
Signed in the lower right corner.
The portrait ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
A ca. 1924 Caricature of Irish, Senator W.B. Yeats by Artist Isa M. Macnie
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1920s caricature of Irish senator W.B. Yeats by artist Isa M. Macnie. Inscription on drawing reads: "Senator W.B. Yeats, Nobel Prize, 1924". Image size: 8 7/8" x 6 7/8". Archi...
Category
1920s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Babette the Cat, Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
A stylized cat named Babette is depicted licking her paw. It is rendered in black and white, which bears the influence of Asian art in its simplicity of line, use of wash, and bleedi...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil
Amal, George Clooney and Julia Roberts, Watercolor Painting
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Cubist Woman Study Black Pencil Drawing by Wouyart
Located in Atlanta, GA
This interesting seated woman pencil study is by French artist Wouyart (20th Century). This unique representation captures the model's expression through trace lines and shadows that...
Category
1930s Cubist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Carbon Pencil
Edgar Chahine Etching of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
C. 20th Century
Edgar Chahine Etching of a Woman
Category
20th Century Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Etching
Edwin, Marzo 14, Figurative Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Crayon, Paper
"Jesus Christ Superstar" Original 1971 drawing on Vellum New York Broadway
By David Edward Byrd
Located in Southampton, NY
This work is as much of a collectors item as it is a fine work of art. it is the original 1971 concept drawing with detailed notations for Jesus Christ Superstar...
Category
1970s Art Deco Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Vellum, Pencil
Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Courante 418.030
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Courante 418.030 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink, Color Pencil, and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Courante 418.030 is from Linda Stein's Profiles Notation series--d...
Category
2010s Feminist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite
"Storytime" (2023) By Allen Williams, Original Graphite Drawing
Located in Denver, CO
"Storytime" (2023) by Allen Williams is an original graphite drawing on Strathmore medium weight drawing paper that depicts a young girl reading a book ...
Category
2010s Realist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Drawing for Tiziani, Elizabeth Taylor
By Karl Lagerfeld
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (German, 1933-2019)
Marking(s); notes: marking(s), signed; 1966
Materials: mixed media on card stock
Dimensions (H, W, D): 19.5"h, 8.25"w; 21.75"h, 10...
Category
1960s Feminist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Portrait of an Old Man
By Ralph Edward Joosten
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of an old man done in charcoal by California artist Ralph Edward Joosten (American, 1928-2009). Signed "R. Joosten 82" lower right. Pre...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Adélaide
By Alessandra Maria
Located in Chicago, IL
Working with a palette of graphite, charcoal, ink, and gold leaf, Alessandra Maria masterfully weaves together elements of the earthly and ethereal. She is part sorceress, part alche...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gold Leaf
Carlos. Martes 24 de Mayo, Drawing
By Celso José Castro Daza
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents.
Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
Category
1990s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel, Pencil, Paper
Jean Michel Basquiat Portrait. From the Series Maestros
Located in Miami Beach, FL
From the Series Maestro Jean Michel Basquiat, 2017
Watercolor, pencil on paper
Size: 50 H x 45 W cm
framed size 70 H x 62 W x 4 D cm
Unique
Wood frame
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Emerson Cáceres, artis...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Archival Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
"The Queen of Cups" (2022) By Jerianne Fulton, Original Gothic Ink Illustration
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Interview:
Jerianne, can you briefly walk us through your story – how you started and how you got to where you are today.
Like most people, I began drawing as a kid, but as a ...
Category
2010s Gothic Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Klimt Tattoo, disrupted realism charcoal acrylic on Strathmore paper red, tan
By Audrey Anastasi
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Charcoal, acrylic mixed media
As a feminist artist, Audrey Anastasi's first commitment is to painting other women, the human face, and figure. Whether working with figurative descri...
Category
2010s Neo-Expressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Acrylic, Archival Paper
Study for Assumption of the Virgin
Located in Middletown, NY
Graphite on hand made, fibrous wove paper, finished with gray wash. Unevenly trimmed sheet edges, non-archival tape remnants at all four corners, recto, well outside of image area. Horseshoe-shaped area of light discoloration that extends significantly into the figure's face, beneath the lips, and up over the rear of the head, dog-eared right lower corner with associated light discoloration at crease. DeMin and Belluno inscribed in graphite, verso.
A detailed study showing 'primo pensiero' for Giovanni DeMin's large scale fresco, Assumption of the Virgin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Old Masters Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Handmade Paper, Graphite
Debonair Man Cuts his Mustache in Front of Mirror
By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962
Located in Miami, FL
Welcome to the wonderfully delightful mind of Ludwig Bemelmans.
With a few quick lines, Bemelmans captures the essence of a subject. In this work, the artist portrays a distinguished...
Category
1950s Outsider Art Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Flora Scottish Female Illustrator Glasgow Girls Pre-Raphaelites
Located in Miami, FL
Annie French was part of the Glasgow Girls group of artists and illustrators who worked in a delicate, feminine, and detailed Art Nouveau and Pre-Raphaelite style. This work, "Flora," is masterfully rendered and decorated with sumptuous floral patterns in the most detailed way. It is signed twice in the upper right quadrant. The mat has a hand-painted decorative border. The work presents better in person, and the viewer can marvel at the minute detail.
The Video is overexposed and light and not representative of color. Use still...
Category
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Portrait of Lucie Gérard by Giovanni Boldini
By Giovanni Boldini
Located in New Orleans, LA
Giovanni Boldini
1842-1931 Italian
Portrait of Lucie Gérard by Giovanni Boldini
Signed “Boldini” (lower right)
Pastel on canvas
This exceptional portrait was composed by the great Giovanni Boldini, one of the most important portrait painters of the Belle Époque. The charming work captures the young, elegant French...
Category
19th Century Post-Impressionist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
The Yellow Jacket, Portrait Painting
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Movies, TV and magazines are constant source of inspiration. Fame, as fleckring and shallow it can be sometimes, is very intriguing to him.
The worlds of fashion, society and pop cu...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Ink
Halston and his Halstonettes, Watercolor fashion portrait on paper
By Manuel Santelices
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paint, Watercolor
La femme aux fleurs (Portrait de Mathilde See)
By Paul César Helleu
Located in New Orleans, LA
Paul César Helleu is regarded among the most sought-after society portraitists of his era, and his Belle Époque works rival those of his contemporaries John Singer Sargent and Giovanni Boldini. He is best remembered for capturing the era's most beautiful socialites, including Consuelo Vanderbilt, the Duchess of Marlborough, the Comtesse de Loriol Chandieu and the Comtesse Mathieu de Noailles, among others. This work, however, stands out in that it captures the charming likeness of one of his art world cohorts, Mathilde See, a Parisian-born decorator and painter of floral still lifes. She is the essence of the modern woman, captured in her fashionable dress as she strolls along the flower-lined streets of Paris.
Commanding in size, Portrait de Mathilde See fully displays Helleu's mastery over the medium of pastel. The muted palette of greys and blues is typical of the artist, bringing a harmony and cohesiveness to the composition. Furthermore, Helleu cleverly alludes to See's own artistic output with a backdrop of vibrant floral blooms, enlivening the canvas and complementing the greens and blues of the peacock feather adorning her hat.
The portrait is all the more significant thanks to its provenance. It was previously in the collection of A. Alfred Taubman, one of America's most successful entrepreneurs and one-time owner of Sotheby's. Considering Taubman encountered some of the most noteworthy and beautiful works of art ever made through his auction house, the fact that he chose this portrait by Helleu to grace his collection is a testament to its import.
Born in Brittany in 1859, Helleu moved to Paris in 1876 in order to study at the École des Beaux-Arts. Like so many other artists of his generation, he was trained there under the Academic master Jean-Léon Gérôme. That same year, he also attended the Second Impressionist Exhibition...
Category
20th Century Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Linen, Pastel
Original (unique) Self portrait drawing, hand signed ink on paper letter, Framed
By Albert Al Hirschfeld
Located in New York, NY
Al Hirschfeld
Original (unique) Self portrait drawing, 1976
Hand signed ink drawing, on typewritten letter with envelope
Hand signed in Hirschfel...
Category
1970s Modern Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Paper
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 - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
20% Off
Becca (Small Grey Mixed-Media Portrait of Woman w/ White Polka Dots by Ransome)
Located in Hudson, NY
Grey portrait of woman with white polka dots and a swath of green collaged media
"Becca" by Ransome
2023
graphite, acrylic and collage on panel
8 x 8 x 2 inches, unframed
Piece can b...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Graphite
"Gaze", Black and White, Figurative Drawing, Portrait, Illustration
By Jasjyot Singh Hans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This black and white drawing titled "GAZE" is an original pencil and ink on paper drawing by Jasjyot Singh Hans measuring 7"h x 5"w unframed and 14"h x 11"w framed.
Jasjyot Singh Ha...
Category
2010s Contemporary Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pencil
Fairy Tale Children's Book Fantasy Illustration in Black and White
Located in Miami, FL
Fantasy illustration for children's book - "Princess Signelill and her brother” from “Sagobok av Elsa Beskow”
Ink on paper, High-end archival matted.
Unsigned
Provenance: The Artis...
Category
1910s Art Nouveau Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink
Antique French Watercolor Portrait - Profile of Elegance (Woman)
Located in Houston, TX
Graceful watercolor portrait of an elegant auburn haired female in profile, 1912. Signed "Laure" and dated lower right. Over 100 years old.
Original vintage one-of-a-kind artwork on...
Category
1910s Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$950 Sale Price
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French Art Deco Woman Singing Gouache Painting
Located in Atlanta, GA
A lovely gouache on cardboard painting featuring an Art Deco singer with a typical stylish outfit. Utilizing the contrast of black and white components against primary colors like y...
Category
1930s Art Deco Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board, Cardboard
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
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Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink on Paper Drawing - Profile Notation 418.024
Located in New York, NY
Linda Stein, Profile Notation 418.024 - Signed Feminist LGBTQ+ Colorful Ink, Color Pencil, and Graphite on Paper Drawing
Profile Notation 418.024 is from Linda Stein's Profiles ser...
Category
2010s Feminist Continental US - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite
