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Item Ships From: Paris
French 19th Century Romantic Period 1830s Parisian Lady Portrait Madame Seguin
By Adele Grasset
Located in Norwich, GB
A stunning portrait of a Parisian beauty from the romantic period by Adele Grasset (active ca 1830-1850). With her intelligent eyes and determined look, doesn't this lady bear great resemblance to Chopin's paramour George Sand? The sitter is Jeanne Marie Vidal, wife of Claude Auguste Seguin, from a prominent family in Avignon, as the family tree attached to the back for the frame indicates. Research in old annals has also revealed that Madame Seguin was a modern and independent lady: she worked in lady's fashion in Paris, and patented wrapping mechanism that protected lady's hats during their transport! As often with woman artists of the 18th and 19th century, there is little biographical information available on the artist, Adèle Grasset. We do know however, that she had studied with the highly prominent artist François Gérard (1770-1837) , known also as the Baron Gérard...
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1830s Academic Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Young Elegant Lady In A Hat, Nocturne
By Henry Somm
Located in PARIS, FR
François Clément SOMMIER, known as Henry SOMM Rouen 1844 - Paris 1907 Young Elegant woman in hat, nocturnal Watercolor Signed lower right 32 x 21 cm 50 x 40 cm framed Very good cond...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Woman and Taurus - Lajos Szalay, 20th Century, Figurative drawing
By Lajos Szalay
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper Signed lower right by the artist Unique work Framed This work was executed by the Hungarian artist circa 1970. Pablo Picasso said about Lajos Szalay : "He is the best ...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting beggar, original drawing
By Jean-Pierre Laurens
Located in Paris, FR
Jean-Pierre Laurens (1875-1932) Study of a sitting beggar, Pencil on paper 25.5 x 20.5 cm Stamp of the Jean-Pierre Laurens Estate on the lower right In quite good condition : glued ...
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1920s Art Deco Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Two studies of women, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Two studies of women bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner pencil on paper 23 x 36 cm In good ...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Young woman in profile, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Young woman in profile bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner pencil on paper 30.5 x 20 cm In go...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Cafe Society: The Smoker, male portait Closerie des Lilas, Lost Generation Paris
By John Wentworth Russell
Located in Norwich, GB
A strong portrait, and a piece of history. It was confidently sketched in 1923, during the heyday of the "Lost Generation" in Paris, at the Closerie des Lilas - Ernest Hemingway's favourite haunt and home-from-home in the City. This historical café is where Hemingway first read The Great Gatsby with his friend F. Scott Fitzgerald and where he wrote most of The Sun Also Rises...
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1920s American Modern Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Graphite

Woman in thought and Child: the page boy intriguing 19th Century Master drawing
By Gustave Jean Jacquet
Located in Norwich, GB
A virtuoso charcoal sketch by the Frech 19th Century master Gustave Jean Jacquet (1846-1904). It depicts a thoughtful woman (or woman in thought?) with her face resting on her hand...
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Late 19th Century French School Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Laid Paper

Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a boy, signed pastel
By Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a boy Signed lower left Pastel on paper 28 x 23 cm Framed : 63 x 58 cm Guirand de Scévola is particularly renowned for hi...
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1930s Art Deco Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Rudolf Schlichter, Shirtless man, shouting, circa 1920, black ink on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Rudolf SCHLICHTER (1890-1955) Shirtless man, shouting, circa 1920 India black ink on paper 43,2 x 28,4 cm provenance : artist's family Rudolf Schlichter was born in Calw in 1890. He...
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Early 20th Century Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink

Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A woman seated, drawing signed
By Octave Guillonnet
Located in Paris, FR
Octave Denis Victor Guillonnet (1872 - 1967) A young woman seated signed lower leftt Charcoal, red and white chalks on thin paper transfered on cardboard 49 x 39 cm Framed : 55.5 x ...
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1930s Art Deco Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Charcoal

Henri Poey, Mask circa 1930, charcoal on paper, mounted on cardboard
Located in PARIS, FR
Henri POEY (1910-1998) Mask, circa 1930 Charcoal on paper Mounted on cardboard Signed lower left 22.5 x 21.5 cm black lacquered oak frame : 30 x 30 cm Little biographical informat...
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Mid-20th Century Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man, signed drawing
By Paul Gavarni
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Gavarni (1804-1866) Portrait of a young man leaning on a Chair Signed lower right Black pencil on paper 23.7 x 17.6 cm In good condition Framed : 40 x 34 cm This fine portr...
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1840s Romantic Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Élégante au chien 1925, pastel signed
By Henri Ottmann
Located in Paris, FR
Henry Ottmann (1877-1927) Élégante au chien, an elegant woman with a dog signed lower right pastel on paper 32 x 25 cm Framed 52 x 42 cm Published under n°602 of the artist's cat...
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1920s Art Deco Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Red Hair Woman - Original gouache and watercolor painting - Signed - 1939
By Claire Vergez
Located in Paris, IDF
Claire VERGEZ Red Hair Woman, 1939 Original gouache and watercolor painting Signed bottom right On heavy vellum 38 x 25.5 cm (c. 15 x 10 in) Excellent condition
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1930s Realist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Pastel Portrait Young Blonde Woman French Marseille Michel FRONTI Late 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Michel FRONTI Marseille, 1862 – Marseille, 1936 Portrait of a young blonde girl Pastel signed top right “M. Fronti” 35 x 27 cm (56 x 50 cm with the frame) Original frame Very good co...
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Late 19th Century French School Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Drawing Chalk Portrait of a Lady Renaissance French Romantic 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Léonie POISSON (XIX) Black chalk and white chalk 56 x 45 cm (66 x 55 cm with frame) Signed and dated lower right "Léonie Poisson / Août 1845"
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1840s Romantic Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Blue Eyes Boy - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Blue Eyes Boy Original charcoals drawing Signed bottom right on linen paper 37 x 31 cm (c. 15 x 12 in) Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back Ve...
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Early 20th Century Realist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Marie-Thérèse BOURRAT (née en 1938), The Hat, 1970, watercolor
Located in PARIS, FR
Marie-Thérèse BOURRAT (née en 1938) The Hat, 1970 Pencil, black ink and watercolor on paper Signed and dated “1970” lower center 17 x 25 cm frame : 30 x 40 cm Self-taught, Marie-Thé...
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1970s Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a lady, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a Lady bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner pencil red chalk and heightenings of whi...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a young woman with a hat, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a young woman with a hat bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner pencil on paper 30.5 x...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a young woman, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a young woman pencil on paper 30.5 x 20 cm In quite good condition Traces of folding in the upper left-hand corner. Lower right corn...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A young woman sewing, drawing
By André Eugène Costilhes
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A young woman sewing bears the stamp of the studio of André Eugène Costilhes in the lower right-hand corner pencil on paper 30.5 x 20 cm In quit...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Drawing Portrait Sarah Bernhardt red hair woman French late 19th monogram
Located in PARIS, FR
French school from the end of the 19th century Drawing Pencil and pastel 40 x 29 cm (55 x 46 cm with cardboard support) Collector's stamp or workshop stamp at the bottom right ? “A.D.”
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Late 19th Century Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, L'étonnement, Astonishment as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "L'étonnement N°9" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In good condition, a sta...
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1750s Old Masters Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Young Boy with Pig Stuffed Toy - Original Signed Charcoal Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Young Boy with Pig Stuffed Toy Original charcoals drawing Signed Bottom right on heavy paper 29 x 21 cm (c. 12 x 8 in) Stamp...
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Early 20th Century Realist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Portrait of Raphaël Fumet ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914
By Jules Oury dit Marcel-Lenoir
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules OURY dit MARCEL-LENOIR (1872-1931) Portrait of Raphaël Fumet (1898-1979) ; preparatory study for "La Famille mystique", 1914 Charcoal and pencil on paper Signed "Marcel-Lenoi...
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Early 20th Century Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

French School circa 1880, Portrait of a boy holding a book, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French school circa 1880 Portrait of a boy holding a book graphite and white gouache on paper 39.5 x 32 cm oval view in good condition, slightly yellowed with age In its original ova...
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1880s Academic Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Pencil

G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) , Study for "Le Cocher" original drawing
By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for "Le Cocher" carbon pencil on thin paper 14.5 x 13 cm In good condition Framed : 36.7 x 31 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and...
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1910s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Boy with Long Blond Hair - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Boy with Long Blond Hair, c. 1900 Original charcoals and pencil drawing Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back On cream vellum 23.5 x 31 cm (c. 9...
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Early 1900s Realist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Baby Boy - Original Charcoals Drawing
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Baby Boy Original charcoals and pencil drawing Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back On grey vellum 22 x 26 cm (c. 9 x 1...
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Early 1900s Realist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Pencil

Searching for the light Sergio Moscona Contemporary art expressionist art
By Sergio Moscona
Located in Paris, FR
Acrylic paint and ink on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic

Red Hair Dreaming Woman - Original Signed Charcoals Drawing - 1929
By Gustave Poetzsch
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Red Hair Dreaming Woman Original charcoals drawing Signed bottom right on tinted linen paper 48 x 30 cm (c. 19 x 12 in) Stamp of the Estate auction sal...
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1920s Realist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a young man, drawing signed and dated
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Boilly (1796-1874) Portrait of a young man, in uniform, signed and dated 1837 on the lower left charcoal and heightenings of blue, red and white chalk on paper 27.5 x 21.5 cm Framed : 41.8 x 36 cm This drawing is a good illustration of Jules Boilly's own style, obviously very different from his father's realistic acuity. There is something softer, more velvety, lighter, and we can see it clearly in the way he renders the features of this young man. Julien-Léopold Boilly (30 August 1796 – 14 June 1874), also known as Jules Boilly, was a French artist noted for his album of lithographs Iconographie de l'Institut Royal de France (1820–1821) and his booklet Album de 73 portraits-charge aquarellés des membres de l'Institut (1820) containing watercolor caricatures...
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1830s Romantic Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

G A Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for the Exposition Internationale Paris 1900
By Georges Antoine Rochegrosse
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) A man sitted, Study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the Exposition Internationale, Paris 1900 Pencil and charcoal on thin yellow paper 29.5 x 20 cm In acceptable condition : Tears and creases as visible on the photographs. In a modern frame : 46 x 36.5 cm Annotations on the back of the mount (now under the modern frame) that identifiy this drawing as a preparatory study for the decoration of the Salle des fêtes (Ballroom) of the 1900 Paris Exposition Internationale. It's also indicated that Henri Bataille...
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1890s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Portrait Of Louis Valayer, Mayor Of Avignon
Located in PARIS, FR
Delphin Enjolras (1865 - 1945) Portrait Of Louis Valayer, Mayor Of Avignon From 1910 To 1919 Pastel on paper Signed and dated top right : D. Enjolras 1899 Framed Friend of the ...
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1890s Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Study of young woman in profile
By Ernest Laurent
Located in PARIS, FR
Ernest LAURENT Gentilly 1859 - Bièvres 1929 Study of young woman in profile Red chalk Circa 1900 80 x 63 cm framed 54 x 39 sheet Beautiful antique frame in natural wood, probabl...
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Early 20th Century Post-Impressionist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Portrait of an Ottoman Dignitary, a drawing by Giuseppe Nogari (ca. 1760)
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Mrs. Bozena Anna Kowalczyk for confirming the attribution of this drawing to Giuseppe Nogari in a study (available in Italian) from which we have taken our ins...
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1760s Old Masters Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Laid Paper, Chalk

The grand father - Lajos Szalay, 20th Century, Figurative drawing
By Lajos Szalay
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper Unique work Signed, dated 1973 and situated NY lower right by the artist This work was executed by the Hungarian artist in 1973 while he was living in New York, USA. P...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The sentinels Haude Bernabé Contemporary art drawing African art nature animal
By Haude Bernabé
Located in Paris, FR
Watercolour and ink on paper Unique work Hand-signed and entitled lower left by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950), Les Marionnettes 1910, drawing
By Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of Marie-Thérèse Piérat in Les Marionnettes, 1910 Pencil on paper, signed, dated and annotated lower ...
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1910s Art Nouveau Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Untitled Zahra Zeinali Contemporary art portrait Iranian artist drawing black
By Zahra Zeinali
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Untitled Zahra Zeinali Contemporary art portrait Iranian artist drawing black
By Zahra Zeinali
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

The feather Zahra Zeinali Contemporary art portrait Iranian artist drawing black
By Zahra Zeinali
Located in Paris, FR
Charcoal on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Rire, Laughter as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "Le rire N°12" Black chalk on paper 43 x 29 cm In quite good condition, stains vsibl...
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1750s Old Masters Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

French Romantic school, Portrait of a young man, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French Romantic school, circa 1840 Portrait of a young man, charcoal on paper 22.5 x 17 cm In good condition, however, there is a restoration of the paper in the upper right-hand qu...
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1840s Romantic Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Albert Paul Guilmet (1879-1922) Portrait of a man, signed upper left charcoal on paper 26.5 x 33,8 cm Framed : 43.5 x 52 cm Little is known about Abert Paul Guilmet, apart from th...
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Early 1900s Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of characters, drawing and watercolor
By Denis Auguste Marie Raffet
Located in Paris, FR
Denis Auguste Raffet (1804-1860) Studies of characters Black pencil and watercolor on paper 18.5 x 25.5 cm Stamp of the Raffet Estate Sale (1911) on the lower right In good condition, foxings on the original mount Framed 34 x 40 cm Denis Auguste Marie Raffet (2 March 1804 – 16 February 1860) was a French illustrator and lithographer. He was a student of Nicolas Toussaint Charlet, and was a retrospective painter of the Empire. At an early age he was apprenticed to a wood turner, but took up the study of art at evening classes. At the age of 18 he entered the workshop of Cabanel, where he applied his skill to the decoration of china, and where he met Rudor, from whom he received instruction in lithography, in the practice of which he was to rise to fame. He then entered the École des Beaux-Arts, but returned to lithography in 1830 when he produced on stone his famous designs of Lützen, Waterloo, Le bal, La revue, and Les adieux de la garrison, by which his reputation became immediately established.[ Raffet's chief works were his lithographs of the Napoleonic campaigns, from Egypt to Waterloo, vigorous designs inspired by ardent patriotic enthusiasm. In this endeavor he was a contemporary of other French artist-lithographers of Napoleon and the French army including Hippolyte Bellangé, Horace Vernet, and Nicolas Toussaint Charlet. As an illustrator his activity was prodigious, the list of works illustrated by his crayon amounting to about forty-five, among which are Béranger's poems, the History of the Revolution by Adolphe Thiers, the History of Napoleon by de Norvins, the great Walter Scott by Auguste Defauconpret, the French Plutarch and Frédéric Bérat's Songs. He went to Rome in 1849, and was present at the siege of Rome, which he made the subject of some lithographs, and followed the Italian campaign of 1859, of which he left a record in his Episodes de la campagne d'Italie de 1859. His portraits in pencil...
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1850s Romantic Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

English School early 19th century, Portrait of two children, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
English School early 19th century, Portrait of two children, Pencil and light heightenings of white and red gouache 29.5 x 23 cm In quite good condition : the pape is yellowed by t...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

L V Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a young woman, 1928, oval pastel
By Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola
Located in Paris, FR
Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scevola (1871-1950) Portrait of a young woman Pastel on paper 38 x 28 cm (oval) Framed under glass in a vintage framing : 45 x 35 cm A label on the back "1928 Portrait de femme Etude au pastel de Guirand de Scévola" (see photographs please) This pastel study is of course not signed, as the label on the back of the frame gives its attribution to Guirand de Scévola and, equally interestingly, the date 1928, but in fact the artist's style and execution are immediately recognisable without the need for a signature. This type of woman with a bun is typical of the models the artist loved. Her mysterious air recalls his Symbolist period, and pastel is hisr preferred medium because it lends itself to all the characteristics typical of his art. Lucien-Victor Guirand de Scévola ( 1871 – 1950) was a French painter. He was student of Fernand Cormon and Pierre Dupuis...
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1920s Art Deco Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Two studies of a woman, 1921 charcoal drawing, signed
By Jules Chéret
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Two studies of a woman, 1921 charcoal on grey paper signed and dated 24 10 (19)21 on the bottom right 39.5 x 24 cm A varnish stain in the lower middle of t...
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1920s Art Nouveau Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Portrait of a woman, 1929, red chalk on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Erich HERMES (1881-1971) Portrait of a Woman, 1929 Sanguine on paper Signed "E. Hermès" and dated "29" lower left 29.5 x 22.5 cm original frame Erich Hermès, a Geneva artist of German origin, was born in Ludwigshafen-am-Rhein in 1881 of Huguenot parents. He trained as a painter-decorator before entering the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva. Awarded a Swiss Confederation scholarship, he spent his first year in Paris in 1909, before continuing his training in Munich, Italy and Spain. Erich Hermès was an important figure in Geneva figurative painting in the first half of the 20th century. He produced numerous monumental works integrated into architecture. They adorned official and sacred public buildings such as the Protestant temple in Carouge (ill.1), as well as private edifices. The easel painting of his early years was strongly influenced by the work of Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918), whom he met around 1903. Like Hodler, he painted Switzerland and its heroic figures and battles, while maintaining a strong empathy for the common people. He later moved towards New Objectivity, developing a more personal style. The artist is also renowned in the world of graphic arts, particularly for his work as a poster artist in the 1930s and 1940s. He used his art to promote the Alps and winter sports (ill.2), as well as products such as wine and cigars. The red chalk portrait of a woman is dated 1929. We seem to find the model's physiognomy in some of the artist's paintings (ill.3) depicting intimate subjects. Our figure, who wears a Huguenot cross...
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1920s Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Italian School 18th century, An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper
Located in Paris, FR
Italian School 18th Century An Ancient soldier in profile, red chalk on paper 35 x 23.5 cm in good condition, traces of folds in the lower right corner Framed : 46.5 x 35.5 cm This...
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1750s Baroque Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Study of a hand; preparatory work for the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867
By Alfred Dehodencq
Located in PARIS, FR
Alfred DEHODENCQ (1822-1982) Study of a hand; preparatory to the painting Jewish Bride in Morocco, 1867 Pencil on paper Dimensions of work: 15.5 x 17.5 cm Frame size : 30 x 30 cm A...
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1860s Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Auguste Gardanne (1840-1890) Carriages and horses, War of 1870, double sided
Located in Paris, FR
Auguste Gardanne (circa 1840- circa 1890) Carriages and horses during the franco-prussian war of 1870 Pencil and watercolor on paper On the reverse Studies of horses Pencil and water...
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1870s Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

18th Century, Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French (?) school circa 1770 Portrait of a Lady in a Tondo, red chalk on paper 20 x 29 cm Numbered 25 on the upper left Little holes in the bottom (intended for binding) Not framed ...
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1770s Baroque Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Gustave Riquet (1866-1938) Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 watercolor signed
By Gustave Riquet
Located in Paris, FR
Gustave Riquet (1866-1938) Les Œillets de la vie, 1898 (Carnations of life) Signed and dated on the lower right, The text on the lower left is the following "Cueille dès aujourd'hui les oeillets de la vie" , which can be translated as "Pick today the carnations of life" watercolor on paper 37.5 x 51.5 cm In good condition In a modern frame : 53 x 67 cm The text clearly gives the meaning of this allegorical portrait...
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1890s Symbolist Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Autoportrait, circa 1940, Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper
By Henry Mirande
Located in PARIS, FR
Henry MIRANDE (1877-1955) Self-portrait, circa 1940 Graphite pencil and charcoal on paper Anotated "L'Indien du haut Orénoque qui me réclame 4 femmes blanches pour lui seul" upper ri...
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Early 20th Century Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal

French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, form of expression, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 18th Century, Le Mépris et la Haine, Contempt and Hate as a form of expression, Titled on the lower right "Le mépris et la haine N°7" Black c...
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1750s Old Masters Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Portrait, woman's head, 1959, pencil on paper
Located in PARIS, FR
Marc DAUTRY (1930-2008) Woman’s head, 1959 ? Pencil on paper Signed and dated "1959" ? lower left 14 x 10.5 cm Frame (antique glass) : 36 x 30 cm Born in Nime (south of France), Mar...
Category

1950s Paris - Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

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