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Item Ships From: USA
"Tugboat at Dock" Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship, New York Docks
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh Tugboat at Dock, circa 1937 Signed lower right Watercolor and pencil on paper 13 3/4 x 20 inches Housed in a Lowy frame. Provenance: Sotheby'...
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1930s Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Ibiza
By Allan Gould
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Ibiza, 1978, watercolor on paper, signed, dated and titled lower right, 13 x 12 inches (sight) Allan Gould was a New York-born painter, muralist and designer. He attended Dartmouth ...
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1970s American Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Country House in the Snow - Landscape
By Dessie Wilcox
Located in Soquel, CA
High contrast landscape of a farm in winter by Dessie Wilcox (American, b. 1948). Signed and dated "Dessie Wilcox '94" in the lower right corner. Presen...
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1990s American Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

I'd Like To Dream My Troubles Away - Figurative Surrealist Watercolor Artwork
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amanda Immurs, an artist hailing from Hamilton, Canada, creates enchanting watercolor artworks that bring whimsical scenes of children, animals, and flora to life. Immurs' art is gro...
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2010s Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Graphite

Maine Lighthouse, Painting, Watercolor on Watercolor Paper
Located in Yardley, PA
-Painted on artist quality acid-free 140 lb. watercolor paper. -Professional quality artists watercolor paints. (Sennelier) -Acid-Free paper. -Size: 11" x 14" -Signature on the f...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

For Jeannette's Mother
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Maples in Autumn Foliage
By John Marin
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
John Marin’s long and prolific career is best marked by his fervent love of painting and abiding belief that art must relate to lived experiences. His best work strikes a delicate ba...
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1940s American Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Joy Three
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri and Stephen De...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

Woman with Turban (by leader of "Southern Art Renaissance") - Antique
By Ellsworth Woodward
Located in New Orleans, LA
Many of you clicking on this are probably doing so because you know of Ellsworth Woodward, who with his brother William Woodward around the turn of the 20th century sparked an arts r...
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1890s Romantic USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink

Abstract 11
By Jorge Yances
Located in Nashville, TN
Award-winning artist Jorge Yances reflects the Latin literary tradition of Magical realism with his ability to blend fantasy and reality in his artwork. Yances was born in Cartagena...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil

Ju Black Wig
By Kim Frohsin
Located in Burlingame, CA
Kim Frohsin, Third generation Bay Area Figurative artist began exhibiting in the San Francisco Bay Area in the early 1990s, and in 1993 was included with Nathan Olivera, Manuel Neri...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper, Pencil

"Gondolas at the Dock, Venice, Italy" Louis Wolchonok, Boats in the Harbor Scene
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Louis Wolchonok (1898 - 1973) Gondolas at the Dock, Venice, Italy, 1928 Watercolor on paper Sight 18 x 23 1/2 inches Signed and dated lower right Louis Wolchonok was an author of ar...
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1920s Post-Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Woman in a Fur Wrap
By Rudolf Bauer
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Woman in a Fur Wrap Pen and ink heightened with white, c. 1920 Signed in ink lower right (see photo) Estate stamp verso (see photo) Provenance: estate of the artist ...
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1920s Art Deco USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink

City Street Corner, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - City Street Corner (P1.24), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 15 x 22 in. (38.1 x 55.88 cm), Description: Looking ...
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1960s Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) The Wedding Colliers published, June 17, 1933 17 1/4 X 11 1/2 inches (sight) Framed 23 1/4 X 17 1/2 inches Gouache on board Signed lower right BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
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1930s American Realist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Anonymous Sailor Painting
Located in New York, NY
Sailor Painting 2003 Signed and dated, l.r. Watercolor on paper 10.5 x 13.5 inches, matted 19 x 23 inches, framed This work is offered by CLAMP in...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Bright Camellias
By Gary Bukovnik
Located in Burlingame, CA
'Bright Camellias' original watercolor painted in 2021 in beautiful shades of pink, green with hints of blue and yellow from Cleveland-born and educated Gary Bukovnik who has lived i...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

“Ski Style 1960”
By Kenneth Paul Block
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original mixed media fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Signed with initials bottom right. Circa 1965. ...
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1960s American Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Archival Paper

Investigations (with Guggenheim Museum Exhibition Label)
By Robert Morris
Located in New York, NY
Robert Morris Investigations (with Guggenheim Museum Labels), 1990 Graphite drawing on Mylar. Framed with the original Guggenheim Museum label (lent by Sonnabend), & Castelli Gallery...
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1990s Minimalist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Mylar, Graphite

This Ain't Sotheby's This is Texas, Rosemary Mahoney, Cattle Auctions,
Located in Houston, TX
"People, the human figure, fascinate me. Regardless of age or social status, I take particular interest in grasping the one moment that belongs solely to an individual." - Rosemary Mahoney...
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1990s American Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Grazing Cattle - Miniature Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Small landscape with cows by Carmel artist Cetin (20th Century). Two cows are grazing in the foreground. Beyond the cows, a field stretches out towards a...
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1980s American Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor, Postcard

George Elbert Burr 1924 Drawing – Storm over Arizona Desert Landscape, Southwest
By George Elbert Burr
Located in Denver, CO
This rare 1924 colored pencil drawing by renowned American artist George Elbert Burr (1859–1939) beautifully captures the raw, untamed drama of the Arizona de...
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Color Pencil, Paper

Green Landscape
Located in Columbia, MO
Green Landscape Pastels 2023 8.5 x 8.5
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Beautiful large impressionist pastel by Francesco Spicuzza
By Francesco Spicuzza
Located in New York, NY
Francesco Spicuzza (American, 1883-1962) Untitled Landscape, 20th century Pastel on paper Sight size: 24 x 30 in. Framed: 26 1/4 x 32 3/8 in. Signed lower right: Spicuzza Italian-born Francesco Spicuzza was primarily a Wisconsin painter who did portraits, still-lives and local landscapes. He spent the first part of his life in near-poverty to become a painter. An eternal optimist, in 1917, the artist reported: "I am happy and my only ambition now is to paint better and better until I shall have reached the measure of the best of which I am capable." (Spicuzza, 1917, p. 22). His predilection for beach scenes germinated early: reportedly, the five-year-old boy first drew the outlines of his father's fishing boat in the sand on the seashore near their home in Sicily. After setting himself up as a fruit peddler in Milwaukee, Spicuzza's father sent for his family when Francesco was eight years old. For the following six years the boy was unable to attend school because of his job in his father's fruit and vegetable business. The poor lad suffered a caved-in shoulder from carrying a heavy wooden crate. The young Spicuzza was aided by moral and financial support from a sympathetic Milwaukee businessman named John Cramer, publisher and editor of the Evening Wisconsin, who raised Spicuzza's salary as a newspaper assembler so that he could attend school. In 1899 or 1900, Spicuzza began studying drawing and anatomy under Robert Schade (1861-1912), a painter of panoramas who had been trained in Munich under Carl Theodor von Piloty. Spicuzza was also taught by Alexander Mueller (1872-1935), a product of the Weimar and Munich academies. Mueller realized Spicuzza was a colorist and encouraged that orientation (Madle, 1961). Spicuzza found it beneficial to accept an apprenticeship in a lithographic studio for $8 a week, which demanded most of his time. During the St. Louis Universal Exposition in 1904, still a struggling student, Spicuzza attended the fair, thanks to Cramer. It was not long before Spicuzza received a twenty-five dollar portrait commission, and this inaugural success led to new commissions and allowed him to continue as a painter. The earliest influences in his work appear to be from Edward H. Potthast and Maurice Prendergast, though Spicuzza never mentioned either artist. Already in August 1910, Spicuzza was described in a newspaper as "one of the most talented of Milwaukee's rising workers." He undoubtedly received lasting inspiration from his one summer study period in 1911 with John F. Carlson at the Art Students League's Summer School in Woodstock, New York. Certainly Spicuzza would have picked up spontaneity in handling the brush from Carlson. Although he executed numerous still-lives and an occasional religious work, Spicuzza is best known for his Milwaukee beach scenes populated with frolicking bathers in multi-colored attire, not unlike the images of Potthast, who used a similar technique. Many of these are small, preparatory works on canvas board executed between 1910 and 1915. Frequently with even greater animation than Potthast, Spicuzza produced moving images of youthful energy and uninhibited child's play. These beach genre scenes reflect the attitude of American impressionists who depicted the more pleasant side of life. Spicuzza manipulated a successful balance of rich pigment applied in varying degrees of impasto texture with subtle nuances of hue. Working all'aperto, he sought "the soft enticing shades of yellow, blue, green, pink and lavender . . . to get the effects of bright glistening summer air." (L.E.S., n.d.). As a painter whose color not only derived from direct observation but also from a personal theory of color symbolism, Spicuzza traded the linear approach of lithography for dynamic patches of brilliant color. Like Prendergast, he would often tilt the angle of the picture plane to bring the viewer's position above the scene. Spicuzza was unable to enter the 1913 Armory Show or the Panama-Pacific International Exposition two years later but he did submit work to the annual exhibitions of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and those of the Art Institute of Chicago. His first important award was the bronze medal presented by the St. Paul Institute in 1913, which was followed by the silver medal two years later. Before long, Spicuzza had acquired a greater sense of security in his profession and was described by a writer in International Studio (April 1917) as "an independent artist with an assured future. His pastels and water-colours are poetic and joyous bits of nature with a genuine out-of-door feeling." In 1918, his Spirit of Youth, exhibited at the National Academy of Design, sold for $112.50. Four years later, the artist achieved his greatest local recognition by winning the gold medal from the Milwaukee Art Institute. Spicuzza spent a great deal of time painting en plein air and by 1925 he began summering at Big Cedar Lake, near West Bend, Wisconsin to gather his subject matter. Easter Morning (1926) owes something to the Symbolist movement, with its figure of Christ appearing over a seascape. During the difficult era of the Depression, patrons came to Spicuzza's aid and during the 40s, he taught housewives, businessmen and students at the Milwaukee Art Institute, the Milwaukee Art Center, and in his private studio. In the following decade, although his kind of art was no longer popular in the "make-it-or-break-it" New York gallery world, Spicuzza enjoyed regular patronage and sales. His beach scenes became more static and he would experiment with modernist techniques. Spicuzza died at the age of seventy-eight. Sources: L.E.S., "Do Colors Change a Person's disposition? Experiments of a Milwaukee Artist...
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20th Century American Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

Easter, Saturday Evening Post Cover April 19, 1930
By Joseph Christian Leyendecker
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right Saturday Evening Post Cover, April 19, 1930
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1930s USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Pair of Antique Anglo Indian Framed Watercolors of Elephants with Riders
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Lofty pair of Anglo Indian watercolors on paper of a man and a woman riding elephants in fancy saddles or howdahs. Presented under glass in a mahogany frame.
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Richard De Menocal Vogue Watercolour Of Lady Croquet Player Nov 15 1947
Located in Bristol, CT
Pencil signed w/ artist stamp on verso Commissioned for Vogue Magazine Nov 15, 1947 Page 102 539 East 88 St. New York City Lolas Gallery De Menocal (1919-1995) graduated from ...
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1940s USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

1920's Peaceful Marsh Wetlands Watercolor Landscape with Birds
Located in Soquel, CA
Serene 1920's watercolor landscape of calm water snaking through a lush marshy wetland, dotted with small birds, wildflowers and swaying grass, by an unknown artist (American, 20th C...
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1920s American Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Original Animation Cel from PIERRE, "I DONT CARE" (CBS 1970s)
By Maurice Sendak
Located in Surfside, FL
An original animation cel drawing from the CBS-TV broadcast of Sendak's "REALLY ROSIE" - (this was the first time "Rosie" appeared anywhere other than Sendak's original book) - this cel is from the PIERRE, "I DONT CARE" sequence. this is the original vintage acetate drawing/painting from the 1970s. it is from the estate of the film producer Dan Hunn. I cannot say definitively that it is by Maurice Sendak's hand. He definitely worked on this project and the provenance is impeccable. They are quite rare and unusual. Maurice Bernard Sendak, June 10, 1928-2012 Dubbed by one critic “the Picasso of children’s literature” and once addressed by former President Bill Clinton as “the King of Dreams,” Maurice Sendak illustrated nearly a hundred picture books throughout a career that spanned more than 60 years. Some of his best known books include Chicken Soup...
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1970s Pop Art USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

George Edwards, Engravings of Birds, published by Seligmann, 1770.
By George Edwards
Located in Richmond, GB
Price is per each framed print. "Sammlung Verschiedenr Auslandischer und Selener Vogel", Nuremberg 1770-1773. Edited by Johann Michael Seligmann (1749 -1776): engravings with origin...
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18th Century USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Engraving

Running with Clouds, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Low clouds stretch across the evening sky and mirror perfectly on the lake's surface. Shades of purple and blue deepen into gray, signaling the arrival of night...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Winter Fields, Original Painting
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
The sky shines a brilliant blue on these rare warm January days. Sunlight bathes the landscape, casting shadows from the trees. Patches of golden grass peek thr...

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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Chinese Erotic Album Leaf, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
Despite its explicit content, this intimate scene conveys a sense of tenderness and romantic love characteristic of Chinese erotic art. Known as “sp...
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Mid-19th Century Qing USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Untitled Abstraction
By Medard P. Klein
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled Abstraction Graphite on paper. c. 1946 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist Inherited by his neighbor/caregiver Condition: Staining at corners ...
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1940s Abstract USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Graphite

"Harvester at work in the field" - Ink Drawing on Heavy Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate and detailed drawing of a harvester in the field by an unknown artist. A team of horses is pulling a large harvester, controlled by four people riding on the machine. To the...
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Early 20th Century Realist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, India Ink

Gino Hollander Portrait of a Woman
By Gino Hollander
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gino Hollander: 1924-2015. Well listed American artist with Auction results over $14,000. He lived in California, Colorado, and Spain. This fabulous mixed media measures 11 1/4 inche...
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1970s American Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

The Decoration of Monte Carlo
Located in Dallas, TX
This late 19th century French pen and ink drawing depicts the decoration of Monte Carlo by Lucas and George Clairin (French, 1843-1919). The price inc...
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Late 19th Century USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Ink

"The Arms Collector" An Exceptional Orientalist Watercolor by Filippo Indoni
Located in Queens, NY
"The Arms Collector" - An Exceptional Orientalist Watercolor by Filippo Indoni This captivating watercolor, titled The Arms Collector, is an exceptional work by the renowned Italian...
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19th Century USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Post Office, New York
By Robert Hallowell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Post Office, New York Watercolor on paper, c. 1930 Signed with the Estate stamp lower left (see photo) Illustrated: Marbella Gallery, Robert Hallowell (1886-1939), No. 64 Provenance:...
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1930s Abstract Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Tree, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Tree (P5.61), Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Eve Nethercott's adept...
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1960s Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

'Pointillist Abstract', Paris, Étretat, New York, Whitney Museum, MoMA, PAFA
By Manfred Schwartz
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Estate stamp, verso, for Manfred Schwartz (American, 1909-1970) and painted circa 1960. Paper dimensions: 15 x 19.75 inches. Born in Lodz, Poland, Manfred Schwartz immigrated to Am...
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1960s Abstract Expressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Gouache, Pen

Pears / mixed media quiet still life, framed
By Stephen Namara
Located in Burlingame, CA
Pears - sill life composition - exquisite highly contemporary still life drawing / mixed media work, created with dry pigment and conte crayon on 350 pound archival rag paper that is...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Conté, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pigment

Gouache Drawing Aviation Airline Study by C. Villars
Located in Atlanta, GA
Post-War Airline Illustration by C. Villars (France, 20th Century) — Gouache on Arches Velin Paper. This rare, original post-war gouache illustration was hand-painted by French artis...
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1940s Post-War USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

Study for David and Goliath
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Study for David and Goliath c. 1971 Signed, u.r. Pastel on paper 12 x 19 inches (30.5 x 48.3 cm) This work is offered by CLAMP in New York City.
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1970s Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pastel

'Barn with Boat Dock, ' by Unknown, Ink and Watercolor Painting
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
This framed 22" x 29" ink and watercolor painting by an Unknown artist explores an abstracted landscape depicting a boat dock near a barn. In a neutral palette of browns, grays, and...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Figure 4
By Matthew Alfonso Durante
Located in Denver, CO
Crouching figure surrounded by pink flowers
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2010s USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Graphite

"Pan" Original Watercolor & Ink Storyboard by Walter Schnackenberg
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Chicago, IL
Note: We highly recommend shipping through 1stDibs for its cost effectiveness, full insurance coverage, and reliable handling. While standard parcel services are an option, the defau...
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1940s Art Nouveau USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Flowers (P6.48), Year: 1948, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm), Description: Set on a deep red surface...
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1940s Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Barbara Regina Dietzsch Watercolor Painting of White Primrose, ca. 1730
Located in New York, NY
Barbara Regina Dietzsch, 1706-1783 White Primrose, Japanese Quince, a Beetle, and a Butterfly, ca. 1730 Opaque watercolor painting inscribed on...
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1730s USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

British Modernist Vibrant Watercolor Painting of Flowers
By Sir Jacob Epstein
Located in Surfside, FL
Sir Jacob Epstein KBE (10 November 1880 – 19 August 1959) was an American British sculptor who helped pioneer modern sculpture. He was born in the United States, and moved to Europe in 1902, becoming a British subject in 1911. He often produced controversial works which challenged ideas on what was appropriate subject matter for public artworks. He also made paintings and drawings, and often exhibited his work. Epstein's parents were Polish Jewish refugees, living on New York's Lower East Side. He studied art in his native New York as a teenager, sketching the city, and joined the Art Students League of New York in 1900. For his livelihood, he worked in a bronze foundry by day, studying drawing and sculptural modelling at night. Epstein's first major commission was to illustrate Hutchins Hapgood's 1902 book Spirit of the Ghetto. Epstein used the money from the commission to move to Paris. Moving to Europe in 1902, he studied in Paris at the Académie Julian and the École des Beaux-Arts. He settled in London in 1905 and married Margaret Dunlop in 1906. Epstein became a British subject on 4 January 1911. Many of Epstein's works were sculpted at his two cottages in Loughton, Essex, where he lived first at number 49 then 50, Baldwin's Hill (there is a blue plaque on number 50). He served briefly in the 38th Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, known as the Jewish Legion during World War I; following a breakdown, he was discharged in 1918 without having left England. In London, Epstein involved himself with a bohemian and artistic crowd. Revolting against ornate, pretty art, he made bold, often harsh and massive forms of bronze or stone. His sculpture is distinguished by its vigorous rough-hewn realism. Avant-garde in concept and style, his works often shocked his audience. This was not only a result of their (often explicit) sexual content, but also because they deliberately abandoned the conventions of classical Greek sculpture favoured by European Academic sculptors to experiment instead with the aesthetics of art traditions as diverse as those of India, West Africa, and the Pacific Islands. Between 1913 and 1915, Epstein was associated with the short-lived Vorticism movement and produced one of his best known sculptures The Rock Drill. Between the late 1930s and the mid-1950s, numerous works by Epstein were exhibited in Blackpool. Adam, Consummatum Est, Jacob and the Angel and Genesis, and other works, were initially displayed in an old drapery shop surrounded by red velvet curtains. The crowds were ushered in at the cost of a shilling by a barker on the street. After a small tour of American fun fairs, the works were returned to Blackpool and were exhibited in the anatomical curiosities section of Louis Tussaud's waxworks. Bronze portrait sculpture formed one of Epstein's staple products, and perhaps the best known. These sculptures were often executed with roughly textured surfaces, expressively manipulating small surface planes and facial details. Some fine examples are in the National Portrait Gallery. He completed a bust of Winston Churchill...
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1930s Modern USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Hullo Old Chap You Look As If You'd Had Sport! 1902 by Phil May
Located in Bristol, CT
Classic c1902 pen & ink sketch depicting two smartly hunt- attired Brit 'chaps' discussing, 'You look as if you had sport in at the kill?... Well, no I was in at the ditch and in at ...
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Early 1900s USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Pen

"Sea Fan" - Abstracted Oceanic Still Life in Pen & Ink on Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Highly detailed patterned abstract composition by Patricia "Patti" Omori Shepp (American, b. 1954). This piece has a repeating pattern across the width, reflected on itself. Texture ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Postcard, Pen

Red and Yellow Flowers, Impressionist Watercolor by Eve Nethercott
By Eve Nethercott
Located in Long Island City, NY
Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) - Red and Yellow Flowers, Year: circa 1960, Medium: Watercolor, Size: 20 in. x 14 in. (50.8 cm x 35.56 cm), Description: Flowing out of t...
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1960s Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Vue of Chiloa Bridge, Japan
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Vue of Chiloa Bridge, Japan" c.1950 is an watercolor on paper by noted American artist Joseph Morgan Henninger, 1906-1996 It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork size is 21 x 28.65 inches, framed is 28.5 x 35.85 inches. Framed in original wooden gold frame, with fabric liner. It is in very good condition. About the artist: Joseph Morgan Henninger (May 15, 1906 – March 7, 1999) was an American artist and illustrator. He was born in Elwood, Indiana and died In Pacific Palisades, California. Joseph Henninger...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Sarah Irvin "There we Go" - Abstract ink on Yupo paper
By Sarah Irvin
Located in New York, NY
Sarah Irvin There we Go, 2020 ink on Yupo paper 26 x 40 in. (irv082) Sarah Irvin's work is concerned with explorations of autobiography, family history, genetic heritage, and memory...
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2010s Abstract USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Synthetic Paper

Double Sculpture, unique sculptural study, Brazilian American sculptor, Signed
By Saint Clair Cemin
Located in New York, NY
Saint Clair Cemin (Brazilian-American) Double Sculpture, 1987 Graphite and watercolor on paper Hand signed, dated and titled on the back of the sheet ...
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Watercolor, Graphite, Pencil

Cubist Landscape/Cityscape of Capri, Italy, Early 20th Century Woman Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Clara Deike (American, 1881-1965) Capri, 1927 Watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right 11 x 10 inches 14.25 x 13.25 inches, framed A graduate of the Cleveland School of Art ...
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1920s Cubist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Spring Beauty - Botanical Wildflower Plant Flowers Silverpoint Pale Blue, 2025
By Margot Glass
Located in Kent, CT
This delicate contemporary botanical drawing is made with silverpoint on light blue prepared 140lb Saunders Waterford cotton paper. The exploration of ephemerality, and the fragilit...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Silver

Star of Bethlehem - Botanical Wildflower Plant Flowers Silverpoint Peach, 2025
By Margot Glass
Located in Kent, CT
This delicate contemporary botanical drawing is made with silverpoint on prepared 140lb Saunders Waterford cotton paper. The exploration of ephemerality, and the fragility of a wild...
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2010s Contemporary USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Silver

Magpie Watercolor on Paper Handmade Painting, One of a Kind
Located in Granada Hills, CA
Artist: Artyom Abrahamyan, Work: Original Painting, Handmade artwork, One of a Kind Medium: Watercolor on Paper Year: 2025 Style: Classic Art Title: Magpie Size: 9 x 12 inch, (23x3...
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2010s Realist USA - Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

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