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Drawings and Watercolor Paintings For Sale
“A perfect day”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Tarkay original watercolor with coa “a perfect day”. In excellent condition measures 25x25. We have about 4 more original watercolors
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21st Century and Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

“Original Drawing”
Located in Warren, NJ
This is an Jeff Koons original drawing signed and dated made 2001. In good condition condition. Measures 26x26. Was made for Hugo Boss back in 2001. There’s article you can google i...
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20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Permanent Marker

HMS Newcastle. In Sydney Harbor. December 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Royal Navy.
By Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
Commander Eric Erskine Campbell Tufnell RN English ( b.1888 - d.1979 ). HMS Newcastle in Sydney Harbor, December 1956. UK Squadron attending 1956 Olympics, Melbourne, Australia Water...
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Mid-20th Century Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Red lighthouse
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
This artwork makes part of my small collection of abstract paintings created in various vivid tones. This collection was created for contemporary interior decoration to bring a to...
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2010s Abstract Expressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

"Two avocados"
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
Dear art lover, I have worked on a new series of small oil paintings. This is the one of them. This series is dedicated to the scenes of everyday life. This painting is called "Tw...
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2010s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Études Botaniques #22
By Michele Zuzalek
Located in Washington, DC
Original watercolor in Indigo on handmade deckled edge paper.
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Three Nudes in a Garden
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Three Nudes in a Garden Graphite, c. 1928-1933 Initialed in pencil lower left (see photo) Illustrated: Elliott & Wooden, Aaron Bohrod: Figure Sketches, Fige 9, page 32 (see photo) A...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

Nude - Original Pen Drawing on Paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper realized by Anonymous Artist of the mid-20th Century. The state of preservation of the artwork is very good. The artwork ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pen, Paper

French School late 19th century, A woman in a deckchair, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School late 19th century, A woman in a deckchair, pencil on paper 21 x 31.5 cm In a modern frame : 36 x 47 cm This is a very sensitive and interesting drawing. Typical of Im...
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1890s Realist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Figure - Original Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by an anonymous french artist of the 20th Century. Aged with cutaways on the margins. The artwork represents the study of...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Dancers - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancers is an original drawing in pen and pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour. The state of preservation is good except for some foldings and two rips on the right margin. Han...
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20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Nude - Original Pencil on Paper by Jeanne Daour - 1939
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pencil on paper realized by Jeanne Daour in 1939. Hand-signed on the lower left and dated. The state of preservation is good except for some foxings ...
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1930s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

Vulture - Pencil and Pastel Drawing by Jane Le Soudier - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Vulture is an original drawing in pencil and pastel realized Jane Le Soudier (1885-1976). with the monogram of the artist's name on the lower right. The state of preservation of the ...
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Mid-20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Pastel

La Dame Queteuse
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Jean Cocteau (French, 1889-1963) La Dame Queteuse Ink on paper Signed, inscribed and dated `La Dame Queteuse Jean 1922’ (below) 10.1/4 x 7.7/8 in. (26 x 20 cm.) Provenance: Vente G...
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Early 20th Century Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper

Standing Nude in Profile - Pencil Drawing Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in Profile is an original artwork realized by an Anonymous French artist in the first years of the XX century. Pencil on paper. Passepartout included. Good conditions except fo...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

'Kneeling Nude', American Modernist Graphite Figural Study
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, "M. Decker" for Michael Decker (American, 20th Century) and created circa 1975. An elegant graphite and india ink figural study showing a young woman kneeling an...
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1970s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink

1950's Modernist Painting Bright Watercolour Chateau In Green and Blue Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour on artist paper size: 13 x 16 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Art deco mixed media on paper - Panther in a forest of bamboos by Gaston Suisse
Located in Carouge GE, GE
Panthère dans les bambous, 1926 Gouache, or et traits de crayon sur papier Signé et daté en bas à droite 15 x 15 cm (sujet) Panther in the bamboos, 1926 Gouache, pencil and gold on paper Signed and dated to the lower right Provenance Collection particulière, France - Private collection, France Bibliographie/Literature : Emmanuel Bréon "Gaston Suisse, splendeur du laque art déco", Somogy Editions d'art, Paris 2013, oeuvre décrite et reproduite page 104. (l’oeuvre décrite et reproduite est la lithographie tirée d'après l’oeuvre originale que nous présentons.) Nous présentons ici l'oeuvre originale à la gouache, or et crayon de la panthère noire. L’artiste en réalisa une gravure sur bois dont il tira lui-même une vingtaine d’épreuve. Ces épreuves ne furent pas commercialisées telles quelles, Gaston Suisse reprit chacune des épreuves en utilisant des lavis d’encre de Chine et des ors de différentes couleurs, afin d’obtenir des effets différents pour chaque épreuve, qui sont donc des œuvres originales uniques. We present here the original work in gouache, gold and pencil of the black panther. From this original, the artist made a wood engraving of which he made about twenty prints himself. These proofs were not marketed as they were, Gaston Suisse reworked each of the proofs using Indian ink washes and golds of different colors, in order to obtain different effects for each proof, which are thus unique original works. Born in 1896 in a family of artists, his father Georges was a close friend of Siegfried Bing and a great lover of Japanese art and a bibliophile. He passed his taste for art to his son whom he often took to draw at the Botanic Garden . Around 1910, Gaston Suisse, who hasn't entered yet the artistic school, met Paul Jouve, then 18 years his elder, who was already famous. In 1911, at the age of 17, he entered the National School of Decorative Art where he followed the teachings of Paul Renouard. Thanks to his knowledge and taste for the Japanese art, he chose lacquer painting as his specialty. His practice of this noble and demanding subject were so much appreciated that he was awarded with two gold medals in 1913 and 1914. Mobilized during the war , he joined the army and go in Salonika where he found his friend Jouve. In 1918, he finished his studies at the School of Applied Arts in order to perfect his training. He learned in particular the techniques of gilding and oxidation of metals. The first productions of Gaston Suisse, furniture and objects in lacquer with geometrical patterns, were an instant success and Suisse was appointed as member of Salon d'Automne in 1924, the very year of his first exhibition. Considered as an artist-decorator, his sincere and deep friendship with Jouve linked him in parallel with the groups of the animaliers of the Jardin des Plantes and became a close friend of Edouard-Marcel Sandoz. When travelling to Maghreb and Middle-East between 1923 and 1925, he produced numerous drawings representing antelopes, apes and fennec foxes...
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1920s Art Deco Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gold

"Venise, the Campanille San Marco" figurative water colour, china ink on paper.
Located in Roscoff, FR
Femme à la longue robe orange » est une œuvre d'aquarelle figurative, réalisée à l'encre de Chine sur papier, mesurant 65x50 cm. L'artiste a capturé avec d...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Watercolor

Boats docked in the water
Located in VÉNISSIEUX, FR
I enjoy working on semi-abstract artworks with a touch of impressionism. This is the one of the artworks which was inspired by the beauty of the south of France. I was inspired by ...
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2010s American Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Acrylic, Paper

Untitled #29-1999-22
Located in New Orleans, LA
This work was part of "Body Politics", the August/September 2022 exhibition marked the debut of this work in the region (New Orleans), and the first time any of these works have been...
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1990s Surrealist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel, Ink

Paul Schürch (1886-1939) - Romantic Landscape Drawing 1917 Solothurn Switzerland
Located in Meinisberg, CH
Paul Schürch (Swiss, ∗ 14.2.1886 Wangen b. Olten, † 11.12.1939 Bern) Romantic Landscape in area of Solothurn, Switzerland • Charcoal/Pencil drawing delicately heightened in various...
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1910s Naturalistic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Pastel, Laid Paper, Pencil

"Spring Spirit Garden, " Watercolor signed by David Barnett
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Spring Spirit Garden" is an original watercolor painting on Japanese rice paper by David Barnett. The artist signed the piece in the lower right. This piece utilizes the wet-on-wet ...
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Early 2000s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Rice Paper, Watercolor

A son of Niobe. Italian Academic drawing. XIX century.
Located in Firenze, IT
A son of Niobe. Italian Academic drawing. XIX century. Charcoal drawing on paper. Dimensions: cm 58 x cm 43. Good conservation conditions with small defects on margins. This dra...
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19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Miniature Landscape Called Birch Trees Reflected in a Stream by Oskar Bergman
Located in Stockholm, SE
We are delighted to present this rare miniature landscape by the artist Oskar Bergman. Measuring just 5.5 x 4 cm, this exquisite piece comes with its original frame and gold passepar...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Abstract Composition Inspired by Bach, Framed Abstract Watercolor Painting, Pink
Located in Denver, CO
Original vintage watercolor painting by twentieth century San Francisco woman artist, Hildegarde Haas (1926-2002). "Bach - English Suite No.2 in A Minor...
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20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Nude Woman Profile Drawing by Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
Reclining Female figure, original signed line drawing, in pencil and ink by Albert Radoczy. Albert Radoczy was a master at exploring the female form. Throughout his career, his draw...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Pencil

Hera Barberini from Vatican Museum. Large Italian Academic study. 73cm x 58cm
Located in Firenze, IT
Academic Study in Charcoal Pencil on Paper of Hera Barberini Dimensions: 58 cm x 73 cm Technique: Charcoal pencil drawing on matte paper. Good conservation conditions with some sma...
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19th Century Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper

#45
By Alexandre Hogue
Located in Fairlawn, OH
#45 Ink on paper, 1970 Signed, titled, and dated in pencil by the artist One of a series of drawings, all made in 1970, which stemmed from Hogue's interest in Persian calligraphy. H...
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1970s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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India Ink

Base Graded and Level - Buffalo in Graphite on Antique Architectural Drawings
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Vellum, Graphite

Stormy Day in Finnskogen, 1906 (Swedish title: Ovädersdag i Finnskogen, 1906)
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) Sweden Stormy Day in Finnskogen, 1906 (Swedish title: Ovädersdag i Finnskogen, 1906) ink drawing unframed: 12 x 15 cm (4.72 x 5.91 inches) framed: 22 x 2...
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Early 1900s Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink

Fox amidst the Hay Bales on Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside
Located in Preston, GB
Fox amidst the Hay Bales on a Misty Morning in a Field in the English Countryside, by British Artist Andrew Hutchinson Art measures 22 x 10 inches Frame measures 31.5 x 20 inches T...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Wood, Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Board, Foam Board, Illustration Board

20th century English pencil nude study of a torso
Located in Woodbury, CT
Ernest Procter Wonderful classical drawing of a nude torso. Ernest Procter ARA was an English designer, illustrator and painter, and husband of the famous British artist Dod Procte...
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1920s Academic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Handmade Paper, Carbon Pencil

"ritorno dalla pesca" Acquarello cm. 22 x 29 1930 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Grey,blue,Britany,Harbor,Nord France,Sea Life in Brittany Harbor Douarnenez Blue and gray colors of the sea of northern France Henry Maurice CAHOURS (Paris, 1889 – Vence, 1974) He...
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1930s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Flat Iron, New York City
Located in Chicago, IL
The eerie timeless Flat Iron building stands silhouetted against a winter sky one day in NYC. Tom was struck by the severe geometry of an historic building. The contrast of dark and ...
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19th Century Naturalistic Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

The Gathering - Wolves in Graphite on Antique Architectural Drawings
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Vellum, Graphite

"Bluebells" Framed Botanical Illustration
Located in Westport, CT
This original hand-drawn botanical illustration by Elizabeth Iadicicco is made with illustration marker, pen, and colored pencil on bristol paper. A cluster of bluebell flowers are t...
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2010s Other Art Style Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pen, Permanent Marker, Color Pencil

The Infant Jupiter Nursing from the She-Goat Amaltheia (The Birth of Jupiter)
By Luigi Quaini
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Infant Jupiter Nursing from the She-Goat Amaltheia (The Birth of Jupiter) Red chalk and wash on off-white paper, c. 1700 Unsigned Attribuuted to Quaini by Dwight Miller, the sch...
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18th Century and Earlier Baroque Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk

'Harlequin the Showman'
Located in Cambridge, GB
'Harlequin, The Showman' by CLAUDE HARRRISON R.A., A.R.C.A. R. P. Watercolour, and pencil on paper, signed and inscribed. 15 x 21 cm. Claude Harrison studied at Preston College...
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Late 20th Century English School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Homestead - Bison in Graphite on Antique Map Drawings
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Vellum, Graphite

Step Up - Mountain Goats in Graphite on Antique Architectural Drawings
Located in Chicago, IL
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather registered as a homesteader with the Department of the Interior Land Office in Buffalo, Wyoming. Building a cabin on a remote 640 acre plat,...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Vellum, Graphite

"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Three Herons" - Hand Watercolor Engraving "Three Herons" from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Different Bird...
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17th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Engraving, Paper

Untitled (Yellow, Gray and Pink)
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Yellow, Gray and Pink) Pastel on paper, 1981 Signed and dated lower right Condition: Excellent Sheet size: 12 x 18 inches Frame size: 15 x 21 inches Provenance: Jan Cowles ...
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Portrait of Hulda in a Room at Ruds Säteri
Located in Stockholm, SE
Hilding Werner (1880-1944) Sweden Hulda in a Room at Ruds Säteri mixed media on paper unframed 27 x 22.5 cm (10.63 x 8.86 inches) framed 38 x 33.5 cm (14.96 x 13.19 inches) Prov...
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Early 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Eugène Carrière (1849-1906) Studies of a baby's head, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
Eugène Carrière (1849-1906) Studies of a baby's head, signed lower right Pencil on paper 18.5 x 29.5 cm In good condition, some stains in the lower right Framed : 34 x 45 cm This...
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1880s Symbolist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

L'Allée des Palmiers (Cannes) by H. Claude Pissarro - Pastel, Post-Impressionist
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE L' Allée des Palmiers (Cannes) by H. Claude Pissarro (b. 1935) Pastel on card 37 x 51 cm (14 ⁵/₈ x 20 ¹/₈ inches)...
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21st Century and Contemporary Post-Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pastel

Antique Birds - 17th Century Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
Antique Birds - 17th Century Hand Watercolored Etching Antique Birds, from a collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Di...
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17th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Engraving, Paper

Three Women with Earrings in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Three Women with Earrings Figurative in Pastel on Paper Vivid abstracted profiles of three women wearing earrings by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 2...
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Early 2000s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Laid Paper

"Family with Ox" Pencil on Paper Painting 13" x 18" in (1979) by Inji Efflatoun
Located in Culver City, CA
"Family with Ox" Pencil on Paper Painting 13" x 18" in (1979) by Inji Efflatoun signed & dated Inji Eflatoun pursued free studies in art. Since 1942, she has participated in the ex...
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20th Century Post-War Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Pencil

"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Watercolor Engraving
Located in Soquel, CA
"Collection Of The Most Rare Birds" - Hand Colored Engraving Collection of the Most Rare Birds Drawn and Engraved From Life, A Natural and Rational History of the Different Birds t...
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17th Century French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Engraving, Watercolor, Paper

Watercolor Interior Church Santa Maria Gloriosa dei Frari Venice French 19th
Located in PARIS, FR
Nicolas Félix ESCALIER Paris, 1843 – Paris, 1920 Aquarelle Cachet de l'atelier en bas à gauche 26 x 36 cm (38,5 x 51,5 cm avec le cadre) Cadre XIXe en pitchpin Nicolas Félix Escalie...
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1870s French School Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

View of the Swedish Building / World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago History
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Lydia Purdy Hess (Michigan/Chicago, 1866-1936) Signed: L. P. Hess '93 (L/R) " View of the Swedish Building / World's Columbian Exposition ", 1893 Watercolor on Paper 10 1/2" x 14...
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Late 19th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Black Callas by Guy Oberson - Work on paper, contemporary painting, flowers
Located in Paris, FR
Black Callas is a unique black chalk on paper painting by contemporary artist Guy Oberson, dimensions are 40 × 50 cm (15.7 × 19.7 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

Sur la plage de Deauville - Impressionist Figurative Watercolor by Eugene Boudin
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
Signed watercolour on paper landscape circa 1865 by French impressionist painter Eugene Boudin. This work depicts an artist painting a portrait of an elegant couple on the beach at D...
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1860s Impressionist Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Orchid (fragment after Mapplethorpe) by Guy Oberson - Work on paper, chalk, dark
Located in Paris, FR
Orchid (fragment after Mapplethorpe) is a unique black chalk on paper painting by contemporary artist Guy Oberson, dimensions are 140 × 120 cm (55.1 × 47.2 in). The artwork is signe...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Chalk

"Symbiotic String I" Paint on paper, nature soft shapes, neutral curves contrast
Located in Hamburg, HH
“Symbiotic Strings” is a series of three small studies of acrylic on paper created in 2024 by Amanda Andersen. Minimal forms grow into each other with a simplicity and serenity simi...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Acrylic, Graphite

Callas by Guy Oberson - Work on paper, contemporary painting, chalk, flowers
Located in Paris, FR
Callas is a unique black chalk on paper painting by contemporary artist Guy Oberson, dimensions are 49.5 × 41.5 cm (19.5 × 16.3 in). The artwork is signed, sold unframed and comes w...
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2010s Contemporary Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Chalk, Paper

Untitled
Located in Barcelona, ES
The painting is being offered with a work and authenticity certificate
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1980s Abstract Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Lithograph

Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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