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Medium: Ink
Under the Archways, Streets of Jerusalem
Located in Surfside, FL
Judaica watercolor depicting the streets of Jerusalem, Israel, Palestine.
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20th Century Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Hide and Seek"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen and Ink on Illustration Board Signature: Signed Lower Right This piece is on 15.00" x 20.00" illustration board, and the drawing itself measures to 12.50" square. Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for 1957 Broadway production of `Hide and Seek...
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1950s Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Figurative/Portrait/Abstract_Ink on Paper_America Martin, Woman Rests on Clover
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
America Martin "Woman Rests on Clover" Acrylic on Paper 11.25 x 30 in. 17 x 36 in. Framed AMERICA MARTIN is an internationally represented Colombian-American fine artist based in L...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Handmade Paper, Ink

Sailor
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. Caviar20 has been championig his inimitable works on paper from the 1950s. We believ...
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1950s Pop Art Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Graphite

Alexander Calder, Handwritten, signed letter, from Sache near Tours, France
Located in New York, NY
Alexander Calder Handwritten, signed letter, 1956 Ink on paper: 2 page handwritten and hand signed letter Hand signed by Calder at the end of the letter on the second page. Unique 11...
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1950s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) The Musketeers, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) The Musketeers bears the monogram "M" on the lower left Ink and pencil on paper 26,7 x 23,7 cm in good condition, In a mod...
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1890s Art Nouveau Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

#2209H, David Jones, Original drawing, Minimalist Drawing, Nude art, Figurative
Located in Deddington, GB
#2209H by David Jones [2022] original and hand signed by the artist Ink on Paper Image size: H:40 cm x W:29 cm Complete Size of Unframed Work: H:40 cm x W:29 cm x D:0.1cm Sold Unfra...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

MARYAN - ORIGINAL DRAWING - PORTRAIT
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Ink on paper Hand signed and dated lower right Unique piece
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1970s Expressionist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

"Costume teatrale costruttivista" acquerello e china cm. 26 x 38 1920 ca
Located in Torino, IT
Bellissimo studio costruttivista per costume teatrale Kostantin Vialov Pittore, grafico, scenografo, artista di arti decorative e applicate. Uno dei principali artisti sovietici deg...
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1920s Constructivist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Watercolor

Untitled, Series Comets - Contemporary Expressive Painting, Conceptual Art
Located in Salzburg, AT
The artwork is signed (see last photo) and will be shipped rolled in a tube. Urszula Wilk – artist statment: I have always been interested in the idea of infiniteness of a painting...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Drawing, Acrylic, Ink and Colored Pencils on Paper. "Old Love, New Love"
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
“Old Love, New Love” is an original mixed media drawing created with acrylic, ink, and colored pencils on Fabriano 120g/m² paper. The artwork incorporates a unique technique develope...
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2010s Expressionist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Pencil, Color Pencil

Series 7 No 2, David Jones, Original Nude Drawing, Black And White
Located in Deddington, GB
Nude drawing from Series 7 No.2
Original Minimalist Drawing Black Ink on 300gsm White Paper
Image Size: H 36cm x W 26 cm x D 0.1cm Sold without mount Nude drawing from Series 7 No.2...
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21st Century and Contemporary Minimalist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Ink drawing, colored pencils, and oil pastel on paper. “Eternal Encounters”
Located in Bogotá, Bogotá
“Eternal Encounters” is an original drawing on paper Fabriano by Colombian artist Luis Xiua, whose work fuses figurative and abstract elements inspired by nature, symbolism, and cons...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink, Pen, Pencil, Pigment

Cuban Artist - Caricature of Adolphe Menjou Debonair Devil
Located in Miami, FL
Framed Cuban Artist/Caricaturist Conrado Walter Massaguer presents Hollywood star Adolphe Menjou in a satirical dual portrait. In the foreground, the subject is seen in a dapper top hat, tux, fashionable cigarette and boutonnière, and is shown as being the epitome of being stylishly debonair. To make a larger point about this subject, Massaguer paints a cast shadow of Menjou as a burning red devil who studies his alter ego from above. Keeping with the artist's sarcasm, we see the good and bad in one image. Works by Massaguer are rare and this work is in keeping with his signature style. This work was most likely done on assignment for Life Magazine, Cosmopolitan, The New Yorker or Vanity Fair. Signed upper right. Inscribe lower right. Titled on verso. Unframed, Slight bend to board; toning to board; scattered faint foxing; pin point abrasions to margins, not affecting image. 19-1/2 x 15-1/8 inches board size. Conrado Walter Massaguer y Diaz was a Cuban artist, political satirist, and magazine publisher. He is considered a student of the Art Nouveau. He was the first caricaturist in the world to broadcast his art on television.He was first caricaturist to exhibit on Fifth Avenue. He was the first caricaturist in the world to exhibit his caricatures on wood. He, and his brother Oscar, were the first magazine publishers in the world to use photolithographic printing. Self portrait of Conrado Walter Massaguer, depicted on a carrousel ride, with the devil over his left shoulder and an angel over his right. (1945) He created the magazine Social with his brother Oscar to showcase Cuban artistic talent. The duo later created the magazine Carteles, which became for a period the most popular magazine in Cuba, which was purchased by Miguel Ángel Quevedo in 1953. In his life, he met and drew caricatures of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Walt Disney, Albert Einstein, the King of Spain, and many others.[ In sum total, he was the author of more than 28 thousand caricatures and drawings.Ernest Hemingway once had to refrain himself from punching Massaguer in the face after the artist drew an unflattering caricature of him. The dictator Gerardo Machado, however, did not punch Massaguer for his own unflattering caricature - he had the artist deported. He was one of the most internationally renowned Cuban artists of his day, and his art is still regularly featured in galleries across the Western Hemisphere and Europe. Early life Massaguer was born on October 18, 1889, in Cárdenas, Cuba.[In 1892, his family moved to Havana. When the Cuban War of Independence broke out, Massaguer's family escaped the country. From 1896 to 1908, he lived in Mérida, Mexico. However, during this time, his parents enrolled him in the New York Military Academy, where he stayed during school years. In 1905, after graduating the military academy, he briefly attended the San Fernando school in Havana, where he was tutored by Ricardo de la Torriente and Leopoldo Romañach. In 1906, less than a year later, he returned to the family home in Mexico. Career as artist Early career While living in Yucatán, Mexico, Massaguer published his first caricatures in local newspapers and magazines. These included La Campana, La Arcadia, and the Diario Yucateco. In 1908, he moved back to Havana. After returning to the island in 1908, Massaguer began mingling with Havana's aristocratic circles, forming close friendships with some of the city's most powerful and influential men, as well as winning the favor of many women who were quickly charmed by him. Massaguer, largely self-taught, honed his style using the avant-garde techniques he studied from the European and American magazines that were widely available in Cuba at the time. Cover of the immensely popular Cuban magazine El Figaro, drawn by Massaguer in 1909. This cover depicts two bumbling, incompetent American tourists to the island. He started drawing for El Fígaro, and was featured prominently on the cover in 1909. After two years of refining his craft, Havana announced a poster contest aimed at attracting North American tourists to stay in the city during the winter months. Notable figures like Leopoldo Romañach, Armando Menocal, Rodríguez Morey, Jaime Valls, and others also entered the competition. The jury was particularly impressed by the modern execution and creative solution of one piece, signed by Massaguer, who was relatively unknown at the time. The jury deliberations caused a great controversy.[5] The prize was ultimately awarded to the Galician painter Mariano Miguel, who had recently married the daughter of Nicolás Rivero, the wealthy owner of the conservative newspaper Diario de la Marina. Although Massaguer received only an honorable mention, the fraud scandal caused such an uproar that his name quickly entered the public spotlight, and he became an overnight sensation. In 1910, he became co-owner of the advertising agency Mercurio, with Laureano Rodríguez Castells. At Mercurio, he led the Susini cigar campaign, and earned substantial wealth. Massaguer has been described as a restless man, in both mind and body.After earning enough money from his art to begin traveling, he was almost always doing so. He constantly traveled between New York City and Havana, Mexico and France, Europe and the Americas. In 1911, his reputation among the Havana socialites solidified when he organized his own first public caricature exhibit, and also the first Caricature Salon ever held in the Americas, hosted at Athenaeum of Havana (the Ateneo), and the Círculo de La Habana. Other exhibitors here included Maribona, Riverón, Portell Vilá, Valer, Botet, Barsó, García Cabrera, Carlos Fernández, Rafael Blanco, and Hamilton de Grau. "Messaguer Visits Broadway." Caricatures of theatrical and literary figures. Elsie Janis, Raymond Hitchcock, S. Jay Kaufman (columnist), Ibanez, author of The Four Horsemen, and Frances White In 1912, in the New York American Journal, he published his first Broadway drawings. From 1913 to 1918, he was an editor for Gráfico. Social Main article: Social (magazine) Cover of the magazine Social, July 7, 1923 In 1916, he created the magazine Social with his brother, Oscar H. Massaguer. Social's contributors included Guillén Carpentier, Chacón y Calvo, Enrique José Varona and others.Social has been described as Massaguer's great love in the magazine industry, and was the property that historians say he cared the most about. Social was an innovative magazine, being the first magazine in the world to use a modern printing process called photolithographic printing. Social set cultural trends, not only in the fashion of Cuba, but in art, politics, and Cuban identity.[11] Social catered to a certain aesthetic in Cuba - that of the sophisticated elite socialite - but Massaguer would also use this magazine to ridicule and jibe against that same class of society when he found their personalities worthy of his contempt. In Social, readers could find a variety of content, including short stories, avant-garde poetry, art reviews, philosophical essays, and serialized novels, as well as articles on interior design, haute couture, and fashion. Occasionally, the magazine also featured reports on sports such as motor racing, rowing, tennis, and horse riding.The cultural promotion efforts of both Massaguer and Emilio Roig de Leuchsenring are evident in the magazine. Notably, this period overlaps with their involvement in the Minorista Group, which was then at the forefront of the country's intellectual life.[5] Many contributors were devoted members of the group, leading some experts to consider Social as the cultural voice of the Minoristas. One of the features of Social magazine was its section called "Massa Girls," which was a play on his own name, and pronounced with a glottal 'g' in a similar fashion to the letter in Massaguer.[12] Massaguer drew women as independent and free-thinking, and never drew the woman celebrity as a caricature of herself, but as a free agent surrounded by caricatures.[11] However, Massaguer himself has been described as a womanizer in his personal life, and hesitant to fully embrace every facet of women's liberation. In 1916, he also established la Unión de Artes Gráficas and the advertising agency Kesevén Anuncios.[9] The art critic Bernardo González Barroa wrote: “Massaguer has solved the problem of working hard, living comfortably off what his art produces and not missing any artistic, sporting or social event. His broad, childish laugh, of a carefree individual who carries his luck hidden in a pocket, appears everywhere for the moment, disguising the pranks of pupils that lurk, mock and, finally, flash with satisfaction at finding the characteristic point after having analyzed a soul... Massaguer's personality is beginning to solidify now. He has been the best-known and most popular caricaturist for a long time, but his technique had not reached the security, the mastery of values that he presents in his latest works, which is very natural and explainable”[5] Carteles Main article: Carteles Cover of the magazine Carteles, November 29, 1931 In 1919, Massaguer and his brother created the magazine Carteles.[9] Carteles gained the widest circulation of any magazine in Latin America, and the most popular magazine in Cuba for a time, until that title was claimed by Revista Bohemia. Carteles remained in print until July 1960.This magazine showcased Cuban commerce, art, sports, and social life before the revolution. In 1924, Carteles took a more political turn, with articles criticizing Gerardo Machado's government. it became a prime example of the humor and graphic design employed by artists like Horacio Rodríguez Suria and Andrés García...
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1930s Art Nouveau Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Illustration Board

Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting by Jean-Baptiste Glomy
Located in PARIS, FR
We would like to thank Juliette Parmentier-Courreau of the Custodia Foundation for her welcome and support during the consultation of Glomy’s Journal des Ouvrages. This spectacularly large "feuille de desseins ajustés" commissioned by François Boucher from Jean-Baptiste Glomy is emblematic of the painter's art and mastery of rocaille. It is also fully representative of the taste of this period in the field of decorative arts. The largest of these three drawings, placed at the bottom of the composition, is particularly interesting: dating from around 1756, it constitutes a modello (apparently unpublished) for the frontispiece of the "Catalogue des tableaux de Monsieur de Julienne"), preserved in the Morgan Library in New York. 1. François Boucher, the master of French rocaille The extraordinary career of Francois Boucher was unmatched by his contemporaries in versatility, consistency and output. For many, particularly the writers and collectors who led the revival of interest in the French rococo during the last century, his sensuous beauties and plump cupids represent the French eighteenth century at its most typical. His facility with the brush, even when betraying the occasional superficiality of his art, enabled him to master every aspect of painting – history and mythology, portraiture, landscape, ordinary life and, as part of larger compositions, even still life. He had been trained as an engraver, and the skills of a draftsman, which he imbued in the studio of Jean-Francois Cars (1661 – 1738), stood him in good stead throughout his career; his delightful drawings are one of the most sought-after aspects of his oeuvre. As a student of Francois Lemoyne (1688 - 1737), he mastered the art of composition. The four years he spent in Italy, from 1727-1731, educated him in the works of the masters, classics and history, that his modest upbringing had denied him. On his return to Paris in 1734, he gained full membership of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture with his splendid Rinaldo and Armida (Paris, Musée du Louvre). Although, throughout his career, he occasionally painted subjects taken from the Bible, and would always have considered himself first as a history painter, his own repertoire of heroines, seductresses, flirtatious peasant girls and erotic beauties was better suited to a lighter, more decorative subject matter. His mastery of technique and composition enabled him to move from large scale tapestry...
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1750s Old Masters Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Ink

A Nearly Forgotten Song - Abstract Colorful Figurative Mixed Media Art on Wood
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Robert Lebsack creates artworks using mixed media with ink, acrylic, and charcoal on archival copies of newspapers, textbooks, and sheet music. As a visionary artist, Lebsack weaves ...
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2010s Surrealist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel

Il Kaiser - Original Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1915
Located in Roma, IT
Il Kaiser is an original drawing in China ink, watercolor and white lead on creamy cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937). In good conditions. This artwotk presents ...
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1910s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Felician Myrbach (1853-1940) Poèmes magyars, Magyar poems bears the monogram "M" on the lower left, titled in the upper right Ink on paper 29,8 x 19,8 cm in good condition, the sheet is slightly yellowed In a modern frame : 33 x 23 cm This is an illustration project by Felician Myrbach for François Coppée's work, "Poèmes magyars". He leaves the space to be occupied by the text blank on the sheet and arranges his composition accordingly. It is interesting to see the artist imagine his drawing with this constraint. Felician Myrbach (also Felicien de Myrbach, Felician von Myrbach, from 1919 Freiherr von Rheinfeld) was born on 9 February 1853 in Zalishchyky, he died 14 January 1940 in Klagenfurt He was an Austrian painter, graphic designer and illustrator. He was a founding member of the Vienna Secession and the director of the Applied Arts School in Vienna (now the University of Applied Arts Vienna), and was instrumental in the creation of the Wiener Werkstätte. Myrbach's father was Franz Myrbach (1818–1882), the Administrator of Bukovina in 1865–70. His older brother Franz Xaver (1850–1919) was an economist and professor at the University of Innsbruck. He attended the Theresian Military Academy in 1868–71, graduating as a Leutnant, then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna under August Eisenmenger. In 1875, he joined the 19th Feldjäger Battalion, and in 1877 became an Oberleutnant in the Military Geographic Institute, then, after campaigning in Bosnia in 1878, he taught drawing at the Infantry Cadet School in Vienna. He continued his artistic studies under C R Huber. In 1881, he went on military leave and moved to Paris, retiring totally from the military in 1884 as a Hauptmann, 2nd Class. He stayed in Paris until 1897, working as an illustrator, including illustrating the works of Alphonse Daudet, Victor Hugo and Jules Verne. Myrbach was a founding member of the Vienna Secession in 1897. In the same year, he became the a professor of the Applied Arts School at the Museum of Art and Industry; Arthur von Scala, another reformer Modernist, was made head of the Museum. In 1889, Myrbach became the director of the school. He brought an enthusiastic Modernist attitude and encouraged an integration between art, design and production. He added Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann to the staff, amongst other Secession artists. This would lead to the foundation of the Wiener Werkstätte in 1903. Myrbach leant more towards an aesthetic approach than von Scala, but both worked together to bring about their combined vision of successful, popular Austrian applied art. Myrbach was a voice for reform towards Modernist ideals in the School, which was started 1899 with the support of Alfred Roller, and completed by 1901.The reform of the school has been described as his "lasting merit". Ludwig Hevesi called Myrbach "probably the best [illustrator] in Vienna", partially for his work (with Moser) in the Secession magazine Ver Sacrum. Myrbach visited America on a state-funded study trip in 1904, part of which was to represent the Applied Arts School at the 1904 World...
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Early 1900s Art Nouveau Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Some of the Many Friends of Jason, including Marcel Dzama, Hand Signed, Framed
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Dzama Some of the Many Friends of Jason including Marcel, from the Estate of Jason Polan, 2019 Mixed media collage with ink, watercolor and graphite on colored paper Signed an...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Graphite

Galloping Arabian Horseman - Drawing attr.. to Francesco Gonin - 1833
By Francesco Gonin
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil, ink and watercolor drawing realized in 1833. Attributed to Francesco Gonin, as an early drawing in orientalist style. Hand signed and dated. Includes a gilded wooden frame...
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1880s Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Self Portrait
Located in London, GB
Pen and ink, ink wash and pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 38cm x 29cm (65cm x 55cm framed). This penetrating and wonderfully executed self-portrait, is all the mor...
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1910s Old Masters Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil, Ink

Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo - China Ink - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo is a drawing realized in the mid-20th Century. China Ink on paper. Good conditions except for small cuts on the margins. The artworks represent the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Painter - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1945 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and Watercolor drawing realized by Mino Maccari in 1945 ca. Hand signed lower right. Very good condition.
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1940s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

From Folklore to Disney: Tenggren’s 1919 Scene with Boy and Ceremonial Horn
Located in Stockholm, SE
Gustaf Tenggren (1896-1970) The Horn (1919) signed Tenggren. Ink, watercolor and gouache on cardboard unframed 29.5 x 30 cm (11 ⅝ x 11 ¾ in) framed 41.5 x 42 cm (16 ⅜ x 16 ½ in) h...
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1910s Realist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

No title
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original ink on paper Hand signed lower right Unique piece
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1940s Dada Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Study of Ruth
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Study of Ruth, c. 1925 Charcoal and sepia ink on paper 22 1/4 x 27 3/4 inches (56.5 x 70.5 cm) Signed upper center: Lillian Westcott Hale Lilian Westcott Hale...
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1920s American Impressionist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Ink

Vogue Magazine Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
"Mademoiselle X" story illustration for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," ...
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1930s Art Deco Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Jan Goeree (Middelburg 1670 – Amsterdam 1731) Interior of the Nieuwe Kerk, Amsterdam (c. 1724) Red chalk for the architecture, pen and black ink, grey wash on paper Composition reversed in preparation for engraving 25 × 17.5 cm Watermark: Hunting horn, Churchill 318 (dated 1724) Unsigned Provenance Private collection, France Context & Attribution Trained in the studio of Gérard de Lairesse, Jan Goeree was among the finest Dutch engravers of the early eighteenth century, celebrated for his architectural views of Amsterdam. This drawing is a preparatory study for an engraving of the same subject now preserved in a major public collection. The final print—slightly larger—closely follows the reversed composition of this sheet. Subject In the center of the Gothic nave, five bearers carry a catafalque toward a freshly dug grave—a tribute to the naval heroes often buried in the Nieuwe Kerk. This funerary motif, familiar from Dutch painting (e.g. Emanuel de Witte, 1657), evokes the vanitas theme and the transience of earthly life. Technical Analysis Goeree’s use of red chalk for the architecture and ink for the figures reveals his working method: the chalk lines could be used to produce a counterproof restoring the correct orientation of the architecture, while the inked figures remained adjustable before the design was transferred to the copper plate. Place within the Oeuvre Drawings of church...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk, Ink

Louis Tinayre (1861-1942) An encampment of journalists, signed drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis Tinayre (1861-1942) An encampment of journalists in Chambéry, signed and titled lower left "Campement de journalistes à Chambéry" Ink on paper In quite good condition, a a visible vertical fold in the centre, some stains and foxings 21 x 29 cm Framed : 33.7 x 45.5 cm Louis Tinayre's background and adventurous life obviously inform this humorous and detailed scene. He demonstrates a remarkable sense of observation, capturing this scene of extraordinary life like a journalistic illustrator. A contributor, to whom I'd like to express my sincere thanks, sheds important light on the nature of this scene. It appears that this drawing is the draft for an illustration published in “Le Monde illustré” of August 4, 1888 (page 77), to accompany the article “Épilogue du voyage présidentiel” (Epilogue to the presidential trip) - president Sadi Carnot- en Savoie et en Dauphiné (p. 74), which ends with: “As a picturesque note, we enclose an improvised journalists' dormitory in Chambéry, where our colleagues deeply regretted the comfort of the special train”. As a quasi-ethnographic observer, Tinayre's interest lies in the journalists' camp, which he turns into a tender, comical scene. We understand him better when we know that he may have been similarly fascinated by the territories of Madagascar, the North Pole or the Far West that he painted and drew. Louis Tinayre was born on 14 March 1861 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. His mother, Victoire Tinayre, was a teacher and a member of the International Workers' Association. Louis was the son of a Communard couple. His father, Jean Joseph, known as Jules Tinayre (Issoire 1821 - Paris 1871) was shot during the Bloody Week. His mother, Victoire Tinayre, fled with her children. Louis was the first to be sent to Hungary, and the rest of the family (including his brother Julien) joined him there later. He studied Fine Arts at the Hungarian University of Fine Arts in Budapest. Returning to Paris in 1880 (after the amnesty), Louis Tinayre assiduously frequented Le Chat noir, where he met the positivists and Adèle Jacomet (Buenos Aires 1867-1946), whom he married in 1888. He became an animal painter and press illustrator and was sent by Le Monde Illustré to cover the second expedition to Madagascar (then under French protectorate) in 1895. He stayed there, fascinated, for six months and produced numerous drawings and photographs. Back in France, he created eight 5 x 4 meters dioramas presented at the National and Colonial Exhibition in Rouen in 1896. He returned to Madagascar in 1898 to prepare the creation of a giant panorama representing the surrender of Antananarivo in 1895. The Malagasy pavilion at the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris allowed him to admire the dioramas (on the ground floor) and the panorama (on the first floor). On his second trip, Tinayre took a Lumière cinematograph with him to document the daily life of the Malagasy people, no doubt to facilitate the design of the vast panorama. These short films were donated to the Cinémathèque française in 2009 by his grandson, Alain Tinayre. One of the admirers of Tinayre's drawings, watercolours, paintings and photographs at the Universal Exhibition was Prince Albert I of Monaco: from 1901 onwards, Tinayre accompanied him on his hunts, painting scenes in North Africa, Russia, the Far West (Wyoming) and the North Pole. Tinayre, the official painter of the Prince's scientific expeditions, left his name to a glacier. Together with the painter Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Brun, he painted the four murals in the large amphitheatre of the Oceanographic Institute in Paris. Louis Tinayre painted the figures while Alexandre Brun...
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1890s Realist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Ophelia # 4, hand painted mixed media portrait photography on paper, framed
Located in Dallas, TX
This gorgeous artwork on paper was created initially with a screen print base of the model, then Rosie hand finishes the work with a unique splash and painted composition. Some call ...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Ink, Acrylic, Graphite, Screen

18th Century Roman School , A Palazzo with antiques, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century Roman School A Palazzo with antiques Brown ink and pen, brown ink wash on paper 12.5 x 20 cm Framed : 28,5 x 35.5 This nice drawing represents a genre scene, with a nobleman, priests, a mother and her children...
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Early 18th Century Old Masters Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Sorcière - Ink on Paper Unique Signed Drawing Surrealist Woman Painter, c. 1960
Located in New York, NY
Leonor Fini La Sorcière, ca. 1960 Ink on paper 21 x 15.5 cm 8 1/4 x 5 7/8 in. 41.5 x 36 cm 16 1/8 x 14 1/8 in. (Frame included) Unique work Exhibition History: Leonor Fini: Small ...
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1960s Surrealist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore
Located in New York, NY
Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore. Published December 25, 1957 in TV Guide as an editorial to promote the Di...
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1950s Performance Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Board

An 1950 s Modernist Watercolor of Amsterdam by Francis Chapin
Located in Chicago, IL
A colorful, charming 1950s Mid-Century, architectural cityscape of Amsterdam by notable Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin. Artwork size: 7 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches. Archivally matte...
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1950s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Untitle Study ("Basketball Players") Drawing #1 by Joan Carl Strauss
Located in Pasadena, CA
Joan Carl Strauss, artist and activist in the Los Angeles art world, left behind a refined and committed body of work. Trained in Cleveland and at the Art Institute of Chicago, she d...
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1980s Neo-Expressionist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Dolly Dingle s Halloween, Original Paper Doll Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Original illustration for a paper doll design, featuring Halloween-themed outfits, including a witch costume, a black cat, and a pumpkin jack-o-lantern. Medium: Watercolor and Ink o...
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Early 20th Century Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Ernest Albert Waterlow, drawing
By Theodore Blake Wirgman
Located in Paris, FR
Theodore Blake Wirgman (1848-1925) Portrait of Sir Ernest Albert Waterlow RA, (1850-1919) pen and black ink on paper, inscribed with the name of the sitter on the verso of the sheet, now not visible under the framing 15 x 12 cm In a modern frame 34.5 x 30 cm Theodore Blake Wirgman (29 April 1848 – 16 January 1925) was an English painter and etcher who moved to London, studied at the Royal Academy schools, became a painter of history and genre subjects, and worked as a portrait artist for The Graphic. A number of these portraits are held at the National Portrait Gallery. Theodore Blake Wirgman was born in Belgium and died in London. He worked from a studio at 24 Dawson Place, Notting Hill, London, and joined The Arts Club in 1892. Wirgman was part of a group of avant-garde young artists who emulated Edward Burne-Jones and Simeon Solomon...
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1880s Academic Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Bodyscape, June 24th and 25th Diptych. Watercolor and ink on archival paper
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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2010s Contemporary Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Teaching Drawing to Children - Drawing by Alexandre Lagrant - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Teaching Drawing to Children is a drawing artwork realized by Alexandre Lagrant in the early 20th Century. Pencil and ink drawing on paper. The state of preservation is good with s...
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1930s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Episode of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, a cantonment of soldiers, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19th Century Episode of the Franco-Prussian war of 1870, a cantonment of soldiers during the siege of Paris Pen and brown ink on paper 15 x 23 cm Annotated on the lower...
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1870s Realist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Revolutions, dynamic surreal purple drawing on paper of pretty girl dancing
Located in Dallas, TX
"Revolutions" is a dynamic and unique ink and pastel drawing on paper by Patsy McArthur showing a fashionable female figure dancing. The energy and movement makes it fun and whimsica...
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2010s Realist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper, Ink

Drawing on Paper of Water Nymphs by Everett Shinn
Located in New York, NY
Everett Shinn, 1876-1953 Water Nymphs, n.d. Pen and ink with gesso on paper 20 x 18 ½ inches Signed (lower left)
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1930s Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Back Cover of l Asino - Artwork by Gabriele Galantara - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Back Cover of l'Asino is an original artwork by Gabriele Galantara (November 11, 1909). This is the cover of the donkey magazine realized in China ink and watercolour, in good condi...
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Early 1900s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Watercolor

Untitled Surrealist Mythical Portrait
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract Surrealist ink and gouache drawing of a human and deer hybrid head sitting within a jar. The work is signed by the artist in the bottom corner. The work is framed in a silve...
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20th Century Surrealist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Gouache

Springtime - Drawing By Pierre Georges Jeanniot - 1905
Located in Roma, IT
Springtime is an Ink and Watercolor realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot in 1905, for the magazine "Rire". Good condition on a yllowed paper. Stamp signed on the lower riht corner. ...
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Early 1900s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

King Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Lützen
Located in Stockholm, SE
Carl Fredrik Hill’s drawing King Gustavus Adolphus at the Battle of Lützen is a visionary reimagining of a famous historical event. The composition centers on the Swedish king amidst...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Ink

RUYI, Figure 8, original drawing on Robert Indiana s blind stamped paper Framed
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana RUYI, Figure 8, original drawing on Robert Indiana's blind stamped paper Original drawing in ink and marker On paper bearing Robert Indiana's personal blind stamp from...
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Early 2000s Pop Art Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Permanent Marker

The Woman - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1905
Located in Roma, IT
The Woman is an artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1905 Century. Drawing in tempera, ink, and watercolor. Monogrammed RL. The status of preservation is good, aged. Gabriel...
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Early 1900s Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Tempera, Pen

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
Located in New York, NY
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2 10 1/2 x 6 (sight), Signed David Fredenthal lower right. Framed by Lowy....
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1930s American Realist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Large Abstract Expressionist Painting of Head, 20th Century New York Artist
Located in Beachwood, OH
Joseph Glasco (American, 1925–1996) Head 1970 Ink on paper Signed and dated lower right 39.5 x 30 inches 43 x 32.25 inches, framed Joseph Glasco was born in Paul’s Valley, Oklahoma...
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1970s Abstract Expressionist Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Shah Jahan taking tea with a concubine. Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (340 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sca...
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19th Century Rajput Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Girls with a Flower - Drawing by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Girls with a Flower is a watercolor and ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953). Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin. In good cond...
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1920s Art Deco Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

"King I" Orig 1951 Broadway Drawing Published NYT Tony Awards Mid 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
"King & I" Orig 1951 Broadway Drawing Published NYT Tony Awards Mid 20th Century Al Hirschfeld (1903 – 2003) "The King and I," 14 3/4 x 30 inches. Ink on board. Signed lower right. ...
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1950s Performance Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Board

The Meeting - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Meeting is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (France, 1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann Re...
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Early 20th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Support - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Support is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann René Georges. ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Wait - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Wait is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann René Georges....
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Early 20th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Old Woman - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Old Woman is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann René Geo...
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Early 20th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

The Widow - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Widow is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by Hermann Paul (1864-1940). Good condition on a white paper. Hand-signed and titled on the lower margin. Hermann René Georges...
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Early 20th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Travelers - Original Drawing by Charles Joseph Traviès - Mid 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Travelers is an Original ink, pencil and watercolor realized by Charles Joseph Traviès (1804-1859). The little artwork represents two poor men in the street. Good condition, included a cream colored cardboard passpartout (30x24 cm). Hand-signed and notes by the artist on the lower margin. Charles-Joseph Traviès de Villers, also known simply as Traviès, (21 February 1804 – 13 August 1859) was a Swiss-born French painter, lithographer, and caricaturist whose work appeared regularly in Le Charivari...
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Mid-19th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Mother and Child - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Mother and Child is an original China Ink Drawing realized by Mino Maccari in mid-20th Century. Good condition on a yellowed paper, some sketches on the back. Hand-signed by the ar...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Ink Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

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