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Medium: Paper
Early 19th century French watercolor of figures in a wooded landscape
Located in Woodbury, CT
Well-drawn early 19th century French watercolor of a family in a wooded landscape.
Framed in an antique water gilded frame, which might be the original to the piece.
The quality o...
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Early 19th Century Victorian Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Sketch - Drawing by Jules Marie Auguste Leroux - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a modern artwork realized by the French artist, Jules Marie Auguste Leroux ( Paris 1871-1954) painter and illustrator.
A pencil ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Nasturtiums" Chiura Obata, Japanese American, Red and Blue Delicate Flowers
By Chiura Obata
Located in New York, NY
Chiura Obata
Nasturtiums, circa 1940
Signed and stamped lower left
Watercolor on paper
15 x 9 5/8 inches
Born in the Okayama prefecture of Japan, Chiura Obata was adopted by his uncle, an artist. As a child he was trained in ink painting, and at 14 he was apprenticed to the painter Murata Tanryo in Tokyo. He also studied with Kogyo Terasaki and Goho Hasimoto.
In 1903, Obata moved to San Francisco and began working as an illustrator for The New World and The Japanese American, two of the city's Japanese newspapers. He also did work as a commercial designer. Obata helped establish the East West Art Society in San Francisco in 1921, which sought to promote cross-cultural understanding through art. This goal was reflected in his embrace of the Nihonga style, which fused traditional Japanese sumi-e ink painting with the conventions of western naturalism.
He spent much of the 1920s painting landscapes throughout California, and among his favorite subjects were mountain landscapes. In 1927, he visited Yosemite and the Sierra Nevada, creating over a hundred paintings and sketches of the high country. Obata stayed in the USA until the death of his father in 1928.
Between 1928 and 1932, he worked in Tokyo as a painter and transformed his California landscape watercolors...
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1940s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Alignement Lagatjar, Brittany France, Charcoal, Contemporary Landscape Drawing
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work.
Medium : Drawing with Charcoal and White pencil on Archival Fine Art paper 300Gsm.
Subject : Alignements de Lagatjar par temp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
The Pope - China ink Drawing by Bruno Angoletta - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
The Pope is a modern artwork realized by Bruno Angoletta for "L'Asino" Magazine, and there published.
Ref. Pioggerella Elettorale 1909 Asino XVIII n. 8 21/02/1909.
Hand-signed in ...
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Early 1900s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Lady with an Umbrella, paper/etching, 50/50, 10x7.5 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Lady with an Umbrella, paper/etching,50/50, 10x7.5 cm
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1990s Symbolist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Sur l
ile, Charcoal, Black
White figurative Drawing, Contemporary Drawing
Located in AIX-EN-PROVENCE, FR
Work : Original Drawing, Handmade Artwork, Unique Work.
Medium : Charcoal on Archival paper 300Gsm.
Artist : Aurélie Sicas
Subject : Sur l'ile VIII (series - French Title)
Signature...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper
On the Hunt - Early 20th Century Figurative Drawing with Dogs
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative ink and wash drawing of beagles and a terrier leading the hunter to the quarry by an unknown artist (American, 20th Century). Unsigned. Displayed in a rustic black and bro...
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1930s American Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
$383 Sale Price
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Solo Race in a Catamaran - Adventure Illustration in Watercolor and Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Detailed illustration of a sailor in a catamaran by Edward T. Liljenwall (American, 1943-2010). The sailboat is tilted at an extreme angle, with the sailor leaning out over the edge ...
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1980s Pop Art Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Color Pencil, Laid Paper
Dog - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Dog is a Black Marker Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a little sheet of a notebook.
No Signature.
Reynold Ar...
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1970s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Permanent Marker
Monument XI, paper/etching, 13.5x10 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Monument XI, paper/etching, 13.5x10 cm
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1980s Symbolist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Lounge Chair Nap - Vintage Illustration in Ink and Watercolor
A man lazes in a lounge chair, book still in hand, as he dozes off with a content e...
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1950s American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Pen
Nude - Contemporary figurative watercolor painting, Black
white, Polish art
Located in Warsaw, PL
BIAŁY MIRO (Mirosław Biały, born in 1966) He graduated from Artistic High School in Lublin and moved to Denmark in order to graduate from Higher School of Graphics in Denmark. He liv...
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2010s Other Art Style Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Untitled (Man Reclining on Tile Floor)
By Mark Beard
Located in New York, NY
Graphite and conté crayon on paper
Signed and dated, l.r.
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in Ne...
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1970s Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite, Conté
Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise
Located in New York, NY
Ann Miller in Follies Broadway Musical Contemporary Drawing Illustration Eloise
Ann Miller in Stephen Sondheim's "Follies." The 1998 production, played at the Papermill Playhouse. Affixed to the back of the drawing is a brochure promoting the show. Mixed media on paper. Signed lower left. Inscribed lower right: "Ann Miller at 75 'I'm Still Here' in Stephen Sondheim's 'Follies' 1998." Framed. 17 x 12 in. (sight). 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 in. (frame)
'Tops in Taps' Ann Miller was still going strong at 75 years old when she made her last appearance in the musical, "Follies." She was one of M.G.M's most prolific dancers and considered by many to be the greatest female tap dancer of all time.
Hilary, a friend of many years, is still going strong at 96. We saw this production at the Papermill Playhouse. Years ago, I was a press agent working in Henry Luhrman's office where we represented "Sugar Babies" with Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney.
Bio
Hilary Knight (born November 1, 1926) is an American writer-artist who is the illustrator of more than 50 books and the author of nine books. He is best known as the illustrator of Kay Thompson's Eloise (1955) and others in the Eloise series.
Knight has illustrated for a wide variety of clients, creating artwork for magazines, children's fashion advertisements, greeting cards, record albums and posters for Broadway musicals, including Gypsy, Irene, Half A Sixpence, Hallelujah Baby! and No, No Nanette.
The son of artist-writers Clayton Knight...
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1990s Performance Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
Playing - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Playing is a china ink drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Three Women with Earrings in Pastel on Paper
By Kelvin Curry
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, 20th Century), circa 2000. Three women's profile in in bold cobalt blue and playful colors of fluorescent red and yellow. Black outlines and tribal designs creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls
Signed lower left corner
Presented in new, acid-free black mat.
Mat size: 38"H x 16"W
Paper size: 30"H x 11"W
Image size: 28.50"H x 9.50"W
Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
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Early 2000s Abstract Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Laid Paper
Opera - Drawing by Olga Klein Astrachan - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Opera is an original drawing in Pen and ink on paper realized by Olga Klein Astrachan (1907-1999).
Good conditions except for a cutaway on the right margin,
Hand-signed.
The artwo...
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Mid-20th Century Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
"Song of Songs Illustration", Pencil and Ink, Old Testament Story
Located in Detroit, MI
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"Song of Songs Illustration" renders an important bibilical story that is celebrated during Jewish Passover. Song of Solomon, also called Canticle of Canticles, o...
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink, Pencil
Nude Study, Diana 1948
By Carlo Tagliabue
Located in Soquel, CA
1948 Nude Study of woman's back with sanquine and charcoal. Titled "Diana" by Carlo Taliabue (Italian/American). Signed and dated lower right corner. Titled upper right corner. Image...
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1940s Post-War Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
$1,180 Sale Price
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Orpheus and Eurydice - Drawing by Andre Leroux - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Orpheus and Eurydice is a Pencil Drawing realized by André Leroux in 1927.
Good condition on a yellowed paper.
Signed and dated on the lower ri...
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1920s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Study for “David and Goliath”
By Paul Cadmus
Located in New York, NY
Study for “David and Goliath”
Graphite and black ink on paper
8.5 x 11 inches (21.6 x 27.9 cm)
This work is offered by ClampArt in New York City.
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1960s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Landscape - Drawing - 1964
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by an italian Artist in 1964.
Tempera on paper.
Hamd signed and dated on the lower margin
Good conditions with slight foxing.
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1960s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Tempera
Maltan boats - Watercolor, Architecture, Realistic, Classic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
WŁODZIMIERZ KARCZMARZYK (born in 1930) Painter and an architect. He studied at KUL in Lublin, Academy of Fine Arts and University of Technology in Warsaw. Long-term professor of draw...
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Early 2000s Other Art Style Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Chain Gross Acrobat with Cat Original Drawing from The Acrobats series, Signed
By Chaim Gross
Located in Plainview, NY
Chaim Gross (American, 1904–1991) Acrobat with Cats, ca. 1950s
Original drawing from The Acrobats series, Signed and dated lower right
This expressive ink and wash drawing by Chaim...
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20th Century American Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
The Donkey
s Magazine - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1919
Located in Roma, IT
The Donkey's Magazine is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1919.
Watercolor, tempera, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the left margin.
Good con...
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1910s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Little war - Book illustration, Polish artist, Watercolor painting
Located in Warsaw, PL
Illustration for book by Katarzyna Ryrych 'Little war'
JOANNA RUSINEK
Printmaker, illustrator of children's books, author of press illustrations...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
The Windows - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Windows is a modern artwork by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century.
Watercolor, ink. and pencil on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing.
The work h...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pencil
Warsaw - Figurative Watercolor, Architecture, Realistic, Classic, Polish artist
Located in Warsaw, PL
WŁODZIMIERZ KARCZMARZYK (born in 1930) Painter and an architect. He studied at KUL in Lublin, Academy of Fine Arts and University of Technology in Warsaw. Long-term professor of draw...
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Early 2000s Other Art Style Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Rough Weather at Blatchington Pulling in the Fishing Nets on the English Coast
Located in Soquel, CA
Drypoint etching rawing of a coastal scene with figures drawing a net or boat form the sea by Sir Francis (Frank) Job Short (British, 1857 - 1945)
Sir Frank Short, Royal Academy*, was a printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint* and aquatint* engraving, and also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public.
Signed "Frank Short" lower right with monogram in the print "S within a shield"
Titled lower left "Rough Weather at Blatchington"
Lower left "Trial Proof"
Image, 8.5"H x 10.88"W
Mat, 16"H x 20"W x 0.13
Professionally cleaned and ph nuetral washed by our paper conservator. (new images posting)
Francis Job Short was born on 19 June 1857 in Britain, at Stourbridge, Worcestershire. He was educated to be a civil engineer.
He was engaged on various works in the Midlands until 1881, when he came to London as assistant to Mr Baldwin Latham in connection with the Parliamentary Inquiry into the pollution of the river Thames. In 1883 he was elected an associate member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. Having worked at the Stourbridge School of Art in his early years he joined the South Kensington School of Art*, in 1883. He also worked at the life class under Professor Fred...
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1870s Impressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Rag Paper, Drypoint, Etching, Gouache
Harbour - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
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2010s Minimalist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Platform 5 - Contemporary ink drawing, Young art, Minimalism, Social commentary
By Anna Wardega
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANNA WARDĘGA-CZAJA
Studies at Painting Departament at Academy of Fine Art in Cracow, Poland. She's dealing with easel painting, wall painting as well as drawing. Finalist of Competit...
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2010s Minimalist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
Monument IX paper/etching, 90/99
Located in Riga, LV
Monument IX
paper/etching,90/99, 13.5x10 cm,1989
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1980s Symbolist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Boxing - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Boxing is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Au Cimetière Monsieur- Pencil and Watercolor on Paper by F. Picabia - 1931
Located in Roma, IT
Au Cimetière Monsieur... is a black pencil and watercolor drawing realized by Francis Picabia in 1931.
Hand signed lower left, with title lower right.
A certificate of inclusion in the Catalog Raisonné being prepared by the Picabia Committee, dated 30 October 2019, will be delivered in original along with the work.
Drawing originally realized by Picabia to illustrate the important volume "Le Peseur d'Ames" by André Maurois, published by Editions Antoine Roche in 1931.
Though specifically realized for the volume, the drawing was not selected for publication and remained in the artist's personal collection.
Cm. 27,4x22.
Good conditions.
Francis Picabia (1879-1953) was born in Paris to a french mother and a Spanish father who was chancellor at the Cuban embassy in Paris. He had a comfortable childhood, even though he was emotionally troubled. He studied at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts. At the beginning of his career, from 1908 to 1913, he was strongly influenced first by the Barbizon School and by Alfred Sisley and Camille Pissarro, then by impressionism, cubism and finally abstractionism. Around 1911 he joined the Puteaux Group which he met in the studio of Jacques Villon in the village of Puteaux. He then became friends with the artist Marcel Duchamp. Some members of the group were Apollinaire, Albert Gleizes, Roger de La Fresnaye, Fernand Léger and Jean Metzinger.
From 1913 to 1915 Picabia was often in New York. These years can be identified as the proto-Dada period, which consists mostly of the so-called mechanical portraits (portraits méchaniques): these works ironically proposed mechanistic themes of random tangles of metal parts, paintings and drawings of machines. All these mechanisms on the one hand mocked the cult of the machine, on the other they alluded to sexual intercourse...
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1930s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Paper, Pencil
"It Flows Through Her" - Original Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
"It Flows Through Her" - Original Ink on Watercolor Paper
This raw ink drawing by California artist, Angela Stone (American, b. 1983), shows a woman's profile reflection in raven b...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Ink
$440 Sale Price
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Untitled - Contemporary mixed media drawing, Figurative, Monochromatic
Located in Warsaw, PL
ANTONI JANUSZ PASTWA (b. 1944)
Graduated from Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw at the Faculty of Sculpture. Obtained his diploma in 1970. Between 1974-1981 he was an assistant at profe...
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2010s Abstract Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media
The Visit of the Pope - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1908
Located in Roma, IT
The Pope's Visit is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1908.
Watercolor, tempera, ink and pencil on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing.
Gabri...
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Early 1900s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
“Cupid”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very usually and rare original watercolor on archival by the American artist, Coulton Waugh. Signed bottom right. Condition is very good. Circa 1950. Recently professionally matted. Unframed. Provenance: A Pennsylvania estate.
Coulton Waugh was born in 1896 in Cornwall, England. He was an American visual artist, son of maritime painter Frederick Judd Waugh, and his grandfather was the Philadelphia...
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1950s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Archival Paper
$1,280 Sale Price
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Abstracted Sleeping Figurative in Pastel on Paper
By Kelvin Curry
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstracted Sleeping Female Figurative in Pastel on Paper
Vivid abstracted sleeping female figurative by Black Arts Bay Area artist, Kelvin Curry (American, 20th Century), circa 2000. A woman's sleeping on her side is shown in bold and playful colors of fluorescent purple, orange, pink and yellow. Black outlines of organic and tribal shapes creates even more contrast, making this piece read well from a distance. The tall and thin size of this piece makes this ideal for those difficult and odd sized walls
Unsigned
Presented "floating" on foam core with black mat surround.
Mat size: 38"H x 16"W
Paper size: 29"H x 10.75"W
Born in Oakland, California Kelvin Curry's creative destiny was clear early in life. Initially using black and white graphite as his medium and later expanding into mixed media to bring about multi-dimension; as well as a sense of rhythm and grace in the abstract female figure. Kelvin Curry studied fine arts at San Jose State University and has been making and exhibiting art all his life. Curry has a keen understanding of the arts, particularly the black arts movement in and around the Bay Area. Kelvin has exhibited his work in hundred of juried festivals, exhibits, and galleries throughout the country. Visitors from countries such as South Africa, Japan, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, and China have chosen his work to adorn their homes in their native lands. Collectors include Randy Crawford, Nancy Wilson...
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Early 2000s Abstract Geometric Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Cuban Artist Pastel Drawing African American Emilio Cruz Bonnie
Clyde Painting
Located in Surfside, FL
Emilio Cruz (1938-2004)
Bonnie and Clyde
Pastel on paper
Hand signed lower right
Dimensions Framed H 15-7/8" W 18-1/2", Sight H 13-1/2" W 16-1/8"
Emilio Antonio Cruz (1938 – 2004) was a Cuban American artist who lived most of his life in New York City. His work is held in several major museums in the United States.
Emilio Antonio Cruz was an American Artist of Cuban descent. He was born in the Bronx on March 15, 1938. He studied at the Art Students League of New York with Edwin Dickinson, George Grosz and Frank J. Reilly and at The New School in New York City, and finally at the Seong Moy School of Painting and Graphic Arts in Provincetown, Massachusetts. As a young artist in the 1960s, Cruz was connected with other artists who were applying abstract expressionism concepts to figurative art such as Lester Johnson, Red Grooms, Mimi Gross, Bob Thompson and Jan Muller. He combined human and animal figures with imagery from archaeology and natural history to create disturbing, dreamlike paintings. Cruz received a John Hay Whitney Fellowship and awards from the Joan Mitchell Foundation and from the National Endowment for the Arts.
In the late 1968, Emilio and wife Patricia Cruz moved to St. Louis to work with Julius Hemphill and the Black Artists Group. He served as director for the visual arts program, which also included painters Oliver Jackson and Manuel Hughes. In addition to artistic contributions, the couple participated in city-wide civil rights protests and rent strikes.
Cruz moved to Chicago and taught at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago during the 1970s, where he exhibited widely and was represented by the Walter Kelly Gallery. He wrote two plays, Homeostasis: Once More the Scorpion and The Absence Held Fast to Its Presence. These were first performed at the Open Eye Theater in New York in 1981, and later were included in the World Theater Festival in Nancy and Paris, France, and in Italy. In 1982 he returned to New York where he began to exhibit again. In the late 1980s he resumed teaching at the Pratt Institute and at New York University.
Harry Rand, Curator of 20th Century Painting and Sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, described Emilio Cruz as one of the important pioneers of American Modernism of the 1960s for his fusion of Abstract Expressionist art with figuration. Geno Rodriguez, Curator and Executive Director of The Alternative Museum, wrote in 1985, "Emilio Cruz, is a brilliant and impassioned artist whose current paintings are monumental, imbued with intelligence, fury and an apt sense of irony. They reflect the turbulent world within which we live."
Geoffrey Jacques wrote in 1990, "Emilio Cruz paints humanity’s essence. Mythology and archeology are the foremost concerns of the painter Emilio Cruz. Dinosaurs, skeletal humans and fossil-like images are used in his work as metaphoric signposts in a consideration of the basic questions of existence." Art historian and curator Paul Staiti wrote in 1997, "Emilio Cruz's Homo sapiens series is a strange and haunting genealogy of the modern soul... What is at stake here more than biopolitical culture, is the remystification of the body and mapping of consciousness ... For all the trauma, explicit and implicit, Cruz's style is masterful, classical, even beautiful."
Exhibitions
Cruz held his first solo exhibition at the Zabriskie Gallery in New York in 1963. Afterwards his work was included in many group and solo exhibitions, including the Anita Shapolsky Gallery in 1986 and 1991, museum exhibitions at the Studio Museum in Harlem in 1987, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1997. In 1994, Cruz's work was shown as part of the American contingent at the IV Bienal Internacional de Pintura en Cuenca, Ecuador. Other American artists exhibiting at this show were Donald Locke, Philemona Williamson, Whitfield Lovell...
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20th Century Neo-Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil Pastel
Judith III, paper/etching, 13.5x9.5 cm, 1987
Located in Riga, LV
Judith III, paper/etching, 13.5x9.5 cm, 1987
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1980s Symbolist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Etching
Portrait of Leopold Myers by Sir William Rothenstein
Located in Soquel, CA
Stately sanguine portrait of Leopold Hamilton Myers (Novelist) by Sir William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945). Captured in Rothenstein's characteristic style, Myers looks directly at the viewer with a neutral expression. Although this portrait uses only two colors and minimal shading, the likeness of Myers is incredibly well captured. Leo (Leopold) Hamilton Myers (1881 – 1944) was a British novelist. Numerous examples like this one of the writer are in the Tate Museum.
Initialed and dated in the lower right corner ("W.R. 1936")
Inscription on verso indicating materials, subject, and artist.
Presented in a new cream colored mat with foamcore backing.
Mat size: 18"H x 12"W
Paper size: 15.25"H x 10.75"W
William Rothenstein (English, 1872-1945) was born into a German-Jewish family in Bradford, West Yorkshire. His father, Moritz, emigrated from Germany in 1859 to work in Bradford's burgeoning textile industry. Soon afterwards he married Bertha Dux, and they had six children, of which William was the fifth. Rothenstein was knighted in 1931.
Rothenstein left Bradford Grammar School at the age of sixteen to study at the Slade School of Art*, London (1888-1893), where he was taught by Alphonse Legros, and the Académie Julian* in Paris (1889-1893), where he met and was encouraged by James McNeill Whistler, Edgar Degas and Henri Toulouse-Lautrec. Whilst in Paris he also befriended the Anglo-Australian artist Charles Conder, with whom he shared a studio in Montmartre. In 1893 he returned to England to work on "Oxford Characters" a series of lithographic* portraits.
In Oxford he met and became a close friend of the caricaturist* and parodist Max Beerbohm, who later immortalised him in the short story Enoch Soames (1919). During the 1890s Rothenstein exhibited with the New English Art Club* and, in 1900, won a silver medal for his painting The Doll's House at the Exposition Universelle. In 1898 he co-founded the Carfax Gallery in St. James' Piccadilly with John Fothergill. During its early years the gallery was closely associated with such artists as Charles Conder, Philip Wilson Steer, Charles Ricketts and Augustus John. It also exhibited the work of Auguste Rodin, whose growing reputation in England owed much to Rothenstein's friendship and missionary zeal. The gallery was later the home for all three exhibitions of The Camden Town Group*, led by Rothenstein's friend and close contemporary Walter Sickert.
Rothenstein is best known for his portrait drawings of famous individuals and for being an official war artist in both World War I and World War II. He was also a member of the International Society of Sculptors, Painters & Gravers. The style and subject of his paintings varies, though certain themes reappear, in particular an interest in 'weighty' or 'essential' subjects tackled in a restrained manner. Good examples include Parting at Morning (1891), Mother and Child (1903) and Jews Mourning at a Synagogue (1907) - all of which are owned by the Tate Gallery. The National Portrait Gallery owns over two hundred of his portraits. In 2011 the BBC and the Public Catalogue Foundation began cataloguing all of his paintings in public ownership online.
Between 1902 and 1912 Rothenstein lived in Hampstead, London, where his social circle included such names as H.G.Wells, Joseph Conrad and the artist Augustus John. Amongst the young artists to visit Rothenstein in Hampstead were Mark Gertler...
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1930s Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Conté, Handmade Paper
$2,600 Sale Price
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Sketch for Conquest (Honfoglalás) - Drawing Hungarian Art Honfoglalás
Located in London, GB
This is an original ink drawing by Mihaly von Munkácsy.
It was made in preparation for the oil painting "Honfoglalás" from 1893 which depicts the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathia...
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Late 19th Century Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
“The Gesturing Man”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original watercolor on archival paper of a gesturing old man by the well known American artist Benjamin Stahl. Condition is very good. Two spots of foxing or staining to the left of the figure. Very slight wrinkling of paper. Otherwise, no other issues. Circa 1970. Gallery wide linen matted and framed with a thin silver leaf frame. Overall framed measurements are 19.5 by 20 inches. Provenance: A Nokomis, Florida collector.
Ben Stahl
Biography
Born in Chicago in 1910, Ben Stahl was introduced to the world of art by his grandmother. She took him on visits to the Chicago Art Institute and other galleries beginning when he was six years old and continuing until he was fifteen. After these adventures she would buy him oilcloth, brushes, and paints, and he would create “masterpieces” on the front porch of the family home.
Stahl also read voraciously, which did not translate into academic excellence. However, when he was in seventh grade, he received a scholarship to attend Saturday morning lectures at the Chicago Art Institute. He would spend his Saturday afternoons drawing live animals at the Lincoln Park Zoo and the stuffed variety at the Field Museum, honing his knowledge of animal anatomy.
After high school, Stahl got a job as an apprentice at a commercial art studio. One of the partners, realizing Stahl was ambitious and talented, encouraged him to draw and paint to create a portfolio. It was the contents of this portfolio that landed him a job at Chicago’s most prestigious art studio. During his time there and at other studios, plus a stint as a journalist for the Chicago Daily News, Stahl continued to develop a unique style, influenced by the Impressionists, which he felt would carry the mood and the emotional impact of commercial illustrations.
Ironically, Stahl’s first assignment for The Saturday Evening Post was to illustrate a sea story – this for an artist who had never seen either the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans! The editors liked his work, and there followed four years of marine-themed assignments. Eventually Stahl asked for a change, so his next assignment was set in the desert – which he had also never seen.
He was being noticed, however, and eventually he decided to move to New York and become a freelance illustrator. He illustrated over 750 stories for the Post along with a number of other magazines, and he continued to explore new approaches in his easel painting.
In 1951, Stahl was commissioned to paint "The 14 Stations of the Cross...
Category
1970s Post-Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$960 Sale Price
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Fantasy from the Cinema
Located in Miami, FL
Famed poster and stage scenery artist Walter Schnackenberg shifts gear and paints a nightmarish vision from his imagination.
The exagerated expressions and macabre quality of the sce...
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1950s Surrealist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Indigenous Woman - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
By Leo Guida
Located in Roma, IT
Indigenous Woman is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s.
Good condition.
Ink and watercolor on paper.
Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on ar...
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1970s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
Akt mit Handspiegel
Located in Wien, 9
August Dressler is one of the painters of the New Objectivity. He is one of the lesser-known artists of the Weimar era, but he too, like his famous contemporaries Georg Grosz, John H...
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20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Programme de Concert - Drawing by Adolphe Willette - Late-19th century
Located in Roma, IT
Programme de Concert is a drawing in blue pastel on paper realized by Adolphe Willette in the Late 19th Century.
Very Good conditions.
Monogrammed.
Including a cardboard Passepart...
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19th Century Art Nouveau Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Georgian Contemporary Art by Ilia Balavadze - Untitled 1.1
Located in Paris, IDF
Oil pastel on paper
Ilia Balavadze is a Georgian artist born in 1968 who lives and works in Tbilisi, Georgia. From 1987 to 1993, he studied the painting at the Tbilisi State Academy...
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2010s Contemporary Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a China Ink Drawing and Watercolour realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition on a cream colored paper.
...
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1970s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ink
Sketch - Drawing by Jean Bernardin - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a drawing realized by Jean Bernardin the Early-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expr...
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Early 20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
The Prayer - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1908
Located in Roma, IT
The Prayer is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1908.
Pencil on paper.
Good conditions and aged with foxing.
Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) was a jour...
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Early 1900s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Landscape - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1979
Located in Roma, IT
Countryscape is a pencil drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980).
Good condition.
Signature, dated and titled on the lower right corner..
Reynold Arnou...
Category
1970s Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
"Great Pine", Tree Inhabited by Human in Nature, Drawing and Pigments on Paper
By Frank Girard
Located in Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
This drawing by Frank Girard is created with pigments, Chinese ink, watercolors, acrylic, and colored pencils on 300g/m2 neutral white paper. It is not fr...
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2010s Realist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pigment, Acrylic, Color Pencil
Polish Contemporary Art by Marta Uszakow - Self-Portrait
Located in Paris, IDF
Dry pastel on paper
Marta Uszakow is a Polish artist born in 1995 who lives and works in Sosnowiec, Poland. She was enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Katowice in 2017. Five ye...
Category
2010s Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Surrealist Drawings Geometric Colorist Project, France circa 1960
Located in Atlanta, GA
These exceptional original project drawings, painted with colored pencil on translucent tracing paper, are by a French artist, circa the 1960s. The two paintings feature a geometric ...
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1960s Surrealist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper
Reclining Nude - Blue Abstract Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Abstract figurative reclining nude by Louis Nadalini (American, 1927-1995). This piece is unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Nadalini work. Unframed (First image shows w...
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel, Pencil
$716 Sale Price
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Nudes - Drawing in Ink - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is an original Pencil drawing on paper. Realized in the mid-20th Century.
Mint Conditions.
The artwork id depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced compositions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Crocodile - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Crocodile is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century.
Pencil on ivory-colored paper
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft exp...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Paper Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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