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Period: Early 20th Century
Paul Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Route de Naudy, signed watercolor
Located in Paris, FR
Paul-Emile Lecomte (1877-1950) La Route de Naudy (The Road to Naudy) Signed lower left (titled on the verso of the sheet, but now hidden by the back of the frame) watercolor on paper...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7)
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Abraham Walkowitz, Untitled (Figurative Abstraction of Isadora Duncan #7), pencil, 1918. Signed and dated in pencil, bottom center. A fine, spon...
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American Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Peacocks in a Garden - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Gouache and watercolor on silk realized by chinese school in the early 20th Century. Includes a contemporary aluminium frame 123,5x152,5 cm with wide transparent matting. Good cond...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache, Watercolor

Sketch - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing, ink and watercolor on paper realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th Century. Not signed. In good condition, with signs of time.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Witte Arrives
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signature: Signed Lower Right Cover Illustration for Elias Tobenkin's 'Witte Arrives'. The story of a family of Jewish immigrants, especially of the youngest, Emil, who works his wa...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

The Knight - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil, ink, tempera and watercolor realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th Century. Not signed. Good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Tempera

Jesus
Located in PARIS, FR
Emile Pouffier Jesus 1924 Charcoal and white chalk on paper 33 x 113 cm Signed and dated lower left
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Drawing Graphite THURIET Art nouveau Samson Delilah French 20th
Located in PARIS, FR
Aristide THURIET (20th century) Dalila Drawing Graphite on paper Signed at lower right "Aristide Thuriet" 30 x 19 cm (46 x 32 cm with frame) Good condition (a few stains) Period wro...
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Art Nouveau Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Londres - Original China Ink Drawing by J. Cocteau - 1920
Located in Roma, IT
Londres (Smoking in the Tub) is an original, rare and important realized by the great Surrealist artist Jean Cocteau in 1920. Realized for the book "Dessins" and published in the s...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Charles Jouas (1866-1942) A Suburban landscape, color pencil drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Charles Jouas (1866-1942) A Suburban landscape, color pencil on paper 24.5 x 38.5 cm Bears the stamp of Ullmann collection (Lugt 3533) and a mention handwritten "offert par madame ...
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Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Color Pencil

Reclining Nude - Drawing by Henry Ramey - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Reclining Nude is a drawing artwork realized by Henry Ramey in 20th Century. Pencil and watercolor on paper. Hand-signed. Good condition. The artwork shows a watercolor painting ...
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Surrealist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Rare Judaica Drawing Sephardic Rabbi Gentleman, Palestine
Located in Surfside, FL
Dimensions w/Frame: 17 1/2" x 11 1/2" Arieh Merzer was a prominent Israeli artist and metal worker. Arie Merzer, an artist who worked in hand-hammered copper, was born in Warsaw, P...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Les Danseuses by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Watercolour
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Les Danseuses by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour ink on paper 18 x 25 c...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Man looking into Window
Located in Miami, FL
Original Magazine Illustration for a magazine like Harper's, Vanity Fair, Life, Look, and Judge Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School. He also exhibited with the short-lived group known as "The Eight," Work is framed in an attractive gilt frame Morris Weiss collection...
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American Realist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Acrylic Polymer, Gouache, Pencil, Watercolor

Sketch for a Satire - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
China ink, watercolor and white lead on paper realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th Century. Hand signed lower right. Good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Silent Prayers at St. Malo, France, Early 20th Century European Landscape
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Silent Prayers at St. Malo, France, 1925 Watercolor and gouache on board Signed and dated lower right 19 x 24 inches Frank Nelson Wilcox (...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

Excavators at the Local Sand Quarry
Located in London, GB
Philip Byrne 20th Century Excavators at the Local Sand Quarry Ink on paper, signed, titled and dated bottom left Image size: 11 1/2 x 8 1/4 inches (29.5 x 21 cm) Hand made frame Phi...
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Post-War Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Une Femme Turque by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Work on paper
Located in London, GB
Une Femme Turque by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Charcoal on paper 47 x 30.5 cm (18 ¹/₂ x 12 inches) Signed lower left, manzana Executed circa 1910 This work is accompanied ...
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Post-Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Art Deco Flapper Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Original Vintage 1920's Ink and Watercolor Fashion Illustration by listed New England artist Harriette (Nutting) Cooper (1901 - 2002). The illustration depicts a lovely young flappe...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Pencil, Cardboard

"A Grandmother s Delight"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Martha Walter (1875-1976) Born in Philadelphia in 1875, Martha Walter attended Girls’ High School followed by the Pennsylva...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor

The Toy Soldier - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
The toy soldier is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1909. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. Good conditions and ag...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Art Deco Woman before a Mirror - Vogue Magazine Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Fabled Vogue Magazine Cover Artist Eduardo Garcia Benito depicts a perfectly posed long-neck flapper with her reflection in a mirror, Her extrav...
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Art Deco Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Sketch For Turandot - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil, watercolor and tempera realized in the early 20th Century as a sketch for the Opera "Turandot". Hand monogrammed in ink in the lower left. Includes a wooden frame cm. 26x25...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Tempera, Pencil

The Swiss by Otto Vautier - Drawing 31x24 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Work on canvas Otto Vautier is a renowned Swiss painter, born in 1863 in Düsseldorf. He was influenced by a family of artists and developed his style dur...
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Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Crayon, Watercolor

Untitled
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Left
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

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

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Watercolor

The Diggers in Ashford by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Ink on paper
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED The Diggers in Ashford by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Ink on paper 22.6 x 17.3 cm (8 ⅞ x 6 ¾ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower left Inscribed and dated 191...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Studious Girl Reading a Book - Women s Education - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
The work represents a carefully rendered and meticulously observed environmental portrait of a young girl absorbed in study in front of a book case. It celebrates the intelligence of womanhood from a woman's perspective. Initialed in cartouche lower right literature: "The Silver Pencil", Hardy, Harper's Monthly, June 1912, pg. 22 Elizabeth Shippen Green (September 1, 1871 – May 29, 1954) was an American illustrator. She illustrated children's books and worked for publications such as The Ladies' Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post and Harper's Magazine. Education Green enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1887 and studied with the painters Thomas Pollock Anshutz, Thomas Eakins, and Robert Vonnoh.[2] She then began study with Howard Pyle at Drexel Institute where she met Violet Oakley and Jessie Willcox Smith. New Woman As educational opportunities were made more available in the 19th century, women artists became part of professional enterprises, including founding their own art associations. Artwork made by women was considered to be inferior, and to help overcome that stereotype women became “increasingly vocal and confident” in promoting women's work, and thus became part of the emerging image of the educated, modern and freer “New Woman”.[4] Artists "played crucial roles in representing the New Woman...
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Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Charcoal

Tippie Comic Strip Original Art - Female Cartoonist
Located in Miami, FL
An early example from pioneering Female Cartoonist/ Illustrator Edwina Dumm, who draws a comic strip from her long-running cartoon series Tippie which lasted for almost five decades. Signed and dated Edwina, 9-25, matted but unframed. Frances Edwina Dumm (1893 – April 28, 1990) was a writer-artist who drew the comic strip Cap Stubbs and Tippie for nearly five decades; she is also notable as America's first full-time female editorial cartoonist. She used her middle name for the signature on her comic strip, signed simply Edwina. Biography One of the earliest female syndicated cartoonists, Dumm was born in Upper Sandusky, Ohio, and lived in Marion and Washington Courthouse, Ohio throughout her youth before the family settled down in Columbus.[1] Her mother was Anna Gilmore Dennis, and her father, Frank Edwin Dumm, was an actor-playwright turned newspaperman. Dumm's paternal grandfather, Robert D. Dumm, owned a newspaper in Upper Sandusky which Frank Dumm later inherited. Her brother, Robert Dennis Dumm, was a reporter for the Columbus Dispatch, and art editor for Cole Publishing Company's Farm & Fireside magazine. In 1911, she graduated from Central High School in Columbus, Ohio, and then took the Cleveland-based Landon School of Illustration and Cartooning correspondence course. Her name was later featured in Landon's advertisements. While enrolled in the correspondence course, she also took a business course and worked as a stenographer at the Columbus Board of Education. In 1915, Dumm was hired by the short-lived Republican newspaper, the Columbus Monitor, to be a full-time cartoonist.[2] Her first cartoon was published on August 7, 1915, in the debut issue of the paper. During her years at the Monitor she provided a variety of features including a comic strip called The Meanderings of Minnie about a young tomboy girl and her dog, Lillie Jane, and a full-page editorial cartoon feature, Spot-Light Sketches[3]. She drew editorial cartoons for the Monitor from its first edition (August 7, 1915) until the paper folded (July 1917). In the Monitor, her Spot-Light Sketches was a full-page feature of editorial cartoons, and some of these promoted women's issues. Elisabeth Israels Perry, in the introduction to Alice Sheppard's Cartooning for Suffrage (1994), wrote that artists such as Blanche Ames Ames, Lou Rogers and Edwina Dumm produced: ...a visual rhetoric that helped create a climate more favorable to change in America's gender relations... By the close of the suffrage campaign, women's art reflected the new values of feminism, broadened its targets, and attempted to restate the significance of the movement.[4] After the Monitor folded, Dumm moved to New York City, where she continued her art studies at the Art Students League. She was hired by the George Matthew Adams Service[5] to create Cap Stubbs and Tippie, a family strip following the lives of a boy Cap, his dog Tippie, their family, and neighbors. Cap's grandmother, Sara Bailey, is prominently featured, and may have been based on Dumm's own grandmother, Sarah Jane Henderson, who lived with their family. The strip was strongly influenced by Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, as well as Dumm’s favorite comic, Buster Brown by Richard F. Outcault. Dumm worked very fast; according to comics historian Martin Sheridan, she could pencil a daily strip in an hour.[6] Her love of dogs is evident in her strips as well as her illustrations for books and magazines, such as Sinbad, her weekly dog page which ran in both Life and the London Tatler. She illustrated Alexander Woollcott's Two Gentlemen and a Lady. For Sonnets from the Pekinese and Other Doggerel (Macmillan, 1936) by Burges Johnson (1877–1963), she illustrated "Losted" and other poems. From the 1931 through the 1960s, she drew another dog for the newspaper feature Alec the Great, in which she illustrated verses written by her brother, Robert Dennis Dumm. Their collaboration was published as a book in 1946. In the late 1940s, she drew the covers for sheet music by her friend and neighbor, Helen Thomas, who did both music and lyrics. During the 1940s, she also contributed Tippie features to various comic books including All-American Comics and Dell Comics. In 1950, Dumm, Hilda Terry, and Barbara Shermund...
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Conceptual Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite

Vogue Magazine Illustration Turn of the Century - Woman Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Early in the artist's career most likely for Vogue Magazine. Signed lower left. Helen Dryden (1882–1972) was an American artist and successful industrial designer in the 1920s and 1...
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Academic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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India Ink, Pencil, Graphite, Gouache

Sailboats in the Harbor, Early 20th Century Figurative Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Wonderfully detailed early 20th century figurative landscape watercolor of sailboats docked on a bustling shore, surrounded by other boats, birds and men at work with carts, by Hudson Valley New York artist Frederick Leo Hunter (American, 1858-1943). The tall boats tower over two small figures, who wade into the water beside the vessels. In the background, a lighthouse and the hint of a skyline can be seen on the distant shore. Signed "F. Leo Hunter" lower right. Displayed in a gold mat and slender giltwood frame carved with a beautiful floral motif. Image size: 7.5"H x 12"W. Known for street scene paintings and etchings of New York...
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American Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Nudes - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a drawing realized by an anonymous in the early-20th century. Pencil and pastel drawing on paper. Good conditions. Beautiful drawing with soft pencil strokes.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Pencil

Watercolor by Female Artist Ella Waldenström Depicting A Sewing Woman, 1900
Located in Stockholm, SE
Ella Waldenström (1863–1955) Sweden A Sewing Woman, 1900 watercolor on paper signed and dated E.W 23/2 1900 visible image 21 x 12 cm (8 ¼ x 4 ¾ in.) framed 29 x 20 cm (11 ½ x 7 ¾ ...
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Romantic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Russian French Impressionist Watercolor Gouache Figurative Landscape Painting
Located in Portland, OR
Important Russian-French Impressionist Gouache & Watercolor painting on paper by Pyotr Alexandrovich Nilus (Пётр Александрович Нилус in French Pierre Nilouss (1869– 1943), signed cir...
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Impressionist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache, Paper

City View by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Landscape painting
Located in London, GB
SOLD UNFRAMED City View by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Watercolour and ink on paper 17.8 x 22.9 cm (7 x 9 inches) Signed with Estate stamp Executed circa 1904 Provenance Priv...
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Fauvist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Nude Woman - Pencil on Paper by André Meaux-Saint-Marc - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude Woman is an original pencil drawing realized by André Meaux-Saint-Marc (1885 - 1941). Pencil on brown paper in very good conditions. Hand-signed on the lower left.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Paper

Female on Horseback
By J. Marchand
Located in Houston, TX
Delightful and detailed early 20th century French pencil drawing of woman astride horseback by artist J. Marchand, circa 1900. Original art...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Three Men Without Their Boat, Signed 20th Century French Illustration
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and ink on paper, signed bottom right Image size: 7 x 10 1/2 inches (17.75 x 26.5 cm) Gilt frame An original artwork by an early 20th Century French illustrator, this is...
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French School Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Giolitti- Harlequin - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Giolitti - Harlequin is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in the early 20th century. Watercolor, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the left margin. ...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Architectural Design Original Ink and Watercolor on Cardboard-Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural design is an original painting in ink and watercolor on cardboard by Anonymous french Artist in the early 20th Century. Good conditions except for being aged and repai...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Art Deco Woman before a Mirror - Vogue Magazine Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Fabled Vogue Magazine Cover Artist Eduardo Garcia Benito depicts a perfectly posed long-neck flapper with her reflection in a mirror, Her extrav...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Gouache

Baby s First Christmas
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pencil, Charcoal and Orange Wash on Paper Signature: Signed "O'Neill" Upper Left Sight Size 24.00" x 19.50", Framed 35.00" x 29.00" Illustration for the poem "Baby's First Christmas" by Margaret G. Hayes, published in Harper's Bazar, December 1910. ​​​​​​​The artwork is also reproduced within Walt Reed's The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 (Society of Illustrators, 2001) on page 154. Exhibited: Brandywine River...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal, Pencil

Hand-Me-Downs - Street Children - Waif - Cockney Gutter Imps.
Located in Miami, FL
19th Century Street Art - British children's book author and illustrator Edith Farmiloe depicts a waif-like girl - Cockney Gutter Imp - who is disheveled. The artist draws her i...
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Romantic Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Boats off Concarneau, France, Early 20th Century Seascape, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964) Boats off Concarneau, France, c. 1910-11 Unsigned Watercolor on paper 12.5 in. h. x 8.5 in. w. 22 in. h. x 18 in. w., as framed Frank Nelso...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

The Bus - Original China Ink by Henri-Paul Pecqueriaux - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Bus is an original artwork realized in the 20th century by the artist Henri-Paul Pecqueriaux (1889-1935) Original china ink drawing on paper. Hand-signed on the lower right marg...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

The Ginger Tom, Early 20th Century British Figurative Watercolour, Signed
Located in London, GB
Watercolour, initialled lower right Image size: 15 x 13 inches (38 x 33 cm) Acid free mount and hand made modern frame. Little-known painter and etcher who studied at Goldsmith's c...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Cute Children s Book Illustration British Female Illustrator - Teddy Bears
Located in Miami, FL
A British Female Illustrator paints a warm and fuzzy scene from a child's imagination, with ducks and teddy bears gazing at a "Mr Willoughby's eyeglass" standing on it's edge as it l...
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Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Gouache

The Shadows - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Tempera and watercolor realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th Century. Not signed and in good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Dog - Drawing by Ernest Rouart - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing by Ernest Rouart, husband of Berthe Morisot's daughter Julie (Manet's niece). Very good condition. Not signed.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

The Couple
Located in Dallas, TX
signed "EJB." at lower right 21 3/4 x 17 inches including frame
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

"The Meadow" Charlotte Buell Coman, Female Artist, Tonalist, American Landscape
Located in New York, NY
Charlotte Buell Coman The Meadow Signed lower left; titled on the reverse Watercolor on paper 6 1/4 x 7 inches Provenance Monica Stevens, Springfield, Virginia Charlotte Buell Com...
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Tonalist Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Monte Carlo SEM circa 1910s Folio
Located in Bristol, CT
Each plate 20 1/4" x 13 1/2" 1 4-fold plate 2 2-fold plates Georges Goursat (1863–1934), known as Sem, was a French caricaturist famous during the Belle Époque. Life and works Youth (1863–1900) Georges Goursat was born and raised in an upper-middle-class family from Périgueux. The wealth inherited from his father at the age of 21 allowed him to sustain a gilded youth. In 1888 he self published in Périgueux his first three albums of caricatures, signing some as "SEM" (Figure, left), allegedly as a tribute to Amédée de Noé who signed his caricatures for Le Monde illustré as "Cham". From 1890 to 1898, he settled for a few years in Bordeaux. During this period, he published more albums and his first press caricatures in La Petite Gironde and discovered the work of Leonetto Cappiello. His style matured, becoming both simpler and more precise. During the same period, he made trips to Paris. In 1891, he designed two posters printed in the workshop of Jules Chéret for the singer Paulus . He published his first caricatures of artists in L'Illustration (Albert Brasseur) and Le Rire (Paulus, Polin and Yvette Guilbert). From 1898 to 1900, he lived in Marseille. During this stay, he met Jean Lorrain who convinced him to live in Paris. Caricature women on a boat being sailed by a sailor by Sem, 1925 Belle Époque (1900–1914) Goursat arrived in Paris in March 1900, at the time of the opening of the Universal Exposition. He picked horse races as his way of entry in high society. In June, three months after his arrival, he self-published a new album, Le Turf, with caricatures of many prominent Parisian socialites (Marquess Boni de Castellane, Prince Trubetskoy, Count Clermont-Tonnerre, Baron Alphonse and Gustave de Rothschild, Polaire). The success of this album made him famous overnight. In October of the same year, he published another album, Paris-Trouville, with the same success. Nine others followed until 1913. In 1904, Goursat received the Légion d'honneur. In 1909, he exhibited with the painter Auguste Roubille, first in Paris, then in Monte Carlo and London. a diorama, composed of hundreds of wooden figurines "of all the merely Paris celebrities". World War I (1914–1918) Aged over 50 at the start of World War I, Goursat was not drafted. He nevertheless involved himself as a war correspondent for Le Journal. Some of his rather "chauvinistic" articles had an "enormous impact".Ten were published in 1917 in Un pékin sur le front. Two others were incorporated in 1923 in another book, La Ronde de Nuit. In 1916 and 1918 Goursat published two albums of Croquis de Guerre (War sketches). Their style is completely different from his previous work. He also designed posters for war bonds. Années Folles (1918–1934) After the war, Goursat came back to the kind of caricatures that made him famous. In 1919, he published Le Grand Monde à l'envers (High Society upside down). Around 1923, he published 3 albums under the general title of Le Nouveau Monde...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Friends Smoking - Drawing by Jean Morin - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized in the early-20th Century. Good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Abstract Silhouette Hat Portraits - Female Illustrator of Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
115 years after they were created, one can view these silhouettes differently than the artist’s intent. After all, the genesis of this work was an editorial illustration for Life Magazine to showcase elaborate women’s hats. They were done for a commercial assignment with a deadline, and picky editors were overseeing the final work. Today, they have a dual meaning. These charming silhouettes are abstractions as much as they are representations. Moreover, each one is a compact little gem stuffed with observational detail. Golden Age female illustrator Jesse Gillespie's mastery of technical skill, is apparent in minute details and composition. Young women, old women, pendants, necklaces, feathers, and laced vails all contribute to the works understated complexity. The identity of the subjects are revealed by small areas of exposed neck and chin. As the viewers eyes goes from left to right - all six silhouettes read as fashion hieroglyphs in a sentence with a visual rhythm and cadence. . Initialed JG lower right., Matted but not framed. Published: Life Magazine, March 17th, 1910. Provenance: Honey and Wax Bookstore ________________________________ From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jessie Gillespie Willing (March 28, 1888 – August 1, 1972) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of illustration. She was considered the foremost silhouette illustrator of her time, although she did traditional illustration as well. Willing illustrated for books and magazines including Life, The Ladies' Home Journal, Woman's Home Companion, Mother and Child, McClure's Magazine, Childhood Education, the Sunday Magazine, Association Men (the magazine of the YMCA), Farm and Fireside, Every Week, Children: The Magazine for Parents (which became Parents Magazine), and the American Magazine. She is perhaps most well known for her work for the Girl Scouts. Early life Willing was born in Brooklyn on March 28, 1888 to John Thomson Willing (August 4, 1860 – July 8, 1947)[1][2] and Charlotte Elizabeth Van Der Veer Willing (December 1, 1859 – March 4, 1930).[3] Thomson Willing was a noted illustrator and art editor. He was also well known for finding new artistic talent. Jessie Willing was the eldest of three children. Her brother Van Der Veer (November 30, 1889 – January 14, 1919), who died of pneumonia at the age of 29, was an advertising agent.[4] Her sister Elizabeth Hunnewell Willing (July 26, 1908 – August 15, 1991) was one of the first women to graduate from the Philadelphia Divinity School.[5][6] Elizabeth married the Rev. Orrin Judd, rector of St. Mary's Episcopal Church, on September 22, 1931, and was active in church work.[citation needed] The Willing family moved to the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia in 1901 or 1902. Jessie Willing attended the Stevens School, from which she graduated in 1905. She then went on to attend the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1907.[7][8] Career Willing used her middle name Gillespie as her professional surname. She also often signed her illustrations J.G.[9] The story goes that the art editor of Life magazine was in Thomson Willing's office when he was the art editor of the Associated Sunday Magazine syndicate. Thomson Willing had some of Jessie's artwork on his desk, which the Life editor saw and admired. He asked for the artist's information so that he could give her freelance work. Thomson Willing did not want to be accused of nepotism so he persuaded Jessie to use Jessie Gillespie as her professional name, which she did.[10][11] In addition to her extensive illustration work, Willing was also the editor of Heirlooms and Masterpieces from 1922 to 1931 and the art editor of Jewelers' Circular-Keystone from 1933 to 1939.[12] She specialized in jewelry publicity and advertising. In 1966 she won the Gold medal of the Printing Week Graphic Arts Exhibit in Philadelphia for her Christmas catalog for J.E. Caldwell Co., Philadelphia. Willing was a member of the Plastic Club of Philadelphia,[13] the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) and the National Arts Club of New York.[14] She was an honorary life member of the National Arts Club[15] and served on its Board of Governors from 1941-1970. In 1963, she received the Gold Medal of the National Arts Club in recognition of 32 years of selfless devotion.[15] Additionally, she was the national director of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA) from 1943 to 1946.[15] Previous to this she served as the Program Chairman of the AIGA and in that position she put together a travelling exhibit on the "history of narrative art from the first recorded picture story to the comic book of the twentieth century."[16][17] Illustrations in books With Tongue and Pen--Frederick Bair, et al. (MacMillan, 1940) Masoud the Bedouin--Alfred Post Carhart (Missionary Education Movement, 1915) The Path of the Gopatis--Zilpha Carruthers (National Dairy Council, 1926) The Schoolmaster and His Son: A Narrative of the Thirty Years War--Karl Heinrich Caspari (Lutheran Publication Society, 1917) On a Rainy Day--Dorothy Canfield Fisher and Sarah Scott Fisher (A.S. Barnes and Co., 1938) Book of Games for Home, School and Playground--William B. Forbush and Harry R Allen...
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Victorian Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Illustration Board, Pen

Pierrot - Drawing by Gustave Bourgogne - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Red pencil drawing realized by Gustave Bourgogne in 1930s. Not signed. Very good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

The Globe - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
The Globe is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1909. Watercolor, tempera, ink and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the right margin. Good conditions and...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Tempera, Watercolor, Pencil

Associationism - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1904
Located in Roma, IT
China ink, tempera and watercolor on cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara in 1904. Hand signed in the top left corner. Published on "L'Asino" on 7/24th, 1904. Very good condit...
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Nightmares - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
China Ink, tempera and watercolor on cardboard realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th Century. Not signed. Very good condition.
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Modern Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Tempera, Watercolor

Snowy Landscape, 1928 - signed litograph, 78x101 cm., framed
Located in Nice, FR
Lithograph, signed lower right
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper

Rhymes of Real Children
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1903 Medium: Mixed Media on Board Sight Size 18.00" x 15.75", Framed 24.50" x 22.25" Signature: Signed Lower Right Betty Sage, Rhymes of Real Children, New York, 1903, illustr...
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Early 20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Board

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