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Rehearsal, "Long Day
s Journey Into Night" — Mid-Century American Impressionism
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Philipp, 'Rehearsal, "Long Day's Journey Into Night" ', color pastel, c. 1957. Unsigned. A fine, atmospheric rendering, on warm gray charcoal paper; a reinforced crease (1/2 inch) across the bottom left sheet corner; otherwise in very good condition. Image and sheet size 17 1/2 x 21 3/4 inches. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Provenance: Art Students League, from the artist’s personal portfolio.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Robert Philipp (1895–1981) was a celebrated American Post-Impressionist painter known for his nudes, still lifes, and portraits. Noted art critic Henry McBride named Philipp one of America's top six painters of his generation. Philipp was an instructor of painting at the Art Students League, New York, for 33 years. Philipp was Secretary of the National Academy of Design, a National Academician, and a Benjamin Franklin Fellow at the Royal Society of Arts in London. His composition and painting style has been compared to the art of Edgar Degas and Pierre Auguste Renoir.
In 1940, Philipp was invited to Los Angeles by Hollywood producer Louis B. Mayer to paint portraits of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movie stars. The same year, Walter Wanger, producer of ‘The Long Voyage Home’, directed by John Ford and based on plays by Eugene O'Neill, contracted with Reeves Lewenthal, head of the Associated American Artists gallery in Manhattan, to bring nine well-known artists to the set and paint scenes from the movie and portraits of the actors in character. The artists included Robert Philipp, Thomas Hart Benton, Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, George Schreiber, Luis Quintanilla...
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American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pastel
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing, Female Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Pastel Figure Study Drawing of a Female Nude Model (Study of Shoulder, Arm
Legs) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-199...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Pastel
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Legs
Feet)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of Arms, Legs and Feet by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed ink composite figu...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Original Judy Garland Get Happy Drawing. Legendary Star. Caricature. Not a Litho
Located in New York, NY
Original Judy Garland Get Happy Drawing. Legendary Star. Caricature. Not a Litho.
Al Hirshfeld (1903-2003)
Judy "All Star Variety" Garland at the Palace
Ink on board, 1955
Sight: 16...
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Performance Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink, Board
A Fine 1930s Modern Drawing- Figure Study Sketch Class, Artists
Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Depicting an Artist's Sketch Class and a Seated Young Male Mode by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An excep...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
6th Avenue El at 8th Street
13 x 18 inches
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
Mid Century French Portrait Seated Male Nude in a Meditative Pose
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Seated Male Nude in a Meditative Pose
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: signed black pen/charcoal on artists paper stuck on board, glass covered
Size: 9.5 (h...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ballpoint Pen, Charcoal
$163 Sale Price
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Sketch. 1930
s, watercolour, pencil on paper, 42x27 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Romans Suta
Born on April 28, 1896 in the vicinity of Cesis (Latvia), died on July 14, 1944 in Tbilisi (Georgia), rehabilitated posthumously.
Painter, graphic artist, decorative and stage designer, art critic and theoretician. Studied at the J. Madernieks' Art Studio (1913), Riga City Art School (1913-1915), and Penza Art School (1915 -1917). A prominent figure and active protagonist of modernist trends in Latvian art. Travels to Berlin and Paris, where he made the acquaintance of A. Ozanfant, Le Corbusier, and others. The influences of Cubism and Constructivism.
A member of the Riga Artists' Group (1920-1924) and the Riga Graphic Artists' Society. Painter of still lifes and figural compositions. After the first experiments in Modernism, he turned to a more realistic manner of representation. The initiator and developer of a national constructive style, especially in interior design; the founder of Baltars creative workshop for porcelain painting (1924-1928); a designer and painter at Kuznetsov...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
$833 Sale Price
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The Tamer - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Tamer is a pen Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 1989) was...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pen
Clinton Hill, (Nude #8), 1952, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
$720 Sale Price
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Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin Strathmore paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Prov...
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Renaissance Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Graphite
$1,880 Sale Price
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French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Portrait Study of Navajo Hopi and Apache Figures
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Siz...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$507 Sale Price
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Adolf Dehn, Haitian Scene A, signed painting, Associated American Artists, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
Adolf Arthur Dehn
Haitian Scene A, ca. 1951
Watercolor gouache on board
Signed on the front
Frame included: held in vintage modern frame
Measurements:
Framed:
11 inches vertical by 13 inches horizontal by .75
Painting
4.5 inches by 6 inches
Watercolor gouache, hand signed; framed with AAA Gallery label verso
Signed on the front bearing the original label on the verso of Dehn's longtime gallery, the prestigious Associated American Artists Gallery, New York City.
Provenance
Associated American Artists
Frame included: held in vintage frame with original label as provenance
Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti -- the subject of this work. It was part of a series inspired by Dehn's visit to Haiti.
Dehn, an influential artist and teacher (and author of the definitive textbook of his era on watercolor painting) joined Associated American Artists gallery in 1941. Although this painting is undated, it is likely circa early 1950s, as in 1951 Dehn won a Guggenheim Fellowship, which enabled him to travel to Haiti.
ADLOF DEHN
Adolf Dehn, American Watercolorist and Printmaker, 1895-1968
Adolf Dehn was an artist who achieved extraordinary artistic heights, but in a very particular artistic sphere - not so much in oil painting as in watercolor and lithography. Long recognized as a master by serious print collectors, he is gradually gaining recognition as a notable and influential figure in the overall history of American art.
In the 19th century, with the invention of the rotary press, which made possible enormous print runs, and the development of the popular, mass-market magazines, newspaper and magazine illustration developed into an artistic realm of its own, often surprisingly divorced from the world of museums and art exhibitions, and today remains surprisingly overlooked by most art historians. Dehn in many regards was an outgrowth of this world, although in an unusual way, since as a young man he produced most of his illustrative work not for popular magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, but rather for radical journals, such as The Masses or The Liberator, or artistic "little magazines" such as The Dial. This background established the foundation of his outlook, and led later to his unique and distinctive contribution to American graphic art.
If there’s a distinctive quality to his work, it was his skill in introducing unusual tonal and textural effects into his work, particularly in printmaking but also in watercolor. Jackson Pollock seems to have been one of many notable artists who were influenced by his techniques.
Early Years, 1895 - 1922
For an artist largely remembered for scenes of Vienna and Paris, Adolf Dehn’s background was a surprising one. Born in Waterville, Minnesota, on November 22, 1895, Dehn was the descendent of farmers who had emigrated from Germany and homesteaded in the region, initially in a one-room log cabin with a dirt floor. Adolf’s father, Arthur Clark Dehn, was a hunter and trapper who took pride that he had no boss but himself, and who had little use for art. Indeed, during Adolf’s boyhood the walls of his bedroom and the space under his bed were filled with the pelts of mink, muskrats and skunks that his father had killed, skinned and stretched on drying boards. It was Adolf’s mother, Emilie Haas Dehn, a faithful member of the German Lutheran Evangelical Church, who encouraged his interest in art, which became apparent early in childhood. Both parents were ardent socialists, and supporters of Eugene Debs...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor, Gouache, Board
Male nudes, sketch by Keith Vaughan
Located in London, GB
Keith Vaughan
Male nudes
Ballpoint pen sketch
17 x 13 cm
Born in 1912, Keith Vaughan was a British painter known for his modernist and semi-abstract depictions of the male figure...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ballpoint Pen
Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Happy Walker with Backpack
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Illustration of a Happy Walker with Backpack
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper on paper
Size: 7 (height) x 5.25 (width)
...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$120 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Drawings of Interior Scene with Woman Resting in Bed
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink on paper
Size: 4.75 (height) x 7.25 (width)...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Ink
DANCE MARATHON
Located in Portland, ME
De Lappe, Pele (American, 1916-2007). DANCE MARATHON. Pencil, 1935. Signed in pencil. 13 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches. In very good condition, except for minor creases at the top and bottom ri...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of I...
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Renaissance Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal
$2,200 Sale Price
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Rare Chaim Gross Watercolor Painting Manhattan Skyscrapers Train NYC WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
This appears to be dated 1927. It came in with a piece dated 1929. A very early, rare work.
Framed 22.5 x 18. Image 14.5 x 9
A great New York city street scene with an El train (elev...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Watercolor
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study Portrait Drawing of an African American Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, charcoal ...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study Drawing by Chicago Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio draw...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Graphite, Paper
Eros - Drawing by Maurice Vertès - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Eros is a pencil drawing realized by Maurice Vertès in the 1930s.
Good conditions with slight folding.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
George Bissill, landscape watercolour
Located in London, GB
George Bissill (1896-1973)
Landscape
Watercolour
20 x 28 cm
Born in 1896, George Bissill was a British miner, painter and furniture designer. Raised in the mining village of Lang...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Watercolor
“Woman in Plaid”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original watercolor and gouache with traces of acrylic paint fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Painted ...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Acrylic, Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
Seymour Fogel (1911-1984)
Mural Study, untitled
11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight)
Tempera on board
Provenance:...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Egg Tempera, Board
Nude of Woman - Original Drawing attr. to Paul Grain - Mid 20th Century
By Paul Garin
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an Original China Ink Drawing attributed to Paul Garin and realized in the mid-20th century.
Good condition on a brown paper.
No Signature.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Railroad worker
36 ¼ x 27 inches
Oil on paper c. 1930s
S...
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American Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Oil
French Pencil Study of a Graceful Woman in Vintage Attire with Red Features
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9.75 (height) x 9 (width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good
P...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Navajo Night Dance in New Mexico
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
Size: 1...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Gouache
$589 Sale Price
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PROFIL DE FEMME
Located in Aventura, FL
Original pencil and crayon drawing on paper. Hand signed and dated on front by the artist. Visible image size 25.6 x 19.7 in. Frame size approx 32.25 x 27 in. Artwork is in excellen...
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Expressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Crayon, Pencil
$37,125 Sale Price
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A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Charcoal, Paper
Mid Century French Elegant Pencil Drawing of Three Figures in Conversation
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Elegant Pencil Drawing of Three Figures in Conversation
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 5.25 (height) x 8.25 (widt...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Pencil
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s ch...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal
Portrait - Drawing by Giuseppe Migneco - 1963
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a contemporary artwork realized by Giuseppe Migneco in 1963.
Watercolor drawing on paper.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Includes frame
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
1930
s Original Parisian Fashion Watercolor Burgandy Dress with Green Cape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner ...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Acrylic
1940
s American WPA Modernist New York City Watercolor Painting Tenement Market
Located in Surfside, FL
The Market, (fauvist painting of NYC scene) 1940's.
image is 10X 11.5 inches. Hand signed lower right
Lower East Side Tenements Pushcart Market
Watercolor on paper board.
Samuel G...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Board, Paper
“Untitled (Women Walking), c. 1945” Double-Sided NYC Street Manhattan Cityscape
Located in Yardley, PA
A fantastic example of Marsh’s renowned depictions of ladies walking in downtown Manhattan. This richly worked ink and wash composition captures a sidewalk populated by stylish women...
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Ashcan School Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor
1950s "Star Ear" Mid Century Figurative Drawing University of Paris
By Donald Stacy
Located in Arp, TX
Donald Stacy
"Star Ear"
c.1950s
Ink on paper
Black wood frame 9.75"x17.25
Signed lower right in pencil
Came from artist estate
This striking piece of art is an original drawing by r...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
A Dynamic 1945 Mid-Century Modern Cubist Studio Scene, Artist Sketch Class
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, 1945 Mid-Century Modern Cubist Studio Scene, Artist's Sketch Class by Noted Chicago Painter, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches, unframed, mo...
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Cubist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
Mid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Narrow Street in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Pencil Drawings of a Narrow Street in Cagnes-sur-Mer
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9.5 (height) x 6.25 (width)
...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Runaway Horse - Drawing by Mino Maccari - 1960 ca.
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Watercolor on paper realized by Mino Maccari in 1960 ca.
Hand signed in pencil lower right.
Very good condition.
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
A 1940s Modern, American Scene Study of a Seated Man at a Table by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming, 1940s American Scene study of a Man Seated at a Table by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A delightful sketch ("Dinner at the Windermere Hot...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Watercolor
Jeanne d
Arc - China Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jeanne d'Arc is a modern artwork realized in the 1940s ca by a French Artist.
Original China ink and Watercolors on paper.
Passepartout is included (dimensions: 38 x 0.1 x 30 cm)....
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Nude - Original Watercolour by Jean Delpech - Mid 20th century
By Jean Delpech
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in watercolor, realized in the Mid-20th Century by Jean Delpech (1916-1988).
Good conditions.
Jean-Raymond Delpech (1988-1916) is a French painter,...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Corn Kachina, by Riley Sunrise, Quoyavema, Hopi, Kachina, Dancer, painting
Located in Santa Fe, NM
Corn Kachina, by Riley Sunrise, Quoyavema, Hopi, Kachina, Dancer, painting
Artist Signature - Riley Sunrise (1914-2006) Quoyavema “Another of the earlier Hopi artists, Riley Sunrise (Quoyavema) worked with Fred Kabotie and Waldo Mootzka in illustrating John Louw Nelson’s Rhythm for Rain. He is also known as Quoyavema or Kwayeshva, according to Nelson. His paintings are comparable to Fred Kabotie’s, with some of them showing more action and most of them revealing less detail. Sunrise is represented in the collections of the Denver Art Museum, Gilcrease Institute (Tulsa), and the Southwest Museum. The Museum of the American Indian in New York has an extensive collection of his paintings of native Hopi dances.” (Clara Lee Tanner: Southwest Indian...
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Tribal Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
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Paint, Paper
Mid Century French Minimalist Illustration of a Two Women Walking a Dog
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Minimalist Illustration of a Two Women Walking a Dog
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil and Paper
Size:...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study Drawing by Chicago Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio figu...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Graphite
Mid Century French Expressive Ink Studies of Study of Female Faces
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Expressive Ink Studies of Study of Female Faces
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil on paper
Size: 9 (height) x 13 (width)
Stamped: Verso
Condition: Good
Provenance: All the paintings we have by this artist have come from the artist's estate
Description: This expressive ink drawing by Josine Vignon features a study of two female faces, each rendered with bold, confident lines that capture the essence of the subjects. The larger face, positioned in the lower portion of the composition, is depicted with sweeping, fluid strokes that convey a sense of movement and intensity. The smaller face above is drawn with more delicate lines, offering a contrasting depiction of serenity and poise. Vignon’s mastery of ink is evident in her ability to convey depth and character with minimal strokes.
This drawing would be a valuable addition for collectors interested in portrait studies and the exploration of expression through line work. Josine Vignon’s art...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$108 Sale Price
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Modernist Conte Crayon Drawing Beach Scene David Burliuk Russian Futurist
Located in Surfside, FL
David Burliuk (Ukrainian, 1882-1967)
Three figure on the beach (Hamptons, Long Island New York)
Conte crayon drawing on paper.
Hand signed lower left.
Unframed
Provenance: Bloomsbury Auctions
David Davidovich Burliuk (Дави́д Дави́дович Бурлю́к; 1882-1967) was a Russian poet, artist and publicist of Ukrainian origin associated with the Futurist and Neo-Primitivist movements. Burliuk has been described as "the father of Russian Futurism."
David Burliuk was born on 21 July 1882 in the village of Riabushky (near Lebedyn, Ukraine) in the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. Burliuk's family was artistically inclined; two of his brothers were talented artists as well, Nikolai and Volodimir Burliuk. The Burliuk family partly descended from Ukrainian Cossacks on their father's side, who held premier positions in the Hetmanate. His mother, Ludmyla Mikhnevich, was of ethnic Belarusian descent.
From 1898 to 1904, he studied at Kazan and Odesa art schools, as well as at the Royal Academy in Munich. His exuberant, extroverted character was recognized by Anton Azhbe, his professor at the Munich Academy, who called Burliuk a "wonderful wild steppe horse". During a time of significant industrialization and political change, movements such as the famed Der Blaue Reiter, a group Burliuk associated with in 1912, while he was in Munich, emphasized a shift away from the classical styles of the past, prioritizing the innovations of the future.
In 1907, he made contact with the Russian art world; he met and befriended Mikhail Larionov, and they are both credited as being major forces in bringing together the contemporary art world. In 1908, an exhibition with the group Zveno ("The Link") in Kiev was organized by David Burliuk together with Wladimir Baranoff-Rossine, Alexander Bogomazov, his brother Volodymyr (Wladimir) Burliuk and Aleksandra Exter. The exhibition was a flop, especially because they were all unknown painters. The Burliuks and Larionov left for the aforementioned brothers' home in Chernianka, also known as Hylea; it was during this stay that their work became more Avant-Garde. That autumn, while visiting Ekster, they organized an exhibition which took place in the street; it was a success, and enough money was raised to go to Moscow.
In 1909, Burliuk painted a portrait of his future wife, Marussia, on a background of flowers and rocks...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Conté, Crayon
Signs of the Zodiac, Taurus and Gemi - Drawing by Jacques Villon - 1937
Located in Roma, IT
Signs of the Zodiac, Taurus and Gemini is an original modern artwork realized by Jacques Villon in 1937.
China ink drawing.
Hand signed and dated on the lower margin.
Vintage fram...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Suzanne
, Large Mid Century French Portrait Drawing by Gourdon
Located in Cotignac, FR
French, Mid Century, pastel and crayon portrait of an elegant young lady by Gourdon. Signed and dated bottom left. Trade label to the back board. Presented in period deep 'tray' frame.
This seems to be an early work by the artist and hence it carries his name rather than his later more distinctive signature 'Aslan'. Alain Gordon was one of two brothers, his sibling Michel also went on to achieve notable success with his distinctive 'comic' style.
Alain Gourdon...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Crayon, Pastel, Watercolor, Pencil
Mid 20th century French Original Line Drawing sketch Portrait Female
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Portrait sketch
original drawing by Jean-Paul LE VERRIER (1922-1996)
studio stamped
ink on paper, unframed
Double sided
10.5 x 8.25 inches
provenance: private collection of the arti...
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Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
$103 Sale Price
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Mid Century French Pencil Sketch Fashionable Sketches of Figures and Accessories
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Mid Century French Portrait
Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Pencil/ charcoal /watercolour on artists paper, double sided
Size: 9.5 height) x 6.25 (width)
Stamped Verso
Con...
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Post-Impressionist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil, Watercolor
"Central Park" Leon Dolice, New York Central Park Scene, Mid-Century
By Leon Dolice
Located in New York, NY
Leon Dolice
Central Park
Signed lower left
Watercolor on paper
12 x 19 inches
The romantic backdrop of Vienna at the turn of the century had a life-long influence upon the young ma...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Standing Male Figure
Located in London, GB
Pen and ink on paper
19cm × 13cm (37.5cm × 30cm framed)
Vaughan was a British artist, whose work is held in the collections of the Government Art Collection, National Galleries Scot...
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Post-War Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
1950
s Modernist Painting - Portrait Of Figure On Gold
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Gold Man
by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century), stamped verso
original watercolour/gouache painting on paper
overall size: 111.75 x 8.5 inches
condition: very good and ready to...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
$405 Sale Price
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Violinist (Portrait of Young Man with Violin)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello.
Portrait of a Violinist, 1950.
Charcoal on paper, sheet measures 13 x 19 inches.
Signed lower left.
A ...
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Realist Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Woman Seated
, Paris, Louvre, Carmel, California Post-Impressionist, LACMA SFAA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Post-Impressionist, pastel figural showing a young woman in a cobalt dress seated in an olive green chair and holding a flower, beside a table bearin...
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Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil Pastel, Ink
A Modern 1950s Watercolor of Male Bathers in Morocco by Artist Andre Delfau
By Andre Delfau
Located in Chicago, IL
A Mid-Century Modern 1950s watercolor of male bathers in Morocco by notable French artist, Andre Delfau.
Image size: 7 1/2 x 7 3/4 inches. Archivally matted to 14 x 14 inches. ...
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Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Paper
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures, Houses
Mountains
Located in Denver, CO
This evocative watercolor on paper painting, titled The Way War First Comes (1940), was created by noted American artist Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897-1968) during the Depression era...
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American Modern Mid-20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
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