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Art Subject: Book
Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir in his harem in flagrante delicto
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on cre...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

20th Century French Modernist Painting Set of Four Dark Watercolour Scenes
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of 4 by Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021) watercolour on artist paper, unframed painting : 8.75 x 6.5 inches stamped verso provenance: artists estate, France condition: very good an...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

The Journals of Susanna Moodie 57/100 - original, illustrated book of poems
Located in Bloomfield, ON
A rare and original illustrated boxed folio of The Journals of Susanna Moodie, arguably Margaret Atwood’s finest work of poetry. In it, she adopts the ...
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1980s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Archival Paper

Mughal School, 18th century – Emperor Jahangir dancing with his harem attendees
Located in Middletown, NY
A joyful scene of lighthearted merriment in the palace of Jangahir Mahal Agra Circa 1750. Gouache and ink with gold heightening on light weight cream laid paper, 8 1/4 x 6 inches (2...
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18th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Architectural Drawing by Giuseppe Perotti - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Architectural Drawing is a modern artwork realized by Giuseppe Perotti in the Early 20th Century. Good conditions.
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Early 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Via dell inferno, Via del Paradiso - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1908
Located in Roma, IT
China ink, tempera and watercolor on paper realized by Gabriele Galantara in the early 20th Century. Hand signed lower left. Very good condition.
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Mixed media painting in monograph, Signed inscribed to Museum Trustees, Framed
Located in New York, NY
David Hockney Hockney Paints the Stage (Signed and inscribed to Walker Museum trustees), 1983 Original acrylic, watercolor and ink painting done on title page of monograph (Signed an...
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1980s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Acrylic, Watercolor

Book of Verses
Located in Bryn Mawr, PA
Book of Verses, 1924 Charcoal on paper 29 x 23 inches (73.7 x 58.4 cm) Framed dimensions: 33 3/8 x 27 5/8 inches Signed upper right: Lilian Westcott Hale...
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1920s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

The Sketch - Drawing by Luigi Galli - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Sketch is an artwork realized by Luigi Galli in the late 19th Century. Pencil drawing on paper. The artwork has the stamp of the provenance's collection "Amodeo Collection" on t...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Homme à l agneau, mangeur de pastèque et flûtiste
Located in New Orleans, LA
Signed, dated and numbered “Picasso / 3.2.67 / II” (upper right) Crayon on paper Hailed among the fathers of modern art, Pablo Picasso possessed a seemingly e...
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20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Portrait of Young Man
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Outstanding male portrait by 20th-century American artist, Vito Tomasello. Portrait of a young man, c.1950. Pencil on paper, sheet measures 14 x 17 inches. Excellent condition. S...
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1940s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

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

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Vampire" (2024) By Katie Mansfield, Original Embellished Print
Located in Denver, CO
"Vampire" (2024) by Katie Mansfield is an original handmade print, embellished with metallic acrylic on paper. This piece depicts a woman who is shopping at a supermarket for vampire...
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Waterc...

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Three Rajput noblemen on horseback – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink on the recto, as well as the Jaipur City Council blindstamp, 13 5/8...
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19th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Gold

Jim Dine New York SIGNED poster "Gilbert and Sullivan" hand painted pink copper
Located in New York, NY
This radiant purple pink poster was designed by Jim Dine for a production of Gilbert and Sullivan at New York City Center in 1968. The stripe down...
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1960s Pop Art Figurative Prints

Materials

Gouache, Offset

Big Daddy
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Big Daddy Ink on archival paper White frame under plexiglass. Keith Carrington’s experiences have led him to express his talents through the fluid & exactin...
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2010s Pop Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Archival Paper

Two Men - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
Two men is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1909. Watercolor, ink, tempera and pencil on paper. Good conditions and aged with foxing. Gabriele Galant...
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Early 1900s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Tempera, Watercolor, Pencil

By Alessandro Michele for Valentino. From the Fashion series
Located in Miami Beach, FL
The artist has covered New York collections for over 16 years and has interviewed, as a journalist, several fashion designers and personalities for different publications. He loves t...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Fantaisies Aquatiques
Located in PARIS, FR
Jules Habert Dys (1850-1930) Aquatic fantasies Around 1885 Watercolor and ink on paper, heightened with "gold" gouache 27 x 20 cm Signed lower left J. Habert-Dys Bibliography: Decor...
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1880s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

The Brave Soldier - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The brave soldier 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 right margin. G...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil

Lovers - Drawing by Andre Leroux - 1927
Located in Roma, IT
Lovers is an original artwork realized in 1927 by Andre Leroux. Original drawing in in black point. The artwork represents a couple of lovers who wear c...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustrated for the 1949 Four Seasons Calendar, published by Brown and Bigelow. A young girl holds a freshly-picked bouquet of flowers as she strolls alongside a boy who carries he...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Original 1971 Fillmore East Art program cover pencil drawing Rock and Roll
Located in Southampton, NY
For Rock and Roll art collectors this is one incredible work of art. It is the original 1971 drawing for Bill Graham's Fillmore East program cover art created by Rock and Roll and Broadway superstar artist David Byrd. framed size 22x17". I have included in this listing an image of an actual program cover for reference purposes, it is not part of the sale. David Byrd created some of the most memorable Classic Theatre and Rock and Roll images from the 1960s and 70s. This is the first time that this rare original one of a kind drawing has been available for sale since it was first created over 40 years ago. This is the actual drawing that was presented for approval of the final artwork. David created ALL of the Art for Bill Graham’s Fillmore East, including their Program covers and Rock posters, the art for Jimi Hendrix’s first Fillmore East appearance, The Rolling Stones 1969 World Tour art, The Who’s Performance of Tommy at the New York Metropolitan Opera House and The Fillmore, and The Grateful Dead Swell Dance Concert to name only a few. He also created the poster art for the original location of the 1969 Woodstock music festival . His memorable images were also used for classic Broadway shows like Godspell, Follies and Jesus Christ Superstar to mention only a few. These museum quality drawings are rarely made available for sale, they are not only wonderful rare works of art, but are truly historically important works in the field of Theatre and Rock and Roll collecting. It has been framed with archival double matting. David Byrd's poster art is in many museum collections, including : The Louvre, in Paris, Victoria & Albert in London, The Museum of Modern Art in New York and The Smithsonian in Washington, DC. We have included an image featuring some of the memorable art David Byrd has created for the Rock and Roll industry and classic Broadway shows. A large coffee table book is in the final edit and getting ready to go to press of the art of David Byrd titled "Poster Child...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Vellum, Pencil

Horses - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is a pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by unknown Artist of Mid-20th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed. Illegible signature on the back of the dr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

The Window - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Window is a drawing in pastel on paper realized in the mid-20th century by an unknown french artist. The state of preservation is good. The artwork represents an open window be...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Three Figures - Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Three figures is a modern artwork realized by Artist of 20th century Mixed colored drawing on paper. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame.
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

Karl Lagerfeld Fashion Portfolio / Drawings for Tiziani, 161 Drawings
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer: Karl Lagerfeld (1933-2019) Marking(s); notes: marking(s) Materials: paper Dimensions: approx. 12.75"h, 10"w (159 images) Additional Information: Fashion design sketc...
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1960s Feminist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

Service Staff - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by Luigi Bompard - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Service Staff is a watercolored ink drawing on ivory-colored paper, in the 1920s realized by Luigi Bompard (1879-1953). Hand-signed in pen on the lower margin. In good condition, e...
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1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Ink

Figure - Drawing by Henri Lucien Detouche - 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original sanguine drawing on ivory paper, realized by Henri Lucien Detouche (1854-1913). The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Unsigned, annotated "Henriet...
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19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Color Pencil

Fashionable Women - Ink Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Fashionable Women is an original drawing in china ink by an Anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. This modern artwork represents a standing women dressed-up and with a sophist...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Mauvaise Blague! - Original Drawing - 1899
Located in Roma, IT
Mauvaise Blague! is an Original China Ink Drawing realized by an unknown artist in 1899. Good condition on a grey paper. Monogrammed on plate.
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1890s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

"The Ann Sothern Show"
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pen & Ink, Colored Pencil and Cut Paper on Onionsk Signature: Signed Lower Right Caricature by George Wachsteter (1911-2004) for CBS-TV comedy `The Ann Sothern Show` (1958-1961) starring Sothern as Katy O`Connor, assistant manager of the swank NYC hotel...
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen, Color Pencil

Boats in Tunisia - Drawing Ink on Paper Unique Post Impressionist, 1920
Located in New York, NY
Albert Marquet Boats in Tunisia, ca. 1920 Ink on paper 5 7/10 × 5 1/5 in l 14.5 × 13.3 cm Hand-signed by the monogram lower right
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1920s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Ex Libris 1982, paper, ink, gouache, 17.5х13 cm
Located in Riga, LV
Ex Libris 1982, paper, ink, gouache, 17,5х13 cm Information about artist: Gunārs Vīndedzis (1918 - 1991) - cartoonist, illustrator. Born in a fami...
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1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Untitled, Pastel on Paper, Black Colour by Modern Artist "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sakti Burman Untitled - 11 x 9 inches ( Unframed Size ) Pastel on Paper , 2012 Born : 1935 Kolkata Education : 1956 Government College of Arts and Crafts in Kolkata and the Ecole N...
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

L Ambulante
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in 1852 in Reims, Marne, French Impressionist painter, lithographer, watercolorist and etcher Jean-Louis Forain enrolled at the École des Beaux Arts and studied under Jean-Léo...
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Etching

Ideal Decoration - Drawing by Carlo Parisi - 1935
Located in Roma, IT
Ideal Decoration is an Artwork realized by the artist Carlo Parisi (1922-2007) in 1935. Black and white drawing on paper. Good conditions. Carlo Parisi...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Octopus Shells
Located in Bristol, CT
Maritime hand-colour sheet depicting an octopus w/ 12 seashells Art Sz: 21 3/4"H x 11 1/2"W Frame Sz: 26 1/4"H x 16 1/4"W w/ gilt bamboo frame
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

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

Materials

Paper, Ink

Le Ministère du Commerce - Original Penmark on Paper by H.-P. Pecqueriaux
Located in Roma, IT
Le Ministère du Commerce is an artwork realized by the satirical artist Henri-Paul Pecqueriaux (1889-1935) in the XX Century. Black penmark on paper. Signed on the lower left corner. Excellent conditions. Fresh sketch representing a satirical cartoon in b/w. A man is taking a bag full of money...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Felt Pen

Mughal School, 17th century Tiger Hunt near the Jahangir Maha, Agra
Located in Middletown, NY
An illuminated page from a book likely in reference to palace life during Emperor Jahangir's reign over the Mughal Empire. c 1690. Gouache and ink with heightening in gold on light ...
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17th Century Rajput Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gold

1.0 M (DETECTIVE COMICS), 3.2 M (ACTION COMICS) and 1.2M BAT MAN, Triptych
Located in Miami Beach, FL
As a reflection on the value we give to objects, this series exposes examples of objects that we use daily and for different reasons ended up gaining very high prices. By redrawing t...
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2010s Abstract Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink

MARYAN
Located in Tel Aviv - Jaffa, IL
Original drawing with pencil by the Master Hand signed , dedicated and dated by the artist Unique piece Professionally framed Provenance ; Catalogued auction french auction...
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1960s French School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Fairy Tale Children s Book Fantasy Illustration in Black and White
Located in Miami, FL
Fantasy illustration for children's book - "Princess Signelill and her brother” from “Sagobok av Elsa Beskow” Ink on paper, High-end archival matted. Unsigned Provenance: The Artis...
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1910s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, India Ink

The Wise Book Children s Book Illustration- Woman Illustrator - Arts and Crafts
Located in Miami, FL
This little gem of a compact artwork was executed in the Arts and Crafts style for an interior illustration for "The Wise Book," J.M. Dent & Co, London, 1906. "You can't eat your ca...
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Early 1900s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Board

Homme Assis et Personnage - Pencil Drawing by A. Giacometti - 1953
Located in Roma, IT
Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis Guilloux's "La merveille", published in "Les Lettres Nouvelles", n°7, septembre 1953, p. 779. Giacometti sketched a male portrait in his typical style. The man is in profile and on the right side of the page there is a small study of a standing figure. Following Fondation Giacometti, it was realized by the author on September 1953. As James Lord...
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1950s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Nonconformist Removed by the State. Satyr / Pan Mythology
Located in Miami, FL
This cartoon by Charles Addams is generations ahead of its time. To get the punch line, the viewer must know the meaning of a Satyr or Pan. Satyr: Part man and part beast. - A male ...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Flapper Fanny - Female Cartoonist of the Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Flapper Fanny - Female Cartoonist of the Golden Age Sylvia Sneidman was originally a fashion illustrator, but assumed the helm of the famous jazz-age panel cartoon "Flapper Fanny Sa...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Archival Paper

Lanvin Of Paris Original c1950s Advertising Watercolor Christmas Artwork
Located in Bristol, CT
Sz: 14 1/2"H x 11 3/8"W Alexander Warren Montel (1921-2002) Fashion illustrator for House of Lanvin Paris in the 1950s featured in Harper's Bazaar Santa Juggling My Sin And Arpege Perfume...
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20th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

DALI...DALI...DALI...
Located in London, GB
Softcover book Containing a signed and dated drawing by Salvador Dalí First edition and in the French language 8 3/4 x 12 inches Published by Draeger Éditeur, 1974
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Early 20th Century Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pen

Yearbook
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Jay Alan Babcock is a St. Louis-based graphic designer and painter. His work exhibits his interest in the visual language of Americana, including old ...
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Swim Team
Located in Saint Louis, MO
Jay Alan Babcock is a St. Louis-based graphic designer and painter. His work exhibits his interest in the visual language of Americana, including old ...
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2010s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil

Man with Big Smile - New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
If a smile is an expression of momentary happiness, then the female in this cartoon appears driven to turn a moment into a more extended period of time. Leave it to Gahan Wilson to ...
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Early 2000s Outsider Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen

The Court Ladies Dressed Gerda - Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Women illustrators were alive, well, and quite active in the early 20th century. Most of their production was associated with topics that dealt with the home, children or fairy tales. In this masterfully rendered work in pen and ink, Jacobs displays great technical skill in presenting three maidens dressing a beautiful female member of the Court wearing a tiara. Signed in a cartouche lower right From: Stella Mead, Great Stories from Many Lands, London: James Herbert and Co, 1936, page 78 " Red and White Roses" Provenance: Chris Beetles Work is elegantly matted and not framed. Helen Mary Jacobs was born in Ilford, Essex, the sister of the writer W.W. Jacobs; she studied art at the West Ham...
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1930s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Pencil

Untitled, Figurative Drawing
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Drawing on paper is his basic work tool, some are sketches of his surviving works, others are sketches of moments he documents. Undefined by medium, Celso Castro’s works each carry...
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1990s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Wave Series/Tattooed Woman at Sunset Beach
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Wave Series/Tattooed Woman at Sunset Beach" is a unique watercolor utilizing Edo-period imagery by contemporary, Japanese artist, Masami Teraoka. The framed artwork measures 22 1/2 x 17 1/2 x 1 in. This work is an example of Teraoka's icon of cross-cultural exchange as a submersible yet insuppressible individual, striking out on her own with rented snorkel equipment. Her traditional wave-pattern tattoos and resemblance to a Hokusai pearl diver are time-honored devices recognizable from Edo-era ukiyo-e, but here they are the mark of a very up-to-date woman of the world-and a sign of things to come. "In my mind tattoos were taboo, because we associated tattoos with yakuza gangsters in Japan then," the artist explains. "Those were the only people in Japan who had tattoos, to show off their machismo. So when I saw tattoos in this country, it seemed to me to be a really significant attitude that Americans are not really uptight about having tattoos. Thirty years later, tattoos are invading Japan. Young people have them on their arms, so they can cover them with long­sleeved shirts. Perhaps they try to hide them from their parents, but the younger generation is much more open to tattoos and piercings." Born in Onomichi in Hiroshima Prefecture, Teraoka studied at what is now Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles. His works are inspired by Japanese Ukiyo-e woodcut prints. However, Teraoaka infuses the style and techniques of the traditional art with American Pop Art. The mass-produced nature of Japanese woodcut prints...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Murder Behind a Blue Door Crime Scene Noir Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Murder behind a blue door is implied, as the viewer is shown only a crime scene-taped door and not inside. A bad relationship or a marital spat can lead to an unexpected outcome in...
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1990s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pen

CONDENSE
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This piece titled "CONDENSE" is an original artwork made from pencil and ink on paper by Jasjyot Singh Hans. This piece measures 13"h x 13"w framed. Jasjyot Singh Hans is an illustrator unendingly inspired by an explosive neon mix of fashion, music and pop culture. He has a constant regard for things past and a voracity for all that is current. He studied animation film design at the National Institute of Design...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pencil

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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1920s Conceptual Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Color Pencil, Graphite

Collier s Christmas Number, Unpublished Cover
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Watercolor and Metallic Paint on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Right
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1890s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint, Paper, Watercolor

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