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Art Subject: Head
Nude of Woman - Drawing by Sergio Barletta - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of Woman is an original artwork realized by Sergio Barletta in the 1970s. Pen ink drawing on paper. Includes a beautiful gilded frame. Hand signed on the lower margin.
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1970s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

1840 Watercolour - Madonna and Child
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine watercolour depiction on the Madonna and Child with adoring Maji and a boar. Painted in Paris 1940. Inscribed to the lower left. Presented in a gilt frame with a foliate motif...
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Mid-19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude - Original Pen on Paper by Bertrand Mogniat-Duclos - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude in the bed is an original colored drawing in pen on ivory-colored paper, realized by Mogniat-Duclos Bertrand, a French painter. In very good conditions. This artwork is a very...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Towards the Peace - Charcoal Drawing by Carlo Fornara - 1904
By Carlo Fornara
Located in Roma, IT
Charcoal drawing,1904. Dimensions: 62 x 50 cm Provenance: Galleria d’Arte Moderna Alberto Grubicy, Milan. A number of symbolist drawings done by Fornara in 1902 are known, includin...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Two studies of a woman, 1921 charcoal drawing, signed
Located in Paris, FR
Jules Cheret (1836-1932) Two studies of a woman, 1921 charcoal on grey paper signed and dated 24 10 (19)21 on the bottom right 39.5 x 24 cm A varnish stain in the lower middle of t...
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1920s Art Nouveau Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Portrait - Drawing by Adolf Reinhold Hallman - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original drawing in pencil and China ink on ivory-colored paper, made by the Swedish illustrator and reporter Adolf Reinhold Hallman. ...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a young woman, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) Portrait of a young woman pencil on paper 30.5 x 20 cm In quite good condition Traces of folding in the upper left-hand corner. Lower right corn...
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Early 1900s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Costume for Aida - Tempera and Watercolor - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for Aida is a drawing in tempera and watercolor on brownish paper realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous Italian artist of the early 20th Century. In very good condition. The...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

To The Bathroom - Lithograph by Jean Cocteau - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
To The Bathroom is a Colored lithograph realized on japan paper by Jean Cocteau (1889 -1963) in 1930 ca. French draftsman, poet, essayist, playwright, librettist, film director. ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Lithograph

Angle with Flowers - Drawing by Leo Guida - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Angle with Flowers is a modern artwork realized by Leo Guida in the 1970s. Good condition. Ink drawing on paper. Leo Guida has been able to weave a productive interview on art and...
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1970s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Toll of the Rocks
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and dated 'Frederick/Blakeslee/43' bottom left; also signed, inscrib
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Canvas, Oil

Tresses
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Tresses" c.1990 is a watercolor on Wove paper by Crow Indian artist Penni Anne Cross A.K.A. (Alawa-Sta-We- Ches) 1939-2016. It i...
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude - Pen on Ivory Paper by Fausto Ghia - 1955
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is an original drawing in pen on ivory paper realized by Fausto Ghia. Hand-signed on the lower left with dedication. The state of preservation is very good. Included a Passep...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pen

Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original black marker drawing realized by and Unknown artist and signed in pencil "Borély". Hand signed, good condition. Included a white cardboard passpart...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Moroccan - Original Pencil and Ink by Helen Vogt - 1930
Located in Roma, IT
Moroccan is an original pencil and china ink drawing realized by Helen Vogt in 1930. The state of preservation is very good. Not signed. Stamp of the ...
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1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

Shady Lady seated female figure warm pastel autumn tones sunglass fashion
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This is a soft pastel painting on tones sanded archival paper signed and dated by the artist. It is suitable for framing under glass to protect the pastel medium. The work is part of...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel, Archival Paper

Teens at the beach - Original Drawing by Anthony Roaland - 1982
Located in Roma, IT
Teens at the beach is an original drawing on pencil realized by Anthony Roaland in 1982. Hand-signed and dated by the artist on the lower right margin. The three boys are represe...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Posing Nude - Drawing by Jean Chapin- 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Posing Nude is a charcoal drawing realized by Jean Chapin in the 1950s. Good condition and aged with slight folding on the margins. Jean Chapin is a French painter and lithographer...
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1950s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Fear of a Constantly Harrowed Heart - Male Nude Torso, Oil Graphite on Paper
Located in Chicago, IL
Rick Sindt's knowledge of the male physique is evident in this drawing of a nude male torso. The subject is tilted back with his head turned away, as if to shield himself from the v...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Oil, Archival Paper, Graphite

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

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Ink

Sleeping Nude Figurative
Located in Soquel, CA
Drawing of a sleeping nude woman by S. LeDrew (20th Century). Signed "S. LeDREW" in the lower right corner. Presented in a double mat of dark red and whi...
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Late 20th Century Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Conté

Sleeping Nude Figurative
Sleeping Nude Figurative
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Portrait - Drawing By Reynold Arnould - 1970
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a Colour Maker Drawing realized by Reynold Arnould (Le Havre 1919 - Parigi 1980). Good condition on white paper. No Signature. Reynold...
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1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Permanent Marker

Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator
Located in Miami, FL
Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator - The work is meticulously rendered in an exacting technique of line to the point of wonderment. Yet, Baxter can obtain an ethereali...
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1950s English School Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pen

Figure - Original Pen on Paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original modern drawing in pen on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the mid-20th Century. Hand-signed on the lower right, illegible. Good conditions, except for...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

French School, Academic Study (Male Nude)
Located in London, GB
Charcoal on paper, 60cm x 42cm, (74cm x 60cm framed). The picture is framed behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. Drawings and paintings of the nude were central to academ...
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19th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A Pensive young woman, portrait drawing
Located in Paris, FR
André Eugène Costilhes (1865-1940) A Pensive young woman pencil on paper 29.5 x 22.5 cm (view) In good condition, except some traces of stains Framed : 55.5 x 41.5 cm (vintage frame...
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1910s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Artemis with the Harp - Original Pen Drawing - Early 20th Century.
Located in Roma, IT
Artemis with the Harp is an original drawing in pen on paper applied on a brown paper Passepartout realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century. ...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pen

Portrait - Original Drawing by Georges Gobo - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Colette MacDonald is an original Drawing in Pencil realized by Georges Gobo in the Early 20th Century. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through strong strokes w...
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Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Costume for Aida - Tempera and Watercolor - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
Costume for Aida is a drawing in tempera and watercolor on brownish paper realized in 1920 ca. by an Anonymous Italian artist of the early 20th Century. In very good condition. The...
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Tempera, Watercolor

Portrait - Original Ink on Paper - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original China ink drawing on ivory paper by Anonymous Artist of the 20th Century. In excellent conditions. Signed T.L.
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1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of Woman - China Pencil on Paper by A.-F. Cals - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Portrait is a beautiful drawing in pencil realized by Adolphe-Félix Cals (1810-1880) The state of preservation of the artwork is good. Included a Pa...
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Late 19th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of a Woman - Drawing by G. Jeanniot - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of a Woman is an Original ink and watercolor drawing realized by Pierre Georges Jeanniot (1848-1934). Hand-Signed by the artist on the lower left corner. Good condition o...
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Pencil

Two Angels - Ink and Watercolor Drawing by A. Brustolon - Early 1700
By Andrea Brustolon
Located in Roma, IT
Due Angeli is an original artwork realized by Andrea Brustolon. Mixed media, ink and watercolor. The artwork rapresents two baroque angels, study realized by Brostolon for a sculpt...
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Early 18th Century Baroque Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Couple of Lovers - Original Pencil Drawing by Ildebrando Urbani
Located in Roma, IT
Couple of Lovers is a superb original pencil drawing on cream-colored paper made in 1932 by the Italian artist Ildebrando Urbani. Hand-signed in capital letters and dated in pencil ...
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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

La Porcellana (A Market Scene of Porcelain Vendors)
Located in New York, NY
An old master drawing that can live in a very contemporary environment! Remarkable use of line and expression - should be enjoyed in an important spot - can grace a kitchen or livin...
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16th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Handmade Paper, Graphite

Sleeping Woman - Original Charcoal Drawing by Serge Fontinsky - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Sleeping Woman is a black and white charcoal drawing realized by Serge Fontinsky (1887-1971) in the half of the 20th Century. Good conditions but top left of sheet missing. Hand-s...
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1940s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Original Drawing "Jeune Femme Assise" by Paul Cesar Helleu, c. 1910
Located in Hinsdale, IL
HELLEU, PAUL CÉSAR (1859 -1927) "JEUNE FEMME ASSISE" (Young Woman Seated) Original Drawing in sanguine, white and black chalks, c. 1910 Signed in pencil by artist, lower right Full Margins on cream wove paperImage size: 17.5” x 11.02” Paul César Helleu...
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Art Deco Figure Study, Seated Female Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Seated Female Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by Haydon showing his ex...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

A Fine, Modern 1930s Art Deco Female Figure Study (Seated Nude, Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Art Deco Female Figure Study (Seated Nude, Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930s charcoal ...
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1930s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Paper

Study Of A Woman Holding A Bowl
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Isidore Pils (Paris, 1813 – Douarnenez, 1875) Study of a Woman Holding a Bowl Red chalk, heightened with white chalk, on buff paper 36.3 × 26.5 cm (14 ¼ × 10 ⅜ in.) Unsigned Prove...
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1850s Academic Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Jean Launois (1898-1942) Opium smokers, Indochina, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Jean Launois (1898-1942) Opium smokers, Indochina Stamp of the artit's estate on the lower right Black ink on paper 22.5 x 30.5 cm Framed : 38 x 46 cm This beautiful drawing, a fine example of Jean Launois' particular art, dates from the artist's stay in Indochina, from which he brought a group of works. An exhibition devoted to this Indochinese period of the artist's production was held at the Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix, Sables d'Olonne in 1998. About the artist : Of Vendée origin, Jean Launois very quickly showed a sure talent for drawing and was encouraged in this by his parents. He trained with his fellow Vendeans Charles Milcendeau and Auguste Lepère and then entered the Académie Jullian in Paris. Enrolled in the First World War in 1916, he continued to draw at the front, and produced numerous portraits of soldiers...
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1920s Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

G. A. Rochegrosse (1859-1938) , Study for "Le Cocher" original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Georges Antoine Rochegrosse (1859-1938) Study for "Le Cocher" carbon pencil on thin paper 14.5 x 13 cm In good condition Framed : 36.7 x 31 cm Provenance: Estate of the artist and...
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1910s Symbolist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Woman s Fashion Study for Marshall Field Co.
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for a woman's hat by Maria Guy, Likely an illustration study for a print advertisement for the famed Chicago dep...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Strength - Tattooed Shirtless Man Holding a Purple Plastic Squirt Gun, Framed
Located in Chicago, IL
A muscular male torso with tattooed arms, holds a gun while gazing up towards the sky. The face is obscured but the viewer is drawn toward the taut, defined muscles. This piece is floated and framed in a simple black frame measuring 18.25h x 15.25w inches. Bruno Surdo Strength charcoal on paper 11h x 14w in 27.94h x 35.56w cm BRS113 Bruno A. Surdo b. Chicago, 1963 EXHIBITIONS 2018 Liberation, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Blood Sport, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Art on Paper 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Pier 36, New York, NY SOFA Chicago 2018, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 2017 POP!ARAZZI, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL Coming Attractions, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 2015 SOFA Chicago 2015, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Allegories, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2014 Bruno Surdo: Respond, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Modern Metaphors, Rockford Art Museum, Rockford, IL 2013 Bruno Surdo: Revelations, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Vice + Virtue, Northern Illinois University Museum of Art 2012 Contemporary Realism Biennial, Fort Wayne Museum of Art, Fort Wayne, IN 2011 Bruno Surdo, University of St. Francis School of Creative Arts, Fort Wayne, IN Uncensored, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2010 Art Chicago 2010, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2009 Art Chicago 2009, Ann Nathan Gallery, Merchandise Mart, Chicago, IL 2007 Bruno Surdo, Art Institute of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN 2006 Context/Content: Making Meaning with the Figure, University of Arkansas, Conway, AR Creative Imaginings, Mobile Museum of Art, Mobile, AL Bruno Surdo: Cycles, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2005 Art Chicago 2005, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2004 Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2004, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Group Show, Arcadia Gallery, New York, NY Drawings VII, Koplin Del Rio Gallery, West Hollywood, CA Armory Show, New York Armory, New York, NY 2003 Paintings & Drawings, College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL The Art Show, New York, NY Bruno Surdo: New Work, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2003, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2003-10 International Show of Contemporary Artists, Chicago Art Open, Chicago, IL 2002 Bruno Surdo: Perception of Appearance, Frye Museum, Seattle, WA Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Richard M. Daley Center, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Transcendence, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Art Chicago 2002, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL Tragedy, Memory, & Honor, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR 1998 Evanston and Vicinity Artists, Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL 1996 Bruno Surdo: A Personal View, University of Wisconsin, Kenosha, WI 1995 Bruno Surdo: Recent Works, College of Lake County, IL AIDS in Our Society, Loyola University, Chicago, IL Bruno Surdo: Life, Struggle, and Hope, Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL 2001 Magic Vision, Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR Bruno Surdo: Dualities of Life, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1999 Group Show, Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago, IL 1998 Group Exhibition, Fine Arts Building Gallery, Chicago, IL 1995 Spiritual Inquiries, Struve Gallery, Chicago, IL 1994 Recent Works, The 14th Annual Juried Exhibition for Lake County Artists, Grayslake, IL Go Figure, Figurative Works on Paper, Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago, IL SELECTED COLLECTIONS The Re-Birth of Venus, Temporary Loan, Fort Wayne Museum of Art Arkansas Art Center, Little Rock, AR College of Lake County, Greyslake, IL Flashpoint Academy, Chicago IL John Robert Wiltgen Design Shoemaker Ruud Collection Julie & Thomas Danilek Michael Vozzella and Mike Silver Benjamin Fernandez Tom Braake Betsy Colburn Michael Diemand & Lor LaRose Michael Staab & Kathy Brock Bruce Leep Frank Tzurect Mary Foley Rosalyn Carlson Mimmy Turney Janet Long Halstead Billy Hunt Carol Galli Myles Kerrigan Honorable & Mrs. Edwin Berman Theodore Gage Northrop Art Museum Past Present & Future Company Dr. James & Peggy Kemmler Salvatore Monastero Nix & Virginia Lauridsen Joel Miller David & Marlene Zerkel Ann & Andy Abel Claudia Rush Marc Miller Leonard Goldberg Lawrence Pucci Howard Tullman Collection Susan & Manny Kramer James Rinnert Richar Interiors Michael & Nancy Colt Khalid Altijir Dr. Joe Grodman Beryl & Jack Gore Larry Wolf & Eric Naegle Chuck Wolandi Jack Schwab & David Sandelin Thomas Kaczmarek Marti Dinerstein Craig & Michael Golden Mike & Jill Rose SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bruno Surdo: The Method Artist Responds, by Lucia Mauro, June 26, 2014, anitathemovie blog An Exhibition of Exhibitionism: Bruno Surdo’s ‘Respond’, by Carrie McGath, July 1, 2014, The Chicagoist Website, Arts and Entertainment “Inspired Environs: A renowned designer decks out his Loop abode in art and texture” Modern Luxury, Men’s Book, Spring 2014 “Master Class” What’z Up Magazine, Fort Wayne, 2011 ”9/11 Painting will be on Display” Fort Wayne Journal Gazette, 2011 “Illuminated Images” Fort Wayne Reader, 2011 “Two Faces of Beauty” American Art Collector Magazine, Issue #3 and #59, 2006/2010 “Art and Calamity” Art Papers, 2009 “Versions of the Present, Techniques of the Past” American Artist Magazine, 2004 “Living Artists” Crow Book Publishing, Chicago, IL 2004 “The New Master” by Craig Keller, Chicago Social Magazine, 2004. “Tragedy, Memory, and Honor,” by William Hageman, Chicago Tribune, March 28, 2002 “Mural Depicts Tragedy of 9/11” Art Section, Chicago Sun Times, 2002 Review by Dennis Raverty, Art Papers Magazine, July 2001 WTTW Channel 11...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal, Archival Paper

Fenzoni, Painting AND preparatorial Drawing, John the Baptist, Italy Renaissance
By Ferrau Fenzoni
Located in Greven, DE
The painting and the preparatory drawing are offered together. Provenance Private collection, Germany, Trier, c. 1980- 2013 Saint John the Baptist Brown ink and wash over red chalk on oatmeal paper 31 x 20.5 cm Inscribed: „Ferrau Fenzonio da Faenza invt. esque … imp. da Fran. Villamena …“. bears the collector's mark of Henry Scipio Reitlinger (1882-1950; Lugt 2274a) on a tiny label glued to the verso On the reverse is a partial drawing of a Pieta, pricked for transfer. Provenance New York, Doyle, 14. October 2015, No. 6 The painting and the preparatory drawing resemble the composition of an engraving after Ferraù Fenzoni by Francesco Villamena. Drawing, engraving and painting are almost identical, except for minor differences. Even the measurements nearly correspond: painting (32 x 25,5 cm), drawing (30 x 20,5 cm), engraving (31,1 x 23,5 cm). Dr. Guiseppe Scavizzi confirmed the attribution of the present panting to Fenzoni and he dates it to c. 1590. The inscription on the drawing reads “Ferrau Fenzonio da Faenza invt. esque. . . imp. da Fran: Villamena . . .”. The engraving’s inscription also lists place and date “Ferra Fensionius inventor/F. Villamoena sculpsit Rome/Aspectu fruitur… antra puer/cum Privilegio… 1613”. Interestingly, the engraving is not mirrored as it is in most printing processes. Painting, drawing and engraving are not reversed but the same. It is remarkable to note that there are further paintings by Fenzoni which were engraved in the same order and not reverted. They also show strong parallels regarding the compositions and the measurements (see for example “Deposition of Christ” ). Ferraù Fenzoni was an Italian painter mainly active in Todi. He is also called Il Faenzone after his birthplace (Faenza). He apprenticed in Rome during the papacy of Gregory XIII and contributed to numerous fresco cycles under pope Sixtus V, such as the Loggia della Benedizioni in the Lateran Palace, the frescoes on the walls and vaults of the Scala Santa of the adjacent Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano, and the decoration in the Sistine library. His expressive canvases straddle the styles of Mannerism and Baroque. In 1594, he moved to Todi. A “Last Judgement” by him is housed in the cathedral of Todi. He returned to Faenza in 1599, where he decorated chapels in the cathedral from 1612 to 1616. In 1622, he completed a “Deposition”, now in the local Pinacoteca. In 1640, Fenzoni was named “cavaliere dello speron d’oro” by Cardinal Colonna and, on 25th April 1634, he was nominated vicar and “castellano of Granarolo”. Fenzoni‘s style is characterized by a mixture of the Mannerism of the Northern Netherlands and the Italian Baroque. Saint John the Baptist, Old Master, 17th Century, By Fenzoni, Religious Scene, Rome Art...
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16th Century Mannerist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Handmade Paper

Study of woman figure
By Louis A. F. (Jean-Louis) Janmot
Located in PARIS, FR
Jean Louis Janmot (Lyon 1814 - 1892) Study of woman figure Black pencil 10,6 x 14,4 cm (26,6 x 30,2 x 6 cm with the frame) Provenance : from the artist's series of drawings. Wi...
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19th Century Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Sketch of a head - Carved in stone -
Located in Berlin, DE
Emil Faesch (1865 Basel - 1915 Basel). Sketch of a head. Charcoal on painting cardboard, 60 x 47.5 cm (folio size), signed and dated at lower right "E. Faesch. 1888.". Minor browning. - Carved in stone - About the artwork The life-size head has an immensely present presence. This effect is due to the fact that Faesch took his cue from academic classical...
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1880s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Chalk

Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777)  Putti playing around a sculpture, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
Louis-Félix de La Rue (1730-1777)  Putti playing around a sculpture, a mythological scene Pen and brown ink on paper 15.4 x 31 cm In good condition The ancient mount has has a smal...
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1770s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Woman in Veil (Very Large) ex. Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans
By Adrian Deckbar
Located in New Orleans, LA
A very large, astounding pastel of a beautiful woman in a veil, ex. the prestigious Arthur Roger gallery on Julia Street in New Orleans, which has shown Adrian Deckbar's work in the past (she now shows at Callan Contemporary...
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1980s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Baby on a Chair - Original Charcoals Drawing
Located in Paris, IDF
Gustave Poetzsch (1870-1950) Baby on a Chair Original red chalk drawing on linen watermarked paper 19 x 13 cm (c. 7,5 x 5 in) Stamp of the Estate auction sale on the back Very goo...
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Monkey King - Original Abstract Black and White Figurative Illustrative Art
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Melissa Chalhoub, a 2014 graduate of Saint Joseph University in Beirut, seamlessly navigates the realms of cinema and visual art. With a background in directing and sound design for ...
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Mixed Media

Drawing of a captive woman
Located in London, GB
Collections: Sir Thomas Lawrence, who acquired the contents of Fuseli’s studio; Susan, Countess of Guilford, née Coutts (1771-1837), acquired from the Lawrence estate; Susan, Baroness North (1797-1884), daughter of the above; Mrs A. M. Jaffé, acquired in France, c. 1950 to 2016. Black chalks, on buff-coloured paper Stamped verso: ‘Baroness Norths Collection / of Drawings by H Fuseli Esq.’ Framed dimensions: 26.38 x 20.63 inches This boldly drawn sheet depicting a seated figure was made by Fuseli at an important and highly productive moment in his career. The monumental drawing is closely related to another sheet by Fuseli in the British Museum which Schiff published as subject unknown. Both drawings were made when Fuseli was designing his most important sequence of historical works, including scenes from Shakespeare and Milton, The Nightmare and The Death of Dido which was exhibited at the Royal Academy to great critical acclaim in 1781. The present drawing does not relate directly to any of Fuseli’s finished historical paintings of the period, but evidently the image of a slightly menacing, seated and covered old woman was precisely the sort of motif he was playing with. It is notable that the same figure reappears later in Fuseli’s work as the witch from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song which Fuseli produced as both a painting and engraving in 1812. Fuseli returned to London in 1779 from a highly creative and productive period in Rome and established himself as one of the leading history painters of the period. Fuseli re-established contact with his old mentor Sir Joshua Reynolds, becoming a regular guest at his dinner table and visitor to his studio. The earliest and most striking manifestation of this strategy was Fuseli's Death of Dido, exhibited in 1781 at the Royal Academy. Executed on the same scale as Reynolds's version (Royal Collection), Fuseli's vertically oriented picture was hung directly opposite Reynolds's with its horizontal orientation, inevitably inviting comparison between the two works and garnering Fuseli much publicity and favourable reviews in the newspapers. The present, previously unpublished sheet, relates closely to a drawing now in the British Museum. That sheet shows the same seated old woman, drawn on a smaller scale and more schematic in design, seated next to an anatomical drawing of a man. The pose of this figure is related to the pose of Dido in his Death of Dido; the foreshortened torso, arrangement of head, oblique view of Dido’s features and arms all suggest that the study can be viewed as an initial thought for the composition. Fuseli may have initially thought of including the figure of the hunched and covered old woman. Drawn on identical paper to the British Museum sheet, our study is an enlarged depiction of the same figure, more elaborately delineated and developed. The presence of a chain to the right of the figure, suggests that the iconography was related in some way to a scene of imprisonment. Fuseli had first explored the motif of the hooded old woman in an early Roman drawing, 'The Venus Seller'. The idea of a grotesque old woman, hooded and with angular nose and projecting chin seen in profile was most spectacularly used by Fuseli in his sequence of paintings depicting The Three Witches from Macbeth. Fuseli seems to have kept the present sheet and may have returned to it when preparing a painting of The Witch and the Mandrake from Ben Jonson’s Witch’s Song from his Masque of Queens in 1812. Here the same seated figure looks out from under her hood and picks a mandrake by moonlight. Jonson’s drama had been performed at the court of James I in 1609, inspired the subject. To throw the nobility of the queens into relief, the poet added a coven of witches, one of whom declares: ‘I last night lay all alone, On the ground, to hear the mandrake groan; And plucked him up, though he grew full low, And, as I had done, the cock did crow.’ The figure was reversed in the associated etching which was published in 1812. It seems likely that the present drawing remained as part of Fuseli’s working archive of figure studies. The present drawing was presumably purchased with the bulk of Fuseli’s drawings after the artist’s death by Sir Thomas Lawrence. Lawrence’s large group of Fuseli drawings were then acquired by Susan, Countess of Guildford (1771-1837). Lady Guildford was the eldest daughter of the banker Thomas Coutts (1735-1822), who himself had supported Fuseli’s journey to Rome in the 1770s and had remained one of the artist’s key...
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