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Marcel GROMAIRE (1892-1971), reclining nude
Located in Paris, FR
Marcel Gromaire (1892 – 1971) was a French painter. He painted many works on social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an ...
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1940s French School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pen

Melodie – Music themed Nude in Pink Gold, India Ink Gouache on Paper, Framed
Located in PÉRIGUEUX, FR
Mélodie (Melody) Ink on paper 53 x 53 cm A rare square-format nude ink drawing on paper by Grégoire Mathias, perfect for adding a pop of color and movement to compact spaces, art cl...
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21st Century and Contemporary Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, India Ink, Gouache

White Hairbrush II
Located in London, GB
Graphite pencil on paper, 18.5cm x 19cm, (framed 50cm x 42cm). (Provenance: from the artist.) Leonard is probably best known for his portrait of HM Queen Elizabeth, in the National ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Paper, Carbon Pencil

2 Nue Numa Sela, Modern Art Gouache Painting on Paper by Benjamin Silva
Located in Long Island City, NY
2 Nue Numa Sela Benjamin Silva, Brazilian (1927) Date: 1967 Gouache on Paper, signed Size: 28 x 21 in. (71.12 x 53.34 cm) Frame Size: 27 x 20 inches
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Gouache

In and Out by Peregrine Honig
Located in Morton Grove, IL
enamel and ink on paper 10 x 7'' 2007 signed by artist
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Early 2000s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Enamel

Study of a Woman, Abstract Graphite on Paper by Remo Michael Farruggio
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Remo Farruggio, Italian/American (1904 - 1981) Title: Study of a Woman Year: 1955 Medium: Graphite on Paper, signed and dated Size: 24 in. x 1...
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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Academic Study (Archer)
Located in London, GB
Jean Durand, (French 1894-1977) Academic Study (Centaur), c.1930s, Charcoal on paper, studio stamp (lower right), 32cm x 48cm (63cm x 46cm framed.) The picture is framed behind museu...
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1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Running Men
Located in London, GB
Graphite and coloured pencil on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 36cm x 44cm, (45cm x 53cm framed). The picture is behind museum quality non-reflective UV glass. Throughout h...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Carbon Pencil, Color Pencil

"Mighty Resignation" Black and White Contemporary Drawing by Mac Mechem
Located in Pasadena, CA
This Mac Mechem's drawing features a seated nude man draped in a small loincloth. Sitting in a wood-crafted chair, his gaze fixed downward as though he were brooding over some bad news. Despite the defeatist posture, his physique radiates a stark contrast—the sculpted body exudes strength and athleticism through pronounced abdominal lines, robust thighs, and defined biceps. Both hands rest passively on his knees, amplifying the sense of resignation portrayed in the artwork. The artist signed in the lower right part of the artwork. Mac Mechem, a figurative contemporary painter...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Carbon Pencil

Untitled
Located in Palm Desert, CA
"Untitled" is a figurative and pictorial watercolor on paper made by American post-modern artist David Salle in 1984. The work is signed in pencil, lower right, "David Salle". The ar...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nude Drawing of a Woman Blowing a Kiss by Albert Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
This drawing by Radoczy features a delicate and minimalist portrayal of a nude figure rendered in a profile stance. The figure emerges effortlessly from the subdued lines as if each ...
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1950s Minimalist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

BALTASAR LOBO 1946 Seated Female Nude Abstract Figure Gouache Ink on Paper
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
BALTASAR LOBO Abstract Seated Nude Female Figure 1946 Gouache & Ink on Paper Provenance: Ivan Boesky Collection, La Jolla, California Signed & Dated "Lobo '46 Bruxelles" Baltasar...
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1940s Abstract Figurative Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

untitled
Located in New York, US
Petrov was born in 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was associated with the New York print studio Atelier 17. He exhib...
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1980s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Mixed Media, Pencil

Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
Nu Assise by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878-1952) Charcoal on paper 31.3 x 24.2 cm (12 ⅜ x 9 ½ inches) Signed lower right, L.Rodo This work of art is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity signed and dated by Lélia Pissarro. Artist biography: Ludovic-Rodolphe Pissarro, born in Paris in 1878, was Camille Pissarro’s fourth son. Encouraged by his father, he began drawing from nature at an early age. He was familiarly known as “Rodo” and generally signed his works "Ludovic-Rodo", or early on in his career simply "Rodo". The impact of Camille’s art and teaching on Rodo was considerable. His artistic production encompassed a wide range of media, including oil painting, tempera, watercolour, gouache, wood engraving, drawing and lithography. Rodo exhibited regularly at the Salon des Indépendants over a forty-year period. In 1894, at the age of sixteen, Rodo published his first wood engravings in the anarchist journal, Le Père Peinard. When Camille left France for the safety of Belgium during the anarchist upheavals of the same year, Rodo joined him there. Rodo moved into his first studio in Montmartre with his brother Georges in 1898. Works of this early important period until just after the death of his father in 1903 were post-impressionist and clearly painted under the influence of his father. By 1904 living in Paris, he found the nightlife and the habitués of the cafes, theatres, circuses and cabarets compelling subjects for his work and changed dramatically the style of his painting, affiliating himself to the Fauve artists. Rodo became close to artists such as Kees Van Dongen, Maurice de Vlaminck and Raoul Dufy. In 1905 he participated in the first Fauve exhibition at the Salon des Indépendants. In 1907 he visited Van Dongen in Rotterdam and the two artists continued to paint together, something they often did in Paris. In 1914 he married, though he never had children. Later that year at the outbreak of the War Rodo moved to England. Over the next seven years he lived mainly in and around West London. He worked closely with his brother Lucien to establish in 1915 the Monarro Group, formed with the aim of exhibiting work by contemporary artists inspired by Impressionism. Many of the works produced by Rodo while he was in England were of London landmarks but, he was also interested in the urbanisation of West London. After 1921, when Rodo had already returned to France, he divided his time between Paris and Les Andelys in Normandy, living and working closely with his elder brother Georges Manzana. Despite his rich artistic heritage and his achievements as an artist, Rodo is perhaps best remembered for his contribution to art history. For ten years he researched and compiled a catalogue of his father’s paintings...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Louise Marie Jossier-Grémillon L amphore blessée, 1934, watercolor signed
Located in Paris, FR
Louise Marie Jossier-Grémillon L'amphore blessée (the wounded amphora), 1934, signed, titled and dated lower left watercolor on paper 62 x 44 cm In good condition In its original f...
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1930s Symbolist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor

Nu au fauteuil
Located in LE HAVRE, FR
GEN PAUL (1895-1975) Nu au fauteuil Ink and pencil drawing Size: 26 x 20 cm Dimensions with frame: 43 x 37 cm Signed upper right. In perfect state of conservation Framing is FREE ...
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20th Century French School Mixed Media

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Mixed Media, Pastel, Handmade Paper, Color Pencil

Kneeling Nude by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro - Charcoal on paper
Located in London, GB
Kneeling Nude by Ludovic-Rodo Pissarro (1878 - 1952) Charcoal on paper 19 x 27 cm (7 ¹/₂ x 10 ⁵/₈ inches) Initalled lower middle This work is accompanied by a certificate of authent...
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20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Michael Goldberg Drawing, Female Nude
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Artist/Designer; Manufacturer: Michael Goldberg (American, 1924-2007) Marking(s); notes: signed; 1952 Materials: color pastels on paper Dimensions (H, W, D): 23.25"h, 15.75"w; 36.25"...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

Figure Study
Located in London, GB
Black and red chalk on paper, signed and dated (lower right), 31cm x 27cm (50cm x 45cm framed). Delmotte was a painter, draftsman, watercolourist and Belgian sculptor. A realist painter at first, he was influenced by Expressionism of the beginning of the century. An impressive list of gallery exhibitions of his work during his lifetime, either independently or as part of a group, indicate that he was a known and successful figure in art worlds of Belgium and Europe. Marcel Delmotte received numerous awards and honors throughout his career. He was named Knight of the Order of Leopold II...
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1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk

Jerry O Day Nude #1
Located in Pasadena, CA
Ink on craft paper. Jerry O'Day is also known as Geraldine Heib. Born in Oakland, CA on June 17, 1912. Geraldine Heib assumed the name Jerry O'Day at an early age. She grew up in Washington and studied in Seattle at the Cornish School of Fine Arts. Upon moving to the San Francisco Bay area in 1938, she further studied with Bufano as a muralist for two years. She wed sculptor David Lemon and had a gallery in a converted cod fishery in Belvedere from 1942 until 1963. At that time the couple moved to a houseboat in Sausalito where she remained until her demise on March 30, 1986. Exh: San Francisco Art Association, 1941; CPLH, 1962. Solo Exhibitions: City of Paris, Rotunda Gallery; Lucien Labaudt Gallery, 1963; Torrance Gallery, San Anselmo...
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Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Wood, Paper, Ink

Watercolor on paper Italian expressionist figurative nude second quarter 1900
Located in Florence, IT
The work is titled "The Bathers" and is signed at the lower right "CARENA. "The scene depicts a natural setting in which two naked maidens are chatting as they are about to bathe; be...
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Woman Bathing #3 Abraham Walkowitz Nude watercolor Circa 1920s
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
Signed lower left Provenance American Heritage Gallery, Inc., New York Private collection This work can be viewed at our New York City showroom by appointment.
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1920s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Watercolor, Graphite, Paper

Seated Female Nude
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Louise Nevelson (1899-1988) stands as one of the most important artists of the 20th century. She is renowned for her monochromatic sculptural wooden constructions. However, it is im...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Enter
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Joyce Wieland (1931-1998) is one of the most accomplished and versatile Canadian artists. She achieved a level of commercial and critical success in her lifetime that was exceptional for a woman in her era in a male-dominated field. Wieland established new benchmarks for what was possible for a female artist to achieve. Notably, she was the first female artist to have a solo exhibition at the National Gallery (Ottawa) in 1971. Many of her innovative creations predate similar works by female artists...
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Late 20th Century Feminist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel, Graphite

Four Nudes
Located in Toronto, Ontario
Harold Town (1924-1990) remains one of the best-known and most intriguing artists from the "Painters Eleven" group. Town's reputation was established in the late 1950s with a serie...
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1980s Post-Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Tom Wesselmann Study for Red Head Nude 1978 Colored Drawing Signed POP ART
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
"Study for Red Head Nude" 1978 Colored pencil & pen on paper Signed Provenance: Ehrlich Gallery, New York, New York; Private Collection, Washington, D...
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1970s Pop Art Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil

Jeune Femme de Dos au Zèbre by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
Jeune Femme de Dos au Zèbre by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Charcoal on paper 66 x 49 cm (26 x 19 ¼ inches) Signed lower right, Manzana Executed circa 1915 This work is acco...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Charcoal

Disegno figurativo neoclassico fiorentino studio di nudo in cornice intagliata
Located in Florence, IT
Questo disegno, matita su carta 14 x 10 cm, è uno squisito esempio di "Accademia", ovvero studio dal vero da modello nudo che era una delle attività tipiche nelle accademie, soprattu...
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Early 19th Century Other Art Style Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Essence of Line, Ink Nude Study, Early 20th Century Drawing, Signed and Dated
Located in London, GB
Ink on paper, signed and dated '34 lower left Image size: 9 3/4 x 15 inches (24.75 x 24.5 cm) Mounted and framed A unique drawing, this work is typical of Brodzky's early nudes with its economy in the use of the line and the seemingly relaxed, informal pose of the model. The spontaneous feel of many of Brodsky's drawings does in a way indicate that the works, such as the present drawing, are purely sketches and studies. In fact, Brodsky was known for making perhaps twenty or thirty drawings at a sitting and of those he preserved perhaps only a handful, only those that 'pass his rigorous censorship sum up qualities resulting from the perfect collaboration of hand and eye and sensibility' (Forty Drawings by Horace Brodsky, by James Laver, 1935, p.15). Laver continued to write that 'Brodsky preferred a pose that showed the body from an unexpected angle, daringly foreshortened or with the weight of the various parts freed from the monotony of the standing pose. He liked to see his models from above, the limbs relaxed, and.... he made many of his drawings from a step-ladder drawn up close to the platform on which the model is lying'. Horace Brodsky Horace Ascher Brodzky (30 January 1885 – 11 February 1969) was an Australian-born artist and writer most of whose work was created in London and New York. His work included paintings, drawings and linocuts, of which he was an early pioneer. An associate in his early career of many leading artists working in Britain of his period, including Henri Gaudier-Brzeska, Mark Gertler, and members of the Vorticism movement, he ended his life relatively neglected. Brodzky was born in Kew, Melbourne in 1885 to the Australian journalist Maurice Brodzky (a Jewish immigrant to Australia from Poland), and his wife Flora, née Leon. In his youth he assisted his father in the production of the magazine Table Talk. Brodzky studied initially at the National Gallery School in Melbourne. In 1904 his father was bankrupted after exposing corruption, and Horace moved with his family to San Francisco. In 1908, Brodzky went to London where he studied during 1911 at the City and Guilds South London Technical Art School. He became an acquaintance and follower of Walter Sickert. Amongst his friends was Henri Gaudier-Brzeska who created in 1913 a portrait bust of Brodzky (now in the Tate Gallery, London), and whose biography he wrote in 1933. Brodzky is said to have been so engrossed in talk when he visited Gaudier-Brzeska's studio in the King's Road, that he missed the last bus to Herne Hill where he lived. Brodzky travelled to Italy with the poet John Gould Fletcher and this led to his first London exhibition, "Paintings and Sketches of Italian and Sicilian Scenes" (c. 1911), of which one painting was selected for the 1912 Venice Biennale. He was in fact the first Australian to be exhibited at the Biennale. In 1914 his work was exhibited along with that of other Jewish artists, including Mark Gertler and David Bomberg, in the Whitechapel Gallery. Brodzky became a member of The London Group. During this period he was a pioneer of the technique of linocut, in which medium he has been said to have "excelled". His early oils reveal the influence of both Gertler and Bomberg. Among his works of this period are portraits of Jacob Epstein and Jacob Kramer. In 1915 Brodzky moved to New York, with an introduction to the art patron John Quinn. There he worked as a poster artist and an arts journalist, and in 1917 helped Quinn organize a New York exhibition of Vorticist artists. In 1919 he married Bertha Greenfield; they were to have three sons. In 1920 Egmont Arens...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Sleeping Nude
By Leo Brooks
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Born in New York City in 1909, artist Leo Brooks spent the majority of his life working as a linotype operator for the New York Times before turning to painting at the age of 60 upon...
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Undressing by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
Undressing by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Pencil on paper 13.6 x 10.6 cm (5 ³/₈ x 4 ¹/₈ inches) Signed with Estate stamp lower right, manzana- Pissarro This work is accompa...
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pencil

Moroccan Dancer by Georges Manzana Pissarro - Nude drawing
Located in London, GB
Moroccan Dancer by Georges Manzana Pissarro (1871-1961) Watercolour, coloured crayon and pencil 26.3 x 20.2 cm ( 10 ⅜ x 8 inches) Signed lower right, Manzana - Pissarro. Executed c...
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1940s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil

Nude Reading by LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO -Figurative work on paper, School of Paris
Located in London, GB
*UK BUYERS WILL PAY AN ADDITIONAL 20% VAT ON TOP OF THE ABOVE PRICE Nude Reading by LUDOVIC-RODO PISSARRO (1878-1952) Black and colour pencil on paper 3...
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Early 1900s Post-Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Color Pencil, Paper

Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet
Located in PARIS, FR
Faithful to the neo-classical taste, sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet presents us with a frieze of antique figures executed in gray wash over pencil strokes, which is likely inspired b...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Pencil

"Untitled 29" (FRAMED) Pencil Drawing 21" x 18" inch by Antonio Pelayo
Located in Culver City, CA
"Untitled 29" (FRAMED) Pencil Drawing 21" x 18" inch by Antonio Pelayo Size unframed: 15.5" x 13.5" inch Medium: Pencil on Paper Artist Antonio Pelayo, born in Glendale, California...
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Water...

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Paper, Pencil

Heads in Profile- Women Illustrators
Located in Miami, FL
Barbara Nessim is an artist/ illustrator who has contributed to Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, New York Magazine, Rolling Stone, Time, Ms among others. Sign...
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1990s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Amanda
Located in Belgravia, London, London
Watercolour on paper Paper size: 16 x 22 inches Framed size: 30 x 26 inches Signed lower left
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20th Century Impressionist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Sauvage and Les Âmes sœurs
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Raymond Bertrand (born 1945) Sauvage and Les Âmes sœurs (2) Ink on paper, 19.5 x 14 cm and 26 x 15.5cm Signed Provenance: Private collection Ray...
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1960s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

"After the Bath"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
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1940s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

Lykas, The Songs of Bilitis
Located in London, GB
Watercolour and Chinese ink on paper, signed and dated (upper right), 10cm x 17cm (30cm x 38cm framed). George Barbier was one of the great French illustrators of the early 20th century. Born in Nantes, France on 16 October 1882, Barbier was 29 years old when he mounted his first exhibition in 1911 and was subsequently swept to the forefront of his profession with commissions to design theatre and ballet costumes...
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1910s Art Nouveau Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Ink, Watercolor

Pregnancy by Albert Radoczy
Located in Pasadena, CA
A nude drawing and gouache highlighting the pregnancy mystery. Signed Radoczy, 1965. Albert Radoczy was a painter from the NY Tristate area, most notab...
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Mid-20th Century Feminist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Wood, Paper, Charcoal, Gouache

Lonely Erection
Located in New York, NY
Nate Lowman Lonely Erection, 2010 Ink on vellum 14 x 10 7/10 inches (sheet) 16 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches (frame) Signed and dated recto
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2010s Contemporary Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Vellum

"Viva"
Located in Astoria, NY
Kayo Lennar (French/American, b. 1923), "Viva", Ink on Paper, 1997, signed lower right, black frame. Image: 10" H x 16.5" W; frame: 16" H x 20" W. Provenance: Property from an estate...
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1990s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"Viva"
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Eklo Haude Bernabé 21st Century drawing Africa pastel colour flora art
Located in Paris, FR
Ink on paper Signed and dated lower left by the artist
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

"I Love You" Pin-Up, 1952
By Earl MacPherson
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Pastel and Collage on Paper Signature: Signed Lower Center and Dated Lower Right Framed dimensions: 30.00" x 27.00"
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1950s Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Pastel

"Attitude"
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork by: Gershon Benjamin (1899-1985) An American Modernist of portraits, landscapes, still lives, and the urban scene, Gershon Ben...
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1930s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Graphite

Study of a Standing Female Nude
Located in London, GB
Evelyn de Morgan Study of a Standing Female Nude 1855 - 1917 Black chalk and pastel on grey paper Image size: 12 ½ x 19 inches (48.2 x 31.7 cm) Pre-Raphaelite style frame Provenance J.S. Mass & Co., Ltd., London, J.X. Reynolds & Co., Ltd. Once she had graduated from the Slade School of Art, Evelyn continued to draw every day for the rest of her life. Her drawings are enlightening not only for their skill and subject matter, but also for their ability to teach us her working process. From loose compositional sketches, Evelyn swiftly progressed to detailed life studies for the figures in her paintings. Choosing to draw mainly on a grey wove paper in pencil and pastel, Evelyn produced hundreds of figure studies. Her rigorously-examined double studies of clothed and nude figures are particularly fascinating and underline the artist’s obsession with the human form and her desire for accuracy. A deep understanding of anatomy is obvious in this drawing and looking at the work you feel as though you can reach out and feel the muscle and bone under the skin, that you could feel the pulse of life through the soft skin. Evelyn de Morgan Born into a landowning family, from an early age Evelyn De Morgan, née Pickering, demonstrated a precocious artistic talent and a passionate desire to pursue a career as an artist, writing in her diary on her seventeenth birthday ‘Art is eternal, life is short… I have not a moment to lose’ (Evelyn De Morgan’s Diary, 30 August 1872, De Morgan Foundation Archive). Her maternal uncle, the artist John Roddam Spencer-Stanhope encouraged her talents and accompanied her on her first formative journeys to Italy where she discovered the Renaissance masters, particularly Botticelli. Overcoming initial parental opposition, Evelyn enrolled at the newly formed Slade School in 1873, one of the first women to do so. The Slade revolutionised women’s artistic education by allowing female students to study the nude from life alongside their male counterparts. Whilst at the Slade she began to submit work under her middle name Evelyn, rather than her Christian name Mary, as its gender ambiguity offered a chance for her work to be judged on its own merit. One of her tutors, Edward Poynter...
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20th Century Victorian Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Chalk, Pastel

Pastoral Landscape with Reclining Odalisque and Fruit
Located in Long Island City, NY
This reclining nude portrait of a woman on a picnic makes several different art historical references. The bold, almost neon colors are reminiscent of the tropical paintings rendered by Gauguin at the end of the 19th century. The setting harkens back to "Luncheon in the Grass" by Manetl. And the pose is historically associated with sex workers and the goddess Venus, in paintings like "Olympia" by Manet, "Grande Odalisque" by Inges, and even further back like "Venus of Urbino...
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1930s Cubist Nude Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel