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Period: 20th Century
Female Torso, Nude
By Asa Cheffetz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude Female Torso
Charcoal on paper, c. 1920
Stamped and initialed in pencil "Asa Cheffetz/A.D.C"
Estate signature by wife, A.D.C.
Exhibited: Museum of F...
Category
American Realist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
Modernist Figurative Study With Seated Figures French Charcoal Drawing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Modernist Figurative Study With Seated Figures French Charcoal Drawing
Guy Nicod (French 1923 - 2021)
Charcoal on artist paper, unframed
Size: 25.5 x 19.75 inches (height x w...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$400 Sale Price
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Female Nude from the Back, around 1900 / - The contour of the Art Nouveau -
By Ludwig von Hofmann
Located in Berlin, DE
Ludwig von Hofmann (1861 Darmstadt - 1945 Pillnitz), Female nude from the back, around 1900. Red chalk drawing on watermarked drawing paper, 36 cm x 44 cm (sheet size). Artist's liga...
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Art Nouveau 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Ink Sketches of Women in Various Poses
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper
Size: 9 (height) x 12.5 (width)
Stamped: Verso
C...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$109 Sale Price
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Lloyd Moylan 1930s Western Watercolor Painting, Horses and Foal, Southwest Art
By Lloyd Moylan
Located in Denver, CO
Immerse yourself in the timeless beauty of the American Southwest with this exceptional vintage watercolor and gouache painting by renowned Western artist Lloyd Moylan (1893–1963). P...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache
Historic Miniature Watercolors of The Hatchet Inn in Bristol
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Historic Miniature Watercolors of The Hatchet Inn in Bristol
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: 2.5 inches ...
Category
English School 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$82 Sale Price
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Architectural Miniature Watercolor of Bath Abbey from the West Front
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Architectural Miniature Watercolor of Bath Abbey from the West Front
by Jack Grunwell, 20th century British artist
Medium: Watercolor on thin card, unframed
Measurements: 3.7...
Category
English School 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$82 Sale Price
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Mediterranean Archway Alley Sunlit Stone Buildings Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mediterranean Archway Alley Sunlit Stone Buildings Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.5 x 6.25 inch...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$470 Sale Price
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A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study; Composite- Standing Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing Cartoon, Cat and Mouse Trap
Located in Chicago, IL
A Delightful, 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing Cartoon Illustration of a Cat Resting by a Mouse Trap by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994).
Artwork size: 8 ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Ink
Mid Century French Expressive Ink Illustration of a Man Standing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Mid Century French Expressive Ink Illustration of a Man Standing
Artist: Josine Vignon (French 1922-2022)
Medium: Ink and Paper on paper
Size: 7 (height) x 5.25 (width)
S...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$109 Sale Price
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Chicago Jewish Modernist Judaica Painting Simchat Torah WPA Artist Israeli Flags
Located in Surfside, FL
This has young ISraeli pioneers dancing with the flag as typical of works of the late British mandate Palestine era early state of Israel.
Genre: Modern
Subject: Figurative (stained glass style)
Medium: Mixed media gouache on paper
Hand signed lower left
Alexander Raymond Katz, Hungarian / American (1895 – 1974)
Alexander Raymond Katz was born in Kassa, Hungary, and came to the United States in 1909. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. In the late 1920s, he worked as a director of the Poster Department at Paramount Studios. He was appointed the Director of Posters for the Chicago Civic Opera in 1930.
During the Great Depression, notable architect Frank Lloyd Wright urged Katz to become a muralist. In 1933, he was commissioned to paint a mural for the Century of Progress exposition in Chicago. In 1936, he painted the mural History of the Immigrant for the Madison, Ill., post office. Katz’s works were included in various exhibitions and now are part of several museum collections, including those of the Art Institute of Chicago; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; and the Jewish Museum, New York. His murals, bas-reliefs and stained glass designs adorn more than 200 Jewish synagogues in the United States.
Katz and other Jewish artists in Chicago who expressed Jewish and Biblical themes were inspired by the artist Abel Pann (1883-1963). Pann, who is regarded as the leading painter of the Land of Israel, exhibited in the Art Institute of Chicago in 1920.
Early in his career, Katz began to explore the artistic possibilities inherent in the characters of the Hebrew alphabet. He developed aesthetic and philosophical interpretations of each letter and became the leading innovator and pioneer in the field of Hebraic art.
Katz applies this concept in the woodcut Moses and the Burning Bush. Hebrew letters appears in Moses’ head, his cane and inside the flame. The initial of Moses’ name crowns his head. The letter in the flame is the first letter of the name of God. A combination of images and Hebrew letters appeared commonly in illustrations of the scene Moses and the Burning Bush in the Haggadah, the book of Passover.
The symbolism of the burning bush corresponds to the motifs of A Gift to Biro-Bidjan. Among the fourteen participating artists were notable Chicago modernists Todros Geller, Mitchell Siporin...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Still Life Strings
Located in Houston, TX
Bright colors transcend the traditional still-life to animate this string instrument and opened book. Gouache by the French artist Madeleine Scali, circa 1970. Signed lower right.
...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Zittend Naakt (Seated Nude) /// Figurative Girl Lady Pencil Drawing Woman Art
By Hendrik Paulides
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Hendrik Paulides (Dutch, 1892-1967)
Title: "Zittend Naakt (Seated Nude)"
*Monogram signed and dated by Paulides in pencil lower left
Year: 1958
Medium: Original Graphite Penc...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1964, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1964
Medium: Charcoal on vélin paper
Size: 18 x 23 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Estate of I...
Category
Renaissance 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
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Portrait of a resting young lady (Marjorie Organ)
By Robert Henri
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of a resting young lady (Marjorie Organ)
Black chalk on paper. c. 1907
signed in ink by Henri's nephew, John C. LeClair, the executor of the Henri estate
"Robert Henri JLC"
Note: The sitter for this portrait is depicted in two drawings of similar size, illustrated in Chapellier Galleries Inc., Robert Henri 1865-1929, 1976, nos. 15 & 16.
Please see the attached photo of Marjorie Organ, Henri's second wife
Condition: Excellent
Image/Sheet size: 10 3/8 x 7 1/2 inches
Provenance: Estate of the Artist
John C. LeClair, Estate Adminitrator
Private Collection, Pawling, New York
Biography
Robert Henri was born Robert Henry Cozad in Cincinnati, Ohio, on June 24, 1865, the son of a professional gambler and real estate developer. The family lived in Nebraska and Colorado, but fled east when the father shot and killed a rancher over a land dispute and was indicted for manslaughter. They changed their last name because of the ensuing scandal and eventually settled in Atlantic City, New Jersey, during the early 1880s.
In 1886 Henri enrolled at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, where he studied under Thomas Anshutz, Thomas Hovenden...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Graphite
French Watercolor of St. Tropez Skyline with Bell Tower and Sea View
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Watercolor of St. Tropez Skyline with Bell Tower and Sea View
by Robert Lepine (French, 1929 - 2017)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Watercolor painting on artists paper
Size: 11.2...
Category
French School 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pen
James Siena -T-nail ink drawing, unique geometric abstraction hand signed Framed
By James Siena
Located in New York, NY
James Siena
Untitled t-nail drawing (reference: two against two), 1999
Graphite on paper
Pencil signed, titled, annotated and dated on the reverse of the sheet (see photos)
also penc...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil, Graphite
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model (Shoulder and Arm) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exception...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Industrial Landscape in Blue
, California, Marin Society of Artists, Nassau
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Initialed lower right, 'S.K.' for Stewart Kelly (American, 20th century) and painted circa 1990. Accompanied by exhibition label and old exhibition catalog. Titled on old backing, "...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
SF 89-153.
By Sam Francis
Located in Malmo, SE
Artwork size: 67 x 51 cm.
Frame size: 112 x 97 cm.
Free shipment worldwide.
Archive number SF 89-153 in the Sam Francis Foundation.
Stamped with the Sam Francis Estate logo and stamped signature on verso.
Sam Francis’s paintings are a journey into a dream, a voyage into the landscapes of the soul where colours are lights on fire.
Alongside names such as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning and Franz Kline, Sam Francis is an artist who has succeeded in demonstrating a total mastery of abstract expressionism’s impassioned and spontaneous genre.
The explosions of colour – red, blue, green and yellow – the streaks, strokes and bold lines of his pictures are the physical synthesis of the deepest crevices of the soul. His colours create rhythmical motifs that, characteristically enough, can be called the “musicality” of his paintings.
The work of Sam Francis provides a visible meeting place for the conscious and the unconscious. His pictures are the cross-fertilisation of what has already been experienced with what exists still only as desire, a struggle between melancholy and merrymaking.
Influenced by C.G. Jung, the father of psychoanalysis, Sam Francis spent a large portion of his life exploring the premise that dreams, instincts and intuition provide, the keys which unlock the mysteries and meaning of our inner lives. He was also fascinated by the four ancient elements – earth, water, air and fire – which developed into a leitmotif in his work.
Sam Francis was born in San Mateo in California, USA in 1923. After starting to paint at the age of around twenty, he soon found himself increasingly consumed by the power of art.
He spent much of the 1950s in Paris, from where he not only made frequent excursions to a number of European cities, but also embarked on many journeys to South America and Asia.
He continued to move from place to place, primarily in the USA and Japan, right up until his death in 1994.
Sam Francis’s first...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Acrylic
$101,362
Original Parisian Vintage Jewelry Design Art by Van Cleef
Boucheron Designer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Set of Two Silver Rings Jewelry Design
circa mid 20th century
by Paul Touzet (French b. 1917)
original gouache painting, with pencil on tracing paper stuck on thick paper, unframed
measurements: 10 x 6.5 inches
condition: the overall condition is very good, minor creasing to the corners/ edges, very minor staining.
provenance: private collection, France
We are honored to introduce to you an incredible and unique collection of original jewelry design artwork. We have over 100 similar original works - some offered as pairs, some individually. For the collector of jewelry they offer the ultimate accessory for their home. Equally, these would look stunning framed together in a jewelry or fashion store or even a vintage bistro or hotel!
Discover the timeless elegance of original French vintage jewelry design artwork by the illustrious Paul Touzet, a master jeweler whose craftsmanship has left an indelible mark on the world of haute joaillerie. Born on January 12, 1917, Touzet's journey into the art of jewelry began at the tender age of 13, training under the prestigious Mauboussin in Paris. His talent and dedication quickly set him apart, and by November 17, 1944, he had officially registered his business, soon after obtaining his hallmark—a distinctive "P.A.T. / a bicycle wheel butterfly"—on December 7, 1944.
Paul Touzet's artistry is celebrated for its collaborations with iconic houses such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, and Sterlé, reflecting the highest standards of French luxury. His exclusive designs have graced the likes of legendary figures, including the beloved singer Charles Aznavour, for whom he crafted exquisite pieces. Touzet's craftsmanship even reached royal circles, with bespoke tuxedo buttons personally delivered to Prince Rainier of Monaco and stunning jewelry designed for his wife, Princess Grace of Monaco (Grace Kelly).
Each piece of Touzet's original design artwork...
Category
French School 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Mid 20th C. Irish Artist Watercolor Painting of Blue Sky Stormy Seascape
By Frank Forty
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Size: 11 x 15.25 inches
Superb original watercolour painting by the well listed and popular Irish painter, Frank Forty (1902-1996). The painting came from a private collection of t...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
French Expressionist Abstract Original Painting Artists Studio Provenance
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Abstract Expressionist Composition
by Jacques COULAIS (1955-2011)
gouache painting on paper/ card
unframed: 19 x 15.5 inches
condition: excellent
provenance: all the paintings we hav...
Category
Abstract Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil
Adrian Heath, British, Abstracted Life Study, pencil and watercolour
By Adrian Heath
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Adrian Heath (British, 1920–1992)
Abstracted Life Study
Pencil and watercolour
Signed with initials ‘AH’ (lower right)
8.5 x 10.625 in. (21.7 x 27 cm)
This intimate work on paper by...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
Love Star Of David (original gouache on paper)
By Yaacov Agam
Located in Aventura, FL
Original gouache painting on paper. Hand signed lower front by Yaacov Agam. Image size 20.25 x 18.5 inches. Sheet size 29 x 22.2 inches. Frame size approx 33 x 31 inches.
Cert...
Category
Abstract 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$47,600 Sale Price
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Botanical Studies, Pair of Watercolours on Silk on Handmade Paper, Anemones
Located in Cotignac, FR
A pair of fine hand painted botanical watercolour studies on silk of anemones by La Roche Laffitte. The works are signed bottom right. Both are titled. The silk has been mounted on h...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Silk, Watercolor, Handmade Paper, Gouache
The Scrivener - Drawing by Gabriele Galantara - 1909
Located in Roma, IT
The scrivener is a modern artwork realized by Gabriele Galantara (1865-1937) in 1909.
Watercolor, ink, tempera and pencil on paper. Hand signed on the left margin.
Good conditions ...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Pencil, Tempera
Harbour Boats Jetty and Riverside Town French Watercolor Landscape
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Harbour Boats Jetty and Riverside Town French Watercolor Landscape
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.25 x 8.5...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$398 Sale Price
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Fauvist Colour Field Landscape, Les Baux de Provence
Located in Cotignac, FR
A French Fauvist Colour Field gouache on paper landscape by G Ricard. The painting is signed bottom left and titled to the back of the paper, Les Baux de Provence.
A charming and ch...
Category
Color-Field 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
"Hydrangeas, " Walter Inglis Anderson, Mississippi Southern Illustrator, Flowers
Located in New York, NY
Walter Anderson ( American, 1903 - 1965)
Hydrangeas, circa 1950
Mixed media on paper
11 x 8 1/2 inches
Provenance:
Luise Ross Gallery, New York
Private Collection, New Jersey
Acquired from the estate of the above, 2021
Walter Anderson firmly believed that quality art was an important part of life and should be made available to everyone. As he said, "There should be simple, good decorations, to be sold at prices to rival the five-and-ten." Noticing that only poor quality art was available in stores and little was available for children, he resolved to make art which could be reproduced easily and sell inexpensively — linoleum block prints. This technique enabled him to provide affordable, quality art.
The technique of linoleum block printing is a simple concept; however, it requires much skill and talent to actually produce memorable art. Anderson purchased surplus "battleship linoleum," thicker than ordinary linoleum with a burlap backing for better support, to create his blocks. During the mid-1940s, he created almost 300 linocuts working in the attic of the sea-side plantation house, Oldfields, his wife's family home in Gautier. Masses of linoleum chips accumulated at the foot of the attic stairs as he often worked night and day. He began with sketching out a design directly on the linoleum. Once he had carved the image into the surface, he used the back of faded, surplus stock wallpaper that a friend sent him, laying long strips on top of the inked linoleum. A roller made of sewer pipe filled with sand served as his press. When the print was completed, he often colored it by hand with bold strokes and vivid colors. The prints were sold at Shearwater Pottery, the family business, for a mere dollar a foot.
But "what about a well-designed fairy tale for a child's room?" he asked himself. Since there was a lack of affordable art for children, much of his work with linoleum blocks focused on subjects for children. He depicted fables and fairy tales ranging from Arabian Nights, to Germany and the Grimm Brothers' Rapunzel, to the French story of The White Cat, to the Greek tales such as Europa and the Bull, and to tales from China, India, and other cultures. Anderson also created "mini" books featuring the alphabet and Robinson Cat. The blocks are not only alive with the story being depicted, but they are also filled with designs taken from Best-Maugard's Method for Creative Design. Swirls, half-circles and zig-zag lines fill every available space on the linoleum block making them come alive and capture their audience.
But fairy tales, children's verses and the "mini" books, consisting of about 90 blocks, were not the sole subject of Anderson's linoleum block prints. In total, he created approximately 300 linoleum blocks with subjects ranging from coastal flora and fauna, coastal animals, and sports and other coastal activities. Anderson even created linoleum blocks to be used to print tablecloths and clothing, some worn by his own children. Color and subjects of the linoleum block prints were not the only things that got them noticed.
In 1945 when Anderson was creating these prints, the standard size of linoleum block prints was only 12 by 18 inches. These small dimensions were due to the common size of the paper available and the restrictions made by national competitions. Since Anderson used wallpaper...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Crayon
Stow Wengenroth Original Dry Brush Drawing, 1966, "The Little Owl"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Stow Wengenroth (1906-1978) original dry brush drawing, 1966
This work is a preparatory drawing for his lithograph “The Little Owl”
Signed lower right, “Stow Wengenroth”
Image measur...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Ca. 1950, Black
White Ink Abstraction by Notable Artist Jan Matulka
By Jan Matulka
Located in Chicago, IL
A handsome ca. 1950 black & white Abstraction by important Modernist artist Jan Matulka. Image size:
6" x 6 1/2". Framed size: 12 3/4" x 12 3/4".
Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Graphite
Flats Near Pueblo Isleta, New Mexico, 20th Century Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Flats Near Isleta, c. 1937
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right, titled verso
14.5 x 20 inches
18.5 x 24 inches framed
Frank Nelson Wil...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Workers" Russian Constructivist 1920s Modern Social Realism Cubism Figurative
VLADIMIR VASIL’EVICH LEBEDEV (1891-1967)
"Workers"
Gouache on paper
Monog...
Category
Constructivist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Yellow Bouqet, Impressionist Watercolor by Wayne Ensrud
By Wayne Ensrud
Located in Long Island City, NY
Wayne Ensrud, American (1934 - ) - Yellow Bouqet, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Watercolor on Paper, signed, Size: 32 x 22.5 in. (81.28 x 57.15 cm), Frame Size: 41.5 x 32 inches
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
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 ...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Mid Century Modern British
What
s the Time?
by British German Kapp, 1975
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
Eduard Xavier Kapp (British, 1890 – 1978)
What’s the Time?
Pen and crayon, tondo
Signed and dated ‘Kapp 75’ (in the centre)
8.1/2 x 8.1/2 in. (21.6 x 21.6 cm.)
Edmond Kapp was born in Islington, London, on 5 November 1890, of American and German Jewish parentage. He gave himself the middle initial ‘X’ – sometimes said to stand for Xavier – to distinguish himself from his father Emil Kapp, who was a wine merchant. However, his parents called him ‘Eddie’ while his wife and friends knew him as ‘Peter’.
During his early years, Kapp was continually ill and, while convalescing, entertained himself by drawing at home. As his health improved, he attended Dame Alice Owen’s School, Islington (1903-10), with periods at Berlin University (1909) and L’Institut Français pour les Etrangers, Paris (1909). He then read Languages at Christ’s College, Cambridge (1910-13), though spent most of his time writing and drawing.
Kapp took a studio in London, and worked intensively until the outbreak of the First World War, contributing to the Daily News, the Onlooker and other periodicals. During the war, he served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Sussex Regiment on the Western Front, and then in Intelligence, rising to the position of Staff Captain on Haig’s Staff. Finally, he founded and directed the Neutral Press Counter-propaganda Section.
In 1919, Kapp returned to London and, after abortive periods at three art schools, worked alone. In that year, he made his name with an exhibition of caricatures, held at Furst’s Gallery, London, and accompanied by a catalogue introduced by Max Beerbohm. This soon led to contracts with three London periodicals and a book of caricatures, Personalities, published by Martin Secker. Through the 1920s and 30s, his drawings of musicians and other personalities appeared in a wide variety of periodicals, most notably Time & Tide; were collected in further volumes; and were exhibited at the Leicester Galleries. He considered himself to be a ‘character-portraitist’, producing images of psychological not satirical power, and disliking the term ‘caricature’.
Between the wars, Kapp developed other aspects of his artistic talents, the desire to study and the search for subject matter often taking him abroad. For instance, work at the British Academy, Rome, under Antonio Sciortino...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study, 1963, Ian Hornak — Drawing
By Ian Hornak
Located in Fairfield, CT
Artist: Ian Hornak (1944-2002)
Title: Renaissance Male Nude Figure Study
Year: circa 1963
Medium: Original drawing on vélin paper
Size: 23 x 18 inches
Condition: Good
Provenance: Est...
Category
Renaissance 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
$1,880 Sale Price
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Hunter in a Field
By Percival Leonard Rosseau
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Watercolor on paper, signed in the lower right. Listed measurements are for the full frame size 18.5" x 21.75".
(1859–1937) Percival Leonard Rosseau was born in Louisiana. He led a peripatetic life as cattle driver, cowboy, and commodities broker before going abroad...
Category
American Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Flower Bouquet
Located in Los Angeles, CA
(Note: This work is part of our exhibition Connected by Creativity: WPA Era Works from the Collection of Leata and Edward Beatty Rowan)
Watercolor on paper, 12 x 9 ½ inches unframed sheet, 15 x 12 ½ inches framed, signed lower left
About the Artist:
Nan Watson...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Le Pontreau French Coastal Fishing Huts Watercolour Maritime Scene
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Le Pontreau French Coastal Fishing Huts Watercolour Maritime Scene
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on card, unframed
Size (H x W): 8.25 x 5.75 inches
...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$443 Sale Price
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View of the Canals of Venice - Drawing by Alcione Gubellini - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Ink and watercolor on cardboard realized by Alcione Gubellini in the mid-20th century.
Hand signed.
Includes a wooden frame cm. 53x47.
Very good condition.
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
17, Modern Abstract Acrylic on Paper Painting by Yasmin Brandolini
Located in Long Island City, NY
A large minimal abstract painting on paper by Yasmin Brandolini.
Artist: Yasmin Brandolini d'Adda, South African/Italian (1929 - )
Title: 17
Year: 1986
Medium: 40 x 60 in. (101.6 ...
Category
Abstract Geometric 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Acrylic
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Standing Male Nude (Back)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Standing Male Nude Model (Back) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, earl...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Unique LOVE drawing and studio notes (Hand Signed by Robert Indiana), Framed
Located in New York, NY
A unique one of a kind signed drawing for any true collector, scholar, fan or follower of the legendary artist Robert Indiana:
Robert Indiana
Illustrated To-Do List with LOVE drawin...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Permanent Marker, Pencil
Red Cliffs
Hogan, Arizona, Early 20th Century Western Mountainous Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Red Cliffs and Hogan, Arizona, 1937
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right
14.5 x 19 inches
18.5 x 24 inches framed
Frank Nelso...
Category
American Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Provence Sunlit Stone Houses and Yellow Tiled Rooftops French Village Study
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Provence Sunlit Stone Houses and Yellow Tiled Rooftops French Village Study
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 8...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$487 Sale Price
35% Off
Allan D
Arcangelo, Constellation, Dazzling unique signed geometric abstraction
Located in New York, NY
Allan D'Arcangelo
Constellation, 1971
Acrylic on paper, mounted to canvas
Hand signed and dated 1971 lower front
Frame included
Measurements:
Framed:
23.75 x 23.75 x 1.25 inches
Artw...
Category
Pop Art 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic, Laid Paper, Permanent Marker
“Model in Hooded Coat”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original mixed media fashion illustration by the well known American artist, Maning Obregon. Composed of watercolor, oil pastel and gouache on archival paper. Signed lower right “Ma...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Watercolor, Cardboard, Gouache
Robert Indiana - 2.VII.59, signed unique painting on paper, ex-artist
s estate
Located in New York, NY
Robert Indiana - 2.VII.59, acquired from the artist's studio
Rare early work from the Estate of Robert Indiana
Watercolor and pencil on Plover Bond paper
This is an original, hand si...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
1920
s Elegant Couple in the Snow - Original handsigned watercolor - 1930
By Marcel Bloch
Located in Paris, IDF
Marcel BLOCH
1920's Elegant Couple in the Snow
Original watercolor with gouache enhancement
Handsigned bottom left
c. 1930
On vellum 35 x 24 cm at view (c. 14 x 10 in)
Information ...
Category
Art Nouveau 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
1930
s Original Parisian Fashion Watercolor Burgandy Dress With Green Cape
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Very stylish, unique and original 1930's French fashion design, no doubt of Parisian origin.
The painting, executed in gouache/ watercolor and pencil, is dated to the upper corner ...
Category
Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
$165 Sale Price
20% Off
North Shore - colourful, impressionist, landscape, limited edition lithograph
Located in Bloomfield, ON
When the world thinks about the famous Group of Seven, this is likely the kind of image they recall—the quiet majesty of the Canadian wilderness. This lithograph by one of its youngest members, Alfred Joseph Casson is one of many classic landscapes he painted of the north—mountains, lakes, bare trees in the foreground rendered in his favoured bright palette of autumn colours—red, yellow, orange, a touch of green, and deep blue lakes against a cloudy white sky. Casson was an avid canoeist and spent many hours camping and drawing in northern Ontario often alongside fellow members of the Group.
“I had to develop my own style. I began to dig out places of my own...” A. J. Casson
He moved on to two commercial art firms in Toronto where he worked as an assistant to the artist Franklin Carmichael, one of the founding members of the renowned Group of Seven, (A group of Canadian landscape painters that included Tom Thomson, Lawren Harris and A. Y. Jackson.). Carmichael encouraged him to sketch and paint on his own. Casson was invited to join the Group of Seven in the 1920’s with whom he painted for years. Following their demise, he formed the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Lithograph
Fixation - Drawing by Mino Maccari - Mid-20th Century
By Mino Maccari
Located in Roma, IT
Fixation is a pencil Drawing realized by Mino Maccari (1924-1989) in the Mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower.
Good conditions.
Mino Maccari (Siena, 1924-Rome, June 16, 198...
Category
Modern 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Jose antonio, Martes 7 de julio, Figurative painting
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...
Category
Contemporary 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Pastel, Paper
Riverside Village Hills Trees Reflections and Sunlit Fields Watercolor
By Pierre Neveu
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: Riverside Village Hills Trees Reflections and Sunlit Fields Watercolor
Artist: Pierre Neveu (French b.1929)
Medium: Watercolour on artists paper, unframed
Size (H x W): 6.5 x ...
Category
Post-Impressionist 20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$452 Sale Price
35% Off
John Sennhauser Geometric Abstract Pen and Ink Drawing, 1944
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Original pen and ink drawing by New York Abstract Artist, John Sennhauser (1907-1978)
Signed lower right "J. Sennhauser" and dated '44.
Titled and dated on the verso: "Line in Motion...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Vintage French Watercolor Landscape - Village Path
By Jacques Bouillac
Located in Houston, TX
Inviting watercolor of a small path winding through a quaint town using soft, cool hues by artist Jacques Bouillac, circa 1950. Signed lower right.
Original one-of-a-kind artwork ...
Category
20th Century Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
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