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Style: American Modern
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
"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...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Crayon
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...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache
A Fine 1930s Modern Figure Study Drawing, Seated Young Male Nude Model (Torso)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, 1930s Modern Academic Figure Study of a Seated Young Male Nude Model (Torso) by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
“Pauline Trigere”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is an original watercolor and gouache with traces of acrylic paint fashion illustration by the world renowned fashion artist, Kenneth Paul Block. Painted ...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper, Acrylic
Clinton Hill, (Nude #1), 1951, drawing, figure/abstraction
By Clinton Hill
Located in New York, NY
Clinton Hill (1922-2003), created quintessential mid-century images, but figures are unusual in his work. This is from a very early period. In 1951 Hill studied at the Academie de la...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930s ...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
Half Dome in Pastel Colors, Yosemite National Park Fauvist Landscape Watercolor
By Karen Druker
Located in Soquel, CA
Bright Fauvist landscape of Half Dome in Yosemite National Park, with beautiful use of color by Karen Druker (American, 1945). Signed "Druker" in the lower right corner. Presented in...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel, Watercolor
On the Top, People Crossing the Mountains, Montana Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
On the Top, Montana, 1952
Watercolor and gouache on board
Signed and dated lower right
22 x 30 inches
25.5 x 34 inches framed
Frank Nelso...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Gouache
Beachside Village, Maine, 20th century landscape watercolor, Cleveland School
Located in Beachwood, OH
George Gustav Adomeit (American, 1879-1967)
Beachside Village, Maine
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
10 x 14 inches
17.75 x 21.75 inches, framed
A major painter of American ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Gilbert
s Camp, Western Painting, Mid 20th Century, Cleveland School Artist
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Gilbert's Camp, c. 1941
Watercolor on Whatman board
Signed lower right
22 x 30 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox was a respected librarian.
In 1906 Wilcox enrolled from the Cleveland School of Art under the tutelage of Henry Keller, Louis Rorimer...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
High Pastures, Cattle Round Up, Wyoming, 20th Century Western Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
High Pastures, Cattle Round Up, Wyoming, 1937
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right, titled verso
15 x 20 inches
18.5 x 24 inche...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
An Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Dynamic, Avant-Garde, Mid-Century Modern Abstract Female Figure Study by Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A striking, black
white figural studio ink drawing on paper depictin...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a 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...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
A Handsome 1940s Portrait of a Seated Man by Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Handsome 1940s Portrait of a Seated Man by Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A wonderfully executed line drawing dating from 1946 with great character; looks ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Graphite
View Towards Christmas Cove, Maine, Early 20th Century East Coast Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
View Towards Christmas Cove, Maine, c. 1923
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right
14 x 19.5 inches
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study (Female Feet)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of Female Feet by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed ink composite figure study...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
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 demonstrating ...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
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 pastel drawing by Haydon demonstrating hi...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Charcoal, Paper
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Art Deco Figure Study, Standing 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 pastel drawing by Haydon demonstrating hi...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
A Stylish, Vintage 1940s Woman
s Fashion Study, Design for a Formal Evening Gown
Located in Chicago, IL
A stylish, vintage, 1940s fashion study featuring an elegant design for a woman's evening gown.
Artwork size: 11 x 8 1/2 inches. Archivally matted to 16 x 12 inches. Provenance: ...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil
A Fine Mid-Century Modern Abstract Figure Study Drawing, Male Model, Young Man
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern, Abstracted Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Model, Young Man by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well execute...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
Gaspe: St. Lawrence Village
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Signed by the artist in pencil, lower right
Provenance:
Estate of the Artist
With the artist's original presentation (Frame and matting)
Two similar titles were exhibited in The ...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
Studio Figure, pastel drawing of female figure, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created with a live model, working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the l...
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1980s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Pastel
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well exe...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study Drawing (Male Model, Foot)
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Modern 1930s Academic Anatomical Figure Study of a Male Foot by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, early 1930s charcoal study highlighti...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Located in New York, NY
"6th Avenue El" American Scene Social Realism Mid-20th Century Cityscape Modern
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
6th Avenue Elevated
19 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches
Watercolor on paper
Signed an...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Charles Ragland Bunnell “Quitting Time” 1941 Black and Blue Abstract Painting
Located in Denver, CO
This original vintage painting by Charles Ragland Bunnell (1897–1968), titled Quitting Time from his Black and Blue Series (1941), exemplifies the artist’s signature Abstract Structu...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Ink, Watercolor
WPA Era, Industrial Scene Steel Mill by Chicago Modern Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A dynamic 1930s, WPA era industrial scene watercolor of a steel mill factory worker by notable Chicago Modern artist, Harold Haydon. A wonderful example of early Twentieth Century a...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor, Paper
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...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study Drawing by Chicago Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio figu...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Graphite, Paper
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...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
Mid Century "Napa Valley Landscape" Watercolor Painting
By Frederick Pomeroy
Located in Arp, TX
Frederick Pomeroy
"Napa Valley Landscape"
c. 1960s
Watercolor on paper
17"x14" brown wood frame float mount over linen mat
Signed in paint lower ...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
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...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
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...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Standing Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Standing Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed ea...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: French Gouache Painting of Pueblo Bread Baking in Taos New Mexico
by Emile GALLOIS (1882-1965, French)
Signed: Yes
Medium: Original gouache painting on thick unframed paper,
S...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
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...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pastel
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...
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1950s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Ink, Graphite
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Black Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study Portrait Drawing of an African American Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, Academic ...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
MOMA Exhibited Watercolor by Chicago Artist Francis Chapin, "Tourists in Taxco"
Located in Chicago, IL
A charming, vibrant, early Mexican city street scene by famed Chicago Modern artist Francis Chapin (Am. 1899-1965). Titled "Tourists in Taxco", the watercolor was exhibited at the M...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Nude
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking 1950s Mid-Century Modern Ink Drawing of a Standing Female Nude by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Exhibiting a spare and exceptional use of brushwork...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink
“Standing Nude, c. 1930” American Modernist Early Female Nude Drawing Signed
Located in Yardley, PA
“Standing Nude, c. 1930” by Louise Nevelson (1899-1988)
This wonderful early pencil drawing by Nevelson represents a nude figure, rendered with simple and confident lines that empha...
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Early 20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Mid Century Self Portrait of the Artist Original Drawing on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Portrait of the Artist by the Artist Original Charcoal Drawing on Paper 1960
Excellent detailed original drawing of the artist by Eugene Hawkins (American, b. 1933). A realistic dep...
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1960s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
Rainstorm Sunset
Located in Buffalo, NY
You are viewing a modernist American watercolor painting by Robert Noel Blair.
Robert Noel Blair (American, 1912-2003) was an American artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker and te...
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American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor
A Striking, Dramatic Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Portrait of a Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
A Striking, Dramatic 1950s Mid-Century Modern Figure Study Portrait of Woman by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed, studio drawing in charcoal of...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal, Ink
A Fabulous 1940s Modern Cubist Watercolor of a Seated Female Nude, Sepia Toned
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fabulous, 1940s Modern Cubist Watercolor of a Seated Female Nude Model by Noted Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). Watercolor and ink on sepia toned paper, dating from...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Ink, Watercolor
California Valley, Near Capistrano, 20th Century Western Mountainous Landscape
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
California Valley, Near Capistrano, c. 1937
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower right, titled verso
15 x 20 inches
18.5 x 24 inches framed
Fr...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 1930s c...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Charcoal
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Figure Study, Reclining Black Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine, Mid-Century Modern 1950s Drawing of a Reclining African American Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio figure stud...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
6th Avenue El at 8th St NYC Cityscape American Scene Social Realism Mid-Century
Max Arthur Cohn (1903-1998)
6th Avenue El at 8th Street
13 x 18 inches
Watercolor on paper, c. 1930
...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fisherman
s Island, Boothbay, Maine, early 20th century landscape watercolor
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887-1964)
Fisherman's Island, Boothbay, Maine, c. 1925
Watercolor on paper
Signed lower left
15 x 20 inches
20.75 x 25.75 inches, framed
Frank Nelson Wilcox (October 3, 1887 – April 17, 1964) was a modernist American artist and a master of watercolor. Wilcox is described as the "Dean of Cleveland School painters," though some sources give this appellation to Henry Keller or Frederick Gottwald. Wilcox was born on October 3, 1887 to Frank Nelson Wilcox, Sr. and Jessie Fremont Snow Wilcox at 61 Linwood Street in Cleveland, Ohio. His father, a prominent lawyer, died at home in 1904 shortly before Wilcox' 17th birthday. His brother, lawyer and publisher Owen N. Wilcox, was president of the Gates Legal Publishing Company or The Gates Press. His sister Ruth Wilcox...
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1920s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Watercolor
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico w/ Cathedral and Rooftops by Rudolph Pen
Located in Chicago, IL
A Charming 1940s Watercolor of Mexico with Cathedral and Rooftops by Noted Chicago Artist, Rudolph T. Pen. Most likely completed during the artist's trip to Mexico in 1944 after rec...
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1940s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
Wild Horses, Arizona, Early 20th Century Western Landscape, Cleveland School
By Frank Wilcox
Located in Beachwood, OH
Frank Nelson Wilcox (American, 1887–1964)
Wild Horses, Arizona, 1937
Watercolor on paper
Signed and dated lower right, titled verso
15 x 20 inches
18 x 24 inches framed
Frank Nelso...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
A Fine 1930s Modern, Art Deco Female Drawing, Portrait of a Young Woman
Located in Chicago, IL
A Finely Drawn, 1930s Art Deco Modern Female Figure Study, Portrait of a Young Woman in Profile by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exquisite studio portrai...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing, Seated Male Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Art Deco Modern Academic Figure Study Drawing of a Seated Male Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed early 193...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
“New York at Night”
By Leon Dolice
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original pastel on archival paper of New York City at night with beacon by the well known American artist, Leon Dolice. Signed lower right. Circa 1930. Condition is excellent. Beautifully gallery framed with stained mahogany wood frame. Under glass. Overall framed measurements are 21 by 30 inches. Birham Wood Galleries, East Hampton, New York provenance. Exhibited artwork. See photo gallery labels verso.
Leon Dolice was born in Vienna, Austria on August 14, 1892, the son of a machinest/welder. He went on to study art in Europe and viewing the works of the Masters. Dolice immigrated to the United States in 1920, finding a retreat in the European Bohemianism of Greenwich Village, he picked the streets of this landmark neighborhood as his first subjects. Concentrating on etching and with the encouragement of new found friends and artists such as George Luks and Herb Roth, he soon ventured out and devoted all his time to chronicling the architecture, back streets, dock scenes and other nostalgia that was fast disappearing from the face of Manhattan, mainly in copperplate etchings. A favorite subject for him was the Third Avenue El near one of his New York City studios on Third Avenue. He won accolades for his work, and although he traveled the East Coast recording landmarks in other cities including Washington DC, Baltimore, Chicago and Philadelphia, he always returned to his new home Manhattan.
A decline in popular favor for etchings led him to put aside his plates in the late 1930s and devote some ten years to pastels, linocuts and painting. His subject matter was almost exclusively New York City street scenes, but figurative works, country scenes, and even experiments with Abstract Expressionism at the height of its new found favor in the 1940s punctuated his career.
In 1953, after learning of the forthcoming demise of the Third Avenue El, in the shadow of which he had maintained his studio for over a decade, he once again took to his plates and press and created a final series of Third Avenue and or other New York City landmarks that were then threatened with extinction. His work brings to light aspects of nostalgic New York that survives today only in small part, whether in architecture or in spirit.
Dolice's works are in a number of notable museums and private collections, including the Museum of the City of New York; The New York Public Library Print Collection; The New York Historical Society; Georgetown University Lauinger Library; The Print Club of Philadelphia and others. In the past few years, his work has been exhibited at Hofstra Museum, Long Island, NY; with the Montauk...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
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Oil Pastel, Archival Paper
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Kneeling Male Nude Model
Located in Chicago, IL
A Fine 1930s, Modern Academic Pastel Figure Study of a Kneeling Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An exceptionally well executed, early 1930...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
A Finely Drawn 1930s Modern Figure Study, Standing Female Nude Model, Torso
Located in Chicago, IL
A Very Finely Drawn, 1930s Modern Figure Study of a Standing Female Nude Model (Torso) by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). An early charcoal drawing by...
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1930s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Gino Hollander Portrait of a Woman
Located in San Francisco, CA
Gino Hollander: 1924-2015. Well listed American artist with Auction results over $14,000. He lived in California, Colorado, and Spain. This fabulous mixed media measures 11 1/4 inche...
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1970s American Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
American Modern drawings and watercolor paintings for sale on 1stDibs.
Find a wide variety of authentic American Modern drawings and watercolor paintings available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add drawings and watercolor paintings created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of blue, orange, purple, green and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including Donald Stacy, Frank Wilcox, Alfred Bendiner, and Irene Pattinson. Frequently made by artists working with Paint, and Watercolor and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large American Modern drawings and watercolor paintings, so small editions measuring 0.25 inches across are also available. Prices for drawings and watercolor paintings made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $85 and tops out at $950,000, while the average work sells for $1,640.