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Bride Bridegroom, Watercolour on Paper by Modern Indian Artist "In Stock"
By Shyamal Dutta Ray
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
: 2014 - Indian Divine: Gods & Goddesses in 19th and 20th Century Modern Art, DAG Modern, New Delhi
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Early 2000s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Calligraphy Abstract Panorama III - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Calligraphy Abstract Panorama IV - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
driven by curiosity...where it comes from I can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama II - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper Landscape and Calligraphy on
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
Calligraphy Abstract Panorama I - Japanese Calligraphy on Rice Paper Landscape and Calligraphy on
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Rice Paper

Army Green, Black, Blue Chine Colle Watercolor with Found Object Collage
By Michael Pauker
Located in Soquel, CA
can’t tell you; it’s just there. And early 20th-century modernist art is the thing that I keep returning
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings a...

Materials

Paper, Found Objects, Watercolor

Japanese Riverside Landscape Scroll, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
Although Western painting was initially embraced during Japan’s Meiji period (1868–1912), artists
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Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Silk, Paper, Ink

Reclining Woman, Watercolor, Brown by Indian Padma Bhushan Awardee "In Stock"
By Somnath Hore
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
crises and events of 20th century Bengal, such as the Bengal Famine of 1943 and the Tebhaga movement. The
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Cricket on Branch - 2nd Generation Lingnan School Bird and Flower Painting
Located in Soquel, CA
bird” painting and diversifies it with a mix of realism and Japanese-style calligraphy.
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Laid Paper, Ink, Sumi Ink, Watercolor

William Hesthal Original Watercolor, 1939, Surreal Whimsical Circus Scene
By William Hesthal
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Willaim Hesthal California artist original watercolor. Surreal and whimsical circus scene with
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint

Mid-Century Art Deco Minimalism Black White Japan Geisha Latin Artist Signed
Located in Milwaukee, WI
States and Europe during the first part of the 20th century and came to be the iconic style of the
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2010s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

Richmond Bridge, Victorian Oil Painting, London Scene
By Horace Mann Livens
Located in London, GB
HORACE MANN LIVENS 1862 - 1936 RICHMOND BRIDGE II Watercolour, signed lower right Image size: 12 x
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Early 20th Century British illustration of a hornbill bird by Edward Detmold
By Edward Julius Detmold
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
saw to their tuition and was a noted collector of porcelain and Japanese woodprints of plants and
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20th Century Art Deco Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pen

Japanese / French Tsuguharu Foujita Post Impressionist drawings, a pair, babies
By Léonard Tsugouharu Foujita
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
`Foujita’ (lower right), and both signed in Japanese red and black ink on paper 20 x 15 in. (50.8 x 36.8 cm
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20th Century Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Israeli Surrealist Painting Female Circus Performer Acrobat with Cat
By Haya Graetz Ran
Located in Surfside, FL
wooden birds. Her works are executed with watercolors on paper. Her technique resembles that of
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Saling Hall, Essex, Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
.1931) Stained Glass Design Watercolour 11 x 20 cm Signed and dated Provenance: the artist's studio sale
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Dog Roses in a Satsuma Vase , Japanese Decorative Arts, Lacquer Mirror
By Thomas Haight
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Japanese, antique lacquer-framed mirror. Signed lower right, "Thomas Haight" (American, 20th Century) and
Category

1980s Post-Impressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Board

Saling Hall, Essex, Floral Watercolour Stained Glass Window Design, Jane Gray
Located in London, GB
.1931) Stained Glass Design Watercolour 11 x 20 cm Signed Provenance: the artist's studio sale Saling
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Rare Large Collage New York Cityscape Skyline Assemblage Painting
By Gottfried Salzmann
Located in Surfside, FL
paints in watercolor, is also a draftsman, an engraver and a photographer; He sometimes painted on his
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20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paint, Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor

Woodland Reflection — Mid-Century Modern
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Irving Lehman, Untitled (Woodland Reflection), watercolor, c. 1955. Unsigned, with the artist's
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

On The Gallops Race Horses Equine Speed Framed English Horse Racing Painting
By John Rattenbury Skeaping
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
x 33.5 inches ( 65cm x 85cm ). Available for sale; this original gouache and watercolor painting is
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Mid-20th Century Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Vintage Japanese Watercolor Painting of Two Geisha, Signed, Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
gilt border - signed upper right (unidentified artist/maker) - unframed - Japan - late 20th century
Category

Late 20th Century Japanese Japonisme Paintings and Screens

Materials

Paint, Paper

Sailboats at the Dock - Seascape
Located in Soquel, CA
Peaceful seascape with boats and a dock by Yoshiro Shimidzu (Japanese, 20th Century). Signed in the
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Late 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

City of Jerusalem
By Judith Yellin Ginat
Located in Surfside, FL
, Amsterdam Nakamura" Gallery, Osaka, Japan Jewish Cultural Centre, Tokyo, Japan Art - Expo N.Y. The
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20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

White Mountains of New Hampshire by Louis Comfort Tiffany
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in New Orleans, LA
history. Painting was Tiffany's first passion, and this exceptional watercolor demonstrates why he became
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Roman Ruins
By Joseph Lindon Smith
Located in Milford, NH
A fine watercolor painting of Roman ruins attributed to American artist Joseph Lindon Smith (1863
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

The Pipe Smoker
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "The Pipe Smoker" c.1960, is a watercolor on creme color paper by noted Japanese
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Wine Country #1
Located in San Francisco, CA
practice, he retired and focused his energies on painting what delights him. Douglas’ watercolor and
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Autumn Oaks
Located in San Francisco, CA
energies on painting what delights him. Douglas’ watercolor and acrylic works are in private and public
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Wine Country #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
painting what delights him. Douglas’ watercolor and acrylic works are in private and public collections
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Mid-Century French Yasse Tabuchi Modern Signed Ink Drawing
By Yasse Tabuchi
Located in Roma, IT
) He was a 20th-century Japanese watercolor painter, copperplate engraver, lithographer, and ceramist
Category

1960s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Marschlandschaft (mit drei Hausern) by Emil Nolde
By Emil Nolde
Located in New Orleans, LA
) Signed “Nolde” (lower right) Watercolor on Japan paper A work of engaging richness and emotion
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Portrait of a Mother and Child by Tsuguharu Foujita
By Léonard Tsuguharu Foujita
Located in New Orleans, LA
Foujita burst onto the international art scene in the early 20th century as one of the most important
Category

20th Century Post-Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Untitled (Coastal Scene)
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Untitled (Coastal Scene)" c.1990, is a watercolor on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Lily
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Lily" c.1990, is a watercolor on paper by noted Canadian/Japanese artist
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Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Chinatown Under the Rain
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chinatown Under the Rain" 1966 is a watercolor by Japanese/Taiwanese artist
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Warm Field
Located in San Francisco, CA
Senior Faculty Member, Watercolor and Oil Painting and Japanese Brushstroke 1988-98 Summer School in
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Late 20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Pierre Jacquemon Nature Goddess Drawing
Located in New York, NY
Pierre Jacquemon (French-American, 1936-2002) Untitled, c. late 20th century Mixed media with ink
Category

20th Century Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Chinatown, San Francisco
By Sun Ying
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Chinatown, San Francisco" c.1975 is a watercolor on paper by noted Chinese
Category

Late 20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Kimono
By Jane Burnham
Located in San Francisco, CA
, painting with them in Japan, France, Mexico, Italy, and Greece. Jane was a student of philosophy and
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Watercolor

San Carlos, Borromeo Del Carmelo
By Jane Burnham
Located in San Francisco, CA
, taking groups of art students around the world, painting with them in Japan, France, Mexico, Italy, and
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Night Light
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Night Light" is a watercolor on paper by noted Indian artist OM Prakash Sharma
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Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Flamenco Avec Rosario" (Florence Perez Padilla)
Located in San Francisco, CA
Soler and Florence Perez Padilla A.K.A Rosario, c.1945 is a watercolor, pastel and crayon on paper by
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Flamenco Dancers Antonio, Antonio Ruiz Soler and Rosario, Florence Perez Padilla
Located in San Francisco, CA
impressionist painter Toulouse Lautrec, did at the end of the 19th century. Jean became friends with many
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Danseurs Espagnols, Antonio and Rosario
Located in San Francisco, CA
the end of the 19th century. Jean became friends with many performers and captured many formal as well
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Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Study for TH" Diana Kurz, Mid-Century Push And Pull Abstract Expressionist Work
By Diana Kurz
Located in New York, NY
Diana Kurz Study for TH Pastel and gouache on paper 21 1/2 x 20 inches Diana Kurz (born 1936) is
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1960s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel, Gouache

Seated Nude
By Mortimer Menpes
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
where he met and befriended James McNeil Whistler and fell under his influence of Japanese art and
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20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

"The Grey One"
Located in Astoria, NY
in 1964. Her work has been exhibited internationally in the United States, Italy, France, and Japan
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Late 20th Century Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Kneeling Nude
By Mortimer Menpes
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
where he met and befriended James McNeil Whistler and fell under his influence of Japanese art and
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20th Century Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Graphite

A Cloudless Sky - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory sketch for a larger painting. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Beachcomber with Clam Rake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
painting. This piece is unsigned, but was acquired from David Sisson, the artist's son. Presented in a
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Snow-Capped Mountain Lake - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
with a tree in the foreground. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Grand Canyon Plateau - Line Drawing Landscape in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
round a central plateau. This drawing was likely a preparatory sketch for a larger painting. This
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Surrealist Composition
Located in Astoria, NY
Japan, as well as at the Cracovia Biennial, Yugoslavia, Ibiza Biennial, Spain, and the Sao Paulo
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic, Pencil, Graphite, Paper

Six-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Fifteen-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
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Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Four-Panel Thumbnail Sketches of Desert and Canyon Landscapes in Ink on Paper
By Laurence Sisson
Located in Soquel, CA
preparatory drawings for landscape paintings are laid out across the page. There are various scenes of desert
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

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