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Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
the family name being associated with these drawings, the 20-year-old artist adopted the pseudonym
Category

Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Etching

Etching with Hand Watercolor Painting Jules Pascin Pencil Signed
By Jules Pascin
Located in Surfside, FL
the family name being associated with these drawings, the 20-year-old artist adopted the pseudonym
Category

Early 20th Century Expressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Etching

Villa Ravà - Sketch for a Library - Drawing by Marcello Piacentini - 1920s
Located in Roma, IT
20th century. The sheet presents the opulent interior design of the Biblioteca (Library) of Villa Ravà
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1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Gold and Gunmetal Carpenter s Pencil, circa 1900
Located in Baltimore, MD
beautiful objects in the 19th and early 20th century. Gunmetal is no longer made today, so you can be
Category

Antique 1890s British Late Victorian Pendant Necklaces

Materials

10k Gold, Mixed Metal, Gold

"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art
By Stuart Davis
Located in New York, NY
"NY Street Signs" Mid-20th Century WPA 1938 Modernist Abstract Realism Pop Art Stuart Davis
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1930s American Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache, Pencil

"Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" Original Broadway Set Design Mid 20th Century American
By Jo Mielziner
Located in New York, NY
20th century, designing the scenery and often the lighting for more than 200 productions, many of which
Category

1950s Performance Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Body and Soul — Mid-20th Century Surrealism
By Federico Castellon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
when his family immigrated from Almería, Spain, to Brooklyn, New York. He began sketching at an early
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

By the Arks — Mid-20th Century Surrealism
By Federico Castellon
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
began sketching at an early age, as imaginative drawings provided an outlet for expression, which was
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1940s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Early Texas Modern Warm Toned Landscape of Oil Refinery in a Swamp Landscape
By Buck Schiwetz
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern warm toned landscape watercolor painting by Texas artist E.M. "Buck" Schiwetz. The
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20th Century Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Russian Portrait Flushed girl w Big bows 20th century Watercolor by Fonvizin
Located in Stockholm, SE
, without the use of preparatory sketches in pencil. In 1943, because of his German descent, Fonvizin was
Category

20th Century Abstract Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Mid-Century Modern Geometric Abstraction, famed Italian sculptor signed/n Framed
By Arnaldo Pomodoro
Located in New York, NY
20th Century modernist, initially influenced Pomodoro’s style. Klee’s geometric and rectilinear
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1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints

Materials

Pencil, Graphite, Lithograph

19th Century Academic Crayon on Paper Study by Follower of Jacques-Louis David
By Jacques-Louis David
Located in Cotignac, FR
origins in Italy in the mid-16th century, until its dissipation in the early 20th century. It reached its
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19th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon, Pencil, Chalk, Pastel

Running Horse
By William Henry Dethlef Koerner
Located in Missouri, MO
Running Horse William Henry Dethlef Koerner (German, American, 1878-1938) Pencil on Paper Signed
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Early 20th Century American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Four Horse Head Studies
By William Henry Dethlef Koerner
Located in Missouri, MO
Four Horse Head Studies William Henry Dethlef Koerner (German, American, 1878-1938) Pencil on Paper
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Early 20th Century American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil, Color Pencil

Modern Santa Fe, New Mexico Inspired Black White Abstract Figurative Drawing
Located in Houston, TX
Early modern black and white sketch by iconic Houston based artist David Adickes. Pulled from a
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Long View to the Sea, Collioure
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sketch drawing on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts. A sketch from his
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Mid-20th Century Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Three Cubist Still Life Studies by Philadelphia Artist and Collector Earl Horter
By Earl Horter
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Earl Horter (American, 1883-1940) Three Still Life Studies Pencil on paper, 7 1/4 x 13 1/2 inches
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Early 20th Century Cubist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Young Girl (Jenue Fille)" Louis Valtat, French Drawing
By Louis Valtat
Located in New York, NY
Louis Valtat Young Girl Stamped with initials lower right Pencil on brown paper Sight 7 x 6 inches
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Early 20th Century Fauvist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

French Impressionist Portrait Drawing, The Art Lesson
Located in Cotignac, FR
Pencil study portrait drawing of a child painting at an easel by French artist Charles-Jean Agard
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Handmade Paper, Pencil

"Angry Earth" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 42 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Angry Earth" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 42 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz Medium: Pencil on Paper Size
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20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Belleville, NJ
By Oscar Bluemner
Located in London, GB
followed in the architectural careers of his father and grandfather. In the early 1880s, he studied
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Carbon Pencil, Paper

Mid-Century Hillside Trees Landscape Watercolor (unfinished)
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Yeager (early-mid 20th Century), c 1940s-1950s. Painted on heavy bond watercolor paper with normal ragged
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Evolution 1" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 34 x 45" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Evolution 1" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 34 x 45" inch by Yoram Katz Medium: Pencil on Paper Size
Category

20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Earth Aroma" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 48 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Earth Aroma" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 48 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz Medium: Pencil on Paper Size
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20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Echo" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 28 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Echo" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 28 x 36" inch by Yoram Katz Medium: Pencil on Paper Size framed
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20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

"Industrial Dragon" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 31 x 37" inch by Yoram Katz
Located in Culver City, CA
"Industrial Dragon" (FRAMED) Abstract Painting 31 x 37" inch by Yoram Katz Medium: Pencil on Paper
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20th Century Impressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pencil

French Modernist Cubist Painting a Summer Day s Sailing
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
original painting by the 20th century French Impressionist artist, Maurice Mazeilie. The painting has
Category

15th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

French Modernist Cubist Painting Red Sail on the Beach
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
seen. painting: 12.5 inches x 9.75 inches A delightful original painting by the 20th century French
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15th Century and Earlier Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Academic Study of Two Feet from Antique Plaster Models. Cm 50 x 32
Located in Firenze, IT
the 18th century and the early 20th century. Paper with light studio traces appropriate to its use.
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Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil

Riders at Sundown — Mid-Century Southwest Regionalism
By Gene Kloss
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Oakland, California, was one of the most prominent American printmakers of the 20th century. Renowned for
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1950s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Aquatint

French Modernist Cubist Painting Fishing Boats on Rocky Coast
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
pencil painting: 14.5 inches x 10.5 inches A delightful original painting by the 20th century French
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Late 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Renaissance Style Drawing of The Medici Madonna and Cherubs
By Michelangelo
Located in Cotignac, FR
Michelangelo incorporating cavorting cherubs. The artist has used his own technique of pencil sketching to a
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Late 20th Century Renaissance Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Crayon, Watercolor, Pencil

Reclining female nudes with an umbrella
By Henri Lebasque
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
combined pencil and watercolor in this study of female nudes, where he would sketch the figure in pencil
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19th Century Art Nouveau Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil, Paper

OASIS OF SEVEN PALMS CALIFORNIA
By George Elbert Burr
Located in Portland, ME
. Titled in pencil, lower left, and signed in pencil, lower right, and with the number "85" at the lower
Category

Early 20th Century Landscape Prints

Materials

Gouache

Academic Study for the Head of an Apostle or Saint
Located in Firenze, IT
white chalk on colored paper Dimensions: [To be specified] Date: Late 19th - Early 20th century
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Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Carbon Pencil

Portrait of an unknown sitter thought to be American
By Alphonse Legros
Located in Douglas, Isle of Man
when he first knew him , in his early 20's, and this drawing would have been used to demonstrate his
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Early 20th Century Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal

POGANY rare 17 color 1960s British Pop silkscreen signed numbered edition of 70
By Ronald Brooks Kitaj
Located in New York, NY
20th century. However, above are five modern and risque images, accompanied by textual commentary
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1960s Pop Art Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen, Pencil

Grinzing, Snow Scene, Austria, large color etching
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
Etching Sight size: 17.5 x 22.5 inches Sheet Size: 20 x 25 inches Framed Size:27.5 x 32.5 inches
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Antique Foster Brothers Framed Etching of Cathedral after K. Conant, C1910
By Foster Brothers
Located in Big Flats, NY
" etching by Mr. Kenneth Conant depicts a street scene, en verso label reads "Reproduced from a pencil
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Early 20th Century American Drawings

Materials

Metal

Aggstein Castle on the Danube
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's estate at the lower
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Jardin du Luxembourg
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century sketch drawing on paper by the Dutch artist Wim Oepts for his painting Jardin du
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1940s Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Carbon Pencil

Lindau, Germany
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist at the lower center. The plate
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Large French Historical Antique Oil Painting Symbolist Work Classical Battle
By Charles Hoffbauer
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
artistic quality that runs consistently through all of Hoffbauers work, from the slightest pencil sketch to
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Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Les bouquinistes, with Notre Dame de Paris
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
paper by noted Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Arch Of Septimius, Rome" Large etching and aquatint.
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
by noted Austrian artist Luigi Kasimir, 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil by the artist's
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

"Arch of Titus" Large colors etching.
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower center by the artist's estate. The plate mark
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Running Bear
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
nation's foremost animaliers. Growing up on the frontier, Proctor early developed into a skilled woodsman
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Ink

Landscape oil painting of the River Severn below Worcester
By Benjamin Williams Leader
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
& dated 1920, further inscribed to the stretcher in pencil Image size: 11.5 inches x 17.5 inches Size
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Early 20th Century Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Study for "Getting up" – 1955, a preparatory drawing by Balthus (1908 -2001)
By Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola)
Located in PARIS, FR
stage in Balthus' life Balthus occupies a special place in 20th century art, which is often marked by
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1950s Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Saint Moritz, Switzerland
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed in pencil at the lower center by the artist. The plate
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

The Great War no. 6 Paul Renouard
By Charles Paul Renouard
Located in Paonia, CO
this great artist. Original lithograph signed in pencil by the artist, edition number 40/125 and the
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Early 20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Oil Painting Still Life Fruit Bowl Polly Thayer Boston Modernist Woman Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
love of exactitude brought out by her early upbringing in this vigorously intellectual family was
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20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

John Marin "Clock Tower of Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, Italy" Etching c.1907
By John Marin
Located in San Francisco, CA
John Marin "Clock Tower of Santa Maria Zobenigo, Venice, Italy" Original Pencil Signed Etching c
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Early 20th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

The Great War n. 11 /Treaty of Versailles
By Charles Paul Renouard
Located in Paonia, CO
all times. Original lithograph signed in pencil by the artist, edition number 40/125 with
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Early 20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

La Capeline de Paille d Italie (The Italian Straw Hat).
By Henri Matisse
Located in Plano, TX
, retaining the same sense of spontaneity and intimacy as his pencil sketches. Matisse eventually installed a
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Michigan Avenue, Chicago.
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
1881-1962. It is hand signed at the lower center in pencil by the artist. The plate mark (image) size
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Dam Construction" Rare large colors etching.
By Luigi Kasimir
Located in San Francisco, CA
artist Luigi Kasimir 1881-1962. It is hand signed and numbered 27/100 in pencil by the artist. The plate
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Early 20th Century Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

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