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Temperate and Vista with Acrylic on Canvas, Painting by Luana Asiata
Located in Deddington, GB
where she can visualise colour vibrations. Most of her drawings become preparatory drawings for painting
Category
2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Acrylic
The Causeway, Original Abstract Seascape Painting, Blackwater Estuary in Essex
Located in Deddington, GB
, rhythmically it sets a pace where she can visualise colour vibrations. Most of her drawings become preparatory
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil Pastel, Acrylic
"La Danse à la Campagne", 2nd plate by Pierre-Auguste Renoir
By Pierre-Auguste Renoir
Located in Hinsdale, IL
not the painting itself but one of the preparatory drawings for it, representing Suzanne Valadon and
Category
1890s Art Nouveau Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
The Causeway by Luana Asiata, Contemporary landscape painting, Original art
Located in Deddington, GB
sets a pace where she can visualise colour vibrations. Most of her drawings become preparatory drawings
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Still Life with Fruit and Flowers
, Paris, Tokyo, London, Copenhagen Academy
By Ib Eisner
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
fixed contour lines or preparatory drawings, since the necessary capturing of the desired, elusive light
Category
1950s Post-Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Mother and Child: Petal Skirt - Henry Moore, sculpture, modern, british, small
By Henry Moore
Located in London, GB
preparatory drawings. By the early 1950s, Moore shifted away from using drawings as sculptural studies and
Category
1950s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Costumes of Spain – ILLUSTRATED by Antonio Rodríguez, 1803
Located in Middletown, NY
preparatory drawings for this publication are held by the Museo del Prado in Madrid (D009562), as well as the
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Spanish Books
Materials
Gold Leaf
Jerome Myers, Virginia Modeling, Hand-Colored Etching, Signed “Imp”, c. 1920
By Jerome Myers
Located in Morristown, NJ
preparatory drawing now held in the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum. The etching was created around
Category
Vintage 1920s American Art Nouveau Prints
Materials
Paper
Wrapped Statues/West Germany
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in Missouri, MO
reflect this."
Funding for the site-specific works come from the sale of preparatory drawings, documents
Category
1980s Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Laid Paper, Lithograph
Yellow Store Front, Project, 1980
By Christo
Located in Missouri, MO
reflect this."
Funding for the site-specific works come from the sale of preparatory drawings, documents
Category
1980s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media
Price Upon Request
Columbus, Ohio State Artist Lithograph "Heavenly Bliss" Angels, Biplane
By Sid Chafetz
Located in Surfside, FL
sky above the couple. An ink and pencil preparatory drawing titled Last Tango in Columbus, with
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Lithograph
Daniel Arsham - Eroded Classical Prints - Contemporary Art
By Daniel Arsham
Located in Asheville, NC
CLASSICAL PRINTS is a set of three silkscreened prints reproducing Daniel Arsham’s preparatory drawings for
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Prints and Multiples
Materials
Screen
Richard Cook, Reclining Nude – Corrina, Figurative Art, Contemporary Art
Located in Deddington, GB
always there, but the moment he visits them to make his preparatory drawings are not. Each time, the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Resurrection of Christ. Study of the Master of the Prodigal Son. Ca. 1550.
Located in Firenze, IT
Prodigal Son.
A preparatory drawing is visible beneath the paint surface, characterized by rigid and
Category
16th Century Mannerist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel, Board
$8,935 Sale Price
21% Off
Sèvres Médicis Vases Commissioned by Napoléon for Talleyrand
By Cristalleries De Sevres
Located in New Orleans, LA
, Brongniart’s original preparatory drawing for this floral motif is preserved in the Sèvres archives.
The
Category
Antique 19th Century French Vases
Materials
Bronze
Snail Woman Jungle Fantasy - Haitian Master like Henri Rousseau
Located in Miami, FL
Brooklyn Museum.
Technique
Philippe-Auguste made preparatory drawings on tracing paper which he
Category
1970s Surrealist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Six Breasts No Waiting: Haitian Naive Fantasy Henri Rousseau - Heydenryk Frame
Located in Miami, FL
preparatory drawings on tracing paper which he transferred to Masonite for his paintings. He also combined and
Category
1970s Surrealist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
A two-part cabinet in rare exotic woods with solid ebony inlays, Italy, 1990s
Located in Chiavari, Liguria
paper. The concept stemmed from an intuition: an initial preparatory drawing exploring two interlocking
Category
1990s Italian Post-Modern Cabinets
Materials
Ebony, Fruitwood, Rosewood
Eighteenth-century Venetian mirror in lacquered wood and with mother-of-pearl in
Located in Vicenza, IT
a preparatory drawing by Andrea Brustolon. The precious mirror frame illustrated in figure 15 of
Category
Antique Early 18th Century Italian Louis XIV Wall Mirrors
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl, Giltwood
L’heure des yachts, Oil on canvas, French, mid-20th Century
By André Hambourg
Located in New York, NY
voyages aboard vessels. From these global travels, the artist brought back many sketches and preparatory
Category
Mid-20th Century Post-Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Le Boischaut - Maurice Esteve, modern, colorful, french, painting, abstract, art
By Maurice Estève
Located in London, GB
automatic, once saying, "I never use a sketch, painting directly on the canvas, without a preparatory
Category
1960s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Beauchamps Chaud a Trouville - Modern Landscape Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
again in 1989. From these travels he brought back many sketches and preparatory drawings for subsequent
Category
1980s Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Spring- 21st Century Contemporary
By Pam Hawkes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
oppose all that I have learned and learned," she says. "I rarely do research or preparatory drawings. I
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Gold Leaf
Terra Nullis-21st Century Contemporary Iconic Painting of a Girl in blue dress
By Pam Hawkes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
oppose all that I have learned and learned," she says. "I rarely do research or preparatory drawings. I
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
Hortus Conclusus- 21st Century Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Girl
By Pam Hawkes
Located in Nuenen, Noord Brabant
learned and learned," she says. "I rarely do research or preparatory drawings. I immediately go on with a
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings
Materials
Copper
French Naif Modernist Sculpture In Metal Brutalist Head of Woman Valerie Hadida
Located in Surfside, FL
sculptures.
In her studio, she alternates between preparatory drawing phases and modeling, exploring a
Category
20th Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Antique 19thC French Baccarat Four Chamber Divided Enamel
Ormolu Scent Bottle
By Baccarat
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
production of such a piece must have involved preparatory drawings, trials, and extensive labour, which
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Bottles
Materials
Crystal
Holy Family with Two Saints, after Parmigianino
By Antonio Da Trento
Located in Middletown, NY
. The preparatory drawing in red chalk with white heightening entitled Holy Family with Two Saints (c
Category
16th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints
Materials
Ink, Laid Paper, Woodcut
17th Century Fine Flemish Tapestry, Silk
Wool, Green, Blue, Red, Battle Scene
Located in Port Washington, NY
.
The weavers followed detailed cartoons, which were full-scale preparatory drawings or paintings. The
Category
Antique Mid-17th Century French French Provincial Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Christo The Pont Neuf Wrapped mixed media glue original fabric hand signed
Located in Paris, FR
through the sale of preparatory drawings and collages as well as earlier works. The artists did not accept
Category
20th Century French Paintings
Materials
Fabric, Paper
Reclining Nude – Corrina with Oil Paint on Board, Painting by Richard Cook
Located in Deddington, GB
always there, but the moment he visits them to make his preparatory drawings are not. Each time, the
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Board
The Umbrellas, Japan - USA Offset lithograph poster (Hand Signed by Christo)
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
similar manner through the sale of the studies, preparatory drawings, collages, scale models, early works
Category
1990s Pop Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Offset
"Wild Boar" contemporary realist bronze cinghiale sculpture, life-size, Fenske
By Ben Fenske
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
the movement of wild boars from life, they produced hundreds of sketches and preparatory drawings
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
The painter (self-portrait) sketch
By Jacques Martin-Ferrières
Located in BELEYMAS, FR
. Several preparatory drawings for the figure are known and are on deposit at the Musée du Pays de Cocagne
Category
1920s French School Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Volubilis
By Stanley William Hayter
Located in San Francisco, CA
dominate its instruction in the American academy, was a vigorous opposition to preparatory drawings and
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Federico Barocci, Head of a child, from Faces of Children, 1968 (after)
Located in Southampton, NY
Renaissance humanism, he pioneered a working method centered on extensive preparatory drawings, oil sketches
Category
1960s Renaissance Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph, Stencil
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Calculus - Color Viscosity Etching
By Stanley William Hayter
Located in San Francisco, CA
dominate its instruction in the American academy, was a vigorous opposition to preparatory drawings and
Category
1970s Abstract Geometric Abstract Prints
Materials
Etching
Original 17th Century Andrea Brustolon Hand Carved Italian Walnut Armchair
By Andrea Brustolon
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
from a crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory
Category
Antique 17th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Velvet, Walnut
$11,500 Sale Price
30% Off
Pair of Palatial Venetian Walnut Carved Mid-19th Century Baroque Figural Thrones
By Valentino Besarel
Located in Los Angeles, CA
, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Leather, Walnut
$38,950 Sale Price / set
48% Off
Taos Placita
— American Southwest Regionalist Masterwork
By Gustave Baumann
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
included, far more than the works of any other artist. A set of his blocks, a preparatory drawing, and
Category
1940s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder I, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, The Lamp, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres. The edition
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, Flower Pot, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres. The edition
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, Bottle, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, Violin, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, The Soup Tureen, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres. The edition
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, Guitar, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres. The edition
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, The Book, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, The Coffee Grinder II, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with the technical brilliance of Mourlot Freres. The edition
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
Juan Gris, The Pipe, from Au Soleil du Plafond, 1955 (after)
By Juan Gris
Located in Southampton, NY
handwritten text paired with eleven lithographs after Gris’s preparatory drawings and paintings, printed with
Category
1950s Cubist Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,996 Sale Price
20% Off
In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Throne
By Valentino Besarel, Andrea Brustolon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Brustolon's preparatory drawings for frames to be carved with putti displaying emblems. A pair of boxwood
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Armchairs
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
$12,950 Sale Price
29% Off
In Manner of Andrea Brustolon Venetian 19th Century Carved Walnut Figural Settee
By Valentino Panciera Besarel, Andrea Brustolon
Located in Los Angeles, CA
crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Baroque Settees
Materials
Fabric, Walnut
$19,850 Sale Price
48% Off
Double Portrait Oil Painting Brothers George, 2nd Duke Buckingham
Lord Francis
By (After) Anthony Van Dyck
Located in London, GB
. A preparatory drawing for the younger boy is in the British Museum.
There are copies at, e.g
Category
17th Century Old Masters Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
Wrapped Coast - Little Bay, Australia, 1968-9 (Signed Christo and Jeanne-Claude)
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
preparatory drawings, collages, scale models, early Packages and Wrapped Objects of the 1950s and 1960s and
Category
1960s Pop Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Photographic Paper, Lithograph
La Corbeille de Fruits - Modern Still Life Oil Painting by André Hambourg
By André Hambourg
Located in Marlow, Buckinghamshire
brought back many sketches and preparatory drawings for subsequent paintings and for use as illustrations
Category
1960s Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Antique Lion Griffon Carved Italian 1860 Monks Settle Bench Internal Storage
Located in West Sussex, Pulborough
crucifix is in the Museo Civico di Belluno, which preserves some of Brustolon's preparatory drawings for
Category
Antique 1860s Italian High Victorian Benches
Materials
Oak
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