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Knitting - Original Offset by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

The King - Original Photo-Lithograph by Franco Gentilini - Late 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Figures - Vintage Offset by Franco Gentilini -1970s
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
. The artist perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Portrait of a Woman - Lithograph by Franco Gentilini -Late 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
. The artist perfects his technical note characterized by a happy combination of painting and drawing on
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Cathedral - Original Offset by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his works are
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Dining - Original Photo-lithograph by Franco Gentilini - Late 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his works are
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Mixed Media, Lithograph

The King - Original Photo-lithograph by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

Late 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Mixed Media

Garden - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

The Fellowship - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Nude - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Horror Scene - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Despair - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Family Scene - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Nude - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Girls - Original Offset Print after Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his works are
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

The Girl - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Still Life - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his works are
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

The Cathedral - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

The Girl - Vintage Offset Print by Franco Gentilini - 20th Century
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
combination of painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his
Category

20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Offset

Figures - Lithograph by Franco Gentilini - 1970s
By Franco Gentilini
Located in Roma, IT
painting and drawing on a preparatory material background mixed with sand. The themes of his works are
Category

1970s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Puppet Man, E. A
By Alexander Calder
Located in Miami Beach, FL
drawings like this preparatory sketch for his Man Stabile, from 1966. Throughout his career, he also worked
Category

1960s Abstract Geometric Portrait Prints

Materials

Archival Paper, Lithograph

Fresno Basket
By Beth van Hoesen
Located in San Francisco, CA
botanical subjects. She worked mainly in print media, especially etching, using drawings extensively for
Category

1970s Realist Still-life Prints

Materials

Color, Etching, Paper, Watercolor, Aquatint

FOUJITA Léonard Tsuguharu - Original drawing - Nude man - Athlete 1928
Located in Encino, CA
in Japanese and dated "Foujita 1928". Preparatory drawing for the oil on Canvas titled " Combat 1
Category

Vintage 1920s Drawings

Materials

Paper

Christo and Jeanne-Claude: On the Way to The Gates (Inscribed)
By Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Located in New York, NY
of Art. Reproduces hundreds of preparatory drawings and mixed-media pieces executed by Christo to
Category

Early 2000s American Modern Books

Materials

Fabric, Paper

"Fanfreluche Parisienne" preparatory drawing
By Raymond Moisset
Located in La Ferrière sur Risle, FR
Jakarta (Indonesia). This preparatory study are revealing of Moisset’s work, with a great dexterity of
Category

1970s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Double Calque 3 - Preparatory Drawing
By Zaven Pare
Located in Paris, FR
1996-2015 21,5 x 28 cm Series of studies with the bic on three superimposed layers - on tracing paper Zaven Paré researches are inspired by the Uncanny Valley theory, a study by Jap...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Double Calque 2 - Preparatory Drawing
By Zaven Pare
Located in Paris, FR
1996-2015 21,5 x 28 cm Series of studies with the bic on three superimposed layers - on tracing paper Zaven Paré researches are inspired by the Uncanny Valley theory, a study by Jap...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Double Calque 1 - Preparatory drawing
By Zaven Pare
Located in Paris, FR
1996-2015 21,5 x 28 cm Series of studies with the bic on three superimposed layers - on tracing paper Zaven Paré researches are inspired by the Uncanny Valley theory, a study by Jap...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Osmobox Drawing #13
By Eduardo Kac
Located in Paris, FR
Preparatory drawing #13, 21 x 30 cm - 2014 Unique piece Eduardo Kac is internationally
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Osmobox Drawing #18
By Eduardo Kac
Located in Paris, FR
Preparatory drawing #18, 21 x 30 cm - 2014 Unique piece Eduardo Kac is internationally
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Osmobox Drawing #15
By Eduardo Kac
Located in Paris, FR
Preparatory drawing #15, 21 x 30 cm - 2014 Unique piece Eduardo Kac is internationally
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Osmobox Drawing #16
By Eduardo Kac
Located in Paris, FR
Preparatory drawing #16, 21 x 30 cm - 2014 Unique piece Eduardo Kac is internationally
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Drawing for a poster
By Edwin Ruda
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Preparatory drawing for poster for joint exhibition of Edwin Ruda and Peter Forakis at the Park
Set of Three Paper Drawings of Augustin Cardenas
By Agustín Cárdenas
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
Set of three preparatory drawings for a sculpture (untitled) by the Cuban artist Augustin Cardenas
Category

Vintage 1950s Drawings

Enfold II
By Harry Roseman
Located in New York, NY
Preparatory drawing for “Enfold” exhibition at Nancy Margolis Gallery, December 8, 2011 – January
Enfold I
By Harry Roseman
Located in New York, NY
Preparatory drawing for exhibition "Enfold" at Nancy Margolis Gallery, New York, December 8, 2011
Materials

Ink, Paper

Osmobox Drawing #5
By Eduardo Kac
Located in Paris, FR
distinct in their olfactory identity. He made a series of preparatory drawings for these achievements.
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Abstract Drawings and Waterco...

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Assumption of the Virgin
Located in Greven, DE
be a preparatory drawing for a altarpiece or a fresco. Although I found nothing about a painter
Category

17th Century Baroque Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

Allegory of the Liberal Arts by Domenico Piola
By Domenico Piola
Located in New York, NY
compositional sketches to full-scale cartoons. This sheet appears to be a preparatory drawing for Piola’s
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Drawings

Preparatory sculpture study N° 5
Located in La Ferrière sur Risle, FR
Grenoble. This drawing is a preparatory study for a sculpture. The representation of the volume is typical
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Preparatory sculpture study N° 4
Located in La Ferrière sur Risle, FR
Grenoble. This drawing is a preparatory study for a sculpture. The representation of the volume is typical
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Preparatory sculpture study N°3
Located in La Ferrière sur Risle, FR
Grenoble. This drawing is a preparatory study for a sculpture. The representation of the volume is typical
Category

1970s Modern Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Allegory of Love by Jean-Jacques-Francois Lebarbier
By Jean-Jacques-Francois Lebarbier
Located in New York, NY
from the drawings completed in Rome, Le Barbier’s graphic work is dominated by the preparatory drawings
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Drawings

Materials

Pen

18th C Dutch Old Master Drawing Pastel Jacob de Wit Head of a Putto
By Jacob De Wit
Located in Gouda, NL
Museum in Haarlem.[3] Although they may have served as preparatory drawings for paintings and altarpieces
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Pastel

The Galley of Calai and Zeti propelled by Boreas and Oreithyia
By Giulio Parigi
Located in New York, NY
preparatory drawings for the barges are preserved in the Uffizi.
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Drawings

Materials

Pen

Drawing by Achille Funi
By Achille Funi
Located in Milan, IT
Original work by Achille Funi (Ferrara 1890-Appiano Gentile 1972). Preparatory charcoal drawing for
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Drawings

Studies Of A Lion, Boar, Dog And Eagles, Stefano Della Bella
By Stefano Della Bella
Located in New York, NY
scenes, published in 1654, other preparatory drawings for which are preserved in the Louvre (see F
Category

Antique 18th Century and Earlier Drawings

Materials

Pen

Study for Genesis 3 (Green), preparatory graphite sketch with legs and figures
By Lorser Feitelson
Located in West Hollywood, CA
This graphite drawing is a study of figures and depicts multiple figures in various stages of
Category

1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Sculpture drawing
Located in La Ferrière sur Risle, FR
, the Museum of Grenoble. This drawing is a preparatory study for a sculpture. The representation of the
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Sculpture drawing
Located in La Ferrière sur Risle, FR
, the Museum of Grenoble. This drawing is a preparatory study for a sculpture. The representation of the
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Crayon

Around the Vast Blue
By Russell Crotty
Located in San Francisco, CA
stayed at Glenbrook and sailed out onto Lake Tahoe in order to make preparatory drawings akin to
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Acrylic, Fiberglass, Gouache, Ink, Paper

La Chute d Icare Signed by Pablo Picasso
By Pablo Picasso
Located in New York, NY
d'Icare, reproductions of preparatory drawings, and a preface by Jean Leymarie Numbered 66 on the colophon
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

18th C Italian Old Master Drawing by Giacomo Zoboli Study Joseph Potiphar s Wife
Located in Gouda, NL
] Many of Zoboli’s chalk drawings are preparatory to paintings and altarpieces, but no painting of the
Category

Mid-18th Century Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Sans Titre (23-23)
Located in PARIS, FR
, with a weight on one another, looking at each other, and intertwining. She does few preparatory
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sans Titre (15-23)
Located in PARIS, FR
, with a weight on one another, looking at each other, and intertwining. She does few preparatory
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Neo-Expressionist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sans Titre (15-22)
Located in PARIS, FR
preparatory drawings before painting, at most a few quick sketches. The work on canvas is then marked by
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Sans Titre (10-22)
Located in PARIS, FR
weight on one another, looking at each other, and intertwining. She does few preparatory drawings before
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

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