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Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

French, 1901-1952

Albert Decaris was the best and most notorious French engraver of the 20th century, with a strange mix of classicism and audacity. Decaris created a major oeuvre of original engravings and etchings, both as individual plates and as illustrations for Livres d’artistes (art books). In the 1930s, Decaris began carving postal stamps, resulting in more than 500 such vignettes. At the same time, Decaris was preparing large plates, mostly for his pleasure, on a wide variety of subjects: careful (almost technical) representations of monuments and places of interest, scenes of history, real-life or imaginary; scenes of mythology or imagination, verging on surrealism and mere caricatures, with a sense of humor.

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Artist: Albert Decaris
Nude - Drawing by Albert Decaris - Mid-20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Pencil drawing realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century. Not signed. Very good condition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

Portrait of the Young Thinker - Drawing by Albert Decaris - Mid-20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of the young thinker is an artwork, charcoal drawing on paper, realized by the French Artist Albert Decaris. It is not signed nor dated.. The artist represents a portrait...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Charcoal

Portrait of Man - Drawing - Mid 20th century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Man is an original drawing, pencil, charcoal, watercolor on paper, realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century. Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil, Charcoal, Watercolor

Cityscape - Pencil Drawing - Mid 20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Surreal Scene is a drawing in Pencil realized by he french painter Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century. Good Conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-b...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

America s Demons Have Gathered - China Ink Drawing - Late 20th century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
America's Demons Have Gathered is a china ink drawing realized in the late 20th Century by Albert Decaris, sketch for "Essais d'histoire politique des etats - unis de Rogin Michael ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Moses and Israel - Drawing by Albert Decaris - Mid-20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Moses and Israel is an original china ink drawing realized by Albert Decaris in the Early 20th Century. In good conditions. The artwork is presented through deft engraving, the ex...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Landscape - Chia Ink Drawing by Albert Decaris - Mid-20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a china ink drawing on paper realized by Albert Decaris in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced compo...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Landscape - China Ink Drawing by Albert Decaris - Mid-20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a china ink drawing realized by Albert Decaris in the Mid-20th Century. Good conditions. The artwork is depicted through soft strokes in a well-balanced composition.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

Portrait of Dante - Drawing By Albert Decaris - Mid 20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Albert Decaris in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal and watercolor drawings. Good conditions.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper

The Compassion - Drawing - Early 20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
The Compassion is a drawing in watercolor and ink realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century. In good conditions with some foxing. The artwork is presented through deft st...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Watercolor

Faithful in Chains - Ink Drawing - Mid-20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
Faithful in chained is a china ink and pencil drawing realized by Albert Decaris in the mid-20th Century. In good conditions with some foxing. The artwork is presented through def...
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Early 20th Century Modern Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink, Pencil

The Evocation - Ink Drawing - Mid-20th Century
By Albert Decaris
Located in Roma, IT
The Evocation is a china ink drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century. Good condition. The artwork is strong through soft strokes with perfect hatchings in a well-balanced composit...
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Late 20th Century Contemporary Albert Decaris Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Ink

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