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Artist: Unknown
“Santa Claus”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artwork composed of watercolor and gouache on archival paper for use as a Christmas card. Unsigned. Circa 1965. Condition is good. Newly professionally matted. Not fram...
Category
1960s Other Art Style Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Archival Paper
$225 Sale Price
25% Off
Foliage Abstract
Located in Houston, TX
Black and white French pen and ink with ink wash of weaving lines defining abstract complex alignments, circa 1970.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold b...
Category
1970s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Early 20th Century Pastel - Statuesque Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking life study depicting a nude life model in statuesque pose. The artist captures the strong forms of her body in layers of pastel colours. Unsigned. Presented in a white car...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Three Rajput noblemen on horseback – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink on the recto, as well as the Jaipur City Council blindstamp, 13 5/8...
Category
19th Century Rajput Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
The Roman Bath
Located in London, GB
'The Roman Bath', pencil on art paper (circa 1960s), School of Rome. Three broad-shouldered men make their way through the sultry corridors of the Hammam in...
Category
1960s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
$614 Sale Price
50% Off
“Puppy with Christmas Wreath”
Located in Southampton, NY
Original artwork illustration composed of watercolor on archival paper by Bridget used as a Christmas card by the Fravessi Card Company in 1976. Signed Bridget lower right. Conditio...
Category
1970s Other Art Style Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Archival Paper
$276 Sale Price
31% Off
French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape - "Bathers Enjoying A Day By The Sea"
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Bathers Enjoying A Day By The Sea"
Artist: Maurice Mazeilie (French)
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 4.3 x 6.8 (5 x 7.5 including mounting) inches (Height x W...
Category
20th Century Abstract Expressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Fine 19th Century Watercolour - Summer Bouquet
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming botanical study depicting an abundant bouquet of summer flowers. The artist captures the flowers in fine detail, using vibrant colours and delicate brushwork to capture th...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Lady - Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Lady is a drawing artwork realized by an Anonymous artist in mid-20th century.
Pencil and watercolor on paper
Good condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Pencil
After Édouard Manet - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, A Good Glass of Beer
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming copy of Édouard Manet's original oil painting from 1873. Captured in watercolours by Léopold Danty. Signed and dated '96 to the lower left. Mounted in a smart wooden frame...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Nude back (1978) - Ink on paper 46x63 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
China Ink Signed H. Balslaecj (artist unknown from the gallery) and dated 1978
Pastel wooden frame with plexiglas
Total size with frame: 75x57x6 cm
Category
1970s Academic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
$300 Sale Price
50% Off
Michel Gregoire - Mid 20th Century Gouache, The Mediterranean Farmhouse
Located in Corsham, GB
This landscape painting depicts a rustic Mediterranean countryside scene featuring a rural dwelling nestled among rolling hills and olive trees, with a distinctive tall cypress tree ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Turbaned man seated, smoking a hookah – Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with yellow heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper, with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in purple ink on the recto, and the Jaipur State Council Stamp dated June 5 18...
Category
19th Century Rajput Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
English School Early 19th Century Pastel - Lady in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early nineteenth-century pastel study of a lady in a blue dress. Part of a pair of portraits depicting a man and woman in profile, the companion piece is also listed on ou...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Nude Laying Over the Edge of the Bed in Pastel on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Nude Laying Over the Edge of the Bed in Pastel on Paper
Elegant pastel composition of a nude woman by an unknown artist (20th Century). The model is laying on her back, with her hea...
Category
Late 20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, View of Magadion
Located in Corsham, GB
This exquisitely executed watercolour depicts a picturesque view of Magadion, a town in the Canton of Ticino, Switzerland, with Lake Maggiore in the background. The work is signed wi...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Butterfly
Flowers 2 — Hopei Folk Art, Mid-Century Chinese Cut Paper Watercolor
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
'Butterfly & Flowers', Chinese Hopei Folk Art, 1956. Paper-cut with watercolor, mounted on cream, wove backing paper, with fresh, vivid colors, in excellent condition. Matted to museum standards, unframed.
Image size 5 1/8 x 3 1/8 inches; sheet size 8 7/8 x 6 1/4 inches; mat size 14 x 11 inches.
ABOUT THIS WORK
Hopei or Hebei is a province of North East China, on the Gulf of Chihli near Beijing that is home to Chengde Mountain Resort, the imperial summer residence of the Qing-dynasty emperors. Chengde contains 18th-century palaces, gardens, and pagodas ringed...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Framed 18th Century Pen and Ink Drawings - Designs for Capital
Base Supports
Located in Corsham, GB
Framed 18th-century pen and ink drawings of elaborate capital and base supports, inspired by Ancient Greek architecture and design. Well presented in a fluted gilt-effect frame. Unsi...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Italian School, late 16th century - Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Located in Paris, Île-de-France
Italian School, late 16th century
Head of a Man and Écorché Studies of Arms
Red chalk on laid paper,
21 x 11 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Michael Jaffé CBE (1923–1997), English art historian and Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Private collection, France
This drawing, attributed to the Italian School of the late 16th century, demonstrates the influence of Michelangelo’s approach to anatomy and expression. The sheet combines two distinct studies: an anatomical rendering of arms in the écorché technique, focusing on the musculature and skeletal details, and a head of a man, drawn with careful attention to light and shadow. The use of red chalk lends the work warmth and immediacy, qualities often associated with Renaissance studies of the human form.
The écorché studies reflect the Renaissance fascination with anatomy as both an artistic and scientific pursuit. The detailed depiction of the musculature suggests the artist’s interest in understanding the mechanics of the body, a practice heavily influenced by Michelangelo’s drawings...
Category
16th Century Old Masters Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk
French Watercolor - Fishing Boats
Located in Houston, TX
French watercolor of quiet fishing village in Brittany, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Mat fits a standard-size frame. Archiva...
Category
1950s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
House - Original Ink and Watercolor Drawing - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
"House" is an original ink drawing on paper, realized by an Anonymous Artist of the XX Century .
The state of preservation of the artwork is very good.
Sheet dimension:17.6 x 23.8 cm.
The artwork represents beautiful house drawn in ink...
Category
20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
1912 Watercolour - Arts and Crafts Interior
Located in Corsham, GB
This intimate domestic scene depicts a woman in blue sewing in an arts and crafts interior setting, surrounded by the warm details of daily life including a tea service, framed artwo...
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Architectural Drawing of Lounge
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of a bar lounge with pink accent, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archiv...
Category
1950s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Portrait of Woman - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original artwork, pencil, charcoal on paper. Is not signed and dated but we can attribute the period middle 20th Century.
The artist want to define a sensit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Mid Century French Drawing of The Fishermen, Port of Nice, South of France.
Located in Cotignac, FR
Mid 20th Century French drawing of Fishermen bringing in their catch. The work is unsigned but annotated to the back of the paper 'Mars 7...
Category
Mid-20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Crayon
$421 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 19th Century, Portrait of a young man wearing glasses, gouache
Located in Paris, FR
Early 19th Century,
Portrait of a young man wearing glasses,
gouache on paper
13 x 10.5 cm oval view
In a vintage frame : 41.5 x 39 cm, accidents and lacks in the gilding but but...
Category
1820s Old Masters Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Figure - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing in watercolor on creamy-colored paper realized by An anonymous artist in the Mid 20th century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented posing nude...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
English School Early 19th Century Pastel - Gentleman in Profile
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming early 19th-century pastel study of a gentleman in a formal wig. Part of a pair of portraits depicting a man and woman in profile, the companion piece is also listed on our...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
J. G - Framed Mid 19th Century Watercolour, The Merchant of Shoreham
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine mid 19th century watercolour. Merchant ship in choppy waters. Presented in a heavy oak frame with card mount. Initialled J. G to the lower right and dated 1869. On watercolour p...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$336 Sale Price
20% Off
Attrib. William Papas (1927-2000) - 20th Century Ink Drawing, The Innkeeper
Located in Corsham, GB
A comical sketch of a Jolly Innkeeper captured alongside other characters. Attributed to political cartoonist and caricaturist William 'Bill' Papa...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Architectural Drawing of Bar
Located in Houston, TX
Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of a round bar and lounge, circa 1950.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plas...
Category
1950s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
Hope James Stewart (1816-1881) - 1847 Watercolour, Portrait of a Lady and Dog
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine portrait study of an elegant woman with a loyal border collie by her side. The artist captures the woman's delicate clothing in excellent detail, painting her fine lace gloves and ruffled satin...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$428 Sale Price
20% Off
Rajput Ragamala miniature of woman with bell&rattle. Rajasthani School, 19th C.
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on fibrous, brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in gray ink, and the 1889 Jaipur State Council stamp in black ink, 13 1/4 x 8 3/4 inches (335 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor scattered surface soiling throughout. There are scattered coeval Hindi inscriptions in ink on the recto.
"A ragamala, translated from Sanskrit as "garland of ragas," is a series of paintings depicting a range of musical melodies known as ragas. Its root word, raga, means color, mood, and delight, and the depiction of these moods was a favored subject in later Indian court paintings...
Category
19th Century Rajput Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Three hunters; two with a spear and dagger... Rajasthani School, 19th century
Located in Middletown, NY
Ink and gouache with gold heightening on brown laid paper with a Jaipur Court Fee tax stamp in black ink, 12 5/8 x 8 9/16 inches (320 x 217 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sc...
Category
19th Century Rajput Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Sophia Katherine Charleton (1789-1844) - Watercolour, Perching Parrots
Located in Corsham, GB
A richly detailed early 19th-century ornithological study by artist Sophia Katherine Charleton (1789–1844), featuring brilliantly coloured parrots perched on winding branches, with d...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Manner of Francois Boucher (1703-1770) - Pastel, A Moment of Romance
Located in Corsham, GB
A romantic late 18th century pastel rendered in the manner of Francois Boucher (1703-1770), portraying two lovers tenderly embracing in a moonlit forest. Beside them, their loyal dog...
Category
Early 18th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Stone Spire Behind Water - Southwestern Watercolor Scene by Linus
Located in Soquel, CA
Stone Spire Behind Water - Southwestern Watercolor Scene by Linus
Open and airy watercolor painting showing a large spire jutting out from the ground within a canyon by unidentified...
Category
20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Thomas Remnant Charleton (1756-1849) - Watercolour, Whitehaven, Cumbria
Located in Corsham, GB
An unfinished watercolour sketch of Whitehaven in Cumbria. Signed with initials to the lower right. On paper.
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pharaoh - Drawing - 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
Pharaoh is an artwork realized by an unknown in mid-20th Century.
Tempera on Papyrus.
33 x 87 cm ; 49 x 103 cm with frame.
Good conditions!
Category
1950s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Tempera
Mill with Masted Ships in a Harbor Original Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Mill with Masted Ships in a Harbor Original Watercolor
Early Watercolor of a coastal Mill with Schooners in a harbor, by an unknown artist. 1890-1915. The image depicts a watercolor...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Laid Paper
$920 Sale Price
20% Off
Views of Madagascar
, French School
Located in London, GB
'Views of Madagascar', gouache on paper, French School (circa 1960s). The artist depicts two views of Madagascar in a charming and naive style. The first, a farm and its fields with a significant verdant elevation in the background. The second, a villager sitting in front of his home watching...
Category
1960s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
$573 Sale Price
30% Off
French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape Sacre Coeur Montmartre Paris Streets
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
“Sacre Coeur, Paris"
By Maurice Mazeilie (French 1924-2021)
Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 7.5 x 9.5 inches (Height x Width)
Stamped Verso
Condition: Good - There are no notice...
Category
20th Century Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Young Lady with a King Charles Spaniel
, French School, Rococo Revival Pastel
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A substantial, late 19th century, French School portrait of an elegantly dressed young woman of the court, shown holding her English spaniel in her arms and gazing towards the viewer...
Category
Late 19th Century Rococo Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
$3,450 Sale Price
28% Off
Early 1940s Fashion Study of a Woman with a Suit, Hat and Purse
Located in Chicago, IL
An early 1940s fashion study featuring a woman wearing a hat, suit and purse. Provenance: Cornelia Steckl-Jurin, Founder of the Fashion Department at the School of the Art Institu...
Category
1940s Art Deco Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil
$280 Sale Price
42% Off
View of Tallinn, Estonia - Figurative Landscape Panoramic Charcoal Drawing
Located in Soquel, CA
A sweeping view of Tallinn, Estonia by an unknown artist (20th Century). This detailed charcoal landscape drawing shows a panorama of the beautiful coastal city on the Baltic Sea, complete with small figures walking on a pier, boats in the harbor, and the iconic Alexander Nevsky...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal, Pastel
$540 Sale Price
20% Off
Lake landscape - Aquatint 20x28 cm
Located in Geneva, CH
Aquatint from the beginning of the 19's century
Illegible signature
gold frame with glass, total size with frame: 38x48x3 cm
Category
Early 19th Century Realist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Aquatint
$288 Sale Price
56% Off
Keith Stuart Baynes (1887-1977) - 1966 Watercolour, The Tagus from Cacilhas
Located in Corsham, GB
This vibrant watercolour painting depicts a bustling harbour scene looking out to the River Tagus from Cacilhas in Portugal, with numerous boats of various sizes dotting a colourful ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Gouache Fashion Sketch - Paris Street Fashion
Located in Houston, TX
French gouache fashion sketch of a casual day outfit, circa 1980.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of ...
Category
1970s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Ellen Edwards - 19th Century Watercolour, Peacocks in the Walled Garden
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful watercolour scene depicting a woman picking flowers in a walled garden with peacocks in the foreground. Signed to the lower right. Presented in a gilt frame and wash lin...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$296 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure - Original Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original Drawing in watercolor on creamy-colored paper realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid 20th century.
Good conditions.
The artwork is represented posing nude...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Woman - Drawing - Late-19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a drawing realized in the Late-19th Century.
Red pencil on ivory-colored paper.
Good conditions with slight foxing.
The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Color Pencil
Delicate Vintage Winter Watercolor Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
Delicate Vintage Winter Watercolor Landscape
Simple and beautifully rendered landscape depicting a field with trees in the wintertime. A few evergreens are visible while the rest o...
Category
1980s Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
The Dancer - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
The Dancer is a drawing realized by an anonymous in the mid-20th century.
Charcoal drawing on paper.
Written on the lower "EN DEUXIEME"
Good conditions.
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal
G.F. Parnell - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Near Point of Ayr
Located in Corsham, GB
Very well presented in a washline mount and gilt effect frame. Inscribed with the location to the lower left and signed to the lower right. On watercolour paper.
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman Silhouette - Original Pencil Drawing - 1900s
Located in Roma, IT
Woman Silhouette is an original modern artwork realized in the 20th Century.
Original drawing in pencil on paper.
Excellent conditions.
Woman Sil...
Category
Early 1900s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Two Adorable Chinese Watercolors, Signed
Dated 1992
Located in New York, NY
Two Watercolors of a Bird and Panda
Watercolor on paper
4 7/8 x 7 in.
11 x 14 in.
Signed, dated, and stamped with artist insignia
Category
1990s Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
French School 19th Century, Portrait of a young man, drawing signed
Located in Paris, FR
French School 19 th Century
Portrait of a young man
Signed (signature not deciphered) on the lower right
Pencil, black chalk and heightenings of white and red chalks on paper
Oval vi...
Category
1880s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Chalk, Acrylic Polymer, Pencil
Study for Scenograpy on Ancient Egypt - Drawing - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Study for Scenograpy on Ancient Egypt is an original Ink and Watercolor Drawing realized by an unknown artist in the early-20th century.
Very good condition on a yellowed paper.
No...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
19th Century Pastel - Portrait of Lizzie Ornsby
Located in Corsham, GB
A delicate portrait depicting Lizzie Ornsby, daughter of Captain Dalgairns. The artist depicts her in the grounds of a grand house. She leans on a stone pillar as she sketches a flow...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
French Watercolor Seascape - Sunset Harbor
Located in Houston, TX
Spectacular watercolor seascape of boats in a old world harbor under a dusk colored sky, circa 1860.
Original artwork on paper displayed on a whit...
Category
1860s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$1,160 Sale Price
20% Off
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