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Artist: Unknown
Embracing - Original Watercolor - 1950 ca.
Located in Roma, IT
Embracing is an original drawing in mixed media on ivory paper realized in 1940 ca. by an Anonymous artist of the XX century.
In very good conditions, except for some folding and sm...
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1950s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Portrait - Drawing - Mid 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is an original charcoal drawing on paper, realized by an anonymous artist in the Mid-20th Century.
Good conditions with some foxing.
The artwork is represented through de...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Charcoal
Japanese Shunga, Sitting Woman
Located in New Orleans, LA
A beautiful example of the Japanese art form known as shunga, this sensual work depicts woman exploring her sexuality. Hand-painted on paper with splashes of vivid gouache color, the...
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Early 20th Century Other Art Style Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paint, Paper, Gouache
Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of a Lady in Mourning
Located in Corsham, GB
A finely painted Victorian watercolour of a young lady in mourning, full length, seated in a chair. Beautifully presented in an elegant gilt-effect frame with rope-twist profile. Uns...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Mid-Century California Mission Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful mid-century watercolor landscape of a California mission with a tree in the foreground by an unknown artist (American, 20th century). Unsi...
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Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fisherman - Original Drawing - mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The fisherman is an original drawing in China Ink realized by an anonymous artist 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 Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Cottage in the Countryside - Drawing - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Cottage in the countryside is an original artwork realized by a French artist of the Mid-20th century.
Pencil and charcoal drawing on paper. Includes a green cardboard frame.
Good...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Pencil
Portrait - China and Watercolor on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Woman is an original drawing in china and water color on paper by an Anonymous Artist of the XX century.
Sheet dimension: 65 x 49 cm
The state of preservation is good.
...
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20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
$233 Sale Price
35% Off
Follower of Rosetti - 1874 Watercolour, The Loot
Located in Corsham, GB
This evocative watercolour and pencil work, inspired by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, depicts a soldier and maiden exploring a chest within an atmospheric, arched interior. The artist's us...
Category
Late 19th Century Abstract Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
WW1 1925 Original Artwork
Located in San Francisco, CA
Rare example of WW1 art signed and dated 1925. Image shows either a French or American soldier after having shot a German soldier.Signature is illegible.. Piec...
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1920s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media
Nice ink poster project from the 1930
s - Art Deco - Fashion - Furs
Located in PARIS, FR
Nice ink poster project from the 1930's. This beautiful art deco style poster project was created to promote furs.
Fashion - Art Deco
Category
1930s Art Deco Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper
Ken Symonds (1927-2010) - Framed 20th Century Pastel, Nude on Patterned Rug
Located in Corsham, GB
A soft and diffused nude study by the Newlyn School artist Ken Symonds. The scene depicts a female figure lying comfortable on a colourful rug. The pastel has been signed by Symonds ...
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20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pastel
Herbert Blande Sparks (1870-1916) - Early 20th Century Watercolour, Time For Tea
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a young Edwardian lady seated in garden. She holds a dainty teacup close to long cream coloured dress with a lace ruffled collar. Signed to the...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
The Nailsmith Houses, Late 19th Century Rattenberg Austria Historical Landscape
Located in Soquel, CA
The Nailsmith Houses, Late 19th Century Rattenberg Austria Historical Landscape
Exquisitely detailed 1888 watercolor of The Nailsmith Houses, a historical building in Rattenberg, A...
Category
1880s Realist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Illustration Board
$600 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Portrait Miniature - Watercolour, Lady in a Feathered Hat
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming miniature study of an elegant woman in a wide collared dress and a hat decorated with ostrich feathers. The artist captures the woman in fine watercolour detail with areas...
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19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$306 Sale Price
20% Off
c. 1900 German Watercolor of a Mountainside Trail
Located in New York, NY
Untitled (Mountainside Trail), c. 1900
Watercolor on paper
6 1/8 x 7 3/4 in.
Mat: 8 x 10 in.
Category
Early 1900s Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Profile of a Lady - Original Drawing - late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Profile of a Lady is an original drawing realized by Unknown Artist in the late 19th Century.
Beautiful pencil drawing on ivory-colored paper. Included passport (49 x 34 cm).
The a...
Category
Late 19th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
Mid 19th Century Watercolour - In the Cave
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour painting with gouache and gum arabic details, depicting a landscape scene with two figures and livestock in a cave. Well-presented in a washline card mount and...
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$301 Sale Price
20% Off
Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - Wild Primrose
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine Victorian watercolour of wild primroses, flourishing in a rocky English woodland. The artist has captured each flower with its deep yellow eye and large velvety leaves, buried...
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
Shah Jahan taking tea with a concubine. 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, 13 3/8 x 8 3/4 inches (340 x 222 mm). Toning, handling creases and minor sca...
Category
19th Century Rajput Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Gold
Lt Gen Archibald Ingles Lockhart (1810-1880) - Watercolour, Ruins of Quin Abbey
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming view of the Ruins of Quin Abbey in County Clare in the South West of Ireland.
Artist name inscribed to the mount. Label verso with provenance details: by family descent t...
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19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Pair of antique portraits women period clothes framed drawing red hats 19th
Located in Buffalo, NY
A pair of original red conte crayon drawings in their original frames featuring two young women in period clothing.
Category
1910s Art Deco Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Conté
$551 Sale Price
20% Off
Oreste Cortazzo (1836-1910) - French 19th Century Watercolour, A Garden Tryste
Located in Corsham, GB
An exquisite watercolour by the Italian-born French artist Oreste Cortazzo (1836-1910). The scene depicts a romantic farewell between two lovers. Signed lower right. Smartly mounted ...
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19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$528 Sale Price
20% Off
Rococo portrait Nude lady in Royal mantle Early 20th century Pastel drawing
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lady with a porcelain-delicate toasty face, enchants with playful and refined coquetry. The lively movability of the artist's stroke conveys with all tangibility the reflections and the play of light on the surface of the blue satin, and the airiness of the underwear. The professionalism of this work captures with its imagination, grace and harmony of colors. By an unidentified professional painter, vintage pastel drawing...
Category
Early 20th Century Realist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Wood, Paper, Pastel
Late 19th Century California Landscape Watercolor
Located in Soquel, CA
Beautiful late 19th-century watercolor landscape in the style of Elmer Wachtel (American, 1864-1929), by an unknown 19th-century artist. This small watercolor...
Category
1880s American Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
18th Century School, Courtyard of a palazzo, Architectural Capriccio, drawing
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century french School,
Courtyard of a ruined palazzo, An Architectural Capriccio,
Pen and black ink and black ink wash on paper
17 x 12 cm
In good condition
Framed : 32 x 26 c...
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1780s Old Masters Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Morning Glory and Poppy Floral - British art Old Master flower painting W/C
Located in Hagley, England
This charming Old Master circa 1800 water colour painting is of morning glory flowers and tendrils entwined with a poppy. The foliage has a metallic green tone and the white morning ...
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Early 1800s Old Masters Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$1,748 Sale Price
20% Off
Portrait of Madame - Original Pastel on Paper - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait of Madame is an original Modern Artwork realized in Italy in the 1930s.
Original pastel on paper.
Excellent conditions.
Soft drawing depicting an elegant female figure i...
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1960s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pastel
Framed Early 19th Century Watercolour - Portrait of John Harrington
Located in Corsham, GB
A striking watercolour portrait of young John Harrington in a fine black jacket with white linen shirt and regency brummel. The miniature study has been well presented in a period ov...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$299 Sale Price
20% Off
Horses - Pencil Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horses is a pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by unknown Artist of Mid-20th Century.
In very good conditions.
Not signed.
Illegible signature on the back of the dr...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
19th Century Watercolour - The Summer Party
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolor scene depicting figures in a summer field. Unsigned. Well presented in a gilt frame and wash line mount. On paper.
Category
19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$413 Sale Price
20% Off
W. Bolt - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Ships Off a Choppy Coastline
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine late 19th-century nautical watercolour. Ships off a choppy coastline. The buoy has been inscribed 'Shambles', and the watercolour has been heightened with white. Well presented ...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Follower of Paul Marny (1829-1914) - Watercolour, Boats at Saint. Etienne
Located in Corsham, GB
Fishing boats at Saint Etienne. Signed 'E. A. Hare' to the lower left and inscribed 'Paul Marny, Saint Etienne' to the lower right. Presented in a gilt fram...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - The Wounded Cavalier
Located in Corsham, GB
Watercolor portrait. Presented in a gilt-effect frame. Unsigned. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$252 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Bird
s Eye Maple Picture Frame
Located in Corsham, GB
A beautiful early 20th century bird's eye maple frame, complete with gilt slip and glazing. The frame has a wonderful lacquered finish with delightful burr details.Measurements for t...
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20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
19th Century French School, Studies of horses and small scenes, original drawing
Located in Paris, FR
19th Century French School,
Studies of horses and small scenes,
pencil on paper
14.5 x 21 cm
Framed : 25.5 x 32.7 cm
This study sheet, which brings together studies of horses and...
Category
1850s Romantic Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
"Cottage by the Sea" - Framed 19th-Century Antique Watercolor Seascape Painting
Located in New Orleans, LA
A lovely original watercolor of a cottage by the sea, showing a fisherman draping his nets over the porch rail to dry. I would guess this to be earl...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$396 Sale Price
20% Off
Clay Saunders (b.1971) - 20th Century Watercolour, Seated Nude
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a seated life model posing with a large red hat. Signed to the lower left. presented in a rustic gilt frame and doub...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$254 Sale Price
20% Off
Abstraction, Watercolor, Signature To Identify
Located in SAINT-OUEN-SUR-SEINE, FR
Abstract watercolor.
Signature to be identified.
Paper laminated to cardboard.
Good condition.
25 x 47.5 cm
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Joseph Henry Vignoles Fisher (1862-1945) - Framed Watercolour, On the Orwell
Located in Corsham, GB
A captivating watercolour by British artist Joseph Henry Vignoles Fisher (1862-1945), depicting several English Barges docked on the River Orwell. The artist has initial the composit...
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Early 20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Sydney F. Cook - Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour, Cargo Ships in Dock
Located in Corsham, GB
Sydney F. Cook- original watercolour. Signed and dated (1892) to the lower left. Smartly mounted in a gilt-effect frame. On paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$276 Sale Price
20% Off
Jeanne d
Arc - China Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 1940s
Located in Roma, IT
Jeanne d'Arc is a modern artwork realized in the 1940s ca by a French Artist.
Original China ink and Watercolors on paper.
Passepartout is included (dimensions: 38 x 0.1 x 30 cm)....
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1940s Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Framed Late 19th Century Watercolour - Italian Coastal Scene with Bell Tower
Located in Corsham, GB
Fine late 19th century watercolour. Italian coastal scene with fishing boats and white bell tower to the background. Smartly mounted in a gilt-effect frame. On watercolour paper.
Category
Late 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour - Estuary at Low Tide
Located in Corsham, GB
A fine coastal sketch showing boats on the sand of an estuary at low tide. Much of the artist's graphite workings can still be seen beneath the light washes of watercolour. The paint...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$251 Sale Price
20% Off
1894 Zephyr Pencil Drawing by Mystery French Artist
Located in New York, NY
Untitled, 1894
Graphite on paper
Sight: 13 1/2 x 17 in.
Framed: 20 x 24 x 1 in.
Signed and dated lower right, inscribed lower left
Category
1890s French School Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Florida Coast Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Florida Coast Landscape in Watercolor on Paper
Serene watercolor of coastal Florida by an unknown artist named Stow. Signed "Stow" in the lower left c...
Category
1980s American Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
$240 Sale Price
20% Off
Figure - Original Pen on Paper - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure is an original modern drawing in pen on paper realized by an Anonymous artist of the mid-20th Century.
Hand-signed on the lower right, illegible.
Good conditions, except for...
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Mid-20th Century Contemporary Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
19th Century Watercolour - Mother and Daughter
Located in Corsham, GB
A charming watercolour study depicting a mother seated in an armchair with her daughter to her side. The portrait is a wonderful example of the differing fashions between the generat...
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19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$398 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian School 18th Century Drawing - Red Chalk on Paper
Located in Stockholm, SE
An Italian red chalk drawing depiction on paper, probably 17th or 18th century, illustrating the dramatic scene of Polyphemus hurling a boulder at Acis and Galatea. Attributed to an...
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17th Century Italian School Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Paper, Chalk
Douglas Sutton - Framed Mid 20th Century Watercolour, Berry Pomeray Castle
Located in Corsham, GB
An attractive view of Berry Pomeray Castle, illustrated through a blustery opening in woodland trees. Well-presented in a large hardwood frame. Signed to the lower right and dated 57...
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20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$404 Sale Price
20% Off
Tuscan Landscape - Pencil Drawing i - 1930s
Located in Roma, IT
Tuscany Landscape is a beautiful pen and pencil drawing on cream-colored paper, realized in the 1930s by an Italian artist.
Good conditions with some foxing.
The artwork is realize...
Category
1930s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen, Pencil
French Impressionist Watercolor Landscape River Seine Bridge In The Rain Paris
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Title: "Cityscape in the Rain"
Artist: Maurice Mazeilie (French)
Medium: Watercolour on paper, unframed
Size: 5.5 x 7.5 inches (Height x Width)
Signed: No
Stamped Verso: Yes
Co...
Category
20th Century Abstract Impressionist Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Dancer - Original China Ink and Watercolor on Paper - 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Dancer is an original drawing in china ink and water color on paper, realized by Anonymous artist of the XX century.
The state of preservation of the artwork is good except some ut ...
Category
20th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Ink
Early 19th Century Watercolour - Little Girl with Orange Cat
Located in Corsham, GB
A truly charming early 19th-century watercolour study depicting a young girl reaching tenderly toward her sleeping cat, curled peacefully on a sunlit windowsill. Framed by traditiona...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
Porcelain Lamp - Original Watercolor and Ink drawing - 1880s
Located in Roma, IT
"Porcelain Lamp" is an original watercolor and ink drawing on ivory-colored paper realized in 1880ca. by Anonymous french Artist of 19th Century.
In very good conditions.
The artw...
Category
1880s Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink, Watercolor
Samuel Brough RSA - 1810 Watercolour, Rest Stop in the Highlands
Located in Corsham, GB
A delightful 19th-century landscape depicting figures resting on a path in the Scottish Highlands. The artist guides the viewer's eye over the dramatic mountaintops as dusk closes in...
Category
Early 19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Watercolor
$399 Sale Price
20% Off
Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo - China Ink - Mid-20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Chinese Calligraphy and Bamboo is a drawing realized in the mid-20th Century.
China Ink on paper.
Good conditions except for small cuts on the margins.
The artworks represent the ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Ink
Portrait of a Gentleman and his Two Dogs, 1853 British, Birdseye Maple Frame
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Unknown, British
Signed: A. Stuart (Lower, Left)
" Portrait of a Gentleman and his Two Dogs ", 1853
Watercolor, Gouache, and Pastel on Paper
8 1/2" x 6 3/4"
Housed in a 1 1/2" B...
Category
Mid-19th Century Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Charcoal, Watercolor, Gouache
Artemis with the Harp - Original Pen Drawing - Early 20th Century.
Located in Roma, IT
Artemis with the Harp is an original drawing in pen on paper applied on a brown paper Passepartout realized by an anonymous artist in the early 20th Century.
...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pen
$269 Sale Price
25% Off
Sketch - Drawing in Pencil - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is an original drawing in Pencil, on creamy-colored paper realized b in the early 20th Century.
Good conditions except for cutaways on the right margin.
The artwork is depic...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Unknown Drawings and Watercolor Paintings
Materials
Pencil
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