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Harper
s Bazaar Mid Century Fashion Illustration, Watercolor on Board
Located in Miami, FL
The present work, Harper's Bazaar Mid Century Fashion Illustration, was done on assignment, most likely for a major women's magazine, such as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, or Cosmopolitan ...
Category
1950s Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Polynesian Dance at Sunset Watercolor Mixed Media Artwork, 21.25x13"
Located in Miami, FL
A group of sexy Polynesian male and female dancers is depicted with expressive and sensual body gestures. The rhythmic fluidity of each dancer is transferred to their partners, unit...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Illustration Board, Pencil
Rhino Has a Swinging Weekend Cartoon Drawing, Signed, 15x11 Inches
Located in Miami, FL
One Rhino tells it straight to another Rhino. The result is written all over his face. The sexy cartoon was done for a Men's Magazine, most likely Playboy. The caption reads " I ...
Category
1980s Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Pencil
Public Indecency Patrol Vulgar Lewdness Sex in a Car - Francis Wilford Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Smilby depicts a night scene with a couple engaging in lewd sexual acts in their car. Although situated in a wooded area, it is still in public view. They are surprised by a highly ...
Category
1980s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil, Gouache, Watercolor, Paper
1950s Martini Cocktail Party Art Kitschy Music Drinking Dancing
Located in Miami, FL
Today's highly touted ultra-contemporary fine art market has crashed. Why? The artist's lack of talent, concepts, and basic technical skills was overrated and, in some cases, acutely...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Murder Behind a Blue Door Crime Scene Noir Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Murder behind a blue door is implied, as the viewer is shown only a crime scene-taped door and not inside. A bad relationship or a marital spat can lead to an unexpected outcome in...
Category
1990s Outsider Art Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pen
Kitsch Queen of Clubs Playing Card Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Kitsch illustration of Queen of Clubs Playing Card by Female Illustrator Louise Alston.
It's so bad it's good.
Signed lower right: Louise Alston
Framed Dimensions 25.5 X 18.5 Inches ...
Category
1950s Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Temptation at Tree of Life with Spaceships of Cyclop Aliens to Garden of Eden
By Frantz Zephirin
Located in Miami, FL
A Haitian Artist's surrealist and fantastic interpretation of the Temptation at the Tree of Life. Frantz Zephirin depicts Adam & Eve, tempted by serpents to disobey God's command abo...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Gahan Wilson Cocktail Party Surprise - Conceptual Artist
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was a Conceptual Artist before he was a Cartoonist. Before laying pen to paper, Wilson had to conceive a big idea. It was his idea, not the actual drawing, that was the...
Category
1990s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Barber Paints Man
s Bald Head - "The Usual, Sir? Yes, Please."
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was a Conceptual Artist before he was a Cartoonist. Before laying pen to paper, Wilson had to conceive a big idea. It was his idea, not the actual drawing, that was the...
Category
1990s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Gouache
Art Deco Automobile Exhibition- Classic Cars
Located in Miami, FL
Legendary Life Magazine Art Director and Illustrator Charles Tudor depicts a vibrant 1930s Automobile Exhibition.
In the background, four onlookers are shown studying a vehicle. At ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil, Graphite
Psychedelic Two Eyes with Groovy Plant
Flowers
Located in Miami, FL
James Spanfeller (20th century) mixed media on board drawing.
This artwork appeared on page 68 of the August 1970 issue of Playboy Magazine, illustrating the fiction story by Mary Mc...
Category
1970s Conceptual Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Vanity Fair Illustration High Brow Types with Relationship Issues
Located in Miami, FL
Hight brow couple having relationship issues rendered in a black and white stylized Art Deco fashion.
In pencil the caption reads "Are you willing to divorce your wife the minute sh...
Category
1820s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Graphite
Dreams of Gauguin
Located in Miami, FL
Dream of Gauguin
Initialed in the lower right corner: Z; faintly titled and inscribed "tropical" in pencil in the blank portion of the board at right; estate stamped verso
Board size...
Category
1970s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
Threesome Swingers Cocktail Party 1970s Playboy Cartoon
By Dink Siegel
Located in Miami, FL
1970s Threesome Swingers Cocktail Party by Dink Siegel. If anyone has ever put pen to paper and tried to draw a face or a figure with any level of success, then you know how hard it...
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Illustration Board
The Rolling Stones Red "Hot Lips" Logo
By John Pasche
Located in Miami, FL
The infamous Rolling Stones tongue and lips are featured in this later unique hand-painted version by the artist based on his iconic 1970s design. In 1970, at the age of 25, John Pas...
Category
1990s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Acrylic, Pencil
Classic Car Lincoln Nash Illustration - Automobilia Timeless Aesthetic
By Benjamin Stahl
Located in Miami, FL
Automobilia - This advertising illustration captures the timeless Art Deco aesthetic while highlighting the historical significance of the Lincoln Nash. The luxury automobile was man...
Category
1930s Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache
Fauvist Colors Gorgeous 1970s Sophisticated Fashion Model
Located in Miami, FL
Mario Armond Zamparelli was Howard Hughes corporate designer/artist. The present portrait conveys are sense of high style, cultured elegance and sophistication. Although she was pain...
Category
1970s Fauvist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board, Color Pencil
Fantasy from the Cinema
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Miami, FL
Famed poster and stage scenery artist Walter Schnackenberg shifts gear and paints a nightmarish vision from his imagination.
The exagerated expressions and macabre quality of the sce...
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Mid Century Cars Dealerships of the Future - Automotive
Located in Miami, FL
Large-scale, Mid-Century Illustration that imagines the Car Dealerships of the Future, possibly for the New York World's Fair, 1964-1965 fair, with the theme "Peace Through Underst...
Category
1960s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Illustration Board
Heavy Hauler - Mid-Century Illustration - Children
s Books
By Art Seiden
Located in Miami, FL
Art Seiden was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1923. He received a BA at Queens College and studied for eight years (!) at the Art Students League. Mario Cooper was among his instructors. Up...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Illustration Board
Singer Actress Eva Tanguqy - Mexican Artist, Mexican Writer
Located in Miami, FL
Eva Tanguqy-A Strange Request, New York Evening World newspaper
India ink and blue pencil on heavyweight paper
16-1/2 x 10-1/2 inches (41.9 x 26.7 cm) (each, image)
Signed lower righ...
Category
1910s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, India Ink, Color Pencil
Gahan Wilson
s Grotesque Monsters, Demons Eating Human Flesh
Located in Miami, FL
Cover Illustration for "Now We Are Sick: An Anthology of Nasty Verse" edited by Neil Gaiman and Stephen Jones
pen, ink and watercolor on paper
signed lower left.
Unframed.
Image siz...
Category
1990s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Art Deco Swimmer - Summer Fun - Female Illustrator
By Robin Artine Smith
Located in Miami, FL
Mid-West Female Illustrator Robin Artine Smith depicts a female swimmer running from the beach into the water. The poster-like graphic image captures a peak moment of pure fun and j...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
Eskimo Fairy Tales Fantasy
Located in Miami, FL
A young Eskimo child is depicted at the precise moment before he/she launches an arrow to the sun. According to Eskimo lore, the concept has deep symbolic meaning. To the viewer, t...
Category
1960s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera, Watercolor, Cardboard, Pencil
Escaping Eerie Monsters on the Roof at Night - Macabre Fantasy
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Miami, FL
Renowned artist Walter Schnackenberg departs from this jovial poster art to paint an eerie nocturnal scene depicting a female subject running for her life from macabre roof monsters....
Category
1950s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Civil Rights, Anti Racism Portrait of Black Politician Julian Bond
Located in Miami, FL
It's 1970 in America, and the vanguard thinking from the editors of Playboy magazine propelled them to do a cutting-edge feature on a new breed of politician. Enter Julian Bond - a y...
Category
1970s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pencil
Black Men Muscular Bodies - Gay Interest
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco/Cubist rendition of two Black Men with Muscular Bodies in an artistically formal pose with shovels and pitchforks. The work is executed in an Art Deco/Cubist style. Titled ...
Category
1930s Art Deco Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Handmade Paper
Scary Nightmare Monsters Emerge from the Mountains
By Walter Schnackenberg
Located in Miami, FL
Famed poster and stage scenery artist Walter Schnackenberg shifts gear and paints a nightmarish vision from his imagination. In the present work, we witness scary monsters emerge fro...
Category
1940s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Chef Basting Chicken with Madeline Watching
By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962
Located in Miami, FL
This large Bemelans features a small image of Madeline in the smoke behind the chef's face. It was most likely preliminary work for an illustration with Madeline and the Chef that a...
Category
1950s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
Charles de Gaulle Boxing Match Political Cartoon - Cuban Artist
Located in Miami, FL
The present work features Charles de Gaulle in a boxing match in a political cartoon, facing an unidentified opponent with Spanish-language thought balloons.
Untitled
signed and dat...
Category
1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Color Pencil
Circus girl reclining
By Walt Kuhn
Located in Miami, FL
Signed and dated center right, Seam down center where two sheets attached is original. Some slight surface smudging outside figure area .
Category
1920s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Carbon Pencil, Magazine Paper
Art Deco Vogue Magazine Illustration
By Edouard Garcia Benito
Located in Miami, FL
Art Deco "Mademoiselle X" story illustration
for Vogue February 1, 1934, watercolor and ink, reverse signed in pencil "Benito for Madame X," pencil inscription "Feb.1, 1934 / Page 51 / 316," accompanied by corresponding issue of Vogue magazine...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Paper
Arabian nights The Thousand and One Nights Donkey Scheherazade, Islam
By Gustaf Tenggren
Located in Miami, FL
This is a masterfully rendered and brilliantly designed scene from the Arabian Nights. Page 33 from Random House. We are not sure if this is by Gustaf Tenggren. However, there are su...
Category
1950s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
Classic Cars, Streamlined Coupe Art Deco Vintage Car Automobilia
Located in Miami, FL
Automobile and industrial designer George Hildebrand creates a conceptual illustration of a streamlined coupé design that epitomizes the Art Deco style of the 1930s, with aerodynamic...
Category
1930s Art Deco Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Sexy Nude Woman Masturbating - From the Female Gaze
Located in Miami, FL
In 1976, Playboy Magazine hired a woman illustrator to artfully depict a young, attractive female masturbating. This could be a first: a major newsstand magazine and a magazine most...
Category
1970s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pastel
My Little Secret - Conceptual Art
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson is a conceptual artist before he is a cartoonist, but this concept is invisible to most in the art world.
"I Think it's Time I Told You My Little Secret!"
pen, ink, and ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Attacking Eagle with Talons Ready to Strike Prey in Blue Tone -Japanese-American
Located in Miami, FL
Japanese-American Artist George Suyeoka paints an attacking eagle with talons outstretched, poised to kill its prey. With an overall blue hue, the artw...
Category
1960s American Impressionist Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Mixed Media, Rag Paper, Illustration Board
Art Deco 1940s High Fashion Illustration Woman with Fan and Screen
Located in Miami, FL
French female illustrator Geneviève Thomas renders a highly stylized fashion illustration set against a seamless red background, The model is wearin...
Category
1940s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Gouache, Paper
The Worlds Most Miserable Man Gets Bad News
Located in Miami, FL
The world’s most miserable man is served up bad news. Depressed and down on his luck, he receives news of only a brief respite to crawl out of his inky black abyss of misery. The ca...
Category
2010s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Cat Nap - Study for "Anticipation"
By Will Barnet
Located in Miami, FL
Cat Nap on the steps captured by realist painter Will Barnet. This is more than just a preliminary study; it's polished and precise, which allows it to stand on its own. In person, i...
Category
1980s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Pencil
Art Deco Cherry Dancer
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Dancer
Marcel Vertes
French, 1895-1961
Beautiful girl juggling cherries is a beautiful and charming idea that is deftly rendered in a quick and loose style.
Work is round
De...
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Board
Sexy Woman in Dog Leash and Collar: S&M - BDSM - before Helmut Newton
Located in Miami, FL
The painting that influenced some of Helmut Newton's most iconic work?
This S&M/BDSM image may not look shocking today in 2025, but in 1974, it broke new ground and was radically un...
Category
1970s Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Watercolor, Board, Pencil
"We
ll Take This One" Gymnastic Lovers
By Dink Siegel
Located in Miami, FL
Dink Siegel is first a conceptual artist and then a cartoonist.
In the present work, Siegel depicts the interior of a bed store. He captures an exuberant moment that features an att...
Category
1960s American Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Mixed Media, Gouache, Illustration Board
"Oh if brother would only let me have the key."
Located in Miami, FL
Signed "Violet Moore Higgins" in right-center image. Taped to board and matted.
Story illustration for unknown publication.
Though unconfirmed, it is possible this illustration was produced for The Little Lame Prince by Miss Mulock (Dinah Maria Mulock Craik) (Chicago: Albert Whitman Co., 1927, chapter VII).
Violet Moore Higgins, born Violet Idelle Moore, attended the Art Institute of Chicago in the early 1900s, and then settled in New York as an illustrator for children's books and magazines. She has illustrated books like 'Pinocchio', 'Heidi', 'Hans Brinker' and 'The Three Bears'. In the 1910s she made 'Picture Puzzle...
Category
1920s Victorian Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Paper
Art Deco Flapper Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Original Vintage 1920's Ink and Watercolor Fashion Illustration by listed New England artist Harriette (Nutting) Cooper (1901 - 2002).
The illustration depicts a lovely young flappe...
Category
1920s Art Deco Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor, Pencil, Cardboard
Tiger, Lion, Panther, Wolf, Bear, Cat Predator Silhouette Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Pioneering Woman Illustrator Margery Stocking Hart draws a pen-and-ink story depicting a round table of predators encircling a vulnerable bunny rabbit. ...
Category
1920s American Modern Animal Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Pen, Paper
Cherry Dancer
By Marcel Vertès
Located in Miami, FL
Cherry Dancer
Marcel Vertes
French, 1895-1961
Beautiful girl juggling cherries
Work is round but is shown in a square frame and some of the artworks edge is exposed
Description: ...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Black Power Pendant - Civil Rights Movement - African American
Located in Miami, FL
For those who remember the late 1960s, viewing this painting is as much a work of art as it is a historical document of a transitional moment in American History. At the time, a Bla...
Category
1960s Contemporary Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Pencil
Siam Royal in Candle Headdress - Classic Hollywood Cecil B. DeMille
Located in Miami, FL
The present work is a character concept sketch by Natacha Rambova for Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 movie, "Fool's Paradise." The wildly outrageous design features lit candles on the fron...
Category
1920s Art Nouveau Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Gouache, Pencil
"Still, You Gotta Admit Crime is Down" - New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
Gahan Wilson was a Conceptual Artist who was also a Cartoonist.
The present work was considered as a cover for the New Yorker Magazine for the Jan, 9, 1998 issue. It made it up to th...
Category
1990s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor
House Arrest - Conceptual Art for The New Yorker
Located in Miami, FL
Conceptual Artist Gahan Wilson is also a cartoonist. He is a master at telling a story in one picture. Thirdly, he delights the viewer's eyes with his instantly recognizable drawing ...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
Macabre New Years Eve
Located in Miami, FL
Along with Charles Addams, Gahan Wilson is one of the most important cartoonists who deal with the Macabre. Along with his famous counterpart, he should be regarded as a conceptual a...
Category
1990s Surrealist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Mixed Media, Watercolor, Pen
Man with Big Smile - New Yorker Cartoon
Located in Miami, FL
If a smile is an expression of momentary happiness, then the female in this cartoon appears driven to turn a moment into a more extended period of time. Leave it to Gahan Wilson to ...
Category
Early 2000s Outsider Art Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen
The Male Gaze: Literally. Playboy Cartoon
By Richard Taylor
Located in Miami, FL
We often hear about the "Female Gaze." It's how women view art and society from the female perspective. However, we rarely hear about the " Male Gaze" .
In this 1969 Playboy cartoon,...
Category
1960s American Realist Nude Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
Woman Daydreaming of her Prince Charming
By Nell Brinkley
Located in Miami, FL
Nell Brinkley was a pioneering woman illustrator for major national publications. She was famous for her "Brinkley Girl" and in the present work she exhibits a classic example. The m...
Category
1920s Romantic Portrait Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink, Pen
Mid-Century Cigarette Ad Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
Disney Legend Mary Blair was also a commercial illustrator for national brands such as Maxwell House Coffee and Beatrice Foods, and two complete national campaigns for Pall Mall cigarettes. The present work was part of her Pall Mall cigarette campaign "'So friendly to your taste!'". We are unsure whether this work was a reproduced, or was only used in a test market , or for a client comp. Nonetheless, as a piece of commercial work-for-hire art, it rises to the realm of fine art. Even though the look of the work has a quick, loose and playful feel to it, each element is carefully placed to strike a perfect balance. In this campaign, the artist created the background, and the art director stripped in the product label. The cigarette to the left is also a cut-out and pasted into position to achieve the ideal look. Commercial art is, in almost all cases, a collaborative effort between the Art Director, the Artist, Account People, and the Client, yet in this case, the Mary Blair signature flat graphic and colorful style is dominant and the packaging is secondary. We have to assume the client, American Tobacco Company's brand Pall Mall was trying to sell the sizzle and not the steak. Nothing in advertising is done by chance. This Pall Mall campaign was acutely tested, and apparently, the Mary Blair style was the brand identity that the ad agency chose over other submissions. Blair's warm personal feel fits perfectly with the tag line "'So friendly to your taste!'" and connects with the audience. In the 1950s - 1960s, Mary Blair was one of the few women artists to design and execute a major mainstream advertising campaign that was not solely women-oriented subject matter: babies, women's clothes, and household products. Cigarette ads had some of the most significant budgets and visibility. Typically, they were a full page back or inside cover and pervasive billboards. The ad agencies could have called any artist in the world, and they would have jumped at the opportunity for such a sought-after, lucrative
and prestigious job. In the commercial art field, Mary Blair was somewhat like Margaret Burke...
Category
1950s Feminist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board, Pencil
Hiawatha
s Honeymoon - Heroic Pose at Sunset
By Adelaide Hiebel
Located in Miami, FL
In a heroic standing pose on a cliff, set against the grandeur of nature, female illustrator Adelaide Hiebel depicts an idealized double portrait of Hiawatha and her husband, Minneha...
Category
1930s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Canvas, Pastel
Fool
s Paradise Movie Costume Sketch Cecil B. DeMille - Classic Hollywood
Located in Miami, FL
Natacha Rambova imaginatively conceives and sketches a costume for Cecil B. DeMille's 1921 movie Fool's Paradise: Paramount. Rendered in Gouache, watercolor, pencil, and metallic s...
Category
1920s Symbolist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Silver, Bronze
Project Boy Illustration by Female Illustrator of the Golden Age
Located in Miami, FL
Children's Book Illustrator Lois Lenski draws a complex figural narrative in a style that is reminiscent of how her subject would draw it. She deliberately uses black and white nai...
Category
1950s Minimalist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board, Pencil
