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Interior Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing, Spain, 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish Colonial Indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, Project for a home decoration. Cabinet maker archives stamp top Lef: 'J. Anguera. Ca...
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Spanish Spanish Colonial Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Other
Set of Three Original Automobile Illustrations - Charles Burki, c.1937 – Gouache
Located in Langweer, NL
Set of Three Original Automobile Illustrations by Charles Burki, ca. 1937 – Gouache on Board
A rare and beautifully preserved trio of original automotive illustrations by Dutch arti...
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Dutch Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Pencil Drawing of Athletic Male Figure, circa 1930
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Pencil Drawing of Athletic Male Figure
circa 1930
"pencil on paper"
"spotting on paper through out - add character"
"unframed - will look amazing once properly matted and framed"
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American Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Nude Study, " Rare and Important Drawing by John Grabach
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although this drawing depicts a male nude, the artist here is clearly focusing on the power of his arms, hands and legs in particular. John Grabach, best known for his cityscapes and...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Charcoal, Paper
"Standing Male Nude, " Study for Mural by Allyn Cox, U.S. Capitol Painter
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This strong and confident drawing of a standing male nude was made by Allyn Cox, probably for one of an array of murals he painted in the 1920s, 30s and 40s, starting with an series of paintings for the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library at UCLA in 1925. Son of Kenyon Cox...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Seated Man", Fine Drawing of Nude Male Figure by Woodruff, Vogue Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely drawn and quiet in mood, this lovely drawing by Porter Woodruff depicts a seated, nude male figure from the side, his arms crossed on his knees and his eyes looking into the d...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Gods in the Sky, " Tour de Force, High-Style Art Deco Ink Drawing with Nudes
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This virtuosic pen-and-ink drawing shows several gods cavorting with wild-maned horses in an Art Deco galaxy. All the figures are perfectly stylized as if parading across a classical...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
Early 20th century charcoal on paper, study of a bust
Located in Allentown, PA
This is an early 20th century Charcoal on paper study of a bust. This artist study has been beautifully executed in black charcoal on India paper. This artist study is of a classical...
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American Greco Roman Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Two Guns", Stunning Portrait of Blackfoot Chief by Winold Reiss, 1937
By Winold Reiss
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This stunning, Art Deco portrait of Two Guns White Calf, a chief of the Piegan Blackfeet tribe in Montana, exemplifies the stylized, bold drawings of Winold Reiss, who portrayed a se...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Selection of 1930s Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of 1930's Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes, hand drawn by Carl De Zeeuw, American, circa 1930's. The price noted below is for EACH dra...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Selection of 1930s Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Selection of 1930's Academic Study Drawings of Male Nudes, hand drawn by Carl De Zeeuw, American, circa 1930's. The price noted below is for EACH dra...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Progress of Civilization" Art Deco Masterpiece by Muralist Aiden Lassell Ripley
Located in Philadelphia, PA
In this remarkable drawing, famed muralist Lassell Ripley depicts primitive man, warming himself by the fire with little to wear, looking into the distance toward the bright, white Art Deco spires of modern civilization. The contrast of early mankind with the advances of 1930s America is inspiring and beautiful, and Ripley clearly draw this to prepare for a mural project, probably unexecuted. Ripley is best known for his sportsman paintings, highly collectible today, but early in his career he became known for his murals, including several depicting the life of Paul Revere for the post office in Lexington...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
French Drawing in Pen and Gouache by André Arbus, Paris, 1938
By André Arbus
Located in New York, NY
Gouache and pen work by André Arbus (1903-1969). Signed Andre Arbus.
Origin: Drawing of dining table by Andre Arbus for the apartment of Mme Pedersen, Paris, 1938.
Literature:...
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French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings
"Dance of the Three Nudes, " Art Deco-Mannerist Drawing w/ Male Figures, 1935
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn in rich, ruddy sanguine, and with a confident, bravura hand, this depiction of three nude males -- all exaggeratedly tall and elastic-limbed -- shows the figures engaging in a ...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Emilio Terry 1930s "Louis XVII Style" Bed
By Emilio Terry
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Terry -- architect, interior, and furniture designer -- was the inventor and sole-practitioner of what was drolly referred to as his “Louis XVII style...
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French Neoclassical Revival Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Seated Man, Two Positions", Drawing of Half-Nude Male Figure by Ulen, 1930s
By Paul Ulen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully and sensitively drawn by Paul Ulen, this single sheet includes two images of a half-nude male figure, seated and reclining, wearing loose worker pants and sporting a fashionable 1930s haircut. In each case, the figure's strong, muscular body is expressed in tones of light and shadow, confidently drawn in pencil. The gridded background suggests that the figures were studies for a larger wall mural, and indeed, a major mural-esque painting by Ulen, "Bricklayer at Rest," perhaps depicting the same model, is also available from Renaissance Man Antiques...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Contemplation, " Brilliantly-Hued Pastel Drawing of Standing Male Nude by Cox
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sensuous and vividly-hued, this pastel drawing of a standing male nude with his head resting against the wall was made by Allyn Cox, son of the famous muralist Kenyon Cox...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Standing Male Nude", Pencil Drawing by William Littlefield, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerfully expressed, with the angular stylization characteristic of Art Deco decorative art, this pencil drawing was executed in 1937 by William Littlefield. The artist was fascina...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"I Hear America Singing", Important Art Deco Drawing for White House Piano, 1938
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Filled with floating nude, mythological figures, highly stylized in the Art Deco manner, this study for the lid of the famous grand piano given by the Steinway Company to the White H...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Sleeping Nude, Arms Akimbo, " Masterful Drawing by Allyn Cox, Capitol Muralist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Confident and masterful, this drawing of a male nude leaning back into a chair, fast asleep, with his arms thrown in every direction, was made by Allyn Cox, probably as a study for one of his murals. Cox spent 20 years painting and restoring murals at the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. starting in 1952; among his accomplishments was painting the Frieze of American history and restoring the apotheosis of Washington in the Rotunda. He also designed murals for three first-floor corridors in the House wing, now called the Cox Corridors. Here he uses pencil on paper to demonstrate his mastery of the human figure. He was the son of Kenyon Cox...
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Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Leon Kroll Charcoal Study for Central Panel of Worcester Mural
By Leon Kroll 1
Located in Sharon, CT
Important Leon Kroll charcoal on prepared illustration board.
Unsigned but annotated verso in the artist's hand: 'Study of head for woman with children...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"American Indian Dance, " Art Deco Drawing by Jean Target, 1930s
By Jean Target
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Evidence of Western Europe's fascination with Native American culture, dress and way of life for over a century, this vivid drawing uses watercolor, gouache and crayon to capture a g...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
"Black Man Carrying Green Bananas", Art Deco Drawing, 1930s, in Blue
Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Executed in a brilliant palette of sky blue, jade green, ivory and chocolate brown, this striking drawing of a Black male figure carrying a pile of green bananas on his head was done...
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Central American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Three Dancers", Bold Drawing of Three Male Nude Figures, 1930s, English
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Bold and full of energy, this pen and ink drawing depicts three nude male figures, their arms upraised, caught in mid pose as they dance across the room. Although it is not signed, ...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Nude Pan Figure with Pipe, " Fabulous, Large Art Deco Mythological Drawing
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Artists in both America and Europe were fascinated with mythological scenes and ancient tales in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s, and increasingly gave their gods, goddesses and other figures a powerful physicality and sensuality. This drawing by the Belgian artist, Paul Daxhelet, is a stunning example. Here he depicts a nude male Pan figure...
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Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
"Arcadian Scene with Lute, Lyre
Guitar, " Detailed Art Deco Drawing by Ulreich
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn by one of the great muralists for Radio City Music Hall -- Eduard Buk Ulreich -- this beautifully detailed Art Deco scene shows a caped nude figure ...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
$1,280 Sale Price
20% Off
"Rear View, " Superb Ink Drawing by John K. Green, Circle of Benjamin Britten
By John Kenneth Green
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Finely detailed in ink on paper, this drawing of a nude male figure's back side was made by John Kenneth Green, a prolific and successful English artist who is best known for his portraits. Green came from Suffolk, England, and won a scholarship to study at the Slade School of Fine Art, after which he traveled and exhibited widely, including a trip to America in the early 1930s which led to an exhibition at Feragil Galleries in New York. He had a place in a circle of gay artists, and in 1943 painted a lovely portrait of one of England's foremost gay couples -- Benjamin Britten...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
$1,875 Sale Price
25% Off
"Picnic Apocryphal, " Sophisticated Art Deco Drawing by Benito, Vogue Pioneer
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This large and important drawing was made by Eduardo Benito, the pioneering artist who helped to establish the impossibly sophisticated images of modern...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Art Deco Portrait of a Young Woman, England, 1933
Located in London, GB
Art Deco portrait of a young woman. England, 1933.
Pencil and chalk drawing, well executed.
Initialled "C.P.S"
In vintage mount and frame.
In excellent vintage condition comm...
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English Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Wood, Paper
"Olympia", 1934 Moderne Theater Arch
l Rendering, Stile Littorio, Lakki, Greece
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A brilliant example of Stile Littorio or Italian Rationalist design promulgated by Mussolini in 1930s Italy, this original drawing by Armando Bernabiti depicts his proposal for a str...
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Italian Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Other
"Devil and Nude, " Large, Important Drawing by Harlem Renaissance Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
An extraordinary and rare drawing produced by one of the great artists associated with the Harlem Renaissance, this depiction of a devil figure whis...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
Thirties Female Portrait
Located in New York, NY
Thirties female portrait. Chalk drawing in original silver gilt carved frame “Muriel 1930 by Charles to Elizabeth" United States, 1930.
Dimensions in...
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American Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper, Wood
$1,600
"Mother Goose Nursery Rhymes, " Superb Art Deco Ink
Watercolor
By Maurice Greenberg
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly executed in watercolor and ink, this charming and lovely depiction of Mother Goose nursery rhyme characters -- including Humpty Dumpty, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe, The Three Little Pigs and Old King Cole -- was created by Maurice Greenberg...
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American Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Ink, Watercolor, Paper
"Nude Male and Draped Female, " Study for Painting by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Always a master draftsman, this lovely drawing by Dunbar Beck demonstrates his mastery of the human figure, with antecedents in Renaissance and Pre-Raphaelite paintings. The drapery ...
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American Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Pencil, Paper
"Nude with Totem Pole, " Rare Surrealist Drawing by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Best known for his WPA and World's Fair murals, this drawing is a rare example of Dunbar Beck's foray into Surrealism. His depiction of a nude male facing a Totem pole with one arm o...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Art Deco, Tiger, Early 20th Century, Charcoal and Gouache on Paper, Drawing
Located in Dresden, DE
P. E. Millet
(France, early 20th century)
TIGER
Executed 1937
Charcoal and gouache on paper, 64 x 93 cm
Signed and dated lower left: P. E. MILLET 37
Athletically well-trained, mus...
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European Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Władysław Zakrzewski, etching "Autumn by the River".
Located in Chorzów, PL
Władysław Zakrzewski - In the years 1922-1924 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Kraków under the supervision of Władysław Jarocki and Józef Pankiewicz, and in the years 1926-...
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Polish Other Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
$383 Sale Price
20% Off
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Bernard Boutet de Monvel, Framed Drawing Made Crossing Sarhara, France, c. 1922
Located in New York, NY
One of a series of drawings Bernard Boutet de Monvel made circa 1922 while participating in the Croisière Citroën, an expedition comprising scientists and artists who traversed the S...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Vintage Boho 1930s Pencil Sketch of Man
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
A fantastic vintage Boho pencil sketch. A stunning rendering of a nude male in a reclining pose. Beautiful matted and framed. Acquired from a Palm Beach collector.
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Bohemian Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Wood
New Objectivity Drawing (Head of Gothic Woman) by Beeldens
By Beeldens
Located in New York, NY
Neue Sachlichkeit drawing by Beeldens, unframed, pencil & charcoal on paper.
Neue Sachlichkeit (The New Objectivity). New objectivity painters infus...
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Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper, Pencil
$960 Sale Price
20% Off
New Objectivity
Drawing, Woman with Veil by Beeldens
By Beeldens
Located in New York, NY
Drawing by Beeldens, Belgium, circa 1935.
References: Modern and Contemporary Art, New Objectivity, Neue Sachlichkeit.
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Belgian Modern Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Pencil, Paper
Paul JOUVE (1878-1973), "The Camel Riders"
By Paul Jouve
Located in Paris, FR
Paul Jouve was a French illustrator and sculptor, passionate about animals from a young age, which he discovered at the Natural History Museum and in Parisian zoos. He is the most fa...
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French Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Nude Male Boxer", Ghostly Drawing by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard, 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Soft and ghostly, yet tangible and sensual, this exquisite drawing of a nude male boxer was made by Cecil de Blaquiere Howard in preparation for an important bronze sculpture (offere...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Drawing on Paper by Filippo De Pisis, Authenticated Pandolfini, 1930s
Located in taranto, IT
pencil on paper by filippo de pisis from 1931,
21 x 30 cm, authentic pandolfini with auction catalog
Very good condition, as shown in the photos, already framed
signed in penc...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Italian Medical Futurist Sketch of a Poster of a Campaing to Fight Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch for a Futurist poster, 1930s, "National Campaign against tuberculosis," made using a mixed technique of pastel and watercolor for the Italian National Campaign to fight tuberc...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Italy 1939s Sketch Futurist Poster "Day of Two Crosses" Against Tuberculosis
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch of the futurist poster "Day of two crosses, 16th April 1939, XVII", mixed technique of pastel and water-color, for an Italian campaign against tuberculosis, to inform people a...
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Italian Futurist Vintage 1930s Drawings
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"Archer and Standing Nude, " Early Art Deco Drawing by Donald De Lue
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Created early in De Lue's career, possibly when he worked in the New York studio of Bryant Baker, this handsome Art Deco drawing depicts a nude male figur...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
$1,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Reclining Male Nude", Important Drawing by Edward Wolfe, Duncan Grant
s Circle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important, beautifully rendered drawing of a reclining male nude figure was made by Edward Wolfe, who was born in South Africa but spent much of his career in Great Britain in the company of Duncan Grant and other celebrated gay artists. A year after arriving in England in 1916, Roger Fry invited Wolfe to join the Omega Workshops, where he painted and designed furniture with strong colors influenced by the Fauvist movement. Wolfe connected to Grant and the Bloomsbury Group...
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British Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
1930s Antique Project of the Ship Ortac Morgan Giles Shipyard Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project of the ship Ortac; launched in 1937 at the Morgan Giles shipyard, length 10.68m overall, width 3.39m, it has a mast rather tail-heavy and it won many races of RORC class. Mea...
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British Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Reproduction of the "Holy Virgin" by the engraver Flipart
Located in Palermo, IT
Reproduction of a Flipart engraving, "The Holy Virgin". He made reproductions from contemporary artists, often burdened by severe chiaroscuro.
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French Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
$527 Sale Price
20% Off
1934 Max Kuehne Drawing
Located in Dallas, TX
Max Kuehne (1880-1968) was born in Germany in 1880 and immigrated with his family to the United States in 1894. In 1907 he began his formal art training in New York City, studying wi...
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American Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paint, Paper
$4,200
Large Drawing of Water Tower at Fort Ethan Allen
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Large drawing of water tower at Fort Ethan Allen in a wood frame. Purchased from an East Hampton Estate. Brown stains on print.
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Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
Interior Bedroom Scene Original Watercolor, Ink and Gouache Drawing, Spain 1930s
Located in Barcelona, ES
Spanish classical bedroom indoor home scene. Original watercolor, ink and gouache drawing on vellum paper, Project for a home decoration. Cabinet maker archives stamp at the bottom p...
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Spanish Neoclassical Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Other
Italian Futurist Medical Sketch of a Campaign Against Tuberculosis 1930
Located in Milan, IT
Sketch for a poster against tuberculosis "Donate money for the poor sick ones with tuberculosis" made using a mixed technique of pastel and watercolor for the Italian National Campai...
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Italian Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
"Wrestlers, Runners, Warriors, Equestrian", Early Drawings, Paul Cadmus, 1930s
By Paul Cadmus
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Drawn during the time when Paul Cadmus produced some of his most famous -- and infamous -- paintings with satiric themes such as "Shore Leave" and "The Fleet's in," but presaging his lifelong interest in the male nude, this set of four scenes depict male figures in scenes that would be familiar to artists going back to Roman and Greek times. One scene depicts two nudes in a wrestling match, another shows several nude figures in a headlong run, a third shows two men in battle, and the fourth depicts a nude figure taming a rearing horse. No doubt inspired by Classical sculptures, this set of drawings captures the energy and dynamics of interacting male figures, but without the very fine detail that he would bring to his countless male nude drawings in the 1950s, 60s and later. The drawings are signed, and the reverse retains an owner's label indicating the drawing was in the collection of William Tregoning, a gallerist who amassed a large collection of male figural art...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
1930s Vintage Project of the Ship Ortac Morgan Giles shipyard Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project of the ship Ortac; launched in 1937 at the Morgan Giles shipyard, length 10.68m overall, width 3.39m, it has a mast rather tail-heavy and it won many races of RORC class. Mea...
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British Vintage 1930s Drawings
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Paper
