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Period: 1940s
Original Illustration Map of Syria
Lebanon, Charles Burki, 1947 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration Map of Syria and Lebanon by Charles Burki, 1947 – Ink Drawing
Original 1947 pen-and-ink illustration of “Syrie en de Libanon” (Syria and Lebanon) by Dutch arti...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Set of Four Midcentury Fashion Illustrations in the Style of Vogue, c. 1940s–50s
By René Gruau
Located in Morristown, NJ
A glamorous set of four original midcentury fashion illustrations, exquisitely rendered in ink, watercolor, wash, and gouache on board. Likely intended for editorial or haute couture...
Category
French Hollywood Regency Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Original 1948 Map of Canada by Charles Burki – Art Deco Mountie Illustration
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original 1948 Map of Canada by Charles Burki – Mounted Police Illustration and Art Deco Design
This original 1948 pen-and-ink map of Canada by Charles Burki (1909–1994) maste...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Study for Icarus, " Drawing by Emlen Etting, 1940s
By Emlen Etting
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Emlen Etting returned again and again to the theme of Icarus Falling, in part because it gave him an opportunity to depict the nude male in motion. This large drawing served as a stu...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Original Illustration Map of Hawaii by Charles Burki, ca. 1948 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration Map of Hawaii by Charles Burki, ca. 1945 – Ink Drawing
Original pen-and-ink illustration of the Hawaï-Eilanden (Hawaiian Islands) by Dutch artist Charles Burki...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Illustration Map of Alaska by Charles Burki, ca. 1945 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration Map of Alaska by Charles Burki, ca. 1945 – Ink Drawing
Original pen-and-ink illustration of Alaska by Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909–1994), executed around 1...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original Illustration Map of South Africa by Charles Burki, c.1945 – Ink Drawing
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Illustration Map of South Africa by Charles Burki, ca. 1945 – Ink Drawing
Description:
Original pen-and-ink illustration of Zuid-Afrika (South Africa) by Dutch artist Charl...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
By Jean Cocteau
Located in London, GB
A lithograph by Jean Cocteau (1889-1963)
La Mediteranee, 1948
Printed by Jean Brunissen
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
"Nude Male with Hand to Chest, " Drawing by Raoul du Bois
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerful and eloquent, this drawing by Raoul Pene du Bois showcases his mastery of the human figure, expressed with his usual Mannerist approach -- all elongated limbs and stylized p...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Ink Drawings of Veiled Women by Charles Burki, 1948 – Orientalist Illustrations
Located in Langweer, NL
Original Ink Drawings of Veiled Women by Charles Burki, 1948 – Orientalist Illustrations
Two original pen-and-ink drawings by Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909–1994), both signed and...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Nudes Among the Ruins, " Vivid Mural Study with Male Nudes by Allyn Cox
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This sun-drenched scene, drawn with a vivid palette of bright Mediterranean blues and chalk whites, shows a pattern of gridding by the artist, indicating that this drawing served as ...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Earl MacPherson Pastel Painting of a Pin-Up Girl with Balloons, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Offered here for your consideration is a vintage original Earl MacPherson pastel painting of a pin-up girl.
Depicting a blond, smiling, nude pin-up girl dressed only with two larg...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Seated Male Nude, " Superb Drawing by Allyn Cox, US Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This handsome drawing of a seated male nude, executed in pastel, demonstrates Allyn Cox's superb draftsmanship and mastery of color. Depicting his subject from behind, as he leans to his left, is reminiscent of the work of the great masters from the Renaissance, the 18th century and 19th century. Cox spent 20 years painting and restoring murals at the US Capitol...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Framed Mexican Watercolor on Paper Attributed to Rufino Tamayo
Located in Atlanta, GA
A framed watercolor and gouache on paper depicting sliced watermelon on a color block background, signed Tamayo and dated 1945 as shown. The work was in keeping with the style of Rufino Tamayo and it retains a paper label from Salon de la Plastica Mexicana, listing the detail info. SPM was formed in 1949 to promote contemporary Mexican artists...
Category
Mexican Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Harry Rosin Nude Pastel, c. 1948
Located in Ross, CA
Reclining female nude pastel, an artist rendering likely part of the pre-sculpture process made and signed 1948 by Harry Rosin.
Harry Rosin (1897-1973) was an American sculptor from...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Crayon
Millard Sheets Signed Original Drawing Wartime Boats in Stormy Seas Harbor, 1942
By Millard Sheets
Located in Studio City, CA
Wonderful and darkly intriguing original artwork by renowned American Modernist artist and California artist benefactor Millard Sheets (1907-1989) featuring wartime boats caught in stormy seas. Very evocative and certainly quite relevant to the time it was created taken in the context of the war.
The work is hand pencil signed and dated (1942) by Sheets on the mat just below the artwork.
Provenance: Property from the estate of Millard Sheets.
Would be a great addition to any collectors of his work or Mid-Century Modern artist or an eye-catching stand-alone accent artwork in about any setting.
Sheets many awards include:
Watson F. Blair Purchase Prize, Chicago Art Institute (1938)
Philadelphia Watercolor Club Prize (1939)
Dana Watercolor Medal, Pennsylvania Academy of fine Arts (1943)
Drawing Prize, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1946)
Gold Brush Award, Artists Guild of Chicago, Award of the Year (1951)
Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana (1964)
His works can be found in numerous permanent collections, public settings, and international museums including:
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Scripps College, CA
The White House (Washington, DC)
The San Diego Museum
The Los Angeles Public Library...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Apollo, Hyacinthus and Cyparissus, " Exceptional Art Deco Drawing by Goor, 1947
By Gaston Goor
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Superbly conceived and executed by Gaston Goor in the late 1940s, when he was at the height of his powers, this drawing brings together three male figures -- all beautifully depicted...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$6,800 Sale Price
20% Off
"Six Scenes with Male Nudes, " Drawings from Morocco by Jacques Azéma, 1946
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A remarkable ensemble of drawings dating to 1946, on one sheet of paper, each scene depicting one or more male nude figures, this work displays the stylization and mannerism that is suggestive of Le Corbusier and his contemporaries. The artist was Jacques Azéma...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$6,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Half Nude Man at Rest, " Important Drawing of Black Worker by De Erdelyi
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A Fine and important depiction of an African American worker, one of the artist's favorite subjects, this drawing by Francis De Erdelyi gives a hint of his important influence on a g...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Charcoal, Paper
Andre Derain "Reclining Nude" Red Chalk Drawing
By André Derain
Located in Sharon, CT
Sight size 13 x 201/2", Drawn with red conte crayon on paper. Signed lower right. Label on verso. Framed and glazed 18 x 24".
Category
French Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Drawing for General Electric/Jeep, possibly by Rockwell Kent
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original drawing was created for an advertisement by General Electric for its portable power generators, here shown powering a saw wielded by two lumberjacks. Attributed to Roc...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
"Abstraction" India Ink on Paper by Nell Blaine, USA, 1948
By Nell Blaine
Located in New York, NY
During her first years in New York Blaine's work, which had previously been tightly realist, turned abstract, inspired by Mondrian, Leger and Jean Helion. At one time she was the you...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Rare Pen Drawing by Giovanni Gariboldi for Paolo Buffa, Italy, 1940s
Located in Milan, IT
Rare pen drawing by Giovanni Gariboldi for Paolo Buffa.
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original 1947 Map of South Africa by C. Burki – Jan van Riebeeck
Cape Colony
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original 1947 Map of South Africa by Charles Burki – Jan van Riebeeck & Cape Colony
This striking 1947 pen-and-ink map of South Africa by Charles Burki (1909–1994) exemplifie...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Original 1947 Map of Brazil by Charles Burki – Dutch Colonial Graphic Design
Located in Langweer, NL
Original 1947 Map of Brazil by Charles Burki – Dutch Colonial Graphic Design
This original 1947 pen-and-ink map of Brazil by Charles Burki (1909–1994) exemplifies the artist’s preci...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Ephemeral Beauty: Brassaï
s Rare Nude Pencil Drawing, 1944
By Brassaï
Located in Barcelona, Barcelona
Immerse yourself in the timeless allure of Brassaï's masterful artistry with this exceptionally rare nude pencil drawing, delicately crafted in 1944 Paris. A captivating portrayal of...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$8,159 Sale Price
20% Off
1949 Nautical Project of the Northele Sailing Boat by Berthon Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Project coming from the archives of Uffa Fox and never entered the commercial circuit depicting Northele, a sloop 14 m long, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 accordi...
Category
British Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"at the Swimming POOL, " Ghostly Male Nudes, Art Deco Drawing, Late 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Lovely and atmospheric, this drawing of a series of male nude figures at the swimming pool -- one diving, one readying to dive, others at the mirr...
Category
German Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Crayon
Original 1948 Map of Uruguay by Charles Burki – Art Deco Design
Located in Langweer, NL
Title: Original 1948 Map of Uruguay by Charles Burki – Art Deco Design for Liebig Extract
This original 1948 pen-and-ink map of Uruguay by Charles Burki (1909–1994) showcases his re...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Early Rural Scene by Charles Burki, 1940 – Dutch Farm Life Realist Gouache
Located in Langweer, NL
Early Rural Scene by Charles Burki, 1940 – Dutch Farm Life Realist Gouache
This painting, signed and dated Charles Burki – 1940, is an exceptional early work by the Dutch-Indonesian...
Category
Dutch Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Art Deco Drawing Representing Nude Woman by Van Doren
Raymond
Belgium 1941
Located in Auribeau sur Siagne, FR
This drawing is representing a nude woman. The frame is in a brown color, and the drawing is done on a white support.
It has made circa 1940. Art Deco Period.
by VAN DOREN (Raymond...
Category
Belgian Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
$623 Sale Price
20% Off
Original Fashion Drawing, Pat Kerr, 1946
By Pat Kerr
Located in St Annes, Lancashire
Wonderful ink and wash by Pat Kerr, 1946. So evocative of the 1940s.
On card. Unsigned.
Presented in an antique water gilded frame
Drawn for A
C Kay, New Bond St. Lond...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Aaron Sopher Scribble Drawing Man 1940s New Yorker Wash Watercolor Ink Pen Art
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Aaron Sopher, Ink Wash, Untitled, (Subject is a Man in stride.) Exact date unknown. Fading to matte, denting and chipping to older wood picture frame. Will ship as you see it in th...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Aaron Sopher Original Art of Woman New Yorker 1940s Wash Watercolor Ink Drawing
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Aaron Sopher, Ink Wash, Untitled, (Subject is a Woman in headress.) Exact date unknown. Chipping and denting to old frame. Will ship as you see it in this frame.
Frame W 12.5 x H ...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
"Male Nude with Sculptural Fragment, " Important Depiction of Fred McDarrah
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This drawing is a highly important and rare window into a relationship that impacted the larger world of Abstract Expressionism in New York just a few years after it was made in 1949...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Vintage Drawing Wall Art, Czechoslovakia
Located in Zohor, SK
Beautiful vintage wall art piece. A drawing of a boy waking up from his bed. The art piece is signed. Drawn on paper, framed under the glass with a black wooden frame. Some minor age...
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Czech Bohemian Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$386 Sale Price
65% Off
1949s Antique Northele Nautical Ship Project by Berthon Boats Uffa Fox archives
Located in Milan, IT
Northele is a sloop, length 14 m, made by Berthon Boats in Lymington Dorset in 1949 on shipyard project. Measures: 103.5 x 61.3 (H) cm, inches 40.74 x 24.13 (H).
Project coming from ...
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British Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Large Vintage Pencil Drawing, Signed by Russian Artist Tumakov,
49
Located in Pasadena, CA
A large vintage pencil drawing of 2 men poised in briefs. Signed by Russian artist Tumakov who studied at the Leningrad Institute. Almost certa...
Category
Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Warren McArthur Aircraft Seating Proposal Drawing, 1941
Located in Camden, ME
Warren McArthur rare original pencil proposal sketch (SK 1749) for an aircraft passenger seat for the Lockheed Corporation.
This proposal was accepted and the seat was manufactured...
Category
American Industrial Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$3,600 Sale Price
25% Off
Modernist Ink Drawing of a Sleeping Cat, 1943
Located in SOTTEVILLE-LÈS-ROUEN, FR
A delicate and intimate ink drawing capturing the serene grace of a sleeping cat, executed with a refined economy of line reminiscent of early 20th-century Belgian modernism. In the ...
Category
Belgian Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper
Vintage Framed Pen Drawn Cartoon by "Ole Olsen" from comedians "Olsen
Johnson"
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Vintage Framed Pen Drawn Cartoon by "Ole Olsen" from comedians "Olsen & Johnson". $
This original pen-drawn cartoon depicts a crowd in front of a man on a ...
Category
Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,160 Sale Price
40% Off
A Modernist Ink And Gouache Drawing By Vaclav Vytlacil, Ca
1945
Located in St.Petersburg, FL
A fantastic gouache and ink drawing on paper, mounted on board by Vaclav Vytlacil, ca' 1945. Highly reflective of the style of the period, with influences of African art and NY Abstr...
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American Mid-Century Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
20th Century Oil on Masonite Italian Landscape with Figures Painting, 1945
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1945. Work oil on masonite depicting a particular view with characters Celebration of Spring of excellent pictorial quality. Nice size framework of pleasant de...
Category
Italian Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Masonite
$5,279 Sale Price
20% Off
Etched Lithograph by Piranesi
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Beautiful etching of a Vatican sculpture by Italian artist Piranesi. Great addition to your architectural and classic inspired interiors.
Category
Italian Other Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Glass, Paper
Pencil Drawing of a Collie Dog on Paper and Framed in Wood Frame Signed - 1940
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
A framed drawing of a dog on paper. This piece depicts the bust of a Collie in brown pencil. The piece is on brown or yellow paper and framed in the original wood frame with glass. T...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Wood, Paper
$112 Sale Price
25% Off
Drawing of an Elephant and Calf, Ink and Wash on Paper by Jean Poulain, 1942
By Jean Poulain
Located in Ulm, DE
Jean Poulain (1884–1967) – Original Drawing of an Elephant and Calf, Signed and Dated 1942
A deeply touching and atmospheric original wildlife drawing by Belgian artist Jean Poulain...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper, Glass, Wood
20th Century Oil on Panel Italian Landscape Painting Sacra di San Michele, 1948
Located in Vicoforte, Piedmont
Italian painting dated 1948. Framework oil on panel depicting a view of the famous Sacra di San Michele (seen from Avigliana) of good pictorial quality. Small framework with frame in...
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Italian Vintage 1940s Drawings
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Wood
Chalet Suisse drawing
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Chalet Suisse drawing c 1940 little damage on the paper at right see photo
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Swiss Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$440 Sale Price
20% Off
"Adam and Eve, " Early Art Deco Drawing by Glidden Parker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A classic example of stylized Art Deco drawing with attenuated figures, this depiction of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden was created by Glidden Parker, who is most famous for his...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,320 Sale Price
20% Off
Master Drawing of Nude Male Figure, 1947
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly created by a master, this pencil drawing of a nude male figure is signed and dated 1947. The diffused lines and areas of rubbed pencil and erasure give this drawing a comple...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Pencil, Paper
Post War Tropical Nude Color Pencil Drawling Signed Schultz
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Post-WWII nude tropical color pencil drawing artwork Signed "Schultz" featuring a nude Hawaiian dancer in a skirt.
Category
Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$750 Sale Price
40% Off
French 1940s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1940s gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
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French Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
French 1940s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 1940s gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper, Gouache, Pencil
French 1940
s Gouache on Paper
Located in Los Angeles, CA
French 40's Gouache on paper. Custom framed with sandblasted oak frame with acid free paper and UV glass.
Category
French Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
Drawing, Continental School, Squirrels
Located in Kittery Point, ME
European red Squirrels
Inscribed indistinctly and dated 40 (lr)
Black and red chalk on paper.
Category
European Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$1,200 Sale Price
50% Off
"Portrait of Glidden Parker, " by Katherine Nelson, 1940s
By Katherine Nelson
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This portrait in pastel represents the confluence of two important artists: C. Katherine Nelson, painter and designer, and her onetime student, Glidden Parker, who became one of Ame...
Category
American Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Oil Pastel, Paper
"Under the Tree, " Striking Mid-Century Scene by Heitland for Liberty Magazine
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A striking and bold example of illustration art, this scene of a young man in a bathing suit conversing with an elegant woman in her car coat, was drawn by Wilmot Heitland for Libert...
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American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$2,360 Sale Price
20% Off
Monumental Axel Salto Budding Vase Watercolor Paper Vintage Mid-Century Danish
By Axel Salto
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Original artwork by the master. It is in as-found poor condition. It will be shipped in a tube without glass or framing. Pencil signed with information on backing paper, crayon numb...
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Danish Scandinavian Modern Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Paper
$9,600 Sale Price
36% Off
"Nude Shepherdess, " Art Deco Drawing in Style of Rockwell Kent, Sculpted Frame
By Phil Rhynders
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This dramatic scene depicts two figures: a half-nude woman with staff and wide-brimmed hat -- a modern, adult version of a shepherdess -- along with a reclining male figure. Both fig...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage 1940s Drawings
Cowboy and his horse Western Theme Pastel Drawing Signed WJ Madcher
42
By Wj Madcher
Located in Ferndale, MI
Western Theme Pastel Drawing Signed WJ Madcher '42
Category
American Sporting Art Vintage 1940s Drawings
Materials
Wood
