Continental US - Drawings

Modern abstract art signed color artwork on Paper Preowned vintage condition art. See images please 8 x 22 art 4 x 19.

This strong and compelling portrait of a young man with chiselled features was drawn by Leon Kroll, WPA muralist and accomplished painter who normally favoured female subjects. Kroll studied under John...

Original Watercolor & Ink Cartoon "Caution Goafer Holes and Falling Rocks Ahead" signed DB Donte, 1958 "in original condition and frame" "frame needs to be replaced" "will look ama...

River Scene, "Les Bords du Cher à Poitiers"
Signed bottom right and situated bottom left.
Edouard Henri Theophile Pingret (Saint Quentin 178...

Vintage dry point etching "Bison" by noted artist Józef Hecht, circa 1930s. The piece is hand signed and titled in pencil by the artist and numbered 18 of 40 in the lower left. The i...

The title of this original illustration by the artist George Venson is "Jumping Ship: An Illustration of the Way I See Things Right Now". It is a...

Charcoal and chalk portrait drawing on card by renowned Dutch painter Caspar Netscher (Heidelberg/Prague 1639-1684 The Hague) depicting a lady of means...

Pencil drawing, paper size 20" x 25 1/2", image size 16 3/4" x 21 3/4". Signed and dated lower left, annotated lower right. Unframed .Francisco Hernandez, (Spanish 1932).

18th Century Italian Old Master Drawings of Soldiers. These are fine, small illustrations done in brown ink with wash on paper that resemble Old Master figure studies, each depicting...

Beautiful etching of a Vatican sculpture by Italian artist Piranesi. Great addition to your architectural and classic inspired interiors.

White Bunny Drawing by Oleg Cassini for Playboy October 1979, Signed. Illustration of a woman wearing a white body suit, choker, and hat. Signed by Oleg Cassini. Notice the body suit is in the shape of the head of a bunny with clever use of the 'whiskers'. Approximate Measurements: Length: 11" Width: 14" Property from the Collection of Steven Rosengard, Chicago, Illinois This original drawing was commissioned by Playboy and included in the October 1979 issue of Playboy Magazine (pages 225-227) in a feature that included works from designers such as Bill Blass, Oleg Cassini, Edith Head, Fernando Sanchez, and Monika Tilley, among others, who create their versions of the Playboy bunny costume. Candace Collins can be seen modeling some of the designs in the feature. Oleg Cassini is an icon of twentieth-century fashion. Though born to Russian aristocracy and raised in Italy, he built a fashion empire that was unmistakably American. Cassini is perhaps best known for the hundreds of designs he created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy (see images 4-8), but his achievements as a collector, connoisseur, and quintessential twentieth-century man go far beyond Camelot. In 1913, Oleg Cassini was born in Paris to the Russian diplomat Count Alexander Loiewski and Countess Marguerite Cassini, a Russian aristocrat of Italian ancestry who also had an interesting link to America. The daughter of Count Arthur Cassini, Russian Ambassador to the United States during the McKinley and Roosevelt administrations, Marguerite dazzled turn-of-the-century Washington as her father’s official hostess and left her mark on the capital city. Stationed in Denmark when the Russian Revolution toppled the czar, Ambassador Cassini and family were exiled to Switzerland before settling in Florence, Italy, where young Oleg was raised. A true Renaissance man, he spoke Russian, French, and Danish before adding Italian and English; he studied medieval and modern European military history and costume and learned to draw; he learned horseback riding, fencing, and the art of chivalry; and, most importantly, he came to understand the struggles of the Russian titled class and other European aristocrats in the wake of the Russian Revolution and World War I. Countess Cassini started a successful fashion business in Florence, and soon the talented young Oleg was sent to Paris to sketch the latest collections for recreation in Italy. In Rome in his early 20s, Cassini created fashions for high society women and designed for a few films, which planted the seed for his move to Hollywood. The drive to reinvent himself brought Cassini to America in the 1930s; in his autobiography he describes arriving nearly penniless in mid-Depression New York City where his title as an exiled Russian Count meant even less than in war-devastated Europe. Down and out, Cassini struggled for employment, having sketching skills but no knowledge of the wholesale trade required for survival in Manhattan’s Seventh Avenue fashion district. However, he excelled at making connections, and Cassini slowly entered New York society. He was soon joined by younger brother Igor (who had studied in America and travelled with the young Emilio Pucci) and his parents, the once-dazzling Countess and his father, the displaced diplomat still loyal to Russia. The family settled in Washington, D.C., and Igor worked his way up the Hearst newspaper chain to become the famous society columnist Cholly Knickerbocker. In New York, Oleg Cassini married the troubled socialite Merry Fahrney (who would go on to marry eight times), but the marriage ended in scandal for Oleg, and he decided to follow his original intention and head for Hollywood. Despite initial difficulties, Cassini gained access to Hollywood’s elite (partially through his skills on the tennis court), and was soon hired as a designer at Paramount Pictures alongside the redoubtable Edith Head. In her 1941 film debut I Wanted Wings, Veronica Lake wore a memorable Cassini design. That same year, Cassini met and married the newest young Hollywood star on the scene, the beautiful 20th Century Fox–talent Gene Tierney. With the outbreak of World War II, Cassini enlisted in the Coast Guard but was transferred to the U.S. Army Cavalry which allowed officers of foreign birth. He attended basic training at Fort Riley, Kansas, and the horsemanship he learned as a boy served him greatly. He attended Officer Candidate School and reached the rank of First Lieutenant (he also became an American citizen at this time, losing his title of Count). Cassini spent several years posted at Fort Riley, where Tierney joined him before he landed a convenient military post in Hollywood. As Tierney’s career thrived (she played the title role in Otto Preminger’s Laura in 1944), she was able to assert her influence over 20th Century Fox’s head Daryl Zanuck, who hired Cassini as designer for Tierney on her 1946 film The Razor’s Edge, which proved to be a brilliant showcase for his talents. The pair separated the same year and, again seeking reinvention, Cassini re-established himself in New York City as a fashion designer. By 1950, the Oleg Cassini label was born. Combining his knowledge of Old World and modern Europe, Hollywood, the tennis courts of Palm Beach and Newport, and of course, New York City, Oleg Cassini invented a new brand of fashion that was distinctly American and of its moment. For his first collection, Cassini took to the stage, narrating the looks and imbuing the scene with his personality, unusual in an industry where the designers typically remained backstage and the models were called by number over a PA. The first collection was a smash — the president of Lord & Taylor devoted all of their storefront windows to his designs — and by 1955 sales had reached $5,000,000. Oleg Cassini’s career had turned a very positive corner. Cassini spent the early 1950s traversing the country, personally selling his collections to department stores in the interior, something his predecessors had never done, and moving between the Hollywood and New York scenes. Cassini’s brother Igor coined the term “the Jet Set” for this generation that constantly flew from New York to Los Angeles (then a ten-hour flight), Las Vegas, Paris, Rome, and the Riviera. In 1954, Cassini set out to woo Grace Kelly and sent her roses every day. The two were briefly engaged before her marriage to Prince Rainier of Monaco. In December 1960, Cassini’s career-defining opportunity came when he was chosen by Jacqueline Kennedy to design her fashions for the White House. Cassini had long known Joe Kennedy and his war-hero son John, and had first met Jacqueline Bouvier before her marriage in the early 1950s. Invited by President-Elect Kennedy to meet Jacqueline at Georgetown Hospital (she had just given birth to son John Jr.) to present to her drawings of potential dresses and First Lady looks, Cassini worked furiously to prepare a new line for the First Lady. Mrs. Kennedy had always had her clothes made by the top French couturiers of the day, but for the White House she wanted an American designer. Cassini wrote in his autobiography that he told the First Lady: “‘You have an opportunity here,’ I said, ‘for an American Versailles.’ She understood completely what I was trying to communicate; she began to talk excitedly about the need to create an entirely new atmosphere at the White House. She wanted it to become the social and intellectual capital of the nation” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 327). Mrs. Kennedy loved Cassini’s design for a gown to wear to the Inaugural Gala (she had already ordered a dress from Bergdorf’s for the Inaugural Ball), and Cassini was selected as the First Lady’s designer and was soon dubbed the “Secretary of Style.” From 1960 to 1963, Oleg Cassini would design over 300 items for Mrs. Kennedy, creating the “Jackie Look” that contributed not only to a fashion revolution but also the dawn of a new age. Cassini wrote that “Jackie played a very active role in the selection of her clothes. She loved brilliant colors — pistachio, hot pink, yellow, and white among others. Her sense of style was very precise; she would make editorial comments on the sketches I sent her. She always knew exactly what she wanted; her taste was excellent” (Oleg Cassini, In My Own Fashion, 1987, p. 334). After the Camelot years, Cassini’s business flourished and grew into a major industry; his name appeared on everything from couture to tennis-, sport-, and swimwear, car interiors, housewares, and perfume. He collected beautiful and rare artwork, arms and armor, and antique furniture, and lived the lifestyle projected by his image. From this period onward, Cassini also came to live in important homes. Of his Gothic Gramercy Park townhouse on Manhattan’s 19th Street he would write imaginatively, “I walked into the foyer and immediately fell in love. It was a place unlike any other in New York, a sixteenth-century Dutch house transported brick by brick from Europe by the Wells Fargo family in the early twentieth century. There was a vaulted, twenty-foot ceiling in the living room, leaded windows, elegantly carved wood paneling...

Serpent & Galleon, Ink on Paper, in an 18th Century GiltWood Frame.

A fascinating and richly detailed antique map of Cumberland County in northwest England, drawn and published by the celebrated English cartographer John Spe...

Bruno Pasquiier Desvignes (1930- ) In Cyclo Melodia, 1992. Ink on paper original Surreal style drawing in vintage cream and gold bead frame. France, 1992. Dimensions: 18" W x 14.25...

Set of 4 Signed Walter Spies Watercolor Insect Studies – Gold-Gilt Framed & Custom Matted Walter Spies was a German primitivist painter, composer, musico...

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...

The endangered Florida Sandhill Crane can be found in the freshwater wetlands in peninsular Florida from the Everglades to the Okefenokee Swamp. Sylvia Beckman Three Florida Sand Hill...

Santa Maria della Salute drawing by Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906). Crayon and pencil on tinted paper in water-gilt frame. Signed wi...

Royal Navy Ship Pencil Drawings by George Bryant Campion, Graphite on Cardstock, Circa 1830 Four pencil drawings of Royal Navy Ships on embossed cardstock, three signed by the artist and framed and glazed. The cardstock is impressed with makers name "Dobbs: London". Three of the pictures are signed " to the lower corners G.C." The views are identified as follows: Upper left picture is a starboard view of a Royal Navy frigate or Sixth-rate ship, Upper right picture is a starboard view of a First-Rate ship of the line and inscribed at the top in the artist's hand, " A British Ship on a foreign Station", Lower left picture is a starboard view of a Third or Fourth-Rate Royal Navy Ship under full sail, Lower right picture is a starboard view of a First-Rate Royal Navy Ship at anchor. The cards pressure...

Niobe Greek mythology theme signed, 1938 framed (1 chip off on frame finish).

USA, 1970s Full length female nude in conte crayon. The frame is in burnt sienna with a gilt inner edge and a natural linen matte. Illegible signature. R...

Original pastel and graphite drawing "Le Pont de Passes Grilles" by George Wharton Edwards, circa early 1900s. The drawing is in good antique co...

This is a 19th Century drawing by John Brightman-Crockett. Its a drawing in pencil on paper. The frame is 19th Century.

An original Maison Jansen pencil drawing on velum, depicting an architectural detail "Rosace de Plafond" page 135 Stamped: Jansen, 9 Rue Royale Paris 8e

Titled “l’Homme Sur Un Pied” This contemporary drawing by listed French artist, Gérard Eppelé whose abstract metaphysical forms of humans is a very i...

Abstract Modern blue geometric artwork on paper signed by artist. 13.25 x 19.25 art 9 x 11.75. Preowned vintage condition art. See images provided...

Italian Midcentury Large Drawing Natura Morta Pencle and Charcole . Overall, charcoal drawing is a dynamic and expressive medium that offers artists a wide range of creative possib...

Untitled etching by Mark Machin. UCLA graphic workshop 1980 set 26/30. This is one of 3 different drawings.  

This 20th Century Belgian wall art with wooden frame presents a delicate architectural scene rendered in soft, muted tones. Likely a hand-colored print or watercolor, the composition...

Important Sir Jacob Epstein drawing. Signed pencil on paper life drawing of the Indian Woman 'Sunita'. Drawing itself 14 3/4" x 21 1/2", framed and glazed 25 1/4" 32". Provenance: Al Ross...

A view from a balcony by Lambro Ahlas. Charcoal pencil on paper. Matted in a black matte under glass in a thin gilt frame. Ahlas was a California-born artist of Greek ancestry....

Italian Midcentury Large Drawing: Nude Man, Pencil and Charcoal. 1960s: Accademia di Belle Arti, Venezia. It is not framed so it can be shipped standard parcel .

Much like Salvador Dali, who continued to create his mysterious and puzzling landscapes long after Surrealism had lost its popularity, John Lear drew and painted in the same manner f...

From 1957 comes this fabulous pair of abstracted still lifes by listed artist Emil Weddige. Striking Mid-Century art at its best. One is a drawing (top -- black and white with ochre...

Set of 3 beautiful small abstract pastels on paper, framed with large mats and simple modern moldings. Will sell separately for $700 each

Haunting and beautiful, this drawing of a young nude couple facing death, in his Classic shroud and holding an hourglass aloft, was made in 1951 by Gaston Goor, who was famous for il...

Vintage French Art Silverplate: Le Colin-Maillard Etching Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet Artist: Jacques Firmin Beauvarlet (French, Abbeville 1731–1797) Artist: After Jean Honoré Fragonar...

A rare pair of original hand cut silhouettes by the Hungarian-American deco sculpture Wilhelm Hunt Diederich, circa 1925. In period frames (unexamined out of frames), titles annotated in pencil on the circular cut mattes- "The Mad Russian" and "Death in the Afternoon". The black paper silhouettes...

This depiction of two Native American men in full headdresses, dancing in the company of three women, arm in arm, is evidence of Western Europe's fascination with American Indian cul...

Richard Giglio, American, b. 1936 Nude Studies, Crayon on Vellum, Signed Measures: 26.5" w x 29.75" h Richard Giglio was raised in New Rochelle, ...

Nice original watercolor of a footbridge over a pond in Central Park NYC. Skyscrapers of the day in the background. In excellent vintage condition with minimal wear, needs a new mat....

These two drawings by the same hand are unsigned. Done in Sanguine on paper the nudes appear to both be different aspects of the same individual since both works have the same facial...

Reminiscent of John James Audubon specimen drawings, these two meticulously drawn swallow tail butterflies are matted separately and framed in a beautifully carved silver frame Sylvia Beckman Bloodroot, 2010 colored pencil on paper 19.5 x 18.25 framed SUB005 Sylvia Beckman, b. 1938, Detroit, MI Education University of Michigan, School of Arch. & Design University of Wisconsin, Botany Private apprenticeship in stone sculpture, bronze, gilding and painting Exhibitions 2017 “Coming Attractions”, Gallery Victor Armendariz, Chicago, IL 1997 S.O.F.A. exhibition, Ann Nathan Gallery, Navy Pier, Chicago, IL 1997 Monumental Bronze Sculpture Commisson, Olbrich Park, Madison, WI 1994 Sculpture, Olbrich Botanic Gardens, Spring Display, Madison,WI 1994 Paintings & Drawings, North Seas Gallery, Charlevoix, MI 1994 Paintings & drawings, Olbrich Botanic Center, Madison, WI 1988 Monumental Stone Sculpture...

A French School pastel portrait of Jeanne-Antoinette Poisson, Marquise de Pompadour after Jean-Marc Nattier, 19th century. sight: 19 by 26 inches frame: 33 by 39 ¾ inches

Drawing of a nude woman in 1898. 450 each.

Vibrant modern Mexican art drawing 7 Eiffel Tower Oaxacan artist signed. Ink on paper drawing, Original Art, Custom made paper. Inspiration Sergio H...

Original Etching by Baron Dominique Vivant Denon Title: Head of a Sleeping Child Artist: Baron Dominique Vivant Denon (French, Givry 1747–1825 Paris) D...

Lombard School ink figural study of the Three Graces inscribed "Le Parmesan," and "Ecole Lombard." Pen and brown ink. Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, Il Parmigianino (1503-1540.) P...

August 1986 Leigh B Jackson First Corinthians Chapter 13 Ink on paper 13 x 19 Paper Art 9 x 12.75 Signed and numbered Original unrestored vintage condition. Wear and distress pre...

Three Women Carrying Bundles by Francisco Narvaez, Ink on Paper This is a mid-20th century ink drawing signed by Narváez. The artwork depicts three figures, possibly women or childre...

French Art Deco black and white framed drawing. Beautifully executed stylized French Art Deco black and white drawing in a giltwood frame wit...

Pair of late 19th century still life Gouaches after Paul LeLong, French, 1799-1846. His specialty was small still-life of table tops with various objects. ...

A fine drawing in ink and watercolor on paper of the modernist dancer Isadora Duncan by Abraham Walkowitz. Walkowitz (1878-1965) had an intimate artistic relationship with Duncan...

An expressive pencil drawing on paper by Thad Miller. Hand signed lower right. The composition features a striking array of detailed hands in varied positions—one reaching outward, a...

An absolutely beautiful pastel drawing of a landscape with town and church, signed in pencil "Saint Bandol, Jacques Coquillay" in the lower left. Presumably a scene of the Mediterran...

Cirque Medrano chalk Illustrations by André Legrand-Chabrier. André Legrand-Chabrier (1876-1945) was a French novelist, journalist, illustrator and chron...

Detailed 18th century style framed pastel bouquet drawing. Intricate burlwood and ebonized wood period frame. Very decorative.

Each framed 6 1/2" x 6 1/2", ink on handmade paper. The handmade paper was made including the artist's hair, the subject of the drawing is one of the hairs. Ink on paper. Each have S...

Gorgeous brilliantly colored pastel titled “Towards the Front Lawn” by famous Princeton artist Thomas George. Image is 18 w x 23.5 h unframed. We have access to dozens of unframed ...

An interesting gouache on paper by Robert Freiman, signed and dated 1961. Robert J Freiman (b. 1917 - d. 1991), deaf from birth, was born in New York City and attended the Lexington School for the Deaf. He studied art at the National Academy of Design, Pratt Institute, the Art Students League, the Parsons School of Design, and, in Paris, at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. Freiman’s spectrum of styles evolved considerably over the course of his long career, ranging from early portraiture and realistic landscape to mixed-media works using watercolor, acrylic, and pen. He was a regular exhibitor at the Sidewalk Art...