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Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

MODERN STYLE

The first decades of the 20th century were a period of artistic upheaval, with modern art movements including Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism and Dadaism questioning centuries of traditional views of what art should be. Using abstraction, experimental forms and interdisciplinary techniques, painters, sculptors, photographers, printmakers and performance artists all pushed the boundaries of creative expression.

Major exhibitions, like the 1913 Armory Show in New York City — also known as the “International Exhibition of Modern Art,” in which works like the radically angular Nude Descending a Staircase by Marcel Duchamp caused a sensation — challenged the perspective of viewers and critics and heralded the arrival of modern art in the United States. But the movement’s revolutionary spirit took shape in the 19th century.

The Industrial Revolution, which ushered in new technology and cultural conditions across the world, transformed art from something mostly commissioned by the wealthy or the church to work that responded to personal experiences. The Impressionist style emerged in 1860s France with artists like Claude Monet, Paul Cézanne and Edgar Degas quickly painting works that captured moments of light and urban life. Around the same time in England, the Pre-Raphaelites, like Edward Burne-Jones and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, borrowed from late medieval and early Renaissance art to imbue their art with symbolism and modern ideas of beauty.

Emerging from this disruption of the artistic status quo, modern art went further in rejecting conventions and embracing innovation. The bold legacy of leading modern artists Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Marc Chagall, Piet Mondrian and many others continues to inform visual culture today.

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Style: Modern
1950's Modernist Painting Bright Watercolour Chateau In Green and Blue Forest
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original watercolour on artist paper size: 13 x 16 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed provenance: the art...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Horse, Drawing, Ink on Paper, Black, Grey by Indian Artist Sunil Das "In Stock"
Located in Kolkata, West Bengal
Sunil Das - Horse - 8 x 5 inches (unframed size) Ink on Paper Inclusive of shipment in ready to hang form. Sunil Das was one of India's most important postmodernist painters and ros...
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2010s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Paper, Pen

Odalisque, Watercolour of a Female Nude
Located in Cotignac, FR
Late 20th Century watercolour on paper of a naked female figure before an open window. Signed bottom right but as yet not deciphered. Presented in carved, white painted wood frame. ...
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Late 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA
Located in New York, NY
House Beautiful Cover Proposal. American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Mixing Mortar 12 1/2 X 14 3/4 inche...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Gouache

Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Steel Workers Fabric Design Industrial Deco American Modernism Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) Steel Workers Textile design 19 1/4 X ...
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1930s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Board, Gouache

1950's Modernist/ Cubist Painting - Horse and Cowboy Illustration
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Cowboy & Horse by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) original pencil drawing on card, mounted in a frame size: 25 x 21 inches condition: very good and ready to be enjoyed prove...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil

"Original Joseph Stella Drawing" - 20th Century Portrait Pencil Drawing
Located in New Orleans, LA
A pencil sketch by famed American Modernist Joseph Stella, who burst on to the American scene at the epochal Armory Show of 1913 and whose work is today in the collections of every m...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Graphite

1950's French Modernist/ Cubist Painting signed - Tall French Buildings
Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire
Tall French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid 20th century) signed original watercolour/ gouache painting on paper , unframed size: 18.5 x 12.5 inches condition: very good and r...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Ink, Gouache, Watercolor

Abstract Composition
By Julius Hubler
Located in Buffalo, NY
Julius Hubler, American artist. Deans scholar; State University Iowa graduate scholar, 1944; Arthur W. Dow scholar Columbia University, 1947; distinguished se...
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1950s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Gouache, Paper

Studio Figure, pastel drawing of female figure, nude
Located in Brooklyn, NY
These recently discovered 1984 oversize pastels on archival papers were created with a live model, working quickly, in pastel. The series shows the last existing observational drawi...
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1980s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Archival Paper, Mixed Media, Pastel

A 1946, Charcoal on Paper drawing of Three Nudes by Artist Harold Haydon
Located in Chicago, IL
A 1946, charcoal on paper drawing of three nudes by Artist Harold Haydon. Matted to 18" x 14". Harold Emerson Haydon was born in Fort William, Ontario, Canada in 1909. Haydon cam...
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1940s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Charcoal, Paper

Landscape - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a modern artwork realized by an italian Artist of the mid-20th century. Mixed colored watercolor. Hand signed on the lower margin. Includes frame.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Scene with Figures and Carriages - Oil paint - Early 20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Scene with figures and carriages is a modern artwork realized by an Artist of the early 20th century. Mixed colored oil painting. Includes frame. Hand signed by the artist on the ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Oil

Female Portrait - Drawing by Bruno Cassinari - 1970s
Located in Roma, IT
Female Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Bruno Cassinari in 1970s. Ink and watercolor on paper. Includes frame Hand signed by the artist on the lower margin
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor, Paper, Ink

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Landscape - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing in Tempera realized in the Mid-20th Century. On the rear drawing in pencil. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft express...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil, Tempera

Modernist Conte Crayon Drawing Beach Scene David Burliuk Russian Futurist
Located in Surfside, FL
David Burliuk (Ukrainian, 1882-1967) Three figure on the beach (Hamptons, Long Island New York) Conte crayon drawing on paper. Hand signed lower left. Unframed Provenance: Bloomsb...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Conté, Crayon

Woman - Drawing by Jean françois Raffaelli - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Woman is a drawing in Mixed Media realized by Jean françois Raffaelli in the Early-20th Century. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Mixed Media

Portrait - Drawing by Alfred Moitroux - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Alfred Moitroux (1886-1938) in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized throu...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Figure - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Boxing - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Boxing is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

'Amalfi, Evening Light' original painting , signed c2005
Located in Frome, Somerset
Amalfi coast, Italy painting in evening light by Andy Gradwell c2005, signed lower left. watercolour on paper 29cmx29cm Oak glazed frame 53cmx53cm Painted plein air in an abstracted ...
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Early 2000s Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Hands - Drawing by André Meaux de Saint Marc - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hands is a drawing realized by André meaux de Saint Marc in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Wrestling - Drawing by André Meaux de Saint Marc - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Wrestling is a drawing realized by André Meaux de Saint Marc in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized t...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

The Mill - Drawing by André Meaux de Saint Marc - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Mill is an etching realized by Paul Emile Colin in the Mid-20th Century. hand-signed. Numbered.Edition, 1/30. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized thro...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Ancient Ruins - Drawing by Marcel Guillard - Early 20th century
Located in Roma, IT
Ancient Ruins is a drawing in Watercolor realized by Marcel Guillard (1896-?) in the early 20th Century. Good condition.
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal Pencil on ivory-colored paper hand-signed. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artw...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Sketch - Drawing by André Meaux de Saint Marc - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a drawing realized by André Meaux de Saint Marc in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized throug...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Sketch - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Sketch is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expres...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Figures - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Creature - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Creature is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Figures - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figures is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft exp...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Feet - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Feet is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Child - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Child is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft express...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expr...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Monkeys - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Monkeys is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expre...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Landscape - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Landscape is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft exp...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Trunk - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Trunk is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil ivory-colored paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Nudes - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nudes is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Joseph Alexandre Colin. Charcoal ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Figure - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Figure  is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century by Joseph Alexandre Colin. Charcoal ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through d...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Nude - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Nude is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Pencil, Paper

Bears - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Bears is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century. Charcoal ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Hyena - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Hyena is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft express...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

The Church - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Church is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexandre Colin in the Mid-20th Century. China ink ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized throu...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Parrot - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Parrot is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expres...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Crocodile - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Crocodile is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft exp...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Horse - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Horse is a drawing realized by Joseph Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil on ivory-colored paper Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft express...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Portrait - Drawing by Nicolai Sarguir - Early-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
The Mirror is a drawing realized by Nicolai Sarguir in the Early-20th Century. Charcoal ivory-colored paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through de...
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Early 20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Charcoal

Getting Rest - Drawing by Joseph Alexander Colin - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Getting Rest is a drawing realized by Joseph Alexander Colin in the Mid-20th Century. Pencil ivory-colored paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized throu...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

Wartime Still Life Watercolor by Important British Ceramic Pottery Sculptor
Located in Sutton Poyntz, Dorset
James Tower. English ( b.1919 - d.1988 ). Still Life of Flowers in a Jug and a Plate of Fruit. Watercolor & ink. Image size 15.4 inches x 13 inches ( 39cm x 33cm ). Frame size 22.2 ...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Portrait - Drawing - Mid-20th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Portrait is a drawing realized in the Mid-20th Century. Black marker pen. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
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Mid-20th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

Soldier - Drawing - Late 19th Century
Located in Roma, IT
Soldier is a drawing realized in the Late 19th Century. Pencil ivory-colored paper. Good conditions with slight foxing. The artwork is realized through deft expressive strokes.
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Late 19th Century Modern Drawings and Watercolor Paintings

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Paper, Pencil

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