1950s Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Wicker Chair is an original pencil drawing on ivory-colorated paper, realized by Anonymous French Artist of the early 20th Century. In very good conditions. Not signed.

Wolf Kahn Study of a Child Signed lower right Pastel on paper 10 x 13 inches An important member of the second generation New York School, Wolf Kahn is renowned for his luminous, r...

"King and I" Oscar Costume Design Film Musical "Small House of Uncle Tom" Ballet Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) "The King and I" costume design for the 1956 Film Sight: 13 3/4 x 10 3/4 inches Gouache, watercolor, pen and ink on paper, Signed and inscribed: "Singers Ballet" lower right Framed: 19 1/2 x 16 1/2 inches This is one of two costume design drawings...

Elizabeth Taylor Costume Design "Elephant Walk" 1954 Hollywood Film Large Oscars Edith Head (1897-1981) Elizabeth Taylor in "Elephant Walk" Sight: 24 x 18 inches Watercolor and penc...

Untitled  is a drawing, realized in  1952,  by the Artist Cristian Uboldi.  Black and white mixed media on paper. Hand Signed and dated on the right corner. The artist wants to def...

Original Judy Garland Get Happy Drawing. Legendary Star. Caricature. Not a Litho. Al Hirshfeld (1903-2003) Judy "All Star Variety" Garland at the Palace Ink on board, 1955 Sight: 16...

SUSIE Q. SMITH Medium: Newspaper comics Distributed by: King Features Syndicate First Appeared: 1945 Creators: Linda and Jerry Walter 6 X 18.25 Like her contemporaries, Aggie Mack,...

Charcoal and watercolour on paper 67cm × 49cm (72cm × 49cm framed) An émigré from Argentina in the early 1950s who settled in Paris with her partner Yvonne Bilis-Régnier, exhibited ...

This large Bemelans features a small image of Madeline in the smoke behind the chef's face. It was most likely preliminary work for an illustration with Madeline and The Chef that ap...

Little Madeline is at it again, but this time with a big magician cloaked in a commanding red gown. In the Christmas spirit of giving, Madeline reaches up and offers him a plate of n...

Important and unique pictorial work, Ink on paper, "Moai" by the renowned French artist Reynold Henri Arnould (Le Havre 1919-1980). The work we present expresses with a powerful aest...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. ...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivalled influence on artists and image-making. ...

'Portrait of a Young Man in a Red Tie', gouache and ink on art paper, French School (1956). Step into the world of mid-20th century European art with a striking portrait that capture...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. ...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. Caviar20 has been championig his inimitable works on paper from the 1950s. We believ...

Work on paper with frame + glass; total size 52 x 68.2 cm

Mid-century French watercolor of clown in yellow tones, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plastic sleeve and Certificate of...

Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...

An introspective, 1950s Mid-Century Modern pastel drawing of a young boy by notable Chicago artist Francis Chapin. Pastel on artist board. Image size: 16 x 15 inches. (Artwork is...

Did Bendiner ever miss a performance, show, concert, play? Was there anyone he didn't know? This double-side drawing in blue crayon shows Johnny Hodges (jazz saxophonist extraordina...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is the most influential and valuable American artist of the 20th century. While he is renowned for his signature Pop art creations, Caviar20 has been champion...

Yves Saint Laurent ( 1936 -2008 ) " le Bal du Baron de Rédé " circa 1957 dit le bal des Têtes . portait de femmes . gouache et lavis sur papier Canson gis signé et daté en bas...

Figures is a modern artwork realized by Francisco Bores in 1950. Charcoal drawings. Good conditions.

Figure is an artwork realized by Michel Cadoret in 1956. Pencil drawing on paper. Hand-signed. The artwork id depicted through soft strokes in a well...

Portrait is a modern artwork realized by Francisco Bores in 1950. Charcoal drawings. Good conditions.

Female Portrait is an original Contemporary Artwork realized in the half of the 20th Century. Original mixed media, pastel and watercolor on paper. The back of the sheet is also a ...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. ...

Pharaoh is an artwork realized by an unknown in mid-20th Century. Tempera on Papyrus. 33 x 87 cm ; 49 x 103 cm with frame. Good conditions!

Portrait of Woman is an original artwork realized by Véronique Veron in about 1950. Pencil Drawing. Hand signed in pencil on the lower right margin. Passpartout cm 65x50. Good Conditions. Véronique Veron (1927) was born in Budapest on May 10, 1927. As a painter, she belongs to the Ecole Lyonnaise. She attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Member of the Salon d'Automne and the Independents and the drawing and watercolor painting fair, she participated in the young Mediterranean painting...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. ...

Portrait is an original mixed media drawing on paper realized by Sebastiano Carta. In good conditions except for some diffused foldings. Hand-signed on the lower left margin in pen...

Work on paper without frame slightly damaged on the sides, to be framed

1957 Unique blotted ink line drawing, on wove paper. 34.9 x 28.9 cm Initialed 'VF' by Vincent Fremont of the Andy Warhol With the Estate of Andy Warhol and the Andy Warhol Foundation...

Original TV Guide Illustration Caricature Esther Williams John Raitt Dinah Shore. Published December 25, 1957 in TV Guide as an editorial to promote the Di...

"The King and I" Academy Award Costume Design Musical Film Rodgers & Hammerstein Irene Sharaff (1910-1993) "The King and I" costume design, 1956 Film Sight: 16 1/14 x 10 1/2 inches Gouache, watercolor, pen and ink, with applied to fabric swatches. Signed "Sharaff, titled (illegible) "The King & I" lower right Framed: 22 x 16 1/2 inches This is one of two costume design drawings...

"The Defiant Ones" Tony Curtis Sidney Poitier Oscar Winning 1958 film Caricature. Two escaped convicts chained together, one white and one black, must l...

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. ...

Wonderland Tale - Fairy Tale - Female Illustrator - The work is meticulously rendered in an exacting technique of line to the point of wonderment. Yet, Baxter can obtain an ethereali...

Satan Dieu du 5 Juin 1957 is an original artwork realized by Éliane Diverly in 1957. Mixed colored watercolor glued on cardboard. Include passe-partout: 60 x 41.7 cm Hand-signed a...

The Portrait Of A Boy is an Original Drawing in pencil on creamy-colored paper realized by Mino Maccari in the mid-20th century. Hand-signed by the artist on the lower on the rear. ...

Andy Warhol is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. In the 1950s, he was an in-demand and celebrated illustrator working for New York's toniest publicatio...

The present work, Harper's Bazaar Mid Century Fashion Illustration, was done on assignment, most likely for a major women's magazine, such as Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, or Cosmopolitan ...

Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...

Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...

Artist: Eve Nethercott, American (1925 - 2015) Title: Maine (P6. 59) Year: 1953 Medium: Watercolor on Paper Size: 22 x 15 in. (55.88 x 38.1 cm)

1950's elegant fashion models pose depicted for a designer clothing line for a major San Francisco department store - Perhaps Neiman Marcus. Estate S...

Renowned artist Walter Schnackenberg departs from this jovial poster art to paint an eerie nocturnal scene depicting a female subject running for her life from macabre roof monsters....

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is arguably the most important American artist of the 20th century. He not only defined Pop Art but had an unrivaled influence on artists and image-making. In recent years there has been new scholarship and increasing commercial interest in Andy Warhol's early works, material created prior to Pop Art. During the 1950's Warhol established himself in New York City as a trendy illustrator contributing to a wide number of fashion publications and retailers. His simple line drawings were modern and gentle, with a subtle but unmistakably gay touch. In a short period of time, he created an aesthetic that was both versatile and distinctively his. Like the consummate artist that he was, Warhol was frequently drawing. The images he created during this era, independent from his fashion commissions, were romantic, hopeful, and unabashedly gay. It is worth emphasizing that Warhol was almost exclusively dedicated to drawing during this period, only creating a handful of paintings - which were intended to be used for window displays. Taschen, the legendary art book publisher, recently released the book Andy Warhol: Love, Sex, and Desire 1950-1962 which celebrates his drawings of the male form from the pre-Pop era. This portrait is a paradigm of Warhol's mastery of line and visionary framing. A man's profile commands the composition as he gazes forward with his hand raised towards his mouth, holding a delicate flower. With the lightest touch, Warhol masterly portrays this male ideal with the details of his chiseled jawline, softened gaze, and timeless elegance. Warhol drawings from the 1950s are marked by a gentle whimsy that embodies Warhol's vivid imagination. With fanciful details such as exaggerated lips and eyebrows, "Young Man with Flower...

1950s Portrait in Gouache by Belgian Artist Max Moreau (1902–1992) A beautifully executed mid-century portrait depicting a young girl with gentle features and a serene expression, ev...

"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines, lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." In this sumptuous Bemelman's illustration, we see the artist's iconic two-lin...

Vintage watercolor in colorful jewel tones of local villagers selling their wares at an outdoor market by French artist Stephane Magnard (1917-2010), circa 1950. Original artwork on...

Albert Goltyakov (1924-2016) Born in a family of workers. Studied at the Krasnoselsk Technical School of Artistic Metal Processing (1948-52), graduated from the LVMA Department of ...

'Girl in Red' by Carlo Maria Mariani, 1959. Guggenheim, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Rome, Academy of Fine Arts, Venice Biennale ----- Signed upper right, 'C. Mariani' for Carlo Maria Mariani (Italian, 1931-2021) and dated 1959. Framed dimensions: 22.5 x 1.5 x 17.5 inches A native of Rome, Carlo Mariani first studied there at the Academy of Fine Arts where he was influenced by the prevailing styles of Hyper-Realism and Conceptualism. In 1994, he moved to New York City where he began to paint figural landscapes in a traditional, neo-classical style. The 1990s brought Mariani wide recognition and numerous honors, as he represented Italy three times at the Venice Biennale. Additionally, in 1998, he received the prestigious Antonio Feltrinelli Award for lifetime achievement in painting. Mariani continues to be best known for his refined and painterly, Renaissance technique. He was a central figure in Rome’s avant-garde in the 1970s and is widely regarded as an influential forerunner of 1980's Postmodernism. He achieved an international reputation, beginning in the early 1980s, for his arcane and, often, controversial paintings...

This expressive portrait composition captures the whimsical and poetic spirit associated with mid-century French modernism. Rendered with loose, gestural linework and a richly textur...

Legendary illustrator Edmund Dulac recreates a scene from the Book of Proverbs in which a merchant offers a beautiful young maiden a priceless necklace made of rubies. Witnessing th...

Homme assis et personnage is a pencil drawing realized by Alberto Giacometti on a page of Louis Guilloux's "La merveille", published in "Les Lettres Nouvelles", n°7, septembre 1953, p. 779. Giacometti sketched a male portrait in his typical style. The man is in profile and on the right side of the page there is a small study of a standing figure. Following Fondation Giacometti, it was realized by the author on September 1953. As James Lord...

'The Market Seller in Nice', gouache on paper, by Alfred Salvignol (circa 1950s). The role of women as support to their families has been both very important and highly undervalued b...

A beautiful signed and dated 1952 Modern French charcoal portrait of a young lady. Lovely quality work which is signed and dated lower right. Framed and glazed. Artist: French Schoo...

French Landscape by Bernard Labbe (French mid-20th century) Original watercolour/ gouache painting on artist paper, unframed. Size: 11.5 x 9.5 inches Condition: very good and ready t...