Lazar Markovich Lissitzky, 1890 – 1941, better known as El Lissitzky was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian Avant Garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibition displays and propaganda works for the Soviet Union...

Something of a mystery, this is a very interesting soft pencil drawing of a young woman, 13 1/4" by 9 1/4" (19" by 15" framed), signed indecipherably at lower right and dated there 1931. Try as I might, I have absolutely come to a dead end when it comes to figuring out this signature. Adjacent to that signature an inscription reads "Baroness Leonnie Perraja"...

This work graphite on paper is signed and dated 1933….Clyde Singer was born in the small town of Malvern in 1908 and grew up in the rural hills of Ohio. Educated in the local public schools, he had an early interest in art and, after high school, attended the school at the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts. In 1933 he received a scholarship to the Arts Students’ League in New York City where his mentors were “American Scene” painters John Steuart Curry and Thomas Hart Benton...

Pencil on watermarked paper drawing of a tall female nude, 16" by 11 1/4" inside the mat, 23 1/4" by 18 3/4" framed, signed at lower right by the artist and dated there 1933. DAME ETHEL WALKER (1861-1951) is a modern British artist of significance, known for an impressionistic and poetic style with subject matter ranging from portraits and studies of the female figure to seascapes, landscapes, still life florals, and decorative compositions featuring mythological and allegorical material...

A large (27 1/2" by 40", unframed) oil pastel on paper drawing, circa 1930's to about 1940, the imagery including two Native American-looking female figures washing clothes in a stream as a child looks on, a deer and her newborn fawn, and stylized flowers, butterfly and trees, all in a composition that combines the Southwest and the Art Deco period...

1936 Framed Lithograph by Boyer, signed in pencil "sous il eclus", Sight Size 9 x 7", Frame Size 15 x 12".

This pencil/watercolor drawing on heavy paper, 34 1/2" by 24 1/2" is actually signed by the artist, one "Sil Marraccini" at lower right and is dated 2/11/39. Originally intended as architectural plans, it would today easily qualify as a late Deco/early mid century art work on its own accord. I believe I acquired this in the San Francisco area, where Bank of America began. No doubt this was a plan for the interior details and exterior elevation of a branch of the bank...

Original drawing a portrait of a man possibly a self portrait by Balthasar Klossowski de Rola, signed monogram lower right. Best known as Balthus, a French painter in the second half of the 20th century, famous for his somewhat disturbing paintings of pubescent girls and for his association with some of the greats in modern art, including Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali...

Pencil drawing on paper signed "M.C" at lower right, 5 5/8" by 4" (13" by 10 1/2" as framed), the subject a sketchy topless Bali female nude. This is a work of major Mexican artist MIGUEL COVARRUBIAS (1904-1957). The drawing is on what appears to be a notepad printed with telephone number etc. from a hotel or business in Denpasar, Bali, Indoneisa. There is a collector stamp at lower left which I believe can be researched in the Lugt book of collector stamps...

Boy in a Slow Suit by Arthur William Henri Tilman. Signed pencil etching. 12 x 9". Frame Size 20 x 16"

Daniel Webster Study Drawing by Percy Moran. Pencil Sketch. Frame Size 14 x11". Edward Percy Moran (1862–1935), sometimes known as Percy Moran, was an American artist known for his scenes of American history. He was born in Philadelphia on July 29, 1862, to Edward Moran, a notable artist who emigrated from England to the United States.He studied under his father and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design...

This is a scarce drawing by noted American artist CHARLES VEZIN; most known works are oils. This example, measuring 16 3/4" by 13 3/8" (sheet, unframed) does not photograph impressively, as it lacks color and appears faint to the camera, but, it is a complete and powerful work of art, the subject the famous Flatiron Building in New York City. The artist started painting late in life, taking his first art lesson at the age of 41...

A charcoal drawing of Bellaire, Michigan (northern part of the state), signed at lower right and dated 1936, and titled there "Bellaire, Mich.", (and titled on reverse backing "Evening Landscape" (crossed out, and nearby artist signature also crossed out), by well known Michigan artist CHARLES CULVER (1908-1967). This is a rather early work, created when the artist would have been in only his late 20's...

A pencil drawing of a young girl at the coast (sailing craft visible in the left background), 14 1/2" by 11 3/4" in thin strip frame), signed at lower right by the noted California impressionist painter JOE DUNCAN GLEASON (1881-1959). The sketch may be a study for a painting. Gleason is known for his landscapes, marine scenes, especially those with sailing ships large and small, and portraits...

INDIAN/PERSIAN SCHOOL , 19TH CENTURY, TWO FRAMED MANUSCRIPTS, 9 X 5 1/4 In. Frame: 12 1/2 X 9 In.

Abstract charcoal on paper - estate stamped 'Ramstonev'. This work was done during the late 1930's as part of the 'Cooperative' project in the New Hope, Pa. modern art community...

Ink drawing with some pencil outlining visible, subject an idyllic northern lake bordered by tall spruce or pines, a ti-pi with Indian at center left, a canoe plying the waters at center distance, signed at lower left "Leb-Wendell", 7" by 9 3/4", 12 1/2" by 15" as framed. At first I though this an etching but close up inspection reveals it to be actually an ink drawing with fine detail. One can see the pencil outlining and guide lines placed by the artist. I do not see a listing for this name...

Watercolor and white gouache highlights on paper drawing of a Mexican campesino on horseback with rifle in hand, 25 1/2" by 19 1/2" and modern framing 1 5/8" wide on a side, signed at lower right and dated there in Roman numerals 1930 ("XXX"), by important Mexican twentieth century artist FEDERICO CANTU (1908-1989). This is a work of an artist who had been relatively obscure until relatively recently, due to a variety of reasons, including a lack of self-promotion, but in 1934 he exhibited with ...