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Large Classical Roman Frieze Drawing, Mid-20th Century, Paper
Large Classical Roman Frieze Drawing, Mid-20th Century, Paper

Large Classical Roman Frieze Drawing, Mid-20th Century, Paper

Located in Alessandria, Piemonte

Pencil and charcoal drawing of a large frieze. In the photos it appears to be two colors because of the reflection of the glass.

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Mid-20th Century Italian Classical Roman Drawings

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Paper

Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet
Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet

Frieze of antique figures, a drawing by the sculptor Antoine-Denis Chaudet

Located in PARIS, FR

The most important collections are those of the Musée du Louvre, which houses an album of some sixty drawings produced between 1802 and 1806, and those of the Bibliothèque Nationale ...

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Early 1800s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Pencil

Regency Rosewood Writing Table
Regency Rosewood Writing Table

Regency Rosewood Writing Table

Located in Kittery Point, ME

The shaped rectangular top fitted with hinged side compartment‚ above a reeded frieze drawing and a leather inset slide‚ raised on turned columnar supports joined by two baluster-tur...

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Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Wood

Sketch for Frescoed Frieze - Pencil and Gouache by Paul Bony - 1932

Sketch for Frescoed Frieze - Pencil and Gouache by Paul Bony - 1932

By Paul Henry Bony

Located in Roma, IT

Sketch for Frescoed Frieze is an interesting preparatory study realized by the artist Paul Bony, a famous French painter active in the last century.

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1930s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Pencil

Frieze A to Z of Contemporary Art
Frieze A to Z of Contemporary Art

Frieze A to Z of Contemporary Art

Located in New York, NY

Drawing on frieze magazine’s exceptional back catalogue of articles, this book brings together a curated collection of over fifty engaging highlights.

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21st Century and Contemporary Books

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Paper

English Chippendale Inspired White Marble Chimneypiece
English Chippendale Inspired White Marble Chimneypiece

English Chippendale Inspired White Marble Chimneypiece

Located in London, GB

An English, Chippendale inspired white marble fireplace. The frieze (from an original drawing) of isometric design, tapering panelled jambs surmounted by panelled corner blocks.

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21st Century and Contemporary British Chippendale Fireplaces and Mantels

Materials

Marble

Chinoiserie Venetian Gaming Table
Chinoiserie Venetian Gaming Table

Chinoiserie Venetian Gaming Table

Located in London, GB

Lacquered fruitwood. Hand-painted frieze has 24 individual drawings of Chinese country scenes.

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Antique Late 18th Century Game Tables

Materials

Fruitwood

Victorian Desk Walnut Writing Table Satinwood Inlay 1880
Victorian Desk Walnut Writing Table Satinwood Inlay 1880

Victorian Desk Walnut Writing Table Satinwood Inlay 1880

Located in Potters Bar, GB

The shaped leather writing surface and fine walnut veneer make it ideal as a gentleman’s or lady’s writing desk Fully restored to original condition by our in house restorer Its eleg...

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Antique 1880s Victorian Desks

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Walnut

Italian Midcentury Anamnesi Acrylic Paint Work on Canvas Lucio Del Pezzo, 1960s
Italian Midcentury Anamnesi Acrylic Paint Work on Canvas Lucio Del Pezzo, 1960s

Italian Midcentury Anamnesi Acrylic Paint Work on Canvas Lucio Del Pezzo, 1960s

By Lucio Del Pezzo

Located in MIlano, IT

Colored acrylic paint work on canvas entitled Anamnesi with abstract subject with multicolored geometric shapes, on a mustard-colored background, and wooden frame with friezes with a...

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Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Paint

The Souls of the Righteous

The Souls of the Righteous

Located in London, GB

Meredith Williams (1877-1934) was, by the time the War Memorial was at last built after much debate, one of the most celebrated monumental sculptors of her time. Her work on the frie...

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1920s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Etching

Carved Giltwood Louis XV Style Console Table In the Manner of Nicolas Pineau
Carved Giltwood Louis XV Style Console Table In the Manner of Nicolas Pineau

Carved Giltwood Louis XV Style Console Table In the Manner of Nicolas Pineau

By Nicolas Pineau

Located in London, GB

The present table displays several notable features of Pineau’s designs, including the palm tree branches rising from the legs, as well as the sculpted heads decorating the frieze. A...

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Antique 19th Century French Louis XV Console Tables

Materials

Marble

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Study for the "Intemperance" / Beethoven Frieze, Secession Vienna

Study for the "Intemperance" / Beethoven Frieze, Secession Vienna

By Gustav Klimt

Located in Vienna, AT

Lit.: Alice Strobl, Gustav Klimt. Die Zeichnungen. Vol. I: Die Zeichnungen 1878-1903, Salzburg 1980, WV 819 Framed

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Early 1900s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil, Paper

Drawing, Italian School, Design for a Frieze
Drawing, Italian School, Design for a Frieze

Drawing, Italian School, Design for a Frieze

Located in Kittery Point, ME

A Pastoral Scene Together on the Same Sheet with an Architectural Study. Unsigned and with Italian inscription at left edge of sheet; also with pencil inscription verso "Polidoro 15...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier Italian Drawings

Materials

Pen, Ink

Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864
Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864

Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864

Located in Firenze, IT

Academic Study of a Plaster Frieze: Grotesques, Dragons, and Birds, 1864 Charcoal on paper. 75cm x 45cm This drawing, created in 1864, is an academic study of a plaster cast of an...

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Mid-19th Century Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Charcoal, Pencil, Carbon Pencil

Haiti hanging in velvet and damask - Morocco late 19th century
Haiti hanging in velvet and damask - Morocco late 19th century

Haiti hanging in velvet and damask - Morocco late 19th century

Located in Toulon, FR

Late 19th century, Early 20th century Morocco Large Moroccan wall hanging called Haiti with five arcatures in alternating red and green velvet panne dating from the early twentieth ...

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Early 1900s Moroccan Pillows and Throws

"Modern Greek Frieze with Horse, " Extremely Rare WPA-Period Watercolor, 1930s
"Modern Greek Frieze with Horse, " Extremely Rare WPA-Period Watercolor, 1930s

"Modern Greek Frieze with Horse, " Extremely Rare WPA-Period Watercolor, 1930s

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Beautifully composed and subtly colored in hues of pale, pale blue and rusty red, this frieze-like composition features two female figures in Classical Greek robes and a semi-nude ma...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings

Materials

Paper

18th Century Frieze or Ceiling Design Original Pencil Drawing Bacchus
18th Century Frieze or Ceiling Design Original Pencil Drawing Bacchus

18th Century Frieze or Ceiling Design Original Pencil Drawing Bacchus

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Bacchus Italian School, early 1700's pencil drawing, framed and glazed image: 13 x 8 inches framed: 20 x 14.75 inches Superb quality, very rare early 1700's Italian Old Master draw...

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Early 18th Century Old Masters Nude Paintings

Materials

Pencil

Basquiat, Galerie Navarra Catalogue, Paris (Brother Sausage)
Basquiat, Galerie Navarra Catalogue, Paris (Brother Sausage)

Basquiat, Galerie Navarra Catalogue, Paris (Brother Sausage)

By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Presented like a cartoon strip, the painting is composed of six panels hinged together to form a narrative frieze of multiple drawings and Xeroxed overlays, laden with themes of raci...

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1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Offset

Basquiat, Galerie Navarra Catalogue, Paris (Brother Sausage)
Basquiat, Galerie Navarra Catalogue, Paris (Brother Sausage)

Basquiat, Galerie Navarra Catalogue, Paris (Brother Sausage)

By (after) Jean-Michel Basquiat

Located in NEW YORK, NY

Presented like a cartoon strip, the painting is composed of six panels hinged together to form a narrative frieze of multiple drawings and Xeroxed overlays, laden with themes of raci...

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1980s Pop Art More Art

Materials

Offset

George III Chippendale period mahogany architects table
George III Chippendale period mahogany architects table

George III Chippendale period mahogany architects table

Located in Knutsford, GB

The rectangular solid mahogany top with rounded corners, cleated to the shorter sides, rising and tilting on a double ratchet support to form a high drawing surface. The frieze with ...

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Antique 18th Century and Earlier English Chippendale Tables

Materials

Mahogany

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17th Century Dutch Old Master Ink Drawing Christ on the Cross Many Figures 1674
17th Century Dutch Old Master Ink Drawing Christ on the Cross Many Figures 1674

17th Century Dutch Old Master Ink Drawing Christ on the Cross Many Figures 1674

Located in Cirencester, Gloucestershire

Christ on the Cross attributed to Jan Luyken (Dutch, 1649–1712) inscribed 1674 upper corner pencil drawing, watercolor and ink wash on paper over oard, framed framed: 12 x 11 inches ...

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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Paintings

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Watercolor, Ink, Color Pencil

Leaning Nude Man (recto); Kneeling Man, Hands Tied Behind His Back (verso)
Leaning Nude Man (recto); Kneeling Man, Hands Tied Behind His Back (verso)

Leaning Nude Man (recto); Kneeling Man, Hands Tied Behind His Back (verso)

By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)

Located in Paris, Île-de-France

GIOVANNI FRANCESCO BARBIERI, known as GUERCINO (1591-1666) Leaning Nude Man (recto); Kneeling Man, Hands Tied Behind His Back (verso) Black chalk heightened with white on light blu...

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1620s Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Regency Mahogany Writing Table, England, Circa 1820, 2 Drawers
Regency Mahogany Writing Table, England, Circa 1820, 2 Drawers

Regency Mahogany Writing Table, England, Circa 1820, 2 Drawers

Located in Bedfordshire, GB

A fine quality regency period mahogany writing table Having two fitted drawers to frieze with original Turned knobs raised on elegant x framed end Supports with original brass castor...

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Antique Early 19th Century English Regency Side Tables

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Mahogany

Regency Gilt Bronze Mounted Rosewood Writing Table in the style of John McLean
Regency Gilt Bronze Mounted Rosewood Writing Table in the style of John McLean

Regency Gilt Bronze Mounted Rosewood Writing Table in the style of John McLean

Located in Kittery Point, ME

The bronze-mounted rectangular top with rounded incurved corners‚ above a single frieze drawer‚ raised on a trestle base ending in downswept legs on casters joined by a turned stretc...

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Antique 19th Century English Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Metal

St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)
St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)

St. John the Baptist in the wilderness , Ecce Agnus Dei (Behold the Lamb of God)

By Giovanni Francesco Barbieri (Il Guercino)

Located in Middletown, NY

Pen and sepia ink and wash on vellum, 8 7/8 x 10 1/2 inches (225 x 267 mm). In very good condition with some modern notations in pencil on the verso, minor cockling, and a 1-inch hor...

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Mid-17th Century Old Masters Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Vellum, Pencil

Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting  by Jean-Baptiste Glomy
Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting  by Jean-Baptiste Glomy

Three drawings by François Boucher in a mounting by Jean-Baptiste Glomy

By François Boucher

Located in PARIS, FR

We would like to thank Juliette Parmentier-Courreau of the Custodia Foundation for her welcome and support during the consultation of Glomy’s Journal des Ouvrages. This spectacularl...

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1750s Old Masters Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Ink

Regency Diminutive Writing Table
Regency Diminutive Writing Table

Regency Diminutive Writing Table

$8,850

H 45.5 in W 29.75 in D 17 in

Regency Diminutive Writing Table

By John Mclean

Located in Greenwich, CT

Very fine English Regency period bonheur du jour attributed to John McLean & Son, the rectangular top having pierced gallery with turned and ring collared brass column supports with ...

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Antique 19th Century Regency Desks and Writing Tables

Materials

Bronze

Study of a Fate at mid-body, a red chalk attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni
Study of a Fate at mid-body, a red chalk attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni

Study of a Fate at mid-body, a red chalk attributed to Giovanni da San Giovanni

Located in PARIS, FR

This spectacular red chalk drawing depicts an elderly woman, her eyes bulging, her hand stretched out towards the sky. This disturbing character, who seems close to dementia, and the...

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17th Century Old Masters Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

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The average selling price for a frieze drawing we offer is $2,433, while they’re typically $282 on the low end and $61,200 for the highest priced.