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Drawings & Sketches

76,603 works

Etching of a flat waterside landscape with a distant village, church spire, windmill and a wooden footbridge across pools.

Sketch of Monnikendam in Distance

Frank Short, 1892

Eight Heads of Ecclesiastics

Jehan-Georges Vibert

Pen and ink sketch of a boy balancing a tall weed on his nose beside a wooden crate and a hat.

Boy Balancing a Tall Weed on His Nose

Jehan-Georges Vibert

Pencil drawing of an agitated white cockatoo with raised crest and spread wings, perched on a bamboo stand.

The Angry Parrot

Jehan-Georges Vibert

Pencil drawing of a white cockatoo holding a nut on a metal perch beside two feeding bowls, signed by the artist.

The Sedate Parrot

Jehan-Georges Vibert

Watercolor of a woman in Spanish costume holding palm fronds beside baskets of palms at a stone doorway.

Palm Sunday in Spain

Jehan-Georges Vibert

Pencil sketch of an ornate carved staircase with pierced balusters, a figure on a newel post, and tall finials.

Ernest Peixotto, Staircase in Cromwell House, Highgate, London

Ernest Peixotto, 1899

Grey wash drawing of a grand library reading room with a coffered barrel vault, arched windows and long reading tables.

Ernest Peixotto, Reading room, Bates Hall, 1896

Ernest Peixotto, 1896

Sepia drawing of a walled castle complex with a flagged tower, a circular helipad in the foreground, and a village street.

The castle of Sedan used as a German millitary hospital

Ernest Peixotto

Abstract drawing of interlocking dark and blue angular shapes with a rounded head-like form near the top.

Pagan Philosophy

Abstracted drawing of a black and white cow with curved horns, rendered in muted brown, gray and cream tones.

Cow

Pencil and watercolor drawing of a lone yellow tree on a hill, with a railroad embankment and red-roofed buildings behind.

Fall Brook Railroad

Abstract watercolor with coiling teal and yellow-green forms over a pink arc and pale blue wash, signed by Arthur Dove.

Pond in Sunlight

Ink and watercolor sketch of three pale arched gravestones among dark trees and yellow-green grass.

Old Tombstones

Watercolor and ink drawing of jagged, overlapping dogwood leaves in pink and grey above a winding brown path and green ground

Dogwood

Loose painted landscape of dark green trees with pale blossoms over brown trunks and grey-green grass on cream paper.

Green Leaves

Watercolor and ink drawing of a yellow and gray tugboat labeled BESSIE OF NY on choppy water near a harbor.

Study for "The 'Bessie' of New York"

Ink and watercolor sketch of a reclining cow outlined in black on pale beige paper with ochre washes.

Cow II

Abstract drawing with red, yellow, green and gray biomorphic shapes, black hatching and dots on pale paper.

Italy Goes to War

Arthur Dove, 1941

Watercolor and pencil sketch of a pale cliff with green top extending over blue sea waves under a grey sky.

Target Rock

Painted drawing of a sycamore tree with spotted gray branches, dark trunk, green foliage, and a loose blue sky background.

Sycamore

Ink and brown wash sketch of a fallen tree trunk in a clearing with upright trees and patches of grass behind it.

Tree II

Abstract watercolor and ink drawing of a weather vane with ochre and brown shapes on a green hill.

Weather Vane

Charcoal drawing on tan paper of two goats with curving horns and flowing fur, shown in abstracted, overlapping forms.

Goats

Watercolor and ink drawing of snowy rooftops with chimneys, bare branches and evergreen boughs under a pale blue sky.

Snowy Rooftops and Trees

Abstract painting of a dark rounded tree form with a glowing orange center, green hills and a brown sky behind it.

Sun Through Tree I

Watercolor of layered grey-blue storm clouds with an eye-shaped light opening above rolling green and brown hills.

Storm Clouds by Arthur G. Dove, 1935, watercolor

Arthur Dove, 1935

Abstract grey and black ink drawing of a rounded creature-like form with an eye and radiating strokes on pale paper.

There Was a Cat Somewhere

Abstract composition of red, yellow, white and blue organic shapes with dark outlines and small oval accents.

Tree Forms and Water

Black and white lithograph of a harbor with moored sailing ships, half-timbered houses, and people on a stone quay.

Interior of a Port

Black and white lithograph of stormy chalk cliffs, waves striking a wooden jetty, a sailboat, and cottages near Dieppe.

Near Dieppe

Watercolor of two beached fishing boats on a sandy shore with waves, a cottage on the left and a distant sail.

Fishing Boats