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Belgian Pencil Sketch - Rustic Tavern

Circa 1950

Beautifully detailed early 20th century French pencil drawing on calque of detailed architectural doorway, circa 1910. Folds in paper, very delic...

Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of a round bar around pillar, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival p...

Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of a bar lounge with pink accent, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archiv...

Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of entry to lounge in pink and yellow, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. A...

Mid-century French pen and ink drawing on transfer paper of a round bar and lounge, circa 1950. Original artwork on paper displayed on a white mat with a gold border. Archival plas...

French technical drawing of geometric shapes, c.1980. Academic drawing of geometric shapes and perspectives on hand laid paper. Original artwork on...

Fairy tale. 1950. Paper, watercolor, 26,5x19,5 cm

Italy. Paper, mixed media, 33х24 сm

This graphite drawing on paper is in excellent condition and and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The size dimensions do not include the frame. Alvar pays homage to two of his favorite artists in De Piero a Picasso. Early Renaissance Italian painter Piero della Francesca and twentieth-century Modern artist Pablo Picasso frequently appear as sources of inspiration in Alvar’s homage works. Piero, nowadays celebrated as an artist, was regarded as a mathematician and geometer to his contemporaries in the fifteenth century. Alvar recognizes Piero’s advanced knowledge of perspective and color, his geometric orderliness, and skill in pictorial construction by including a reference to Piero’s History of the True Cross in the lower left corner. The sequence of frescoes painted by Piero circa 1451-1466 is considered an early Renaissance masterpiece. Creative muses in the center of the painting form a symbolic connection between Piero and Picasso, another artist from which Alvar receives continuing inspiration. A muse upholds a recreation of Picasso’s 1901...

This graphite drawing on paper is in excellent condition and and has only been shown in a gallery setting. The size dimensions do not include the frame. Alvar pays homage to one o...

This attractive French interior decoration study project drawing is attributed to Maurice Dufrene Studio. The project features the interior decoration for a typical 1930/40s upper-cl...

This stunning furniture study project drawing was designed by L' Atelier 43 Studio in Lyon, France, in the 1930s. The study features a project for a custom-made interior bar in a typ...