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Depression
Located in MADRID, ES
Depression
Category
Mid-20th Century Paintings
"Erik ud af Depression" (Erik out of Depression)
Located in København S, DK
her exceptional contributions to art. Ortwed has notably represented Denmark at prestigious venues
Category
1980s Abstract Impressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Dayworker (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dayworker (American Depression) - 1999
20x 20 cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Farmer (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Farmer (American Depression) - 2004
20 x 20 cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 artist Proofs
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Dust Bowl Farm (American Depression) - analog
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dust Bowl Farm (American Depression) - 1997
44x59cm,
Edition 3/5.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed
Category
1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 17.33 in W 23.23 in D 0.04 in
The Farmer's Wife (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Farmer's Wife (American Depression) - 2004
50 x 49 cm
Edition of 10 plus two artist Proofs
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Salton Sea Life (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Salton Sea Life (American Depression) - 1999
20 x 20 cm, Edition of 10 plus two artist Proofs
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Salton Sea Life (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Salton Sea Life (American Depression) - 1999
50 x 50 cm, Edition of 10 plus two artist Proofs
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Salton Sea Life (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Salton Sea Life (American Depression) - 1999
20 x 20 cm, Edition of 10 plus two artist Proofs
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
Salton Sea Life (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Salton Sea Life (American Depression) - 1999
48 x 46 cm,
Edition of 10 plus two artist Proofs
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now
Category
1940s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Paper
Barren (American Depression) - Polaroid, Contemporary, Landscape, Photography
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Barren (American Depression) - 1997
44x59cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C
Category
1990s Outsider Art Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 17.33 in W 23.23 in D 0.04 in
The Farmer's Wife's Loneliness (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Farmer's Wife's Loneliness (American Depression) - 2004
50x49cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 19.69 in W 19.3 in D 0.04 in
Vagabond (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Vagabond (American Depression) - 2017
40x40cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 15.75 in W 15.75 in D 0.04 in
The Farmer's Wife's Loneliness (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Farmer's Wife's Loneliness (American Depression) - 2004
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Winter (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Winter (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
The Farmer's Wife's Portrait (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Transient - the Picker's Wife (American Depression) - 2004
featuring Radha Mitchell
20 x 20 cm
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
The Farmer's Wife's Portrait (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Farmer's Wife's Portrait (American Depression) - 2004
48 x 46 cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 18.9 in W 18.12 in D 0.04 in
The Farmer and his Wife (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Farmer and his Wife (American Depression) - 2004
50 x 49 cm,
edition of 10 plus two Artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
The Farmer and his Wife (American Depression)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
The Farmer and his Wife (American Depression) - 2004
48 x 46 cm,
Edition of 10 plus two artist
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
Custom Trailers (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Custom Trailers (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid, Archival Paper
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
California Depression (California Badlands) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
California Depression (California Badlands) - 2010
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Dine-In (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Dine-In (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C-Print
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
A Temple (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A Temple (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Drive-In (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Drive-In (American Depression) - 2017
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Spartan Trailers (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Airstream Trailers (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Polaroid, Color
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Airstream Trailer (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Airstream Trailer (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Hide-out (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Hide-out (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Industrial Wasteland (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Industrial Wasteland (American Depression) - 2017
“How can we live without our lives? How will we
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 9.45 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
High Voltage (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
High Voltage (American Depression) - 2017
“How can we live without our lives? How will we know
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 9.45 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
California Depression (California Badlands) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
California Depression (California Badlands) - 2010
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
California Depression (California Badlands) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
California Depression (California Badlands) - 2010
20x24cm, Edition of 10,
digital C-Print, based
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
WARNING! Register*Vote, INFLATION means DEPRESSION
By Ben Shahn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
WARNING! Register*Vote, INFLATION means DEPRESSION
Photo lithograph, 1946
Signed in the image lower
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Offset
A lonely Dog (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
A lonely Dog (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Archival C
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Day Worker (American Depression) - Original Polaroid Unique Piece
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day Worker (American Depression) - 1999
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1.
10.7 x 8.7 cm
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
H 4.22 in W 3.43 in D 0.08 in
Red striped Shack (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Red striped Shack (American Depression) - 2017
20x20cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 7.88 in D 0.04 in
Red striped Shack (American Depression) - Contemporary, Polaroid, Landscape
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Red striped Trailer (American Depression) - 2017
20x24cm,
Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Archival Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 7.88 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Day Worker (American Depression) - Original Polaroid Unique Piece
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day Worker (American Depression) - 1999
Original Polaroid - Unique Piece 1/1.
10.7 x 8.7 cm
Category
1990s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Polaroid
H 4.22 in W 3.43 in D 0.08 in
Day Worker (American Depression) - analog, based on a Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day Worker (American Depression) - 1999
58x57cm,
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
Analog C
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 22.84 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
Day Worker (American Depression) -Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Polaroids have their own artistic merit, often capturing iconic figures and embracing the pop art aesthetic
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
H 22.84 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
Day Worker (American Depression) -Contemporary, 21st Century, Polaroid, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Day Worker (American Depression) - 1999
Edition of 10,
58x56cm.
Analog C-Print, hand-printed by
Category
1990s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Metal
H 22.84 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
Tropical Depression Fabric Picture by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Tropical depression fabric picture by Sofia Alvarado
Dimensions: D185 x W135 x H5 cm
Materials
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
Age of Innocence (Depression in Harlem - Brother and Sister)
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
; this work also included the depression era, which struck him as worse than anything he had seen in
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 9.5 in W 7.5 in D 0.1 in
Salton Sea Life (American Depression) - Polaroid, Vintage hand-print
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
Salton Sea Life (American Depression) - 1999
58x56cm.
Edition of 10, plus 2 Artist Proofs.
1
Category
Early 2000s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid
H 22.84 in W 22.05 in D 0.04 in
Art Deco Barker Upright Piano Chrome Mahogany Geometric Case Styling
Located in Leeds, GB
of Fauvism. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression, Art Deco became more subdued. New materials
Category
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Musical Instruments
Materials
Chrome
H 42.92 in W 55.12 in D 22.05 in
Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
him to study for three years at the Cape Cod School of Art under Charles W. Hawthorne. Other grants
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
Shepard Fairey "THE GREED DEPRESSION" 2020 Silkscreen Print Edition of 300
By Shepard Fairey
Located in Draper, UT
THE GREED DEPRESSION
18 inches by 24 inches
Edition of 15/300
Silkscreen print
Signed and
Category
2010s Street Art Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen
1936 Woodblock Print Venus of 23rd St. Skid Row Woodcut NYC Great Depression WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
A great New york City street scene in a modernist realist style. done in the the great depression
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Woodcut
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
Jo Cain (1904
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
"Barge Toiler" by Max Kalish is a Mid 20th Century modern Depression-Era sculpture from his Labor
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing.
Study to Scale
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Board, Egg Tempera
Le Vin Contre la Depression Nerveuse et l'Anemie
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
“My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly”. -Raoul Dufy
Raoul Dufy’s depictions for an instant charmer of a "medical book" illustrates the myriad benefits of wine, while being sp...
Category
1930s Post-Impressionist Landscape Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
youth, Kalish enrolled at the Cleveland Institute of Art as a fifteen-year-old, receiving a first-place
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
By John Albok
Located in Dallas, TX
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok depicts a man selling chestnuts on the street. The man
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
By Agnes Yarnall
Located in New York, NY
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
Paris during the Great Depression circa 1930, Silver Gelatin B and W Photography
By Press Agency Keystone View Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
. Paris during the Great Depression, circa 1930.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print photography
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
The Great Depression 3, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist.
Signed lower left
Category
1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Ink, Board
The New Great Depression 5, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
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How Much is a Depression Art?
The price for an artwork of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — a piece of depression art in our inventory may begin at $110 and can go as high as $40,000, while the average can fetch as much as $824.
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