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Art Deco WPA Pottery Horse Sculpture by Jordan 1937
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well done handcrafted pottery fired clay horse in the Art Deco WPA style with strong build
Category

Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Clay

"Leaping Zebra, " Fine and Rare Art Deco Sculpture, Signed by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
-white glaze, and is mounted on a dark-stained walnut plinth. Gregory was a renowned a WPA sculpture and
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Gray Swan, " Iconic Art Deco Sculpture by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
scratched through one layer of glaze to reveal another layer below. Gregory was a renowned a WPA sculpture
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Porcelain

"Fruit Carrier, " Large Sculptural Relief in Mahogany with Male Figure, Art Deco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large and impressive, carved in a naive-sophisticated way that suggests folk art as well as WPA
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
known, using as a model, a Cleveland blast furnace worker. In Paris in 1922, the sculptures of laborers
Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Family, " Remarkable WPA-style Sculpture, Mahogany, 1956
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Vibrant with compressed energy, this remarkable hand-carved sculpture depicting mother, father and
Category

Vintage 1950s American Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

Abstract Sculpture Mid 20th Century Modern Non Objective Biomorphic Plaster WPA
By George L.K. Morris
Located in New York, NY
Modern artist George L.K. Morris created this abstract biomorphic non0objective plaster sculpture
Category

1930s American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
own individual artistic style was already evident in her sculptures. Eugenie Gershoy worked in stone
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA, during the 1930s. His social realist 1939 mural for the Augusta, Georgia post office Plantation
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief piece, Industry and Landscape
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Antoine Bourdelle. Harkavy was a WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief
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Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Large George Aarons Terracotta Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
Two Figures (Mother and son) 9" x 17" terracotta sculpture, signed lower left mounted to wood panel
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Terracotta

STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
This 18 x 9 x 4 inch carved wood sculpture is unsigned and comes directly from the artist's family
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

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

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
late survival of the social com­mentary expressionism of the WPA era; His early lithograph works were
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint, Glaze

Large Chaim Gross Mid Century Mod Bronze Sculpture Circus Acrobats WPA Artist
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
Chaim Gross (American, 1904-1991) Patinated cast bronze sculpture, Three Acrobats, signed
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble, Bronze

Bronze Sculpture Abstract Brutalist Goat or Ram WPA Artist Mounted on Base
By Benedict Michael Tatti
Located in Surfside, FL
with the Teachers Project of the WPA and attended the Art Students League for three and a half years on
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Plaster Sculpture Relief Art Deco Plaque WPA Artist Peace Swords to Ploughshares
By George Aarons
Located in Surfside, FL
. Some of his most powerful sculpture comes from his middle period, when he worked through his emotional
Category

20th Century Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wood

"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA
Located in New York, NY
"Mercury" NYC 1931 Bronze 5th Ave Traffic Light Sculpture American Art Deco WPA In the late 1920s
Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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

"Indian Chief and Family, " Important WPA-Era Sculpture by Seaver, 1930s
By Elizabeth Anderson Seaver 1
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This remarkable ceramic sculpture, probably the best work of Elisabeth Andersen Seaver, one of the
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Clay

"Johnny Appleseed", Important WPA Ceramic Sculpture by Hanson(m), 1930s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This important example of WPA art, which celebrates American history and folklore like so many
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

Antique Donal Hord WPA San Diego California Montezuma Aztec Bronze Sculpture Art
By Donal Hord
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic original bronze sculpture by California sculptor/artist Donal Hord and dates from the
Category

Mid-20th Century American Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Mother Embracing Child, " WPA-Era Sculpture in Turquoise and Charcoal
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Stylized and reductive, this beautiful 1930s-vintage ceramic sculpture depicts a sitting mother
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay

WPA Art Deco Terracotta Buffalo Sculpture by Anthony Vozech, Circa 1930s
Located in Bernville, PA
WPA terracotta buffalo sculpture by Anthony Vozech, circa 1930s. Dimensions: 8” wide 20” high 22
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

"Artist's Model, " Rare and Important WPA Era Sculpture of Male Nude
By Raymond Turner
Located in Philadelphia, PA
lovely glow, this piece is a superb example of WPA-era sculpture. The artist, Raymond Turner, was a
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Mahogany

"Heavy-Lidded Female Head" Dignified Art Deco Sculpture by WPA Artist
By Jean de Marco
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Clearly influenced by stylized Etruscan and African sculpture, this heavy-lidded female head is a
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Construction & Garment Worker, WPA Bronze by Robert Cronbach
By Robert Cronbach
Located in Long Island City, NY
Medium: Bronze sculpture with Brown Patina, signature and date in the cast Size: 18 x 11 x 9 in. (45.72
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Liza Monk (1906-?) Brutalist nail sculpture of Hercules WPA artist based in CA
By Monk Designs
Located in Bridgehampton, NY
Brutalist sculpture of Hercules by Liza Monk - Los Angeles based WPA artist. Heavy and welded
Category

Mid-20th Century American Brutalist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
has a cast of this sculpture in its collection. Pictured on the cover of “The Sculpture of William
Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

WPA Period "Pan with Rabbit" in Carved Fruitwood
Located in Philadelphia, PA
, the sculptor has included many wonderful details which emerge as the viewer rotates the sculpture
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Sculptures

Materials

Fruitwood

"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern
By Robert Cronbach
Located in New York, NY
"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Robert M. Cronbach
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair HAIG PATIGIAN
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

"Cow, " a Paper Cutout & Ink Drawing Sculpture by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cow" is a paper cutout and ink drawing sculpture by Schomer Lichtner. It depicts a cow in cream
Category

Mid-20th Century Sculptures

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Eve and Adam in Eden, " Magnificent, Art Deco-WPA Sculptural Panel
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A magnificent example of WPA sculptor Waylande Gregory's work at the height of his career in the
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Clay

Naturalistic Woman Holding a Calf Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
Naturalistic sculpture of a woman standing and holding a small calf. The sculpture is signed "Happy
Category

20th Century Naturalistic Nude Sculptures

Materials

Clay, Plaster

"Mailman, " Rare and Important WPA Maquette and Bronze by Rudolf Henn
By Rudolph Henn
Located in Philadelphia, PA
WPA bas relief at the post office in Loudonville, Ohio, was created by Rudolf Henn in 1938. Henn was a
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Bird" Abstract Bronze Sculpture with Wooden Base
Located in Houston, TX
W. R. Stevenson's abstract bronze sculpture titled "Bird". The unique sculpture stands on a sleek
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Abstract Sculpture, " Gerome Karmwoski, Wood Surrealist Expressionism
By Gerome Kamrowski
Located in New York, NY
Gerome L. Kamrowski (1914 - 2004) Abstract Sculpture Oil on wood 62 inches high Provenance: The
Category

1960s Post-War Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Oil

"Falling Satyr, " Superb Art Deco Panel with Male Nude by WPA Sculptor
By Don Griffith
Located in Philadelphia, PA
falling satyr, his legs and arms akimbo, was carved by Don Griffith, a WPA artist in Colorado. Dated 1933
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Wall-mounted Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Vincent Glinsky Alabaster Reclining Nude Sculpture c.1950
Located in San Francisco, CA
Vincent Glinsky Alabaster Reclining Nude Sculpture c.1950 9" long x 4.5" deep x 7.5" high Signed
Category

Mid-20th Century Art Deco Nude Sculptures

Materials

Alabaster

Modernist Sculpture Figural Portrait Bust Brutalist Wire Work
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Surfside, FL
generation, he painted for the WPA and then adopted a more abstract style after WWII. Lehman spent much of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

“Abstract Bronze” Modern Gold Ribbon Sculpture with Stand
Located in Houston, TX
Abstract bronze ribbon sculpture created by William Robert Stevenson. The sculpture includes a
Category

1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Vintage Abstract Expressionist Ibram Lassaw Modernist Bronze Sculpture Pendant
By Ibram Lassaw
Located in Surfside, FL
-space welded sculptures of bronze, silver, copper and steel. Drawing from Surrealism, Constructivism
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Gold, Bronze

Mid-Century Metal and Colored Glass Sculpture - Like Stained Glass
Located in Miami, FL
Administration (WPA) from 1936 until 1942 as the supervisor of its sculpture and ceramics program - His work has
Category

1950s American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Steel

"Construction 1982" Abstract Wall Sculpture Contemporary Mid 20th Century Modern
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
"Construction 1982" Abstract Wall Sculpture Contemporary Mid 20th Century Modern Painted wood
Category

1980s Assemblage Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Wood

American Modern Abstract Bronze Sculpture on Granite Stand, Edward Chavez
By Edward Arcenio Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract bronze sculpture mounted on granite base by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995
Category

20th Century American Modern Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Granite, Bronze

Multicolored Abstract Painted Metal Sculpture by Edward Chavez, American Modern
By Edward Arcenio Chavez
Located in Denver, CO
Abstract painted metal sculpture by Edward (Eduardo) Arcenio Chavez (1917-1995). Painted in the
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures

Materials

Metal

"Cow and Ballerina, " Painted Wood Sculpture signed by Schomer Lichtner
By Schomer Lichtner
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"Cow and Ballerina" is an original painted wood sculpture by Schomer Lichtner. It features a high
Category

1990s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Rare Belgian Marble Jewish American Modernist Sculpture Chaim Gross Art Deco
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
This is a wonderful original hand carved unique marble sculpture by one of America's most treasured
Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Male and Female Nude Sculptures by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Rare and singular examples of Waylande Gregory's creative output, this pair of sculptures was
Category

Vintage 1960s American Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Hand-Carved Walnut Sculpture of Dancers by John Begg, USA, 1950s
Located in New York, NY
A wonderfully hand-carved block sculpture of a couple dancing. The sculpture is reminiscent of folk
Category

Vintage 1950s American Sculptures

Materials

Walnut

"Peace and Plenty, " Rare Pair of Art Deco Sculptures by Phoenix
By Geza De Vegh
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very rare pair of terracotta sculptures by Phoenix pottery, probably sculpted by Geza de Vegh
Category

Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

“Rhapsody” Bronze Sculpture by Nathaniel Kaz
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Bronze sculpture of a musician by Nathaniel Kaz, signed and dated 1952. Measures 23” x 10” x 19
Category

Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

1970s Large Wood, Copper Inlay Sculpture Wall Relief Tropical Flowers Motif
By Helen Weber
Located in Surfside, FL
-school art class sponsored by the WPA. Then to New York’s Little Red School House, followed by Music and
Category

1970s American Modern Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Copper

"Fawn" Art Deco Sculpture by Waylande Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Gorgeously glazed in tones of brown and gold, this very rare sculpture depicting a spotted fawn was
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Animal Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

"Ole" Matador Bronze Sculpture by Nathaniel Kaz
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Bronze sculpture depicting a bull fighter with a single rose at his foot. Signed and dated 66' with
Category

Vintage 1960s North American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Statuesque Female Nude, " Superb Art Deco Sculpture by Mankowski
By Bruno Mankowski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Imbued with dignity, gravity and Classic beauty, this rare terra cotta sculpture of a standing
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Terracotta

Isidore Grossman Signed 1955 “Fegele” Bronze Sculpture of a Figure
Located in Indianapolis, IN
A 1955 bronze abstract sculpture titled "Fegele" by the American artist Isidore Grossman (born 1908
Category

Vintage 1950s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Warren Wheelock Bronze Sculpture, circa 1930s, Boy and Rabbit
By Warren Wheelock
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1930s. A sculpture by Wheelock is in the collection of the Smithsonian Art Museum. He also had a work
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

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Wpa Sculptures For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of wpa sculptures is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of ceramic, clay and wood, all wpa sculptures available were constructed with great care. Wpa sculptures have long been popular, with older editions for sale from the 20th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 20th Century. Art Deco wpa sculptures are consistently popular styles. There have been many well-made wpa sculptures over the years, but those made by Don Griffith, Donal Hord and Elizabeth Anderson Seaver are often thought to be among the most beautiful.

How Much are Wpa Sculptures?

Prices for wpa sculptures can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, wpa sculptures begin at $1,100 and can go as high as $39,000, while the average can fetch as much as $4,500.