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Wpa Strike

WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial
Located in New York, NY
WPA Scene American Modernism 20th Century Workers Strike Realism Industrial "Pawns" 16 x 20 inches
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

THE PARTISAN (SF Dock strike)
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Francisco Waterfront Strike of 1934. The Achenbach Foundation in San Francisco has a preliminary watercolor
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Daniel Ralph Celentano, Untitled (Strike Breakers) pencil, c. 1934. Signed, lower right. A fine
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pencil

"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
social protest works of the Great Depression. Subjects included industrial strikes and incidents of
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

William Gropper WPA Artist Watercolor in Grisaille, circa 1932- “Uprooted”
By William Gropper
Located in Phoenix, AZ
industrial strikes, especially in the coal mining and steel-production centers. He did much illustration
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Vintage 1930s Paintings

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Paint

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures

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Bronze

Street Riot Oil Painting Mounted Police WPA artist Social Justice Americana Art
By Arthur Smith
Located in Surfside, FL
justice dramatized in this painting of NYC mounted Police breaking up a riot or strike. I sold a Southern
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

"Polo Player, " Footed, Shallow Dish with Polo Motif, Art Deco, by Gregory
By Waylande Gregory
Located in Philadelphia, PA
reaching out to strike the ball. The primary glaze has a beautiful mottled appearance, and the artist
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Decorative Bowls

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Clay

Blanche Grambs, Unemployed
Located in New York, NY
York were a major source of the material in this period. She was on the NYC-WPA and was one of the
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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

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Etching

Blanche Grambs, Waterfront, New York City
Located in New York, NY
York were a major source of the material in this period. She was on the NYC-WPA and was one of the
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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

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Etching, Aquatint

Street Cleaners
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Throughout his career, Biberman was fascinated with Labor. Whether depicting a Hollywood studio strike, a
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Seeking a Future
By Philip Evergood
Located in Concord, MA
of his paintings at once that he could consider his financial troubles over. Evergood worked on WPA
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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Banquet Attrib to Van Den Hoecke Religious Oil on Table Old Master 17th Century
By Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648)
Located in Riva del Garda, IT
Gaspar van den Hoecke (Antwerp, 1585 - 1648) Herod's banquet Early 17th century oil on panel, with gold highlights (in the guise of Salome and in the curtains of the building in the...
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17th Century Old Masters Paintings

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Oil

Anthony Velonis, Local Stop (New York City)
By Anthony Velonis
Located in New York, NY
Anthony Velonis (1911-1997) was an extremely innovative artist. He learned the technique of screen printing, also known as silkscreen, (for which he also coined the term serigraphy) ...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Screen

"Runner, " Large Rare Bronze of Nude Male Figure by Seifert, 1922
By Franz Seifert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Sculpted as European artists were moving from Beaux Arts realism to a more stylized modern approach to the figure, which we now call Art Deco, this large and rare bronze depicts a nu...
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Vintage 1920s Austrian Beaux Arts Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism
By Dale Nichols
Located in New York, NY
"Winter" American Modernism WPA Regionalism Landscape Mid-Century Magic Realism. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on canvas, c. 1960s, Signed lower right. As we list the painting now, the work i...
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1960s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Set of bookcases by Mogens Koch
By Mogens Koch
Located in Copenhagen, DK
Large set of original bookcases by architect Mogens Koch for master carpenter Rud. Rasmussen. 12 bookcases shown here. We offer the bookcases in any number of units (each unit is 76x...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Scandinavian Modern Bookcases

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Elm, Pine, Teak, Oak, Mahogany

Set of bookcases by Mogens Koch
Set of bookcases by Mogens Koch
H 29.93 in W 29.93 in D 10.63 in
Adobe Church, New Mexico, 1940s Modernist Southwestern Landscape Oil Painting
By Paul Kauvar Smith
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage 1930s - 1940s oil painting of an adobe church in New Mexico with a brilliant blue sky and clouds (likely Rancho de Taos), circa 1940. Painted by Denver modernist, Paul K. Smi...
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism American Scene Men Working Industrial Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Bailing Hay 42 x 40 inches Oil on paper c. 1930s Signed lower right Unframed ...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Oil

Steve Chase Iconic Channel Sofa From Celebrity Estate in New Creme Upholstery
By Martin Battrud, Steve Chase
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The most desired sofa we have ever had in 13 years of business is the channel sofas that Steve Chase designed in the 1980s - 1990s. We were always going to keep this one for ourselve...
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Vintage 1980s American Modern Sofas

Materials

Fabric

Untitled Abstract Picture (Limited edition authorized promotional reproduction)
By Gerhard Richter
Located in New York, NY
Gerhard Richter Untitled Abstract Picture, 2002 Offset lithograph on GardaMatt Art 250 GSM paper - Artist Authorized reproduction Not signed, edition of 3433 12 1/2 × 16 3.5 inches U...
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Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

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Lithograph, Offset

Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish Chassidi...
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen
By Lionel S. Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Lionel S. Reiss (1894 - 1988) Lobstermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1943 Watercolor on paper Sight 17 1/2 x 23 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Las ...
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

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Paper, Watercolor

FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION Signed Lithograph, Children Jewish Holocaust
By Chaim Gross
Located in Union City, NJ
FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION is a fine art limited edition commemorative poster by the American artist/sculptor Chaim Gross. FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION was printed using four col...
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1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile) — Central Park, New York City
By Louis Lozowick
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Louis Lozowick, 'Angry Skies (Andante Cantabile)', lithograph, 1935; edition 10, AAA 250; Flint 123. Signed in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower left. A fine, richly-inked impressio...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

'Vermont Quarry', Kansas City Art Institute, New York, Art Students League, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Guy Maccoy' (American, 1904-1981), dated 1941 and titled, lower left, 'Vermont Quarry'. Serigrapher, muralist and teacher, Guy Maccoy began his art studies at ...
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1940s Landscape Prints

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Paper, Paint, Screen

Still Life with Lemons and Chianti Wine Still life on Canvas and Cardstock
Located in Soquel, CA
Still Life with Lemons and Chianti Wine still life on table with wine bottle and lemons by California artist Harold F. Porter (American, 19th-20th Century). A muted mauve and blue w...
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1930s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Illustration Board

'Consort', Modernist Equestrian Gouache, AIC, WPA artist, Benezit
By Eduard Buk Ulreich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Buk' for Eduard Buk Ulreich (American, 1889-1966); additionally titled verso 'Consort' and dated 1954 with inscription, 'by the one and only buk, made for Ruth'....
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1950s Art Deco Animal Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Gouache, Illustration Board

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"Strike, " Important Mural Study by Dunbar Beck
Located in Philadelphia, PA
1930s, now lost. Clearly celebrating the worker and his right to strike, the central panel also depicts
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Drawings

Materials

Graphite, Paper

Bronze Female Nude Sculpture Modernist, WPA, New York Chelsea Hotel Artist
By Eugenie Gershoy
Located in Surfside, FL
1936 to 1939, Gershoy worked for the WPA Federal Art Project. She collaborated with Max Spivak on
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Nude Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Deaths of Castillo and Calvo Sotelo (Spanish Civil War)
By Anton Refregier
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
1925, finding work with interior decorators. During the Great Depression, he was employed by the WPA
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Girl with Guitar
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
strike a good working balance between [color and form]. His figure studies . . . show him at his best
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Pastel

STRIKE
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Portland, ME
Abramovitz, Albert (American, born Latvia, 1879-1963). STRIKE. Linoleum cut on wove paper, c. 1930s
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Linocut

SAN FRANCISCO '34 WATERFRONT STRIKE
By Anton Refregier
Located in Portland, ME
Refregier, Anton (American, born Russia, 1905-1979). SAN FRANCISCO '34 WATERFRONT STRIKE
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1940s Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Under the Stairs
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
schools. Yet in the best sense of the word he is traditional . . . The best of his things strike a good
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Under the Stairs
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
strike a good working balance between [color and form]. His figure studies . . . show him at his best
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1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas

TERRIBLE WITH BANNERS"
By Michael Lenson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
schools. Yet in the best sense of the word he is traditional . . . The best of his things strike a good
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1950s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

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