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Dock Workers

Dock Workers Unloading Freighter
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
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20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Dock Workers under the Brooklyn Bridge
By Martin Lewis
Located in Storrs, CT
Martin Lewis, N.A. (Dock Workers under the Brooklyn Bridge). c. 1916-18. Aquatint and etching
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1910s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

'Wharf with Dock Workers', American School, Oakland, San Francisco Bay Area Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
A Post-Impressionist oil of a wooden wharf with a large sailing boat moored and dockhands working with a view beyond towards a coastal town with wooden-frame houses, possibly Oakland...
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1910s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship
Located in London, GB
, dock workers, a British Railways van, a cargo steam train and more ships and factories on the other
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Vintage 1940s British Posters

Materials

Paper

"Drowsy Bums" - Mid Century Figurative San Francisco Dock Landscape
By John Stoll
Located in Soquel, CA
Figurative landscape capturing dock workers' afternoon break by John Theodore Edward Stoll (b
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1940s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching, Paper, Printer's Ink

School Chart At the Port by Rossignol
Located in Antwerp, BE
. Old trucks driving on and off to bring or get goods. Dock workers carrying bales. Beautiful old cranes
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Mid-20th Century French Industrial Decorative Art

Materials

Paper

School Chart At the Port by Rossignol
School Chart At the Port by Rossignol
H 22.05 in W 29.93 in D 0.04 in
Joseph Webster Golinkin, On the Dock, Banana Boat, New Orleans
By Joseph Webster Golinkin
Located in New York, NY
Square Garden (his sporting scenes are widely admired). This New Orleans dock scene is a perfect example
Category

1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

James Wilson Carmichael (1800-1868) - Signed Early 19th Century Oil, The Docks
By James Wilson Carmichael
Located in Corsham, GB
the local workers and the surrounding harbours and docks of North East England. Very well presented
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19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Provincetown Dock Scene, " WPA-Era Painting w/ Fishermen by Sterne in Red & Blue
By Maurice Sterne
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A superb example of WPA-era painting that celebrates the American worker, this dockside scene in
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art
By alain cornic
Located in London, GB
, fruit and vegetables, and three small images of cranes in a shipping dock, a factory and worker on a
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Vintage 1950s French Posters

Materials

Paper

Boatyard, Original Painting
By Robert Hofherr
Located in San Francisco, CA
: acrylicpaint, architecture, boats, work, working, sailboat, freighter, workers, Matisse, Picasso, Klee
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21st Century and Contemporary Expressionist Interior Paintings

Materials

Acrylic

Antique English Oil on Canvas Painting of a River Scene Edward Fletcher 19th C
Located in London, GB
anchored agaist the dock on the tidal waters of the Lower Thames at dusk with busy dockside workers. The
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Antique 1890s English Paintings

Materials

Canvas

After Showers – Maine Coast, an the anti-aging oil painting by Edward Christiana
Located in Hudson, NY
A modernist coastal/dock scene by Edward Christiana. This painting is hand-signed "Edward
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Modern British oil painting of St. Ives beach by Simeon Stafford
By Simeon Stafford
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
landmarks from his past, creating his distinctive style. Simeon Stafford's subjects include docks and their
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Roux-Marquiand French Art Deco Tea-Coffee Set, 1925
By Roux-Marquiand
Located in Saint-Amans-des-Cots, FR
important company that will have up to 100 workers, employing a workforce of high level. It will never
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Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Tea Sets

Materials

Silver Plate

Wisdom by Margaret Hicks, 1990, C-Print, Photography
Located in Dallas, TX
dock. The detailed textures of the rusted metal, worn wood, and aged rope are emphasized, creating
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1990s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Color

Le Fiacre au Cheval Blanc, Pont St. Michel – Paris
By François Gall
Located in Farmers Branch, TX
Jardinière. Happy in this free country dreamed, he walks Paris Montmartre to Montparnasse, through the docks
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1940s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Original Vintage British Railways Poster South Wales Docks Industry Cargo Ship
Located in London, GB
, dock workers, a British Railways van, a cargo steam train and more ships and factories on the other
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1940s More Prints

Materials

Paper

Original Vintage Poster French West Africa Map Afrique Occidentale Francaise Art
Located in London, GB
, fruit and vegetables, and three small images of cranes in a shipping dock, a factory and worker on a
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1950s More Prints

Materials

Paper

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Vintage Signed Painting on Fabric Canvas of Field Workers.
Located in Seattle, WA
Possibly Acrylic. Possibly Haitian origin according to Research. Painting on Fabric as Shown.Signed in the Lower Corner. Dimensions. 12 W ; 1/8 D ; 16 H
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Vintage 1970s Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Descending from the Cross, by Torchlight
By Rembrandt van Rijn
Located in New York, NY
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn 1606 Leiden – Amsterdam 1669 The Descent from the Cross by Torchlight 1654 etching and drypoint; sheet 213 x 163 mm (8 3/8 x 6 7/16 inches) Bart...
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17th Century Old Masters Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Impressionistic Seascape Oil Painting Michael Budden Beach Ocean Sail Boat Surf
By Michael Budden
Located in Chesterfield, NJ
An oil painting on panel by award winning contemporary artist Michael Budden that showcases a single sail boat on a subtle grey day at the beach with clearing skies created in an imp...
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Pulitzer Fountain, Evening" — 1940s American Modernism, New York City
By Ellison Hoover
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Ellison Hoover, 'Pulitzer Fountain, Evening', lithograph, circa 1940, edition c. 40. Signed in pencil. A fine, atmospheric impression, on cream wove paper; the full sheet with margin...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

American Landscape Painting "Farm at Rockaway, New Jersey" by Carl Weber
By Carl Weber
Located in Shippensburg, PA
CARL WEBER American, 1855-1929 "View at Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey" Oil on canvas Signed lower left "Carl Weber" Item # 106PPK09Q An incredibly fine and vivid work in ...
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20th Century American Barbizon School Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood, Paint

"Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
Reginald Marsh "Manhattan Bridge" NYC American Scene Modernism Watercolor WPA Urban Realism, 20 x 14 inches. Watercolor and pencil on paper, 1938. Signed lower right. Housed in a stu...
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

'Skagen', Paris, Académie des Beaux-Arts, Salon des Artistes Français, Munich
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower left, 'Clement' for Gad Frederick Clement (Danish, 1867-1933) and painted circa 1920. Titled, verso, on old exhibition label, 'Fra Haven' (From the Garden). Additionally...
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1910s Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Well Executed Modern Industrialist Oil Painting Futuristic Factory Workers
By (after) Fernand Léger, Mark Kostabi
Located in Buffalo, NY
Well executed modern industrialist oil painting, futuristic factory workers. Amazing use of color, texture and space. Artist unknown. Mark Kostabi meets Fernand Leger.
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Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Paint

Near Cabrillo, California, 1950s Farm Landscape Oil Painting with Barn and House
By Jon Blanchette
Located in Denver, CO
Vintage Northern California landscape painting a farm near Cabrillo, California by Jon Blanchette circa 1955 (mid 20th century). Featuring a red barn, white farmhouse and rolling hil...
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1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

19th Century Painting Landscape with Children Playing
Located in Berlin, DE
Idyllic landscape with children playing. Munich, 1883. Rural worker in background, farm and bridge. Oil on solid mahogany plate with gold frame. (S-44).
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20th Century German Paintings

April Moon, Oil Painting
By Sheila Finch
Located in San Francisco, CA

Artist Comments
Inspired by an April full moon, artist Sheila Finch created this nighttime landscape. "The light brought a jeweled glow over the land," says Sheila. "This pai...

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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist More Art

Materials

Oil

Michel Marie Poulain Signed Oil Painting 1953
Located in Lake Worth, FL
For FULL item description click on CONTINUE READING at the bottom of this page. Offering One Of Our Recent Palm Beach Estate Fine Art Acquisitions Of A Large Colorful French Mid-Cen...
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Vintage 1950s French Paintings

Materials

Paint

'En Plein Soleil' from the French Set, 'Douze eau-fortes d'apres Nature'
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
James Abbott McNeill Whistler, 'En Plein Soleil' from the French Set (Douze eau-fortes d'apres Nature), etching, 1858, edition 61, 4th state of 4, Kennedy 15. Signed in the plate, lo...
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1850s Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

"Snow Squals, Parmelee Farm"
By Peter Poskas
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Signed Lower Left Poskas was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, a small industrial city set on the banks of the Naugatuck River. He was interested in art as a child, but on entering ...
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20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Antique American Plein Aire Impressionist Farm Landscape Framed Oil Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique American impressionist landscape oil painting. Oil on board, circa 1920. Unsigned. Image size, 16L x 13H. Housed in a period frame.
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Vent Léger en Aout (Trouville)" "Light Wind in August" Plage sailboat beach o/c
By André Hambourg
Located in Rancho Santa Fe, CA
A wonderful André Hambourg beach scene at Trouville with people, children, sailboats, dogs, horses, birds, cabanas & umbrellas! Signed lower left Initialed and titled verso. Framed d...
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Mid-20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Cotton Canvas, Oil

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Oyster Dock Worker
By Carol Devereaux
Located in San Antonio, TX
Artwork Size: 18" x 14" Carol Williams Devereaux is an American landscape painter living in Dallas, Texas. She is originally from Memphis, Tennessee and holds a Bachelor of Fine A...
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2010s Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Oyster Dock Worker
Oyster Dock Worker
H 24.63 in W 20.63 in D 1.5 in
Untitled (Dock Workers)
By Miron Sokole
Located in Bethesda, MD
c. 1935 Oil or gouache on paper Framed in gold leaf 13" x 20" Framed size 21.5" x 28.5" Miron Sokole was born in Odessa, Russia in 1901. He came to the United States during...
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1930s Paintings

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Gouache, Oil

Undersea Fight
By Yves Jean-Pierre
Located in Haverstraw, NY
age 15, he worked as a dock worker in the busy harbor of Port-au-Prince. He joined the Centre dArt in
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1990s Abstract Animal Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Nude in Profile)
By Ralph Chessé
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
figures in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers
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20th Century American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

The Old Black Man
By Ralph Chessé
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and in religious
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20th Century American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Song of David
By Ralph Chessé
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
in scenes recalling his boyhood in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"GOING HOME"
Located in Ghent, BE
the beautiful setting, which the dock worker does not see. However, the sun does not shine upon the
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1920s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

'The Harbor' Original Oil by Johannes Jurres
By Johannes Hendrikus Jurres
Located in Charlevoix, MI
Workers busy themselves leading massive work horses towards the docked boats in this magnificent
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Early 20th Century Dutch Paintings

Materials

Canvas

“The Dream”
By Simeon Stafford
Located in Knutsford, GB
and play. Subjects include docks and their workers, holiday seaside scenes and streets crammed with
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Simeon Stafford - “The Dream”
Located in Knutsford, GB
human interaction, a happy dialogue of work and play. Subjects include docks and their workers, holiday
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21st Century and Contemporary English Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Simeon Stafford - “The Dream”
Simeon Stafford - “The Dream”
H 30 in W 40 in D 2 in
Winter in the Yard, USS Constitution, Boston, Massachusetts 1844
By Paul Garnett
Located in Stonington, CT
year. The ship is under a skeleton crew for the winter as the dock master in his shack gets news from a
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2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

McKay's Ship Yard- The Launching of Clippership "Flying Cloud" in 1851
By Paul Garnett
Located in Stonington, CT
weather. Other mill houses, etc. are to the right with a large packet ship docked nearby and the then
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Large Painting of Harbor Bay Scene
Located in Palm Beach, FL
, ferries, horse drawn wagons, dock workers and travelers. Painted in a sophisticated palette of muted
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20th Century American Paintings

Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop, New Orleans (Large)
Located in New Orleans, LA
British. In the early 1900's, poor Irish and Italian dock-workers would stop by for a whiskey shot on the
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

English Etching "The Thames Police" of Thames Set by J. Whistler, Early Restrike
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Big Flats, NY
fishing boats, tall mast ship, docks, workers, sailors, buildings, police department, etc., signed and
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Antique 19th Century English Drawings

Materials

Paper

Constructivist Steelworker, Rare WPA oil painting, Manhattan NYC
By Irving George Lehman
Located in Surfside, FL
A wonderful work of American regionalist art. WPA period. NYC skyline of a steel worker or dock
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1940s Constructivist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

A View of the Houses of Parliament from the Thames, London
Located in New Orleans, LA
, including dock workers aboard ships on the busy wharf. A similar, though less detailed view of the Houses of
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19th Century Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Antique Oil Painting on Canvas, Harbour at Sunset and the Villa Medici
By Claude Lorrain
Located in Dallas, TX
was painted in the early 1800s. It depicts ships docked in the harbour with the Villa Medici on the
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Antique Early 19th Century French Baroque Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Modern British oil painting of St. Michaels Mount, Cornwall by Simeon Stafford
By Simeon Stafford
Located in Petworth, West Sussex
of landmarks from his past, creating his distinctive style. Simeon Stafford's subjects include docks
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21st Century and Contemporary Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modern Abstract American WPA Ashcan School Inspired Painting of Dock Workers
Located in Houston, TX
Early abstract figurative painting of dock workers by an unknown artist. Inspired by the dynamic
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early Industrial Hand Truck Cocktail Table
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Classic dock workers hand truck converted to a cocktail table. Great original wear and patina. Old
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Vintage 1930s American Industrial Coffee and Cocktail Tables

Materials

Iron

WPA Dockers Etching, C. 1930
By Louis Szanto
Located in Houston, TX
Dynamic etching of dock workers in Holland by Hungarian-born WPA artist Louis Szanto (1889-1965
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1930s Other Art Style Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Etching

“Legion Week, 1937”
By Bertram Hartman
Located in Southampton, NY
Fabulous watercolor of American Legion week in New York. Dock workers reading the newspaper with
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1930s Post-Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Archival Paper

Dock Scene Oil Painting by Martin Gambee
Located in New York, NY
"Dock Scene" by the American artist Martin Gambee, (1905-1969). Oil on canvas, with hand painted
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Vintage 1930s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

Station Wagon
By Marc Dalessio
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
will notice an array of sailboats lining the dock. A station wagon is an interesting choice to of car
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21st Century and Contemporary American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Very Large, Contemporary Modern British, Cornish Naive Outsider Art of St Ives
By Simeon Stafford
Located in Harkstead, GB
, creating his distinctive style. Simeon Stafford's subjects include docks and their workers, holiday
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20th Century Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

Rotherhithe (Wapping) - Drypoint Etching
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Soquel, CA
etching of two workers at a shipyard in Rotherhithe. Signed and dated in plate ("Whistler 1860") Paper
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Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Ink, Laid Paper, Drypoint

African American Dock Worker by Samuel Countee
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a wonderful painting by Samuel Countee, an African American Artist from Houston, Texas, and a rising star amongst Black Artists. He was a muralist, completeing a mural for th...
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Rare 19th Century Ice Cream Cart
Located in Gloucestershire, GB
to serve the thousands of coal, steel and dock workers. Ice cream snack caught on fast, particularly
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Antique Mid-19th Century British Victorian Carnival Art

Materials

Wood

Rare 19th Century Ice Cream Cart
Rare 19th Century Ice Cream Cart
H 36.62 in W 59.06 in D 32.68 in
Mid Century New York Street Scene
Located in San Francisco, CA
apply to this piece: black and white, men, male, workers, industrial, truck, loading dock, New York
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20th Century American Photography

Salome
By Ralph Chessé
Located in Beverly Hills, CA
in New Orleans, in socially realist depictions of dock workers, and in religious themed motifs
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Illustration Board

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Dock Workers For Sale on 1stDibs

There is a broad range of dock workers for sale on 1stDibs. There are many modern, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist versions of these works for sale. These items have been produced for many years, with earlier versions available from the 19th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 21st Century. You can search the dock workers that we have for sale on 1stDibs by color — popular works were created in bold and neutral palettes with elements of gray, beige, brown and purple. These artworks have been a part of the life’s work for many artists, but the versions made by James Fitton, Anton Otto Fischer, James Wilson Carmichael, Martin Lewis and John Stoll are consistently popular. Frequently made by artists working in oil paint, paint and canvas, all of these available pieces are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much are Dock Workers?

Prices for art of this kind can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — dock workers in our inventory begin at $750 and can go as high as $16,000, while the average can fetch as much as $2,668.