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Period: Mid-20th Century
Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition.
Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Pushcart Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition.
Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish Social Realism
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition.
Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Klezmer Musicians. ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Worker Woodblock Print c.1930's WPA Woodcut Print Hand Signed
Located in Surfside, FL
Some of his prints were published by the WPA some were done in Soviet moscow in Russia.. it is a wood engraving signed in pencil. From a small edition.
Albert Abramovitz (1879-1963...
Category
American Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition.
Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Orthodox Jewish Rabbi having a glass of t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition.
Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish art.
The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and cartoonist who, with caricature style, focused on social concerns, and was actively engaged in support of the organized labor movement throughout his career. This original color lithograph print is done in the iconic style of the artist's oeuvre.
Born to Harry and Jenny Gropper in 1897, William was raised in New York City's Lower East Side. His parents were Jewish immigrants from Romania and Ukraine, and young William grew up in relative poverty, watching his family struggle to achieve that sought-after American dream. His father, a bright and college-educated man, was unable to find employment that worthy of his intellect. His mother, meanwhile, worked as a seamstress from home. Coupled with the devastating loss of an aunt to the infamous Triangle Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s exploration of the American experience.
Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art. By 1912, he was already studying under the instruction of George Bellows and Robert Henri at the Ferrer School in Greenwich Village. During his time at school, Gropper was also awarded a prestigious scholarship to study at the National Academy of Design. However, he refused to fit into convention and was swiftly expelled from the Academy. After his expulsion, Gropper returned home to help financially by assisting his mother and taking a shop position. However, he didn't abandon art academia and soon presented a portfolio to the New York School of Fine Art which earned him a scholarship for study.
Gropper obtained his first significant job as a cartoonist for the New York Tribune in 1917. While working as a staff cartoonist for the Tribune, he also contributed drawings to publications like Vanity Fair, New Masses, The Nation, and Freiheit. His interest in the welfare of the American worker, class inequality, and social injustice was central in his work. After publishing the graphic novel Alley Oop in 1930, Gropper's illustration career extended well into the decade. However, he was never exempt from controversy, and his 1935 Vanity Fair cartoon; prompted anger from the Japanese government.
As an involved labor organizer and Social Realist activist, Gropper continued to bring attention to his radical reputation with visits to the Soviet Union and Poland. However, his concern with European politics and U.S. social causes didn't slow down his artistic career, and by the late 1930s, he had produced significant murals for American cities like Washington D.C. His 1938 mural Construction of a Dam was commissioned for the Department of the Interior and represents the Social-Realism style that depicts experiences of the worker and everyday societal life. Measuring at a staggering 27ft by 87ft, the piece portrays muscular, robust American laborers scaling rocky hillsides, building infrastructure, and operating heavy machinery. The mural feels undeniably American with golden scenery, denim blues, and steely gray colors. Gropper fits perfectly into Social-Realism because the style exhibits an illustrative flair with strong lines and simple, bold hues.
The inspiration for Construction of a Dam sprang from his 1937 travels to the poverty-stricken Dust Bowl area. The trip was sponsored by a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, and his drawings of the Grand Coulee and Boulder Dams...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"She Made Him Sleep on her Knees" Etching Israeli Judaica Bezalel School Woman
Located in Surfside, FL
Etching hand signed and dated in English. Titled, "She Made Him Sleep on her Knees" Biblical Etching.
Shulamit Wittenberg Miller
Born 1908 in Jerusalem, attended Bezalel Art School,...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Modernist "I Am Black But Comely" Etching Israeli Judaica Bezalel School Woman
Located in Surfside, FL
Etching hand signed and dated in English. Titled, "I am black but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem"
Shulamit Wittenberg Miller
Born 1908 in Jerusalem, attended Bezalel Art Schoo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition.
Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Orthodox Jewish Rabbi having a glass of t...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Smiling Face for Madoura - Original Linocut, Handsigned (Bloch #1279)
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo PICASSO
Smiling Face for Madoura, 1958
Original linocut (printed in Arnera workshop)
Handsigned with red pencil
From a limited edition of 200 unumbered proofs
On vellum 60 x ...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Of light, white, sleeping women in childbed - For the Sake of A Single Verse
By Ben Shahn
Located in Kansas City, MO
Ben Shahn
From Portfolio "For the Sake of A Single Verse by Rainer Maria Rilke"
Year: 1968
Lithograph on Richard de Bas hand-made paper
...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Bather on the Beach - Original Etching - Signed in the Plate
By Raoul Dufy
Located in Paris, FR
Raoul DUFY
Bather on the beach
Original etching, c. 1930
Signed in the plate
Edition of 60 copies
On Rives vellum, size 33 x 50 cm (c. 13 x 19,7 in)
Good condition, traces of framing
Category
Impressionist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Relaxing Woman - Lithograph, 1943
Located in Paris, FR
Henri MATISSE (After)
Relaxing Woman
Lithograph after a drawing
Signature and date printed in the plate
On vellum 24.5 x 32.5 cm (c. 9.4 x 12.6 inch)
INFORMATION : This lithograph...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Two Japanese Women with Dolls - Original etching
Located in Paris, FR
Leonard Tsuguharu FOUJITA
Two Japanese women with dolls, 1955
Original etching
Unsigned
On Arches Vellum 33.5 x 25 cm (c. 13 x 10 inch)
REFERENCES : C...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
On the Sofa : Waiting for the Lover - Lithograph, 1943
Located in Paris, FR
Henri MATISSE (After)
On the Sofa : Waiting for the Lover
Lithograph after a drawing
Signature and date printed in the plate
On vellum 24.5 x 32.5 cm (c. 9.4 x 12.6 inch)
INFORMA...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Dreaming Woman with a Floral Shirt - Lithograph, 1943
Located in Paris, FR
Henri MATISSE (After)
Dreaming Woman with a Floral Shirt
Lithograph after a drawing
Signature and date printed in the plate
On vellum 32.5 x 24.5 cm (c. 12.6 x 9.4 inch)
INFORMATI...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Water He Asked Milk She Gave Him" Etching Israeli Judaica Bezalel School Woman
Located in Surfside, FL
Etching hand signed and dated in English. Titled, "Water he asked, milk she gave him" Biblical Etching.
Shulamit Wittenberg Miller
Born 1908 in Jerusalem, attended Bezalel Art Schoo...
Category
Modern Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching
Salvador Dali - Fruits With Holes - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Fruits With Holes - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1969
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste)
Excellent Condition
Reference...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Biblia Sacra - Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - The Biblia Sacra was published in 1969 by Rizzoli of Rome
- SIGNATURE : printed in the image
- LIMITED : 1499
- SIZE : 19 x 13 3/4"
- RE...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
The Hymn Singer
Located in Missouri, MO
Signed in Pencil Lower Right
Ed. 500
Circulated by Twayne Publishers, New York City
Image Size: 16 x 12 3/8
Framed Size: 24 1/4 x 20 1/2 inches
The legendary actor actor and musici...
Category
American Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Fashion-plate
Located in London, GB
Photo-offset lithograph, collage, screenprint from two stencils, and pochoir, retouched with cosmetics by the artist. Signed in pencil and numbered from the edition of 70. On Fabrian...
Category
Pop Art Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Apricot - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
1969
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned, EA (Epreuve d'Artiste) aside from the edition of 200.
Paper :...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
Salvador Dali - Currant's Reverence - Original Hand-Signed Lithograph
Dimensions: P. 57 x 37 cm
Sheet: 75 x 56 cm
Handsigned
Edition: XIV/XXXV
Lithograph with drypoint in colours, 1...
Category
Surrealist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pablo PICASSO (after) : Symbolist Poet - pochoir - 500 copies - 1963
Located in Paris, FR
Pablo PICASSO (after)
Symbolist Poet
Original pochoir (Jacomet process : lithograph enhanced with oil charcoal)
After an original drawing done in Barcelona 1899
Plate signed
Pencil ...
Category
Realist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Stencil
La Chanteuse de la Radio
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Presenting a sheet after French artist Fernand Leger.
Originally acquired at an Los Angeles gallery exhibition of Leger's lithography in 1961, this is the first time it has been available to sale since originally purchased. The original poster from this Leger exhibition...
Category
Cubist Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
#23 from 41 Etching Drypoints
Located in San Francisco, CA
Edition of 20
Category
Mid-20th Century Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching