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Style: Ashcan School
”Admiring the Picture”
Located in Southampton, NY
Very well executed original gouache on archival paper by the well known American artist Benjamin Kopman. The scene depicts three figures admiring a picture. Signed lower left. Circa ...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Gouache, Archival Paper
$1,120 Sale Price
20% Off
red ballboy or Studies for "Tennis Tournament"
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Red Ballboy or Studies for "Tennis Tournament"
Crayon on paper, c. 1920
Unsigned
Condition: three vertical folds created by the artist to transport the drawing from the tennis match ...
Category
1910s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Graphite
Ben Messick, (The Newspaper Story)
By Ben Messick
Located in New York, NY
Ben Messick perfectly captures the world of the 'Ashcan' period: Everyday life, local characters, people we could still meet today. He could draw like a son-of-a-gun! And this is a v...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Study of an Indian Model
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Study of an Indian Model
Unsigned
Pastel and chalk on blue paper, mounted to support
Provenance:
Estate of the artist (per Graham and Sons, agent for the estate)
James Graham & Sons,...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Chalk, Pastel
Saul Raskin, The Cry of Union Square, about 1935
By Saul Raskin
Located in New York, NY
Saul Raskin's Cry of Union Square, has all my favorite things: a view of Union Square with S. Klein's department store on the right and a Chop Suey restaurant on the left. There's a ...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
Irving Guyer, Sleepers
By Irving Guyer
Located in New York, NY
Classic American Depression-Era subject meets the French landscape? Clearly the Guyer was looking at both Jean-Francois Millet and Vincent Van Gogh, who together informed this image....
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
David Feinstein, Negro District, Brooklyn, 1936-39, WPA lithograph
Located in New York, NY
David Feinstein's Negro District, Brooklyn, a lithograph of 1936-39, is a marvel. It's a construction of every detail the artist could think of to show the nature of the locale: The ...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Nude at Piano
By John Sloan
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
John Sloan, 'Nude at Piano', 1933, etching, edition 100, (only 85 printed), Morse 265. Signed, titled and annotated '100 proofs' in pencil. Signed and dated in the plate, lower right...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
“Kids Going Skating”
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Jim’s of Lambertville is proud to offer this artwork.
Signed lower right.
Complemented by a hand carved and gilt frame.
John R. Grabach (1886 - 1981)
John Grabach w...
Category
20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Oil, Board
Ann Nooney, (New York City Scene)
By Ann Nooney
Located in New York, NY
The dimensions are for the image; there are large margins. This lithograph is signed in pencil.
A native New Yorker, Ann Nooney (1900-1970) recorded the urban scene while on the Works Progress...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Blanche Grambs, Unemployed
Located in New York, NY
Blanche Grambs, known to friends as 'Grambs' (1916-2010) was born in China. She came to New York as a very young woman to study at the Art Students Leag...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
James Penney, Test Stone, Touche
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
James Penney was widely known for his New Yorker covers as well as his paintings and prints.
Penney was from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He trained in NYC at the Art Students League. The New-York Historical Society and the Library of Congress both have collections of his work.
Signed, titled, and dated, and annotated 'Test #1' in pencil.
Note entirely sure what's going on here...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Head of a Woman (Margaret)
By Leon Kroll
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Head of a Woman (Margaret)
conte on wove paper, 1925
Signed and dated lower right
Annotated "Margaret" in ink verso
A portrait of Margaret Cassidy Manship ( d. 2012), daughter in law...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Conté
Paul Gattuso, (Italian Street Scene)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gattuso attended the Art Students League and worked primarily in New York City. There is an old address with a Bronx, Grand Concourse address.
Gattus...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Monotype
Fred Nagler, (Crucifixion)
By Fred Nagler
Located in New York, NY
The etching (Crucifixion) is signed and titled in pencil. Signed 'Fred' and possibly dated '27' in the image at lower left.
It's in an usually spare drawing style but one that Nagl...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
James Penney, Point of Order
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
James Penney was widely known for his New Yorker covers as well as his paintings and prints.
Penney was from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He trained in NYC at the Art Students League. The New-York Historical Society and the Library of Congress both have collections of his work.
Signed, titled, and dated.
Especially like the test marks at the lower right and the way the lawyer is leaning/relaxing on the judge...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Fred Nagler, (Road to Calvary)
By Fred Nagler
Located in New York, NY
The etching (Road to Calvary) is signed in pencil.
It's in an usually spare drawing style but one that Nagler did use occasionally. Here it emphasizes the meagerness of the scene. T...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
Moses Oley, Quarry
Located in New York, NY
Moses Oley drew an industrial scene, but one very much in isolation. The quarry equipment looks both imposing and busy. There appears to be smoke coming fro...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Harry Wickey, Stallion and Mare
By Harry Wickey
Located in New York, NY
Also a sculptor, Harry Wickey was a master printmaker and Art Students League teacher.
This rural scene pre-dates the much better known, very close subject, John Steuart Curry's li...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Philip Evergood, (The New York Times)
Located in New York, NY
The ever-quirky Philip Evergood has composed a print that is at once a World War II image (The New York Times on the table has the headline 'Japs Bomb P...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Sid Gotcliffe, Tompkins Square Park, about 1940
By Sid Gotcliffe
Located in New York, NY
British-born Sid Gotcliffe has made a powerfully poignant image in the lithograph Tompkins Square Park.
At the center sit three men dressed in black. Their clothes suggest they bel...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Joseph LeBoit, Derby Winner
Located in New York, NY
Joseph (Joe) Leboit made this extremely intense image of a supposedly happy recipient of a 'Derby Winner.' (Probably refers to the Irish Derby.) In fact the couple and seventeen chil...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Harry R. Rein, Competition, 1936-39, WPA linocut
Located in New York, NY
If ever there was an image that fit the description of 'Ashcan,' Harry Rein's Competition, made for the NYC WPA, is clearly it!
Some impressions have the WPA sstamp, including the o...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Linocut
"The Row at the Picnic, " Original Black and White Etching by John Sloan
By John Sloan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
"The Row at the Picnic" is an original etching by John Sloan. This piece depicts a fight that broke out in a park. There is a mass of people huddled together.
4 7/8" x 3 1/2" art
17...
Category
Early 1900s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
Ben Messick, Coffee and Donuts (Sinkers & Java)
By Ben Messick
Located in New York, NY
Ben Messick perfectly captures the world of the 'Ashcan' period: Everyday life, local characters, people we could still meet today. He could draw like a son-of-a-gun! The date of 194...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Ray Euffa, Keys
Located in New York, NY
Russia-born Ray Euffa studied at the Detroit School of Fine Arts, the Educational Alliance Art School, and Art Students League in NYC. It is New York City i...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Screen
Alexander Kachinsky, Uptown, NYC
Located in New York, NY
Russian-born and European-educated Alexander Kachinsky was a designer of stage sets (for the Ballet Russe), furniture, and commercial interiors. His prints are in the collection of t...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
Fernando Castro Pacheco, Indian Mother and Child (Indigena con Nino -SP?)
Located in New York, NY
Fernando Castro Pacheco was a Mexican muralist, painter, and printmaker. This linocut is titled to refer to the indigenous population. It is si...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Linocut
James Penney, Corridor
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
James Penney was widely known for his New Yorker covers as well as his paintings and prints.
Penney was from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He trained in NY...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
$720 Sale Price
20% Off
Fred Nagler, (Sheep under a Tree)
By Fred Nagler
Located in New York, NY
The etching (Sheep under a Tree) is signed in pencil and annotated (in lower margin) '3rd State, 4 proofs, JN imp.' in pencil.
It's in an usually spare drawing style but one that Na...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
James Penney, Police Station, Lawrence, Kansas
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
James Penney was widely known for his New Yorker covers as well as his paintings and prints.
Penney was from Saint Joseph, Missouri. He trained in NYC at the Art Students League. Th...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Linocut
Louis Bouché, (Standing Woman)
By Louis Bouché
Located in New York, NY
Louis Bouché was based in New York and taught at the Art Students League. The figure was an important subject in his oeuvre. An ink drawing on tan paper, ...
Category
Early 20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Ink
South Spring Wind - Voice of Persephone
Located in Fairlawn, OH
South Spring Wind - Voice of Persephone
Sanguine on paper heightened with white gouache over the entire sheet
Signed lower left
An important work on paper by the artist with extensiv...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Gouache
John W. Gregory, Aquarium
Located in New York, NY
Gregory often worked in lithography, probably learned at the Art Students League in New York City. In all likelihood this is a New York scene but he also often drew New England subje...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Paul Gattuso, (Young Woman)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gattuso attended the Art Students League and worked primarily in New York City. There is an old address with a Bronx, Grand Concourse address.
Gattus...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Monotype
James Penney, Street Pavers (New York City)
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
James Penney was widely known for his New Yorker covers as well as his paintings and prints. This lithograph of male laborers, Street Pavers, remi...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
James Penney, Central Park (NYC) (Also titled Park -- Spring)
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
James Penney was widely known for his New Yorker covers as well as his paintings and prints. This lithograph shares the happy joy of warm days in the park with people on benches and ...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Alexander Kachinsky, Cloudy Day
Located in New York, NY
Russian-born and European-educated Alexander Kachinsky was a designer of stage sets (for the Ballet Russe), furniture, and commercial interiors. His prints are in the collection of the Library of Congress, the Smithsonian American Art museum, and the Baltimore Museum of Art. He came to this country in the 1920s.
An impression of this subject in the Smithsonian.
"Cloudy Day," about 1940, is an idyllic country scene, possibly the artist's White Plains...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
Paul Gattuso, (Italian Street Scene - Light)
Located in New York, NY
Paul Gattuso attended the Art Students League and worked primarily in New York City. There is an old address with a Bronx, Grand Concourse address.
Gattus...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Monotype
Battle Scene, Spanish American War
Located in Greenwich, CT
Francis Luis Mora was considered one of America's finest "sketchers". A collection of his Sketchbooks are at the Smithsonian and this work came out of one in the early 1990's from t...
Category
1890s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Graphite
$1,040 Sale Price
20% Off
Standing Female Nude
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Standing Female Nude
Oil on canvas, c. 1910
Signed lower left corner (see photo)
Condition: Excellent
Housed in a 22K Gold Leaf Frame
Canvas size: 24 x 18 1/8 inche...
Category
1910s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Oil
Boys Sledding
By John Sloan
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Boys Sledding
Etching, 1920
Signed and titled in pencil by the artist below image (see photos)
Annotated in pencil by the artist "100 proofs"
Signed and dated in the plate lower left...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
Lucile Haynes, (Two Women with Child in Baby Carriage)
Located in New York, NY
It's clear to me that that baby carriage is so beautifully drawn that it could be re-constructed from here if necessary.
Without really knowing anything about Lucile Haynes I'm sure...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching
Bernard Schardt, Appeal Denied (NYC Courtroom)
Located in New York, NY
Bernard Schardt worked on the the WPA in NYC during the Depression. (During this period, off and on, he lived with friend and colleague Jackson Pollock...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Intaglio
Sketch of Anne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Sketch of Anne
Lithograph, 1923-1924
Signed and titled by the artist, signed by his printer Bolton Brown
Edition: 42
Printed by Bolton Brown (see photo of his signature in pencil)
Pr...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Harry Wickey, Snug Harbor (Riverside Drive, NYC)
By Harry Wickey
Located in New York, NY
The sailors are still in uniform in this post-World War I print of young people meeting at a semi-secluded park setting, Snug Harbor, along Riverside Drive...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Drypoint
Norman Barr, Coney Island (New York City)
By Norman Barr
Located in New York, NY
An idyllic scene at New York City's favorite beach, Coney Island. Before the year was over Barr was in the Army.
It is ink and litho-crayon. Barr liked that medium because it didn't ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Mixed Media
Jane Rogers, Breakfast
Located in New York, NY
Jane Rogers was born in the artists' colony of Woodstock, New York. Most of her career was spent in New York. Although her dates are most often given as 18...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
Dorothy Varian, Witness
Located in New York, NY
Dorothy Varian (1895-1985) was based in New York City and Woodstock, NY. This is a courtroom scene that captures the intensity of the situation. It is s...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Pencil
'The Artist as a Young Man' by Hal Frater - Ashcan School Figurative Painting
By Hal Frater
Located in Carmel, CA
Hal Frater's "The Artist as a Young Man" is a striking oil on canvas that captures the essence of the artist himself, rendered in a raw, emotive style. The palette is earthy, with natural browns and creams contrasted against subdued blues and hints of muted red, evoking a sense of both the mundane and the profound. Frater's use of color and form reflect a contemplative mood, a moment of introspection. The artist's gaze is direct and unflinching, suggesting resilience and a deep inner life. This mid-20th-century piece, evocative of American Realism, offers a personal narrative, exploring themes of identity and self-perception. Frater’s technique—visible brushstrokes and a textured application of paint—adds a tangible depth to the work, inviting the viewer to consider the artist's inner world and the time in which he lived.
About the Artist:
Hal Frater was not just an artist, but a storyteller who left us on February 3, 2008, on the cusp of his 99th birthday. His fifty-year tenure as a commercial artist was a testament to his adaptability and appeal. Yet it was in his private studio where Frater’s true passion lay — painting not for clients, but for his own soul's expression. His work, always striving to capture the nuances of the human spirit, reflected his sharp observational skills.
His artistry was honed not in formal schools, but alongside his peers in spontaneous gatherings, painting from life, sharing techniques and critiques that fueled their collective growth. Influenced by the likes of Jack Levine, Raphael Soyer, John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, and Phillip Reisman...
Category
1950s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Albert Abramovitz, The Wagonette (Moscow Subway)
Located in New York, NY
Albert Abramovitz was working in New York in the 1930s when he made wood engravings of the construction of the Moscow subway. This image, The Wagonette, is a wrenching testament to t...
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Woodcut
Leonard Pytlak, The Bin (Industrial Landscape)
Located in New York, NY
This lithograph is signed and titled in pencil.
Category
1930s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
"Female Nude, " Edith Glackens Dimock, Ashcan School Figurative Painting
By Edith Glackens Dimock
Located in New York, NY
Edith (Glackens) Dimock (1876 - 1955)
Untitled (Female Nude), circa 1915
Oil on canvas
34 1/2 x 28 1/4 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
Private Colle...
Category
1910s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Mouth of Honey
Located in Fairlawn, OH
The Mouth of Honey
Lithographic crayon and mixed media on paper mounted to support paper
Initialed by the artist "GB" bottom center on image. (see photo)
Titled in pencil in bottom m...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Crayon
“The Maitre d’”
Located in Southampton, NY
Here for your consideration is a comical take on the position of maitre d’. Unsigned. Framed in a new African mahogany frame. Overall measurements are 25.5 by 17.5 inches. Oil pain...
Category
1910s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Oil, Fiberboard
$1,480 Sale Price
20% Off
Untitled (Woman in Stockings), Standing Female Nude on reverse, double sided
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Conte crayon on paper, c. 1905-1909
Signed lower right
Archival frame by Graham Gallery, New York, hand carved frame with silk matting and gold fillet (see photo of corner)
Provenanc...
Category
Early 1900s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Chalk
Mal's (At Cliff Evan's Cabin)
Located in Salt Lake City, UT
Mal's (At Cliff Evan's Cabin), by Waldo Midgley. watercolor, 9 x 12 inches (Framed size: 18.5 x 21 inches), $1,500
Waldo Midgley (1888-1986) had a fruit...
Category
Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Art
Materials
Watercolor
"Westminster Abbey, " complete portfolio of 13 etchings by John Sloan
By John Sloan
Located in Milwaukee, WI
John Sloan's Westminster Abbey portfolio is among the most rare of his printmaking output, and a complete set like this is even more unusual. Etched in dark brown ink in on a sturdy ...
Category
1890s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Etching, Paper
Marsh, Reginald. TWO MODELS ON A BED
Located in Portland, ME
Marsh, Reginald. TWO MODELS ON A BED. Lithograph, 1928 (Sasowsky 9). 9 1/16" x 10 5/8." Signed in pencil and annotated "15 proofs." Only state. Excellent co...
Category
1920s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Lithograph
$2,400 Sale Price
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'Pink Sky' by Hal Frater - Mountain Range at Dusk - Oil Painting on Canvas
By Hal Frater
Located in Carmel, CA
Hal Frater's "Pink Sky" is a moody landscape that masterfully captures the play of light at dusk. Dominated by a majestic mountain under a vast, dusky sky, the painting is steeped in warm shades of pink and red that wash across the canvas, lending a dreamlike atmosphere to the scene. The dark silhouette of the mountain anchors the composition, while the reflections on the water's surface add a dynamic contrast to the softness of the sky. Frater's brushwork is loose and expressive, allowing the colors to blend and creating a sense of movement within the stillness of the landscape. This work evokes a quiet reflection and the serene beauty of nature, emphasizing the grandeur of the natural world as it succumbs to the tranquil blanket of night.
About the Artist:
Hal Frater was not just an artist, but a storyteller who left us on February 3, 2008, on the cusp of his 99th birthday. His fifty-year tenure as a commercial artist was a testament to his adaptability and appeal. Yet it was in his private studio where Frater’s true passion lay — painting not for clients, but for his own soul's expression. His work, always striving to capture the nuances of the human spirit, reflected his sharp observational skills.
His artistry was honed not in formal schools, but alongside his peers in spontaneous gatherings, painting from life, sharing techniques and critiques that fueled their collective growth. Influenced by the likes of Jack Levine, Raphael Soyer, John Sloan, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, and Phillip Reisman...
Category
1970s Ashcan School Art
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$8,000 Sale Price
20% Off
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Find a wide variety of authentic Ashcan School art available for sale on 1stDibs. Works in this style were very popular during the 21st Century and Contemporary, but contemporary artists have continued to produce works inspired by this movement. If you’re looking to add art created in this style to introduce contrast in an otherwise neutral space in your home, the works available on 1stDibs include elements of orange, blue, purple and other colors. Many Pop art paintings were created by popular artists on 1stDibs, including John Sloan, James Penney, George Wesley Bellows, and Reginald Marsh. Frequently made by artists working with Lithograph, and Paint and other materials, all of these pieces for sale are unique and have attracted attention over the years. Not every interior allows for large Ashcan School art, so small editions measuring 2.75 inches across are also available. Prices for art made by famous or emerging artists can differ depending on medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $250 and tops out at $112,000, while the average work sells for $1,480.
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