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Santa Clara Pueblo Blackware Pottery Ananyu 'Snake' Vase/Jar
Located in Soquel, CA
States and a federally recognized tribe of Native American Pueblo people. Santa Clara Pueblo was
Category

1990s American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Clay, Ceramic

Federal Grain Painted and Stenciled Document Box 19th Century American
Located in Hudson, NY
fine federal form. New York circa 1815.
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Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Painted Furniture

Materials

Gold, Steel

American Federal Period Cast Iron Eagle
Located in York County, PA
suggest "American the plentiful." The level of detail is wonderful and adds to the attractive appearance
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Antique 1810s American Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Iron

American Federal Period Cast Iron Eagle
American Federal Period Cast Iron Eagle
H 15.5 in W 14.75 in D 4 in
Antique Federal Eagle American 50 Star Flag with Brass Eagle Pole, 19th Century
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Monumental 50 star American Flag with antique Federal Eagle brass and wood pole. A patriotic piece
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Antique 19th Century American Federal Political and Patriotic Memorabilia

Materials

Brass, Bronze

American Federal Style Mahogany Inlaid Decorated Credenzas / Sideboard
Located in Tarry Town, NY
American Federal style. This server is not just a functional piece; it's a work of art, meticulously
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Early 20th Century North American Federal Sideboards

Materials

Brass

Early 19th Century American Federal Gilt Overmantel Mirror
Located in New York, NY
This American Federal-period overmantel composition mirror features a gilt carved wood and gesso
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Antique 1810s American Federal Mantel Mirrors and Fireplace Mirrors

Materials

Giltwood, Mirror

Rare Belgian Marble Jewish American Modernist Sculpture Chaim Gross Art Deco
By Chaim Gross
Located in Surfside, FL
American art include William Zorach, Jose de Creeft, and Robert Laurent. Works by Chaim Gross can be found
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20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

American Federal Mahogany “Martha Washington” Lolling Armchair ca. 1800
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AMERICAN FEDERAL INLAID-MAHOGANY LOLLING "MARTHA WASHINGTON" ARMCHAIR Massachusetts, ca. 1780-1800
Category

Antique 19th Century American Federal Armchairs

Materials

Upholstery, Mahogany

"America's Best"
By Charles Robert Searles
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Patry, Louise, "A Jubilee of Afro-American Art in Boston", New England Journal, December 1975 Wright
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1960s American Modern Figurative Photography

Materials

Photographic Paper

Original San Diego (Home Federal) 1974 vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original travel poster: San Diego (Home Federal), artist: Robert Kinyon, 24.25" x 38", 1974
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1970s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

Rare Polish American 1930s Oil Painting Painting WPA Russian Babushka Jewish Art
By Abram Tromka
Located in Surfside, FL
the WPA Federal Art Project 1938, 1939 Exhibits with the American Artists Congress 1943 Exhibits at
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

PITCHING HAY - Created for the WPA / Federal Arts Project - (FAP)
By John Turner (b.1916)
Located in Santa Monica, CA
. Annotated at lower sheet edge "Carbograph and etching". This print was done for the WPA / Federal Art
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1940s American Realist Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Original "Speedy Travel, German Federal Railroad" vintage travel poster, train
Located in Spokane, WA
"Speedy Travel, German Federal Railroad" is a whimsical and captivating piece of promotional art that
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1950s American Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Gold Scales, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
By Ormond Gigli
Located in New York, NY
Ormond Gigli Gold Scales, Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 1959 Archival pigment print Signed and
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1950s Modern Color Photography

Materials

C Print

Original Southern California Home Federal Fun Map vintage poster
Located in Spokane, WA
Original California Fun Map vintage poster from 1973. Archival linen backed in fine condition that is ready to frame. Artist: Darrel Millsap. This fun map of California shows ab...
Category

1970s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Offset

American Federal Inlaid-Mahogany Card Game Table, Massachusetts ca. 1810
Located in Shippensburg, PA
AMERICAN FEDERAL INLAID-MAHOGANY GAMES TABLE North Shore, Massachusetts ca. 1810 Provenance
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Antique 19th Century American Federal Drop-leaf and Pembroke Tables

Materials

Mahogany

Native American Indian Icon III /// Contemporary Street Pop Art Portrait History
By Jack Graves III
Located in Saint Augustine, FL
Artist: Jack Graves III (American, 1988-) Title: "Native American Indian Icon III" Series: Icon
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2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Canvas, Paint

"Federal Building – Wall Street, NYC" Impressionist Winter Scene Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
Impressionist New York City winter city-scene depicting the Federal Building on Wall Street with
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20th Century Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Vivid Abstract Expressionist Art Oil Painting Norman Carton, WPA Artist
By Norman Carton
Located in Surfside, FL
founded the Ashcan School, the beginnings of modern American art. From 1930 to 1935, he studied at the
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

American Folk Art Five Flying Ducks Signed E.H. Hart
Located in South Burlington, VT
American folk art Pyrography pair Flying Ducks. This is an original and beautifully detailed hand
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Wood

Day's End at Haggerty's Pond - Forest Drenched in Sunlight Reflected in Water
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
Midyear show,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2010 “2010 Contemporary Realism Biennial
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Arch Cape - Oregon, Wooded Landscape, Setting Sun and Ocean View, Oil on Panel
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
Exhibitions 2016 “80th National Midyear show,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2010 “2010
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Great Lakes Steel II - Industrial Factory with Golden Light and Dramatic Sky
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2015 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Morning on Grand Traverse Bay - Rocky Beach and Dramatic Sky, Original Oil
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
“80th National Midyear show,” Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2010 “2010 Contemporary
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Twilight in the Wilderness, Urban Industrial Landscape, Contemporary Realism
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
, MI 80th Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2015 Michigan Fine Arts
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Double Overtime Shift, Urban Industrial Landscape, Contemporary Realist Painting
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
Center, Birmingham, MI 80th Annual Midyear Show, Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH 2015
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21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Protected Area, Steaming Smoke Stacks, Industrial Buildings & Coal, Oil on Panel
By Art Chartow
Located in Chicago, IL
American Art, Youngstown, OH 2015 Michigan Fine Arts Competition, Birmingham Bloomfield Art Center
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Antique Early 19thC American Federal Period Convex Gilt Wood Eagle Mirror 1820
Located in Portland, OR
A fine antique American Federal period convex gilt wood looking Glass/ mirror, circa 1820. The
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Antique 1820s American Federal Convex Mirrors

Materials

Gold Leaf

1950s Solid Cast Brass American Federal Eagle Door Knocker
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage 1950s solid cast brass American Federal Eagle door knocker. Large heavy solid cast brass
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Doors and Gates

Materials

Brass, Bronze

Early 19th Century Store Display American Crca 1800-1810
Located in Hudson, NY
for the display of your collection whether it be modern sculptures, American stoneware, or use in a
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Antique Early 19th Century American Federal Painted Furniture

Materials

Pine, Paint

Sculpture of Rabbit sitting on electrical box, earth tone: 'Federal Pacific'
By Elizabeth Jordan
Located in New York, NY
exhibited at The American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Nassau County Museum of Art, The Cornell Art
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2010s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wire

Samaras at Whitney Museum of American Art Exhibition Poster
By Lucas Samaras
Located in New York, NY
Lucas Samaras Samaras at Whitney Museum of American Art Exhibition Poster, 1973 Offset lithograph
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1970s Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Lithograph, Offset

Antique American Federal Baltimore Painted Spindled Windsor Bench Settee 1820
Located in Portland, OR
Fine & rare antique American half-spindled Federal period painted & stenciled Windsor bench/settee
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Antique 1820s American American Colonial Benches

Materials

Pine

American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique American Needlework Sampler by Maria Morris, 1827, a needlework sampler on linen panel
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Antique 1820s American Federal Decorative Art

Materials

Thread, Linen

Marimekko Ducks, Oil Canvas, American Art, Realism, Tchotskes Quirky Objects
By MAUREEN O'CONNER
Located in Houston, TX
of her paintings. Randi Hopkins, former assistant curator at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art
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2010s Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil

Summer Farm, American Impressionist, Oil, Landscape, New Hope, Pennsylvania
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Wiscasset, ME
career. These include the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago
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20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Archway' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
University of California Medical School. In 1936, Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

African American Sitting Portrait
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
romantic in subject matter. In the 1930s, he was a muralist for the Federal Art Project and did work in
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Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Mountain Climber' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Arts; Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; Davis Museum at Wellesley College; Fine Art Museums of
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Audience" Mid 20th Century American Figurative Theatre Performance Contemporary
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art Center in New York. He
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1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

'Clown' — 1930s American Expressionism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
School. In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project of the New York City WPA. He
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

'The Bather' — 1930s American Modernism
By Rockwell Kent
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
University Library, NJ; Pushkin Museum, Moscow; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Spector Collection, NY
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1930s American Modern Nude Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Abandoned (Colorado) - Oil on Canvas, American Modern Landscape Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Denver, CO
Exhibitions: American Artists Gallery, New York (1931); A.C.A. (American Contemporary Art Gallery), New York
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Christos J. Palios - $10, 000 Federal Reserve Note, 2016, Printed After
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
circulation! Christos is a 1st-gen Greek-American fine-artist whose photographs probe themes of
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2010s Contemporary Still-life Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

'Abstract Boats' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Medical School. In 1936, Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project of the New York City
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
under a Guggenheim Fellowship. In 1935, he joined the Federal Art Project; he was one of the first
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism
By Gerrit Sinclair
Located in New York, NY
"Parade" Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene WPA Regionalism Gerrit Van Sinclair
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
serving in the Navy (1922-26), Martin settled in Los Angeles. Working for the Federal Art Project of the
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art Center in New York. He also
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Child in an American Landscape" James Gantt, Midwestern Regionalism, Missouri
Located in New York, NY
Federal Art Project and was being considered for the commission to create murals to decorate the City Hall
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1940s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern
By Robert Cronbach
Located in New York, NY
Administration's Federal Art Project. Cronbach taught sculpture at Adelphi College in Garden City, New York from
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1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

19th Century American Hand Carved Gilded Pediment Eagle
Located in Vero Beach, FL
19th century American hand carved gilded pediment eagle. Antique decorative hand carved and
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Antique 19th Century American Federal Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Giltwood

American Furniture, The Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery
By Charles F. Montgomery
Located in valatie, NY
American Furniture, the Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery. New York: Crown Publishing, 1978
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

American Furniture, The Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery
By Charles F. Montgomery
Located in valatie, NY
American Furniture, The Federal Period by Charles F. Montgomery. New York: The Viking Press, 1966
Category

20th Century American Books

Materials

Paper

"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
join the Federal Art Project at Harlem Art Center in New York. He also taught at both P.S. 94 and
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
openness to multiple influences has continued to allow Latinos to respond to trends in American art in a
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
, Gouache Painting Hand signed and dated '39 lower left. Whitney Museum of American Art, N.Y. Label verso
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

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At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal piece of American federal art for your home. Was constructed with extraordinary care, often using wood, fabric and paper. Whether you’re looking for newer or older items, there are earlier versions available from the 18th Century and newer variations made as recently as the 19th Century. Each item from our selection of American federal art bearing Folk Art hallmarks is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one choice in our collection of American federal art that is appealing in its simplicity, but Aiden Lassell Ripley, John Taylor Arms and Fletcher Martin produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is an American Federal Art?

The average selling price for a piece of American federal art at 1stDibs is $1,775, while they’re typically $425 on the low end and $25,000 for the highest priced.