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"Houseboat" WPA Depression Era American Scene Modernism Realism Work on Paper
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Houseboat" WPA Depression Era American Scene Modernism Realism Work on Paper . Daniel Celentano
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

Farm House, colorful 20th century American scene watercolor
By George Adomeit
Located in Beachwood, OH
A major painter of American scene subjects, George Adomeit was born in Memel, Germany, and came to
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20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Ace Bar, Gouache American Scene. Witold Gordon
By Witold Gordon
Located in Surfside, FL
Museum of Modern Art in February of 1941, titled “American Scene.” Vogue magazine, in a review at the
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20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache

NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s Daniel Celentano
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Bemelmans "Coney Island" Brooklyn NYC Amusement Park Mid-century American Scene
By Ludwig Bemelmans, 1898-1962
Located in New York, NY
Bemelmans' "Coney Island" is a Mid-century American Scene oi painting that shows the Cyclone and
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
By Miron Sokole
Located in New York, NY
during World War I. Although predominately self taught in art, he attended school in America to improve
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

New Yorker Illustration Mid-Century Modern Realism American Scene "Antique Shop"
Located in New York, NY
New Yorker Illustration Mid-Century Modern Realism American Scene "Antique Shop" Arthur Getz (1913
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1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Paper

"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Rail Yard" Urban Industrial WPA American Scene Drawing NYC Mid-Century. Initialed "JS" upper right
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"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
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism
By Louis Bosa
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Railroad WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Rural Modern Realism Large oil on canvas
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Lunch Break," Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Larchmont, NY
painting. He won several commissions to paint murals in the naturalistic American Scene style including one
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative. Chris Ritter
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism Daniel Celentano
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Paper

"Swimming Hole" WPA 20th Century American Scene Realism Modernism Gay Figurative
By Kenneth Hayes Miller
Located in New York, NY
"Swimming Hole" WPA 20th Century American Scene Realism Modernism Gay Figurative. Signed lower
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"A Marro" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"A Marro" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modernism Ashcan. Signed lower right
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers. Dated and signed "32
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative Estate stamp on
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Colorado Landscape," Western Precisionist Regionalism American Scene Painting
By William Sanderson
Located in Larchmont, NY
Reminiscent of an Edward Hopper or Andrew Wyeth scene, or even Charles Demuth with its cubist
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
By Bernard Gussow
Located in New York, NY
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century "Late Afternoon
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial "Cellar with Horseshoe"
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
"Cellar with Horseshoe" WPA American Scene Modernism 20th Century NYC Industrial Joseph Solman
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Third Balcony" WPA American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Modernism Concert
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Third Balcony" WPA American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Modernism Concert David Fredenthal
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Hurdy Gurdy Ballet' — 1920s New York — American Scene
By Glenn O. Coleman
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
American Art, Brooklyn Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library of Congress
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1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Mid-20th Century WPA Modern Men Working American Scene Social Realism George Pearse
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1910s American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

New York Street Scene Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism
By Philip Reisman
Located in New York, NY
New York Street Scene Mid 20th Century Modern WPA American Scene Social Realism Philip Reisman
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1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

BOWERY Oil Painting WPA American Scene Modernist Historical Art Provincetown NYC
By William Freed
Located in New York, NY
BOWERY Oil Painting WPA American Scene Modernist Historical Art Provincetown NYC. William Freed oil
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1930s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC
By Joseph Lambert Cain
Located in New York, NY
UNION SQUARE Depression Era Oil Painting WPA Realism American Scene Realism NYC Jo Cain (1904
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Farm Buildings" Rural Modern WPA American Scene 20th Century Realism 1930
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
"Farm Buildings" Rural Modern WPA American Scene 20th Century Realism 1930 20 x 24 inches, Oil on
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Brick Layers" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing Men Working
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Brick Layers" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing Men Working. 21 x 15 inches
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940
Located in New York, NY
"Time Remembered" Mid 20th Century NYC Modern American Scene WPA El Railway 1940 A view of the
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing. Study to Scale
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Egg Tempera, Board

"Hop Scotch" Mid 20th Century Social Realism WPA Modern American Scene 1950s SF
By Anton Refregier
Located in New York, NY
"Hop Scotch" Mid 20th Century Social Realism WPA Modern American Scene 1950s SF, .30 1/4 x 22 1/4
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1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Vintage 1970s Signed Curtis Jere Mirror Native American Scene
By Curtis Jeré
Located in Hastings, GB
A really unusual 1970s Curtis Jere mirror (signed). Painted torch-cut metal scene of Native
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Vintage 1970s American Folk Art Wall Mirrors

Materials

Iron

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil
By Georgina Klitgaard
Located in New York, NY
"War Brides, Wash Sq NYC" American Scene WWII Modernism WPA Mid-Century Oil. 30 x 40 inches. Oil on
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"American Gothic," Atmospheric American Scene Painting of Vermont Church, 1950
By Eugenia Redka
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although it shares a name with Grant Wood's iconic painting, the subject of Eugenia Redka's painting here is much different, a charming white painted Gothic church in the middle of t...
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Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century
By Letterio Calapai
Located in New York, NY
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century Letterio Calapai
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan Marion Gilmore
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in New York, NY
WWI American Scene Ashcan Modern 20th Century Historical Realism Industrial WPA "Constant Driving
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1910s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jackson Square, NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modernism Realism
Located in New York, NY
Jackson Square, NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modernism Realism. 30 1/4 x 24 3/4
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1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Waiting for the Bus in a Blizzard- WPA American Scene 1938 NYC Modernism Realism
By Maurice Kish
Located in New York, NY
Waiting for the Bus in a Blizzard- WPA American Scene 1938 NYC Modernism Realism. 16 x 16 inches
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Arcturus, Helsing" Modern Oil Painting WPA American Scene Denver Historical Art
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in New York, NY
"Arcturus, Helsingfors," 19 x 16 inches, oil on canvas, signed, titled and dated 1935, 33/30C lower right. Provenance: Acquired from the personal collection of Jim Elkind (Lost City...
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1930s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's
By Helen Clark Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Two Bottles" American Scene Realism Mid 20th Century Female Artist WPA 1940's Helen Clark
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1940s American Realist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Vintage Decorative Panel with an American Scene on a Wooden Board
Located in Bresso, Lombardy
Italy, 1950s - 1960s. This is a decorative panel with a printed formica layer on a wooden board. It is a vintage piece, therefore might show slight traces of use, but it can be con...
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Vintage 1950s Italian Mid-Century Modern Prints

Materials

Formica, Wood

Cowboy on Horseback with Tourists, 1930s Fine Art Print, Regional American Scene
By Caroline Speare Rohland
Located in Denver, CO
Cowboy on Horseback with Tourists is a lithograph circa 1935 by Caroline Speare Rohland. Presented in a custom black frame, outer dimensions measure 17 ⅞ x 13 ⅝ x ⅝ inches. Image sig...
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Machine Age American Scene WPA Mid 20th Century 1939 SF World's Fair HAIG PATIGIAN
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1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism
By William L'Engle
Located in New York, NY
Loggers WPA Depression Era Modern Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Oil on board, 24
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1940s Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Barns in the Helderberg, New York (rural 1930s American scene with vintage car)
By Martin Lewis
Located in New Orleans, LA
. The subject matter seems evocative of the prints created in '30s such as: American Nocturne (1937
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1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk, Charcoal

Antique American Hooked Rug Featuring Colorful Village Scene
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique American Hooked rug featuring colorful pictorial village scene, rug s12-0806, country of
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Early 20th Century American American Craftsman North and South American ...

Materials

Wool

Unique Diorama Depicting a North-American River Scene with Natives and Settlers
Located in Amsterdam, NL
Unique diorama depicting a North American river-scene United States of America, early 20th
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Early 20th Century American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

Native Kiowa 19th Century Pictorial Child's Teepee
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Child's teepee depicting highly graphic battle scene painted on brain tanned deer skin. This piece
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Antique Late 19th Century American Native American Native American Objects

Materials

Other

South American Silverware Mate Chalice Type Colonial
Located in Buenos Aires, Argentina
South American silverware Mate chalice type Silver mate with its absorber tool (bombilla
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Antique Early 1900s Argentine American Colonial Native American Objects

Materials

Silver

Vintage South American Textile
Located in Dallas, TX
78041 Vintage South American textile, 03'01 x 04'08. This handwoven tapestry depicts a scene of a
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Late 20th Century Colombian Tribal North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

Antique American Hooked Rug with Panel of Children's Rhymes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large American Antique hooked rug with Panel of Children's Rhymes in different character , Keivan
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Antique Early 1900s American American Colonial North and South American ...

Materials

Cotton

Oval Mid-20th Century Handmade American Braided Room Size Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A vintage American Braided oval room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures
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Mid-20th Century American American Classical North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool, Yarn

Mid-20th Century Handmade American Rag Rug
Located in New York, NY
A vintage American rag rug handmade during the mid-20th century. Measures: 3' 6" x 5' 8
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Mid-20th Century American Folk Art North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool, Cotton, Yarn

Antique American Hooked Long Runner, 21" x 21'8"
Located in Evanston, IL
This is an authentic handmade rug. It was made in north America around the 1890's or before. It
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Antique Late 19th Century North and South American Rugs

Materials

Linen

Large American Hooked Rug by George Wells with a Modern Design and Modern Colors
Located in Atlanta, GA
Large American Hooked Rug by George Wells, 13-0921, George Wells purchased The Ruggery in 1956
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Mid-20th Century American American Craftsman North and South American Rugs

Materials

Wool

FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism Daniel Celentano
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

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