Ashcan Reading
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism
Alfred Mira (1900
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Oil, Board
TWO GIRLS IN SUBWAY
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Portland, ME
the man reading, to the right of the girls. The plate was subsequently cut in two by Marsh, and 8
Category
1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
James Penney, Menu
By James Penney
Located in New York, NY
, in pencil.
Took me a minute to get that the hulking figure at the center is the one reading the menu.
Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Barbershop
By John Sloan
Located in New York, NY
“Turpitude the Great Hair Raiser”; at the right one of the waiting customers is reading Puck, and on the
Category
1910s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching, Aquatint
Joseph Webster Golinkin, On the Dock, Banana Boat, New Orleans
By Joseph Webster Golinkin
Located in New York, NY
man is actually eating a banana! Others are reading or shoving or perhaps tending to the two work
Category
1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
UNTITLED (THREE PEOPLE ON A PARK BENCH)
Located in Portland, ME
noted artist Alice Neel and a portraitist of Neel. Her early works reflect the influence of Ashcan
Category
1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pastel
"Upper Delaware"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"The Shepaug"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"End of the Day, Gloucester Harbor"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Solebury Spring"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Rabbit Run Bridge"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1920s American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Canal Bridge"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"June Afternoon"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"A Day in March"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Shad Fisherman"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Winter Walk with Jasper, (Black Cat painting)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
American regionalists and traditional realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements such as
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
H 11.5 in W 22.25 in D 0.15 in
Children in Mulberry Street
By Jerome Myers
Located in New York, NY
– a girl at the upper right reading, children sleeping on the sidewalk. We have not encountered
Category
1910s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
"Trees Along the River"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
People Also Browsed
Armin Landeck, Window on 14th Street
By Armin Landeck
Located in New York, NY
The reference number on this work is Kraeft 103. It's from an edition of 100 and is signed, dated, and numbered, in pencil.
Always an intaglio printmaker, Landeck switched from a mo...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Engraving
English 19th Century Pine Painted Butler's Pantry
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
A unique 19th century butler’s pantry made in England circa 1860. Beautifully crafted of English pine, these Victorian era cupboards provide abundant storage with classic style. Feat...
Category
Antique 19th Century English Rustic Cupboards
Materials
Wood, Pine
Art Deco Industrial Swivel Tilt Armless Desk Chair by Harter Corporation 1930/40
By Harter Furniture Company
Located in New York, NY
Classic Industrial Tanker style swivel desk chair by the Harter Corporation, circa 1930 - 1940. The chair features a stylish propellor style base with streamline Art Deco chrome de...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Industrial Office Chairs and Desk Chairs
Materials
Chrome, Steel
H 34 in W 16.5 in D 16.5 in
The Box at 'Faustus'
By Diana Thorne
Located in Storrs, CT
The Box at 'Faustus'. 1929. Drypoint. 11 x 8 7/8. Edition 100, #39. Signed, titled, and numbered in pencil. A rich impression printed on the full sheet of pale blue/green-toned wove...
Category
1920s American Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching, Drypoint
Radiant Reflections Abstract 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Artist
By Irene Rice Pereira
Located in New York, NY
Radiant Relections. Abstract Non-Objective 1950s Oil Mid 20th Century American Woman Female Artist. Signed lower right.
Provenance:
Estate of Foy C. Casper, Norfolk, Virginia (a cl...
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern
Jo Cain (1904 - 2003)
Telephone Pole Worker
38 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches
Oil on paper c. 1930s
Signed lowe...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Rhode Island Empire Butler's Chest of Drawers with Desk in Mahogany, circa 1825
Located in Miami, FL
A beautiful example of an early American Empire chest with full-column front and stand-up butlers desk. Provides ample storage as a chest of drawers, and doubles as a secretary with ...
Category
Antique 1820s American American Empire Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Brass
H 65 in W 52.5 in D 24 in
Original Graphic Hungarian Illustration Art Emma Heinzelmann Children's Book Art
Located in Surfside, FL
Original vintage gouache painting on poster board by Emma Heinzelmann (Hungarian, born 1930). Hungarian Peasant art, children fairytale themes, in psychedelic pop colors of the era.T...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butlers Desk
Located in Savannah, GA
Circa 1825 English Mahogany Butler's Desk with Brass Hardware. Drop front writing surface with interior drawers and compartments above double doors that hold two pull-out drawers
Category
Antique 19th Century English Desks
Materials
Brass
Unique Georgian Sterling Tureen, c1802
By John Roberts & Co
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1802, sterling, John Roberts & Co., Sheffield, England. This very unusual tureen consists of the main tureen with an inserted vegetable dish, which is the uncommon part. All th...
Category
Antique Early 1800s English Georgian Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
"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 (1902 - 1980) "Going to the Festival," 14 1/2 x 10 1/2. Watercolor on paper, c. 1930s....
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
EXQUiSITE RIO DE JANEIRO BRAZILIAN HARDWOOD BUTTERFLY WING BUTLERS SERVING TRAY
Located in GB
Royal House Antiques
Royal House Antiques is delighted to offer for sale this exquisite very well made Brazilian Rosewood butlers tray with pressed butterfly wings retailed in Rio D...
Category
Early 20th Century Brazilian Art Deco Platters and Serveware
Materials
Hardwood
H 1.78 in W 20.67 in D 13 in
19th Century Silver Plate Epergne and Cruet Service
Located in New Orleans, LA
This elegant silver plate epergne is a rarity in that it also includes a full, cut-glass cruet set. This service’s delicate central basket is elevated above a plateau holding ten fin...
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Other Sheffield and Silverplate
Materials
Silver Plate
Grand Tier and the Met
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Grand Tier at the Met
Etching, 1939
From: Reginald Marsh, Thirty Etchings and Engravings
Published by the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1969
Unsigned (as usual for the Whitney edit...
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Etching
Under the Bridge
By Lawrence Wilbur
Located in Storrs, CT
Under the Bridge. 1985. Etching and drypoint. 9 1/2 x 12 1/8 (sheet 20 1/16 x 22). Edition 27, #13. Printed on cream wove paper, on the full sheet with deckle edges. A rich impress...
Category
20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
Clown Assis, from Cirque de l'Etoile Filante
By Georges Rouault
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Clown Assis, from Cirque de l'Etoile Filante" 1932, is a wood engraving by French artist Georges Rouault 1871-1958 (Block engraved by Georges Aubert) It is signed in t...
Category
Early 20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
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Portrait of a Man Reading, Ink on Paper Drawing, 1981
By Pasquale Patrick Stigliani
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 1981 ink on paper scene with a man reading is by Pasquale Patrick Stigliani (1926-2003), a New
Category
1980s Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
H 8.5 in W 12 in D 0.07 in
“Harbor Scene (Philadelphia Navy Yard)” Thomas Anshutz, Ashcan, Delaware River
By Thomas P Anshutz
Located in New York, NY
Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pennsylvania; National Academy of Design, New York, New York; Brandywine
Category
1890s American Impressionist Landscape 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. 24 1/2 x 30
Category
1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Yellow Caboose #2 (Lackawanna Railroad Freight Train Steam engine painting)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements such as Fauvism and Cubism, yet he eventually
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Pink Floral Still Life (abstract flower arrangement)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
traditional realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements such as Fauvism and Cubism, yet he
Category
1990s Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Crystal Street Train Station Snowstorm (East Stroudsburg, PA)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
from American regionalists and traditional realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
"New Hope from Across the Delaware"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1920s American Impressionist Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Melting Snow"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Along the Canal, New Hope"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Board, Oil
"New Hope Farm"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late 1930s and into the 1940s, his strokes became even
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Lehigh Barge"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
strokes broadened. Folinsbee’s figurative works from this period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late
Category
1920s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Peonies"
By John Fulton Folinsbee
Located in Lambertville, NJ
strokes broadened. Folinsbee’s figurative works from this period have a strong Ashcan feeling. In the late
Category
1930s American Impressionist Still-life Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Ashcan School Oil Painting Portrait Man Interior Cityscape Gold Framed New York
Located in Buffalo, NY
A gorgeous early 20th Century ashcan school painting depicting a man in period clothes reading by
Category
1910s Ashcan School Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Wood Panel
"Boy" Original Realist Oil Painting on Canvas by Bernard Locca, Framed
By Bernard Locca
Located in Encino, CA
home, perfect for those who have an affinity for illustration art, American realism, and the Ashcan
Category
1960s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
H 35 in W 30.5 in D 3 in
Yellow Caboose #2 (Lackawanna Railroad Freight Train Steam engine painting)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements such as Fauvism and Cubism, yet he eventually
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Floral Still Life (abstract pansy flower arrangement)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
traditional realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements such as Fauvism and Cubism, yet he
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Delaware Water Gap (PA Impressionist Landscape)
By Sterling Boyd Strauser
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
traditional realists in the Ashcan style, as well as European movements such as Fauvism and Cubism, yet he
Category
Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
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Ashcan Reading For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the ashcan reading you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. There are many Impressionist and Expressionist versions of these works for sale. If you’re looking to add a ashcan reading to create new energy in an otherwise neutral space in your home, you can find a work on 1stDibs that features elements of brown, beige, black, gray and more. There have been many interesting ashcan reading examples over the years, but those made by John Fulton Folinsbee, Jerome Myers, James Penney, Reginald Marsh and Pasquale Patrick Stigliani are often thought to be among the most thought-provoking. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in oil paint, paint and canvas can add an especially memorable touch. If space is limited, you can find a small ashcan reading measuring 8 high and 9.5 wide, while our inventory also includes works up to 40 across to better suit those in the market for a large ashcan reading.
How Much is a Ashcan Reading?
The price for a ashcan reading in our collection starts at $355 and tops out at $181,250 with the average selling for $22,338.
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