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GLADYS

Will BarnetGLADYS, 1936

$3,000

H 18 in W 14 in

GLADYS

By Will Barnet

Located in Portland, ME

, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA. 14 1/2 x 10 inches, 370 x 253 mm. Scarce. In excellent

Category

1930s Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

BACKSTAGE

Raphael SoyerBACKSTAGE, 1937

$4,800

H 20 in W 16 in

BACKSTAGE

By Raphael Soyer

Located in Portland, ME

. Signed in pencil, lower right, and stamped "Federal Art Project/NYC WPA," lower left. 8 3/8 x 6 7/8

Category

1930s Interior Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Flag Raising in Leroy Street -  Old New York - Vintage New York
Flag Raising in Leroy Street -  Old New York - Vintage New York

Flag Raising in Leroy Street - Old New York - Vintage New York

By Kyra Markham

Located in Miami, FL

employment with the Federal Art Project in 1936 coincided with what are considered the finest examples of her

Category

1940s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

NON COMBATANTS - Actual WPA /FAP print with WPA stamp!
NON COMBATANTS - Actual WPA /FAP print with WPA stamp!

NON COMBATANTS - Actual WPA /FAP print with WPA stamp!

By Chet La More

Located in Santa Monica, CA

10 ½ x 14 3/8”, sheet 12 3/8 x 15 7/8. With the FEDERAL ART PROJECT / NYC - WPA stamp. The WPA print

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

WASHINGTON SQUARE LOOKING NORTH

WASHINGTON SQUARE LOOKING NORTH

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in Portland, ME

verso "Federal Art Project/"Changing New York"/Photographs by Berenice Abbott" and also stamped and

Category

1930s Landscape Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Two Trees, Country Road - Mid Century California Landscape
Two Trees, Country Road - Mid Century California Landscape

Fred O. BohneTwo Trees, Country Road - Mid Century California Landscape, 1962

$1,200Sale Price|20% Off

H 29.25 in W 35.15 in D 2.5 in

Two Trees, Country Road - Mid Century California Landscape

By Fred O. Bohne

Located in Soquel, CA

Francisco in 1933-40. Bohne was employed by the Federal Art Project WPA, a painter and lithographer. Source

Category

1960s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Cardboard

Windswept Man Face Marble Sculpture
Windswept Man Face Marble Sculpture

Windswept Man Face Marble Sculpture

Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL

Art Project while a resident of Los Angeles. Exhibitions: Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1936-40

Category

1970s Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Mid Century Sea Rocks Carmel Landscape
Mid Century Sea Rocks Carmel Landscape

Homer LevinsonMid Century Sea Rocks Carmel Landscape, c.1940s

$2,520Sale Price|20% Off

H 25 in W 30 in D 0.75 in

Mid Century Sea Rocks Carmel Landscape

By Homer Levinson

Located in Soquel, CA

Monterey Peninsula and had a studio in Carmel where he fulfilled commissions for the Federal Art Project

Category

1950s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Linen

Winged Male Figure - Apollo

Winged Male Figure - Apollo

Located in Los Angeles, CA

served as the Federal Art Project (FAP) sculpture supervisor for Los Angeles. Although Herron produced

Category

1930s American Modern More Art

Materials

Concrete

Tennessee WPA Textile - Musical Abstraction (Untitled)

Tennessee WPA Textile - Musical Abstraction (Untitled)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

addition to the well known paintings and prints created under the auspices of the Federal Art Project, many

Category

1930s American Modern More Art

Materials

Textile

Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist
Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist

Early Abstract Expressionist Gouache Painting WPA Jewish Artist

By Louis Wolchonok

Located in Surfside, FL

prints. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art's Project (the New Deal

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Metro 2nd Class

Metro 2nd Class

By Clement Haupers

Located in New York, NY

Federal Art Project in Minnesota, which hired unemployed artists to decorate public buildings and parks

Category

1920s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene
Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

Edgar Yeager Figurative Interior Scene

By Edgar Yaeger

Located in Detroit, MI

Federal Art project and the Works Progress Administration scheme during the Depression Era, to which he

Category

1980s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Untitled (Provincetown)
Untitled (Provincetown)

Untitled (Provincetown)

By Remo Michael Farruggio

Located in Fairlawn, OH

Great Depression Farruggio worked for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration from

Category

1970s Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil Pastel

African American Sitting Portrait
African American Sitting Portrait

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

Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Southern Landscape
Southern Landscape

Beatrice Lavis CumingSouthern Landscape

$5,500

H 28.75 in W 36 in D 1 in

Southern Landscape

Located in Milford, NH

remained for the balance of her career, participating in the Public Works of Art and WPA Federal Art

Category

Mid-20th Century American Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Raging Bull Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic on Paper

Raging Bull Abstract Expressionist Painting, Acrylic on Paper

By William Baziotes

Located in New York, NY

Academy of Design. During the late 1930s, the artist worked for the WPA Federal Art Project, both as a

Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Dona Ascensione
Dona Ascensione

Dona Ascensione

By Kenneth M. Adams

Located in Fairlawn, OH

National Academy of Design by the time he was twenty eight and worked for the Federal Art Project in the

Category

1930s American Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Offset

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Verklaete Nacht

Mary HenryVerklaete Nacht, 1996

Unavailable

H 24 in W 24 in D 2 in

Verklaete Nacht

By Mary Henry

Located in Glenview, IL

affiliated with the Federal Art Project, also in Oakland, from 1938-40. Taught at Iowa State in Ames. Then

Category

1990s Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Through the Window
Through the Window

Joseph De MartiniThrough the Window

Unavailable

H 12 in W 12 in

Through the Window

By Joseph De Martini

Located in Boothbay Harbor, ME

Joseph De Martini's successful career began in the 1930s with the WPA Federal Art Project and the

Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum
Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum

Magnificat Anima Mea Dominum

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

deep” hues that were his hallmark. MacGurrin’s work with the Federal Art Project is also significant

Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Still Life with Lemons

Still Life with Lemons

By Anton Refregier

Located in Bethesda, MD

Federal Art Projects as a teacher, supervising artist, and mural supervisor. His most famous work is

Category

1950s Paintings

Materials

Oil

Man and Woman
Man and Woman

Enid BellMan and Woman

Unavailable

H 6.75 in W 9 in D 1 in

Man and Woman

By Enid Bell

Located in Rego Park, NY

, 1940 to 1941, as Sculpture Supervisor for the Federal Art Project. She began her art education in

Category

20th Century American Modern Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Allegory No. 1
Allegory No. 1

Jerre H. MurryAllegory No. 1, Circa 1938

Unavailable

H 10.75 in W 9.5 in

Allegory No. 1

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

were highly prized by gallerists, collectors and his Federal Art Project supervisors. He was extremely

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Allegory No. 2
Allegory No. 2

Jerre H. MurryAllegory No. 2, 1938

Unavailable

H 9.25 in W 10.25 in

Allegory No. 2

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

in the 1930s and worked as a muralist for the Federal Art Project. He also found employment designing

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Still Life
Still Life

Francis CrissStill Life, 1930

Unavailable

H 22.25 in W 20.25 in

Still Life

By Francis Criss

Located in Santa Barbara, CA

and muralist for the Federal Art Project of the W.P.A. (Works Progress Administration) – for which he

Category

1930s Surrealist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Wild Iris
Wild Iris

George Zachary ConstantWild Iris, 1945

Unavailable

H 20 in W 30 in D 3 in

Wild Iris

By George Zachary Constant

Located in Rego Park, NY

Sculptors, Constant also worked in the WPA and other Federal Art Projects. He began exhibiting regularly

Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Woman in Blue
Woman in Blue

Reuben KadishWoman in Blue, 1930

Unavailable

H 26.25 in W 15.5 in

Woman in Blue

By Reuben Kadish

Located in Graton, CA

California. During the 1930s he was in San Francisco and head of the mural division for the Federal Art

Category

American Impressionist Nude Paintings

Materials

Oil

Awakening Evidence
Awakening Evidence

Dorothy MorangAwakening Evidence

Unavailable

H 25.5 in W 19.5 in

Awakening Evidence

By Dorothy Morang

Located in Santa Fe, NM

joined the Federal Art Project under the supervision of Vernon Hunter. To qualify, she had to pass a

Category

20th Century Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Pastel

James Joyce

Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991James Joyce, 1928

Unavailable

H 13.63 in W 10.63 in

James Joyce

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

. With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of

Category

1920s Portrait Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Portrait of Ronald Colman
Portrait of Ronald Colman

Edna ReindelPortrait of Ronald Colman, 1948

Unavailable

H 36.25 in W 30 in

Portrait of Ronald Colman

By Edna Reindel

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

for the Federal Art Project of the WPA, completing a number of murals on commission from 1937 to 1942

Category

1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Lyric Theater, 100 Third Avenue

Lyric Theater, 100 Third Avenue

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

. With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of

Category

1930s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Flatiron Building, Madison Square

Flatiron Building, Madison Square

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

. With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of

Category

1930s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Fifth Avenue Houses, Nos 4, 6, 8

Fifth Avenue Houses, Nos 4, 6, 8

By Berenice Abbott, 1898-1991

Located in New York, NY

. With the support of the WPA Federal Art Project from 1935 to 1939, she created the seminal the body of

Category

1930s Post-Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Transection #15, 1972
Transection #15, 1972

Transection #15, 1972

By Clarence Holbrook Carter

Located in Cleveland, OH

Art from 1929 to 1937. He was also Director of the Federal Art Project for Northeastern Ohio, and

Category

1970s Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil

Night Blooming Cereus No. 2
Night Blooming Cereus No. 2

Night Blooming Cereus No. 2

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Federal Art Project. During the same period she produced a series of watercolors for the Federal Art

Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Shells and Rocks

Helen Katherine ForbesShells and Rocks, 1932

Unavailable

H 18.5 in W 22.75 in

Shells and Rocks

Located in Spokane, WA

Building at the San Francisco Zoo, funded by the Federal Art Project and Works Progress Administration. She

Category

1930s Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Flight to Egypt
Flight to Egypt

Anna WalinskaFlight to Egypt, 1957

Unavailable

H 20 in W 13.5 in

Flight to Egypt

By Anna Walinska

Located in New York, NY

Art Project. participating in various group shows across the country. Using her connections she opens

Category

1950s American Modern Abstract Paintings

Materials

Paper, Oil

Free Space
Free Space

Free Space

By Lee Krasner

Located in Hudson, NY

Great Depression, when she worked as a painter for the WPA’s Federal Art Project in the 1930s. In 1937

Loch Awe
Loch Awe

Helen RennieLoch Awe, 1962

Unavailable

H 35.5 in W 39.5 in

Loch Awe

By Helen Rennie

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Depression of the 1930s Helen joined the ranks of the WPA in the Federal Art Project and worked on various

Two Nudes
Two Nudes

William McBrideTwo Nudes, 1940

Unavailable

H 5.5 in W 4 in

Two Nudes

Located in Des Plaines, IL

Civilian Conservation Corps. By 1935, McBride was working as an artist through the Federal Art Project of

Category

20th Century Mixed Media

Materials

Mixed Media

Concussion
Concussion

Werner DrewesConcussion, 1983

Unavailable

H 16.13 in W 11.13 in

Concussion

By Werner Drewes

Located in New York, NY

by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration. In 1936, the year he became an

Category

1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples

Materials

Woodcut

Sun Image
Sun Image

Jerre H. MurrySun Image, 1936

Unavailable

H 40 in W 34.5 in

Sun Image

By Jerre H. Murry

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

, Murry settled in Los Angeles in the 1930s and worked as a muralist for the Federal Art Project. He also

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Osprey
The Osprey

Zena KavinThe Osprey, Circa 1935

Unavailable

H 13.5 in W 10 in

The Osprey

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

artist with the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project. During her time in New Mexico

Category

20th Century Surrealist Animal Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Tulips
Tulips

Zama Vanessa HelderTulips, Circa 1940

Unavailable

H 26.5 in W 22.5 in

Tulips

By Zama Vanessa Helder

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

. Relocating to Spokane, Helder taught watercolor painting and lithography for the Federal Art Project at the

Category

20th Century American Modern Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Untitled (New Mexico Church)
Untitled (New Mexico Church)

Untitled (New Mexico Church)

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

Durston, Lorser Feitelson, Helen Lundeberg and Paul Sample. As part of the Public Works of Art project

Category

20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Mixed Media

Homage to Millet
Homage to Millet

Maurice NewmanHomage to Millet, 1930s

Unavailable

H 34.5 in W 40.5 in

Homage to Millet

By Maurice Newman

Located in New York, NY

he was employed as a model maker by the Federal Works of Art Defense Project from 1940 to 1942. He

Category

1930s Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Head of a Man
Head of a Man

Nina SaemundssonHead of a Man, Circa 1935

Unavailable

H 14.5 in W 7.5 in D 8.5 in

Head of a Man

By Nina Saemundsson

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

“Prometheus Bringing Fire to the Earth,” created under the aegis of the Federal Public Works of Art Project

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Marble

Prometheus
Prometheus

Nina SaemundssonPrometheus, Circa 1940

Unavailable

H 20 in W 13 in D 14 in

Prometheus

By Nina Saemundsson

Located in Beverly Hills, CA

the Earth," created under the aegis of the Federal Public Works of Art Project, and dedicated in what

Category

20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Granite

TIMBERING

TIMBERING

By Beatrice Mandelman

Located in Portland, ME

"Federal Art Project/NYC WPA." 8 1/2 x 13 3/8 inches (image), 10 1/2 x 16 inches (sheet). In excellent

Category

1930s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Spanish Church, San Francisco
Spanish Church, San Francisco

Spanish Church, San Francisco

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

. Signed and titled in pencil. With the WPA Federal Art Project blind stamp in the lower right margin. A

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Fantasy Dancer

Leon SaulterFantasy Dancer, 1960

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H 68 in W 6 in D 6 in

Fantasy Dancer

By Leon Saulter

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Federal Art Project while he was a resident of Los Angeles. Exhibitions: Painters & Sculptors of LA

Category

1960s Cubist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Metal

VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE
VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE

VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE

Located in Santa Monica, CA

beautiful body of Color white line woodcuts. Hebert also worked under the California WPA / Federal Art

Category

1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

Urban Scene, Pushcart Series, NYC Tenements
Urban Scene, Pushcart Series, NYC Tenements

Urban Scene, Pushcart Series, NYC Tenements

By Samuel Grunvald

Located in Surfside, FL

Arrived in US in 1921. Worked for Federal Art Project, taught at Colony House in NYC. Member: Art

Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Moon Pool  - PUBLISHED BY THE WPA
Moon Pool  - PUBLISHED BY THE WPA

Moon Pool - PUBLISHED BY THE WPA

Located in Santa Monica, CA

FEDERAL ART PROJECT blind stamp lower right. Very good condition. WPA Edtions are typically about 25

Category

1930s Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Serenade

Serenade

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

the renowned director Cecil B. De Mille. He worked on the first Federal Art Project in 1933, executing

Category

1930s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

White Head Dress
White Head Dress

White Head Dress

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

. De Mille. He worked on the first Federal Art Project in 1933, executing murals around Los Angeles

Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Peg Resting

Peg Resting

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

on the first Federal Art Project in 1933, executing murals around Los Angeles, including on in the

Category

1950s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Luna

Luna

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

the renowned director Cecil B. De Mille. He worked on the first Federal Art Project in 1933

Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Sakti

Buckley MacGurrinSakti, 1963

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H 48 in W 26 in

Sakti

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Federal Art Project in 1933, executing murals around Los Angeles, including on in the cafeteria of the Los

Category

1960s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Alexandria

Buckley MacGurrinAlexandria, 1949

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H 14 in W 20 in D 3 in

Alexandria

By Buckley MacGurrin

Located in Los Angeles, CA

sets and props for the renowned director Cecil B. De Mille. He worked on the first Federal Art Project

Category

1940s Art Deco Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red Robin 'Taos Village' Native American Landscape Watercolor Painting
Red Robin 'Taos Village' Native American Landscape Watercolor Painting

Red Robin 'Taos Village' Native American Landscape Watercolor Painting

Located in San Rafael, CA

the Federal Art Project of WPA. A watercolor of Red Robin's is part of the collection of the

Category

Mid-20th Century Contemporary Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Pensive

Pensive

By Edward Miles Dreis

Located in Los Angeles, CA

late 1930s he lived in Woodstock, NY as an employee of the Federal Art Project. About 1946 he returned

Category

1920s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

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'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism
'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism

'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan' — WPA Era Precisionism

By Louis Lozowick

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Louis Lozowick, 'Mural Study: Lower Manhattan', lithograph, edition 10 or fewer, 1936. Flint 135. Signed and dated in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A fine, richly-inked...

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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