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Rare Art Deco Glossy Lacquer Honey Walnut & Ebonized Wood Commode
Located in Hopewell, NJ
amazing silhouette.
Commode came from a collector who purchased it at Depression Modern in NYC about 30
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Commodes and Chests of Drawers
Materials
Wood
'Tenant Farmers' — Depression Era, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Administration (WPA).
Literature: 'Depression Printmakers as Workers', Mary Francey, 1988.
Impressions of this
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Barge Toiler -Mid 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Plaster Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
"Barge Toiler" by Max Kalish is a Mid 20th Century modern Depression-Era sculpture from his Labor
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
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
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
Tropical Depression Carpet by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Tropical depression carpet by Sofia Alvarado
Dimensions: 180 x 180 cm
Materials: Wool
One of a
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern North and South American Rugs
Materials
Wool
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
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Tropical Depression Fabric Picture by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Tropical depression fabric picture by Sofia Alvarado
Dimensions: D185 x W135 x H5 cm
Materials
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Decorative Art
Materials
Fabric, Wood
"Road Builder" 20th Century Modern WPA Labor Bronze WPA Depression-Era Sculpture
By Max Kalish
Located in New York, NY
Max Kalish
The Road Builder
inscribed M. KALISH 23, with Meroni-Radice foundry mark, on top of base bronze with dark brown patina, on an ebonized rectangular plinth
Height: 13 1/8 in...
Category
1920s American Realist Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Balance in Depression Object by Sofia Alvarado
Located in Geneve, CH
Balance in depression object by Sofia Alvarado
Materials: Guayacán wood / lacquered solid metal
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Desk Sets
Materials
Metal
Vintage Uranium Vaseline Glowing Green Ashtray Depression Glass
By Anchor Hocking, Hazel-Atlas
Located in Clifton Springs, NY
Vintage green depression glass ashtray was made in uranium Vaseline glass with textured rim and
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern Ashtrays
Materials
Uranium Glass
Age of Innocence (Depression in Harlem - Brother and Sister)
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
; this work also included the depression era, which struck him as worse than anything he had seen in
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Portrait Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 9.5 in W 7.5 in D 0.1 in
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok, 1933, Silver Gelatin Print
By John Albok
Located in Denton, TX
Chestnut Vendor, Depression by John Albok depicts a man selling chestnuts on the street. The man
Category
1930s Modern Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Royal Hotel - New Orleans 1920s Depression Art Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Located in Soquel, CA
Royal Hotel - New Orleans 1920s Depression Art Lithograph in Ink on Paper
Dramatic street scene
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century
By Agnes Yarnall
Located in New York, NY
2 Sculptures: "The Power" & "The Glory" WPA Depression WWII era mid 20th century by Agnes Yarnall
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Plaster
1936 Woodblock Print Venus of 23rd St. Skid Row Woodcut NYC Great Depression WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
A great New york City street scene in a modernist realist style. done in the the great depression
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Woodcut
Leaf Table - Tropical Depression, Organic post-modern Coffee table in Wood.
By Fi Sofia Alvarado
Located in Gamboa, PA
Leaf Table - Tropical Depression, Organic post-modern Coffee table in natural wood handmade in
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Center Tables
Materials
Wood
H 15.75 in W 59.06 in D 27.56 in
New Life Mirror - Tropical Depression, handmade metal and wood
By Fi Sofia Alvarado
Located in Gamboa, PA
New Life Mirror - Tropical Depression, metal and wood handmade in Panama by Fi.
Tropical
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Wall Mirrors
Materials
Metal
Herida Table - Tropical Depression, handmade Dragon wood and metal coffee table
By Fi Sofia Alvarado
Located in Gamboa, PA
Herida Table - Tropical Depression, coffee table in Dragon wood and metal handmade in Panama by Fi
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Center Tables
Materials
Metal
H 14.97 in Dm 43.31 in
Cycle of Life Totem - Tropical Depression, handmade sculpture in metal and wood
By Fi Sofia Alvarado
Located in Gamboa, PA
Cycle of Life Totem - Tropical Depression, post-modern sculpture in metal and wood handmade in
Category
2010s Panamanian Post-Modern Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Metal
H 68.9 in Dm 11.82 in
Mid-Century Modern Set of 6 Depression Glass Napkin Rings
By Daum
Located in Chula Vista, CA
For your consideration, a set of six Mid-Century Modern Depression glass napkin rings.
Dimensions
Category
Vintage 1960s American Hollywood Regency More Dining and Entertaining
Materials
Glass
SILOS American Scene WPA Depression industrial Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Vincent Campanella 1
Located in New York, NY
SILOS American Scene WPA Depression industrial Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Vincent
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Depression Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern WPA American Scene NYC
Located in New York, NY
Depression Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism Modern WPA American Scene NYC
Saul Kovner (1904
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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
Category
1940s Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
"Deserted Farmyard, Minnesota, 1938, " Rural Midwestern Great Depression Scene
By Adolf Dehn
Located in New York, NY
lithographs, which he was able to sell and supported him though the difficult years of the depression.
In
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Fortune Magazine cover Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist.
Signed lower left
Category
1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board
"Seamstresses" American Scene Modernism WPA Figurative Depression Era Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
," a fine example of 1930's - 40s American realism, modernism painted in the WPA - Depression Era.
A
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Fortune Magazine cover, Depression-Era Illustration, WPA industrial Modernist
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Signed lower right
Framed by Bark
Baker was a self-taught illustrator. Most of his works were covers for Time Magazine, although he was responsible for eleven covers for Fortune Mag...
Category
1930s American Modern Interior Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Gouache, Board
"Rag Pickers" NYC Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Figurative Realism
Located in New York, NY
"Rag Pickers" by Thomas Attardi is an oil painting showing a depression era New York City. Painted
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Harvesters WPA Depression Era American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism Workers
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Harvesters WPA Depression Era American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism Workers
Canvas measure 28
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
ON LINE Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Realism Drawing Watercolor
By Louis Bouché
Located in New York, NY
ON LINE Depression Era WPA American Scene Modernism Realism Drawing Watercolor.
Louis Bouche (1986
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Graphite
Blue Faceted Depression Glass Coupe Glasses by Fostoria 1980s, Set of 8
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
the sides with "thumbprint" depressions. This would be a wonderful addition to your next party or bar
Category
20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Glass
Materials
Glass
Blind Beggar (pencil drawing made on streets of Kansas City in Depression)
By Jackson Lee Nesbitt
Located in New Orleans, LA
This fantastic original drawing is pencil signed:
"Jack Nesbitt, 1937, Student at K.C. Art Institute"
It shows a beggar playing a squeezebox on a busy street with figures looking i...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink, Graphite
1936 Woodblock Print Venus of 23rd St. Skid Row Woodcut NYC Great Depression WPA
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
A great New york City street scene in a modernist realist style. done in the the great depression
Category
20th Century Modern More Art
Materials
Woodcut
Yellow and Teal Abstract Figurative Sculptural Portrait Painting on Wood Panel
By Ray Collins
Located in Houston, TX
Dadaist style assemblage work that offers a critique of fabricated personas and depression in
Category
20th Century Abstract Mixed Media
Materials
Mixed Media, Acrylic, Wood Panel
Port Hole Nautical Ice Bucket
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Port Hole Topped Ice Bucket Designed and Built by Michael Smith and Depression Modern. Clever
Category
Vintage 1980s American Art Deco Barware
Materials
Metal, Chrome
Machine Age Art Deco Norman Bel Geddes Desk / Vanity and Skyscraper Mirror
By Norman Bel Geddes, Simmons Company Furniture
Located in Bernville, PA
/2" W.
Publications:
Depression Modern the Thirties Styles in America by Martin Greif page 159
Category
Vintage 1930s American Machine Age Desks
Materials
Metal, Chrome
"Factory Workers" American Modern WPA Scene Realism Industrial Depression Era
Located in New York, NY
"Factory Workers" American Modern WPA Scene Realism Industrial Depression Era. 30 x 40 inches. Oil
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Glassblowers WPA Depression era Men working mid 20th Century modern Industrial
Located in New York, NY
Glassblowers WPA Depression era Men working mid 20th Century modern Industrial
This 24 x 36 inch
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Man with Cart" American Scene Modern Modernism WPA Depression Era Regionalism
By Gregorio Prestopino
Located in New York, NY
"Man with Cart" American Scene Modern Modernism WPA Depression Era Regionalism.
Gregorio
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
"Refugees" Mexican American Oil Painting Depression Era WPA Mid-Century Modern.
The Whitney
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Grand Central Station NYC Modernism WPA Industrial Transportation Depression Era
By George Biddle
Located in New York, NY
depression era drawing is signed, dated and titled. There is an Associated American Artists label verso
Category
1930s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Ink, Watercolor, Gouache, Rag Paper
"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
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Ink
Joseph Solman Lithograph New York City Subway Great Depression WPA Artist
By Joseph Solman
Located in Surfside, FL
the Museum of Modern Art featuring Seurat, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Cézanne.
In 1934, Solman had his
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Members of the Welfare Board (satirical take on wealthy women of depression era)
By Julius Bloch
Located in New Orleans, LA
Depression era. It's trickle down economics at work! Julius Bloch created this lithograph as a social
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century
By Norman Barr
Located in New York, NY
"Nowhere To Go" WPA Depression Era American Scene Oil Painting Mid 20th Century. 30 x 25 inches
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Kupur Three American Art Deco Sculptures Male Female Figurative Modernism WPA
Located in New York, NY
copper. Size. Each of the modern WPA depression era mid-century measures 15 x 8 x 6 inches.
Artist
Category
1930s Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Metal, Copper
H 15 in W 8 in D 6 in
Handcrafted Blue Sapphire and Diamond Bee Brooch in Sterling Silver
Located in New York, NY
dazzling sapphire which helps in relieving stress, anxiety and depression.
This modern design of the brooch
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
Handcrafted Blue Sapphire and Diamond Bee Brooch in Sterling Silver
Located in New York, NY
dazzling sapphire which helps in relieving stress, anxiety and depression.
This modern design of the brooch
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
Brass and Chrome Depression Glass Foyer Small Modern Chandelier
Located in St. Louis, MO
Beautiful combination of Machine Age and modern come together here through brass, chrome and glass
Category
Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Chandeliers and Pendants
"Moderntone" Cobalt Blue Depression Glass Dishware, Hazel-Atlas
By Hazel-Atlas
Located in Crockett, CA
The Hazel-Atlas Glass Company was a large producer of machine-molded glass containers headquartered in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was founded in 1902 in Washington, Pennsylvania, as...
Category
Mid-20th Century American Modern Dinner Plates
Materials
Glass
Vintage Depression Glass Piggy Bank, 1950s Anchor Hocking
Located in Achterveld, NL
Vintage marigold iridescent glass piggy bank in good condition, a little over 10 cm long end to end.
Anchor Hocking piggybank.
Category
Vintage 1950s Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures
Materials
Glass
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