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Fred Lundy CA Great Depression Cartoon Illustration, circa 1938
Located in San Francisco, CA
Francisco Examiner in 1938.
This was done during the great depression and shows a brown bear lamenting
Category
Early 20th Century American Drawings
Materials
Paper
Paris during the Great Depression circa 1930 - Silver Gelatin B & W Photography
By Press Agency Keystone View Co.
Located in Atlanta, GA
, Paris. Paris during the Great Depression, circa 1930.
Features:
Original silver gelatin print
Category
1930s Art Deco Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
H 5.28 in. W 7.33 in. D 0.04 in.
Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
the 1930s, workers began to organize in large numbers. A great wave of work stoppages in 1933 and 1934
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Pencil
The Great Depression 3, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Monotype, Archival Paper
The New Great Depression 5, dramatic, black & white, noir, mystery, genre
By Tom Bennett
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Dramatic imagery from Tom Bennett’s series of black and white monotypes, blending surrealistic mindscapes with stark realism
About Tom Bennett:
With quick brushstrokes, Tom Bennett ...
Category
2010s Surrealist Figurative Prints
Materials
Archival Paper, Monotype
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
Folk Art Wood Knife Dated 1931
Located in Los Angeles, CA
height of the Great Depression. Really interesting piece of art and sculpture. Great vintage condition.
Category
Vintage 1930s American Antiquities
Materials
Wood, Paint
Art Deco Diamond Brooch-Clips, circa 1930s
Located in Wailea, HI
These Diamond Brooch Clips
Besides The Great Depression The 1930's Produced Magnificent Jewels That The
Category
Early 20th Century Art Deco Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
NYC Fishing Boat on the East River, Brooklyn Bridge c.1930
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Brooklyn, and Queens, capturing New York City during the Great Depression until just after American entry
Category
1930s Street Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Sterling Water Pitcher
By Watson Silver
Located in Brooklyn, NY
After the Great Depression of 1929, the style was more subdued and less ornate. A reflection of
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
"Gas Tanks" Industrial WPA Depression-Era, Woodstock American Scene Industrial
By Miron Sokole
Located in New York, NY
. Sokole was also an integral part of the Federal Arts Project during the Great Depression.
During the
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
NYC View from the Brooklyn Bridge c.1930
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Brooklyn, and Queens, capturing New York City during the Great Depression until just after American entry
Category
1930s Street Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Staten Island Ferry
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Brooklyn, and Queens, capturing New York City during the Great Depression until just after American entry
Category
1930s Street Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
NYC Manhattan Bridge Divers c.1930
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Brooklyn, and Queens, capturing New York City during the Great Depression until just after American entry
Category
1930s Street Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
South Street Sea Port, NYC
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Brooklyn, and Queens, capturing New York City during the Great Depression until just after American entry
Category
1930s Other Art Style Black and White Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
NYC Art Deco Ironwork Cityscape c.1930
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Brooklyn, and Queens, capturing New York City during the Great Depression until just after American entry
Category
1930s Street Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
NYC Cold day on the East River, Brooklyn Bridge c.1930
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, Brooklyn, and Queens, capturing New York City during the Great Depression until just after American entry
Category
1930s Street Art Landscape Prints
Materials
Archival Pigment
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
enduring the harsh regimen of a Catholic reform school. During the Great Depression, Fasanella worked in
Category
1940s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Ralph FasanellaOutsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era, 1945
H 34 in. W 44 in. D 2 in.
Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Woman Fluffy Hair, Pink Tunic, Jeans
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
hairstyle, medallion necklace.
Soyer is best known for picturing poverty stricken victims of the Great
Category
1970s Realist Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Sterling Water Pitcher
By William Durgin
Located in Brooklyn, NY
After the great depression of 1929, the decorative style became a lot less ornate and more plain
Category
Vintage 1930s American Sterling Silver
Materials
Sterling Silver
Twilight of Splendor Chronicles of the Age of American Palaces, 1st Ed
Located in valatie, NY
, and families of five great American mansions built between World War I and the Great Depression
Category
Vintage 1970s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 9.5 in. W 6.5 in. D 1.38 in.
Rare and Fantastical Plate by George Biddle, dated 1954
By George Biddle
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Great Depression, as well as for his series of WPA murals and easel paintings, George Biddle's early
Category
Vintage 1950s American Platters and Serveware
Materials
Porcelain
Grande Dame of American Art Deco Lighting, c.1932
By Lincoln Lighting Company
Located in Prescott, US
From the heights of the Art Deco movement and the depths of the Great Depression comes Lincoln
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Aluminum
"Bedouin with Keffiyeh", Handsome Portrait of Arab Male Figure, 1937
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Painted toward the end of the Great Depression, this striking portrait of a handsome bedouin with a
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings
Materials
Paint
Muller Frères Deco Pendant Light
By Muller Fres Luneville
Located in Aurora, OR
great depression closed the business for good by 1933.
Category
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Wrought Iron
"Smelling the Rose, " Classic Art Deco Sculpture with Female Nude, France
By Onnaing
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Mouzin brothers purchased the company and ran it until it closed in 1938, during the Great Depression.
Category
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic
Supper Call
By Henry Hintermeister
Located in Minneapolis, MN
traditional, simple scenes played well with the American population during the lean years of The Great
Category
1930s American Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Johann Berthelsen, Manhattan Snow Storm Scene, Oil on Canvas Painting, 1960s
Located in New York, NY
Adams resulted in a move to New York and experimentation with painting. When the great depression took a
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Canvas
H 12 in. W 16 in. D 1.5 in.
Original Vintage Empire Marketing Board Poster Buy British Trade Home & Overseas
By Austin Cooper
Located in London, GB
citizens to buy British goods in order to help their economy following the Great Depression in America. Eye
Category
Vintage 1930s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 20.08 in. W 14.97 in. D 0.04 in.
Large Original Vintage Empire Marketing Board Poster Buy British from the Empire
By Austin Cooper
Located in London, GB
citizens to help their own economy following the Great Depression in America by buying British goods. Great
Category
Vintage 1930s British Posters
Materials
Paper
H 40.16 in. W 60.24 in. D 0.04 in.
Cad Med
By Doug Ohlson
Located in Boca Raton, FL
the Great Depression. As New York Times art critic Roberta Smith has observed, “The staple of his
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Color-Field Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Brady (Full Pads)
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie Field, Looking South
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Ross
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie Field, Looking Southeast
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brady and Tyler
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie Scoreboard
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Brady (Nike)
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie Flagpole
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Billy
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Prairie Field, Looking Northeast
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Dustin (Black Jersey)
By William Wylie
Located in New York, NY
the Great Depression. It is a fast-moving game played on an 80 x 40-yard field.
Category
2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Subway Work at Night.
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Storrs, CT
realists during the Great Depression, doing almost 20 works for the Federal Arts Project from 1935-1939. In
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Prints
Materials
Wood, Engraving
Mural Study 1933 Depression Era Mid-Century WPA Modern American Scene Drawing
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
artists. When he returned to New York City in 1931, the Great Depression hit Loew unexpectedly, and for
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
H 16 in. W 21 in. D 2 in.
Royal Worcester Plate Painted by Walter Austin
By Royal Worcester
Located in East Geelong, VIC
Worcester in 1930, at the height of the Great Depression. The central painting is surrounded by extensive
Category
Vintage 1920s English Porcelain
Materials
Porcelain
Art Deco Schoolhouse circa 1932
Located in Prescott, US
rebirth after the Great Depression (or after the the current pandemic?).
Milk glass globe in excellent
Category
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Glass
A Christmas Number, Judge Magazine Cover
By John Holmgren
Located in Fort Washington, PA
during Great Depression, and Holmgren's whimsical gouache on board is a delightful example of the genre
Category
1930s Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Illustration Board
Los Angeles Theatre (23" x 30")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
-remaining Art Deco cinema palaces in the nation. Built in the early 1930s before the throes of the Great
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Los Angeles Theatre (40" x 52")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
-remaining Art Deco cinema palaces in the nation. Built in the early 1930s before the throes of the Great
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Los Angeles Theatre (31" x 41")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
-remaining Art Deco cinema palaces in the nation. Built in the early 1930s before the throes of the Great
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby, Warner Theatre (40" x 52")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Los Angeles Theatre (50" x 67")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
-remaining Art Deco cinema palaces in the nation. Built in the early 1930s before the throes of the Great
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Los Angeles Theatre (60" x 80")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
-remaining Art Deco cinema palaces in the nation. Built in the early 1930s before the throes of the Great
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby, Warner Theatre (23" x 30")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby Lounge, Study I (50" x 67")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby, Warner Theatre (31" x 41")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby, Warner Theatre (50" x 67")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby Lounge, Study II (23" x 30")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby, Warner Theatre (60" x 80")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
Grand Lobby (Mezzanine), Los Angeles Theatre (23" x 30")
By Christos J. Palios
Located in Greenwich, CT
As one of the last opulent picture-palaces built before the Great Depression in 1931, the LA
Category
2010s Contemporary Color Photography
Materials
Archival Pigment
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