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Four works for Karen
Four works for Karen

Four works for Karen

By Iver Rose

Located in New York, NY

Iver Rose $7500 Ernest Hamlin Baker $7500 Jo Cain $12,500 David Fredenthal $6000 The

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1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil, Gouache

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"Factory Boy with Locomotive" Paul Meltsner, 1930s Working WPA Portrait
"Factory Boy with Locomotive" Paul Meltsner, 1930s Working WPA Portrait

"Factory Boy with Locomotive" Paul Meltsner, 1930s Working WPA Portrait

By Paul Meltsner

Located in New York, NY

Paul Meltsner Factory Boy with Locomotive, circa 1935 Signed lower left Watercolor on paper 23 3/4 x 19 1/2 inches Paul Meltsner sold his first painting when he was eight years old...

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1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII

"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 Watercolor on paper. c. 1940s. Signed lower right. BIO David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958...

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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s
Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s

Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s

$1,450

H 25.6 in W 20.48 in D 0.79 in

Male Nude Study in Pencil 1940s

Located in Tilburg, NL

Nude Study in Pencil, Europe, 1940s. Beautiful and well drawn study with a male nude kneeling. Wonderful atmosphere and very elegant. At the underside of the paper there are also a ...

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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Drawings

Materials

Paper

Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century
Columbus Avenue NYC c. 1920s/30s American Scene Ashcan WPA Modern 20th Century

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, Columbus Avenue, New York", impasto oil on canvas, signed lower left, signed verso (u...

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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings
Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings

Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings

$550Sale Price / item|83% Off

H 33.5 in W 27.5 in D 0.5 in

Selection of Three WPA Era Paintings

Located in Atlanta, GA

Group of Three WPA Era Paintings, American, circa 1930s-1950s. From left to right, they are: 1) Brick mason oil painting, American, circa 1930s. It measures 23.5" H x 27.5" W. 2) In...

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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Wood

Roman torso in stone
Roman torso in stone

Roman torso in stone

$1,005

H 14.97 in W 8.27 in D 5.12 in

Roman torso in stone

Located in 'S-HERTOGENBOSCH, NL

Muscular torso in stoneware, after the classical greek and Roman sculptures. with a good patina. Signed but not readable (see last picture). Probably circa 1930.

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Vintage 1930s Italian Classical Roman Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stoneware

"Exultation", Large, Rare Bronze w/ Male Nude Celebrating Liberation of Belgium
"Exultation", Large, Rare Bronze w/ Male Nude Celebrating Liberation of Belgium

"Exultation", Large, Rare Bronze w/ Male Nude Celebrating Liberation of Belgium

By Arthur Dupagne

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Extraordinarily powerful, and very rare, this large bronze sculpture of a nude male figure by Arthur Dupagne shows him stretching and straining upwards, his head rolled back and shou...

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Vintage 1940s Belgian Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner
"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner

"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner

$1,200Sale Price|20% Off

H 7 in W 3.07 in D 0.1 in

"Nude with Golden Hair", Striking Male Nude by du Bois, Tony Award Winner

By Raoul Pene du Bois

Located in Philadelphia, PA

Diminutive and striking, this Mannerist male nude by Raoul Pène du Bois, the great Broadway designer, depicts a confident figure in the full bloom of youth, with golden hair and blus...

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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
"Labor in a Diesel Plant" Machine Age American Scene Industrial Mid 20th Century

"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 (American 1902-1993) ''Labor in A Diesel Plant'' Wood engraving, 1940 17 x 10 1/2...

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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study Drawing by Chicago Artist Harold Haydon
Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study Drawing by Chicago Artist Harold Haydon

Vintage Male Erotica 1951 Figure Study Drawing by Chicago Artist Harold Haydon

By Harold Haydon

Located in Chicago, IL

A Very Finely Drawn Mid-Century Modern Figure Study of a Standing Young Male Nude Model by Notable Chicago Modern Artist, Harold Haydon (Am. 1909-1994). A well executed studio figu...

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1950s American Modern Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite, Paper

"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker

"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker

By Otis Oldfield

Located in New York, NY

"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis Oldfield” lower left. 14 x 12 inches. Exhibited: Galerie des Beaux Arts, San Francisco...

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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA
Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA

Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA

By Richard Whorf

Located in New York, NY

Till the Clouds Roll By 1945 Frank Sinatra Mid Century Modern Hollywood Film WPA TILL THE COULDS ROLL BY (Film Set), oil on canvas, 20 x 24 inches signed “Richard Whorf” lower righ...

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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

19th century oil on canvas, study of a male nude ...
19th century oil on canvas, study of a male nude ...

19th century oil on canvas, study of a male nude ...

Sold|$2,660

H 31.5 in W 25.6 in D 0.79 in

19th century oil on canvas, study of a male nude ...

Located in Brecht, BE

a study of a male nude ...

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Antique Late 19th Century French Paintings

Materials

Canvas

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Single Rower n.d. Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas mounted to Masonite 37.25 x 71.5 inches (94.6 x 181.6 cm) $8,500 + $800 framing This work is off...

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Early 2000s Contemporary Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Masonite, Oil

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Relaxing on a Rock

[Bruce Sargeant (1898-1938)] Two Men Relaxing on a Rock

By Mark Beard

Located in New York, NY

Signed in red, u.r. Oil on canvas 68 x 77 inches This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City. Mark Beard, born in 1956 in Salt Lake City, now lives in New York ...

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2010s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

'Locomotives Watering' — Ashcan School Social Realism
'Locomotives Watering' — Ashcan School Social Realism

'Locomotives Watering' — Ashcan School Social Realism

By Reginald Marsh

Located in Myrtle Beach, SC

Reginald Marsh, 'Erie R.R. Locos Watering (Locomotives Watering)', etching, 1934, edition 100 (Whitney, 1969), Sasowsky 155. Unsigned as published; numbered '68/100' in pencil. A su...

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1930s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

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