$2,800
Reclining Man Ashcan Early 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Gay Nude
By Isidore Konti
Located in New York, NY
"Reclining Man" Ashcan Early 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Gay Nude Isadore Konti (1862 - 1938) "Reclining Man" 7 1/2 w x 4 1/2 d x 7 high inches Bronze Signed and date...
Bronze
$12,500
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century
By Michael Loew
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study 1940 American Scene Modern Social Realism Figurative Mid Century Michael Loew (1907-1985) Detail for Mural (Social Security Building Washington D.C.) 24 x 24 inches ...
Canvas, Oil
$3,000
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
By Maurice Becker
Located in New York, NY
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures MAURICE BECKER (1889-1975) 'Neon Lighting 17 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches Oil on masonite Signed, dated 1936 a...
Masonite, Oil
"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
William Gropper Senator Signed lower center Oil on board 16 x 12 1/4 inches ACA Galleries, New York Private Collection, New York Bonhams, American Art Online, August 23, 2023, Lot 3...
Oil, Board
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" WPA American Scene Mid 20th Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Good Health Week 10 ½ x 15 1/2 inches Oil on paper, c. 1940s Estate stamp verso 1...
Paper, Oil
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers
Located in New York, NY
"Paper Making" WPA Industrial Mid-Century American Scene Social Realism Workers Douglas Crockwell (1904-1968) "Paper Making" 19 x 39 inches Oil on board, c. 1936 Signed verso Framed...
Oil, Board
$900Sale Price|25% Off
Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave
By John French Sloan
Located in Soquel, CA
1920 Social Realism Etching by John French Sloan titled "Bandits Cave" Compelling etching by John Sloan (American 1871 - 1951), 1920 during first year of prohibition showing a estab...
Laid Paper, Etching
$5,000
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...
Paper, Gouache
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Cowboy 33 3/4 x 36 inches Oil on paper, c. 1930s Signed lower left 40 x 42 inc...
Paper, Oil
$8,500
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Machine Age Industrial WPA Era American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Elliot 17 ¼ x 35 ¾ inches Gouache on board, c. 1930s Signed lower left 27 x 46 in...
Gouache, Board
$18,000
Opera Box American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Classical Music
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
Opera Box American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Classical Music William Gropper (1898 - 1977) Opera Box 20 x 16 inches Oil on board, 1957 Signed lower left Framed 27...
Oil, Board
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Double Sided WPA Era Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Good Health Week – double sided 13 3/4 x 20 1/2 inches – ink on paper 13 ½ x 20 ½ ...
Paper, Ink, Gouache
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers
By Seymour Fogel
Located in New York, NY
WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Workers Seymour Fogel (1911-1984) Mural Study, untitled 11 x 49 1/4 inches (sight) Tempera on board Provenance:...
Egg Tempera, Board
$5,000
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Good Health Week" American Scene Modern Social Realism Mid- 20th Century WPA Era Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Good Health Week – b/w 10 ½ x 15 1/2 inches Ink on paper, c. 1940s Estate sta...
Paper, Ink
$5,000
Bronx Post Office Mural Study WPA Horse Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Bronx Post Office Mural Study WPA Horse Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Couriers of History Bronx Post Office Mural Study Horse in the Sun (with two ad...
Ink, Gouache, Board
$15,000
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
St, Louis River Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century WPA Jo Cain (1904-2003) The Drama of the St.
Gouache, Board
$3,200Sale Price|20% Off
"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen
By Lionel S. Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Lionel S. Reiss (1894 - 1988) Lobstermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1943 Watercolor on paper Sight 17 1/2 x 23 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Las ...
Paper, Watercolor
$850
"Golddigger, " Isaac Friedlander, WPA, New York City, Social Realism, 1931
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Isaac Friedlander was born in 1890 in Mitau, Latvia. He studied painting and printmaking at the Academy of Rome—the only formal art training he would ever have. After the overthrow o...
Engraving
$18,000
Industrial Working Man Social Realism Mid-20 Century Modern American Scene Art
By Edith Kramer
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Working Man Social Realism Mid-20 Century Modern American Scene Art Edith Kramer (1916-2014) "Man on Lathe II" Oil on linen, 1949 23 x 22 inches Signed and dated in blac...
Oil, Linen
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco CT
By Arnold Friedman
Located in New York, NY
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco CT Arnold Aaron Friedman (American, 1874-1946) "Cancellation Table" 11 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Oil on Wood ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$44,000
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco D
By Arnold Friedman
Located in New York, NY
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco D Arnold Friedman (1874-1946) "Dispatch" 11 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Oil on Wood Panel, 1935 Signed, dated,...
Oil, Wood Panel
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco SR
By Arnold Friedman
Located in New York, NY
WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Postal Workers Deco SR Arnold Friedman (American, 1874-1946) "Swing Room" 11 1/2 x 26 1/2 inches Oil on Wood Panel, 1935, ...
Oil, Wood Panel
$15,000
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century
By Carlos Lopez
Located in New York, NY
Post Office WPA Mural Study American Scene Social Realism Modern 20th Century Carlos Lopez (1910-1953) "Bounty" WPA Mural Study for Michigan Post Office 19 ½ x 22 ½ inches Oil on B...
Oil, Board
$13,500
“Washington Square Park, 1938” NYC Social Realism Female American Artist Oil
By Dorothy Eisner
Located in Yardley, PA
An exceptional, large, early work by American artist Dorothy Eisner (1906-1984). This painting was recently exhibited at Gracie Mansion in 2019 as part of “She Persists” - a show de...
Canvas, Oil
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA
By Thomas Hart Benton
Located in New York, NY
Mural Study for "History of Water" American Scene Modernism Social Realism WPA Thomas Hart Benton (American, 1889-1975) "Water Story" (Study for The History of Water) Tempera and o...
Oil, Egg Tempera, Board
'A Morning in May' — Ashcan School Social Realism, New York City
By Reginald Marsh
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Reginald Marsh, 'A Morning in May', etching, 1936, edition 100 (Whitney, 1969), Sasowsky 169. Unsigned as published; numbered '89/100' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, ...
Etching
Isolation Blues contemporary social realism dark humor topical art man cat
By Stephen Basso
Located in Brooklyn, NY
pastel on toned paper signed bottom left
Paper, Pastel
$4,800
"Lay Down Your Swords" Oil Painting, Social Realism, Horses, Cavalry, 24x12 inch
By Kristy Gordon
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
An oil painting by Kristy Gordon (b. 1980, British Columbia, Canada) A cavalry battle scene of people in dressed in camouflage and modern street clothes wielding, not swords, but flo...
Canvas, Oil
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social John Ruggles (1907-1991) Sight: 17 1/2 x 13 1/3 inches. Framed: 22 x 18 inches. Oil on board Signed lower ...
Oil, Board
$12,000
Frolic Club IV - New York City in the 1960's - Strip Club Gritty Social Realism
By Philip Reisman
Located in Miami, FL
Philip Reisman paints the raw street life of New York City. Whether he's painting a barmaid or a street hobo, Reisman is a people painter. He studied at the Art Students League with ...
Watercolor, Paper
$151Sale Price|20% Off
Our Work Was Fun Linocut Print, Signed, Realist, 21st Century
By Kimi Salamonova 1
Located in Slovak Republic, SK
Linocut, signed, reminding the depicts of the paradox of social realism showing happy people but the reality was cruel.
Linocut
Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Joseph Solman 1930’s Oil on Masonite 19x25 inches image size 25x31 inches with frame overall good condition Signed mid lower left JS Private Collection New York Image depicts a WPA ...
Oil, Acrylic
$2,300Sale Price|50% Off
God Bless Our Home, Social Realist Scene, Figurative Americana Interior Scene
Located in Doylestown, PA
Lester is known for illustration, genre painting, and social realism and worked as a newspaper artist during the 1910's and 1920's.
Canvas, Oil
$1,250
An Elderly Couple
Located in San Francisco, CA
On offer is a timeless expression of social realism, in the style of the late American artist Ben Shahn.
Canvas, Oil
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Miami, FL
Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys Casein on board, Western / Frontier Art Illustrator of the social realism school, best known for his Saturday Evening ...
Casein
Water Hunters ( Cowboys in the Old West )
By Stevan Dohanos
Located in Miami, FL
Magazine Illustration of the Old West, American West, Cowboys Casein on board, Western / Frontier Art Illustrator of the social realism school, best known for his Saturday Evening Po...
Casein
Adolph Dehn "Golden Gate" Lithograph c.1940
Located in San Francisco, CA
Throughout his artistic career, Dehn participated in and helped define some important movements in American art, including Regionalism, Social Realism, and caricature.
Lithograph
NYC in Pink
Located in North Clarendon, VT
Walker (born 1927) was an American artist widely recognized for his contributions to New York Social Realism mid-century watercolor paintings and sketches.
Mixed Media, Gouache, Carbon Pencil
Marcel GROMAIRE (1892-1971), female nude
By Marcel Gromaire
Located in Paris, FR
He painted many works on social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an independent oeuvre distinct from groups and movements
Paper, Ink, Pen
Marcel GROMAIRE (1892-1971), reclining nude
Located in Paris, FR
He painted many works on social subjects and is often associated with Social Realism, but Gromaire can be said to have created an independent oeuvre distinct from groups and movements
Paper, Ink, Pen
UNTITLED - PEOPLE WAITING
Located in Portland, ME
The drawing has a lot strength, both graphically and in its social realism content. The influence of George Grosz is apparent.
Ink
'Psychopathic Ward' — Socially-Conscious Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Robert Riggs, 'Psychopathic Ward', 2-color lithograph, c. 1940, edition c. 50, Beall 60, Bassham 78. Signed, titled, and numbered '14' in pencil. Signed in the stone, lower right. A ...
Lithograph
$1,136Sale Price|20% Off
Carlos Blaaker - "Cheetah" - colourful screen print - ready to hang
Located in Winterswijk, NL
Blaaker‘s representation of simple people and wild animals is in the tradition of Social Realism.
Paper, Color
$12,500
Black Male Nude Sitting, Academic Charcoal Nude Figure Drawing Life Class
By John R. Grabach
Located in Miami, FL
Grabach has a long and distinguished career depicting gritty, social realism works depicting the urban working-class.
Paper, Charcoal
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Gropper fits perfectly into Social-Realism because the style exhibits an illustrative flair with strong lines and simple, bold hues.
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Gropper fits perfectly into Social-Realism because the style exhibits an illustrative flair with strong lines and simple, bold hues.
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Gropper fits perfectly into Social-Realism because the style exhibits an illustrative flair with strong lines and simple, bold hues.
Lithograph
Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Gropper fits perfectly into Social-Realism because the style exhibits an illustrative flair with strong lines and simple, bold hues.
Lithograph
$579Sale Price|50% Off
Force. 1970, linocut, print size 50x53 cm; total 65x63 cm
By Dainis Rozkalns
Located in Riga, LV
Force. 1970, linocut, print size 50x53 cm; total 65x63 cm Social realism theme Dainis Rozkalns (1928 - 2018) Artist, graphic artist, illustrator of folklore and fiction publications.
Paper, Linocut
$525
Raphael Soyer Self-Portrait, Signed Lithograph, Man in Hat, Gray Jacket, Realism
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
Raphael Soyer Self-Portrait is an original hand drawn (not digitally or photo reproduced) limited edition lithograph by the artist Raphael Soyer - Russian/American Social Realism Pai...
Lithograph
Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Gropper fits perfectly into Social-Realism because the style exhibits an illustrative flair with strong lines and simple, bold hues.
Lithograph
$760
YOUNG WOMAN BRAIDED HAIR Signed Stone Lithograph Realist Female Portrait Drawing
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
“During the 1930’s their work was typical of the Social Realism style practiced by the American Scene painters, depicting the lives of working people with sympathy and at times a tou...
Lithograph
Mademoiselle Cyclone
By Edgar Chahine
Located in Middletown, NY
A wonderful, rare image by a pivotal 19th century Printmaker whose work serves as a bridge between social realism and the exuberant, often gritty glamour of Parisian cabaret culture.
Drypoint, Etching
Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Gropper fits perfectly into Social-Realism because the style exhibits an illustrative flair with strong lines and simple, bold hues.
Lithograph
"Trust Me" print on hahnemuhle photo rag
By Nathalie Gordon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Whether it be a flashy advertising campaign or a social realism vignette. Nathalie’s personalized combination of beautiful snapshots, suggestions of human feelings and emotion explod...
Rag Paper
"The Palace" print on hahnemuhle photo rag
By Nathalie Gordon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Whether it be a flashy advertising campaign or a social realism vignette. Nathalie’s personalized combination of beautiful snapshots, suggestions of human feelings and emotion explod...
Rag Paper
"The Suburbs" print on hahnemuhle photo rag
By Nathalie Gordon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Whether it be a flashy advertising campaign or a social realism vignette. Nathalie’s personalized combination of beautiful snapshots, suggestions of human feelings and emotion explod...
Rag Paper
"Mind the Gap" print on hahnemuhle photo rag
By Nathalie Gordon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Whether it be a flashy advertising campaign or a social realism vignette. Nathalie’s personalized combination of beautiful snapshots, suggestions of human feelings and emotion explod...
Rag Paper
"Masked" print on hahnemuhle photo rag
By Nathalie Gordon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Whether it be a flashy advertising campaign or a social realism vignette. Nathalie’s personalized combination of beautiful snapshots, suggestions of human feelings and emotion explod...
Rag Paper
"Love Me" print on hahnemuhle photo rag
By Nathalie Gordon
Located in West Hollywood, CA
Whether it be a flashy advertising campaign or a social realism vignette. Nathalie’s personalized combination of beautiful snapshots, suggestions of human feelings and emotion explod...
Rag Paper