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Wpa Art California

'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
278 mm). Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project (WPA). Scarce
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
in California and working in the Federal Art Project as assistant to Gordon Grant. In this capacity
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1980s Modern Abstract Paintings

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Masonite, Oil

'Bay Shanties, San Francisco', Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
By Gordon Cope
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
as Director at the Art Barn School until the early forties. Working with the WPA as one of the
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1950s Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

'de Young Mansion' – San Francisco' — California WPA, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
, otherwise in excellent condition. Created for the California WPA. Scarce. Matted to museum standards
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"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
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1920s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

DISCOVERY OF GOLD - Very Large Serigraph - WPA Artist - California Murals
By Anton Refregier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
artist for the Works Progress Administration (WPA) He did several murals in the San Francisco area. This
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1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coin Tower California SF Victor Arnautofff
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

'Pedro, Pineapple Seller', WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
attended the Da Vinci School and the Art Students League in New York. In 1938, he worked in New York on
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1940s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Antique Donal Hord WPA San Diego California Montezuma Aztec Bronze Sculpture Art
By Donal Hord
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic original bronze sculpture by California sculptor/artist Donal Hord and dates from the
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Mid-20th Century American Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Memory of an Ancient City" Semi-Abstract Lithograph by Beckford Young
Located in Pasadena, CA
the California WPA art programs and his role in them in an interview with Mary McChesney, 19 May 1965
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1960s Neo-Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Negro — California WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
excellent condition. Scarce. Created for the California WPA, with the original WPA label.
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"On the Heights, " California Equine WPA Modernist Watercolor
By Millard Sheets
Located in New York, NY
Sheets was an American artist, teacher and administrator who was one of the earliest of the California
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache

Oil on Canvas California Impressionist WPA Horatio Nelson Poole 1930 Mendocino
Located in Portland, OR
An important California Impressionist/WPA oil on canvas painting by the celebrated artist Horatio
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1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching, Aquatint

'Burlingame, San Mateo', Post-Impressionist California oil landscape, WPA artist
By Galen Russell Wolf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
certification of authenticity. A bright and fresh, California landscape showing an old wooden cabin nestled
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1950s Post-Impressionist Landscape Paintings

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Oil, Board

Floral Painting Listed WPA Woman California Artist Flower Gouache Painting
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Surfside, FL
, educator, and world-traveller. She was born in San Francisco, California. She began her art career at the
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1960s American Modern Still-life Paintings

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Watercolor, Gouache

'California Beach Scene', Munich, Berkeley, CCAC, GGIE, SFAA, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
to the United States in 1927. He first lived in Michigan before moving to California where, settling
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1940s Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Foam Board

WPA California Landscape Mural
Located in Treasure Island, CA
, worked in California as a painter, illustrator and muralist, identified with the progressive modernist
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

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Mid 20th Century African American Art '' A peaceful Moment" C.1950
Located in London, GB
Mid 20th century African American Art '' A peaceful Moment" c.1950 Signed 'ISSERLIS' on reverse. African American Art. Impressionist. Oil on canvas. Framed 46 x 68.5 cm ...
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Mid-20th Century Paintings

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Paint

Fossilised Skull of Prehistoric Marine Reptile the Mosasaur, 70Million Years Ago
Located in Puglia, Puglia
Upper Cretaceous, about 70-65 million years ago (Maastrichtian) Morocco The skull is reconstructed in good proportions with fossil pieces found in a phosphate mine in Morocco. I att...
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Antique 15th Century and Earlier African Natural Specimens

Materials

Bone

Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil
Located in New York, NY
Circus Elephants American Modernism WPA Regionalism Mid-Century Modern Oil. Signed lower left. Not much is known about Marco de Marco, but just look at this wonderful image; elephan...
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1930s American Modern Animal Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"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

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

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Canvas, Oil

THE LANTERN Hand Signed Lithograph, Collage Portrait, African American Heritage
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
THE LANTERN is an original, handmade limited edition lithograph printed from hand drawn lithography plates in 13 colors using traditional hand lithography methods on archival Somerse...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Study for Ladders" Juanita Guccione, Abstract Surrealism, Female Artist
Located in New York, NY
Juanita Guccione (1904 - 1999) Study for Ladders, 1948 Gouache on paper 17 x 13 inches Signed lower left, dated, and inscribed “Study for Oil Painting #310” on the reverse Juanita G...
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1940s Surrealist Abstract Paintings

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Paper, Gouache

'Unemployed Marchers' — American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Leon Bibel, 'Unemployed Marchers', 2-color lithograph, c. 1938, edition 25. Signed, titled, and numbered '2/25' in pencil. A fine, richly-inked impression on off-white, wove paper, w...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Located in Cuneo, Italy (CN)
Complete antique pharmacy cabinet, with 3 open bookcases on the sides, 1 bookcase with drawers and 2 original doors with glass and enameled mirror sign. Built in the mid-19th century...
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Antique 19th Century Italian Apothecary Cabinets

Materials

Glass, Walnut

Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
Antique Pharmacy Cabinet, Walnut Bookcases and Glass Doors with Sign, '800 Italy
$61,808 Sale Price
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H 104.34 in W 153.55 in D 19.69 in
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan
Located in New York, NY
Bathers 1940s Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern Ashcan Marion Gilmore (1909-1984) Bathers 15 1/2 x 19 1/2 inches oil on canvas board signed lower left BIO o...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

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...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

"Shore Leave, " Large Art Deco Mural with Sailors at New Orleans Brothel, 1940s
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the most striking and remarkable Art Deco paintings we have ever offered, this depiction of a group of 1940s sailors visiting a New Orleans brothel is full of boisterous energ...
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Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Paintings

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Paint

The House of Shango — African American artist
By Samella Lewis
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Samella Sanders Lewis, 'The House of Shango', lithograph, 1992, edition 60. Signed, dated, titled, and numbered '31/60' in pencil. A superb, richly-inked impression, on Arches cream ...
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1990s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

On the Beach (Coney Island, New York) — 1930s Graphic Modernism, WPA
By Lou Barlow
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Lou Barlow (Louis Breslow), 'On the Beach' (Coney Island) wood engraving, c. 1937, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil. Stamped 'FEDERAL ART PROJECT NYC WPA' in the bottom lef...
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape
By Paul Ulen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest depictions of an American worker from the 1930s that we have seen, this monumental painting of a shirtless bricklayer, resting against a curved brick niche, with a ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

FALLING STAR Signed Lithograph Black Woman Portrait, African American Culture
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
FALLING STAR is a limited edition color lithograph printed using traditional hand lithography methods on archival printmaking paper, 100% acid free, by the renowned African American ...
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1970s Contemporary Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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