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"Tully Lumber Mill, Orange, Massachusetts, " Dorothy Eaton, WPA Factory Rural
Located in New York, NY
Dorothy Eaton Tully Lumber Mill, Orange, Massachusetts, 1935 Signed and dated lower right Oil on canvas 17 1/2 x 23 1/2 inches Dorothy Eaton was born in East Orange, New Jersey in 1...
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

WPA Poster “Mobilizing Michigan for Farm and Factory” by Maurice Merlin
Located in Jensen Beach, FL
Incredibly rare, original WPA poster designed by Maurice Merlin, a prominent Detroit artist
Category

Vintage 1940s Posters

Materials

Paint, Paper

"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial
Located in New York, NY
"Steel Factory" Cuban Mid 20th Century Modern Drawing WPA Latin Art Industrial Ink on paper. 12 x
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink

"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 17 1/2 x 23 1/4 inches Initialed
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
(1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern William Gropper (1898
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Pushcart Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
from home. Coupled with the devastating loss of an aunt to the infamous Triangle Factory fire of 1911
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Preacher Rabbi "Der Maggid" Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Organ Grinder with Parrot Modern Judaica Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Proud Chimney Sweep Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Three Klezmer Musicians Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Whimsical Judaica Shtetl Shadchan Matchmaker Oil Painting WPA Jewish Folk Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around the unraveling edge of
Category

Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Board, Oil

"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
William Sharp (1900 - 1961) Factory on the River Oil on canvas 20 1/2 x 28 1/2 inches Initialed
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
from home. Coupled with the devastating loss of an aunt to the infamous Triangle Factory fire of 1911
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

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
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
from home. Coupled with the devastating loss of an aunt to the infamous Triangle Factory fire of 1911
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Fiddler on the Roof Modern Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Around East River, NYC Bridge, City Scene Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
By Ralph Fasanella
Located in New York, NY
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era "Victory for Now
Category

1940s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century William Gropper
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Watercolor, Ink, Paper

Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
from home. Coupled with the devastating loss of an aunt to the infamous Triangle Factory fire of 1911
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Cowper Stove (Industrial Interior Photograph of Abandoned Factory Furnace)
By Doug Fidoten
Located in Hudson, NY
Industrial interior photograph of a rusted factory stove, framed with non-glare glass "Cowper Stove
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

Waiting for the Bus in a Blizzard- WPA American Scene 1938 NYC Modernism Realism
By Maurice Kish
Located in New York, NY
Waiting for the Bus in a Blizzard- WPA American Scene 1938 NYC Modernism Realism. 16 x 16 inches
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Dance of the In laws Wedding Scene Judaica Shtetl Oil Painting WPA Jewish Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
Manhattan glass factory where he painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Steel Mill Exterior II (Industrial Photography of Abandoned Factory w/ Blue Sky)
By Doug Fidoten
Located in Hudson, NY
Industrial landscape photograph of an abandoned steel mill factory, framed with non-glare museum
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Ink, Archival Paper

THE PARTISAN (SF Dock strike)
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Santa Monica, CA
study for the print. Volvz worked for the WPA. Provenance: Directly from the estate of the artist. $725
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Mums" William S. Schwartz, Yellow Flowers, Cubist, Modern Still Life
By William S. Schwartz
Located in New York, NY
painter, his blend of naturalism and cubism—as seen in Village Number One and Gas Factory, Chicago, for
Category

Mid-20th Century Cubist Still-life Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish Social Realism
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Triangle Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"Newark Industrial Exposition", Poster Design Celebrating the American Worker
By Gerrit Beneker
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly juxtaposing the silhouette of an factory worker, with his sledgehammer, against the
Category

Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Paintings

“Girl in the Grass”
By Anton Refregier
Located in Southampton, NY
New York in 1920. He worked in a factory before earning a scholarship to the Rhode Island School of
Category

1960s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Vintage Print Silver Gelatin Signed Photograph Louise Nevelson Sculpture
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
Brooklyn as part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). From 1957 to 1958, she was president of the
Category

1970s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Black and White, Silver Gelatin

Clown, Early 20th Century Playful Oil Painting on Board
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
(1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Clown N.2 (In Green)
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts
Category

20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Happy Inlaw, Oil Painting
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
The imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts
Category

20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Strike Breakers — social realism, Great Depression
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
included citywide general strikes and factory occupations by workers. Hostile skirmishes erupted between
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pencil

Tanks #1.
By Louis Lozowick
Located in New York, NY
New York, he took a series of factory jobs to pay for his art studies at the National Academy of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Traffic
By Louis Lozowick
Located in New York, NY
New York, he took a series of factory jobs to pay for his art studies at the National Academy of
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern More Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Manhattan Bridge
By Louis Lozowick
Located in New York, NY
achievement since he came without passport or papers. Once in New York, he took a series of factory jobs to
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Vintage Signed Silver Gelatin Photograph Jasper Johns Exhibit Photo Whitney Mus
By Fred McDarrah
Located in Surfside, FL
movie-camera lens in his silver-covered factory, and Bob Dylan offering a salute of recognition outside
Category

1970s American Modern Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

California WPA Painting "Airplane Factory" by Helen Ludwig
Located in San Francisco, CA
Attractive and historic WPA - World War II period painting of an airplane factory in San
Category

Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Masonite

Large Framed WPA Industrial Oil on Board Factory Painting
Located in Dallas, TX
Art deco styled machine age representation of floating river-island factory.
Category

20th Century American Art Deco Paintings

Machine Age Art Deco Rene Chambellan Medallion, Rare Oversized Westinghouse
By René Paul Chambellan, Medallic Art Company
Located in Dallas, TX
Medallic Art Company of New York. Obverse depicting stylized WPA-like City-scape / factory scene
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Historical Memorabilia

Materials

Silver, Bronze

TURBINE CONSTRUCTION
By Otto Kuhler
Located in Santa Monica, CA
-20; 17 5/8” x 13 7/8” $975 Industrial, WPA, Factories, Modernism
Category

1920s Realist More Prints

Materials

Etching

Factory Scene WPA Mid 20th Century American Realism Cubist Industrial Modernism
By Beni E. Kosh
Located in New York, NY
Factory Scene WPA Mid 20th Century American Realism Cubist Industrial Modernism Composition #492
Category

1950s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
(1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just
Category

Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
imagery of Maurice Kish (1895-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
-1987), whether factories or carousels, reliably subverts expectations. His vision hovers just around
Category

1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Musicians Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the foundation that led to Gropper’s
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rabbi Studying Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
aunt to the infamous Triangle Factory fire of 1911, significant childhood factors created the
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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