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Portrait of a Man drawing WPA era
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Beautiful original drawing by American artist, Albert Sway (b.1913). Portrait of a young woman, ca. 1935. Signed lower right. Unframed. No damage or conservation. Birth place: Cinc...
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1930s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
In Paris, Galerie Zak exhibits landscapes from his trip to Majorca in the first one-man exhibition of
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1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Portrait Drawing Bearded Man Ecole D'Paris, WPA, Bezalel Artist
By Jacques (Jakub) Zucker
Located in Surfside, FL
Grande Chaumier et Colarossi. During the Depression he worked for the WPA. From 1928 he took part in the
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Pastel

Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene Jo Cain (1904
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

"Man on First" James Chapin, Baseball Sports, Figurative WPA, American Scene
Located in New York, NY
James Chapin Man on First, 1948 Signed lower right Oil on canvas 28 x 24 inches Provenance: D
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1940s Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
This 18 x 9 x 4 inch carved wood sculpture is unsigned and comes directly from the artist's family. Louis 'Lou' Bunin (28 March 1904 – 17 February 1994) was an American puppeteer, a...
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1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Industrial Working Man WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Working Man WPA Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern American Scene Jo Cain (1904
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

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
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA Jo Cain (1904
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, Important Chicago Modernist WPA Artist
By William S. Schwartz
Located in Surfside, FL
Portrait of an Old Man with Cane, by American artist William S. Schwartz, c. 1940, gouache painting
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
"Painter" 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Working Man Modern WPA Era Jo Cain (1904
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Gouache

"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern
By Robert Cronbach
Located in New York, NY
"Man on a Stair" American Scene Social Realism WPA Mid 20th Century Modern Robert M. Cronbach
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1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

"Seated Black Man, " Rare and Fine WPA-Style Painting attributed to Walker Evans
By Walker Evans
Located in Philadelphia, PA
example of WPA-style portraiture, and in the tradition of Evans' documentary photographs, it depicts a
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Man in Suit (WPA Style Figurative Painting by Mark Beard as Edith Cromwell)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
WPA style figurative painting of a man with suit and tie "Man in Suit," painted by Mark Beard aka
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2010s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

'Archway' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Project of the New York City WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

'Clown' — 1930s American Expressionism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
School. In 1936 Bibel moved from California to join the Federal Art Project of the New York City WPA. He
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Unemployed Marchers — 1930s Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
to 1 1/8 inches), in excellent condition. Created while Bibel worked in the New York City WPA (Works
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Lithograph

Wpa Woman Laborer woodblock print
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
, followed in later years by his one-man show at the Bonestall Gallery (1940). He also exhibited at the Art
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1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Abstract Boats' — 1930s American Modernism, WPA
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at Harlem Art Center. He also
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

WPA Expressionist woodblock print. "The Worker"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Civic Club in Manhattan, followed in later years by his one-man show at the Bonestall Gallery (1940). He
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1930s Portrait Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Unique Painting By Albert Pels WPA Artist!
By Albert Pels
Located in Larchmont, NY
Students League in 1939, as well as, on the board the WPA Artists. One of the most important murals done
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

WPA Artist woodblock print "Letter from overseas"
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
Civic Club in Manhattan, followed in later years by his one-man show at the Bonestall Gallery (1940). He
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1930s American Realist Interior Prints

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Woodcut

Biblical Prophet Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Strong Man
By Walter Quirt
Located in Concord, MA
WALTER QUIRT Strong Man, c. 1939-40 Oil on masonite 2 1/16 x 2 1/8 inches Signed at lower right
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1930s Surrealist Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
-educated man, was unable to find employment that worthy of his intellect. His mother, meanwhile, worked as
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Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Clown, Modernist Oil Painting on Board WPA Artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
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Early 20th Century Modern Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
young man, William Gropper was a student of Robert Henri and George Bellows at the Ferrer School from
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Paris City Scene, Portrait Oil Painting WPA Era 1940s
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
painted floral designs on vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art
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Mid-20th Century Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Tugboat at Dock, " Reginald Marsh, Modern WPA Industrial Ship
By Reginald Marsh
Located in New York, NY
had one-man exhibitions in 1924 and 1928. In the early 1920's Marsh made his first trip to Coney
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1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Abstract Expressionist Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

'Food Not Cannon' — rare WPA modernist work of Social Conscience
By Leon Bibel
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
WPA. He was assigned to the Graphic Arts Project and the Easel Project at Harlem Art Center. He also
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

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Etching

"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Shattered" WPA Mid 20th Century Modernism American Scene Surrealism Figurative Estate stamp on
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Judaica Rabbi Portrait Oil Painting American WPA Abstract Expressionist Artist
By Morris Shulman
Located in Surfside, FL
Exhibited: "New York Realists,” five-man shows, ACA Gallery, NYC, 1938, 1939, 1941; WFNY, 1939; “Directions
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1940s American Modern Portrait Paintings

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Encaustic, Oil, Board

"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
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1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Ben ZIon Expressionist Judaica Rabbi Watercolor Painting Jewish Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Modernist American Judaica Painting Synagogue Interior Ladies Section WPA Era
By Ervin B. Nussbaum
Located in Surfside, FL
Chagall and William Gropper. When contemplating the work of Ervin Nussbaum, we find the soul of a man set
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20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

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Gouache

"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative
Located in New York, NY
"Animated Discourse" WPA Mid-Century American Scene Modernism Realism Figurative. Chris Ritter
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1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Watercolor

Philip Evergood American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Still Life Interior
By Philip Evergood
Located in New York, NY
Interior with Man at Table American Modernism WPA Social Realism Modern Painting Philip Evergood
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Panel

Purim Holiday Scene Judaica Aquatint Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Painting Gouache American Modernist Beach Scene
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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1930s American Modern Nude Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Oil Painting Gouache American Modernist Powerline
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
in galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Oil, Board

Simka Simkhovitch WPA Artist Lithograph Island Beach 1933 American Modernist
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in Surfside, FL
galleries in New York City. Winning Works Progress Administration (WPA) commissions in the 1930s, he
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1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
-educated man, was unable to find employment that worthy of his intellect. His mother, meanwhile, worked as
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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
-educated man, was unable to find employment that worthy of his intellect. His mother, meanwhile, worked as
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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
-educated man, was unable to find employment that worthy of his intellect. His mother, meanwhile, worked as
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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
-educated man, was unable to find employment that worthy of his intellect. His mother, meanwhile, worked as
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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
struggle to achieve that sought-after American dream. His father, a bright and college-educated man, was
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Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Judaica Pastel Portrait Rabbi Painting WPA Era Artist, Social Realist
By Bernard Gussow
Located in Surfside, FL
entitled The Spirit of the Ghetto. This book was a project of Hutchins Hapgood, a man who was seeking to
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1940s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil Pastel

"Balcony" 1938 WPA Print Mid 20th Century American Broadway Theatre Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Balcony" 1938 WPA Print Mid 20th Century American Broadway Theatre Modernism. Silk screen on
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1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Screen

Expressionist Miniature Drawing Wheat Stalks American Modernist Ben Zion WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
poetry and essays that, like his visual work, attempt to reveal the deep “connection between man and the
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1950s Expressionist Still-life Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

FLIGHT American Futurism Modernism Scene WPA Mid-Century Oil Painting Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
major museums as an accomplished American Scene painter during the WPA and WWII era. His first one-man
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1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Early Modernist River Landscape with Trees and Mountains WPA artist
By Maurice Kish
Located in Surfside, FL
vases. During the Depression, Kish became a WPA painter in the Federal Art Project (FAP). FAP artists
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1930s Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Lunch Break” Fletcher Martin, Men Working, Bricklayers, WPA, American Scene
By Fletcher Martin
Located in New York, NY
, he was able to depict the soldier, the worker, the sportsman or the everyday man with both strength
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1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism
By Leon Bibel
Located in New York, NY
"Drama Teacher" 1938 WPA Mid 20th Century American Theatre Surrealism Modernism. 30 x 24 inches
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Abstract Drawing Watercolor Painting Totem Column Jewish American Modernist WPA
By Ben-Zion Weinman
Located in Surfside, FL
deep “connection between man and the divine, and between man and earth.” An emigrant from the
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Mid-20th Century Expressionist Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

"Pioneer Family" WPA American Modernism Plaster Maquette Realism 20th Century
By William Zorach
Located in New York, NY
-man exhibition. Due to this new-found stability, he married a young woman he met at school in Paris
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1920s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Plaster

Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA
By Ernest Hamlin Baker
Located in New York, NY
Magazine Cover Illustration Mid 20th Century Modern Theatre Broadway Realism WPA Ernest Hamlin
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1930s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

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Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
"Tailor" WPA American Scene Social Realism Modernism Mid Century Modern Fashion The board measures
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1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural
By James McCracken
Located in New York, NY
WPA Landscape American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Farm Rural James McCracken
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1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

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