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"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature
By William Gropper
Located in New York, NY
York Private Collection, New York Bonhams, American Art Online, August 23, 2023, Lot 30 New-York born
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature

William Gropper
"Senator" William Gropper, Social Realism, WPA Political Art, Caricature

H 22 in W 18 in
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

Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era

Ralph Fasanella
Outsider Folk Art American Mid-Century Naive WW2 Self Taught WPA Depression Era, 1945

H 34 in W 44 in D 2 in
Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
exploration of the American experience. Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper

William Gropper
Americana, Lawyer in Court, Politician, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper, c.1940's

H 33.5 in W 27.5 in
Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
experience. Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art. By 1912, he was already
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper
Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper

William Gropper
Americana Farmer and Wife, Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper Woodchopper, c.1940's

H 33.5 in W 28 in
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art
By William Meyerowitz
Located in Surfside, FL
center of this life for the next 70 years: music and art. Between 1912 and 1916, William Meyerowitz
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art

William Meyerowitz
Post Impressionist Oil Painting Still Life with Fruit William Meyerowitz WPA Art, c.1930's-1940's

H 28.5 in W 32.38 in
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration, WPA in this period. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Gouache

San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting

Adolf Dehn
San Francisco Cable Car WPA Artist Adolf Dehn Modernist Art Gouache Oil Painting, c.1930-1940

H 23 in W 19 in
Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
several art movements including Expressionism and Social Realism. His work was strongly influenced by Max
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Watercolor, Lithograph

Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing
Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing

Frank Kleinholz
Screenprint Serigraph Art Print WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Children Playing, 1963

H 20 in W 29.5 in
Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Yenta gossips in the kitchen peeling. humorous Yiddish art
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art
Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art

William Gropper
Sephardic Jew Fez Hat Jewish Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Art

H 14 in W 11 in
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
Industrial Art and the Art Students League; her teachers included William von Schlegell, Yasuo Kuniyoshi, and
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Abstract Prints

Materials

Paper, Ink, Color

WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print

Riva Helfond
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Print

H 7 in W 11 in
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
By Nahum Tschacbasov
Located in Surfside, FL
expressionism of his Russian roots. Tschacbasov’s paintings of the 1930’s reflect the social and political
Category

1940s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist

Nahum Tschacbasov
Seated Man Portrait, Large Modernist Oil Painting WPA Artist

H 40 in W 30 in
'Sailing' — 1930s Modernism, New York City WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
condition. Scarce. Created for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project, New York
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'Sailing' — 1930s Modernism, New York City WPA
'Sailing' — 1930s Modernism, New York City WPA

Fred Becker
'Sailing' — 1930s Modernism, New York City WPA, c. 1935

H 8.5 in W 9.5 in
'The Aquarium' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
). Collections: AD & A Museum (UC Santa Barbara), Guilford College Art Gallery, Princeton University Library
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'The Aquarium' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
'The Aquarium' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism

Fritz Eichenberg
'The Aquarium' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism, 1933

H 6.25 in W 4.63 in
'The Steps' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
By Fritz Eichenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
225 mm). Collections: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Yale University Art Gallery. ABOUT THE
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

'The Steps' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism
'The Steps' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism

Fritz Eichenberg
'The Steps' — WPA Era 1930s Graphic Modernism, 1933

H 6.25 in W 4.75 in
"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

"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern

William Gropper
"Unemployed" WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern , 1937

H 30 in W 26 in
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
By Maurice Becker
Located in Surfside, FL
contribute art to political publications after that date, however, such as an apolitical drawing entitled
Category

Early 20th Century Ashcan School Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

Maurice Becker
Modernist Oil Painting the Shop Window NYC 1940s WPA era

H 28 in W 20.5 in
"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
, Victor Arnautoff and the Politics of Art, Urbana, Illinois, 2017. The lighthouse in the distance is the
Category

1930s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Tempera, Oil, Canvas

"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting
"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting

Victor Michail Arnautoff
"Motion, " Victor Arnautoff, San Francisco Lighthouse, World's Fair WPA Painting, 1939

H 67 in W 47 in
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
By Walter Quirt
Located in New York, NY
field during the WPA era in the 1930s. Abstraction, 12 x 16 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed lower center
Category

1930s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective

Walter Quirt
Geometric Abstract American Oil WPA Color Field Abstraction Modern Non Objective, 1930s

H 19 in W 23 in
STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
Located in New York, NY
under Diego Rivera in Mexico City in 1926, Bunin created political puppet shows using marionettes
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century
STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century

Louis Bunin
STRIDENT MAN Carved Wood Sculpture Hollywood WPA Modernist Puppet Mid-Century, 1940s

H 18 in W 9 in D 4 in
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief piece, Industry and Landscape
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist

Minna Harkavy
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Gertrude Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist, c.1930-1940

H 16 in W 7.25 in D 10 in
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Located in Surfside, FL
Antoine Bourdelle. Harkavy was a WPA Federal Art Project artist, for whom she created a 1942 wood relief
Category

Early 20th Century American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist

Minna Harkavy
Bronze Modernist Sculpture Portrait, Leo Stein by Minna Harkavy WPA Artist, c.1930-1940

H 16 in W 7.25 in D 10 in
"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
, American Art, June 13, 2019, Lot 178 Private Collection, New York Colonial Sand and Stone Co., founded by
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist
"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist

William Sharp
"Colonial Sand and Stone Company, New York, " Industrial WPA Scene, Precisionist

H 20 in W 28 in
Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
when Katherine Kuh, curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, personally chose one of his paintings
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White
Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White

Charles Ragland Bunnell
Golden Cycle Mill, Colorado, 1940s WPA Mining Watercolor Landscape, Black White, circa 1940

H 18 in W 19.5 in D 1.5 in
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

Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures

Maurice Becker
Neon Lighting WPA Mid 20th Century Social Realism American Scene Modern Figures, 1936

H 25 in W 21 in D 3 in
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
, New York, Frank Kleinholz was a painter based in New York City whose work spanned several art
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint, Glaze

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers

Frank Kleinholz
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers, c.1950's-1960's

H 8.75 in W 8.75 in
"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
By William Sharp
Located in New York, NY
, American Art, June 13, 2019, Lot 178 William Sharp was born on June 13, 1900, in Lemberg, Austria, where
Category

Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Paint, Oil

"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene
"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene

William Sharp
"Factory on the River, " Modernist and Precisionist WPA Industrial New York Scene

H 17.5 in W 23.25 in
1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting
By Adolf Dehn
Located in Surfside, FL
Administration, WPA in this period. Many well known Jewish and Immigrant artists worked for the Federal Art
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Gouache

1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting
1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting

Adolf Dehn
1939 Mexican Farm Worker WPA Artist Adolf Dehn American Modern Gouache Painting, 1939

H 31 in W 24 in
AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s
By Saul Rabino
Located in Surfside, FL
spent most of his life in Los Angeles. Born Saul Rabinowitz in 1892 in Odessa, Russia,Rabino studied art
Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Pastel, Color Pencil, Lithograph

AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s
AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s

Saul Rabino
AFTER THE VICTORY, PROPHECY OF ISAIAH, WPA ERA Circa 1930s

H 10 in W 16.5 in
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Surfside, FL
political activities, 1906-12. Studied art at the Academy of Rome, Italy; befriended by Russian writer Maxim
Category

20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal, Pencil

RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946

Isaac Friedlander
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946, 1946

H 9 in W 7 in D 1.5 in
Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous Yiddish art. The New
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

William Gropper
Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

H 14 in W 11 in
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous Yiddish art. The New
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

William Gropper
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

H 14 in W 11 in
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Pushcart Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous Yiddish art. The New
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Pushcart Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Pushcart Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

William Gropper
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Pushcart Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

H 14 in W 11 in
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous Yiddish art. The New
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

William Gropper
Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

H 14 in W 11 in
Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
experience. Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art. By 1912, he was already
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist

William Gropper
Women, Dishes, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist

H 14 in W 11 in
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
By Riva Helfond
Located in Surfside, FL
, she studied at the School of Industrial Art and the Art Students League; her teachers included William
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses

Riva Helfond
WPA Woman Artist Modernist Abstract Watercolor of Houses

H 175 in W 21.75 in
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
exploration of the American experience. Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist

William Gropper
Charcoal Drawing "Waiting" Pensive Woman Americana WPA Artist

H 22.5 in W 17.5 in
Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA
By Marion Post Wolcott
Located in Surfside, FL
photographs for the FSA often explore the political aspects of poverty and deprivation. They also often find
Category

1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA
Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA

Marion Post Wolcott
Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA, 1940

H 16 in W 20 in
Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish art. The
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist
Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

William Gropper
Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

H 14 in W 11 in
Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
experience. Early on, Gropper displayed an extraordinary, natural skill for art. By 1912, he was already
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist
Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist

William Gropper
Rabbi, Cup of Tea, Shtetl Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Social Realist Artist

H 14 in W 11 in
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
By Ben Shahn
Located in Surfside, FL
Projects (WPA) and proposal for the Municipal Art Commission were all failures. Fortunately, in 1935, Shahn
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio

Ben Shahn
Ben Shahn Original Hand Signed Litho WPA Artist Rilke Poem Lithograph Portfolio, 1968

H 30 in W 25 in
Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Hasidic Klezmer Musicians. humorous Yiddish Chassidic art. The New-York born
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA
Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA

William Gropper
Jewish Shtetl Mother-in-law Klezmer Wedding Dance Judaica Lithograph Yiddish WPA

H 14 in W 11 in
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
By Charles Ragland Bunnell
Located in Denver, CO
Katherine Kuh, curator at the Art Institute of Chicago, personally chose one of his paintings – Why? - for
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains

Charles Ragland Bunnell
WPA 1940s Framed Figurative Village Landscape with Figures Houses Mountains, 1940

H 26 in W 35.5 in D 0.5 in
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

Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century

William Gropper
Family at the Beach WPA Modernism American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century, c. 1940s

H 28 in W 20 in
"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape
By Paul Ulen
Located in Philadelphia, PA
wall to one side, is a Classic example of American social realism, epitomized by the many WPA murals
Category

Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape
"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape

"Bricklayer at Rest, " Monumental WPA Period Painting of Worker with Landscape

H 64 in W 46 in D 1.5 in
Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA & Modern Expressionist Artist
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Fulton, CA
A WPA style lithograph titled "The Argument" by Herman Roderick Vols (1904-1990). Pencil signed and
Category

Vintage 1940s American Prints

Materials

Paper

Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA & Modern Expressionist Artist
Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA & Modern Expressionist Artist

Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA & Modern Expressionist Artist

H 19 in W 12.5 in D 0.01 in
Joseph Leboit New York WPA Artist - Color Lithograph, circa 1930. "Pennies"
Located in Phoenix, AZ
25. Rare NYC WPA print. The image depicts boys diving into a fountain to collect coins. The work is
Category

Mid-20th Century Prints

Materials

Paper

Joseph Leboit New York WPA Artist - Color Lithograph, circa 1930. "Pennies"
Joseph Leboit New York WPA Artist - Color Lithograph, circa 1930. "Pennies"

Joseph Leboit New York WPA Artist - Color Lithograph, circa 1930. "Pennies"

H 24 in W 20 in D 0.13 in
Fallen Comrades/Interlude
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American Art and Art for the People: WPA-Era Paintings from the Dijkstra Collection (2023 - 24) at the
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Fallen Comrades/Interlude

Edward Biberman
Fallen Comrades/Interlude, 1949

H 56 in W 35 in D 3 in
The Landing/Dawn Landing
Located in Los Angeles, CA
American Art and Art for the People: WPA-Era Paintings from the Dijkstra Collection (2023 - 24) at the
Category

1940s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Landing/Dawn Landing

Edward Biberman
The Landing/Dawn Landing

H 20 in W 30 in
Demitasse
By William Gropper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
his radical political views. Gropper was also a WPA artist; his paintings are now in the permanent
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Demitasse
Demitasse

William Gropper
Demitasse, c. 1959

H 23 in W 19.25 in
Bathers
By William Gropper
Located in West Hollywood, CA
his radical political views. Gropper was also a WPA artist; his paintings are now in the permanent
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

Bathers
Bathers

William Gropper
Bathers, c. 1948

H 13.25 in W 19.5 in
William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c.
Located in San Francisco, CA
corner Very good vintage condition Artist, archivist, art collector, and political historian, William
Category

Late 20th Century American Impressionist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c.
William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c.

William McBride
William McBride "Daumier Heads" Original Oil on Canvas 20th c., Late 20th Century

H 19.5 in W 44.5 in D 2 in
Woman with Arms Crossed
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Artists, a New York City organization devoted to exhibiting abstract art. Browne specialized in still life
Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Other Medium

Woman with Arms Crossed
Woman with Arms Crossed

Byron Browne
Woman with Arms Crossed, 1955

H 11.875 in W 9 in
Red to Black, 1954 Abstract Oil Mid-20th Century Modern Non-Objective. Published
By O. Louis Guglielmi
Located in New York, NY
programs, the WPA and Public Works Administration. His social and political awareness impelled him, in
Category

1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Red to Black, 1954 Abstract Oil Mid-20th Century Modern Non-Objective. Published
Red to Black, 1954 Abstract Oil Mid-20th Century Modern Non-Objective. Published

O. Louis Guglielmi
Red to Black, 1954 Abstract Oil Mid-20th Century Modern Non-Objective. Published, 1954

H 48 in W 26 in D 2 in
Neoclassical Head in profile
By Byron Browne
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Artists. In 1949, disillusioned by the current state of Abstract Art, Browne evolved to Neo Classicism
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Watercolor

Neoclassical Head in profile
Neoclassical Head in profile

Byron Browne
Neoclassical Head in profile, 1950

H 27 in W 21.25 in
"Pink Vase with Flowers"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
subject. Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even
Category

1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

"Pink Vase with Flowers"
"Pink Vase with Flowers"

James Lechay
"Pink Vase with Flowers", c. 1990

H 45 in W 28 in D 2 in
"City View"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
subject. Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"City View"
"City View"

James Lechay
"City View"

H 17 in W 24 in D 2 in
"Bottle & Glasses"
By James Lechay
Located in Lambertville, NJ
subject. Lechay became engaged in the social and political issues of Depression-era New York and even
Category

20th Century Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

"Bottle & Glasses"
"Bottle & Glasses"

James Lechay
"Bottle & Glasses"

H 36 in W 32 in D 2 in
Modernist Rabbi Judaica Painting on Gold Background
By Harry Sternberg
Located in Surfside, FL
Sternberg, artist, teacher, and political activist was born in New York City's lower east side in 1904. He
Category

20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Acrylic, Illustration Board

Modernist Rabbi Judaica Painting on Gold Background

Harry Sternberg
Modernist Rabbi Judaica Painting on Gold Background

H 12 in W 8 in
Composition 209 (Abstract Bauhaus painting)
By Werner Drewes
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
York. From 1934 to 1936, Drewes taught at the Brooklyn Museum under the auspices of the WPA Federal Art
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Geometric Abstract Paintings

Materials

Linen, Oil

Composition 209 (Abstract Bauhaus painting)
Composition 209 (Abstract Bauhaus painting)

Werner Drewes
Composition 209 (Abstract Bauhaus painting), 1939

H 28 in W 32 in D 1 in
SURREALIST LANDSCAPE
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fine Art. Denenberg published a very fine book on the artist's work
Category

1930s American Modern Mixed Media

Materials

Watercolor

SURREALIST LANDSCAPE
SURREALIST LANDSCAPE

Edward Hagedorn
SURREALIST LANDSCAPE

H 12.75 in W 16.5 in
Burning Woods
By Louis Ribak
Located in Austin, TX
, followed by studies at the Art Students League (1923) and the Educational Alliance (1924). Ribak’s oeuvre
Category

1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil, Board

Burning Woods
Burning Woods

Louis Ribak
Burning Woods, 1966

H 30 in W 24 in
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