Wpa Posters
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Art Week Poster Design American Scene Modern c. 1930s WPA Era Illustration
Antonio Petruccelli
Category
1930s American Modern Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache, Board
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
UN Poster Design American Scene Mid 20th Century Modernism WPA World Peace
Jo Cain (1904 – 2003
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Egg Tempera, Board
$29,500
H 30 in W 25 in D 2 in
POSTER SIZE MEXICAN LINOCUT - DESPERTAR (Awakening)
By Adolfo Mexiac
Located in Santa Monica, CA
monumental subject and size. $1,250
Mexican Prints, WPA, Labor, Woodcuts, Posters
Category
1960s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Linocut
$850 Sale Price
32% Off
H 19.25 in W 27.5 in
Touchdown, Early Football Player being tacked
By Charles Verschuuren
Located in Miami, FL
Amsterdam and Paris before creating hundreds of posters, fliers, and advertisements for large firms such as
Category
1920s Cubist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Football Game Brooklyn Eagle's Sunday Magazine Cover
By Charles Verschuuren
Located in Miami, FL
Amsterdam and Paris before creating hundreds of posters, fliers, and advertisements for large firms such as
Category
1920s Cubist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache
$28,000
H 12.5 in W 10.5 in
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Vintage WPA Work Program Poster Mid-20th Century Social Realism American Scene
Located in New York, NY
Vintage WPA Work Program Poster Mid-20th Century Social Realism American Scene
USA Work Program
Category
1930s American Realist More Prints
Materials
Paper, Ink, Lithograph
Let The Spirit Live, WPA Poster Design NRA Illustration Mural Modernist Woman
Located in New York, NY
Monogrammed lower right
Vintage frame
Likely a design for a WPA poster, note the NRA (National
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
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"Poseidon Calming the Sea, " Sculpture w/ Swimmers by Joe Brown Awarded by AAU
By Joe Brown
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Enormously important, both artistically and historically, this unique bronze depicting a monumental Poseidon figure calming the sea and making space for swimmers to complete below, w...
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
$6,000 Sale Price
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H 4.5 in W 9.25 in D 4.25 in
Pair of Elaborate Antique Cast Iron Urns
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
Impressive in design and scale, this pair of large antique cast iron urns make a striking pairing either side of a garden passageway or as display objects in a luxurious hallway. Cir...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Planters and Jardinieres
Materials
Metal, Iron
Three Sisters
By Will Mentor
Located in New York, NY
Will Mentor received his BFA at the Rhode Island School of Design and arrived on the New York art scene in the early 1980’s, gaining instant success for what critics referred to as h...
Category
1990s Contemporary Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Pair of 19th Century Swedish Diamond Pattern Doors
Located in Atlanta, GA
A pair of Swedish doors with geometric patterns and original paint from the 19th century. This pair of antique doors from Sweden feature a repeating diamond pattern, comprised of a s...
Category
Antique 19th Century Swedish Doors and Gates
Materials
Iron
Monumental Carrara Marble Wall Mascaron of Poseidon
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A large and monumental Italian carved Carrara marble mascaron of Poseidon or Neptune after the late 16th century ‘Fontana del Mascherone’ by Bartolomeo Bassi. At more than 90cm tall ...
Category
20th Century Italian Grand Tour Fountains
Materials
Marble, Carrara Marble
"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 backdrop of an industrial landscape in beautiful hues of purple, lemon yellow and tang...
Category
Vintage 1910s American Art Deco Paintings
$3,950
H 17 in W 8 in D 0.1 in
Vintage Industrial Storage Cabinet
Located in Praha, CZ
Unique vintage industrial wooden shelf cabinet with metal drawers saved from a screw factory. This piece will add that now so modern industrial touch to any interior.
Category
Mid-20th Century Czech Industrial Cabinets
Materials
Metal
Louis XVI Style Trumeau Panel with Trompe L'oeil Mirror Panel
Located in Nashville, TN
Possibly late 18th century but most likely 19th century painted arched painted panel. Either a panel intended for a trumeau or to be inset into wall boiserie as a trumeau. The upper ...
Category
Antique 1830s French Louis XVI Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paint
$1,440 Sale Price
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H 54 in W 30 in D 0.5 in
Studio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism
By Joseph Solman
Located in New York, NY
Studio Interior Scene Mid 20th Century American Modern WPA Still Life Realism
The painting measures 10 x 12 inches. Framed, the work is 13 1/4 x 15 1/2 inches. c. 1930s
BIO
Brough...
Category
1930s American Realist Interior Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
Joseph SolmanStudio Interior Mid 20th Century American Scene Modern WPA Still Life Realism, c. 1930s
$25,000
H 13.25 in W 15.25 in
"Entre Acte - Ballerinas at the Opera, " Jules Herve, French Impressionism
By Jules René Hervé
Located in New York, NY
Jules Herve (French, 1887 - 1981)
Entre Acte - Ballerinas at the Opera
Oil on canvasboard
10 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches
Signed lower left
Provenance:
Private Collection, Palm Beach, Florida...
Category
Early 20th Century Impressionist Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board
$9,600 Sale Price
20% Off
H 18 in W 16 in
Antique French Terracotta Urn
Located in Dallas, TX
Antique French terra cotta urn with ram's head detail.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Urns
Materials
Terracotta
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism
By Kyra Markham
Located in New York, NY
"Sock Hop" Mid-Century American Modernism WPA Female Artist 20th Century Realism. 30 x 24 inches. Oil on canvas. Signed on stretcher, c. 1940s. Frame is likely original to the painti...
Category
1940s American Modern Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
$25,000
H 34 in W 28 in D 2 in
Two Antique Cast Iron Outside Lights
Located in Wormelow, Herefordshire
A striking pair of antique cast iron outside lights dating from the early 20th century. These two beautiful exterior garden lights feature stylish frosted glass Flambeau shades on ca...
Category
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Floor Lamps
Materials
Iron, Metal
Exceptional Crystal and Bronze Chandelier, L-A Marquis, France, C. 1860
By Maison Marquis
Located in PARIS, FR
This very important 96-lights chandelier made entirely in chiseled and gilded bronze in the Renaissance style, is composed at the lower part of six large sets of ten light-arms, ador...
Category
Antique 1860s French Napoleon III Chandeliers and Pendants
Materials
Crystal, Bronze
$1,021,615
H 82.68 in Dm 76.78 in
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 - 2003)
Printing Press
40 ½ x 26 inches (sight)
Oil on paper, c. 1930s
Signed lower rig...
Category
1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Oil
$5,000
H 46 in W 32 in D 2 in
Charles Partridge Adams, Colorado Landscape Gouache, 20th-Century Plein Air Art
By Charles Partridge Adams
Located in Denver, CO
This original circa 1910s plein air field study by celebrated Colorado landscape painter Charles Partridge Adams (1858–1942) beautifully captures the tranquil majesty of the Rocky Mo...
Category
1910s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
$1,880
H 13.75 in W 17.75 in D 0.75 in
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Wpa Posters For Sale on 1stDibs
There is a broad range of wpa posters for sale on 1stDibs. Browse a selection of modern, abstract or Impressionist versions of these works for sale today — there are 48 modern, 3 abstract, 2 contemporary and 1 Impressionist examples available. Wpa posters available on 1stDibs span a range of colors that includes black, gray, beige, blue and more. William Gropper, Ben Shahn, Alexander Raymond Katz, Hyman Bloom and Anthony Velonis took a thoughtful approach to this subject that are worth considering. The range of these distinct pieces — often created in paint, oil paint and canvas — can elevate any room of your home. Large wpa posters can be an attractive addition to some spaces, while the smaller iterations available — each spanning 4 inches in width — may make for a better choice for a more modest living area.
How Much are Wpa Posters?
The average selling price for wpa posters we offer is $2,800, while they’re typically $199 on the low end and $54,000 for the highest priced.
Questions About Wpa Posters
- What is a WPA poster?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022WPA, or Work Projects Administration posters were a government program from 1936 to 1943 that supported the arts, health and educational programs. More than 2000 posters are said to exist. You can shop a collection of WPA posters from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
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