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

Jewish Shtetl Machers Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

By William Gropper

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous ...

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

Jewish Shtetl Peddlar Americana Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

By William Gropper

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Peddler Merchant. humorous ...

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

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

By William Gropper

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Orthodox Jewish Rabbi having a glass of t...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Purim Holiday Scene Judaica Aquatint Etching American Modernist WPA Artist
Purim Holiday Scene Judaica Aquatint Etching American Modernist WPA Artist

Purim Holiday Scene Judaica Aquatint Etching American Modernist WPA Artist

By Ben-Zion Weinman

Located in Surfside, FL

Born in 1897, Ben-Zion Weinman celebrated his European Jewish heritage in his visual works as a sculptor, painter, and printmaker. Influenced by Spinoza, Knut Hamsun, and Wladyslaw R...

Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

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

Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Wedding Tanz Judaica Lithograph WPA Yiddish Social Realist

By William Gropper

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Jewish Shtetl Klezmer Musicians. humorous...

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

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

By William Gropper

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Yenta gossips in the kitchen peeling. hum...

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

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

By William Gropper

Located in Surfside, FL

Hand signed in pencil and numbered with Roman numerals 8/24. A very small edition. Old Lower East Side of New York or East European Shtetl. Orthodox Jewish Rabbi having a glass of t...

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

New York Social Realist Etching Cease To Do Evil Learn To Do Well WPA Artist NYC
New York Social Realist Etching Cease To Do Evil Learn To Do Well WPA Artist NYC

New York Social Realist Etching Cease To Do Evil Learn To Do Well WPA Artist NYC

Located in Surfside, FL

18.5x15.5, 6.25 x 5 mat cut size. edition 1/6 signed and dated. Albert Sway (b.1913) Painter, illustrator, etcher, lithographer, cartoonist and teacher, Albert Sway was born in Cin...

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1960s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER)  - Scarce Print!
PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER)  - Scarce Print!

PULLING CORN (FODDER HOPPER) - Scarce Print!

By Bernard Joseph Steffen

Located in Santa Monica, CA

His works are in many museums. His WPA / Federal Art Project prints are held in 13 Museum collections according to the GSA catalog on the WPA.

Category

1930s Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Screen

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

Virginia, Thanksgiving Turkey Diner Vintage Silver Gelatin Print FSA WPA

By Marion Post Wolcott

Located in Surfside, FL

Photo is 9X13.5 (image size), 16X20 is the mat. Mounted to original mat. Vintage photograph. Marion Post (June 7, 1910 – November 24, 1990), later Marion Post Wolcott, was a noted Am...

Category

1940s American Realist Black and White Photography

Materials

Silver Gelatin

Jimmy Nelson - IND-WPA-DAN-A51, Photography 2019, Printed After

Jimmy Nelson - IND-WPA-DAN-A51, Photography 2019, Printed After

By Jimmy Nelson

Located in Greenwich, CT

Indonesia, West-Papua, Dani All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 68.6 x 84.3 cm Edition of 9 116.6 x 143.6 cm Edition of 6 161.3 x 198.6 cm Edition of...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Jimmy Nelson - IND-WPA-DAN-A02, Photography 2019, Printed After

Jimmy Nelson - IND-WPA-DAN-A02, Photography 2019, Printed After

By Jimmy Nelson

Located in Greenwich, CT

Indonesia, West-Papua, Dani All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 68.6 x 56.1 cm Edition of 9 116.6 x 94.8 cm Edition of 6 161.3 x 131.2 cm Edition of ...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

Jimmy Nelson - IND-WPA-DAN-A03, Photography 2019, Printed After

Jimmy Nelson - IND-WPA-DAN-A03, Photography 2019, Printed After

By Jimmy Nelson

Located in Greenwich, CT

Indonesia, West Papua, Wamena Area, Dani All available sizes & editions for each size of this photograph: 68.6 x 56.1 cm Edition of 9 116.6 x 94.8 cm Edition of 6 161.3 x 131.2 c...

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Photography

Materials

C Print

GREEN AND BLACK
GREEN AND BLACK

GREEN AND BLACK

By Louis Schanker

Located in Portland, ME

Signed, titled, and numbered 10/55 and inscribed under the title, "WPA, all in pencil. Printed on Japan paper. 10 1/8 x 14 inches (image), framed to 21 1/8 x 23 1/2 inches.

Category

1940s Abstract Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA
Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA

Milwaukee Handicraft Project WPA

Located in Los Angeles, CA

Milwaukee Handicraft Project, Applied Design Blockprinted Textiles Volume VI Supplement, c. 1935 - 1942, twelve block printed designs on linen, images are various sizes, each is moun...

Category

1930s American Modern More Art

Materials

Textile, Linen, Linocut, Woodcut

Eli Jacobi "The Lion" Colored Woodcut
Eli Jacobi "The Lion" Colored Woodcut

Eli Jacobi "The Lion" Colored Woodcut

Located in San Francisco, CA

He did a large number of Prints for the WPA during the Great Depression. I believe this extremely rare colored woodcut was done in 1940.

Category

1940s American Modern Animal Prints

Materials

Woodcut

Macaques 4.35.
Macaques 4.35.

Macaques 4.35.

By Albert Abramovitz

Located in Surfside, FL

The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.

Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Woodcut

MARKET IN ERONGARICUARO
MARKET IN ERONGARICUARO

MARKET IN ERONGARICUARO

By Morton Dimondstein

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Serigraphy (Silkscreen) was first used for fine art purposes during the WPA. Although this print is later than that, it harkens back to those images, Dimondstein went on the produc...

Category

1950s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

"Flood Waters, " Landscape Wood Engraving by Harold Wescott
"Flood Waters, " Landscape Wood Engraving by Harold Wescott

"Flood Waters, " Landscape Wood Engraving by Harold Wescott

By Harold Wescott

Located in Milwaukee, WI

Image: 6.13" x 5" Framed: 16.37" x 15.31" Harold Wescott was a prominent Milwaukee print maker with association to the WPA. Established in 1935, Wisconsin Print makers published its...

Category

1930s American Modern Landscape Prints

Materials

Woodcut

"Four at the Table", 1940s American Scene Lithograph by Woman Artist
"Four at the Table", 1940s American Scene Lithograph by Woman Artist

"Four at the Table", 1940s American Scene Lithograph by Woman Artist

Located in Philadelphia, PA

One of the most intriguing and mysterious WPA-era prints we have ever offered, this rare, possibly unique work depicts a group of two women and two men in intense conversation at a c...

Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Prints

Materials

Paper

Images of Children Woodcut Entitled "Irish Kids" by Will Barnet
Images of Children Woodcut Entitled "Irish Kids" by Will Barnet

Images of Children Woodcut Entitled "Irish Kids" by Will Barnet

By Will Barnet

Located in San Diego, CA

His earliest graphic works captured the social and economic despair which resulted from the Great Depression; during these years he also worked for the WPA, producing prints for the ...

Category

20th Century American Prints

Materials

Paper

Images of Children Etching Entitled "City Child" by Will Barnet
Images of Children Etching Entitled "City Child" by Will Barnet

Images of Children Etching Entitled "City Child" by Will Barnet

By Will Barnet

Located in San Diego, CA

His earliest graphic works captured the social and economic despair which resulted from the Great Depression; during these years he also worked for the WPA, producing prints for the ...

Category

20th Century American Prints

Materials

Paper

Lake Fog
Lake Fog

harold keelerLake Fog, circa 1928

$320Sale Price|20% Off

Lake Fog

Located in Palm Springs, CA

From 1936-1937 He was Supervisor of the Colorado WPA Block Print Project, during which time he printed several portfolios of multiple artists' works alongside fellow printmaker Willi...

Category

1920s American Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"the Chicken Vender" (or "Chicken Monger")
"the Chicken Vender" (or "Chicken Monger")

"the Chicken Vender" (or "Chicken Monger")

By Albert Abramovitz

Located in Surfside, FL

The University of Michigan Museum of Art, The WPA Federal Art Project: American Prints from the 1930's.

Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Circus Girl With Plumed Hat
Circus Girl With Plumed Hat

Circus Girl With Plumed Hat

By Yasuo Kuniyoshi

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Japanese prints, WPA, Regionalism, Americana

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

THE FIT YOURSELF SHOP
THE FIT YOURSELF SHOP

THE FIT YOURSELF SHOP

By Kyra Markham

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Markham also produced prints under the WPA/FAP as well as paintings. She was associated with many in the New York art world.

Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Norman Barr, Fulton St. Fish Market (NYC)
Norman Barr, Fulton St. Fish Market (NYC)

Norman Barr, Fulton St. Fish Market (NYC)

By Norman Barr

Located in New York, NY

Although Barr was on the Mural Project of the New Deal, and not the Printmaking Project, his lithographs were made at the NYC WPA Printmaking Workshop. This print, Fulton St.

Category

Mid-20th Century Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Women
Women

Women

By Jose Clemente Orozco

Located in Santa Monica, CA

Mexican Prints, WPA, Regionalism, Workers

Category

1930s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Charles Wheeler Locke Garden of the Gods Colorado Lithograph c.1935
Charles Wheeler Locke Garden of the Gods Colorado Lithograph c.1935

Charles Wheeler Locke Garden of the Gods Colorado Lithograph c.1935

By Charles Locke

Located in Denver, CO

Executed in Locke’s signature expressive lithographic style, the composition blends architectural precision, atmospheric depth, and lively human interaction, making it highly desirab...

Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Tanks #1.
Tanks #1.

Tanks #1.

By Louis Lozowick

Located in New York, NY

During the Depression Lozowick, like many of his fellow artists, created murals and prints for the WPA including a mural for the New York City General Post Office (1936).

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Manhattan Bridge
Manhattan Bridge

Manhattan Bridge

By Louis Lozowick

Located in New York, NY

During the Depression Lozowick, like many of his fellow artists, created murals and prints for the WPA including a mural for the New York City General Post Office (1936).

Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

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Wpa Print For Sale on 1stDibs

On 1stDibs, you can find the most appropriate wpa print for your needs in our varied inventory. In our selection of items, you can find modern examples as well as a Impressionist version. You’re likely to find the perfect wpa print among the distinctive items we have available, which includes versions made as long ago as the 19th Century as well as those made as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a wpa print to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, black, beige, white and more. A wpa print from William Gropper, Albert Abramovitz, Riva Helfond, Leon Bibel and Louis Lozowick — each of whom created distinctive versions of this kind of work — is worth considering. Frequently made by artists working in lithograph, woodcut print and etching, these artworks are unique and have attracted attention over the years.

How Much is a Wpa Print?

A wpa print can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price for items in our inventory is $1,200, while the lowest priced sells for $0 and the highest can go for as much as $48,000.

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Fine art prints are frequently confused with their more commercial counterparts. After all, our closest connection to the printed image is through mass-produced newspapers, magazines and books, and many people don’t realize that even though prints are editions, they start with an original image created by an artist with the intent of reproducing it in a small batch. Fine art prints are created in strictly limited editions — 20 or 30 or maybe 50 — and are always based on an image created specifically to be made into an edition.

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