$7,500
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s
By Boris Deutsch
Located in New York, NY
Three Young Men California WPA Figurative Modern Art Gay American Scene 1930s An artist on the WPA mural project, Deutsch was born in Lithuania and died in Los Angeles.
Canvas, Oil
WPA, California, San Francisco Wharf, 1938, small edition
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Arthur George Murphy (1906-1991) Landscape #6 (San Francisco) Lithograph, c. 1938 Signed with the artist's initials lower right titled verso (photo show full sheet inreverse) Annotat...
Lithograph
$5,000
Seated Figure of a Man (Los Angeles California WPA Artist)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Pasquale Napolitano (1901-2001) Seted Figure of a Man, ca. 1935. Carved hardwood, measuring 22" h., 9.75" d., 14" w. Signed bottom right side. Natural wood shrinkage cracking on...
Wood
'de Young Mansion' – San Francisco' — California WPA, Woman Artist
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
She went on to work for the San Francisco Fine Arts Project of the Works Progress Administration (WPA), Federal Art Project during the Great Depression.
Lithograph
$2,800
'Negro' — California WPA Social Realism–Slavery, Signed Color Lithograph
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Image size 10 5/8 x 8 1/2 inches; (270 x 216 mm); sheet size 14 13/16 x 10 15/16 inches (376 x 278 mm). Created for the California Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project...
Lithograph
$800
WPA, lithograph, California, small edition, Arthur George Murphy 1906-1991
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Arthur George Murphy (1906-1991) Horse Group California Lithograph on Warren's Oldestyle wove paper, 1936 Signed in pencil lower right Ttitled in pencil lower left (see photo) Signed...
Lithograph
$18,500
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker
By Otis Oldfield
Located in New York, NY
"Old Shoemaker" Ashcan 20th Century Modernism 1924 California WPA Realism Worker. Signed “Otis Oldfield” lower left. 14 x 12 inches.
Canvas, Oil
California Mid 20th-Century WPA Modernism American Scene SF Coit Tower Artist
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
Beginning in 1947, he also taught art courses at the California Labor School, including printmaking.
Canvas, Oil, Board
Street Scene WPA American Scene Mid-20th Century Modern Coit Tower California SF
By Victor Michail Arnautoff
Located in New York, NY
The family then settled in San Francisco, and he taught at the California School of Fine Arts and from 1939 to 1963, was professor of art at Stanford University.
Oil, Board
'Tehuantepec Woman', WPA, California, Oaxaca, Rivera, GGIE, ASL, NY MoMA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'Sottosanti' for Angelo Anthony Sottosanti (American, 1917-2004) and dated 1941. A dramatic Modernist study of a Tehuantepec woman from Oaxaca shown wearing the ...
Paper, Gouache
'Pedro, Pineapple Seller', WPA, California, Orozco, Rivera, MMA, GGIE, ASL, NY
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed lower right, 'A. Sottosanti' for Angelo Anthony Sottosanti (American, 1917-2004); additionally signed, verso, titled, 'Pedro of Tehuan Tepee, Mexico' and painted circa 1940. ...
Paper, Gouache
$10,000Sale Price|20% Off
Antique Donal Hord WPA San Diego California Montezuma Aztec Bronze Sculpture Art
By Donal Hord
Located in San Diego, CA
Fantastic original bronze sculpture by California sculptor/artist Donal Hord and dates from the 1930's. Titled "Aztec" and is signed on the lower edge. Listed in the Donal Hord book....
Bronze
Unavailable
H 24.75 in W 28.25 in D 1.25 in
"Memory of an Ancient City" Semi-Abstract Lithograph by Beckford Young
Located in Pasadena, CA
Beckford Young spoke at length about the California WPA art programs and his role in them in an interview with Mary McChesney, 19 May 1965, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Inst...
Lithograph
Negro — California WPA
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Nicholas Panesis, 'Negro', 1937, color lithograph, edition c. 25. Signed and titled in pencil; initialed in the stone, lower right. A superb impression, with fresh colors, on cream w...
Lithograph
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H 25.5 in W 30.5 in D 2 in
Oil on Canvas California Impressionist WPA Horatio Nelson Poole 1930 Mendocino
Located in Portland, OR
An important California Impressionist/WPA oil on canvas painting by the celebrated artist Horatio Nelson Poole (1885-1949), titled "The Green Scollop", 1930. The painting depicting t...
Canvas, Oil
"On the Heights, " California Equine WPA Modernist Watercolor
By Millard Sheets
Located in New York, NY
Millard Sheets (1907 - 1989) On the Heights Gouache on paper 21 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches Signed lower right: Millard Sheets Provenance: Dalzell Hatfield Galleries, Los Angeles Estate of...
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache
VISIONS OF WHAT USED TO BE
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Hebert also worked under the California WPA / Federal Art Project in the late 30's.
Etching, Aquatint
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H 11 in W 14 in
'Burlingame, San Mateo', Post-Impressionist California oil landscape, WPA artist
By Galen Russell Wolf
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Painted by Galen Russell Wolf (American, 1889-1974), circa 1955, and stamped, verso, with certification of authenticity. A bright and fresh, California landscape showing an old wood...
Oil, Board
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H 16 in W 22 in D 0.13 in
'Abstract Landscape', California WPA, Corcoran, Whitney, AIC, GGIE, SFAA, LACMA
By Ellwood Graham
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Signed upper right, 'Graham' for Ellwood Graham (American, 1911-2007) and painted circa 1985; additionally signed, verso, and titled, 'View Study'. This early California Modernist ...
Masonite, Oil
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H 29.25 in W 23.25 in
Floral Painting Listed WPA Woman California Artist Flower Gouache Painting
By Dorr Bothwell
Located in Surfside, FL
She was born in San Francisco, California. She began her art career at the California School of Fine Arts in 1921, under the tutelage of Gottardo Piazzoni and Rudolph Schaeffer.
Watercolor, Gouache
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H 18.75 in W 25.5 in D 0.13 in
'Bay Shanties, San Francisco', Marin, WPA, Mid-century California oil, Benezit
By Gordon Cope
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
Working with the WPA as one of the original ten artists, Cope worked in the Utah Public Works of Art Project under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, focusing on early Nati...
Canvas, Oil
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H 11.75 in W 16 in D 0.13 in
'California Beach Scene', Munich, Berkeley, CCAC, GGIE, SFAA, WPA
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
He first lived in Michigan before moving to California where, settling in Berkeley, he attended the California College of the Arts and Crafts.
Paper, Watercolor, Gouache, Foam Board
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H 23.5 in W 21.75 in
DISCOVERY OF GOLD - Very Large Serigraph - WPA Artist - California Murals
By Anton Refregier
Located in Santa Monica, CA
ANTON REFREGIER (1905 – 1979) DISCOVERY OF GOLD, 1949. Color serigraph. Signed and numbered in pencil, edition of 90. Image 23 ¼ x 21 ¾" Large sheet, 29 3/4 x 25 ¼”. Printed title...
Screen
WPA California Landscape Mural
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Maurice Del Mue, untitled scene of Pyramid Peak in the Sierra Mountains, oil on canvas, 1937, 80 x 80 inches, recently cleaned and conserved, unframed.
Maurice Del Mue, 1875-1...
Canvas
$3,750
H 17.5 in W 13 in D 8 in
Bernard Langlais, Seated Nude, Contemporary Bronze Sculpture, circa 1993
By Bernard Langlais 2
Located in New York, NY
The sculpture is signed and dated: Langlais © 1993 Limited Edition: 4/8 Bernard Langlais (American, 1921-1977) Bernard Langlais was a sculptor and painter in Cushing, Maine...
Bronze
$14,000Sale Price|20% Off
H 12.25 in W 9 in D 4.5 in
"Seated Male Nude, " Remarkable Bronze Sculpture by Choate, Figural Artist
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Although America's sculptors interested in African American life and Black subjects, including Elizabeth Catlett, Richmond Barthé, Sargent Johnson and Augusta Savage, are increasingl...
Bronze
FISH MARKET
By Frances H. Gearhart
Located in Santa Monica, CA
FRANCES H. GEARHART (1869 – 1958) FISH MARKET 1930 Color block print, Signed and titled in pencil. Image 11 x 9 inches. Full sheet with deckle edges 14 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches. Very goo...
Woodcut
$6,500
H 26 in W 32 in
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII. 18 x 24 inches Watercolor on paper. c. 1940s. Signed lower right. BIO David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958...
Paper, Watercolor
$5,500
H 10 in W 12 in D 2 in
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern
By Mervin Jules
Located in New York, NY
Chess Players WPA Depression Era Mid-20th Century American Scene Realism Modern. Signed upper right and verso 8 x 10 inches oil on board. BIO The son of a men's haberdasher, Mervin ...
Oil, Board
$19,000
H 23 in W 15 in D 13 in
"Untitled" bronze sculpture of seated female figure by artist Felipe Castañeda
By Felipe Castañeda
Located in Boca Raton, FL
"Untitled" bronze sculpture of a female nude by artist Felipe Castañeda. Inscribed F. Castañeda 1984 P/A on base.
Bronze
Home of Debose Heyward, Charleston
By Elizabeth Verner
Located in Grand Rapids, MI
Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (American, 1883 - 1979) Signed: Elizabeth O'Neill Verner (in pencil, lower, right) " Home of Dubose Heyward, Charleston ", circa 1930 Imp. V 12, (in penci...
Etching
$7,680
H 18 in W 9 in D 9 in
Walter Midener "Contemplation" Seated Figure Clay Sculpture Mid-Century Modern
Located in Detroit, MI
“Contemplation” is an abstract clay sculpture of a female. The figure has both arms and legs extended, but the dignified pose suggests an intimate rather than a sexual moment. The sc...
Clay
BADENDE MANNER: (THREE MALE BATHERS AT THE SHORE)
By Max Kaus
Located in Portland, ME
Kaus, Max. BADENDE MANNER: (THREE MALE BATHERS AT THE SHORE). Lithograph, c. 1924. Signed, lower left, in pencil, and numbered 6-10, further inscribed, lower center, in ink, illegibl...
Lithograph
$1,800
H 20 in W 16 in D 0.25 in
Post War Berkeley Hills Original Watercolor Painting of Victorian House, Signed
By Omer Ferdi Sahingil
Located in Soquel, CA
Post War Berkeley Hills Victorian House Original Watercolor Painting, Signed Original 1947 watercolor painting of Berkeley home in the featuring an iconic Queen Anne Victorian house...
Watercolor, Paper
$3,900
H 30.25 in W 34.5 in D 1.5 in
"Strike" American Scene Social Realism 1930s WPA Modern Industrial Landscape
By Karl Metzler
Located in New York, NY
"Strike" American Scene Social Realism 1930s WPA Modern Industrial Landscape Karl Metzler (1909-1995) "Strike" 26 1/4 x 30 1/4 inches Oil and gesso on masonite, c. 1930 Signed and t...
Masonite, Oil
$3,000
H 25 in W 21 in D 3 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 (1889-1975) 'Neon Lighting 17 1/4 x 13 3/4 inches Oil on masonite Signed, dated 1936 a...
Masonite, Oil
$9,189
H 14.57 in W 3.94 in
Ira Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone Sitting
By Wim van der Kant
Located in Utrecht, NL
Ira Bronze Sculpture Contemporary Nude Boy Marble Stone Sitting Wim van der Kant (1949, Kampen) is a selftaught artist. Next to his busy profession as a teacher at a high school, he...
Marble, Bronze
$5,800
H 8.125 in W 4.57 in
'Downtown, New York' — 1920s Modernism, Signed Aquatint
By John Taylor Arms
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
John Taylor Arms, 'Downtown, New York', etching with aquatint, 1921, edition 75, Fletcher 108. Signed, dated, and numbered 14/75 in pencil. A superb, finely nuanced impression, in da...
Etching
$4,500
H 6.88 in W 8.13 in D 2 in
American lithograph of Maine port scene by Ashcan artist George Bellows, 1916
By George Wesley Bellows
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Matinicus, Second State Lithograph, 1916 Signed in pencil by the artist widow lower right (ESB initialed) see photo Titled "Mattinicus" by the artist in pencil (see photo) Edition: 5...
Lithograph
$900
H 16.25 in W 20.25 in
"Fishing Village" Joe Jones, Mid-Century, American Life, Small Town Scene
By Joe Jones
Located in New York, NY
Joe Jones Fishing Village, 1949 Signed in pencil lower right margin Lithograph on wove paper Image 9 5/16 x 12 9/16 inches Sheet 12 x 15 15/16 inches From the edition of 250 The in...
Paper, Lithograph