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Style: American Realist
Daydreaming in Tiger Land, large watercolor and gouache
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Daydreaming in Tiger Land" is a watercolor and gouache on paper by artist Jacquie Marie Vaux. It is signed at the lower right c...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Daydreaming in Tiger Land, large watercolor and gouache
Daydreaming in Tiger Land, large watercolor and gouache

Jacquie Marie Vaux
Daydreaming in Tiger Land, large watercolor and gouache, c. 1980

$2,300
Female Torso, Nude
By Asa Cheffetz
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Nude Female Torso Charcoal on paper, c. 1920 Stamped and initialed in pencil "Asa Cheffetz/A.D.C" Estate signature by wife, A.D.C. Exhibited: Museum of F...
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1920s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Female Torso, Nude
Female Torso, Nude

Asa Cheffetz
Female Torso, Nude, c. 1920

$1,200
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 - 2003) Telephone Pole Worker 38 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches Oil on pap...
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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
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern

Jo Cain
Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Industrial WPA Modern, c. 1930s

$5,000
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern Jo Cain (1904 – 2003) Cowboy 33 3/4 x 36 inches Oil on paper, c. 1930s Signed...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern

Jo Cain
Cowboys Horses Cattle WPA American Scene Social Realism Mid 20th Century Modern, 1930s

$5,000
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
By Jo Cain
Located in New York, NY
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism Jo Cain (1904 - 2003) Railroad worker 36 ¼ x 27 inches Oil on paper c. 1930s S...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism

Jo Cain
Railroad Worker Industrial WPA American Scene Mid Century Modern Social Realism, c. 1930s

$5,000
Fort Stephenson
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Port Stephenson" c.1950 is a watercolor by noted American maritime artist Rockwell Smith Brank Jr. 1917-2007. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artis...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Fort Stephenson
Fort Stephenson

Rockwell Smith Brank Jr.
Fort Stephenson, c.1950

$600
Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance.
Located in Middletown, NY
A serene Hudson River scene by a student of Louis Comfort Tiffany. Anna May Walling was born in 1881, a native of Goshen, New York. She was a graduate of the Blair Academy, and Prat...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Handmade Paper

Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance.
Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance.

Anna May Walling
Schooners along the Hudson, West Point Academy in the distance., 1900

$350
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism
Located in New York, NY
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism Alfred Mira (1900-1981) Greenwich Village NYC 14 x 17 inches Oil on board,...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Board

Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism

alfred mira
Greenwich Village NYC WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Ashcan Modern Realism, c. 1930s

$24,000
Untitled
By Carolyn Bullis Blish
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork is a watercolor on paper by noted artist Carolyn Bullis Blish, born 1928. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 17 x 26 inches, framed is 28 x 37 inches. Framed in his original wooden gold and mahogany color frame. The artwork is in excellent condition, the frame is in very good condition, with very minor small dents and scratches, hardly visible. About the artist. A former model, actress, and newscaster, artist Carolyn Blish is known primarily for her watercolor landscapes. She received a very short training in painting under the tutelage of artist Edgar...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Untitled
Untitled

Carolyn Bullis Blish
Untitled, c.1970

$975
"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 ...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII

David Fredenthal
"Men in Barracks" WPA Mid 20th Century American Scene Realism Gay Modernism WWII, c. 1940a

$6,500
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway. 10 x 7 1/2 inches. Graphite on paper. Signed, titled "42nd Street" and dated July 26, 1923, lower l...
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1920s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway

Louis Wolchonok
42nd Street NYC 1923 Deco WPA Ashcan American Modern Cityscape Realism Broadway, 1923

$4,900
NYC Park Scene American Scene Social Realism WPA Woman Artist Ashcan Realism
By Isabel Bishop
Located in New York, NY
NYC Park Scene American Scene Social Realism WPA Woman Artist Ashcan Realism Isabel Bishop (American, 1902-1988) "NYC Park Scene" Pencil on paper Sight: 5 x 7-1/8 inches Signed l...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pencil

NYC Park Scene American Scene Social Realism WPA Woman Artist Ashcan Realism
NYC Park Scene American Scene Social Realism WPA Woman Artist Ashcan Realism

Isabel Bishop
NYC Park Scene American Scene Social Realism WPA Woman Artist Ashcan Realism, 1930s

$3,900
Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself
By Francis Luis Mora
Located in New York, NY
A simply marvelous drawing - a self-portrait of the artist himself. It also reads as a very elegant and expressive line drawing of any gentleman - a hallmark depiction of a bon-vi...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself
Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself

Francis Luis Mora
Self Portrait, of the Gentleman himself, c. 1920s

$2,600
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
NYC Subway Riders Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980) Subway Scene, 1930s 8 x 9 inches Ink and wash on paper Singed lower ...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Gouache

NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s

Daniel Ralph Celentano
NYC Subway Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism WPA Modern 1930s

$5,500
Good Takings, American Western Art Gouache Painting on Board by Noel Daggett
By Noel Daggett
Located in Long Island City, NY
Noel Daggett, American (1925 - 2005) - Good Takings, Year: 1991, Medium: Gouache on Board, signed and dated l.r., Size: 10 in. x 17 in. (25.4 cm x 43.18 cm), Frame Size: 17.5 x 2...
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1990s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache

Good Takings, American Western Art Gouache Painting on Board by Noel Daggett
Good Takings, American Western Art Gouache Painting on Board by Noel Daggett

Noel Daggett
Good Takings, American Western Art Gouache Painting on Board by Noel Daggett, 1991

$5,000
Two Monkeys
By Lynn Gertenbach
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Two Monkeys) is an original ink drawing on thick Bristol paper by American artist Lynn Gertenbach, b.1940. It is hand signed at the lower rig...
Category

Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink

Two Monkeys
Two Monkeys

Lynn Gertenbach
Two Monkeys, c.1970

$700
Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch)
By Fletcher Martin
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch) Pen and ink with wash on heavy wove sketchbook paper, 1938 Signed lower right: Fletcher Martin Directly related to Martin's famous painting of 1942 entitled "Lullaby", which was also used in the lithograph of the same name. (see photo) The drawing depicts the third and final knockdown of Max Schmeling in their rematch of 1938. Condition: Mat staining at the edges of the sketchbook page edges Toning to verso from previous framing. Does not affect framed presentation "It was here that Louis first used sport to bridge America's cavernous racial divide. With Hitler on the march in Europe and using Schmeling's victory over Louis as proof of “Aryan supremacy,” anti-Nazi sentiment ran high in the States. Louis had long grown accustomed to the pressures of representing his race but here the burdens were broader and deeper. Now he was shouldering the hopes of an entire nation. A few weeks before the match Louis visited the White House and U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, whose tenure lasted even longer than Louis' would, told him, “Joe, we need muscles like yours to beat Germany.” Those muscles certainly beat Schmeling on fight night...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch)
Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch)

Fletcher Martin
Untitled (Joe Louis knocking out Max Schmeling in 1938 rematch), 1938

$4,000
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
By Daniel Ralph Celentano
Located in New York, NY
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism Daniel Celentano (1902 - 1980) "Going to the Festival," 14 1/2 x 10 1/2. Watercolor on paper, c. 1930s....
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism

Daniel Ralph Celentano
"Going to the Festival" WPA Ashcan 20th Century American Scene Modern Realism, c. 1930s

$12,500
"Under the Beach Umbrella, " American Realist, Watercolor, Seaside, Figural
By Aaron Berkman
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Aaron Berkman was born in Hartford, Connecticut in 1900. In 1916 Berkman attended the Connecticut League of Art Students, founded by Charles Noel Flagg. Beginning in 1919 he studied under Albertus E. Jones at the Hartford Art School. Berkman was influenced during this time by George Inness and John Singer Sargent and the Old Masters. He received a scholarship to the Museum Art School of Boston in 1921 and then traveled to Europe, remaining there from 1924 through 1925. He spent time in France, Italy, Spain, Holland and Belgium. In 1929 Berkman moved to New York City, continuing a friendship and painting relationship with Milton Avery. He was appointed by the W.P.A. as Director of the WPA Art Center at the 92nd Street Y in New York City. Berkman helped established the A.C.A. Gallery in New York City at 52 West 8th St., the first Artist Cooperative Gallery in New York City. He spent summers on Monhegan Island in...
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Under the Beach Umbrella, " American Realist, Watercolor, Seaside, Figural

Aaron Berkman
"Under the Beach Umbrella, " American Realist, Watercolor, Seaside, Figural

$2,500
Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
By Norman Rockwell
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustrated for the 1949 Four Seasons Calendar, published by Brown and Bigelow. A young girl holds a freshly-picked bouquet of flowers as she strolls alongside a boy who carries he...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration
Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration

Norman Rockwell
Young Love: Walking to School, Four Seasons Calendar Illustration, 1949

$550,000
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 o...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Oil

Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene

Jo Cain
Working Man WPA Social Realism Industrial Modernism 20th Century American Scene, 1930

$5,000
"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen
By Lionel S. Reiss
Located in New York, NY
Lionel S. Reiss (1894 - 1988) Lobstermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1943 Watercolor on paper Sight 17 1/2 x 23 inches Signed lower left Provenance: Private Collection, Las Vegas, Nevada In describing his own style, Lionel Reiss wrote, “By nature, inclination, and training, I have long since recognized the fact that...I belong to the category of those who can only gladly affirm the reality of the world I live in.” Reiss’s subject matter was wide-ranging, including gritty New York scenes, landscapes of bucolic Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and seascapes around Gloucester, Massachusetts. However, it was as a painter of Jewish life—both in Israel and in Europe before World War II—that Reiss excelled. I.B. Singer, the Nobel Prize winner for Literature, noted that Reiss was “essentially an artist of the nineteenth century, and because of this he had the power and the courage to tell visually the story of a people.” Although Reiss was born in Jaroslaw, Poland, his family immigrated to the United States in 1898 when he was four years old. Reiss's family settled on New York City’s Lower East Side and he lived in the city for most of his life. Reiss attended the Art Students League and then worked as a commercial artist for newspapers and publishers. As art director for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, he supposedly created the studio’s famous lion logo. After World War I, Reiss became fascinated with Jewish life in the ‘Old World.’ In 1921 he left his advertising work and spent the next ten years traveling in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa. Like noted Jewish photographers Alter Kacyzne and Roman Vishniac, Reiss depicted Jewish life in Poland prior to World War II. He later wrote, “My trip encompassed three main objectives: to make ethnic studies of Jewish types wherever I traveled; to paint and draw Jewish life, as I saw it and felt it, in all aspects; and to round out my work in Israel.” In Europe, Reiss recorded quotidian scenes in a variety of media and different settings such as Paris, Amsterdam, the Venice ghetto, the Jewish cemetery in Prague, and an array of shops, synagogues, streets, and marketplaces in the Jewish quarters of Warsaw, Lodz, Krakow, Lublin, Vilna, Ternopil, and Kovno. He paid great attention to details of dress, hair, and facial features, and his work became noted for its descriptive quality. A selection of Reiss’s portraits appeared in 1938 in his book My Models Were Jews. In this book, published on the eve of the Holocaust, Reiss argued that there was “no such thing as a ‘Jewish race’.” Instead, he claimed that the Jewish people were a cultural group with a great deal of diversity within and between Jewish communities around the world. Franz Boas...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen
"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen

Lionel S. Reiss
"Lobstermen in Gloucester, Mass." Lionel Reiss WPA Social Realism Fishermen, circa 1943

$3,200 Sale Price
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Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in New York, NY
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker Louis Wolchonok (1898 – 1973) The Bridge Painter Watercolor on paper 18 x 22 inches Estate stamped v...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker

Louis Wolchonok
Bridge Painter WPA American Modernism Mid 20th-Century Realism Industrial Worker, c. 1930s

$3,500
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2 10 1/2 x 6 (sight), Signed David Fredenthal lower right. Framed by Lowy....
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2
TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2

TOBACCO ROAD Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 2, 1939

$12,500
Circus Rider, Acrobat
By Simka Simkhovitch
Located in New York, NY
Simkhovitch was a celebrated artist in New York City from the 1920's through the 1940's. Life Magazine did a story on him and he was having great success in the New York Galleries. ...
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1920s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Graphite

Circus Rider, Acrobat
Circus Rider, Acrobat

Simka Simkhovitch
Circus Rider, Acrobat, circa 1928

$3,800
"Tobacco Road" Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary
By David Fredenthal
Located in New York, NY
"Tobacco Road" Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary 19 1/4 x 11 1/2 (sight), Signed David Fredenthal lower right. Framed by ...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor

"Tobacco Road" Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary
"Tobacco Road" Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary

David Fredenthal
"Tobacco Road" Mid 20th Century Realism 1940 Drawing from the Novel WPA Literary

$18,500
Schooner St. Croix
By Emilio Sanchez
Located in New York, NY
Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) created the watercolor entitled “Schooner St. Croix” in 1952. This piece is signed in pen at the lower right and titled on the verso. The paper size is 16.88 x 22.25 inches. Stamped on verso "Estate of Emilio Sanchez." Good to very good condition. “Best known for his architectural paintings and lithographs, Emilio Sanchez (1921-1999) explored the effects of light and shadow to emphasize the abstract geometry of his subjects. His artwork encompasses his Cuban heritage...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Graphite

Schooner St. Croix
Schooner St. Croix

Emilio Sanchez
Schooner St. Croix, 1952

$3,775
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism
Located in New York, NY
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social John Ruggles (1907-1991) Sight: 17 1/2 x 13 1/3 inches. Framed: 22 x 18 inches...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Oil, Board

Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism

John Ruggles
Fighter Boxing Woodstock American Scene WPA Era Mid 20th Century Social Realism, c. 1930s

$3,900
Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church Antonio Petruccelli (1907 – 1994) Cathedral New Yorker cover proposa...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church
Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church

Antonio Petruccelli
Original Painting Cathedral Interior New Yorker Cover Proposal 1939 Jesus Church, c. 1939

$14,000
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
By Louise Ronnebeck
Located in New York, NY
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism Louise Emerson Ronnebeck (1901 - 1980) Proposal Sketch for Worland Wyoming Post Office WPA Mural Project Image: 7 x 15 inches Board 14 x 22 inches Watercolor on paper, attached to black/gray cardboard/thick paper c. 1937 Signed lower right Written in Louise's hand on mounting paper in white chalk/pencil: "Sketch for Mural...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Cardboard

WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism

Louise Ronnebeck
WPA Post Office Mural Study Native American Scene Regionalism Social Realism, 1937

$12,500
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
By Antonio Petruccelli
Located in New York, NY
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration Antonio Petruccelli (1907 - 1994) The Wedding Colliers published, June 17, 1933 17 1/4 X 11 1/2 inches (sight) Framed 23 1/4 X 17 1/2 inches Gouache on board Signed lower right BIOGRAPHY: Antonio Petruccelli (1907-1994) began his career as a textile designer. He became a freelance illustrator in 1932 after winning several House Beautiful cover illustration contests. In addition to 24 Fortune magazine covers, four New Yorker covers, several for House Beautiful, Collier’s, and other magazines he did numerous illustrations for Life magazine from the 1930s – 60s. ‘Tony was Mr. Versatility for Fortune. He could do anything, from charts and diagrams to maps, illustrations, covers, and caricatures,’ said Francis Brennan, the former art director for Fortune. Over the course of his career, Antonio won several important design awards, designing a U.S. Postage Stamp Commemorating the Steel Industry and designing the Bicentennial Medal...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Board

Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration

Antonio Petruccelli
Original Painting. Colliers Magazine Cover Published 1933 Wedding Illustration, 1933

$18,000
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 - 2003) Hammering Nails 39 x 50 ½ inches Gouache on paper c. 19...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA

Jo Cain
Industrial Man Working Mid 20th Century American Scene Social Realism Modern WPA, c. 1930s

$18,000
Landscape with Snow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Landscape with Snow" c. 2000, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Erin Dertner, b.1957. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Landscape with Snow
Landscape with Snow

Erin Dertner
Landscape with Snow, c.2000

$800
Seductive Platinum Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Pin Up in Turquoise Hat
By Alberto Vargas
Located in Miami, FL
Study of a sultry and seductive reclining platinum blond Pin Up with a wide-brimmed sun hat. Most likely done for Playboy. This work is very finely rendered and looks better the ...
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1960s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor, Pencil

Seductive Platinum Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Pin Up in Turquoise Hat
Seductive Platinum Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Pin Up in Turquoise Hat

Alberto Vargas
Seductive Platinum Blond Hair and Blue Eyed Pin Up in Turquoise Hat, 1950s

$15,000
Interior Still life with Milk Bottles
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Interior Still Life with Milk Bottles" c. 2000, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Erin Dertner, b.1957. It is signed at the lower left corner b...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Interior Still life with Milk Bottles
Interior Still life with Milk Bottles

Erin Dertner
Interior Still life with Milk Bottles, c.2000

$650
Nude with Fan
By Louis Kronberg
Located in Mc Lean, VA
American Impressionist
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Canvas, Pastel

Nude with Fan
Nude with Fan

Louis Kronberg
Nude with Fan, 1938

$12,500
"Danzantes de Colores" from the "Colcha" series
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Danzantes de Colores from the "Colcha" series, 1989, is a watercolor and ink on hand made paper by noted American artist Amado Maurilio Pena...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

"Danzantes de Colores" from the "Colcha" series
"Danzantes de Colores" from the "Colcha" series

Amado Maurilio Pena
"Danzantes de Colores" from the "Colcha" series, 1989

$1,500
Noyo Sundown, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Noyo Sundown, California" c. 2000, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Erin Dertner, b.1957. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist....
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Noyo Sundown, California
Noyo Sundown, California

Erin Dertner
Noyo Sundown, California, c.2000

$1,200
"The Poor Little Bridesmaid" - Female Illustrator - Golden Age of Illustration
Located in Miami, FL
"The poor little bridesmaid ... in her pink cotton gown ... though doubtless, there never was such a pretty girl." A kitchen scene is depicted with a young bridesmaid admiring her f...
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1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

India Ink, Watercolor, Pen, Paper

"The Poor Little Bridesmaid" - Female Illustrator - Golden Age of Illustration
"The Poor Little Bridesmaid" - Female Illustrator - Golden Age of Illustration

Hope Dunlap
"The Poor Little Bridesmaid" - Female Illustrator - Golden Age of Illustration, 1909

$15,000
Harvesting Sap
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Harvesting Sap" c.1950, is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Herbert Vincent Olsen, 1905-1973. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Harvesting Sap
Harvesting Sap

Herbert Vincent Olsen
Harvesting Sap, c.1950

$1,750
Man looking into Window
By Everett Shinn
Located in Miami, FL
Original Magazine Illustration for a magazine like Harper's, Vanity Fair, Life, Look, and Judge Shinn was an American realist painter and member of the Ashcan School. He also exhibited with the short-lived group known as "The Eight," Work is framed in an attractive gilt frame Morris Weiss collection...
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1910s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Acrylic Polymer, Gouache, Pencil, Watercolor

Man looking into Window

Everett Shinn
Man looking into Window, 1917

$15,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Nonconformist Removed by the State. Satyr / Pan Mythology
Located in Miami, FL
This cartoon by Charles Addams is generations ahead of its time. To get the punch line, the viewer must know the meaning of a Satyr or Pan. Satyr: Part man and part beast. - A male ...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Watercolor

Nonconformist Removed by the State. Satyr / Pan Mythology
Nonconformist Removed by the State. Satyr / Pan Mythology

Charles Addams
Nonconformist Removed by the State. Satyr / Pan Mythology, 1958

$28,000
RARE WPA ARTIST ISAAC FRIEDLANDER Judaica Drawing 1946
By Isaac Friedlander
Located in Surfside, FL
Artist: Friedlander, Isaac American (1890-1968) Isac Friedlander Latvian-born American Printmaker, 1890-1968 was born in Mitau, Latvia. He studied art at the Academy of Rome. He...
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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

$850
Androscoggin River Falls, study for The Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston-
By Dean Cornwell
Located in Miami, FL
If there ever were a perfect work in the canon of art history, this masterpiece study by Dean Cornwell would be it. Every line has meaning and not a line out of place, as Cornwell d...
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1950s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Androscoggin River Falls, study for The Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston-
Androscoggin River Falls, study for The Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston-

Dean Cornwell
Androscoggin River Falls, study for The Manufacturers National Bank of Lewiston-, 1960

$145,000
Harbor Village
By Frederick Leo Hunter
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Village Harbor" c.1910 is a watercolor on paper by noted American artist Frederick Leo Hunter, 1858-1943 It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artwork size is 8 x 15 inches, framed is 17 x 23.75 inches. It is framed in a custom wooden gold frame, with gold color spacer and fabric matting. It is in very good condition. About the artist. Frederick Leo Hunter was born in New York City in 1858. He was known for street scene paintings and etchings of New York...
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Early 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Harbor Village
Harbor Village

Frederick Leo Hunter
Harbor Village, c.1910

$1,025
Biblical Story illustration Art for Religious Magazine Cover
Located in Miami, FL
Miriam Story Hurford was a prolific and major American female illustrator in the 1930s to the 1950s. Her work was for cover art for women's magazines and home magazines and religious magazines. This work depicts t the wise men being guided by the star of Bethleham to the birth of the Christ child for a Christmas magazine...
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1930s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Gouache, Pencil

Biblical Story illustration Art for Religious Magazine Cover
Biblical Story illustration Art for Religious Magazine Cover

Miriam Story Hurford
Biblical Story illustration Art for Religious Magazine Cover, 1930 - 1940

$4,500
Three Figures Reading the Torah, Framed Judaica Drawing by Tully Filmus
By Tully Filmus
Located in Long Island City, NY
Tully Filmus (1903 - 1998) was a Russian/American artist who was known for his realist drawings of Jewish life. This pastel drawing on paper is signed low...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Pastel

Three Figures Reading the Torah, Framed Judaica Drawing by Tully Filmus
Three Figures Reading the Torah, Framed Judaica Drawing by Tully Filmus

Tully Filmus
Three Figures Reading the Torah, Framed Judaica Drawing by Tully Filmus, circa 1945

$1,800
Breakfast in Mendocino
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Breakfast in Medocino" c. 2000, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Erin Dertner, b.1957. It is signed at the lower right corner by the artist. The artw...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Breakfast in Mendocino
Breakfast in Mendocino

Erin Dertner
Breakfast in Mendocino, c.2000

$900
Open Doors
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Open Doors" c. 2000, is a watercolor on paper by noted California artist Erin Dertner, b.1957. It is signed at the lower left corner by the artist. The artwork s...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Open Doors
Open Doors

Erin Dertner
Open Doors, c.2000

$750
Large Watercolour of Pleasure Boats Moored on the River in Florida by USA Artist
Located in Preston, GB
Large Watercolour of Pleasure Boats Moored on the River in Florida by USA Artist David Coolidge AWS (American 20th-21st Century) Art measures 40 x 30 i...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Large Watercolour of Pleasure Boats Moored on the River in Florida by USA Artist
Large Watercolour of Pleasure Boats Moored on the River in Florida by USA Artist

David Coolidge
Large Watercolour of Pleasure Boats Moored on the River in Florida by USA Artist, 2005 Circa

$4,370 Sale Price
20% Off
Woman Graphite Pencil Drawing 1979 Signed Unique
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Rochester Hills, MI
Artist : Raphael Soyer Title : Woman Year: 1979 Drawing in Pencil Signed in pencil Drawing Size 11½" x 16 Inches Matted Size : inches 16" x 20" inches Born in 1899, Raphael So...
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1970s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Woman Graphite Pencil Drawing 1979 Signed Unique
Woman Graphite Pencil Drawing 1979 Signed Unique

Raphael Soyer
Woman Graphite Pencil Drawing 1979 Signed Unique, 1979

$3,500
"Dragon, " Original Pastel Drawing
By Quang Ho
Located in Denver, CO
"Dragon," by Quang Ho, is a secondary market work with one previous owner. It is signed and dated (1988) on the lower left. The painting comes with it's original frame (measures 50 x...
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20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Pastel

"Dragon, " Original Pastel Drawing
"Dragon, " Original Pastel Drawing

Quang Ho
"Dragon, " Original Pastel Drawing, 1988

$4,200
Raising the wreck of the steamer Flushing at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Located in Middletown, NY
Likely a study for an illustration for Harper's Weekly, for which Wiser was a Civil War-era illustrator, focusing on shipwrecks and battles occurring along the mid-Atlantic coast. ...
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Mid-19th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Archival Paper, Graphite

Raising the wreck of the steamer Flushing at Hampton Roads, Virginia
Raising the wreck of the steamer Flushing at Hampton Roads, Virginia

Angelo Wiser
Raising the wreck of the steamer Flushing at Hampton Roads, Virginia, 1862

$500
Landscape with Cattle
By Raphael Senseman
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork "Landscape with Cattle" c.1930 is a watercolor by noted American artist Raphael Senseman, 1870-1966 It is signed at the lower right ...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Landscape with Cattle
Landscape with Cattle

Raphael Senseman
Landscape with Cattle, c.1930

$450
Pencil Study #22
Located in Columbia, MO
Pencil Study #22 2016 Graphite on paper 10 x 4.25 inches Jessica Keiser currently resides in New Haven, Connecticut. Keiser's style is Naturalistic, con...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Graphite

Pencil Study #22

Jessica Keiser
Pencil Study #22, 2016

$75
Lucille Holderness Stonier
Located in San Francisco, CA
Lucille Holderness Stonier: 1884-1966. Listed American artist.. She is mostly known for her watercolors of scenes around North Carolina. It measures 23 inches wide by 16 1/2 high. Th...
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1940s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Lucille Holderness Stonier
Lucille Holderness Stonier

Lucille Holderness Stonier

$750
La Loire
Located in Middletown, NY
Pen and black ink on watermarked Ingres laid paper, 9 1/4 x 12 1/4 inches (234 x 310 mm), signed, dated and titled in brown ink, and initialed and titled in black ink in the lower right corner. Light to moderate age tone and mat tone, and with the signature and notations in brown ink having become quite attenuated, although legible. Presented in a basic black wood frame with a label from the Country Art...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink, Handmade Paper, Pen

La Loire

Trafford Partridge Klots
La Loire, 1972

$325
Jazmen
By Sedrick Huckaby
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Jazmen Pen and ink on paper, 2013 Signed and titled lower right (see photo) Annotated: “I want to go to Dunbar,…because my friends are there…” Series: The 99% - Highland Hills Exhib...
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2010s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Ink

Jazmen
Jazmen

Sedrick Huckaby
Jazmen, 2013

$4,000
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor
By Joseph Yeager
Located in Soquel, CA
Graceful depiction of seated nude female figure by Joseph Yeager (American, 20th Century). Unsigned, but was acquired with a collection of Joseph Yeager works directly from the estate. This piece is on heavy bond paper with ragged edges. No frame. Joseph "Joe" Yeager (American, 20th Century) was raised in Cleveland Ohio, where he went to art school at night and started his art career at 19. He was a commercial artist for the Cleveland Press...
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Mid-20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Watercolor, Pencil

Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor

Joseph Yeager
Mid Century Seated Nude Figure, Female Figure Study Watercolor, c. 1940s-1950s

$1,650
Evening Fog, Moss Landing, California
Located in San Francisco, CA
This artwork titled "Evening Fog, Moss Landing, California" 1970, is a watercolor on paper by noted French/American artist Albert Bechely Crundall, 1906-1997. It is signed at the low...
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Late 20th Century American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Evening Fog, Moss Landing, California
Evening Fog, Moss Landing, California

Albert Bechely Crundall
Evening Fog, Moss Landing, California, 1970

$850

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