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Agnes Hart
"Union Square" NYC American Scene Social Realism Modernism WPA Mid-20th Century

1940

$18,000
£13,734.49
€15,624.01
CA$25,277.83
A$27,663.54
CHF 14,617.75
MX$330,182.70
NOK 186,540.78
SEK 170,606.72
DKK 116,703.25

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"Union Square" NYC American Scene Social Realism Modernism WPA Mid-20th Century Agnes Hart (American, 1912-1979) "Union Square, New York City" Sight: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches Gouache on board, 1940 Signed lower right. Signed, titled and dated verso Framed: 26 x 33 inches BIO Agnes Hart was born in Meridan, Connecticut. She studied at the Ringling School of Art in Sarasota, Florida; at Iowa State University with Josef Presser, Paul Burlin and Lucile Blanch, and printmaking with Reginald Neal. One-Woman Exhibits: the Roko Gallery in 1949. Woodstock, New York 1951, 1955, 1959, 1963, 1972; Mercer University in Georgia 1962; presentation show at Woodstock Artists Association 1953; Coral Gables, FL 1973. Group Exhibitions: Metropolitan Museum of Art, "American Painting Today" 1950; Art USA 1958; Brooklyn Museum; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts; Philadelphia Art Alliance; Virginia Academy of Fine Arts; Toledo Museum; Springfield Museum; Chicago Art Institute; Butler Art Institute; National Academy of Design; Riverside Museum; New York Cultural Center; Long Island University; Berkshire Art Association; Eight at Phoenix Galleries; Galerie Interieur in Zurich, Switzerland. Collections: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Norfolk Museum; Wichita State University. Instructor : Art Students League 1965 - ; Dalton Schools; Birch Wathen School; Anna Maria School in Florida; Parnassus Square in Woodstock; Children's Workshop and Guild of Craftsmen in Woodstock. Awards : Guest painter at Yaddo at Saratoga Springs 1948, 1949; Yasuo Kuniyoshi Fund Memorial Award 1972; ASCA Award 1976. Published in Art for the Millions, 1973; New Deal for Art 1977; New York Works Progress Adminstration Artists, Then Now 1977.
  • Creator:
    Agnes Hart (1912 - 1979, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1940
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 26 in (66.04 cm)Width: 33 in (83.82 cm)
  • Medium:
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  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    New York, NY
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU1156215746752

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