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Be Good or Be Gone. McSorley s Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist
Category

1970s American Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Be Good or Be Gone. McSorley s Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene.
Be Good or Be Gone. McSorley s Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene.

Clyde Singer
Be Good or Be Gone. McSorley s Old Ale House, New York City. American Scene., 1972

$20,000
Aztlan low slow
By Juan Fuentes
Located in Palm Springs, CA
' relief printing process follows closely the social realist tradition of Latin American artists such as
Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Prints

Materials

Linocut

Aztlan low slow
Aztlan low slow

Juan Fuentes
Aztlan low slow, 2019

$800
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, V-Neck Top, Realism
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
work portrays the daily life of New Yorkers. Historically, Soyer is associated with the social realist
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, V-Neck Top, Realism
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, V-Neck Top, Realism

Raphael Soyer
WOMAN LONG DARK HAIR Signed Lithograph, Female Portrait, V-Neck Top, Realism, 1979

$330 Sale Price
40% Off
Doctor s Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and
Category

1940s American Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Doctor s Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.
Doctor s Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH.

Clyde Singer
Doctor s Office. Mid-Century American Scene Oil Painting Youngstown, OH., 1949

$22,000
Village Vendor, 1970. Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor.
Located in Marco Island, FL
, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same
Category

1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Village Vendor, 1970. Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor.
Village Vendor, 1970. Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor.

Clyde Singer
Village Vendor, 1970. Original American Street Scene Oil Painting. Food Vendor., 1970

$6,000
Hotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as
Category

1940s American Realist Interior Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Hotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting.
Hotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting.

Clyde Singer
Hotel Night Lobby. Large Mid-Century American Oil Painting., 1947

$48,000
Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and John Sloan, and he
Category

1970s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.
Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting.

Clyde Singer
Along Central Park. New York City Street Scene Original Oil Painting., 1972

$13,000
STANDING SEAMSTRESS Signed Color Lithograph, Young Woman, Dress Form, Sewing
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

STANDING SEAMSTRESS Signed Color Lithograph, Young Woman, Dress Form, Sewing
STANDING SEAMSTRESS Signed Color Lithograph, Young Woman, Dress Form, Sewing

Raphael Soyer
STANDING SEAMSTRESS Signed Color Lithograph, Young Woman, Dress Form, Sewing, 1979

$470 Sale Price
24% Off
STANDING SEAMSTRESS, Signed Lithograph Female Portrait Sewing Machine Dress Form
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

STANDING SEAMSTRESS, Signed Lithograph Female Portrait Sewing Machine Dress Form
STANDING SEAMSTRESS, Signed Lithograph Female Portrait Sewing Machine Dress Form

Raphael Soyer
STANDING SEAMSTRESS, Signed Lithograph Female Portrait Sewing Machine Dress Form, 1979

$330 Sale Price
34% Off
Les Grues - Original Lithograph By André Minaux - 1950s
By Andre Minaux
Located in Roma, IT
. Passepartout cm 50x33 . Good conditions André Minaux was a French artist best known for his stylized Social
Category

1950s Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Les Grues - Original Lithograph By André Minaux - 1950s
Les Grues - Original Lithograph By André Minaux - 1950s

Andre Minaux
Les Grues - Original Lithograph By André Minaux - 1950s, 1950

$261
Woman Pulling on a Slip
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Social-Realist subjects, his real interest was in the theatre and in creating images celebrating the
Category

1910s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

Woman Pulling on a Slip
Woman Pulling on a Slip

Everett Shinn
Woman Pulling on a Slip, c. 1910

$15,000
The Red Ribbon. American Regionalist Scene Painting. Ohio Artist and History.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

The Red Ribbon. American Regionalist Scene Painting. Ohio Artist and History.
The Red Ribbon. American Regionalist Scene Painting. Ohio Artist and History.

Clyde Singer
The Red Ribbon. American Regionalist Scene Painting. Ohio Artist and History., 1939

$15,000
STANDING NUDE DARK HAIR Signed Original Etching, Full-figured Woman, Casual Pose
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
New Yorkers. Historically, Soyer is associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art
Category

1970s Realist Nude Prints

Materials

Etching

STANDING NUDE DARK HAIR Signed Original Etching, Full-figured Woman, Casual Pose
STANDING NUDE DARK HAIR Signed Original Etching, Full-figured Woman, Casual Pose

Raphael Soyer
STANDING NUDE DARK HAIR Signed Original Etching, Full-figured Woman, Casual Pose, c.1978

$500 Sale Price
25% Off
Oil on Masonite Painting Titled "Lobster Shack", by Aaron Bohrod, 1938
By Aaron Bohrod
Located in New York, NY
Social Realist style of his early career. In 1936, Bohrod won a Guggenheim fellowship that allowed him to
Category

1930s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

Oil on Masonite Painting Titled "Lobster Shack", by Aaron Bohrod, 1938

Aaron Bohrod
Oil on Masonite Painting Titled "Lobster Shack", by Aaron Bohrod, 1938, 1938

$85,000
SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED Signed Lithograph, Seated Female Portrait Interior Scene
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
. Historically, Soyer is associated with the social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED Signed Lithograph, Seated Female Portrait Interior Scene
SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED Signed Lithograph, Seated Female Portrait Interior Scene

Raphael Soyer
SEATED WOMAN NEAR A BED Signed Lithograph, Seated Female Portrait Interior Scene, 1979

$400 Sale Price
27% Off
Moses Soyer Graphite and Conte Crayon Drawing, Circa 1950 s - Resting Female
By Moses Soyer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
unframed and in excellent condition. Image size: 11 x 15. Mat size: 16 x 20. Moses chose social-realist
Category

Mid-20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Moses Soyer Graphite and Conte Crayon Drawing, Circa 1950 s - Resting Female
Moses Soyer Graphite and Conte Crayon Drawing, Circa 1950 s - Resting Female

Moses Soyer
Moses Soyer Graphite and Conte Crayon Drawing, Circa 1950 s - Resting Female, Circa 1950 s

$1,500
Modern Egg Tempera Portrait of a Lady in Landscape by Louis Wolchonok
By Louis Wolchonok
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
giltwood frame. Selected Biography: Louis Wolchonok , American (1898-1973) was a social realist
Category

20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Glass, Giltwood, Paper

Modern Egg Tempera Portrait of a Lady in Landscape by Louis Wolchonok
Modern Egg Tempera Portrait of a Lady in Landscape by Louis Wolchonok

Modern Egg Tempera Portrait of a Lady in Landscape by Louis Wolchonok

$1,180 Sale Price
20% Off
STREET SCENE Signed Lithograph, NYC Crowd Portrait Pencil Drawing, A-Line Skirts
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

STREET SCENE Signed Lithograph, NYC Crowd Portrait Pencil Drawing, A-Line Skirts
STREET SCENE Signed Lithograph, NYC Crowd Portrait Pencil Drawing, A-Line Skirts

Raphael Soyer
STREET SCENE Signed Lithograph, NYC Crowd Portrait Pencil Drawing, A-Line Skirts, 1979

$360 Sale Price
40% Off
Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Dark Hair Woman, Boho Tunic, Jeans
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
work portrays the daily life of New Yorkers. Historically, Soyer is associated with the social realist
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Dark Hair Woman, Boho Tunic, Jeans
Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Dark Hair Woman, Boho Tunic, Jeans

Raphael Soyer
Portrait of Liz, Signed Lithograph, Seated Dark Hair Woman, Boho Tunic, Jeans, 1979

$320 Sale Price
46% Off
STREET SCENE Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Men and Women Casual Gathering
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
social realist artists of the 1930s, whose art championed the cause of social justice.
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

STREET SCENE Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Men and Women Casual Gathering
STREET SCENE Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Men and Women Casual Gathering

Raphael Soyer
STREET SCENE Signed Hand Drawn Lithograph, Young Men and Women Casual Gathering, 1979

$520 Sale Price
22% Off
THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, Women, Dance Rehearsal, Khaki, Orange
By Moses Soyer
Located in Union City, NJ
Russian-born American social realist painter, best known for portraits of Depression-Era Americans. His
Category

1970s Realist Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, Women, Dance Rehearsal, Khaki, Orange
THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, Women, Dance Rehearsal, Khaki, Orange

Moses Soyer
THREE BALLET DANCERS Signed Lithograph, Women, Dance Rehearsal, Khaki, Orange, c.1970

$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave
By John French Sloan
Located in Soquel, CA
Sloan became one of the major early 20th- century figures in New York, pioneering the Social Realist
Category

1920s Ashcan School Figurative Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Etching

Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave
Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave

John French Sloan
Early 20th Century Social Realism Etching by John Sloan -- Bandits Cave, 1920

$1,200
Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil
Located in Marco Island, FL
Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil
Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil

Clyde Singer
Snow in the City, American Winter Scene Painting, Ornate Frame, Mid-Century Oil, 1954

$50,000
The Wrestlers - American Mid-Century Scene Painting. Americana Oil Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and John Sloan
Category

1950s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Wrestlers - American Mid-Century Scene Painting. Americana Oil Painting.
The Wrestlers - American Mid-Century Scene Painting. Americana Oil Painting.

Clyde Singer
The Wrestlers - American Mid-Century Scene Painting. Americana Oil Painting., 1951

$105,000
Girl with the Golden Curls
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
artist in the early 20th century, Everett Shinn was a Social Realist painter who focused on lower-class
Category

1890s American Impressionist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Girl with the Golden Curls
Girl with the Golden Curls

Everett Shinn
Girl with the Golden Curls, c. 1895

$3,500
Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
Metropolitan Museum of Art. Chronology His strongest influences were American Social Realists Reginald Marsh
Category

20th Century Abstract Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements
Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements

Frank Kleinholz
Mid Century Mothers, Children Oil Painting Frank Kleinholz WPA Era NYC Tenements, 20th century

$3,200
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
strongest influences were American Social Realists Reginald Marsh and Philip Evergood, the German
Category

20th Century Expressionist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Paint, Glaze

Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers

Frank Kleinholz
Glazed Ceramic Sculpture Plaque WPA Artist NYC Frank Kleinholz Couple of Lovers, c.1950 s-1960 s

$750
Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt.
Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt.

Clyde Singer
Before the Deluge, Republican Headquarters before Landon lost to Roosevelt., 1936

$84,000
Untitled (Woman in Stockings), Standing Female Nude on reverse, double sided
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
was a Social Realist painter who focused on lower-class urban themes. Although his ongoing reputation
Category

Early 1900s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Chalk

Untitled (Woman in Stockings), Standing Female Nude on reverse, double sided
Untitled (Woman in Stockings), Standing Female Nude on reverse, double sided

Everett Shinn
Untitled (Woman in Stockings), Standing Female Nude on reverse, double sided, 1905-1909

$7,000
Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting
Located in Marco Island, FL
Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same locations as George Bellows and
Category

1970s American Realist Portrait Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting
Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting

Clyde Singer
Calder Sculpture in Lincoln Center- New York City American Scene Painting, 1977

$14,000
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
By Abraham Harriton
Located in Surfside, FL
WPA, during the 1930s. His social realist 1939 mural for the Augusta, Georgia post office Plantation
Category

Mid-20th Century Realist Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Glass

Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana

Abraham Harriton
Rare Milk Glass Carved Sculpture Panel Cowboy Indian WPA Artist Americana, c.1940

$1,800
Monumental Modernist Painting ‘Swimmers’ by Urbanek, Prague 1963
Located in Almelo, NL
Cubism and Social Realist Modernism, yet reinterpreted through the freer artistic atmosphere of the early
Category

Mid-20th Century Czech Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Pine, Paint

Monumental Modernist Painting ‘Swimmers’ by Urbanek, Prague 1963
Monumental Modernist Painting ‘Swimmers’ by Urbanek, Prague 1963

Monumental Modernist Painting ‘Swimmers’ by Urbanek, Prague 1963

$15,000
Central Park - 5th Ave. New York American Scene Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to paint in the same
Category

1970s Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Central Park - 5th Ave. New York American Scene Painting.
Central Park - 5th Ave. New York American Scene Painting.

Clyde Singer
Central Park - 5th Ave. New York American Scene Painting., 1970

$8,000
Untitled (Woman Removing Her Stockings)
By Everett Shinn
Located in Fairlawn, OH
artist in the early 20th century, Everett Shinn was a Social Realist painter who focused on lower-class
Category

Early 1900s Ashcan School Nude Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Conté

Untitled (Woman Removing Her Stockings)
Untitled (Woman Removing Her Stockings)

Everett Shinn
Untitled (Woman Removing Her Stockings)

$6,000
Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph/Watercolor, 1955, "The Dancer"
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
a Social Realist because of his interest in the common man. Soyer moved with his family from Russia
Category

1950s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper

Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph/Watercolor, 1955, "The Dancer"
Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph/Watercolor, 1955, "The Dancer"

Raphael Soyer
Raphael Soyer Original Lithograph/Watercolor, 1955, "The Dancer", 1955

$2,250
"Arcturus, Helsing" Modern Oil Painting WPA American Scene Denver Historical Art
By Eve Drewelowe
Located in New York, NY
an artist, from age twenty-one until her death at age eighty-nine–working in impressionist, social
Category

1930s American Modern Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Arcturus, Helsing" Modern Oil Painting WPA American Scene Denver Historical Art
"Arcturus, Helsing" Modern Oil Painting WPA American Scene Denver Historical Art

Eve Drewelowe
"Arcturus, Helsing" Modern Oil Painting WPA American Scene Denver Historical Art, 1935

$30,000
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
By Harry Gottlieb
Located in New York, NY
Academy of Fine Arts and the National Academy of Design. He was one of America's first Social Realist
Category

1930s American Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Gouache

Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932

Harry Gottlieb
Glassblowers WPA American Scene Mid- 20th Century Modern Figurative Workers 1932, 1932

$4,400
Jewish Family Interior Scene (The Shadchan) Rare Judaica Oil Painting WPA artist
By Albert Abramovitz
Located in Surfside, FL
active in the WPA along with Ben Shahn (1898–1969): A leading Social Realist, Shahn is famous for his WPA
Category

Early 20th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil, Board

Jewish Family Interior Scene (The Shadchan) Rare Judaica Oil Painting WPA artist
Jewish Family Interior Scene (The Shadchan) Rare Judaica Oil Painting WPA artist

Albert Abramovitz
Jewish Family Interior Scene (The Shadchan) Rare Judaica Oil Painting WPA artist

$4,500
"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet
By Will Barnet
Located in Milwaukee, WI
works span the various "movements" of their era, from his early social realist work to his final
Category

Early 2000s Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet
"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet

Will Barnet
"The Walk, " Lithograph on Paper signed by Will Barnet, 2001

$3,200
Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait
By Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens
Located in Roma, IT
. After gaining attention early in his career with a social realist painting depicting the plight of poor
Category

Late 19th Century Romantic Portrait Paintings

Materials

Paper, Tempera

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait
Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait

Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens
Alfred Émile Léopold Stevens Period Watercolour Picture Portrait, circa 1890

$1,780
Children s Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
size 17 1/8 x 22 7/8 inches. An evocative period work of social conscience, the subject is the
Category

1940s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Children s Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism
Children s Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism

Robert Riggs
Children s Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism, c. 1940

$1,600
Women s City Club, Youngstown, Ohio. American Historical Scene Painting.
Located in Marco Island, FL
John Steuert Curry, Thomas Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social
Category

1940s American Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Women s City Club, Youngstown, Ohio. American Historical Scene Painting.
Women s City Club, Youngstown, Ohio. American Historical Scene Painting.

Clyde Singer
Women s City Club, Youngstown, Ohio. American Historical Scene Painting., 1944

$32,000
Mid Century Oil Painting Family on Fire Escape Frank Kleinholz WPA NYC Tenements
By Frank Kleinholz
Located in Surfside, FL
. Chronology His strongest influences were American Social Realists Reginald Marsh and Philip Evergood, the
Category

Mid-20th Century Expressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Panel

Mid Century Oil Painting Family on Fire Escape Frank Kleinholz WPA NYC Tenements
Mid Century Oil Painting Family on Fire Escape Frank Kleinholz WPA NYC Tenements

Frank Kleinholz
Mid Century Oil Painting Family on Fire Escape Frank Kleinholz WPA NYC Tenements, 20th century

$1,200
Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print)
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
at Moore Institute of Art, she began as a painter in the style of the American social realist school
Category

Mid-20th Century Abstract Expressionist Abstract Prints

Materials

Screen

Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print)
Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print)

Sylvia Wald
Moonlight (Abstract Expressionist mid-century print), 1954

$1,500
Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
masterful gradation place this work among Baixeras’s strongest examples of social-realist portraiture
Category

Late 19th Century Modern Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Charcoal

Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing
Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing

Dionis Baixeras
Stevedore Barcelona Spain charcoal drawing, c.1900

$1,780 Sale Price
25% Off
Large Oil Painting Klezmer Wedding Rabbis Judaica WPA Jewish Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
, Rare Judaica subject matter for this social realist, WPA artist. The New-York born artist William
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Large Oil Painting Klezmer Wedding Rabbis Judaica WPA Jewish Art William Gropper
Large Oil Painting Klezmer Wedding Rabbis Judaica WPA Jewish Art William Gropper

William Gropper
Large Oil Painting Klezmer Wedding Rabbis Judaica WPA Jewish Art William Gropper, c.1940 s

$12,000
Raphael Soyer Original Etching Circa 1970 s - “Holding Hands”
By Raphael Soyer
Located in Phoenix, AZ
is identified as a Social Realist. Soyer moved to the Lower East Side of New York City in 1913, after
Category

Late 20th Century Figurative Prints

Materials

Paper

Raphael Soyer Original Etching Circa 1970 s - “Holding Hands”
Raphael Soyer Original Etching Circa 1970 s - “Holding Hands”

Raphael Soyer
Raphael Soyer Original Etching Circa 1970 s - “Holding Hands”, Circa 1970 s

$550
Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist
By Philip Reisman
Located in Surfside, FL
Philip Reisman, a Social Realist painter and printmaker known for his views of New York City street
Category

Mid-20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Etching

Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist
Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist

Philip Reisman
Judaica Etching Passover Seder Scene WPA Artist

$800
Jewish Rabbi Student Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
By William Gropper
Located in Surfside, FL
matter for this social realist, WPA artist. The New-York born artist William Gropper was a painter and
Category

Mid-20th Century Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Ink, Watercolor, Gouache

Jewish Rabbi Student Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper
Jewish Rabbi Student Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper

William Gropper
Jewish Rabbi Student Judaica Watercolor Gouache Painting WPA Art William Gropper

$2,600
Social Call, Estate Edition Photograph
By Slim Aarons
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Slim Aarons Social Call 1972, Printed Later Numbered and stamped by the Slim Aarons Estate
Category

1970s Realist Figurative Photography

Materials

Lambda

Social Call, Estate Edition Photograph
Social Call, Estate Edition Photograph

Slim Aarons
Social Call, Estate Edition Photograph, 1972

$5,400
Global Marine Oil Workers on and Offshore Rig
By Robert Lavin
Located in Austin, TX
safety. Luigs cherished his interactions with the workers and hired Lavin, a social realist painter who
Category

20th Century Portrait Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Global Marine Oil Workers on and Offshore Rig

Robert Lavin
Global Marine Oil Workers on and Offshore Rig, 1980

$15,000
Psychopathic Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism
By Robert Riggs
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
wounded soldiers—the suffering he witnessed informed his later social-conscious work in printmaking. While
Category

1940s Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Psychopathic Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism
Psychopathic Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism

Robert Riggs
Psychopathic Ward — Socially-Conscious Realism, c. 1940

$4,800
Circe 2
By Will Barnet
Located in San Francisco, CA
"movements" of their era, from his early social realist work to his final signature style of clean lines and
Category

Late 20th Century American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Screen

Circe 2
Circe 2

Will Barnet
Circe 2, 1979

$1,800
Edgar Britton 1945 Gouache Painting, Colorado Snowy Mountain Winter Scene
Located in Denver, CO
Grant Wood. Influenced by Mexican social-realist muralists such as Diego Rivera and David Siqueiros
Category

1940s American Modern Landscape Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Archival Paper

Edgar Britton 1945 Gouache Painting, Colorado Snowy Mountain Winter Scene
Edgar Britton 1945 Gouache Painting, Colorado Snowy Mountain Winter Scene

Edgar Britton
Edgar Britton 1945 Gouache Painting, Colorado Snowy Mountain Winter Scene, 1945

$4,250
Ragazza con Rose - Lithograph by Domenico Purificato - 1980
Located in Roma, IT
acclaimed painters of the social realist movement and as a living painter, as his art surpassed social
Category

1980s Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Ragazza con Rose - Lithograph by Domenico Purificato - 1980
Ragazza con Rose - Lithograph by Domenico Purificato - 1980

Domenico Purificato
Ragazza con Rose - Lithograph by Domenico Purificato - 1980, 1980

$593
Negro — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
realistic images of socially conscious subjects, including this empathetic work, ‘Negro’, and a celebrated
Category

1930s American Realist Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

Negro — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery
Negro — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery

Nicholas Panesis
Negro — California WPA Social Realism – Slavery, 1934

$2,400
Hagenbeck-Wallace Annex. Circus Oil Painting of Depression Era Columbus, Ohio.
Located in Marco Island, FL
Hart Benton, Kenneth Hayes Miller, and Ivan Olinsky. Adopting the Social Realist style, he tried to
Category

1970s Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil, Board

Hagenbeck-Wallace Annex. Circus Oil Painting of Depression Era Columbus, Ohio.
Hagenbeck-Wallace Annex. Circus Oil Painting of Depression Era Columbus, Ohio.

Clyde Singer
Hagenbeck-Wallace Annex. Circus Oil Painting of Depression Era Columbus, Ohio., 1972

$20,000
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