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"Saddle Back Light"
Located in Southampton, NY
Golden Gate Exposition of San Francisco in 1939.
He was a supervisor for the Works Progress
Category
1950s American Modern Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Naturalistic Woman Holding a Calf Sculpture
Located in Houston, TX
returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration
Category
20th Century Naturalistic Nude Sculptures
Materials
Clay, Plaster
"Bird" Abstract Bronze Sculpture with Wooden Base
Located in Houston, TX
returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration
Category
20th Century Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
Naturalistic Three White Lotus Waterlilies Still Life Landscape Painting
Located in Houston, TX
but he promptly returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works
Category
1970s Naturalistic Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
“Abstract Bronze” Modern Gold Ribbon Sculpture with Stand
Located in Houston, TX
returned to Oregon and Washington during the Great Depression to work in the Works Progress Administration
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Materials
Bronze
UNTITLED MOUNTAINS
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, participating as well in the Works Progress Administration (the WPA.) In the 1960s, eminent San Francisco
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Price Upon Request
VOLCANO
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, participating as well in the Works Progress Administration (the WPA.) In the 1960s, eminent San Francisco
Category
1930s Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Tempera
Price Upon Request
SURREALIST LANDSCAPE
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, participating as well in the Works Progress Administration (the WPA.) In the 1960s, eminent San Francisco
Category
1930s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Watercolor
$3,000 Sale Price
33% Off
PLUNGING COMET
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, participating as well in the Works Progress Administration (the WPA.) In the 1960s, eminent San Francisco
Category
1930s Surrealist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Granite
Price Upon Request
DEBRIS - Large Ink Drawing - Study for the Print
By Edward Hagedorn
Located in Santa Monica, CA
, participating as well in the Works Progress Administration (the WPA.) In the 1960s, eminent San Francisco
Category
1930s Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Ink
Madman
s Drum (Brothel) —
Story Without Words
Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Graphic Arts Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Spring
By Konrad Cramer
Located in New York, NY
his “Improvisation” paintings. Cramer also found success as a photographer for the Works Progress
Category
1940s Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Dancers
— 1930s American Modernism
By Charles Turzak
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
of the early artists to participate in the Works Progress Administration (WPA) depression-era public
Category
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Tilted Plates
By Carl Morris
Located in Palm Desert, CA
, Morris began his career making figurative paintings; he was interested in social realism in the Works
Category
1990s Post-War Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic, Canvas
Wild Pilgrimage
(Contemplation) —
Story Without Words
Graphic Modernism
By Lynd Ward
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Division of the Federal Art Project, a division of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). In the
Category
1930s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Woodcut
Nude drawing (Nude on her haunches draws ) - In Celebration of Pride Month
By Joseph Hirsch
Located in New Orleans, LA
a muralist for the Federal Works Progress Administration in the 1930's.
Mr. Hirsch was described
Category
1960s American Modern Nude Prints
Materials
Lithograph
sewing stand
Located in New Canaan, CT
works in progress in the pleated silk bag.
Category
Antique 19th Century French Industrial and Work Tables
Materials
Mahogany, Silk
$1,400
Framed Christo Poster
Located in New York, NY
Framed Christo Poster - 3 works in progress dated 1981.
Featured project - Wrapping of the Pont
Category
Late 20th Century French Posters
Joan Miro in Studio, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
canvas and a work table with brushes and paint. Behind him is another canvas. All works in progress.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Joan Miro in Studio, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
canvas and a work table with brushes and paint. Behind him is another canvas. All works in progress.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Joan Miro in Studio, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
canvas and a work table with brushes and paint. Behind him is another canvas. All works in progress.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Joan Miro in Studio, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
canvas and a work table with brushes and paint. Behind him is another canvas. All works in progress.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Joan Miro in Studio, 1955
By Mark Shaw
Located in New York, NY
canvas and a work table with brushes and paint. Behind him is another canvas. All works in progress.
Category
1950s Modern Color Photography
Materials
Giclée
Immersion
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Lawrence, NY
other institutions. We at Lawrence Fine Art included him in our "Works in Progress" exhibition in 2016
Category
Early 2000s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
$35,000
A Painter
s Shore
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Lawrence, NY
other institutions. We at Lawrence Fine Art included him in our "Works in Progress" exhibition in 2016
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
A Summer
s Land
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Lawrence, NY
other institutions. We at Lawrence Fine Art included him in our "Works in Progress" exhibition in 2016
Category
2010s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Pacific Orange
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Lawrence, NY
other institutions. We at Lawrence Fine Art included him in our "Works in Progress" exhibition in 2016
Category
1980s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Near Taos
By Stan Brodsky
Located in Lawrence, NY
other institutions. We at Lawrence Fine Art included him in our "Works in Progress" exhibition in 2016
Category
1970s Color-Field Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Abraham Lincoln Delivering the Gettysburg Address
By Howard Chandler Christy
Located in Graton, CA
1946-1947. He had several works in progress when he passed away at his artist studio in 1952 at age 80
Category
1930s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
Untitled
By Ruth Duckworth
Located in Hudson, NY
the floor of her second-floor living quarters, which allowed her to view works in progress in her
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Sculptures
Woodland Water Flood III
By Cheryl Clinton
Located in Bluffton, SC
”
Fort Point Community Gallery Boston, MA
1995 Venice, Italy
Works in Progress Exhibition
Università
Category
2010s Abstract Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Mixed Media
Seal
Penguin
By Mervin Jules
Located in Provincetown, MA
tutelage of, among others, Thomas Hart Benton. Jules was a Works Progress Administration artist in the
Category
Early 20th Century American Impressionist Animal Prints
Materials
Lithograph
$1,000
Secluded Valley
By Ethel Magafan
Located in East Hampton, NY
murals she created during the Great Depression for the Works Progress Administration. In fact, she was
Category
1950s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Casein, Board
Spring
By Joseph Meert
Located in Glenview, IL
Works Progress Administration by painting 3 murals.
This beautiful painting is framed in a subtle wood
Category
1950s Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
WPA Color Lithograph by Francis Shields
Located in Coral Gables, FL
the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1937. The print measures 11 ¾” high by 15 ¾ wide and is
Category
20th Century American Prints
Untitled, numbered 44/80
By Mark Tobey
Located in New York, NY
in the Works Progress Administration.
In 1953, Life magazine published an article on Tobey, Guy
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Colorful Abstract Oil on Canvas
By Theodore Hios
Located in Providence, RI
mostly in restaurants. In 1934 he enrolled in a Works Progress Administration art class in a public
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
Colorful Abstract Oil on Masonite Titled "Summer"
By Theodore Hios
Located in Providence, RI
mostly in restaurants. In 1934 he enrolled in a Works Progress Administration art class in a public
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Oil
Ideosquare
By Yvonne Thomas
Located in New York, NY
the “strongest joy and enigma,” and she used an expressive range of pigments in works that progressed
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
The Visit
By Yvonne Thomas
Located in New York, NY
the “strongest joy and enigma,” and she used an expressive range of pigments in works that progressed
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Thunder Belt
By Yvonne Thomas
Located in New York, NY
the “strongest joy and enigma,” and she used an expressive range of pigments in works that progressed
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Composition II
By Yvonne Thomas
Located in New York, NY
the “strongest joy and enigma,” and she used an expressive range of pigments in works that progressed
Category
1960s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Gouache
Untitled
By Yvonne Thomas
Located in New York, NY
was the “strongest joy and enigma,” and she used an expressive range of pigments in works that
Category
1950s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings
"Nocturne II" by Letterio Calapai
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Federal Arts Project organized by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in the 1930's. He was born in
Category
Vintage 1940s American Futurist Prints
Modern Abstract painting by American, Byron Browne, titled "Two Heads"
By Byron Browne
Located in Washington, DC
, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Federal Art Project (FAP, 1935-1943) succeeded the
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Mixed Media, Oil
Modern Abstract painting of Mother and Child by American painter, Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Washington, DC
, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Federal Art Project (FAP, 1935-1943) succeeded the
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Oil
Modern Abstract painting of Circus Acrobats by American painter, Byron Browne
By Byron Browne
Located in Washington, DC
, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Federal Art Project (FAP, 1935-1943) succeeded the
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Tempera, Gouache
Subjective Farm Landscape
By Ralph Rosenborg
Located in Hudson, NY
the Works Progress Administration. While in the Mural division he worked alongside Arshile Gorky, and
Category
Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Concussion
By Werner Drewes
Located in New York, NY
by the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration.
In 1936, the year he became an
Category
1980s Abstract Prints and Multiples
Materials
Woodcut
Calder at 75 - Works in Progress
Located in Austin, TX
Artist: After Alexander Calder
Title: Calder at 75 - Works in Progress Exhibition Poster
Large
Category
1970s Abstract Abstract Prints
Materials
Lithograph
“Rule of Life in Progress” Small Works No. 128
By Sasha Hallock
Located in New York, NY
works on paper (mounted on wood panel), I continue to explore ideas of sculpture and architecture
Category
2010s Contemporary Abstract Paintings
Materials
Paint, Oil, Panel, Wood Panel, Paper, Mixed Media
Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Updated Edition
Located in Los Angeles, CA
photographs and drawings trace the couple’s unparalleled oeuvre and offer a glimpse at works in progress like
Category
Late 20th Century Books
Materials
Other
$200 / item
French 19th Century Oak Artist’s Easel
Located in Baton Rouge, LA
is easily adjustable to exhibit framed pieces or works-in-progress, supported by a narrow ledge and
Category
Antique 19th Century French Other Easels
Materials
Oak
"Bluebonnets In The Hill Country" Texas Hill Country Scene
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Verbena Ranch" Texas Verbena Wildflowers in the Hill Country
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
also observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as
Category
1960s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Bluebonnets in Black Eyed Susans" Texas Hill Country Scene
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
observed works in progress by the director of the San Antonio Art School, Jose Arpa, as well as landscape
Category
1930s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
"Fall in Texas" Texas Hill Country Landscape River Scene
By Porfirio Salinas
Located in San Antonio, TX
. Born in 1910 in Bastrop, Texas, he attended public schools in San Antonio. He also observed works in
Category
1950s Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil
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