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Impressive WPA Artist-Signed Sculptural Bronze Lamp.
Located in Bellport, NY
By WPA artist Thomas Lo Medico each face shows another of Aesop's Fables.From a series of
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20th Century American Table Lamps

Impressive WPA Artist-Signed Sculptural Bronze Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
By WPA artist Joseph Lomedico,each face shows another of Aesop's Fables. From a series of
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Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Impressive WPA Artist-Signed Sculptural Bronze Lamp
Located in Bellport, NY
By WPA artist Thomas Lo Medico,each face shows another of Aesop's Fables.From a series of
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Vintage 1940s American Table Lamps

Materials

Bronze

Machine Age WPA Style Period German Bronze
Located in Petaluma, CA
amazing little fellow, with his cap, is the height of the WPA style sculpture, although this is from
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Vintage 1930s German Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

George Biddle ceramic plate important WPA artist
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is an important ceramic work for the WPA artist George Biddle,signed and dated 1932 in the
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Vintage 1930s American Ceramics

Materials

Ceramic

WPA plaster plaque signed and titled Bent Under
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A quite wonderful WPA style plaque which is signed and titled in pencil on the back. I can only
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Vintage 1930s American Decorative Art

Materials

Plaster

"New York City Scape" WPA Modernist Lucille Blanch
Located in Petaluma, CA
A wonderful perspective shown of the New York City skyline by WPA modernist Lucille Blanch (1895
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Early 20th Century American Paintings

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Graphite, Paper

WPA Industrial Aluminum Artisan 5 Piece Desk Set
Located in Brooklyn, NY
WPA, bespoke, artisan-made, hand tooled, riveted aluminum, desk set with copper hammered pulls
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Desks and Writing Tables

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Aluminum, Copper

Great WPA Era Painting of a Busy Circus
Located in Wiscasset, ME
It does appear to have a signature, but I cannot make out the name. Very well executed.
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

"The Count" Boxing Painting by WPA Artist Arthur Smith
Located in Birmingham, AL
the Federal WPA Program in the 1930s and 1940s, and was thought to be an illustrator for The Ring
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Mid-20th Century American Paintings

"Navajo Women, " Important WPA-era Painting by Frances Badger
Located in Philadelphia, PA
their dignity and Navajo finery -- was painted by Frances Badger, an important Chicago painter and WPA
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Large Figurative Abstract Oil By WPA Muralist Sterling Smeltzer
Located in Chicago, IL
the Treasury Department's Section Of Painting And Sculpture, the WPA-era agency charged with employing
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Board

Beautiful WPA portrait wood social realist Michael Lenson 1932
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A beautiful WPA portrait of a pretty woman by the re-known social realist painter Michael Lenson
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Wood

WPA Artist Wood Carving of The Bucking Bronco Cowboy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fantastic hand carved WPA plaque is the cowboy riding the horse.The carving is unsigned.The
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Vintage 1930s American Other Decorative Art

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Wood

Herman Roderick Volz "The Argument" WPA Modern Expressionist Artist
By Herman Roderick Volz 1
Located in Fulton, CA
A WPA style lithograph titled "The Argument" by Herman Roderick Vols (1904-1990). Pencil signed and
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Vintage 1940s American Prints

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Paper

WPA Style Terracotta Sculpture of Working Men with Sledgehammers
Located in Rochester, NY
An industrial WPA style hand built terracotta earthenware sculpture of two large standing muscular
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Earthenware, Terracotta

"Building the Road" by Arnold Blanch Large WPA Work
By Arnold Blanch
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Signed and dated lower right. Provenance: Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita, Kansas, Wichita State . University gift of Lucile Blanch Platt Fine Art Born in Mantorville, ...
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Vintage 1920s American Folk Art Paintings

"Moby Dick, " WPA-Influenced Sculpture by John Martin, 1939
By John Arthur Martin
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Joyful, whimsical and brilliantly carved, this sculpture of Moby Dick illustrates the Depression-era fascination with American folklore, early literature and history. Martin uses Mo...
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Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

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Walnut

Nice Oil on Board by the WPA artist Louis Grebenak
By Louis Grebenak
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice oil on board from the 1940's - 50's by WPA artist Louis Grebenak. The painting is signed
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Vintage 1950s American Paintings

Materials

Board

Prescott M M Jones watercolor painting, New England, Alaska, WPA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This is a nice watercolor for the well known (WPA)New England,Alaska artist , Prescott M Jones
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

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Watercolor

WPA Era Mural Style Painting of Men Working, American, 1930s
Located in San Francisco, CA
Iconic WPA era muralistic style painting of men working. Signed and dated 1937 on front. Oil on
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Mid-20th Century American Paintings

Materials

Other

Wonderful WPA plaster kneeling nude woman estate of Paul Rudin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the WPA artist Paul Rudin's works and papers. We have handled some of Rudin's work in the past as as
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Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

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Plaster

Wonderful WPA plaster kneeling nude woman estate of Paul Rudin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
the WPA artist Paul Rudin's works and papers. We have handled some of Rudin's work in the past as as
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Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

1930 s Wpa style cast stone bust of a man
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A 1930's era cast stone bust of a man in the stylized maner of thw WPA era. It has cast lines but
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures

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Stone

Large WPA Style Painting Of Hobos At California Train Station
Located in Chicago, IL
Very much in the style of WPA era artwork, this large painting on canvas depicts two vagabonds at
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Dream of Greece, " Atmospheric Masterwork Painting by WPA Muralist Durzynski
By Florian Durzynski
Located in Philadelphia, PA
important WPA muralist and portraitist over many years. He is best known for his Chopin and Stephen Foster
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Vintage 1960s American Art Deco Paintings

"The Tackle, " WPA-era terra cotta sculpture by Maurice Glickman
Located in Philadelphia, PA
players entangled in each other and ready to fall to the ground has a classic WPA look, and indeed the
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Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

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Terracotta

1930 s WPA plaster/resin sculpture Petit Trianon at Versailles
Located in Palm Springs, CA
government's Work's Progress Administration's or WPA program employed hundreds of thousands of artists and
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Paint

1930s WPA Plaster/Resin Sculpture Petit Trianon at Versailles
Located in New York, NY
government's Work's Progress Administration's or WPA program employed hundreds of thousands of artists and
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Vintage 1930s American Louis XIV Architectural Models

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Paint, Plaster, Wood

WPA artist Michael Lenson gouache or study of a woman
Located in Palm Springs, CA
struck, he became director of WPA mural projects for the state of New Jersey. He completed major murals
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Great WPA era print by Georges Von Physter signed numbered
By George Von Physter
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A great WPA 1930's period print by the well known print maker Georges Von Physter 1909-1986. It is
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Vintage 1930s American Prints

Very Stylized Cast Bronze WPA Wall Plaque Immigration Theme
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Good size and well executed, immigration theme.
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Vintage 1950s American Wall-mounted Sculptures

Large Bronze Stylized Female Sculpture, WPA Artist Michael Lintz, 1946
By Michael Lantz
Located in Buffalo, NY
, while working as an instructor for the Works Progress Administration (WPA), he won a competition to
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Vintage 1940s American Organic Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

"Mermaid, " Art Deco Mural Masterpiece by Paul Julian, WPA Artist
By Paul Hull Julian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Suffused with a gorgeous shade of aquamarine, this superb painting captures a slender mermaid reaching down into the depths of the sea, surrounded by coral and watched by a merboy ri...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

"Pitched Battle, " Masterful Mural Painting by James Daugherty, WPA Artist
By James Daugherty
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Baroque in its teeming energy and tangled figures, this masterful mural by James Daugherty illustrated a scene from "Knickerbocker's History of New York,” the historical parody ...
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Paintings

Unique, Art Deco Sculpture of Worker with Dove, WPA Style
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Powerfully and gracefully expressed, this large, very fine sculpture -- probably by an important figure such as Albert Wein or Geza de Vegh -- depicts a farm worker with one hand hol...
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Vintage 1930s American Sculptures

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Ceramic

WPA Artist Original Oil Painting 40s Portrait of a Handsome Man
By Edward Sewall
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Painted by Portland, Oregon WPA Artist, Edward Sewall (1905-2000) is this fine, 1940s oil on canvas
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Vintage 1940s American Modern Paintings

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Wood

1932 WPA oil board American artist Irving Brown NYC river scene
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A nice WPA style painting by the noted American Artist Irving r. Brown. He is also a noted
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

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Board

WPA oil noted NY artist Ethel Rabin also worked Berley studios
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A WPA style oil on canvas of sailing ships presumably in or around the NY area by the noted artist
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

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Canvas

Eugenie Fish Glaman WPA Era Painting of Mother Dog and Pups
Located in Peabody, MA
primarily as a prIntmaker in drypoint, her oils are considered quite scarce. She was registered as a WPA
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Terminal Market, Bronx" Large WPA-Period Mural of New York Scene
By Morris Sirota
Located in Philadelphia, PA
One of the finest WPA period murals we have offered, this scene of the Bronx market with sellers
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Paint

Large Canvas Abstract Oil On Canvas by WPA Painter Leon Wall
By Leon Wall
Located in New York, NY
Art. Like many AbEx painters of his era, Wall first painted in a WPA, or Social Realist Style, but
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20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Spectacular Orig Watercolor Painting, New York City, 1934 by WPA Artist Sewall
By Edward Sewall
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The tiny detail on this special pairing is unbelievable. By WPA Portland Oregon artist, Ed Sewall
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Vintage 1930s American Other Paintings

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Paper

WPA Style Bar Scene Oil Painting on Panel, Signed and Dated 1935
Located in San Francisco, CA
WPA style oil painting on panel of three guys enjoying a drink outside of a restaurant. Matted and
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Mid-20th Century American Paintings

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Wood, Paper

WPA Oil on Canvas by James Koenig circa 1949, Buffalo, N.Y.
By James Koenig
Located in Buffalo, NY
Great little painting..'Guitar Player' WPA inspired,, Executed by James Koenig, c. 1949. Retains
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Mid-20th Century American Modern Paintings

Materials

Paint

"Don Quixote, " Important WPA/Art Deco Mural Painting by Paul Julian
By Paul Hull Julian
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Brilliantly conceived and painted by Paul Hull Julian, famous for his "Orange Pickers" mural in the Fullerton, California post office, this important painting depicts Don Quixote abo...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Great WPA 1930s Lion Tamer Circus Painting by R. G. Fiege
By R.G. Fiege
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Signed and dated 1935 lower right corner. Oil on artist board. Slight creasing in the lower right, does not detract from the painting. The great depression was as hard on circuses...
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Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Paintings

WPA Mural, "Americans at Work" by John M. Heller, circa 1935
By John M. Heller
Located in Culver City, CA
Large-scale oil on canvas painting depicting cowboys attending cattle. Six murals were made in total portraying idealized scenes of the American industry in progress. The paintings l...
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

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Canvas, Paint

WPA Artist Wood Hand Carved Wall Plaque W/indian On Horseback
Located in Los Angeles, CA
THIS LARGE WALL PLAQUE IS HAND CARVED WOOD WITH THE INDIAN RIDING THE HORSE.IT IS HAND CARVED WOOD AND IS IN A NEW DISTRESSED FRAME.THE CONDITION IS VERY GOOD.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures

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Pine

"Industry and Agriculture, " Allegorical WPA-Art Deco Sculpture with Male Figures
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This very fine and rare sculpture depicts two brawny figures -- one a half-nude worker with a gear in his hand, and the other a buckskin-clothed Pioneer with a rifle in his hand and ...
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Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Signed WPA Style Oil On Canvas Painting Of Boats In A Habor
By Bolus
Located in Chicago, IL
Colorful impressionistic oil on canvass painting of boats in a harbor. Greens, blues and reds comprise the majority of the color pallet. Nicely framed and signed Bolus.
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Vintage 1940s American Paintings

Materials

Wood, Canvas

WPA Era Painting of a Power Plant at the University of Cincinnati D Behm
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Wonderful WPA painting that captures the industrial realism of the 1930s. Oil on canvas, signed in
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Vintage 1930s American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Paint

WPA Styled Industrial Steel Mill Painting
By WPA
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A very well executed industrial steel mill painting with great light and shadowing depicting the pouring of molten metal with background details of the mill. This artwork shows the h...
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Mid-20th Century American Industrial Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Hand Painted Wooden W.P.A. Sign for City of New York, circa 1930
By WPA
Located in San Francisco, CA
About This is an original hand painted wooden sign from the WPA from the city of New York, USA
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Early 20th Century American Industrial Signs

Materials

Wood

W.P.A. Style Painting, Science, Politics Industry 1940s-1950s, Oil on Board
By WPA
Located in Buffalo, NY
Amazing W.P.A. style painting, trip-tic depicting science, politics industry, worker's, 1940s-1950s. Oil on board, measuring: 52" x 32". Attention to details. Unfortunately not signe...
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Paintings

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Wood, Paint

WPA Original Watercolor Painting, New York City, 1934 by WPA Artist Sewall
By Edward Sewall
Located in Palm Springs, CA
The tiny detail on this special pairing is unbelievable. By WPA Portland Oregon artist, Ed Sewall
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Vintage 1930s American Other Paintings

Materials

Paper

1930s WPA American School Shipyard Oil Painting
Located in Miami, FL
1930s WPA American School Shipyard Oil Painting Offered for sale is a 1930s WPA American School
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Vintage 1930s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings

Materials

Linen, Masonite, Oak, Paint

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