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  • liveFebruary 16, 2023 12:00 PM EST
  • New York, NY, US

THE ARTISTS OF THE WPA

by Swann Auction Galleries

261 lots

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        Artists
        EDWARD LANING (1906-1981) B... image

        1: EDWARD LANING (1906-1981) Black Friday.

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$2,800
        EDWARD LANING (1906-1981) S... image

        2: EDWARD LANING (1906-1981) Study for Black Friday: Richard Whitney and the Stock Exchange.

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$3,000
        HANSEL MIETH (1909-1998) Un... image

        3: HANSEL MIETH (1909-1998) Unemployed father with son at Worker's Alliance Meeting, North Platte, Neb.

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$2,600
        ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985... image

        4: ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma.

        Estimate: $1,400 - $1,800
        Sold:$3,200
        JACK DELANO (1914-1997) Man... image

        5: JACK DELANO (1914-1997) Man speaking to group * Workers from the nearby powder plant having dinner at their boarding house in Childersb

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Passed
        RAPHAEL SOYER (1899-1987) T... image

        6: RAPHAEL SOYER (1899-1987) The Mission.

        Estimate: $6,000 - $9,000
        Sold:$8,000
        REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954) ... image

        7: REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954) Bread Line— No One Has Starved.

        Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
        Sold:$15,000
        RUSSELL LEE (1903-1986) Ent... image

        8: RUSSELL LEE (1903-1986) Entrance to courthouse, Gatesville, Texas * Courthouse, Gatesville, Texas * Old timers in front of courthouse,

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$800
        WILLIAM GROPPER (1897-1977)... image

        9: WILLIAM GROPPER (1897-1977) Uprooted.

        Estimate: $150 - $250
        Sold:$350
        JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951) Two ... image

        10: JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951) Two etchings.

        Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
        Sold:$900
        JOSEPH HIRSCH (1910-1981) S... image

        11: JOSEPH HIRSCH (1910-1981) Sleeping Beggar.

        Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
        Passed
        THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-19... image

        12: THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) (after) Homecoming—Kaw Valley.

        Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
        Sold:$3,000
        GEORGES SCHREIBER (1904-197... image

        13: GEORGES SCHREIBER (1904-1977) Two lithographs.

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$2,600
        THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-19... image

        14: THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) Flood.

        Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
        Sold:$2,000
        HUGO GELLERT (1892-1985) Th... image

        15: HUGO GELLERT (1892-1985) Three prints.

        Estimate: $400 - $600
        Sold:$800
        JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951) Bonf... image

        16: JOHN SLOAN (1871-1951) Bonfire.

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Passed
        DON FREEMAN (1908-1978) Ele... image

        17: DON FREEMAN (1908-1978) Election Night, Times Square.

        Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
        Sold:$1,800
        THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-19... image

        18: THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) Strike.

        Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
        Sold:$8,000
        JOHN STEUART CURRY (1897-19... image

        19: JOHN STEUART CURRY (1897-1946) Manhunt.

        Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
        Sold:$550
        SARA BERMAN BEACH (1890-197... image

        20: SARA BERMAN BEACH (1890-1978) William L. Patterson calls for Clemency for the Rosenbergs.

        Estimate: $600 - $800
        Sold:$4,200