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  • liveFebruary 4, 2021 12:00 PM EST
  • New York, NY, US

THE ARTISTS OF THE WPA

235 lots

      (WPA PRESS PRINTS) A select... image

      1: (WPA PRESS PRINTS) A selection of 12 vintage press and publicity photographs documenting the WPA, many with WPA signage, as well as FDR

      Estimate: $1,000 - $2,000
      Sold:$1,000
      HOWARD COOK (1901-1980) Two... image

      2: HOWARD COOK (1901-1980) Two woodcuts.

      Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
      Sold:$813
      HOWARD COOK (1901-1980) Two... image

      3: HOWARD COOK (1901-1980) Two etchings.

      Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
      Sold:$2,210
      KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-197... image

      4: KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-1977) Visit Pennsylvania / Where Pre - Revolutionary Costumes Still Survive.

      Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
      Sold:$1,690
      KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-197... image

      5: KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-1977) Pennsylvania. Two posters.

      Estimate: $1,200 - $1,800
      Sold:$2,250
      KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-197... image

      6: KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-1977) Pennsylvania / The Little Red Schoolhouse.

      Estimate: $800 - $1,200
      Sold:$594
      ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) M... image

      7: ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) Meditation.

      Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
      Sold:$1,188
      ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) A... image

      8: ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) And Now Where?

      Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
      Sold:$1,375
      THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-19... image

      9: THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) White Calf.

      Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
      Sold:$1,750
      JOHN STEUART CURRY (1897-19... image

      10: JOHN STEUART CURRY (1897-1946) Summer Afternoon.

      Estimate: $700 - $1,000
      Sold:$1,188
      CLAUDE CLARK (1915-2001) Ev... image

      11: CLAUDE CLARK (1915-2001) Evening Meal.

      Estimate: $2,000 - $3,000
      Sold:$2,000
      BERNARD STEFFEN (1907-1980)... image

      12: BERNARD STEFFEN (1907-1980) Blown Soil.

      Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
      Sold:$1,950
      LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) It... image

      13: LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) It's Fine For Us / Rural Electrification Administration.

      Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
      Passed
      LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) A ... image

      14: LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) A Better Home / Rural Electrification Administration.

      Estimate: $10,000 - $15,000
      Passed
      LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) Wh... image

      15: LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) When I Think Back / Rural Electrification Administration.

      Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
      Passed
      MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1... image

      16: MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990) An old Negro, vicinity of Camden, Alabama (The Whistler).

      Estimate: $1,500 - $2,500
      Sold:$1,500
      (FSA) A selection of 8 phot... image

      17: (FSA) A selection of 8 photographs by Arthur Rothstein, Jack Delano, and Russell Lee.

      Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
      Passed
      CHARLES KRUTCH (1887-1981) ... image

      18: CHARLES KRUTCH (1887-1981) Men playing checkers, Red Bank, Tennessee, for the Tennessee Valley Authority.

      Estimate: $600 - $900
      Sold:$3,250
      DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) ... image

      19: DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) Migrant Mother.

      Estimate: $3,000 - $4,500
      Sold:$7,000
      ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985... image

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

      Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
      Sold:$3,900