Swann Galleries: The Artists of the WPA, 2557, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- 02/04/2021 - 02/04/2021
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | (WPA PRESS PRINTS) | A selection of 12 vintage press and publicity photographs documenting the WPA, many with WPA signage, as well as FDR, Harry Hopkins, workers, and more. | Circa1936-41. | USD 1,000.00 - 2,000.00 | USD 1,000.00 | |
| 2 | HOWARD COOK (1901-1980) | Two woodcuts. Sun and Desolation. | 1926; 1926 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 813.00 | |
| 3 | HOWARD COOK (1901-1980) | Two etchings. New England Valley (The Valley). * Country Store. | 1928; 1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,210.00 | |
| 4 | KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-1977) | Visit Pennsylvania / Where Pre - Revolutionary Costumes Still Survive. | Circa1936.; | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,690.00 | |
| 5 | KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-1977) | Pennsylvania. Two posters. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,250.00 | ||
| 6 | KATHERINE MILHOUS (1894-1977) | Pennsylvania / The Little Red Schoolhouse. | Circa1939.; | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 594.00 | |
| 7 | ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) | Meditation. | 1929 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,188.00 | |
| 8 | ROCKWELL KENT (1882-1971) | And Now Where? | New York | 1936 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,375.00 |
| 9 | THOMAS HART BENTON (1889-1975) | White Calf. | New York | 1945 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,750.00 |
| 10 | JOHN STEUART CURRY (1897-1946) | Summer Afternoon. | New York | 1939 | USD 700.00 - 1,000.00 | USD 1,188.00 |
| 11 | CLAUDE CLARK (1915-2001) | Evening Meal. | 1941 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,000.00 | |
| 12 | BERNARD STEFFEN (1907-1980) | Blown Soil. | New York | 1935-43. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 1,950.00 |
| 13 | LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) | It's Fine For Us / Rural Electrification Administration. | 1939 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 14 | LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) | A Better Home / Rural Electrification Administration. | 1941 | USD 10,000.00 - 15,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 15 | LESTER BEALL (1903-1969) | When I Think Back / Rural Electrification Administration. | 1939 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 16 | MARION POST WOLCOTT (1910-1990) | An old Negro, vicinity of Camden, Alabama (The Whistler). | 1939; 1980s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,500.00 | |
| 17 | (FSA) | A selection of 8 photographs by Arthur Rothstein, Jack Delano, and Russell Lee. | 1935-42; 1970s. | USD 4,000.00 - 6,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 18 | CHARLES KRUTCH (1887-1981) | Men playing checkers, Red Bank, Tennessee, for the Tennessee Valley Authority. | 1935 | USD 600.00 - 900.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 19 | DOROTHEA LANGE (1895-1965) | Migrant Mother. | 1936; circa 1970. | USD 3,000.00 - 4,500.00 | USD 7,000.00 | |
| 20 | ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) | Dust Storm, Cimarron County, Oklahoma. | 1936; 1960s. | USD 2,500.00 - 3,500.00 | USD 3,900.00 | |
| 21 | ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) | Rally for the Townsend Plan, Kansas. | 1936; circa 1980. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 3,500.00 | |
| 22 | (MISSISSIPPI RIVER) | A group of 30 production stills from Pare Lorentz's The River. | 1938 | USD 8,000.00 - 12,000.00 | Not Sold | |
| 23 | ARTHUR ROTHSTEIN (1915-1985) | Post office, Nethers, Virginia. | 1935; 1970s. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 3,250.00 | |
| 24 | RUSSELL LEE (1903-1986) | Mother with three children in front of log house. | 1930s; | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 531.00 | |
| 25 | PETER SEKAER (1901-1950) | Old Fashioned Kitchen on Virginia Farm. | 1936 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,250.00 |
