Swann Galleries: The Artists of the WPA, 2727, New York

Auction Details

Auction Report
Auction Date
January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
Page Size: 302 items in 13 pages
Lot Number Author Name Book Title Place Printed Year Published Estimate Actual Price
276 Leon Bibel

Leon Bibel, At the Movies (Movie Theatre), 1938.

1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,302.00
277 Marion Greenwood

Marion Greenwood, Works on Paper, (Pair), circa 1959.

circa 1959. USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,452.00
278 Philip Reisman

Philip Reisman, God's Puppet, 1981.

1981 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 349.00
279 Gertrude Shibley

Gertrude Abrams Shibley, Musicians, circa 1950.

circa 1950. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,397.00
280 Fred Becker

Fred Becker, Jam Session, 1937.

1937 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 2,032.00
281 Peggy Bacon

Peggy Bacon, Dance at the League, 1919.

1919 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 3,168.00
282 Thomas Hart Benton

Thomas Hart Benton, The Music Lesson, 1943.

1943 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 3,302.00
283 Don Freeman

Don Freeman, (1908-1978), Saturday Night., Lithograph, 1934., Image: 9 1/2 x 12 1/4 in. (24.1 x 31.1 cm.), wide margins.

1934 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 1,270.00
284 Sam Swerdloff

Sam Swerdloff, Swingband, circa 1938.

circa 1938. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 889.00
285 Carl Hoeckner

Carl Hoeckner, Jazz Age, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 600.00 - 900.00 USD 924.00
286 Martin Rosenthal

Martin Rosenthal, Circus Performers.

USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 476.00
287 Letterio Calapai

Letterio Calapai, 11:45 P.M., 1947.

1947 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,397.00
288 William Sanger

William Sanger, World's Fair Panorama, 1938.

1938 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,048.00
289 Jerome Myers

Jerome Myers, The Three Mothers.

USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,244.00
290 Adolf Arthur Dehn

Adolf Dehn, Afternoon in Central Park, 1936.

1936 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,432.00
291 David Feinstein

David Feinstein, Reference Room, circa 1935-43.

circa 1935-43. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 2,286.00
292 Paul Cadmus

Paul Cadmus, Polo Spill (Aspects of Suburban Life), 1938.

1938 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,270.00
293 Richard Correll

Richard V. Correll, Overweights, circa 1939.

circa 1939. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 528.00
294 Joseph (1911) Vogel

Joseph Vogel, Basketball, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 3,048.00
295 Ches Cobb

Ches Cobb, Production Lines are Battle Lines, Circa 1942.

circa 1942. USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,413.00
296 Dodge

Dodge, Manchester Public Forums, circa 1940.

circa 1940. USD 500.00 - 750.00 Not Sold
297 William Gropper

William Gropper, Raised fists against Hitler, circa 1940.

circa 1940. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 2,640.00
298 William Gropper

William Gropper, Hitler hit from the West, East, and South, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,980.00
299 William Gropper

William Gropper, Hitler's hand pinched with pliers, circa 1940.

circa 1940. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 3,696.00
300 William Gropper

William Gropper, Soldier chase, circa 1940.

circa 1940. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,980.00
  • Forum Auctions
    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Book of Hours.- Heures a lusaige de Romme, printed on vellum, with 14 full-page illuminated miniatures, Paris, N. Higman for J. de Brie, [c.1521]. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: France.- Book of Hours, perhaps Use of the Abbey of Saint-Gildas de Rhuys, with thirteen miniatures surviving from an original cycle of at least twenty, [c. 1430]. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Milton (John). Paradise lost. A Poem in Ten Books, first edition, Pforzheimer's sixth state, S. Simmons, 1669. £8,000-12,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Blake (William). Illustrations of the Book of Job, one of 215 first issue "Proof" copies, this one of 65 copies on "French" paper, Published by the Author, March 8, 1825 [but March, 1826]. £15,000-20,000
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    Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper
    26th March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 26: Christie (Agatha). The ABC Murders, first edition, The Crime Club, 1936. £15,000-20,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Halley (Edmund). Astronomiae Cometicae Synopsis, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, no. 297, pp.1882-99, March 1705. £10,000-15,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Haytham (Ibn al) [known as Alhazen]. Opticae Thesaurus...Item Vitellonis Thuringopoloni libri X..., first edition, Basel, August, 1572. £20,000-30,000
    Forum, Mar. 26: Kepler (Johannes). Dioptrice seu demonstratio eorum quae visui & visibilibus propter conspicilla non ita pridem inventa accidunt, first edition, Augsburg, David Frank, 1611. £12,000-18,000
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Andrews (H.C.) Coloured Engravings of Heaths, 4 vol. in 2, first edition, [1710,--94]-1802-1809-[1830]. £10,000 - £15,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- Cramer (Pierre) and Caspar Stoll. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in de drie Waereld-Deelen…,, 5 vol., Amsterdam & Utrecht, 1779-91. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Voyages.- Darwin (Charles) and others. Narrative of the Surveying Voyages of His Majesty's Ships Adventure and Beagle, 3 vol. in 4, including Appendix to vol.2, first edition, 1839. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Butterflies.- de Graaf (Willem Diederik Vincent). [Inlandsche Kapellen in beeld], 170 fine original watercolours, [Enkhuizen], [1800-40]. £8,000 - £12,000.
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Dresser (Henry Eeles). A History of the Birds of Europe, 9 vol., including supplement, first edition, by the author, 1871-96. £6,000 - £8,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Zoology.- Felines.- Elliot (Daniel Giraud). A Monograph of the Felidæ or Family of the Cats, first edition, for the Subscribers, by the Author, [1878]-1883. £25,000 - £30,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Frisch (Johann Leonard). Vorstellung der Vögel Deutschlandes, 2 vol., first edition, Berlin, Friedr. Wilhelm Birnsteil, [1736]-1763. £40,000 - £60,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Birds.- Gould (John). The Birds of Great Britain, 5 vol., first edition, by the author, 1862-1873. £30,000 - £40,000.
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    Natural History: The remaining stock of Antiquariaat Junk, 1899-2026
    25 March 2026
    Forum, Mar. 25: Pomology.- France.- Poiteau (A.) Pomologie Française. Recueil des Plus Beaux Fruits cultivés en France, 4 vol., Paris, 1846. £30,000 - £40,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- [Robin (Jean)]. Histoire des Plantes, nouvellement trouvées en l'Isle Virgine…,, 1620; with Geoffrey Linocier L'Histoire des plantes, second edition, 1619-20. £3,000 - £4,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Japan.- Siebold (P.F. von). Nippon. Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, 7 parts in 6 vol., first edition, Leyden, [1832]-1852. £35,000 - £45,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Asia.- Valentijn (Francois). Oud en Nieuw Oost-Indiën..., 5 vol. in 8, first edition, Dordrecht [&] Amsterdam, 1724-26. £8,000 - £12,000.
    Forum, Mar. 25: Botany.- Australia.- Redouté (P.J.).- Ventenat (Étienne Pierre). Jardin de la Malmaison, 2 vol.,, Paris, 1803-04[-05]. £30,000 - £40,000.