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
51 Arthur Rothstein

Arthur Rothstein, Girl at Gee's Bend, Alabama, 1937; printed circa 1980.

1937; printed circa 1980. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 4,826.00
52 Mabel Dwight

Mabel Dwight, Lonely House, 1938.

1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,016.00
53 Ada (1898) Gabriel

Ada V. Gabriel, Tree-lined Road, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 412.00
54 Dox Thrash

Dox Thrash, Mount Zion, circa 1939-41.

circa 1939-41. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 3,810.00
55 Joseph Solman

Joseph Solman, Untitled (Rural House with Sign), circa 1940.

circa 1940. USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 USD 1,524.00
56 Beatrice Mandelman

Beatrice Mandelman, The White Church, circa 1941.

circa 1941. USD 700.00 - 900.00 USD 3,810.00
57 Howard Norton Cook

Howard Cook, Greetings from the House of Weyhe, 1929.

1929 USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 Not Sold
58 Todros Geller

Todros Geller, Towers, 1932.

1932 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,206.00
59 James Penney

James Penney, Crosstown Street - Trucks in the Rain, 1935.

1935 USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 762.00
60 Fritz Eichenberg

Fritz Eichenberg, City Lights, 1934.

1934 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,079.00
61 Mortimer Borne

Mortimer Borne, L Fulton Street, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 539.00
62 Ruth Chaney

Ruth Chaney, Elevated, circa 1935.

circa 1935. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 952.00
63 S. L. Margolies

Samuel Margolies, Fifty-Ninth and Fifth, 1936.

1936 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,651.00
64 Adolf Arthur Dehn

Adolf Dehn, Lower Manhattan, 1936.

1936 USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 USD 698.00
65 Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott, Cropsey Avenue #2442, Brooklyn, NY, October 1936.

1936 USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 1,397.00
66 Ruth Chaney

Ruth Chaney, Modern Ruins, circa 1936-38.

circa 1936-38. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 1,270.00
67 Beulah Stevenson

Beulah Stevenson, Brooklyn, NY, circa 1938.

circa 1938. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 4,064.00
68 Leon Bibel

Leon Bibel, Upper Harlem River.

USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 7,112.00
69 Jules Halfant

Jules Halfant, Harlem Shop, 1937.

1937 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 2,159.00
70 Charles Surendorf

Charles Frederick Surendorf, Russian Town - San Francisco, 1937.

1937 USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 762.00
71 Berenice Abbott

Berenice Abbott, Grand Street, 605 to 609, Manhattan, April 1937.

April 1937. USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 USD 2,794.00
72 Leon Bibel

Leon Bibel, Railway Station, 1938.

1938 USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 USD 1,143.00
73 Mortimer Borne

Mortimer Borne, East 42nd Street, 1938.

1938 USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 USD 1,206.00
74 Albert (1906) Gold

Albert Gold, Sunday Trolley, circa 1940.

circa 1940. USD 500.00 - 700.00 USD 571.00
75 Daniel Ralph Celentano

Daniel Ralph Celentano, 125th Street, circa 1940.

circa 1940. USD 600.00 - 800.00 USD 1,778.00
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