Swann Galleries: The Artists of the WPA, 2727, New York
Auction Details
- Auction Date
- January 29, 2026 - January 29, 2026
| Lot Number | Author Name | Book Title | Place Printed | Year Published | Estimate | Actual Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 76 | Erle Loran | Erle Loran, San Francisco Bay, 1940. |
1940 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 77 | Armin Landeck | Armin Landeck, West 41st Street, NY, circa 1940. |
circa 1940. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 3,556.00 | |
| 78 | Gerardo Belfiore | Gerardo Belfiore, Southbound, circa 1935. |
circa 1935. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,778.00 | |
| 79 | Leon Bibel | Leon Bibel, Archway, 1939. |
1939 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 2,540.00 | |
| 80 | Anthony Velonis | Anthony Velonis, Side Street, circa 1939. |
circa 1939. | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 444.00 | |
| 81 | Beatrice Mandelman | Beatrice Mandelman, Rockport, Mass, 1938. |
1938 | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 792.00 | |
| 82 | Albert Pels | Albert Pels, Children Playing Soldiers (Boom, Boom, Your Dead), 1948. |
1948 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 83 | Philip Reisman | Philip Reisman, A Pair of Watercolors. |
USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 1,079.00 | ||
| 84 | Stuyvesant VanVeen | Stuyvesant Van Veen, New York Police Headquarters, 1963. |
1963 | USD 500.00 - 700.00 | USD 381.00 | |
| 85 | Daniel Ralph Celentano | Daniel Ralph Celentano, Untitled (Strike Breakers), circa 1934. |
circa 1934. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 952.00 | |
| 86 | Leonard Pytlak | Leonard Pytlak, 14th Street - May Day, circa 1934. |
circa 1934. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | Not Sold | |
| 87 | Don Freeman | Don Freeman, (1908-1978), To See the Mayor, 1937. |
1937 | USD 600.00 - 800.00 | USD 889.00 | |
| 88 | Designer Unknown | Designer Unknown, The State Forests / Pennsylvania, 1930s. |
1930s. | USD 400.00 - 600.00 | USD 476.00 | |
| 89 | Richard H. Jansen | Richard H. Jansen, Resettlement Administration / Rural Slums on Worn Out Land, circa 1935. |
circa 1935. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 90 | Ben Shahn | Ben Shahn, Warning! / Inflation Means Depression, 1946. |
1946 | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,794.00 | |
| 91 | Lester Thomas Beall | Lester Thomas Beall, Cross Out Slums, 1941. |
1941 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 5,334.00 | |
| 92 | Lester Thomas Beall | Lester Thomas Beall, Slums Breed Crime, 1941. |
1941 | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,320.00 | |
| 93 | Arthur Rothstein | Arthur Rothstein, Rally for the Townsend Plan, Kansas, 1936, (printed circa 1980). |
1936, (printed circa 1980). | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 990.00 | |
| 94 | Charles Krutch | Charles Krutch, Downstream Face of the Wheeler Dam * Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Fertilizer Plant, Muscle Shoals, AL, 1930s. |
1930s. | USD 1,200.00 - 1,800.00 | USD 1,016.00 | |
| 95 | Charles Krutch | Charles Krutch, Generator Hall of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Pickwick Landing Dam on the Tennessee River, 1933. |
1933 | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | USD 1,397.00 | |
| 96 | An archive of more than 150 photographs documenting construction of the Grand Coulee Dam, 1934-45. |
1934-45. | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | Not Sold | ||
| 97 | Harry Sternberg | Harry Sternberg, Construction, 1932. |
1932 | USD 2,000.00 - 3,000.00 | USD 7,112.00 | |
| 98 | Seymour Fogel | Seymour Fogel, Untitled, (Industry), circa 1930s. |
circa 1930s. | USD 1,500.00 - 2,500.00 | Not Sold | |
| 99 | Harry Gottlieb | Harry Gottlieb, Coal Mine Country, circa 1935. |
circa 1935. | USD 1,000.00 - 1,500.00 | USD 2,032.00 | |
| 100 | Harry Francis Mack | Harry Francis Mack, Night Work, circa 1935. |
circa 1935. | USD 800.00 - 1,200.00 | USD 792.00 |
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