Art of the Works Progress Administration WPA

Berenice Abbott
August Pingpank Barber Shop, 413 Bleecker Street
gelatin silver print on paper
12 1/8 in. x 9 5/8 in. ( 30.8 cm x 24.4 cm )
Gift of Two Friends of the Museum
Ray Bertrand
Women's College, San Francisco
lithograph on paper
9 in x 11 11/16 in (22.86 cm x 29.69 cm);9 in x 11 11/16 in (22.86 cm x 29.69 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Around and behind a central image of a sewing machine are overlapping images of people, ships, a building fire, the Statue of Liberty, and small blocks of text.
Ida Abelman
My Father Reminisces
lithograph on paper
14 9/16 in x 18 7/16 in (36.99 cm x 46.83 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Joseph Vogel
Dead End
lithograph on paper
11 15/16 in x 18 in (30.32 cm x 45.72 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
American
Beside the Lake
lithograph on paper
14 ¼ in x 18 3/10 in (36.2 cm x 46.51 cm)
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration, New Deal art project
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Eleanor Coen
Skyline
lithograph on paper
14 11/16 in x 12 3/16 in (37.31 cm x 30.96 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
;Small bowl with light decoration and tan glaze.
Eleanor Coen
Haystack
lithograph on paper
11 4/5 in x 14 ⅞ in (30 cm x 37.78 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Mabel Dwight
Merchano—Marvel of the Age
print on paper
16 in x 11 1/2 in (40.6 cm x 29.2 cm);16 in x 20 1/16 in (40.7 cm x 51 cm)
Museum Purchase made possible by the Friends of the Museum of Art
Mabel Dwight
Self-Portrait
lithograph on paper
15 ¾ in x 11 3/10 in (40.01 cm x 28.73 cm);22 1/16 in x 18 ⅛ in (56.04 cm x 46.04 cm);10 9/16 in x 8 3/10 in (26.83 cm x 21.11 cm)
Museum purchase made possible by the Alfred E. Pernt Memorial Fund in honor of Doctor of Technical Sciences Max H. J. Pernt and his wife Anna Pernt (née Mueller)
Mabel Dwight
Convent, Staten Island
lithograph on paper
9 4/5 in x 13 ⅛ in (24.92 cm x 33.34 cm)
Courtesy of the Fine Arts Collection, U.S. General Services Administration, New Deal art project
Mabel Dwight
Lonely House
lithograph on paper
9 ¾ in x 13 4/5 in (24.77 cm x 35.08 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects
Mabel Dwight
Christmas Tree
lithograph on paper
10 ¼ in x 13 11/16 in (26.04 cm x 34.77 cm)
Allocated by the U.S. Government Commissioned through the New Deal art projects

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175 Collection Object Sources

Dead End (1943.140)
Skyline (1943.19)
Haystack (1943.18)
Self-Portrait (1986/2.111)
Lonely House (1943.33)
Mining Town (1943.43)
Here Lies- (1943.58)
Jungle (1949/1.127)
Tropical Storm (1953/2.50)
Hardware Store (2011/2.5)
Tenant Farm (1938.15)
The Fair Sex (1935.10)
Fish Day (1943.93)
Jamaica Bay (1943.95)
Railroad Yard (1943.103)
Spade Fish (1943.133)
Mine Accident (1943.114)
Battery (1943.20)
Card Game (1943.50)
Ku Kluxers (1943.73)
Mother Leopard (1943.124)
Solicitations (1943.141)
Basketball (1943.139)
Seated Nude (1943.60)
Old Man (1943.128)
In the Park (1943.83)
Auto Wreck (1943.89)
Waterfront (1943.30)
Flynn's Barn (1943.81)
Jo (1943.104)
Head (1943.21)
Road (1943.135)
Clothes Shop (1943.82)
Open Air Barber (1983/2.27)
Ward Heelers (1943.105)
Paving (1943.75)
Coal Country (1943.147)
Farm Yard (1943.118)
Starvation (1943.131)
Girl Sewing (1943.119)
Harlem Dancers (1943.100)
Sea Wall (1943.143)
Roof Scene (1943.31)
Coal Docks (1943.91)
Crabbing (1943.99)
Balance (1943.80)
Bedtime (1943.74)
Near Kingston (1943.136)
Workman (1943.101)
Noon (1943.148)
Underpass (1943.112)
Soldier (1943.106)
House, Maine (1943.44)
Snow and Sun (1943.146)
Railroaders (1943.126)
Sonora Way (1943.134)
The Mansion (1943.16)
Backstage (1943.137)
Street (1935.16)
Man Sleeping (1943.25)
Quincy Mine (1935.1)
Landscape (1943.94)
Brown Toast (1943.49)
Railroad Track (1943.129)
Axman (1935.3)
Lenox Avenue (1943.63)
We Sings (1943.56)
Bridge (1943.64)
Winter (1943.57)
March (1943.52)
The Storm (1943.55)
Musician (1943.85)
Fall Day (1943.34)
Spring (1943.37)
Houses (1943.107)
Up the Road (1943.123)
Amphitheatre (1935.15)
Pike Street (1943.46)
Village (1943.45)
Rain (1943.36)
Road End (1943.77)
Autumn (1943.24)
Cuyahoga (1943.68)
Chow (1935.4)
Chicago River (1943.138)
River Boat (1943.149)
Twin Peaks (1943.108)
Icy Street (1935.7)
Hay Baling (1943.35)
Farm Scene (1943.121)
Well in Taos (1943.132)
Drummer (1943.5)
An Incident (1943.122)

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