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JAMES THURBER (1894-1961)
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WASHINGTON SQUARE / OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION. 1935.
14x11 inches, 35
1
/
2
x28 cm. Irons-Snell Printing Co., New York.
Condition A- / B+: light foxing and staining along edges. Mounted on card. Matted and framed.
[400/600]
MCCLELLAND BARCLAY (1891-1943) & DON FREEMAN (1908-1978)
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WASHINGTON SQUARE / OUTDOOR ART EXHIBITION. Two posters. 1933-34.
Each 14x10 inches, 35
1
/
2
x25
1
/
2
cm.
Condition varies, generally B: staining in margins, image and text; minor abrasions at edges. Mounted on
card. Matted and framed.
Includes
May 27th-June 3rd
(1933), by Barclay and
Sept. 29-Oct. 7
(1934), by Freeman.
[400/600]
RICHARD H. JANSEN (1910-1988)
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RESETTLEMENT ADMINISTRATION / RURAL SLUMS ON WORN OUT LAND.
Circa 1935.
24x36
3
/
4
inches, 61x93
1
/
2
cm.
Condition A- / B+: repaired tears in margins; replaced loss in upper right corner. Framed.
The Resettlement Administration was a New Deal entity created in 1935 to help families affected by the
Great Depression, including those in the Dust Bowl. The organization had four divisions: Rural
Rehabilitation, Rural Resettlement, Land Utilization, and Suburban Resettlement. Its primary aim was
to move poor families into newly constructed communities. By 1937, the agency was deemed ineffective
and folded into the Farm Security Administration. Jansen, an artist born in Wisconsin, produced
paintings for the WPA that were exhibited around the country (primarily scenes from the Civilian
Conservation Corps). He was an official war artist during the Second World War, worked for the National
Park Service in the 1950s and was head illustrator for the Agricultural Department in the 1970s. Some
of his murals in North Carolina and Florida adorn public buildings to this day.
[2,000/3,000]
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