Feb 04, 2021 - Sale 2557

Sale 2557 - Lot 158

Price Realized: $ 1,250
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

HYMAN WARSAGER (1909-1974)


Two prints.
Beach Scene at Sea Gate, color screenprint. 355x510 mm; 14x20 inches, full margins. Edition of approximately 25. Signed and titled in pencil. Circa 1937 * Boating, color woodcut. 323x375 mm; 12 3/4x14 3/4 inches, full margins. Artist's proof, aside from the edition of approximately 25. Circa 1939. Both published by the New York City WPA.

Very good impressions.

Warsager joined the WPA Graphics division in 1935 and became one of the earliest artists to use the screenprint as a fine art medium. Like many artists of the time, Warsager was active in social and political causes, seeking an end to racism and injustice. Warsager's experiments in printmaking continued throughout his career.