Feb 04, 2021 - Sale 2557

Sale 2557 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 1,300
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

MINNIE LOIS MURPHY (1901-1962)


Side Show, Coney Island.
Wood engraving. 228x166 mm; 9x7 inches, full margins. Signed and inscribed "Ed 60"" in person, lower margin. Circa 1935.

A very good impression.

Born in Lyons, Kansas, Murphy moved to New York to attend Columbia University and the Art Students League. She worked as a painter, designer, and illustrator and was employed by the WPA Federal Arts Project from 1936 to 1937, creating 14 prints during her tenure.