WILLIAM GROPPER PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH TITLED "SOCIAL REALIST"

Description: ARTIST PENCIL SIGNED: WILLIAM GROPPERFeatured at Smithsonian American Art Museum. Also Known as Bill GropperBorn in New York, New York on 1897. Died in Manhasset, New York on1977.Active in Croton-on-Hudson, New York. Cartoonist and social realist painter who studied with Robert Henri and George Bellows. Often compared with Honoré Daumier, Gropper was a satirical cartoonist for the New York Tribune. He contributed to Vanity Fair, as well as to more radical publications such as the Masses and the Liberator, and to two Communist publications—Freiheit and the Daily Worker. Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995) William Gropper’s parents were Jewish immigrants who worked in the sweatshops of New York City’s garment district. Their dignity in the face of hardship influenced their oldest son, who wrote that “I’m from the old school, defending the underdog.” (Klaidman, “William Gropper, 79, Painter and Radical Cartoonist Dies,” The Washington Post, January 9, 1977). As a teenager Gropper attended an experimental socialist school and took art courses with Robert Henri and George Bellows. Their respect for working people inspired Gropper to express his radical politics in cartoons. After winning several prizes for his drawings he took a job with the New York Tribune, but his bosses discovered his contributions to left-wing magazines and fired him. In 1937, Gropper had his first show and the New Yorker magazine described him as “one of the most accomplished, as well as one of the most significant artists of our generation.” During the “Red scare” of the postwar years, conservatives grew suspicious of his images lambasting the rich and powerful. Gropper was asked to appear before the McCarthy Senate permanent investigations subcommittee, where he took the Fifth Amendment. He was branded a Communist and saw several of his gallery shows cancelled. This experience did nothing to stop the artist from making satirical images about war, prejudice, greed, and exploitation into his late seventies. (Steinberg, intro. to Sorini, William Gropper Etchings, 1998) THE LITHOGRAPH IS APPROX. 15 INCHES HIGH X 19 INCHES WIDE. THE FRAME IS APPROX. 23.5 INCHES HIGH X 27.5 INCHES WIDE. PLEASE LOOK OVER THE LITHOGRAPH AND FRAME CAREFULLY. LET THE PICTURES DETERMINE YOUR INTEREST.Disclaimer: Due to some differences in computer settings, the color may not appear exactly as it does in the painting. So, please be wary of that. PLEASE: ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING. WE WILL NOT SEND THE GLASS WITH THE FRAME. WE WILL ONLY SEND THE FRAME IN ORDER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ITEM GETS TO YOU WITHOUT ANY DAMAGE. IF YOU WANT THE GLASS, LET US KNOW, BUT IT IS NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY IF THE GLASS BREAKS DURING SHIPPING. As your satisfaction is our number one priority, please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns if you are not completely satisfied with the quality, age, condition and or authenticity of every piece that is sold. We can be contacted through eBay messages and we will reply ASAP. Payments: Payment must be received within TWO (2) days of receiving an invoice. PayPal payments are a MUST and if payment, or contact from the buyer, isn't received within TWO (2) days, an eBay dispute will be opened. This dispute will be closed within FOUR (4) days after being opened and the item will be re-listed. Shipping: As a requirement of eBay, we will make sure that we alert you with the tracking details within 24 hours of receiving payment from your end. If you pay with Paypal: We can only ship to the address listed on your eBay invoice or on your Paypal payment. If you have a special address that your item needs to be shipped to, it must be reflected in one of these places, or we cannot ship it there. We are not protected by Paypal’s Seller Protection Policy if we ship to an address that is not reflected in eBay or Paypal’s system. Buyers: The shipping calculator on the auction is an estimate and actual charges will be figured at the close of each auction. Please contact us with any problems before leaving a Feedback & DSR Star Rating! I promise you, we can solve any problems with the high bidder’s satisfaction. Thank you for your interest in our auctions!

Price: 750 USD

Location: Blue Bell, Pennsylvania

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