"DRESSING ROOM" by WILLIAM GROPPER (1897-1977) OIL PAINTING - AMERICAN PAINTER - VALUE $ 6500.00 Start Price USD 3,700.00 Current Price USD 3,700.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 4,500.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, June 29, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 06, 2008 Location Boca Raton, FL See more about '"DRESSING ROOM" by WILLIAM GROPPER (1897-1977) ' Description beinit6 Store WILLIAM GROPPER, AN AMERICAN PAINTER AND CARTOONIST, WAS BORN IN NEW YORK CITY. HE STUDIED PAINTING UNDER HENRI AND BELLOWS. HE WAS EMPLOYED AS A CARTOONIST BY THE NEW YORK TRIBUNE AND THEN BECAME A LEADING PAINTER OF THE 1920'S & '30'S, HIS WORKS BEING PRIMARILY CONCERNED WITH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND CLASS INEQUITIES. GROPPER IS ALSO KNOWN FOR HIS MURALS, SUCH AS THOSE IN THE DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR BUILDING, WASHINGTON, D.C. AND THE SENATE. HE IS ALSO IN THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART IN NEW YORK CITY. HIS WORKS ARE CHARACTERISTIC OF HIS BOLD SATIRIC STYLE. HIS WORKS ARE IN THE FOLLOWING MUSEUMS: BUTLER INSTITUTE OF AMERICAN ART, OHIO; FINE ARTS MUSEUM OF SAN FRANCISCO; HIRSHHORN MUSEUM & SCULPTURE GARDEN AND THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART, WASHINGTON, D.C.; THE ADDISON GALLERY OF AMERICAN ART, MASSACHUSETTS; ART GALLERY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER; CANTON MUSEUM OF ART & CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART IN OHIO; HARVARD UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM, MASSACHUSETTS; LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART; MUSEUM OF COMIC & CARTOON ART, NEW YORK CITY; U.S. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS, WASHINGTON, D.C.; VIRTUAL MUSEUM OF CANADA AND THE WALKER ART CENTER IN MINNESOTA. DIMENSIONS: ARTWORK: 18" X 14"; FRAMED: 23 1/4" X 19 1/4" ON THE BACK OF THE ARTWORK THERE IS A LABEL OF THE ASSOCIATED AMERICAN ARTISTS OF NEW YORK CITY, REFERRING TO MR. WILLIAM GROPPER AT HIS THEN ADDRESS. SOLD WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY Place a Bid!