Maurice Becker Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Maurice Becker Art Value Price Guide

Jun. 28, 2024
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Jun. 05, 2024
Maurice Becker
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
(Russia, New York/Mexico, 1889-1975) Diana and the Hunters, 1940, signed and dated lower left 'Maurice Becker 40', signed and titled on original backing board verso 'Diana & The Hunters/by Maurice Becker', watercolor on paper, sight 51/4 x 6-3/4 in.; carved gilt wood frame, 14-3/4 x 15-3/4 in. Provenance: The Collection of Clare and Jared Edwards, West Hartford, Connecticut
Brunk Auctions
Nov. 12, 2023
Maurice Becker. Outdoor gathering. Watercolor painting. 1956. Framed under glass. Signed lower center. Sight: 10.5 x 14.5in. Overall: 17.5 x 21.5in.
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice Becker. Outdoor gathering. Watercolor painting. 1956. Framed under glass. Signed lower center. Sight: 10.5 x 14.5in. Overall: 17.5 x 21.5in.
Tremont Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico (1889-1975), Paul Robeson circa 1955, watercolor on paper postcard, 3 1/4"H x 5 1/2"W
Est: $100 - $200
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico, (1889-1975) Paul Robeson circa 1955 watercolor on paper postcard Signed and titled lower left. Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico / Russia (1889 - 1975), Seward Park, 1912, graphite on paper, 6 3/4"H x 6"W
Est: $200 - $300
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico / Russia, (1889 - 1975) Seward Park, 1912 graphite on paper Signed, titled and dated lower right. Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico / Russia (1889 - 1975), Seagulls, 1944, watercolor on paper, 15"H x 20"W
Est: $300 - $400
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico / Russia, (1889 - 1975) Seagulls, 1944 watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower left. Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 07, 2023
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico / Russia (1889 - 1975), Fair Grounds, 1931, watercolor on paper, 11 1/4"H x 15 1/2"W
Est: $300 - $400
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico / Russia, (1889 - 1975) Fair Grounds, 1931 watercolor on paper Signed and dated lower right, titled lower left. Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Oct. 06, 2023
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Sep. 21, 2023
MAURICE BECKER The Cove.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
MAURICE BECKER The Cove. Oil on masonite, 1942. 151x201 mm; 6x7 7/8 inches. Signed and dated in oil, lower right recto, and signed, dated and titled in oil, verso. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist; Private collection, New Jersey.
Swann Auction Galleries
Sep. 13, 2023
MAURICE BECKER (Russian-American)
Est: $300 - $500
MAURICE BECKER (Russian-American, 1889-1975), ''Neon Lighting'', 1936, oil on masonite, signed, dated and titled on board verso. Board 17-1/4''h, 13-3/4''w.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Feb. 03, 2023
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Dec. 17, 2022
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico (1889-1975), On the Beach, 1927, Oil on canvas, 19 1/2" x 25 1/2", 24 1/2" x 29 1/2" (frame)
Est: $300 - $400
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico, (1889-1975) On the Beach, 1927 Oil on canvas Signed and dated (1927?) lower left. Biography from the Archives of askART: Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young. Source: http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTbecker.htm http://xroads.virginia.edu/MUSEUM/Armory/galleryL/becker.765.html http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm http://www.graphicwitness.org/ineye/reading.htm
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 17, 2022
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico (1889-1975), Jockey, Horse Race, 1934, impasto oil on canvas board, 10" x 14", 17" x 21" (frame)
Est: $300 - $400
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico, (1889-1975) Jockey, Horse Race, 1934 impasto oil on canvas board signed upper right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 17, 2022
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico (1889-1975), seascape with figures on shore, oil on board, 13" x 24", 18 1/2" x 29 1/2" (frame)
Est: $300 - $400
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico, (1889-1975) seascape with figures on shore oil on board signed upper right Biography from the Archives of askART: Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Dec. 17, 2022
Maurice Becker, New York / Mexico (1889-1975), Harlequins, watercolor on paper
Est: $140 - $250
Maurice Becker New York / Mexico, (1889-1975) Harlequins watercolor on paper signed and titled lower bottom. Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 04, 2022
Maurice Becker, New York (1889 - 1975), East Side Vegetable Vendor, 1943, oil on wood panel, 22"H x 17 3/4"W
Est: $500 - $700
Maurice Becker New York, (1889 - 1975) East Side Vegetable Vendor, 1943 oil on wood panel signed upper right. Unframed. From the Archives of askArt: Maurice Becker, painter, political cartoonist and social reformer, was born in 1889 either in Gorky or Niznij Novgorod, in Russia. His family came to the United States in 1892, to New York City. After high school, Becker worked in a clothing factory. He studied with Ash Can School artist Robert Henri in 1908, and exhibited in the famous 1913 Armory Show in New York City when he was only twenty-four years of age. At the Armory show, Becker showed a drawing of a dog's head, sketched in charcoal on a sheet of newspaper. But he became known for black and white drawings expressing his intense feelings about what he saw as injustices in America, and with the advent of World War I, his strong anti-war position. These drawings appeared in left-wing publications like The Daily Worker, The Masses, Liberator, and New Solidarity. Becker knew artist John Sloan, who was editor of The Masses, so Sloan published drawings such as Becker's Ammunition in the June 1914 issue depicting human beings being shot from cannons. His drawing of a wounded soldier in bed being told by a nurse, "Don't be discouraged. The doctor says you'll be back on the firing line in a week," appeared in The Masses in December 1914. A pacifist belonging to the American Union Against Militarism, Becker was sentenced to twenty-five years at hard labor when the United States entered the War and Becker was drafted and refused to fight. He was released in 1919 when Woodrow Wilson declared an amnesty for conscientious objectors. Becker was a supporter of Women's Suffrage with drawings such as They Ain't Our Equals Yet! depicting gross characters of American capitalism. His Americanizing the Alien, from the January 1920 issue of New Solidarity has Uncle Sam transferring a new brain to a man with the top of his skull hinged back. Becker lived for a number of years in Mexico where he continued to produce political cartoons while emphasizing his painting. Florence, a small oil painted in 1932, is a loosely brushed, intense characterization of a young woman wearing a hat. Maurice Becker died in Scranton, Pennsylvania in 1975. There are extensive bibliographical listings and books of drawings by Maurice Becker online and in the library of Michigan State University, East Lansing at http://www.lib.msu.edu/comics/rri/brri/beck.htm. Art and Politics by Richard Fitzgerald, published in 1973 by Greenwood Press, evaluates the work of Maurice Becker and four other politically oriented artists like K.R. Chamberlain, Robert Minor, John Sloan and Art Young.
Ripley Auctions
Jun. 03, 2022
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Jun. 12, 2021
Maurice Becker (American, 1889 - 1975), Trinidad, oil on Masonite, signed and dated upper left: Maurice Becker, 59; titled and dated...
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice Becker (American, 1889 - 1975), Trinidad, oil on Masonite, signed and dated upper left: Maurice Becker, 59; titled and dated on the reverse, 28 1/4" x 36", inscribed: Washington Irving Gallery, on the reverse.
Nadeau's Auction Gallery
Jun. 04, 2021
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Feb. 18, 2021
Maurice Becker (attrib.), Impressionist painting
Est: $200 - $300
Attributed to Maurice Becker (American, 1889-1975), Cow herd, impasto oil on board, no signature observed, gift note on verso, 7"h x 7.75"w (sight), 14.25"h x 14.75"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Feb. 18, 2021
Maurice Becker, drawings, artist portraits
Est: $100 - $150
Maurice Becker (Russian-American, 1889-1975), Portrait sketches of artists Leger, Orozco and Siqueiros, c. 1935, each initialed MB, two in pencil, one in ink, 12.5"h x 23"w (frame)
Millea Bros Ltd
Aug. 08, 2020
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Jun. 13, 2020
MAURICE BECKER, Charcoal Portrait
Est: $200 - $400
Charcoal or pastel on paper by Maurice Becker (Russian/American, 1889-1975). Measures 7" wide. Dedication at bottom. Good condition.
Blackwell Auctions LLC
Jun. 13, 2020
MAURICE BECKER, Charcoal Portrait
Est: $200 - $400
Nude sketch on paper by Maurice Becker (Russian/American, 1889-1975). Signed at bottom edge. Measures 7" wide. Good condition.
Blackwell Auctions LLC
Mar. 24, 2020
MAURICE BECKER (RUSSIAN/AMERICAN, 1889-1975)
Est: $200 - $300
OIL ON CANVAS FIGURES ON HORSEBACK , SIGNED LOWER RIGHT - 36" x 24" ; 41" x 29 1/2" OVERALL
Echoes Antiques & Auction Gallery
Dec. 07, 2019
Becker, Maurice (1889-1975)
Est: €180 - €210
Südländische Landschaft mit Dorfkirche. Öl/Lwd., re. u. sign. Ca. 40x 54,5 cm. R.
Dannenberg
Dec. 07, 2019
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $200 - $300
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; Landscape ; mid 20th century ; pastel on paper / framed ; dimensions 30 x 10 cm (11 3/4 x 4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Oct. 05, 2019
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Sep. 28, 2019
MAURICE BECKER WATERCOLOR OF WOMEN SWIMMING
Est: $100 - $200
FRAMED AND MATTED; SIGNED LOWER LEFT IN PEN AND DATED '32; IMAGE MEASURES 9 1/4" X 13 1/2"
Sandwich Auction House
Jun. 13, 2019
MAURICE BECKER Abstract Landscape.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
MAURICE BECKER Abstract Landscape. Oil on board. 190x210 mm; 7 1/2x8 1/4 inches. With—Three portrait drawings. Siqueiros, pencil on paper. Initialed in pencil, lower left recto * Orozco, pencil on paper. Initialed in pencil, lower right recto * Leéer, pen and ink on paper. Initialed and inscribed "Léger" in ink, lower recto. Various sizes and conditions. Ex-collection private collection, New Jersey.
Swann Auction Galleries
Mar. 16, 2019
Work on paper, Maurice Becker
Est: $200 - $400
Maurice Becker (American, 1889-1975), Untitled (Figures with Sombreros), 1925, watercolor and ink on paper, signed and dated lower right, overall (with frame): 23.25"h x 19.25"w
Clars Auctions
Feb. 16, 2019
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $200 - $300
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; Landscape ; mid 20th century ; pastel on paper / framed ; dimensions 30 x 10 cm (11 3/4 x 4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Jan. 13, 2019
BECKER, Maurice. Oil on Board. The Loge.
Est: $300 - $500
1949. Signed, dated, and titled verso. Maurice Becker (American, 1889-1975). From a Park Slope, Brooklyn collection.
Clarke Auction Gallery
Dec. 02, 2018
Maurice Becker, (American, 1889-1975), At the Mansfield Fair, 1932, watercolor, 10 3/4" x 15"
Est: $800 - $1,200
Maurice Becker (American, 1889-1975) At the Mansfield Fair, 1932 watercolor signed and dated lower left 10 3/4" x 15" Provenance: Gallery 169, Great Neck, New York (label)
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Sep. 26, 2018
Maurice Becker 1889-1975 "Gulls" Bird Oil Painting
Est: $200 - $400
Maurice Becker (1889-1975) American, Mexico. Original oil on canvas over board painting. Artwork titled: "The Gulls". Sight measures 11" x 17". Housed in frame measuring 18" x 24". Good overall condition with no damage to note. Guaranteed Authentic. In house Hill Auction Gallery continental USA shipping $125 plus insurance.
Hill Auction Gallery
Jun. 30, 2018
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Apr. 16, 2018
Maurice Becker (1889 - 1975) Oil on Canvas
Est: $300 - $400
A portrait with two subjects, signed and dated for 1939 at the upper left.
Locati LLC
Apr. 14, 2018
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $200 - $300
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; Landscape ; mid 20th century ; pastel on paper / framed ; dimensions 30 x 10 cm (11 3/4 x 4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Feb. 12, 2018
BECKER, Maurice. Oil/Wood Panel. "Horse Dealers."
Est: $50 - $1,000
"Horse Dealers." Signed and dated 46-48 and signed, titled and dated verso. Maurice Becker ( American, New York, 1889 - 1975).
Clarke Auction Gallery
Dec. 02, 2017
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $300 - $500
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Aug. 05, 2017
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $500 - $700
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) ; oil on artistboard ; framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to EU, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40
Art-Torg
Apr. 23, 2017
Work on Paper, Maurice Becker
Est: $400 - $600
Maurice Becker (American/Mexican, 1889-1975), Women with Fruit Baskets, mixed media on paper, signed upper left, sight: 8.5"h x 10.5"w, overall (with frame): 24"h x 28"w
Clars Auctions
Apr. 08, 2017
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $400 - $500
"Maurice BECKER (1889 Novgorod, Russia - 1975 Scranton, US) ; oil on artistboard / framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40"
Art-Torg
Nov. 12, 2016
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $450 - $650
"Maurice BECKER (1889 Novgorod, Russia - 1975 Scranton, US) ; oil on artistboard / framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40"
Art-Torg
Oct. 01, 2016
MAURICE BECKER (American, 1889-1975)
Est: $500 - $700
MAURICE BECKER (American, 1889-1975), ''Federalistas at Supper'', oil on board, signed and dated 1945 lower right, titled and inscribed ''From litho drawing, Mexico - 1917'' and ''In Nat'l Academy Exhibition 1947'' to verso. Board 24''h, 35-3/4''w. Small loss bottom center.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Oct. 01, 2016
MAURICE BECKER (American, 1889-1975)
Est: $200 - $400
MAURICE BECKER (American, 1889-1975), ''Self-Portrait with Model in Loft Studio'', oil on canvas, signed and dated '40 upper left, titled on label to stretcher. Canvas 40''h, 30''w. As found, two repaired tears, with canvas torn around edges and detaching from stretcher.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Oct. 01, 2016
MAURICE BECKER (American, 1889-1975)
Est: $400 - $600
MAURICE BECKER (American, 1889-1975), ''Displaced Person'', oil on masonite, signed, titled, dated '49, and inscribed ''American Fed'n of Arts Award 1950'' to verso. Board 21-3/4''h, 18''w. Minor losses, dirt and grime.
South Bay Auctions Inc
Jul. 30, 2016
Maurice BECKER (1889-1975) Russian - American
Est: $450 - $650
"Maurice BECKER (1889 Novgorod, Russia - 1975 Scranton, US) ; oil on artistboard / framed ; dimensions 41 x 31 cm (16 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.) ; signed lower left corner ; Shipping to USA - DHL $160 , National post with tracking service $80 / Shipping to Europe, Russia, Middle Assia - DHL $100 , National post with tracking service $40"
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