Joe Jones Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Joe Jones Art Value Price Guide

Mar. 19, 2025
Joe (Joseph John) Jones, American (1909 - 1963), harbor scene tropical landscape, color lithograph laid on board, 21 1/2"H x 34"W
Est: -
Joe (Joseph John) Jones American, (1909 - 1963) harbor scene tropical landscape color lithograph laid on board Signed lower right. Biography from the Archives of askART: Born in St. Louis, Missouri, April 7, 1909, and died in Morristown, New Jersey, 1963, Joe Jones was a painter and lithographer. Self taught, he quit school at age fifteen to work as a house painter. Winning his first award in 1931, Jones gained the attention of St. Louis patrons who financed his travel to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He began winning awards at age 22 in 1931 with his early paintings that are typical Midwestern Regionalist works depicting wheat fields and wheat farming. A political activist as well as a painter, Jones organized art classes for unemployed youngsters, which he held in the old St. Louis courthouse in 1934. He alienated his supporters with the pronouncement that he had joined the Communist Party, so Jones signed up for the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He left St. Louis in 1935 to pursue his art career in New York. In 1937, he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to create a pictorial record of conditions in the dust bowl. That same year, his work was included in a major 119 exhibition at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. Through the period of the WPA Jones was awarded five major mural commissions. As a result, he created murals for the post offices at Seneca, Kansas, Men and Wheat (1940); Anthony, Kansas, Turning a Corner (1939); Hutchinson, Kansas; Magnolia, Arkansas; and Charleston, Missouri. During World War II he worked as a war artist for Life magazine. Because Jones addressed major political and social issues in so many of his paintings, he is typically cited as a Social Realist as well as a Regionalist. His style changed in the late 1940s to minimal and non-representational. He also worked as an instructor at St. Bernards School for Boys, Ralston, NJ. SOURCES: Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)" Wiebe, Joanna K. "Kansans Cared About their New Deal Art", in Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 21, 1972. p.1E & 7E-----. "Local Legends Live in Art", in Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 22, 1972. p.1A & 3A-----. "Age Enhances Fort Scott Mural", in Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 23, 1972. p.1A & 8A-----. "Halstead Legend Perpetuated", in Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 24, 1972. p.1A & 16A -----. "Scenics, Murals and Lithographs Included in Kansas New Deal Art", in Wichita Eagle Beacon, May 25, 1972. p.15A.; Who's Who in American Art. New York: American Federation of Arts, 1936- v.1=1936-37 v.3= 1941-42 v.2=1938-39 v.4=1940-47.1 6,7; Esquire (June 1945); Bruner, Ronald Irwin. New Deal Art Workers in Colorado, Kansas and Nebraska. Thesis. University of Denver, 1979.; AskArt, www.askart.com, accessed Dec. 16, 2005; Joe Jones (New York: A.C.A. Gallery, 1940).
Ripley Auctions
Jan. 25, 2025
JOE JONES, MODERN LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $6,700 - $9,000
Artist: Joe Jones, American (1909 - 1963) Title: Modern Landscape Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 29.5 x 39.5 in. (74.93 x 100.33 cm) Frame Size: 38 x 48 inches Description: A simplified landscape oil painting by Joe Jones. This two-toned piece is nicely framed and signed.
RoGallery
Dec. 07, 2024
JOE JONES (1909-1963) OIL ON MASONITE CIRCA 1934
Est: $15,000 - $25,000
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909-1963) 'Roustabout' Laborers Circa 1934 The evocative composition of African American laborers handling cargo along a waterfront is signed lower right front in black pigment. The subjects and composition of this work are closely related to a major painting by Joe Jones titled Roustabouts, now in the collection of the Worcester Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, the Denver Art Museum, the Detroit Institute of Arts, the National Gallery of Art, the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Whitney Museum of American Art all hold paintings by Joe Jones in their collections. Joe Joseph John Jones was a prolific painter, lithographer and WPA muralist. His strong left leaning sensibilities motivated his focus on the American Scene and Social Realism in his paintings. He sought to document the struggles of workers, particularly African American workers, and to portray and protest the racism they endured. He did so with in various ways. For instance, in the painting Roustabouts a rotund white man wearing a Panama hat looks down on a number of defeated looking workers. Every black man in the composition has their head down, including those in motion who strain against the weight of the cargo they're charged with moving, highlighting the inequity of the times. Throughout history, particularly in the 1930s, the terms 'roustabout' and 'roughneck' where used as a label for unskilled workers who performed general labor, such as loading and unloading cargo. Board measures 9 x 10 with a framed size of 13.75 x 15.25 inches. Without proof of exemption, be aware that internet sales tax applies to all Internet transactions and local sales tax may apply to local pick-up transactions. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell. Until further notice, we cannot offer international shipping in-house.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
Nov. 19, 2024
JOE JONES (1909-1963) - Missouri Wheat Farmers
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
JOE JONES (1909-1963) Missouri Wheat Farmers Image: 9 7⁄8 x 7 7⁄8 in. (251 x 200 mm.) Sheet: 16 ¼ x 12 3⁄8 in. (413 x 314 mm.)
Christie's
Sep. 19, 2024
JOE JONES, MODERN LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $6,700 - $9,000
Artist: Joe Jones, American (1909 - 1963) Title: Modern Landscape Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 29.5 x 39.5 in. (74.93 x 100.33 cm) Frame Size: 38 x 48 inches Description: A simplified landscape oil painting by Joe Jones. This two-toned piece is nicely framed and signed.
RoGallery
Jul. 20, 2024
JOE JONES (AMERICAN 1909-1963) COLOR NAUTICAL LITHOGRAPH
Est: $400 - $600
width 18 in; height 11.75 in. Joe Jones was a landscape painter, muralist and lithographer and was published by the St. Louis Art Museum and several of his works are held at the Whitney Museum in New York. Unsigned.
Woodard Lipe
Jul. 20, 2024
JOE JONES (AMERICAN 1909-1963) LITHOGRAPH "REACHING FOR THE SUN"
Est: $400 - $600
width 13.75in height 10.5 in. Joe Jones was a landscape painter, muralist and lithographer and was published by the St. Louis Art Museum and several of his works are held at the Whitney Museum in New York. This piece is signed and titled.
Woodard Lipe
Mar. 23, 2024
Joe JONES: A Pair of Lithographs
Est: $200 - $300
A pair of lithographs by Joe JONES (1909- 1963): "Regatta". Lithograph. Signed in pencil. Plate size: 7 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches. "Fishing Village". Lithograph. Signed in pencil. Plate size: 9 x 12 1/2 inches. Both published by "Associated American Artists", New York. Lot includes two prints.
Armstrong Fine Art
Feb. 22, 2024
JOE JONES, MODERN LANDSCAPE, OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $7,000 - $9,000
Artist: Joe Jones, American (1909 - 1963) Title: Modern Landscape Year: circa 1940 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right Size: 29.5 x 39.5 in. (74.93 x 100.33 cm) Frame Size: 38 x 48 inches Description: A simplified landscape oil painting by Joe Jones. This two-toned piece is nicely framed and signed.
RoGallery
Sep. 29, 2023
Joe Jones Mixed Media - Double Portrait of Two Women
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
**Originally Listed At $600** Joe (Joseph John) Jones (American, 1909-1963). Two figures, mixed media, 20th century. Signed at upper right. A beautiful portrait of two women by Joe Jones, a self-taught artist who was known for his Social Realist and American Regionalist works as well as his Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals. Jones depicted both women in bust-length poses, looking toward one another, as if engaged in a meaningful conversation. The figures as well as the background are rendered with lyrical lines and impressionistic washes of watercolor and gouache, in a colorful rainbow-like palette. A lovely double portrait mounted in a custom double matte and gold-toned frame. Size (sight view): 10.625" L x 13.5" W (27 cm x 34.3 cm) Size (frame): 24.25" L x 27" W (61.6 cm x 68.6 cm) Artist Biography: "Born in St. Louis, Missouri, April 7, 1909, and died in Morristown, New Jersey, 1963, Joe Jones was a painter and lithographer. Self taught, he quit school at age fifteen to work as a house painter. Winning his first award in 1931, Jones gained the attention of St. Louis patrons who financed his travel to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He began winning awards at age 22 in 1931 with his early paintings that are typical Midwestern Regionalist works depicting wheat fields and wheat farming. A political activist as well as a painter, Jones organized art classes for unemployed youngsters, which he held in the old St. Louis courthouse in 1934. He alienated his supporters with the pronouncement that he had joined the Communist Party, so Jones signed up for the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He left St. Louis in 1935 to pursue his art career in New York. In 1937, he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to create a pictorial record of conditions in the dust bowl. That same year, his work was included in a major 119 exhibition at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. Through the period of the WPA Jones was awarded five major mural commissions. As a result, he created murals for the post offices at Seneca, Kansas, Men and Wheat (1940); Anthony, Kansas, Turning a Corner (1939); Hutchinson, Kansas; Magnolia, Arkansas; and Charleston, Missouri. During World War II he worked as a war artist for Life magazine. Because Jones addressed major political and social issues in so many of his paintings, he is typically cited as a Social Realist as well as a Regionalist. His style changed in the late 1940s to minimal and non-representational. He also worked as an instructor at St. Bernards School for Boys, Ralston, NJ." (Kodner Gallery website) Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175864
Artemis Gallery
Jul. 14, 2023
Joe Jones Mixed Media - Double Portrait of Two Women
Est: $800 - $1,200
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (American, 1909-1963). Two figures, mixed media, 20th century. Signed at upper right. A beautiful portrait of two women by Joe Jones, a self-taught artist who was known for his Social Realist and American Regionalist works as well as his Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals. Jones depicted both women in bust-length poses, looking toward one another, as if engaged in a meaningful conversation. The figures as well as the background are rendered with lyrical lines and impressionistic washes of watercolor and gouache, in a colorful rainbow-like palette. A lovely double portrait mounted in a custom double matte and gold-toned frame. Size (sight view): 10.625" L x 13.5" W (27 cm x 34.3 cm) Size (frame): 24.25" L x 27" W (61.6 cm x 68.6 cm) Artist Biography: "Born in St. Louis, Missouri, April 7, 1909, and died in Morristown, New Jersey, 1963, Joe Jones was a painter and lithographer. Self taught, he quit school at age fifteen to work as a house painter. Winning his first award in 1931, Jones gained the attention of St. Louis patrons who financed his travel to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He began winning awards at age 22 in 1931 with his early paintings that are typical Midwestern Regionalist works depicting wheat fields and wheat farming. A political activist as well as a painter, Jones organized art classes for unemployed youngsters, which he held in the old St. Louis courthouse in 1934. He alienated his supporters with the pronouncement that he had joined the Communist Party, so Jones signed up for the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He left St. Louis in 1935 to pursue his art career in New York. In 1937, he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to create a pictorial record of conditions in the dust bowl. That same year, his work was included in a major 119 exhibition at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. Through the period of the WPA Jones was awarded five major mural commissions. As a result, he created murals for the post offices at Seneca, Kansas, Men and Wheat (1940); Anthony, Kansas, Turning a Corner (1939); Hutchinson, Kansas; Magnolia, Arkansas; and Charleston, Missouri. During World War II he worked as a war artist for Life magazine. Because Jones addressed major political and social issues in so many of his paintings, he is typically cited as a Social Realist as well as a Regionalist. His style changed in the late 1940s to minimal and non-representational. He also worked as an instructor at St. Bernards School for Boys, Ralston, NJ." (Kodner Gallery website) Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175864
Artemis Gallery
Jun. 29, 2023
Joe Jones - Windy Day, 1950
Est: $200 - $300
c. 1950. Lithograph. Framed. Signed lower right "Joe Jones"
Kiechel Auction
Jun. 10, 2023
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones, Missouri (1909-1963), Missouri Wheat Farmers, 1938, lithograph from an edition of 250
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones Missouri, (1909-1963) Missouri Wheat Farmers, 1938 lithograph from an edition of 250 signed in pencil, framed. Son of a humble house painter, Joe Jones was born and raised in St. Louis and originally worked alongside his father as a house painter himself. He had a gift for painting more than houses so he left for NYC to pursue the arts when in his late 20s. Both in STL and New York he created poignant scenes of American life during the time of the Great Depression and beyond, and his work is associated with social realism and social justice. His life and work is also associated with the St. Louis Artists' Guild, John Reed Clubs, and the Sainte-Geneviève Artists Guild, among others; and his work is collected by the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the St. Louis Art Museum. Here Jones depicts two young male farmers wearing straw hats, overalls and farm boots as they stand in a wheat field tying up bags of wheat that will then be ready to take to market. Because this work was made during the Great Depression, Jones' depiction of wheat is significant. His wheat of course signifies bread and food more broadly—it therefore stands for survival and for life itself across America in the 1930s. Jones was aware of the poignancy of his subject matter and dedicated much time and effort to his depictions of wheat and the farmers who dedicated their lives to growing it for the rest of the nation. Jones painted wheat as subject matter in at least 5 major WPA federal murals in Kansas, Arkansas and Missouri; and his first important painting shown in New York was entitled "Painting of Wheatfields." Jones brought the intensity of poverty and famine he witnessed in the Midwest to a national audience with this lithograph and with all of his work about the importance of grain. For more on Jones' fascinating and intense work, see Walker & Turk, _Joe Jones: Radical Painter of the American Scene_.
Link Auction Galleries
Jun. 10, 2023
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones, Missouri/New York/New Jersey (1909-1963), The Reclining Woman, lithograph, ed. 15/15
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones Missouri/New York/New Jersey, (1909-1963) The Reclining Woman lithograph, ed. 15/15 signed and numbered in pencil lower margin, framed. Son of a humble house painter, Joe Jones was born and raised in St. Louis and originally worked alongside his father as a house painter himself. He had a gift for painting more than houses so he left for NYC to pursue the arts when in his late 20s. Both in STL and New York he created poignant scenes of American life during the time of the Great Depression and beyond, and his work is associated with social realism and social justice. His life and work is also associated with the St. Louis Artists' Guild, John Reed Clubs, and the Sainte-Geneviève Artists Guild, among others; and his work is collected by the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the St. Louis Art Museum. Jones created this intricately designed image of a reclining young woman totally lost in sleep among her personal possessions including her comfy bed and covers, a low dresser, a table and lamp, a clock, a comb and brush set and two paintings. Jones painted her not only from life but also from an image of her reflected in a large wall mirror. Because this work came out of the Great Depression of the 1930s, perhaps the subject is sleeping in broad daylight here because she is out of work and out of luck in life. For more on Jones' fascinating and intense work, see Walker & Turk, _Joe Jones: Radical Painter of the American Scene_.
Link Auction Galleries
Jun. 10, 2023
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones, Missouri/New York/New Jersey (1909-1963), Through the Window, lithograph, ed. 11/15
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones Missouri/New York/New Jersey, (1909-1963) Through the Window lithograph, ed. 11/15 signed and numbered in pencil, framed. Son of a humble house painter, Joe Jones was born and raised in St. Louis and originally worked alongside his father as a house painter himself. He had a gift for painting more than houses so he left for NYC to pursue the arts when in his late 20s. Both in STL and New York he created poignant scenes of American life during the time of the Great Depression and beyond, and his work is associated with social realism and social justice. His life and work is also associated with the St. Louis Artists' Guild, John Reed Clubs, and the Sainte-Geneviève Artists Guild, among others; and his work is collected by the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the St. Louis Art Museum. Jones created this image of a bold, elegant woman with long hair in a long dress as she stands and poses while gazing through her upper-level apartment window at a row of old stone homes and a large tree all rendered in a stylized geometrical fashion. She is completely lost in thought next to her solid window frame as she looks outside from her modest kitchen alongside her table, tablecloth, chair and vase. For more on Jones' fascinating and intense work, see Walker & Turk, _Joe Jones: Radical Painter of the American Scene_.
Link Auction Galleries
Jun. 10, 2023
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones, Missouri/New York/New Jersey (1909-1963), Kennedy Avenue 1932, lithograph, ed. 11/15
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones Missouri/New York/New Jersey, (1909-1963) Kennedy Avenue 1932 lithograph, ed. 11/15 signed and numbered in pencil lower margin, framed. Son of a humble house painter, Joe Jones was born and raised in St. Louis and originally worked alongside his father as a house painter himself. He had a gift for painting more than houses so he left for NYC to pursue the arts when in his late 20s. Both in STL and New York he created poignant scenes of American life during the time of the Great Depression and beyond, and his work is associated with social realism and social justice. His life and work is also associated with the St. Louis Artists' Guild, John Reed Clubs, and the Sainte-Geneviève Artists Guild, among others; and his work is collected by the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the St. Louis Art Museum. Jones created this outdoor street scene that features the then-current "Public Utilities" (which is also an alternative name for this lithograph) as it includes a post office box, a postal distribution box, a cartload full of coal pulled by two horses (and a worker shovelling it), a fire hydrant, a tall wooden post with a mounted call box, a sewer drain and all on the corner of a public street named Kennedy according to the signpost—and all rendered in Jones' classic 1930s style—and all located in front of someone's residential front yard featuring grass and shrubs and the front steps leading to someone's home here in St. Louis. For more on Jones' fascinating and intense work, see Walker & Turk, _Joe Jones: Radical Painter of the American Scene_.
Link Auction Galleries
Jun. 10, 2023
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones, Missouri/New York/New Jersey (1909-1963), #34 Westmoreland Entrance, 1931, lithograph
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
"Joe" [Joseph John] Jones Missouri/New York/New Jersey, (1909-1963) #34 Westmoreland Entrance, 1931 lithograph signed and dated with title in pencil lower margin, framed. Son of a humble house painter, Joe Jones was born and raised in St. Louis and originally worked alongside his father as a house painter himself. He had a gift for painting more than houses so he left for NYC to pursue the arts when in his late 20s. Both in STL and New York he created poignant scenes of American life during the time of the Great Depression and beyond, and his work is associated with social realism and social justice. His life and work is also associated with the St. Louis Artists' Guild, John Reed Clubs, and the Sainte-Geneviève Artists Guild, among others; and his work is collected by the National Gallery of Art, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Whitney Museum of American Art and the St. Louis Art Museum. Here Jones created an aerial and whimsical rendition of one (of the matching pair) of elaborate limestone gatehouses with red tiled roofs (designed by Eames & Young) joined by an elevated ornamental wrought iron arch at the Kingshighway entrance to Westmoreland Place (right across from Straub's), one of the finest private neighborhoods in the City of St. Louis. He worked on this piece while looking down at the gatehouses from a newly-built upper-level apartment at the Park Plaza Hotel (built in Art Deco style in 1929, now part of the Chase Park Plaza Hotel complex). Instead of depicting any of the grandiose architectural elements of the homes of this neighborhood, Jones instead took delight in the form of the gatehouse roof, in the lines and curves of the street itself and of its sidewalk as well as in the shapes of the bushes and trees growing on this corner lot—and all while only hinting at the corner of the foundation of the 9-bedroom 15,000 sq. ft. mansion built in 1896 at #1 Westmoreland Place. For more on Jones' fascinating and intense work, see Walker & Turk, _Joe Jones: Radical Painter of the American Scene_.
Link Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2023
Joe Jones Watercolor & Gouache - Portrait of Two Women
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
**Originally Listed At $600** Joe (Joseph John) Jones (American, 1909-1963). Two figures, mixed media, n.d. Signed at upper right. A beautiful portrait of two women by Joe Jones, a self-taught artist who was known for his Social Realist and American Regionalist works as well as his Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals. Jones depicted both women in bust-length poses, looking toward one another, as if engaged in a meaningful conversation. The figures as well as the background are rendered with lyrical lines and impressionistic washes of watercolor and gouache, in a colorful rainbow-like palette. A lovely double portrait mounted in a custom double matte and gold-toned frame. Size (sight view): 10.625" L x 13.5" W (27 cm x 34.3 cm) Size (frame): 24.25" L x 27" W (61.6 cm x 68.6 cm) Artist Biography: "Born in St. Louis, Missouri, April 7, 1909, and died in Morristown, New Jersey, 1963, Joe Jones was a painter and lithographer. Self taught, he quit school at age fifteen to work as a house painter. Winning his first award in 1931, Jones gained the attention of St. Louis patrons who financed his travel to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He began winning awards at age 22 in 1931 with his early paintings that are typical Midwestern Regionalist works depicting wheat fields and wheat farming. A political activist as well as a painter, Jones organized art classes for unemployed youngsters, which he held in the old St. Louis courthouse in 1934. He alienated his supporters with the pronouncement that he had joined the Communist Party, so Jones signed up for the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He left St. Louis in 1935 to pursue his art career in New York. In 1937, he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to create a pictorial record of conditions in the dust bowl. That same year, his work was included in a major 119 exhibition at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. Through the period of the WPA Jones was awarded five major mural commissions. As a result, he created murals for the post offices at Seneca, Kansas, Men and Wheat (1940); Anthony, Kansas, Turning a Corner (1939); Hutchinson, Kansas; Magnolia, Arkansas; and Charleston, Missouri. During World War II he worked as a war artist for Life magazine. Because Jones addressed major political and social issues in so many of his paintings, he is typically cited as a Social Realist as well as a Regionalist. His style changed in the late 1940s to minimal and non-representational. He also worked as an instructor at St. Bernards School for Boys, Ralston, NJ." (Kodner Gallery website) Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175864
Artemis Gallery
Feb. 16, 2023
JOE JONES (1909-1963) Missouri Wheat Farmers.
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
JOE JONES (1909-1963) Missouri Wheat Farmers. Lithograph. 253x203 mm; 10x8 inches, wide margins. Edition of 250. Signed in pencil, lower right. Published by Associated American Artists, New York. 1938. A very good impression. Jones was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Self-taught, he quit school at age fifteen to work as a house painter, his father's profession. In 1933, ten patrons led by Elizabeth Green in St. Louis formed a "Joe Jones Club" and financed his travel to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts, where he furthered his artistic training. In August 1935, Jones painted a mural series at the Commonwealth College at Mena, Arkansas. He painted a New Deal mural for the post office in Charleston, Missouri, titled Harvest in 1938. This mural was done at the height of Jones' fame and is a classic subject for the artist. It depicts the harvest of wheat in a very labor-intensive manner showing the cutting, gathering, and stacking of it onto a wagon. Under a cloudy dark sky, wheat dominates the perspective with the farmers providing a great deal of motion. Another New Deal mural entitled Men and Wheat was painted by Jones in 1940, followed by Husking Corn in 1941 for the Dexter, Missouri, post office, Turning a Corner in 1939 in Anthony, Kansas and Threshing in Magnolia, Arkansas, in 1938. All the murals depicted some process during a wheat harvest.
Swann Auction Galleries
Feb. 04, 2023
Joe Jones lithograph
Est: $300 - $500
Joe Jones (1909-1963) ''The Scavengers''- lithograph, ca. 1935, signed, titled and numbered 6/30 in pencil, 10 x 7 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 19, 2023
Joe Jones Mixed Media Painting - Two Young Women
Est: $1,200 - $1,800
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (American, 1909-1963). Two figures, mixed media, n.d. Signed at upper right. A beautiful portrait of two women by Joe Jones, a self-taught artist who was known for his Social Realist and American Regionalist works as well as his Works Progress Administration (WPA) murals. Jones depicted both women in bust-length poses, looking toward one another, as if engaged in a meaningful conversation. The figures as well as the background are rendered with lyrical lines and impressionistic washes of watercolor and gouache, in a colorful rainbow-like palette. A lovely double portrait mounted in a custom double matte and gold-toned frame. Size (sight view): 10.625" L x 13.5" W (27 cm x 34.3 cm) Size (frame): 24.25" L x 27" W (61.6 cm x 68.6 cm) Artist Biography: "Born in St. Louis, Missouri, April 7, 1909, and died in Morristown, New Jersey, 1963, Joe Jones was a painter and lithographer. Self taught, he quit school at age fifteen to work as a house painter. Winning his first award in 1931, Jones gained the attention of St. Louis patrons who financed his travel to the artists' colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts. He began winning awards at age 22 in 1931 with his early paintings that are typical Midwestern Regionalist works depicting wheat fields and wheat farming. A political activist as well as a painter, Jones organized art classes for unemployed youngsters, which he held in the old St. Louis courthouse in 1934. He alienated his supporters with the pronouncement that he had joined the Communist Party, so Jones signed up for the Public Works of Art Project in 1934. He left St. Louis in 1935 to pursue his art career in New York. In 1937, he was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship to create a pictorial record of conditions in the dust bowl. That same year, his work was included in a major 119 exhibition at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, PA. Through the period of the WPA Jones was awarded five major mural commissions. As a result, he created murals for the post offices at Seneca, Kansas, Men and Wheat (1940); Anthony, Kansas, Turning a Corner (1939); Hutchinson, Kansas; Magnolia, Arkansas; and Charleston, Missouri. During World War II he worked as a war artist for Life magazine. Because Jones addressed major political and social issues in so many of his paintings, he is typically cited as a Social Realist as well as a Regionalist. His style changed in the late 1940s to minimal and non-representational. He also worked as an instructor at St. Bernards School for Boys, Ralston, NJ." (Kodner Gallery website) Provenance: ex-private Bishop Family Trust collection, the Trust of the late Bill Bishop, a noted antiquarian with shops in Scottsdale, Arizona and Allenspark, Colorado, USA, acquired before 2010 All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back. A Certificate of Authenticity will accompany all winning bids. We ship worldwide and handle all shipping in-house for your convenience. #175864
Artemis Gallery
Dec. 01, 2022
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963) Lithograph
Est: $100 - $200
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963) was active/lived in Missouri, New York, New Jersey. Signed in pencil lower right. Titled Against the Sky, #87/100. Measures 12 x 32 inches sheet size. There is some crazing. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Dec. 01, 2022
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963) Lithograph
Est: $100 - $200
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963) was active/lived in Missouri, New York, New Jersey. Signed in pencil lower right. Measures 23 x 36 inches sheet size. EX+/NM condition. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Dec. 01, 2022
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963) Lithograph
Est: $100 - $200
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963) was active/lived in Missouri, New York, New Jersey. Signed in pencil lower right. Titled Against the Sky, #88/100. Measures 12 x 32 inches sheet size. There is some crazing. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as condition can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 14x14x14 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio if it is not fragile or over 25lbs. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. If your invoice is for multiple items, we will use our discretion on requiring the use of an outside shipper. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction even if not stated.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Apr. 29, 2022
JOE JONES (US, 1909-1963)
Est: $200 - $250
"Head Lights and Tail Lights", color serigraph, #4/100, pencil signed, titled and numbered, image was published in 1960 by Associated American Artists, in a molded wooden frame with mat, OS: 24" x 43 3/8", Image: 14 1/2" x 34". Print has toning, mat is toned and faded.
Thomaston Place Auction Galleries
Apr. 06, 2022
Joe Jones Lithograph, "Missouri Wheat Farmers"
Est: $500 - $700
Original lithograph by Joe Jones (American 1909-1963), titled "Missouri Wheat Farmers". Pencil signed lower right. Image size seen approx. 10" x 8", sheet size approx. 11-1/2" x 13-1/2". Areas of light toning along the edges, tiny paperedge tear along the left edge, and two pieces of archival tape affixed.
Weiss Auctions
Mar. 26, 2022
NAUTICAL LITHOGRAPHY MID CENTURY BY JOE JONES
Est: $100 - $150
Joseph John Jones, 1909 to 1963, American painter. A graphic artwork depicting moored sailing yachts against a calm sea. Offset lithography from an original Pastel and pencil on paper, signed in lower right. Pink and blue color palette. Attached to thick paper. Minimalist Graphic Landscape Artworks.
Antique Arena Inc
Jan. 29, 2022
Joe Jones, Missouri, New York, New Jersey (1909-1963), Fish Camp, circa 1940s, oil on canvas
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Joe Jones Missouri, New York, New Jersey, (1909-1963) Fish Camp, circa 1940s oil on canvas signed lower right, in original frame. Label verso: Associated American Artists
Link Auction Galleries
Dec. 04, 2021
Joe Jones, Missouri (1909-1963), Landscape with River, oil on canvas
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Joe Jones Missouri, (1909-1963) Landscape with River oil on canvas signed lower left, framed.
Link Auction Galleries
Oct. 23, 2021
Joe (Joseph John) Jones, Missouri, New York, New Jersey (1909-1963), Westmoreland Entrance, #42, 1931, lithograph, 13 x 14 3/4 inches (sight)
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Joe (Joseph John) Jones Missouri, New York, New Jersey, (1909-1963) Westmoreland Entrance, #42, 1931 lithograph signed, dated and titled lower margin, framed.
Link Auction Galleries
Oct. 13, 2021
Joe Jones, (American, 1909-1963), Regatta, 1952, lithograph, 7 5/8" x 13 9/16"
Est: $100 - $200
Joe Jones (American, 1909-1963) Regatta, 1952 lithograph signed in pencil lower margin edition of 250 7 5/8" x 13 9/16"
Toomey & Co. Auctioneers
Jun. 12, 2021
Joe Jones, Missouri (1909-1963), Still Life with Nautilus Shell, oil on canvas, 26 1/2 x 30 inches
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Joe Jones Missouri, (1909-1963) Still Life with Nautilus Shell oil on canvas signed lower right, framed.
Link Auction Galleries
May. 22, 2021
JOE JONES (1909-1963) PENCIL SIGNED LITHOGRAPH
Est: $400 - $800
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909-1963) Missouri Wheat Farmers 1940 The lithograph published by Associated American Artists in an edition of 250 prints is signed by the artist in pencil below the image lower right and titled lower left. Image measures 10 x 8 with a framed size of 20.25 x 17.75 inches. We happily provide seamless in-house packing and shipping services on nearly everything we sell.
Dirk Soulis Auctions
May. 02, 2021
JOE JONES, (American, 1909-1963), White Sails, oil on canvas, 24 x 36 in., frame: 30 x 42 in.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
JOE JONES (American, 1909-1963) White Sails oil on canvas signed Joe Jones lower right
Grogan & Company
Mar. 27, 2021
Joe Jones, Missouri (1909-1963), Farmer Ploughing - Dust Bowl, 1935, gouache on paper, 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (sight)
Est: $5,000 - $8,000
Joe Jones Missouri (1909-1963) Farmer Ploughing - Dust Bowl, 1935 gouache on paper Notations verso describe this as receiving the Guggenheim Award, framed. 16 1/4 x 11 1/4 inches (sight)
Link Auction Galleries
Mar. 27, 2021
Joe Jones, Missouri (1909-1963), Farm Machinery - Dust Bowl, 1935, gouache on paper, 11 x 16 3/8 inches (sight)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Joe Jones (1909-1963) Farm Machinery - Dust Bowl, 1935 gouache on paper signed lower right, framed. 11 x 16 3/8 inches (sight)
Link Auction Galleries
Mar. 11, 2021
Joe Jones Lithographs [Beach Scene I and II]
Est: $60 - $100
Two Joe Jones (American 1909-1963) lithographs. Both signed by artist in pencil lower right. Both titled in pencil ('Beach Scene I' and 'Beach Scene II') lower center. Both numbered ('97/110' and '93/110') lower left. Both measure 8-in. x 32-in. image size. 'Beach Scene I' measures 12.675-in. x 40.125-in. sheet size. 'Beach Scene II' measures 13.5-in. x 40.125-in. sheet size. Both in VG/EX condition. Provenance: Amity Art Foundation, Inc. collection. Unframed, loose and not glued or mounted. If lot is absent of a condition report one may be requested via email. Condition report is provided as an opinion only and is no guarantee as grading can be subjective. Buyer must view photographs or scans to assist in determining condition and ask further questions if so desired. Our in-house shipping department will gladly pack and ship any item that fits into a 16x16x16 inch or 30x5x24 inch or equivalent or smaller box/folio. We will charge for labor to pack and process based on actual time it takes, actual cost of materials used to pack and actual shipper charges that will include insurance and signature required. We generally use USPS and Fed Ex and compare the pricing between the two. Books maximum box size will be 14x14x14 inch or equivalent and will be shipped USPS Media Mail unless otherwise requested. We gladly will give shipping estimates prior to auction. Please make this request at least 24 hours prior to auction for our shipping department to respond. We will also gladly combine items if they fit into one box and meet our maximum box size stated here. We reserve the right to require an outside shipper on any item(s) in the auction.
Grant Zahajko Auctions, LLC
Mar. 02, 2021
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
Joe (Joseph John) Jones (1909 - 1963) Portrait of a woman ,Oil / Board ,Signed Lower Left ,measures 19.5 " x 15.5 inches
Cutler Bay Auctions
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1900-1963), Two Street Scenes, Lamplit, watercolor drawings on paper, 15 x 11 inches
Est: $150 - $200
Joe Jones American (1900-1963) Two Street Scenes, Lamplit watercolor drawings on paper each signed, unframed. 15 x 11 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Portrait of a woman in a green dress, watercolor on paper, 11 1/2 x 9 inches
Est: $400 - $600
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Portrait of a woman in a green dress watercolor on paper signed lower left, framed. 11 1/2 x 9 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Harbor scene, watercolor, 7 1/2 x 11 inches
Est: $300 - $500
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Harbor scene watercolor signed upper right, framed. 7 1/2 x 11 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Self-Portrait, 1957, Charcoal on paper laid down on board, 23 x 20 inches
Est: $300 - $500
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Self-Portrait, 1957 Charcoal on paper laid down on board unframed. 23 x 20 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Portrait of a woman in a Red Cloak, oil on board, 17 x 13 inches
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Portrait of a woman in a Red Cloak oil on board signed lower left, framed. 17 x 13 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Still Life of Pears in a Basket, oil on canvas (imperfection to canvas), 6 x 7 3/4 inches
Est: $500 - $700
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Still Life of Pears in a Basket oil on canvas (imperfection to canvas) signed lower right, gilt-framed. 6 x 7 3/4 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Figure Study, worker, 1941, ink on paper, 10 x 13 inches
Est: $800 - $1,200
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Figure Study, worker, 1941 ink on paper signed and dated lower right, framed. 10 x 13 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), The Highway,, color lithograph, ed. 35/150, 18 1/2 x 32 inches
Est: $150 - $200
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) The Highway, color lithograph, ed. 35/150 signed, titled, and numbered in pencil lower margin, unframed. 18 1/2 x 32 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Foggy Bay, color lithograph, ed. 84/100, 17 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches
Est: $150 - $200
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Foggy Bay color lithograph, ed. 84/100 signed, numbered and titled in pencil lower margin, framed. 17 3/4 x 28 1/2 inches
Link Auction Galleries
Sep. 26, 2020
Joe Jones, American (1909-1963), Luncheon, lithograph, 10 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Est: $300 - $500
Joe Jones American (1909-1963) Luncheon lithograph signed and titled in pencil lower margin, framed. 10 3/4 x 13 1/4 inches
Link Auction Galleries