1930 Oronzo Gasparo Indian Americans in East Harlem NYC Surrealist Cityscape WPA

This listing is for the Original 1930 Oronzo Gasparo Surrealist Watercolor and Ink Painting pictured above.About this work:An exceptional surrealist watercolor titled My Mother in East Harlem with Friends (Industrial Series) by Oronzo Gasparo (American, 1903-1969).Gasparo was born to an Italian father and an Indian mother, who is depicted in this work with her friends in Harlem. The work, produced in fantastic detail and color, contains surrealist imagery combined with industrial and architectural motifs relating to Gasparo’s surroundings in Manhattan.The work is watercolor and ink on paper. It is signed and dated in the lower right margin. It is additionally inscribed and stamped on the reverse.The work is matted and framed behind glass.Provenance:Private collection, OHAbout the artist (from Peyton Wright):Oronzo Gasparo was born in Rutigliao, Italy in 1903 and died in New York in 1969. He was an avid dancer and claimed to have brought the Rhumba to New York. Oronzo Gasparo studied ar