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Pair of 19th c. Black American Folk Art Andirons
Located in Savannah, GA
created a surge in African American collectibles.
Category
19th Century American African American Antique
$1,850 / set
Souvenir of Pompeii
By Albert Alexander Smith
Located in Paris, FR
the African American artist Albert Alexander Smith
He was the first African American to win a
Category
1920s Impressionist African American Antique
Materials
Etching
Marchand Des Poulets - The Chicken Seller
By Albert Alexander Smith
Located in Paris, FR
the African American artist Albert Alexander Smith
He was the first African American to win a
Category
1920s Impressionist African American Antique
Materials
Etching
Place du marché - Trouville
By Albert Alexander Smith
Located in Paris, FR
the African-American artist Albert Alexander Smith
He was the first African American to win a
Category
1910s Impressionist African American Antique
Materials
Etching
Rare Pair of Banjo Player Andirons
Located in Litchfield, CT
figural form andirons of two gentlemen,perhaps African-American, playing banjos are quite stylized and
Category
Late 19th Century American African American Antique
$3,600 / set
Mammy Figure
Located in Summerland, CA
circa 1920.
This figure depicts an African-American woman.
Made of wood with striped woolen knit
Category
Early 20th Century American Primitive African American Antique
Materials
Fabric, Wood
$25,000
Palmer Cole Hayden (1893-1973) Concarneau Boats by the Sea Pier Drawing
By Palmer Cole Hayden
Located in Vincennes, FR
Palmer C. Hayden was an American painter who depicted African-American life, landscapes, seascapes
Category
1920s American Other African American Antique
Materials
Paint
"Redemption" Painting by Purvis Young
By Purvis Young
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
of collage and painting, utilizes found objects and the experience of African Americans in the south
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art African American Antique
Materials
Textile, Paint
Sailing on the Broads
Located in London, GB
, Spain, New Zealand, France, South Africa, America, and Oman, with the Sultan of Oman being one of his
Category
Early 20th Century Contemporary African American Antique
Materials
Oil, Board
Carved Figure of a Woman Made of Yellow Pine, Coastal Georgia, 19th Century
Located in Litchfield, CT
originally found in coastal Georgia and thought to be carved by an African-American living on one of the
Category
Late 19th Century American American Classical African American Antique
Materials
Pine
Robert Scott Duncanson (American 1822 - 1872); Still Life; oil on canvas
By Robert Scott Duncanson
Located in Los Angeles, CA
. Duncanson’s father was a Canadian of Scottish decent and his mother was an African American, thus making him
Category
Mid-19th Century African American Antique
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Encampment, Three Men and a Dog
By Robert Scott Duncanson
Located in Cincinnati, OH
nineteenth century American artist of European and African ancestry known for his contributions to landscape
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School African American Antique
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Painting of a Cotton Picker by William Aiken Walker
By William Aiken Walker
Located in Alexandria, VA
genre scenes of African Americans in the post Civil War South, Walker is listed in numerous references
Category
1870s American African American Antique
Materials
Composition
Allegory of the Continent America
Located in Vienna, AT
(America, Africa, Europe, Asia). The characteristic elements of all of the four allegories are female
Category
18th Century and Earlier Austrian African American Antique
Original Vintage Train Travel Poster Ipswich LNER Mr Pickwick The Ancient House
By Fred Taylor
Located in London, GB
House with Venetian style Ipswich Windows and its Tudor panels representing America Africa Asia Europe
Category
1920s African American Antique
Materials
Paper
An Exceptional French Mid-19th Century Triptych Bronze Empire Mantel Clock
Located in London, GB
representing Africa, one of the ‘Four Continents’ (Europe, Africa, Asia and the Americas) depicted in European
Category
Mid-19th Century French Empire African American Antique
Materials
Bronze
Neil Lane Couture Art Deco Emerald-Cut Diamond, Platinum Ring
By Neil Lane Couture
Located in Los Angeles, CA
In the early 20th century, to showcase the newly mined diamonds coming from South Africa and South
Category
Early 20th Century American Art Deco African American Antique
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Indian 19th Century Jade Archer
s Ring with Gold Inlay and Precious Stones
Located in London, GB
most of Asia and some regions of northern Africa. Ishi, the "last wild American Indian", used a thumb
Category
19th Century Indian Other African American Antique
Materials
Jade
Partridge (Bird)
By Louis Prang
Located in Florham Park, NJ
and animals from around the world. Exotics from Africa, Asia and South America hold rank with cattle
Category
1880s Naturalistic African American Antique
Materials
Lithograph
Partridge (Bird)
By Louis Prang
Located in Florham Park, NJ
and animals from around the world. Exotics from Africa, Asia and South America hold rank with cattle
Category
1880s Naturalistic African American Antique
Materials
Lithograph
Extremely Rare 1695 Hand-Colored Map on Vellum
By Willem Blaeu
Located in La Jolla, CA
of the Atlantic Ocean, America and Africa, printed on vellum.
Blaeu's sea chart has been called a
Category
1690s Dutch Northern Renaissance African American Antique
Materials
Paper
Painted Wooden sculpture of Admiral Cheng Ho of Ming Dynasty
Located in Westport, CT
October 1423 - about 70 years before Columbus. He explored the coasts of Africa, South America and
Category
19th Century Chinese African American Antique
Materials
Wood
Mar di Aethiopia vulgo Oceanus Aethiopicus.
By Johannes Janssonius
Located in Zeeland, Noord-Brabant
A map of the southern half Atlantic Ocean, between Africa and South America and bordered by 'Terra
Category
1650s African American Antique
Materials
Engraving
1920s Italian Vintage Set of Five Ethnographic Plaster Busts by Paravia, Turin
By Paravia
Located in Milan, IT
group using the scientific standards and knowledge of the time.
The types are: African, Caucasian
Category
1920s Italian Art Deco African American Antique
Materials
Metal
Map of Venice
By Henri-Abraham Chatelain
Located in New York, NY
discoveries, focusing on distant countries, such as the Americas, Africa, the Middle East, Mongolia, China
Category
Early 18th Century Realist African American Antique
Materials
Engraving
Demilune 18th Century Dutch Louis XV Double Silver Purse with Velvet Bag
By Heere de Vries
Located in Werkendam, NL
continents of Asia, Europe, Africa and America. The knob serving to close and open the outer frame in the
Category
1770s Dutch Louis XV African American Antique
Materials
Silver
Mint in an 18th Century Landscape by Matthaeus Merian
Located in New York, NY
species of fragrant herbs of the mint family (Lamiaceae). Native to Eurasia, North America, southern
Category
1710s Northern Renaissance African American Antique
Materials
Engraving
English George III Demilune Commode, 18th Century
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
farther afield in Africa, the Americas and Asia. Early in his reign, Great Britain defeated France in the
Category
18th Century and Earlier English George III African American Antique
Materials
Mahogany
Southwest Plains Oil Painting by Ben Shahn,
By Ben Shahn
Located in Graton, CA
years studying at the National Academy of Design, Shahn traveled in Europe and North Africa. Returning
Category
Early 19th Century Post-Impressionist African American Antique
Materials
Oil
The Damascus Gate, Jerusalem - landscape watercolour by Stanley Inchbold
By Stanley Inchbold
Located in London, GB
landscape painter in both watercolour and oil, and travelled to paint all over Europe, America and North
Category
Early 20th Century Academic African American Antique
Materials
Watercolor
Centaur
By Davide Venturi
Figlio Di Bologna
Located in Brussels
Antwerp, BE
successful models by these artists spread in Italy, Europe, South Africa, South America and of course the
Category
19th Century Italian African American Antique
Materials
Carrara Marble
$113,100
Louis Comfort Tiffany Original Drawing HAND SIGNED LCT Gold Favrile Glass Art
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Bloomington, MN
travels to Europe. However, he painted all over the world from Africa to Asia, North America and Europe
Category
19th Century Realist African American Antique
Materials
Graphite
Louis Comfort Tiffany Original Drawing HAND SIGNED LCT Architecture Antique Art
By Louis Comfort Tiffany
Located in Bloomington, MN
world from Africa to Asia, North America and Europe. Along the way he gain access to many memberships
Category
Late 19th Century Realist African American Antique
Materials
Graphite
Fontaine de l
Observatoire dans le Jardin de Marco Polo in Paris
By Ulisse Caputo
Located in Wien, AT
of the world, Europe, Asia, Africa and America, twisting their bodies to turn the sphere, giving the
Category
Early 20th Century Modern African American Antique
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Afternoon Ride, Pair of Equestrian Landscape Paintings of Horses with Riders
Located in Doylestown, PA
renowned African American painter from Pennsylvania, Henry Ossawa Tanner (1859 – 1937).
Tanner met Hess
Category
1880s American Realist African American Antique
Materials
Oil, Board
French Bronze African American Boy Playing Banjo "What a Fly" E. Guillemin, 1870
By Émile Guillemin
Located in Charleston, SC
French Bronze Cold Painted African American boy playing banjo resting on squared molded plinth
Category
1870s American Folk Art African American Antique
Materials
Bronze
1942 African American Surrealist Nudes Oil Painting
Located in New York, NY
The artist of this painting, Gar Sparks (1888-1954), is an important figure in American Modern art
Category
Early 20th Century Surrealist African American Antique
Materials
Canvas
"Southern Gentleman" Unusal White Subject. Known for his African American
By William Aiken Walker
Located in San Antonio, TX
, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true Southerner, born in
Category
1870s Realist African American Antique
Materials
Oil
"Flowers in a Blue Vase, Still Life, " Floral Lilac Early African-American Artist
Located in New York, NY
illiterate laborer, Charles E. Porter became one of the first, if not the first, African-American to study at
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School African American Antique
Materials
Canvas, Paint, Oil
Cast Iron Polychromed Jockey Figure, 20th Cetury
Located in Astoria, NY
Cast Iron polychromed figural hitching post in the form of an African American jockey or groom
Category
Early 20th Century American Classical African American Antique
Materials
Iron
Primitive Drop Leaf Table
Located in Santa Monica, CA
This African American made drop leaf table, with its amazing alligatored original paint surface and
Category
19th Century American African American Antique
Materials
Wood
19th Century Sculpture Titled "What a Fly" by E. Guillemin
By Émile Guillemin
Located in Queens, NY
form of an African American boy wearing a plumed straw hat and playing a banjo.
Category
19th Century American Victorian African American Antique
Materials
Metal
Early Iron Art Deco Blackart Butler Ashtray Server Stand
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Early iron Art Deco blackart butler ashtray server stand featuring a cast iron African American
Category
1920s American Art Deco African American Antique
Materials
Iron
Singing Saints Print from Sargent Jonhson
By Sargent Johnson
Located in Pasadena, CA
, 1967) was one of the first African-American artists working in California to achieve a national
Category
1920s Art Deco African American Antique
Materials
C Print, Giclée
Big Meershaum Pipe Depicting a Man’s Head with a Hat, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
Carved meershaum pipe, with amber mouthpiece. In the large bowl of the pipe, the head of an African
Category
1880s Austrian African American Antique
Materials
Stone
Big Meershaum Pipe Depicting a Woman’s Head with a Hat, Vienna 1880
Located in Milan, IT
pipe, the head of an African American woman with hearing is depicted, with a wide straw hat with bows
Category
1880s Austrian African American Antique
Materials
Stone, Silver
19th Century French Metal and Paper World Globe, 1880s
By J. Lebegue
Cie
Located in LEGNY, FR
continents (Africa, America and Asia).
Some traces on the paper globe due to its age but very good general
Category
19th Century French African American Antique
Materials
Metal
Helene Sardeau French Art Deco Jazz Singer Cast Bronze Sculpture
By Helene Sardeau
Located in Astoria, NY
(American 1877-1957). Sardeau's first major commission was "Slave", a six foot limestone African American
Category
1920s French Art Deco African American Antique
Materials
Bronze
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Cream of Wheat advertising illustration
By Edward Vincent Brewer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
advertisement in hundreds of American magazines. The Cream of Wheat campaign, featuring the iconic African
Category
1910s African American Antique
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Frederick Douglass 1880 Signature and First Day Issue Stamp
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
September 3, 1838. From there, he traveled to a prosperous African American Community in New Bedford
Category
1880s American African American Antique
Materials
Paper
Antique American Victorian Late Classical Regency Mahogany Rocking Chair Rocker
Located in Dayton, OH
African Americans were enslaved and free blacks were restricted in their movements and activities. During
Category
1850s Victorian African American Antique
Materials
Upholstery, Mahogany
43 Star, Idaho Statehood, American Flag
Located in York County, PA
century; an exceptionally rare U.S. infantry battle flag, entirely hand-sewn, made for an African-American
Category
1890s African American Antique
Pair of Currier
Ives Billiard Prints
By Thomas Worth
Located in Oxfordshire, GB
York artist. Both scenes are of a billiard hall or bar with a group of African American men playing
Category
1880s British African American Antique
Hand Stitched American Silk Quilt in “Raising Barn” Pattern Circa the Late 1800s
Located in Barrington, IL
American Textiles, American Silk Quilt, Vintage Quilts, Hand Stitched Quilts, Southern Quilts, African
Category
Early 20th Century American African American Antique
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Painted Wood Folk Art Hutch
Located in Cambridge, US
an early 20th century African American cabinet maker from the southern United States. Constructed of
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art African American Antique
Materials
Wood, Paint
Horse and Jockey Painting of the 1st Futurity Stakes Winner Dated 1888
By Charles L. H. Zellinsky
Located in Palm Beach, FL
African-American Jockeys in the sport, inaugurated into the National Museum Racing Hall of fame in 2011
Category
19th Century American African American Antique
A Unique Round Wicker Frame
Located in Scottsdale, AZ
A unique round carved wood and wicker frame, housing a captivating photograph of a young African
Category
Early 20th Century American African American Antique
Materials
Wicker, Glass, Wood
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