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c. 1950
s Clown Shoes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
An amazing pair of c. 1950's clown shoes with several layers of original white paint and rainbow
Category
Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
Early 20th Century Clown Puppet
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century clown puppet.
A charming yet slightly creepy looking early 20th century hand
Category
Vintage 1920s French Toys
Materials
Fabric, Pine
Eugène Riboulet Art Deco Statue of Clown Pagliaccio "Canio" in Porcelain - 1Y135
Located in Bordeaux, FR
This Art Deco statue, crafted in biscuit porcelain, represents the clown Canio, also known as
Category
Vintage 1930s French Empire Antiquities
Materials
Porcelain
Early Original Adult Clown Costume
Located in Peekskill, NY
This full size costume looks quite old and could be 1800s. It has and interesting combination of fabrics, bells and lace. It has one small patch in the back but is in amazing conditi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Primitive Carnival Art
Materials
Fabric
Fanciful Curly-Toed American Circus Clown Shoes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Great pair of custom made vintage clown shoes. Green and gold...and despite the curly toes
Category
Vintage 1960s Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
Group Of Three Original Painted Schoehut Toy Clowns
Located in Los Angeles, CA
FOLKY GROUP OF THREE EARLY 20THC ORIGINAL SCHOEHUT CLOWNS THAT GO TO THE SCHOEHUT CIRCUS.SOLD AS A
Category
Early 20th Century American Toys
Materials
Wood
1930s Rodeo Clown on a Bull Pull Toy
Located in Lincoln, GB
Circa 1930 double sided metal pull toy of a rodeo clown sitting on a bull with articulated arms and
Category
20th Century Toys
Materials
Metal
1930s Advertising Panel with a Moving Acrobat and Clown
Located in Paris, FR
and a clown linked to an electrical mechanism.
Category
Vintage 1930s French Signs
Wind Up Musical Toy
Zilotone
, Clown Playing Xylophone, Wolverine Co. 1930
s
By Wolverine Suppy and MFG. CO
Located in Petaluma, CA
crank on the side (love the sound the crank makes), pull the lever out from behind the clown, and he
Category
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Toys
Materials
Metal, Tin
Whimsical Oil on Board Painting
Clown by Joe Arcos 1952
By Joe Arcos
Located in Buffalo, NY
Whimsical oil on board painting 'Clown by Joe Arcos 1952.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Mid-Century Modern Paintings
Materials
Masonite, Paint
Early 20th Century English Hand Sculpted Signed Pottery Clown Tobacco Jar
Located in London, GB
Hand sculpted pottery clown tobacco jar
We are proud to offer a signed and stamped hand sculpted
Category
Vintage 1910s British Victorian Ceramics
Materials
Pottery
Folk Art Mexican Girl, Circus Clown Juggler
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted it to an anecdotal folk
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Folk Art Mexican Girl, Circus Clown Juggler
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
melancholy and placid one. While he worked in the most modern of styles, he adapted it to an anecdotal folk
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Burlap, Oil
Large Naive European Folk Art Oil Painting Lazar Obican French Scarecrow Clown
Located in Surfside, FL
quality" and a naive, folk art, outsider art brut quality, child-like primitive style. Obican is
Category
1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Capodimonte Medea by Rori Porcelain Clown and Monkey statuette or Sculpture
Located in Plainview, NY
A stunning and very realistic sculpture by Capodimonte Medea by Rori of a clown playing accordion
Category
Vintage 1970s Italian Folk Art Models and Miniatures
Materials
Porcelain
Fun Bright Mixed-Media Folk Art Clown Sculpture with Balloon Paper Maché
Located in Topeka, KS
Fun and funky and bright Folk Art clown sculpture carrying a heart balloon of mixed-media including
Category
1990s American Folk Art Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Wire
Folk Art Up-Cycled Clown Sculpture
Located in Nantucket, MA
Folk Art up-cycled clown sculpture, 19th and 20th centuries - a clever combination and merging of
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron
Lifesize Circus Clown
Located in San Francisco, CA
Absolutely great old carved wood clown from an amusement arcade. Originally this had a mechanism
Category
20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Paint, Wood
$4,875
Hand Made Clowns Unicycle
Located in Peekskill, NY
This is a well used clown unicycle and a wonderful piece of folk art. It as quite small and took
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Circus or Carnival Clown Diamond Red White and Blue Clown Shoes
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Fantastic pair of vintage custom carnival or circus clown shoes with red and blue diamond stitched
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Clown Carousel Light, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
A wonderfully expressive painted clown face adorns this staggered carousel light with vibrant
Category
Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Carnival Clown Shooting Gallery Target
By Macglashan Air Gun Co.
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Sheet iron carnival shooting gallery target in the shape of a clowns head. Not marked, but thought
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Schuco Clockwork Clown Violinist, German, circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
Entertaining clockwork toy that when wound up starts the clown playing his violin in a realistic
Category
Vintage 1940s German Folk Art Toys
Materials
Metal
"Dandy" Walking Clown Clockwork Toy, Japan, circa 1950s
Located in Incline Village, NV
This wonderful, charming and pleasing action wind up toy was manufactured by HTC Mikuni Company of Japan, circa 1950s. It is made completely of tin, and is colorfully lithographed in...
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
"Clown Drummer" Clockwork Toy Schuco, German, circa 1940
Located in Incline Village, NV
When wound up this charming German Schuco toy clown dances around, while raising his arms up and
Category
Vintage 1940s German Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
"Clown Playing Violin" Toy Japanese Wind-Up, Circa 1950
s
Located in Incline Village, NV
; this example is from 1956.
The clown is in all original excellent condition with no restorations, or
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Folk Art Toys
Materials
Tin
Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Clown Toy Attributed Schoenhut Company, Germany Circa 1920
By Schoenhut
Located in Incline Village, NV
Vintage "Rolly Dolly" Clown Toy possibly by The Schoenhut Toy Company, Germany, circa 1920
Category
Vintage 1920s German Folk Art Toys
Materials
Composition
Vintage Circus or Sideshow Hand-Painted Giant Clown Banner, circa 1940s
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Vintage one of a kind circus or sideshow hand painted banner with a giant clown balancing a feather
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Canvas
Antique Cast Iron Clown Bank
Located in Redding, CT
Antique cast iron clown bank. This is an original 1910 cast iron A.C. Williams CLOWN BANK that
Category
Antique Early 1900s American Toys
Materials
Iron
Rare Polychrome Terra Cotta Carnival Clown Head
Located in Houston, TX
Monumental Hand Decorated Polychromed Terra Cotta Carnival Clown Bust Mounted on Board.
Category
Early 20th Century Unknown Carnival Art
Materials
Terracotta, Wood
Vintage Toy, Wind Up Clown on Scooter, 1950s
Located in Roma, IT
This Vintage Wind up Clown on Scooter is a vintage mechanical toy.
Made in lithographed tin in
Category
Mid-20th Century Hungarian Toys
Materials
Metal
Vintage Carnival Midway Clown Head Found In Upstate New York
Located in Santa Monica, CA
American carnival midway clown head found in upstate New York. This was supposed to have come
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Early 20th Century Leather Clown Shoes Popeio Carnival Fairground Circus
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A pair of leather clown shoes of unusual proportions, early 20th century in age.
By repute from
Category
Early 20th Century Belgian Edwardian Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
Mid-20th Century French Articulated Clown Marquette
Located in London, GB
Mid-20th century articulated clown Marquette
A charming example of a mid-20th century French fully
Category
Vintage 1950s French Folk Art Toys and Dolls
Materials
Silk, Pine, Paint
Vintage Clown Leather Shoes
Located in Chicago, IL
Vintage clown leather shoes.
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
Clown
Located in New York, NY
A clown surprise within a decorative roundel likely made for the fairground
Category
20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood, Paint
Painted Papier Mâché Clown Sculpture
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a folk art painted papier mâché and wire clown sculpture sporting Classic clown garb and
Category
Mid-20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Wire
Clown Shoes
Located in High Point, NC
Pair white leather Clown shoes
Category
Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
$585
Zen Clown
Located in San Francisco, CA
This little clown brings me a sense of calm. Happy and calm.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Carnival Art
$475
Clown Painting
Located in Cathedral City, CA
OIL ON BOARD....SIGNED ST '51.
Category
Vintage 1950s American Paintings
Materials
Board
$395
Clown Babies
Located in New York, NY
Custom mounted paper mache masks painted in polychrome. Manufactued by The American Mask Maufacturing Company, Finday, Ohio.
Category
Early 20th Century American Masks
Carnival Game Clown
Located in Sag Harbor, NY
a painted metal carnival game clown head
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Metal
$1,200
Just Clowning Around...
Located in Charleston, SC
Wonderful Composite Large Clown. Very intricate and hand painted.
Category
Vintage 1950s French Carnival Art
Circus Clown Shoes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A playful pair of leather zig zag grass blade style clown shoes
Category
20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
Mechanical Clown Fragment
Located in Seattle, WA
Perhaps used in a sideshow, this terrifying clown is stand-alone cool. Can be made to rotate at
Category
20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Wood
Clown Pull Toy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Circa 1930 double sided metal pull toy of a rodeo clown sitting on a bull with articulated arms and
Category
Vintage 1930s American Toys
Materials
Metal
$1,095
Blue-Painted Cast-Iron Masked Clown Shooting Gallery Target
By H.C. Evans
Co.
Located in New Hope, PA
A masked clown shooting gallery target attributed to H. C. Evans & Company of Chicago, Illinois
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Extremely Rare Mechanical Clown
Located in Toronto, ON
Rare and magnificent life-size mechanical clown atop painted wood and metal base. When plugged in
Category
Vintage 1960s American Carnival Art
Materials
Metal
Authentic Giant Clown Shoes
Located in San Francisco, CA
Wonderful pair of gigantic clown shoes.
Category
Vintage 1960s American Toys
Materials
Leather
Vintage Circus Clown Shoes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A colorful leather pair of vintage clown shoes
Category
20th Century American Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
1950
s CLOWN SHOES
Located in San Francisco, CA
Red and white polka dot leather clown shoes
Category
Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
$1,100
Vintage Circus Clown Shoes
Located in San Francisco, CA
A vintage pair of clown shoes in black and white leather with rubber soles.
Category
20th Century American Carnival Art
Clown Shooting Gallery Target
By H.C. Evans
Co.
Located in Manalapan, NJ
Clown shooting gallery target manufactured by H. L. Evans Company of Chicago, IL.
Original
Category
Vintage 1930s American Carnival Art
Materials
Iron
Amusement Park Clown Face
Located in Seattle, WA
This beautifully creepy classic clown face originating in Syracuse New York. It's constructed out
Category
Vintage 1950s American Carnival Art
Black Formal Vintage Clown Shoes
Located in High Point, NC
Pair of bit toed formal black leather vintage clown shoes to go with clown tux with man-made sole
Category
Vintage 1980s Carnival Art
Materials
Leather
Clown Head In Old Paint
Located in New York, NY
Clown Head in old paint. From an amusement park, Gametown, Michigan. Signed Circa 1940
Category
Vintage 1940s American Carnival Art
$3,800
Prison Art - Clowns
Located in Cathedral City, CA
GROUP OF 3. HAND DRAWN BY JON HANEY WHILE DOING TIME IN THE CALIFORNIA PENAL SYSTEM.OTHERS AVAILABLE.
Category
Late 20th Century American Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper, Pencil
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Folk Art Clown For Sale on 1stDibs
At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal folk art clown for your home. Each folk art clown for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, wood and animal skin. If you’re shopping for a folk art clown, we have 46 options in-stock, while there are 1 modern editions to choose from as well. Your living room may not be complete without a folk art clown — find older editions for sale from the 19th Century and newer versions made as recently as the 21st Century. Each folk art clown bearing Folk Art, Mid-Century Modern or Victorian hallmarks is very popular. A well-made folk art clown has long been a part of the offerings for many furniture designers and manufacturers, but those produced by Ron Lee, Gong Bell Mfg. Co. and Joe Arcos are consistently popular.
How Much is a Folk Art Clown?
Prices for a folk art clown can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $150 and can go as high as $9,004, while the average can fetch as much as $1,200.
Finding the Right Folk-art for You
Folk art refers to a genre of art that shares the creator’s traditions, offering not just an artistic display but an opportunity to learn about a culture. Vintage, new and antique folk art typically reflects a heritage or location. It can include utilitarian objects and handmade art as diverse as weather vanes, portraiture and paintings, carnival art, quilts and duck decoys.
American folk art is frequently valued because of the traditional skills involved, like weaving, hand-carving wood and even stonework. Many folk artists are self-taught, while some train as apprentices within their community. By using available materials and taking a personal approach to their creations, artists ensure each piece is unique and conveys a story. Native American folk art includes functional objects reflecting their heritage, such as baskets, textiles and wooden pieces.
During the Great Depression, artistic materials in America were hard to come by, so artisans used discarded wood from cigar boxes and shipping crates to make highly stylized, notched pieces — most often picture frames and boxes — that are today sought after by collectors. This folk art style is called tramp art and was popular from roughly 1870 until the 1940s.
Folk art brings vibrant culture and traditions into your home. Browse an extensive collection of folk art on 1stDibs.
Questions About Folk Art Clown
- Is mandala art folk art?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 22, 2024Yes, mandala art is folk art. The definition of folk art is art that reflects the sociocultural characteristics and values of a particular group of people. Mandala art fits this definition due to its association with the Hindu and Buddhist faiths. On 1stDibs, explore a selection of folk art from some of the world's top sellers.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 25, 2019
Among the materials used in folk art are cloth, wood, paper, clay and metal.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Mexican folk art can be characterized by vibrant colored paintings and jewelry designed with floral motifs. Lush forests and animals, especially birds, are featured in Mexican folk art, which is a blend of Indigenous and European methods and skills. You’ll find a variety of Mexican folk art from some of the world’s top sellers on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertOctober 7, 2024The difference between fine and folk art comes down primarily to function. Fine artists produce paintings, prints, sculptures and other artworks to express an idea or concept, communicate a message or tell a story. With folk art, artists are usually more interested in following cultural traditions than self-expression. Pieces of folk art often have more practical uses compared to works of fine art, such as quilts and furniture. Other examples of folk art include pottery, masks, textiles and carvings. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of fine and folk art.
- 1stDibs ExpertSeptember 23, 2024What Ukrainian folk art is called depends on its medium. Named after the village from which it emerged, Petrykivka is a type of decorative painting that often features colorful flowers and birds against a white background. The name for decorating eggs is pysanky, and vyshyvka is the term for decorative embroidery. Explore a large selection of folk art on 1stDibs.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Jamini Roy was an Indian artist whose paintings often reflected his Indian roots. Roy combined imagery from Indian folk art with Western motifs to create his unique modern works. Subjects ranged from paintings of legendary figures to everyday life in rural Bengal. His goal was to make art affordable to everyone. Browse a selection of Jamini Roy paintings on 1stDibs.
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