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Place of Origin: American
Torcida by Elena Rakochy
Located in Chicago, IL
Torcida by Elena Rakochy , Glazed Stoneware
Composed of Rounded, Flat and Hexagonal shaped elements juxtaposed with some twisted portions for a dynamic contrast.
Artist Bio and State...
Category
Early 2000s American Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Navajo Picture Writing on Muslin, Six Weasel People with Two Lizard Guardians
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unknown
Navajo picture writing on muslin
Six Yeis With Two Water Creature Guardians
Muslin, mineral pigments, sand.
Navajo Medicine Man active 1947 - 1...
Category
Mid-20th Century Native American American Folk Art
Materials
Other
Early 20th C Folk Art American School Pen
Ink On Paper Jack The Giant Killer
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A rather interesting and comical pen and ink on paper drawing of "Jack the giant killer", housed in a period stained pine frame.
Early part of the 20th century in age, American in ...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Softwood, Paper
Native American Hunter with his Mustang Oil Painting
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Native American Hunter with his Mustang oil painting on cannvas.
Original Contemporary oil painting canvas stretched on wood..
Signed on the right corner.
( illisible).
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Porcelain Handicapped Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage porcelain handicapped sign. Great colors. Newly framed and floating in a shadow box. Great vintage condition.
Category
1950s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Porcelain
Pair of Beautiful Navajo Weaving Bolster Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Beautiful Navajo Weaving Bolster pillow.
Category
20th Century Adirondack American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$760 Sale Price / set
20% Off
19th Century Blackfeet Split Horn Headdress
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Blackfeet or crow split horn headdress collected by Ron Hall at Browning, Montana from grandson of Edward Axe (Blackfeet) who acquired from Jack B...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads, Feathers
Alaskan Lidded Basket
By Eskimo
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Alaskan lidded basket. With beautiful green and red diamond design around body, mirrored on lid. Design with some losses. Still a highly displayable piece, great for a coastal cabin ...
Category
Early 20th Century Native American American Folk Art
Materials
Natural Fiber
$1,380
Tramp Art Style Top Desk in Nautical Design
Located in Nantucket, MA
Elaborately chip carved in a nautical motif design with a tapered scalloped gallery and three drawers each with a glass pull. Found in Upstate New York
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art American Folk Art
Materials
Pine
"Stoned" Reitha Sedel Virginia Artist Vintage Moody Portrait Painting
Located in Virginia Beach, VA
Virginia Artist Reitha Fivel Sedel (1918 - 1991)
“Stoned”, Acrylic on Canvas.
Featuring moody turquoises and blues, a portrait of three male figures. Each male figure has long bro...
Category
1970s Modern Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
Pair of American Nautical Gimbaled Nickel Silver
Brass Wall Sconces, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
Pair of American nautical gimbaled nickel silver over brass mounted wall sconces with bulbous flared amber glass shades. Gimbals kept candles straight in rough seas. Pair are candle ...
Category
1850s American Empire Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Brass, Nickel
Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas by Alice (Alicia) Makara .1925-2007 WNY Artist
By Alice Colonieu
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist Oil Painting on Canvas by Alice (Alicia) Makara .1925-2007 WNY Artist..
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas, Paint
Vintage
No Bikes
Street Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage 'no bikes on sidewalk' sign with incredible sunburn weathering patina. Steel sign featuring a bicycle encircled by a red ring with a line through it. Great faded coloring give this piece unique character. Cool vintage graphics...
Category
1970s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Vintage Midcentury Stoneware Pottery Studio Candleholder
By Otto Heino
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage midcentury stoneware pottery candleholder.
Unique and uncommon Studio Pottery candleholder in the style of Otto Heino.
Circular shaped ...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery, Stoneware
"Caught in the Frame » / A Folk Art Metal Wall Piece by Bernie
Located in Pasadena, CA
A tin house, its structure cold and raw. A gaping hole at its center, like an explosion. Inside, two pink figures, nude and stunned. Their round eyes, mouths agape—surprise, unease, ...
Category
1980s Post-Modern Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Vintage School Crossing Safety Guard Folk Art Trade Sign
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Original hand painted school safety crossing guard sign. Sheet metal and wood. Great original surface. Has original leaning brace mounted on back, but c...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Sheet Metal
Monumental George Bush Sculptural Head
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental sculptural head of President George Bush. Made of foam, paste and hand-painted. Very unique piece of sculpture. Massive scale. President Nixon...
Category
1980s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Paste, Foam, Paint
$725 Sale Price
69% Off
Oversized Bonze Advertising Store Display Scissors
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Midcentury, oversized, advertising, store display, bronze scissors open and close as real scissors. Makes a great, rustic, folk art piece or wall art.
Category
Mid-20th Century Industrial American Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Oil Painting of an Asian Lady by Geri Perlman, 1993
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Paintings depicting portraits of a lady wearing a traditional sari style attire and head cover.
Looks like and Asian traditional attire, bright colors, probably Afghani or Persian or Indian lady...
Category
1990s Folk Art American Folk Art
Materials
Canvas
Set of Seven Monumental Hand-Painted Tools
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique set of seven hand-painted tools. Each one is approximately 8 feet tall. Set includes, hammer, Phillips head screw driver, three wrenches, a saw and needle nose pliers. Hand-pa...
Category
1970s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
$4,800 Sale Price / set
36% Off
Antique Nantucket Ship
s Wheel Dining Table
By Nancy Chase
Located in Nantucket, MA
Antique ship's wheel dining table from Nantucket Island, made by the renowned Scrimshaw artist Nancy Chase (1931-2016). Nancy bought this Late 19th Century Ship's Wheel from an antiq...
Category
1950s Folk Art Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
$3,840 Sale Price
20% Off
Plains Indian Quillwork Tobacco Bag, Native Hide
Beads, c. 1850–1880
By Native American Art
Located in Denver, CO
This exceptional mid-19th century Plains Indian tobacco bag is a rare and visually compelling example of traditional Native American artistry from the Northern Plains region. Crafted...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Beads
1930s Oversized Folk Art Wooden Gavel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Unique and large commemorative gavel given to Fred G. Fraser as Chef de Chemin de Fer in 1938 by the Promenade Nationale General Committee in Los Angeles, CA (a...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Duckweed Green Creel
Located in Coeur d
Alene, ID
Native center opening creel made of split willow. We assume sold to a fisherman, he painted. Measures: 9" x 13" x 8" H.
Period: 19th century
Origin: Northeast
Size: 9" x 13" x 8" ...
Category
Early 19th Century Native American Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Willow
$1,500
Vintage Neighborhood Watch Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage neighborhood watch sign. Much larger than the standard sized sign. Great muted coloring and graphics. Good vintage condition.
Category
1990s American Folk Art
Materials
Steel
"Tenderness" Native American Painting by Carol Theroux (USA 1930-2021)
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Introducing "Tenderness" Native American Painting by Carol Theroux (USA 1930-2021), a captivating piece of art that encapsulates the profound ...
Category
1980s Modern Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Wood, Paper
Vintage Southern Quilt in Wedding Ring Pattern in Pale Green, Ivory, Green
Located in Barrington, IL
A rare and exquisite early 20th-century hand-stitched quilt top from the Southeastern United States, most likely North Carolina. This textile features the beloved “Double Wedding Rin...
Category
Early 20th Century American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Brutalist Steel Cattail Table Top Sculpture Signed
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Brutalist steel cattail table top sculpture signed on the base. Made of cut steel. Cut marks in the leaves add texture along with the hand hammered Cattails. 33 1/2" tall
Category
Late 20th Century Mid-Century Modern American Folk Art
Materials
Stone, Metal, Cut Steel
Hand Carved Indian Rider Plaque
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine hand carved end of the run horse and rider plaque is in great condition.
Category
Mid-20th Century Adirondack American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Long
Dead End
Highway Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage highway sign. Dead End Rd. Over 3 feet long. Cool vintage sign with good subject matter. Reflective material.
Category
1960s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Headless Leader Painting by Artfux
By Arflex
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A great image by the collaborative group Artfux founded in 1990. This work was most likely influenced by one of the founders Ray Arcadio. From his website the following;
To artist R...
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art
Arizona Wood Hiking Trail Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage trailhead sign. 6.5 feet long and 1.5 feet tall. Wooden sign from Davenport/ Sears Loop Trail in Horseshoe dam, Arizona, a remote section of the Mazatzal's that sees little use. Sign indicates with arrows "SEARS TRAILHEAD 1/4," "DAVENPORT TRAILHEAD 2 1/2," and "SHEEP BRIDGE 10." Light brown background with white lettering and border. Small sticker on top left corner reads "The willful defacing or removal of forest service...
Category
1980s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century American Wire Buggy
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine folky handcrafted wire doll or teddy bear buggy is in fine condition and workable order. The wheels work and you can use this child's doll buggy.
Category
19th Century Adirondack Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Wire
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
American Diminutive Gilt Copper Eagle Weathervane on Iron Stand, Circa 1810
Located in Charleston, SC
American diminutive gilt copper spread eagle weathervane mounted on squared iron stand, Early 19th century. Squared iron base is 4.75 inches .
Category
1810s American Colonial Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Kiln Fired Clay Sculpture of a Woman, 1980s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Clay sculpture of a disapproving Woman with her hands on her hips. No signature or known designer. Woman has short hair and a slender frame. Glaze finish with abstract coloring and p...
Category
1980s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Clay, Paint
Mid-Century Modern Hand Painted Buck on Mirror with Walnut Frame
Located in Van Nuys, CA
Hand Painted artwork Mirror with Buck in nature with tree and foliage. The frame is a natural walnut wood finish.
Dimensions: 32.5 x 21"
Category
1950s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Cordell Cordaro Modernist Abstract Painting "Smoking at a desk"
By Juliano Cordano
Located in Buffalo, NY
Cordell Cordaro Large Modernist Abstract Painting titled "Smoking at a desk" Wonderful use of color and negative space.
Cordaro was born and raised in Rochester NY. He is a father ...
Category
1970s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Dog Oil
Watercolor Signed Victoria 1986
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Signed Victoria 1986 watercolor is in fine condition and great frame original to the piece of art.
Category
Late 20th Century Adirondack American Folk Art
Materials
Paint, Paper, Wood
$716 Sale Price
20% Off
Large Modernist Abstract Sculpture "INNERWOVEN STRUCTURE" by Duayne Hatchett
By Duanye Hatchett
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large modernist abstract sculpture "INNERWOVEN STRUCTURE" by Duayne Hatchett. Amazing graceful bent layers of metal, can be mounted, hung as a mobile or on a stationary surface, i.e....
Category
1960s Brutalist Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Modernist Stabile Sculpture by Graham Sears
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist stabile sculpture by Graham Sears.
Category
2010s Mid-Century Modern American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
19th Century Mounted Doll Quilt, Postage Stamp Chain
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This very early and rare triple Irish chain mini-postage stamp chain doll quilt is in fine condition. Minor age spotting in fine condition no tears or damages. This is hand sewn on c...
Category
Mid-19th Century Country Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
$1,260 Sale Price
20% Off
Maidu Basketry Bowl, 1910-1920
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Maidu basketry bowl
1910 - 1920
Willow and Devil's Claw
Measures: 3.25 inches H. x 10.25 inches L. x 7.25 W.
This basket appears in excellent original unrestored condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Native American American Folk Art
Materials
Willow
Rare Antique American Hooked Narrow Runner Rug
Located in Milan, IT
Woven with an all-over design of stylized leaves and tendrils, this rare American hooked runner carpet has the added bonus of being very narrow, making it ideal for contemporary spaces.
Category
Early 20th Century Colonial Revival American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Navajo Indian Weaving Eye Dazzler Large Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillow is super early and fine condition. The backing is in a camel cotton linen.
Category
Late 19th Century Adirondack Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Linen, Wool
$1,356 Sale Price
20% Off
Sponge Ware Mixing or Fruit Bowl
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This monumental 19th century sponge ware bowl is in pristine condition and it measures 13.5" across. Perfect fruit bowl for a large table.
Category
19th Century Country Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Children at Play Sign
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique vintage street sign that reads 'SLOW - Children at Play' Black lettering on a reflective yellow background and black trim. Fun graphics depicting two children on a teeter totter...
Category
1980s Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
Collection of Three Indian Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine group of three pillows are from a Mexican saddle blanket weaving. Two kidney pillows and on square horse head pillow. Sold as a group of three...
Category
20th Century Other American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
American Nautical Brass Housing
Wood Collar Floating Distress Beacon, C. 1850
Located in Charleston, SC
American nautical brass housing and wood collar floating distress beacon with a glass lens, mid-19th century.
Category
1850s American Empire Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Brass
Original 1902 American Playhouse Poster
By U.S. Litho Company
Located in Peekskill, NY
This was an estate find and part of a beautiful collection of rare excellent turn of the century posters. They were hidden away for over a 100 years.
About the poster:
You'd think that a play called 'The New Baby' might feature said child in its promotional material. But here's the thing, there really isn't a baby at the center of the comedy, and that's the crux of this entertainment. The plot concerns a husband who is so bored with country life that he dreams up the idea of having an illegitimate son in London as a way to get into town for an occasional 'night off'. When his wife decides that the child should be adopted, the expected comic tissue of falsehoods and misunderstandings frays and hilarity ensues. Adapted from German by A. Bourchier, the farce opened in London in 1896 to what a local critic termed 'much mirth'. Several years later, when the play had crossed the Atlantic and entered the repertory of David de Wolf - cleverly called the Baby's 'chaperone' on the poster - and his troupe of travelling players, that understated review was translated into the more American howling success'. The cast and director would've been totally unfamiliar with the British hinterlands, so this splendid design concentrates on the hi-jinks of the characters and their situation.' At the start of the 20th century, America was in the full glory of its cultural adolescence, bursting with energy and optimism. In 1900 in New York there were 33 legitimate Broadway theatres, and many more would be built within the next decade to meet growing audience demand. New York's exploding population was also enjoying increased mobility. In 1904, the city opened its first underground commuter railroad lines. Thanks to these 'subways,' tens of thousands living far from the theatre district could catch a Broadway show and still sleep in their own beds. Add in the ever-increasing numbers of tourists who came into the city by rail and steamship, and it was easy to see why Broadway could now support more productions and longer runs than ever before.' We believe this magnificent and awe inspiring poster typifies the best of musical history and musical posters...
Category
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau American Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Pair of Mustard and Brown Navajo Indian Weaving
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of Navajo Indian weaving bolster pillows. The backing is in cotton linen and down and feather filled.
Category
Mid-20th Century Navajo American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$740 Sale Price / set
38% Off
Pair of Early 19th Century Brown and Tan Navajo Weaving Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Pair of early brown and tan Navajo weaving pillows. These weaving pillows have the lazy lines and are in very neutral colors.
Category
Late 19th Century Navajo Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,036 Sale Price
20% Off
Emil Milan 1981 Cherry Wood Triple Bird Sculpture Thompson PA Studio Craft
By Emil Milan
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Rare form. Nice example of Emil Milan's sculpture work. Signed, Date with Location.
Category
1980s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Cherry
$2,800 Sale Price
20% Off
Navajo Indian Weaving Streak of Lighting Pillows
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This pair of Navajo saddle blanket pillows are in good condition and have black cotton linen backings.
Category
1940s Navajo Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,516 Sale Price / set
20% Off
Monumental Mexican Serape Weaving Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This handwoven Mexican weaving bolster pillow has amazing colors and in fine condition. The backing is in black cotton linen. The insert is down and fe...
Category
1930s Adirondack Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$1,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Signed
Dated 1853 Lanc. County Coverlet Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Handwoven coverlet bolster pillow signed and dated 1853. This handwoven coverlet pillow has a blue cotton linen backing. The inserts are down and f...
Category
Mid-19th Century American Colonial Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$476 Sale Price
20% Off
Bessie Boris "Intersection" Oil and Mixed Media on Paper
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Bessie Boris (Johnstown, PA b. 1917, d. 1993) oil, watercolor, and pastel on paper entitled "Intersection" (1969).
Boris placed great emphasis on color and psychologically charged di...
Category
1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage American Folk Art
Materials
Paint
Fantastic Peruvian Indian Lama Lambs Wool Bolster Pillow
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This soft and luxurious lambs wool pillow has a wonderful fun lama and is a weaving from Peru. This Peruvian Indian weaving is a wonderful statement in a room or sofa.
Category
Mid-20th Century Tribal American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
$760 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Late 19th Century Seascape Lighthouse Oil Painting
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Unsigned Maritime oil painting. Very good quality, by the hand of a professional painter. The painting is soiled from 100 years of exposure. The frame has some losses (chips) to the ...
Category
19th Century American Classical Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
$556 Sale Price
20% Off
19th Century Spongeware Soup Bowl and Cup and Saucer
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century large spongeware soup bowl and cup and saucer from a private Pennsylvania Collection. The soup bowl is 10" and the c & s is 4 1/2 "wide x 3 1/2" high. Sold as 3pcs set. ...
Category
Late 19th Century Country Antique American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
$1,196 Sale Price / set
20% Off
American Folk Art Tool Museum Sign 1950 Tool Assemblage
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Wentworth Tool Museum sign assembled with scrap tools and hardware. Assemblage include many wrenches, drill bits, saws and scissors. Heavy iron constructio...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art American Folk Art
Materials
Iron
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