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Period: Mid-20th Century
1950s Folk Art Sculpture Group Of Drunk Swedes At Bar Scene
Located in Haddonfield, NJ
1950s Folk Art wood carving of a group of drunk Swedes at a bar scene with fish and alcohol fermentation.
Category
Swedish Folk Art Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
$780 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Painting by Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997) Titled "Zetn Now"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage outsider painting on plywood by American Folk artist Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997).
The painting is titled "Zetn Now" and it depicts a woman sitting down on a tree trunk ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Plywood
Vintage Painting by Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997) Titled "Gon Ta Skol"
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Vintage outsider painting on plywood by American Folk artist Black Joe Jackson (US 1922-1997).
The painting is titled "Gon Ta Zkol" and it depicts a woman and a little girl waiting ...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Plywood
American Folk Art Cowboy and Horse Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Tall one of a kind cowboy and horse spinning whirligig American Folk Art piece. Most likely from a larger folk art environment. Sheet steel constructi...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron, Sheet Metal
Folk Art Bottle Cap Snake
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A whimsical and surprisingly decorative Snake constructed of dozens of colorful bottle caps pierced and strung on a length of strong metal wire allowing twists and turns into many co...
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Iron
Prison Folk Art Matchstick Model Boat Ship Maritime Night Light Sculpture 31"
Located in Dayton, OH
Mid century three tiered prison folk art / tramp art model steam boat sculpture. Upcycled cardboard framing structure, matchstick exterior with glossy...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
$468 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Handmade Round Doilies Fine Crochet White Cream Ivory French
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
Vintage handmade doilies fine crochet white cream ivory French lace starched round.
Beautiful hand crochet doilies in great vintage condition, the color is beige, nice floral design,...
Category
French French Provincial Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Linen
Farmer Made Wooden Hand Painted Swiss Wall Plate with Edelweiss and Flower Motif
Located in Rümmingen, BW
This wooden hand-painted Swiss wall plate, especially one likely made by a farmer, is a charming piece of folk art that reflects the rural traditions and everyday life of Switzerland...
Category
Swiss Primitive Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Fine Hand Carved Folk Art Zodiac Sign, Charles Pizzano, 1950
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is a beautiful blue and gold hand carved and hand painted zodiac sign crafted by Charles Pizzano, circa 1950.
The 32 inch octagonal shaped sign was just one of Pizzano's prolif...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
$1,400 Sale Price
60% Off
1930s Dada Photomontage Collage in the Style of Hannah Höch
By Hannah Höch
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Charming photomontage collage of girls at play with dogs, cats and birds in foreground.
Whimsical happy work of art in the manner of Hannah Höch. Not sign...
Category
Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Glass, Wood, Paper
Mid-Century Modern Skeletal Wire Rod Abstract Sculpture
Located in New Windsor, NY
An amazing spider's web of a rollercoaster of design and line. This sculpture is just as delicate and light filled like a spider's web. A work that reaches, careens, and zigzags Constantly changing maze of line and perspective. Comprised of welded metal rods and airbrushed in different colors. Circa 1960. Good overall condition with all welds intact. Some minor rust and pitting, but that just adds to the piece's outsider art charm. Clipped corners on the piece's base. Reminiscent of a small skeletal sculpture by the artist, Lee Bontecou...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
$2,300 Sale Price
20% Off
Fabric Collage Floor Screen by Rose Lautman
Located in Hanover, MA
Rose Lautman, worked exclusively in fabric collage with a meticulous hand and a fine needle.
Rose's artwork was exhibited in galleries primarily in Sara...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Fabric
1960s Taller Maya Mixed Metal Modernist Necklace, Mexico
By Taller Maya
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A striking mixed-metal modernist necklace designed and handcrafted in Mexico in the 1960s by the renowned jewelry studio Taller Maya. This bold and sculptural piece showcases the studio’s signature use of hammered brass, copper, and patinated detailing, arranged in an interconnected geometric chain supporting a large circular pendant with richly textured, multi-tonal hammered surfaces.
The necklace features alternating hammered links, copper accent rings, and round decorative medallions, all connected with Taller Maya’s characteristic hand-forged techniques. The large pendant—layered with concentric hammered textures—creates a dramatic focal point that embodies the expressive and culturally rooted aesthetic for which the studio is celebrated.
The piece retains its original hallmark:
“Maya” and “Mexico”
Measurement:
Length: 16.50 in (41.9 cm)
This necklace is an excellent example of mid-20th-century Mexican modernist jewelry...
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Brass, Copper
American Arts And Crafts Pyrography Male And Female , Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
An unusual clever depiction of a male and female seated on a cushioned bench together- fine mid century Arts and crafts pyrography style portraiture.
Attractive mid century contem...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Mid 20th Century Folk Art Cowboy Rodeo Whirligig
Located in Nantucket, MA
Mid 20th century Folk Art cowboy Rodeo Whirligig, circa 1940s to 50s, comprising four carved and painted cowboys mounted on horseback riding in a circle a...
Category
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Copper
Swedish Wooden Folk Art Gentleman Sugar Dispenser, 1940s
Located in Esbjerg, DK
Unknown Volk Art maker/artisan K.K made this elegant sugar, pepper, salt etc dispenser in engine-tuned pine. It is dated 1946 and we found this beautie on a privat Flea-marked near F...
Category
Swedish Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
American Arts And Crafts Finely Painted Pyrography Dutch Scene By Harry Ungar
Located in South Burlington, VT
An unusually fine mid century Arts and crafts pyrography portrait of two Dutch children amidst a scene of a windmill , home, boat and water.
Attractively hand stained or painted wit...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Quirky Hunting Lodge Shooting Rifle Lamp A great piece made by a blacksmith
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Quirky Hunting Lodge Shooting Rifle Lamp
A great piece made by a blacksmith on a wrought iron stand, it has a Horseshoe shaped base and the upright has a r...
Category
Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Tramp Art Jewelry Box with Pincushion Top
Located in NYC, NY
A handcrafted dresser or jewelry box with hinged pincushion lid and applied, chip-carved decoration. The interior with framed mirror on underside of lid and papered in a purple and w...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Mirror
Mid Century Large Arts And Crafts Pyrography Fishing Fleet Ships, Signed
Located in South Burlington, VT
A finely incised large mid 20th century representation of "Aberdeen Herring Fleet 1885" - a 19th century fishing fleet, signed lower left.
Signed lower right by British artist H Go...
Category
British Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Pair Oversized Mistique Paper Mache Wall Figural Sculptures
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1482 Folk Art pair hand made and painted Caribbean figural wall sculptures
made from corrugated boxes and hand painted
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
1956 Haitian Roosters Oil on Board Painting by Rene Exume
Located in Stamford, CT
1956 Haitian Roosters Painting by Rene Exume. Oil on board. As found wood frame. Purchased directly from the artist in 1956 in Port Au Prince, Haiti by an American Diplomat.
Category
Haitian Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Masonite, Paint, Wood
Charming Hand Made Diorama Shadow Box of Maine Fisherman
Located in Hopewell, NJ
Charming one of a kind hand made diorama or shadow box of a Maine fisherman in his boat. Incredible details from fish in a bucket on board the boat to sea gulls flying above. A Mai...
Category
North American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Glass, Wood
Fine Pair Hand Carved Hand Painted Outsider Folk Art , Charles Pizzano, 1950
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unique Pair (2) Hand Carved And Hand Painted Masterworks by Charles Pizzano (1893-1987)
This is a beautiful matching pair (2) blue , red and gold hand carved and hand painted brilli...
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
$1,520 Sale Price / set
60% Off
20th Century Block Print titled "Understanding"
Located in Denton, TX
20th century framed block print.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Paint, Paper
The Sad Dog Carving by C. Beckstead 1949
Located in London, GB
The Sad Dog Carving by C. Beckstead 1949
We love this little fella, named The Sad Dog carving by C. Beckstead from Canada in 1949. Made from pine. C. Beckstead is a well renowned fo...
Category
Canadian Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
1960
s Italian Bamboo Umbrella Stand
Located in North Miami, FL
This CHIC Italian Bamboo and woven wicker umbrella stand boasts a wonderful brass plate at the base to catch umbrella water dripping. The weaving is in great condition and it is a s...
Category
Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Brass
1950s American Garage Craftmans Bits Plywood Cabinet Tabletop Chest WW2 Era
Located in Hyattsville, MD
As-found. Petite painted plywood bits and bobs cabinet, factory or garage custom in house job. No makers markings. Chips, dents to wood, splat and paint patina from normal uses.
Category
American Industrial Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Plywood
$1,116 Sale Price
20% Off
Antique Stained Glass Christmas Window Panel French Hand Made
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Antique Stained Glass Christmas Window Panel
French Hand Made Antique Stained Glass Christmas Window Panel
This lovely Artisan made piece has been made from 19th century jewel cryst...
Category
French Provincial Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Glass
Large Vintage Cow Bone Throne Armchair, Germany, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
A great piece of fantasy furniture - a throne chair made of original bones from the female cattle (Bos taurus). All parts are made of real cattle bones sticked together with iron rod...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Bone
Jig Saw Puzzle Shelf in the Style of Nicola L
By Nicola L.
Located in New York, NY
Groovy cut-out laminate wood two-tier shelf, after Nicole L. This example shows some cosmetic wear including a white paint spot on the back bottom shelf, and one formed drip protrusi...
Category
American Post-Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Plywood
$1,680 Sale Price
40% Off
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes
Located in London, GB
Early 20th Century Apprentice Shoes
A rare and delightful pair of leather early 20th Century hand crafted apprentice shoes. One of the smallest examples we have seen to date.
...
Category
British Victorian Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Leather
Large Wacky Bull Bone Throne Chair, circa 1930
Located in Berghuelen, DE
Large Wacky Bull Bone Throne Chair, circa 1930
A great piece of fantasy furniture - a large throne chair made of original bones from the male cattle (Bos taurus). All parts are made...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Bone
English Early 20th Century Amazing Scratch Built Locomotive
Located in London, GB
Amazing scratch built locomotive
We are proud to offer one of the best examples of English early 20th century scratch built Folk Art examples. Modelled on an English steam locomot...
Category
British Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
Gouache Contemporary Portrait Painting of a Woman Helen Wagner Malta 1930s
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
An early contemporary still-life Gouache portrait painting of a woman. On paper, this piece depicts a seated woman reclining in a pigmented blue chair. Her hair is short and dark and she wears a red dress. This sketch was created by Helen Wagner Malta and is signed at the bottom right in black ink "Helen Wagner" before her marriage. Her later works are signed "Helen Wagner Malta".
Helen Wagner Malta was born in 1912 and worked in New York City in the 1930s teaching at the Harlem Art...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paint, Paper
Early 20th Century English Scratch Built Toleware Horse and Cart Model
Located in London, GB
“Where thers muck thers money”
Early 20th century English scratch built toleware horse and cart model
A wonderful example of a unique Folk Art scratch-built horse and cart model. This item is made from metal sheets, toleware and old enamel advertising signs. It would likely have been placed on a shop counter to obtain donations from customers. The carts cover...
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Tin
Contemporary Colorful Nude Chalk Sketch of Women circa 1960 Signed Ball
Located in Oklahoma City, OK
Portrait landscape chalk sketch of two nude women posing in front of a window with outlines of foliage and chairs and table. The subjects have dark brown or black hair, one tied with...
Category
American Bauhaus Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Handmade Helmet
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Great piece of Folk Art. Handmade metal helmet with leather flaps.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Steel
$400
Gus George - Pin Up Drawing
Located in Branford, CT
Gus George - Pin up drawing on paper circa 1948. From a group of approx 20 works recently discovered in upper New York State.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Outsider Art Hand-Carved "Shotgun Wedding" Tableau
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Crude hand-carved and painted wedding party figures (bride, groom, officiant - likely a preacher, and witness - presumably the father of the bride)...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Cotton, Wood, Paint
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
American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Iron
Artisan abstract nail art, Netherlands 1950s
Located in ECHT, NL
Abstract artisan folk art wall hanging. It is made of wood with nails hammered into it in a rectangular grid. The nails are hammered in at differ...
Category
Dutch Folk Art Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Metal
$909 Sale Price
57% Off
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Incredible, Very Large 7 Foot Midcentury Wall Art Tapestry, 1960s-1970s
Located in Madison, WI
Very incredible handmade wall tapestry, mounted on Oak side bars. Stunning piece!
Measures Approx: 7 feet x 7 feet x 3 inches
This is a sh...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
String
$4,400 Sale Price
20% Off
Woodstock Era Titillating Avant-Garde Collage Assemblage
Located in Ferndale, MI
Are you avant garde or derriere? A slightly bawdy assemblage speaking to women's sexual liberation of the 1960s.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper, Wood
Anonymous Abstract Geometric Painted Board
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Bold geometric abstract board found in Texas. We have a collection of these boards from an anonymous artist. Painted on recycled cupboard doors, table tops, stool tops and bread boar...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
Gus George - Pin Up Drawing
Located in Branford, CT
Gus George - Pin up drawing on paper circa 1948. From a group of approx 20 works recently discovered in upper New York State.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Gus George - Pin Up Drawing
Located in Branford, CT
Gus George - Pin up drawing on paper circa 1948. From a group of approx 20 works recently discovered in upper New York State.
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Paper
Folk Art "Standing Man" Carved Tree Branch Sculpture After Giocometti
By Giocometti
Located in Buffalo, NY
Charming little tree branch Folk Art sculpture hand-carved in the manner of Giocometti.
Category
Unknown Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
1960s Terracotta Sculpture by Barbara Tribe from St Ives Cornwall UK
By Barbara Tribe
Located in London, GB
Terracotta sculpture call "TOTEM" signed and dated by Barbara Tribe, 1966.
Barbara Tribe (1913-2000) was a Australian-born sculptor who spent much of her life living and working in St Ives (Cornwall UK).
She was the first sculptor and the first woman artist to be awarded the coveted New South Wales Traveling...
Category
English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Earthenware
Small Collection of Folk Art Wooden Letters A Small collection
Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight
Small Collection of Folk Art Wooden Letters
A Small collection of painted wooden letters, the letters are 1” thick, they were made in India, the have small hooks on the back to hang...
Category
Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Pine
Make do Stool
Located in Seattle, WA
Muslin covered barrel trimmed in tape measure. Great little Folk Art piece that was used as giant pincushion and stool for home seamstress.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood, Fabric
$285
Folk Art Ship from World War-II
Located in Dallas, TX
Folk Art Pacific Princess Ship made by sailors from World War-II
Made with matches and other wood and paint.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Outsider and Self Taught Art
Materials
Wood
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