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Place of Origin: North American
Pre Columbian Mezcala Stone Pendant Axe god Figure Ancient Mexico
Located in London, GB
Pre Columbian Mezcala Stone Pendant Axe god Figure Ancient Mexico
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 600 to 100 BCE
A abstract serpentine figur...
Category
15th Century and Earlier Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Monumental 1930s Wood No Smoking Sign from New York City
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Monumental hand carved wood sign from the 1930s. Made by H.H. Upham & Co. Interestingly, this company owned a huge sign manufacturing business in the ...
Category
1930s Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage Navajo Yei Rug, Oriental Rug, Handmade Wool Rug, Gray Color
Located in Port Washington, NY
Navajo rugs and blankets are textiles produced by Navajo people of the Four Corners area of the United States. Navajo textiles are highly regarded and have been sought after as trade...
Category
1950s Navajo Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
African American Pine Burr Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Exceptional African American pine burr quilt. All hand quilted and pieced. Found in Selma, Alabama. Fantastic color placement and design. These quilts ...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Textile
Collection of Lindstrom's Game Boards-2
By Lindstrom Tool & Toy Company 1
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Lindstrom's gold star marble game board, dated 1934
This fun tabletop game boards are in great as found condition. Lindstrom's gold star (signed on the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Adirondack North American Folk Art
Materials
Tin, Metal
Oaxaca Black Clay Tzinacan Decorative Burnished Polished Fired Oxygen Reduction
By La muerte tiene permiso
Located in London, GB
Tzinacan is the Nahuatl word for bat, and it is our gift for the bats represented in many ceramic pre-hispanic pieces.
Bats have been part of the mythology of the cultures of pre-Hi...
Category
2010s American Colonial North American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
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
1950s Industrial Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
Unusual Art Deco Limed Smoking / Planter Stand
Located in Riverdale, NY
Unusual Art Deco limed smoking stand from the 1930's. Originally designed for ashtrays, can now be used for snacks or plants. Folk Art and Art Deco vibes mixed in this hand made piec...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
George Washington Praying At Valley Forge, Unique Historical Art Signed 19thc
Located in South Burlington, VT
Unique Historical Framed Account Dating to the Early 1800's , signed Quaker Potts
This is an original and one-of-a-kind enactment artisticaly presented on wood of George Washington kneeling in prayer at Valley Forge...
Category
Early 19th Century Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Zabihi Collection Floral Botanical American Hooked Oval Size Rug
Located in New York, NY
A compelling Mid-20th Century American hooked oval size floral botanical rug
Measures: 6'8" x 9'7''.
Category
Mid-20th Century Country North American Folk Art
Materials
Wool, Jute
Antique Running Horse Copper Weather Vane on Base
Located in Los Angeles, CA
19th century copper weather vane on hand-forged iron stand. From western Tennessee.
Category
19th Century Folk Art Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Copper, Iron
Found and Salvaged Steel House Structure, Modern and Minimalist Sculpture
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, a collection of found steel is reworked, pr...
Category
2010s Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Pair 19th Century Victorian Eastlake Free Mason Throne Chairs w/ Symbolism
By Charles Locke Eastlake
Located in Savannah, GA
Victorian Eastlake large upholstered solid oak throne chairs from Masonic Lodge with lots of detailed carving. The pair consists of one with the plumb bob sy...
Category
1880s Eastlake Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Velvet, Oak
House Sculpture, Minimalist Modern Structure, Rusted Steel Wedge on Wood Blocks
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
Jim Rose, known primarily for his steel furniture, was an avid collector and scoured salvage yards for unique and interesting items. Here, found steel objects are welded together to ...
Category
2010s Minimalist North American Folk Art
Materials
Metal, Steel
Jim Rose Barn House Structure, Welded Steel Sculpture Made with Salvaged Steel
By Jim Rose
Located in Chicago, IL
This is a welded steel sculpture made by furniture creator Jim Rose. It is sustainable design created from salvaged and recycled steel panels left over from his larger projects. These sculptures reference traditional American Folk Art barn...
Category
2010s Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Steel
Beatrice Wood Signed Midcentury California Studio Pottery Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderful gem of a piece by famed American/California ceramicist Beatrice Wood featuring her highly coveted, gorgeously radiant turquoise luster glaze. A beautiful design with a delicate long neck rising from a circular base. Classic and timeless.
Signed by Beatrice in her customary "Beato" on the underside of the base (with noted inventory number).
Would be an amazing addition to any Mid-Century Modern pottery collection or personal collectors of her work or a fabulous stand-alone accent piece in about any setting. One of the best Beatrice Wood's luster glaze vases we have come across in quite a while.
Know famously in the art world as "The Mama of Dada", Wood lived a long (1893-1998) and very fruitful, creative life and is considered by many experts and collectors alike to have been a centerpiece in the modern ceramic art movement of the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. At one point in her career, Wood studied with master potters Otto and Gertrud Natzler and later become famed in her own right for her distinct luster-glazing techniques. In 1994, the Smithsonian Institution named Wood an "Esteemed American Artist".
Her other awards include:
1994 Governor’s Awards for the Arts (California)
1993 Recognition as A Role Model by Women in Film
1992 Gold Medal for Highest Achievement in Craftsmanship, American Craft Council
1988 Distinguished Service Award, Arizona State University
1987 Fellow of American Craft Council Women’s Art Caucus, National Award (NCECA Award)
1986 Women’s Building Award
1984 Living Treasure of California
1983 Symposium Award of the Institute for Ceramic History
1961 Goodwill Ambassador from USA...
Category
20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware
Cast Iron Spittoon with Perfect Volcanic Glaze Patina in the Style of Lucie Rie
By Lucie Rie
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Cast Iron Spittoon with perfect volcanic glaze patina in the style of Lucie Rie
"time has transformed this utilitarian item into an amazing piece of art"
Category
1930s Other Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Iron
Wooden Old Crow Whiskey Advertising Display, Early 20th Century
Located in Antwerp, BE
Large wooden Old Crow Whiskey advertising display - whiskey counter display.
An advertising display of hand-painted wood made for Old Crow Bourbon Whiskey. This figural advertisin...
Category
Early 20th Century Arts and Crafts North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Vintage American Folk Art Copper Chess Board
Located in Chicago, IL
This enchanting mid-20th century American Folk Art chess board is a true testament to naive and outsider craftsmanship and creativity. Hand-crafted with meticulous care, the board fe...
Category
Mid-20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Copper
19thc Full Body Copper Horse Weather Vane on Stand
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fine full body copper horse weather vane has a amazing patina & surface.Found in a private folk art collection.The form is amazing with such a graceful form.
Height and weight...
Category
19th Century Adirondack Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Copper
NOËL GUAY - Vintage Folk Art Pine Pig Sculpture - Canada - Late 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
ATELIER NOËL GUAY - Vintage pine sculpture of a pig - featuring a well modelled form with an intricately chiseled coat, large drooping ears and closely cropped tail - unvarnished fin...
Category
Late 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
1850 Mexican Colonial Style Oil on Copper Religious Painting
Located in Marbella, ES
Antique 1850 Mexican colonial style oil on copper religious painting.
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Copper
Peter Voulkos Signed Mid-Century Modern Stoneware Pottery Vase, circa 1950s
By Peter Voulkos
Located in Studio City, CA
A fantastic early work (circa early 1950s) by Master Greek-American potter Peter Voulkos.
Signed on base with incised signature by Voulkos.
Voulkos is widely considered to be the most important and impactful ceramists of the modern era. He won the Rodin Museum prize at the first Paris Biennale in 1959 and was the winner of a Guggenheim fellowship in 1984. Voulkos received the College Art Association’s Distinguished Artist Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1997. He was made an honorary member of the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters in 2001. He also received six honorary.
Doctorate degrees as well as three National Endowment for the Arts awards.
His work can be found in many prominent collections and museums including:
Aichi Prefectural Ceramic Museum, Nagoya, Japan
Albany Mall, Albany, New York
American Museum of Ceramic Art...
Category
1950s Mid-Century Modern Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Stoneware
Early 20th Century Carved and Painted Wood Whirligig
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Carved and painted wooden soldier whirligig. Early 20th century American. Soldier has a leather hat with wooden brim. Presented on simple custom museum...
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Herbert Abrams Paint Palette Case, 1970s USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Amazing Herbert Abrams paint palette case from his time as a portrait artist. Abrams was most well known for his work as a commissioned portrait painter...
Category
1970s Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
1920s Mills 1 cent Wizard Fortune Teller, Chicago, Mills Novelty Co.
By Mills Novelty Company
Located in Buffalo, NY
1920s Mills 1 cent Wizard Fortune Teller, Chicago, Mills Novelty Co..Tabletop fortune telling machine in a wooden cabinet. window with working ...
Category
1920s Art Deco Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
"The Second World War, " by Winston Churchill
By Houghton Mifflin & Co.
Located in Austin, TX
The Second World War by Winston Churchill from Houghton-Mifflin Company, Boston.
A vintage edition of Winston Churchill's six-volume memoir, The Second World War, for which he was a...
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern North American Folk Art
Materials
Paper
Native American Sioux Fully Beaded Moccasins
By Native American Art
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Sioux Indian fully beaded hide moccasins. Sinew sewn and beaded using colors of medium blue, red white heart, greasy yellow, cobalt, white and brass. Forked tongues a...
Category
Late 19th Century Native American Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Hide, Leather, Beads
Native American Catlinite T Pipe
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Native American Catlinite T pipe. Fine work, well-polished and nicely carved. Patina to spare, obviously a smoked piece. Would make a great addition to a handmade indigenous or toba...
Category
Late 19th Century Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Stone
Medallic Art Company 50th Anniversary Bronze Commemorative Medal
Located in Van Nuys, CA
1953 50th anniversary medal for the Medallic Art company, located in New York City at the time this medal was issued. The artist for this medal was Bruno Mankowski for the Medallic A...
Category
1950s Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Bronze
Pair of Vintage Lama Oaxaca Native Mexican Black Clay Vessels w/ Carved Designs
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A traditional pair of vintage Lama Oaxaca pottery vase or vessels made from “barro negro” (black clay) from Mexico. Each vessel has unique hand-carved geometric details. Barro negro ...
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Set of 5 Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Dean Reano w/ Signed Jemez Earthenware Pottery
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A traditional set of Pueblo Acoma & Jemez pottery from New Mexico. Each vessel is signed – D. Reano (Dean Reano) and Jemez (unknown). The vessels are fired earthenware with highly st...
Category
20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Lucy Martin Lewis Acoma Pueblo New Mexico with R.D. Jemez & N. Sandia Jemez
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An eclectic set of Pueblo Acoma & Jemez pottery from New Mexico. Each vessel is signed with a different artist’s signature: N. Sandia Jemez (Natalie Sandia), R.D. Jemez, and Lucy M. ...
Category
20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Marie Naranjo Signed Pair of Santa Clara Pueblo Native Pottery Ceramic Vessels
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A miniature pair of Santa Clara native pottery vessels with carved designs. Signed by Marie Naranjo and one signature is unknown. Santa Clara Pueblo is known for its black pottery de...
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Southwestern Signed Ute Mountain Tribe Native American Pottery Jug Round Pitcher
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A hand-crafted Southwestern pottery jug or round pitcher by the Ute Mountain Tribe. Signed on bottom. The base of the jug is hand-painted with a stylized geometric design in black an...
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Large Split Grain Cedar Wood Light Sculpture
By Paul Foeckler
Located in Glendale, CA
Large Split Grain Cedar Wood Light Sculpture. Handcrafted by 20th century artist Paul Foeckler, this one of a kind illuminated sculpture reveals the elemental form and grain in a pie...
Category
2010s Organic Modern North American Folk Art
Materials
Aluminum
Fine Vintage Laguna Pot Native American Pueblo
Located in London, GB
Fine Vintage Laguna Pot Native American Pueblo
Finely painted in linear geometric designs
Period 1970s signed on base R Reano
Condition Good
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Animal Pot by Mata Ortiz Potter Hector Gallegos
Located in Chicago, IL
This exquisite white ceramic pot by Hector Gallegos is a masterful example of Mata Ortiz pottery, etched with a rich tapestry of animals including several bears, a coyote, a deer, va...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Unusual American Antique Geometric Hook Rug, c.1930s
Located in Buffalo, NY
American Antique Geometric Hook Rug, c.1930s,, Wonderful use of color, patterns, Very unusual with its traditional floral and abstract geometrics. Nice original condition. Age appro...
Category
1930s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
Lucy R. Suina Cochiti, Avelia & Anderson Peynetsa, & Carmen Veloz Signed Pueblo
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
An eclectic set of Native Southwest pottery vessels from New Mexico. Each vessel is signed by a different artist – Lucy R Suina (Cochiti), A.A. Peynetsa Zuni (Avelia & Anderson Peyne...
Category
20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Brian DeLorme Acoma Pueblo New Mexico Fired Earthenware Pottery Signed
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A unique set of 3 Acoma Pueblo pottery from New Mexico. Each vessel is marked with “Acoma” with a different artist’s signature: B. DeLorme (Brian DeLorme), V.V. and C.S. The vessels ...
Category
20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Annette Silas & F. Waquie Jemez Pueblo New Mexico Painted Fired Earthenware
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
A set of Southwest Pueblo pottery from New Mexico. Each vessel is signed by Annette Silas (Hopi) & F. Waquie (Jemez). The vessels are fired earthenware with highly stylized geometric...
Category
20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Pottery
Vintage Mid Century Hand Painted Wooden Luncheonette Hot Coffee Diner Sign
Located in Milford, NH
A vintage polychrome hand painted luncheonette or diner sign on plywood featuring hot coffee, sandwiches, and tonics, signed lower right Cooley-Alton, with an additional support boar...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Plywood
Hand Carved Folk Art Wood Basket
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Hand carved Folk Art wood basket depicting fruit. We had the wood professionally refinished. Basket measures 15" wide, 3.5" deep and 16.75" high.
Category
1940s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Set of 24 Vintage Hammered Copper Funiture Handles
Located in Pasadena, CA
Set of 24 Vintage Hammered Copper Furniture Handles. Four Hinges Will be included in this set.
Handles Measure approx - 1 x 1 x 5
Hinges measure - 3,5 x 1
Category
Early 20th Century Adirondack North American Folk Art
Materials
Copper
19th Century Sword Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
Sword cane with unmarked blade that measures approximately 23 1/2" in flower decoration. Features a single edge and single fuller. Cane 36" when sheathed. Very nice sterling silver h...
Category
19th Century Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Sterling Silver, Brass
19th Century Sword Cane
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
This sword cane is great condition. Blade and shaft fit together as they should. Beautiful wooden handle and shaft with patina.
PERIOD: Late 19th Century
ORIGIN: Unknown, Continenta...
Category
19th Century Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Hotel Dress Code Sign, circa 1950
Located in Nantucket, MA
Vintage Folk Art Hotel Dress Code Sign, circa 1950, a whimsical hand painted sign from a posh resort in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. This great little sign was collected bac...
Category
Mid-19th Century Folk Art Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
19th Century Santos or Saint Ex-Voto Carved Polychrome Wood Arm & Hand Offering
Located in St. Louis, MO
Possibly 19th Century hand-carved wood arm & hand with Polychrome, Ex-Voto offering. Handpainted forearm Exvoto - 1857. In the style of a Santos arm, religious relic, fork art carved...
Category
Late 19th Century Spanish Colonial Antique North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Beatrice Wood Signed Mid-Century California Pottery Dark Lava Luster Glaze Vase
By Beatrice Wood
Located in Studio City, CA
A wonderfully designed work by famed American California Studio master ceramist Beatrice Wood featuring a gorgeous, dark, iridescent metallic volcanic lava crater luster (lustre) gla...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mid-Century Modern North American Folk Art
Materials
Earthenware, Pottery
Antique Mexican Demon Mask
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
We offer this rare antique Mexican Demon mask in wood, circa 1970. The mask makes a sound when moved.
Category
1970s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Wood
Native American large Pima terracotta water pot Decorative Antiques Décor
Located in London, GB
Native American large Pima terracotta water pot
in crown clay with geometric painted decoration
Vintage Circa 1930`s or earlier
Condition minor chip on rim Good
Category
Early 20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Clay
Vintage Hand Embroidered Crib Quilt in Lone Star Pattern in Purple, Green, Red
Located in Barrington, IL
Charming vintage hand embroidered crib quilt in Lone Star pattern in purple, green, blue, ivory, red and pink from the mid 1900s. The quilt has hand stitched loops on top for han...
Category
Mid-20th Century North American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Antique Mexican Jaguar Mask
Located in Mexico City, CDMX
Circa 1960. We offer this antique Mexican Jaguar mask made in leather, mirror for eyes and boar bristles.
These masks depict jaguars and tigers used in ceremonies worn in Zitlala, Gu...
Category
1960s Folk Art Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Leather
Zabihi Collection Antique American Navaj Tribal Rug
Located in New York, NY
An early 20th Century American Navajo tribal blanket weaving
Details
rug no. j3922
size 2'11'' x 4' 6"
Category
Early 20th Century Native American North American Folk Art
Materials
Wool
20Thc School House Quilt
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This cool school house quilt is multi colored houses and very well pieced. Great used condition.
Category
Early 20th Century Folk Art North American Folk Art
Materials
Cotton
Original Signed Sergio Bustamante Unicorn Sculpture
By Sergio Bustamante
Located in San Francisco, CA
Sergio Bustamante (b. 1949, MEX), ceramic unicorn, signed
Sergio Bustamante studied architecture at the University of Guadalajara and sold his artwork while in school, beginning in ...
Category
1970s Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Ceramic
Vintage Double Sided Neon Arrow
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is an incredibly dynamic double-sided neon arrow from the 60s. I absolutely love it! It can stand as shown in the main image or lay horizontally. Point the way!
Category
1960s Vintage North American Folk Art
Materials
Metal
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