Vintage Freak Show
Eyeball Freak, Circus Side Show Curiosity, Silver Gelatin Print, Framed, 1952
By Art Shay
Located in Chicago, IL
“Art Shay’s photography shakes you up, sets you down gently, pats you on the head and then kicks you in the ass.”
Roger Ebert
“[Shay’s work] ranks with some of the greats of the 20...
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1950s Contemporary Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Large Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph From Ten Photographs Fashion Photo
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
fronts the picture plane, but are actors in a subtle dumb show. Early on, Bowers was surprised that so
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1980s Arte Povera Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Photographic Paper, C Print
Jill Freedman Kissing FDNY 1976, Black & White Photo on Kodak Endura, Signed
Located in Brooklyn, NY
, she photographed "two shows a day and one show each Sunday. Seven weeks of one night stands", and
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1970s American Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Paper
Large Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph From Ten Photographs Fashion Photo
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
fronts the picture plane, but are actors in a subtle dumb show. Early on, Bowers was surprised that so
Category
1980s Arte Povera Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Photographic Paper
Large Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph From Ten Photographs Fashion Photo
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
fronts the picture plane, but are actors in a subtle dumb show. Early on, Bowers was surprised that so
Category
1980s Arte Povera Vintage Freak Show
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper
Large Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph From Ten Photographs Fashion Photo
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
fronts the picture plane, but are actors in a subtle dumb show. Early on, Bowers was surprised that so
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1980s American Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
C Print, Photographic Paper
Rare Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph From Ten Photographs Fashion Shot
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
fronts the picture plane, but are actors in a subtle dumb show. Early on, Bowers was surprised that so
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1980s 85 New Wave Vintage Freak Show
Materials
C Print
Rare Large Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph Ten Photographs Fashion Photo
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
freak. I love clothes themselves as objects, and I also love the glossies – my love of fashion is how I
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1980s Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Photographic Paper
Rare Large Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph Ten Photographs Fashion Photo
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
which fronts the picture plane, but are actors in a subtle dumb show. Early on, Bowers was surprised
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1980s Pop Art Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Photographic Paper
Large Harry Bowers Vintage C Print Photograph From Ten Photographs Fashion Photo
By Harry Bowers
Located in Surfside, FL
fronts the picture plane, but are actors in a subtle dumb show. Early on, Bowers was surprised that so
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1980s Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Photographic Paper
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Rare Victorian Firescreen with Taxidermy Hummingbirds by Henry Ward
By Henry Ward
Located in Amsterdam, NL
England, third quarter of the 19th century
On two scrolling foliate feet with casters, above which a rectangular two-side glazed frame, with on top a two-sided shield with initial...
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Mid-19th Century English High Victorian Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Other
H 51.19 in W 55.12 in D 201.58 in
Self Portrait in Green Pants
By Peter Berlin
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print
Signed in black ink, recto
11 x 14 inches, sheet size
8.625 x 13 inches, image size
This artwork is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Born in P...
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1970s Other Art Style Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Archival Pigment
MB 053 (Figurative Charcoal Drawing of a Muscular Male Nude on Arches Paper)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Figurative male nude drawing made of graphite, charcoal, and conte crayon on Arches paper
30 x 20 inches, unframed
This unique life study drawing of a standing male nude was made...
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2010s Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Crayon, Charcoal, Graphite
17th Century Italian Baroque Lacquered Spruce Religious Furniture 1600
Located in Roma, RM
This monumental piece of furniture, of Veneto-Alto Veneto provenance, made entirely of lacquered fir wood. Full seventeenth century (ca. 1650) is presented as an imposing double-bodi...
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17th Century Italian Baroque Vintage Freak Show
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Spruce
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H 88.59 in W 145.67 in D 39.38 in
White Knoll, Saarinen Calacatta marble tulip dining table with 4 matching chairs
By Eero Saarinen, Knoll
Located in Highclere, Newbury
An iconic vintage Eero Saarinen, Knoll white tulip dining set with a Calacatta marble top and 4 matching Saarinen, Knoll vintage tulip chairs with the original seat pads and covers. ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Marble, Aluminum
H 28.35 in Dm 35.83 in
Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print.
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Nude Male Model, Unique Silver Gelatin Print
By Andy Warhol
Located in Cotignac, FR
Unique Silver Gelatin print from circa 1977 by Andy Warhol.
Andy Warhol carried a camera with him obsessively. Similarly to his tape recorder, he used this technology not only as an...
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1970s American Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Mid-20th Century MCM Tropitone Outdoor Chairs with Vinyl Straps & Cushions Set 6
By Tropitone
Located in Topeka, KS
Wonderful vintage Tropitone outdoor chairs with vinyl straps & cushions, set of 6. Beautiful condition, keeping in mind that these are vintage and not new so will have signs of use a...
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Metal
H 31.25 in W 25 in D 28.5 in
"Seated Figure, " Important Photograph of Male Nude by Barthe
By Richmond Barthé
Located in Philadelphia, PA
This original black and white photograph of one of Richmond Barthé's rare, little-known sculptures was taken by the famous studio of Morgan and Marvin Smith, who located on West 125t...
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1940s American Art Deco Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Paper
David Mazel Tov LifeGuard Chair, Handcrafted Maple Coastal Inspiration Seating
By Louie George Michael
Located in Montreal, Quebec
This chair is named in honor of the famous lifeguard. David Mazel Tov is a design focused on perspectives and it allows two people to co-exist in a space with different points of vie...
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2010s Canadian Post-Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Rattan, Maple
H 83 in W 28 in D 40 in
"Standing Male Nude, " Pastel Drawing by Allyn Cox, US Capitol Muralist
By Allyn Cox
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Beautifully executed in warm, roseate colors -- coral, terra cotta, brick and ivory -- this drawing was made by Allyn Cox, probably as a study for one of many murals he was commissio...
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1950s American Art Deco Vintage Freak Show
Clyde
By Daniel Handal
Located in New York, NY
Archival pigment print, painted frame (Edition of 4 + 1 AP)
Signed and numbered, verso
This photograph is offered by ClampArt, located in New York City.
Price includes mounting and ...
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2010s Contemporary Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Archival Pigment
Pair of Original B&W Male Nude Silver Gelatin Photographs 1996 by George Machado
By George Machado
Located in Palm Springs, CA
A pair of original B&W photographs being offered for sale for the first time. Taken by fashion designer/photographer George Machado from his book “Masculine” by Crown Publishers, NYC...
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1990s American Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Paper
H 10 in W 8 in D 0.5 in
MB 085A (Contemporary Life Drawing of Nude Male by Mark Beard)
By Mark Beard
Located in Hudson, NY
Academic life drawing of male nude with charcoal and graphite by Mark Beard, "MB 085A"
graphite, Conte crayon and charcoal on Arches paper
30 x 18.5 inches unframed
Signed, lower rig...
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2010s Contemporary Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Charcoal, Archival Paper, Graphite, Conté
Eero Saarinen for Knoll Tulip Dining Table & Chairs
By Knoll, Eero Saarinen
Located in London, GB
A stylish and iconic design, this tulip dining table and four matching swivel dining chairs were designed by Eero Saarinen for Knoll in the 1950’s.
This example is from the 50th a...
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Early 2000s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Metal
Vintage Nicoletti Salotti Italian Leather Chair in Gorgeous Cream circa 1970
By Natuzzi, Nicoletti Salotti
Located in Portland, OR
Sink in and feel like you're on a cloud with this stunning postmodern Nicoletti Salotti Italian leather chair in gorgeous a off-white cream. A statement piece in your living room or ...
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1970s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Leather
H 33 in W 46 in D 34 in
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1960s Sgrafo Modern Vase, "Korallenform" Series/Peter Muller
By Peter Müller
Located in Winnetka, IL
.
In his review in Artforum of a small show of Sgrafo and Fat Lava vases at the Centre D'Edition
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1960s German Futurist Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Porcelain
The Circus Freak Show
By Edmund Ward
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1943
Medium: Watercolor on Board
Dimensions: 24.00" x 18.00"
Signature: Signed Lower Right
Making his first illustrations for the "Saturday Evening Post" before he was a...
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1940s Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Board, Watercolor
Late 20th Century Set of Four Fairground / Circus Signs
Located in Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent
Height: 19cm
FREAK SHOW
Width: 105cm
Height: 20cm
CIRCUS
Width: 115cm
Height: 67cm
HOUSE OF
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20th Century Unknown Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Wood
Standing Figures (Framed George Dureau Mid-Century Nude Impressionist Print)
By George Dureau
Located in New Orleans, LA
and amputees – not as a sort of freak show, but in order to expand the notion of beauty and “rightness
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Mid-20th Century Abstract Impressionist Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Lithograph
Side-Show Tattooed Man Peter Blake pop art woodcut portfolio on Japanese paper
By Peter Blake
Located in New York, NY
this portfolio of woodcuts depicting circus freaks. Drawing from postcards, magazines, posters and
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Woodcut
H 12 in W 9.88 in D 0.5 in
Side-Show, Peter Blake pop art by The Beatles Sgt. Pepper's album cover artist
By Peter Blake
Located in New York, NY
this portfolio of woodcuts depicting circus freaks. Drawing from postcards, magazines, posters and
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Woodcut
H 12 in W 9.88 in D 0.5 in
Small Danish Modern Style Teak Tambour Cabinet by Ein, Late, 1960s
Located in View Park, CA
TEAK FREAK: a small Danish modern style teak tambour cabinet by EIN, mid 20th century. To hang, if
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Mid-20th Century Thai Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Teak
LC2 by Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, and Charlotte Perriand for Cassina
By Cassina, Le Corbusier, Pierre Jeanneret, Charlotte Perriand Cassina
Located in Saint Paul, MN
design has become but its also freaking comfortable!
This example is from the 90s and is just broken
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Mid-20th Century European Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Chrome
H 26.4 in W 30 in D 27.5 in
Vintage Silver Gelatin Print Photograph Weegee Arthur Fellig Photo Portrait
Located in Surfside, FL
. He was later included in "50 Photographs by 50 Photographers", another MoMA show organized by
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1960s Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Silver Gelatin, Photographic Paper
Circus Freak Show Painting, circa 1930
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a playful circus freak show painting depicting a nude woman, little person, and pug dog
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1930s American Folk Art Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Canvas, Wood
Vintage Hand-Painted Canvas All-Girl Freak Show Banner
By Snap Wyatt
Located in Seattle, WA
Created in the late 1940s to advertise an all-girl freak show and side show. This item has been
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1940s American Folk Art Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Steel
Mid Century Carnival " Freak Show " Advertising Sign
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Great graphic hand painted carnival sign from Atlantic City.
Nice even and consistent wear.
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1950s American Vintage Freak Show
Hand-Painted Canvas Side-Show Banner
Located in Seattle, WA
Multi-colored hand painted canvas banner from a side/freak show in the New York area.
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1930s American Vintage Freak Show
Wesley Willis Art "Wabash Monroe and Madison 1987"
Located in Chicago, IL
boys evoke an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Other
Artwork by Wesley Willis '1963-2004' "The Dan Ryan Expressway 43rd St 1987"
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
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1980s American Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Other
H 42 in W 28 in D 0.25 in
Wesley Willis Artwork "Dan Ryan Past 51st St Toward 47th", 1986
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
Category
1980s American Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Other
Artwork by Wesley Willis ‘1963-2004’ "The 77th Vincennes CTA Bus Garage", 1988
Located in Chicago, IL
boys evoke an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely
Category
1980s American Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Other
H 42 in W 28 in D 0.25 in
Artwork by Wesley Willis “The Lakefront 1986”
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
Category
1980s American Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Other
Pumpkin Boy Circus Side Show Banner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
freaks - a time that has long faded away to political correctness. Our hand painted banner is all
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1950s American Vintage Freak Show
"Jungle Master" Painted Circus Side Show Banner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
the Midway and the side show freaks and oddities. Here we have Jungle Master, an authentic wild native
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1930s American Vintage Freak Show
Electra Circus Sideshow Banner by Snap Wyatt
Located in North Hollywood, CA
. As times and social norms progressed, the circus sideshows and freaks were phased out, and the art
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1950s American Vintage Freak Show
Large Vintage Polychrome Painted Fairground Human Skull from a Ghost Train Ride
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
first fairgrounds featured cinematographs, ghost shows and marionettes booths which were replaced by
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1960s English Mid-Century Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Fiberglass
H 24 in W 19 in D 18 in
Michael Godard Original Acrylic Painting On Canvas Signed Gambling Casino Art
By Michael Godard
Located in Bloomington, MN
shows including "Chris Angel's Mind Freak" and "Inked." He is also a best-selling author with his book
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Late 20th Century Pop Art Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Acrylic
Michael Godard Original Painting Acrylic On Canvas Signed Large Olive Art oil
By Michael Godard
Located in Bloomington, MN
fame has made him into a celebrity himself. He has been featured on numerous television shows including
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20th Century Pop Art Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Canvas, Acrylic
"Pinky the Armless Carpenter" Circus Sideshow Banner
Located in North Hollywood, CA
world. Circus sideshow or "freak show" banners are an important American art form and highly sought
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1930s American Vintage Freak Show
Wesley Willis Artwork '1963-2003' Dan Ryan Expressway Past 51st Towards 47th
Located in Chicago, IL
an uncomfortable combination of minstrel act and traveling freak show." Conversely, guitarist Scott
Category
1980s American Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Other
H 28 in W 42 in D 0.25 in
1960s Sgrafo Modern Vases, "Korallenform" Series, West Germany
By Sgrafo Modern
Located in Winnetka, IL
his review in Artforum of a small show of Sgrafo and Fat Lava vases at the Centre D'Edition
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1960s German Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Porcelain
1960s West German Sgrafo Modern Vase from the "Korallenform" Series
By Sgrafo Modern
Located in Winnetka, IL
small show of Sgrafo and Fat Lava vases at the Centre D'Edition Contemporaine in Paris in 2010, Quinn
Category
1960s German Futurist Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Group of Six West German Sgrafo Modern Vases by Peter Muller
By Peter Müller
Located in Winnetka, IL
.
In his review in Artforum of a small show of Sgrafo and Fat Lava vases at the Centre D'Edition
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Group of Six Sgrafo Modern Korallenform Vases by Peter Muller
By Sgrafo Modern
Located in Winnetka, IL
marked with factory logo and serial number.
In his review in Artforum of a small show of Sgrafo and
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1960s German Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Porcelain
1960s Group of Sgrafo Modern Korallenform Vases, Peter Muller, Germany
By Sgrafo Modern
Located in Winnetka, IL
marked with factory logo and serial number.
In his review in Artforum of a small show of Sgrafo and
Category
1960s German Modern Vintage Freak Show
Materials
Porcelain
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Vintage Freak Show For Sale on 1stDibs
Find many varieties of an authentic vintage freak show available at 1stDibs. Each vintage freak show for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using paper. There are many kinds of the vintage freak show you’re looking for, from those produced as long ago as the 20th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. You’ll likely find more than one vintage freak show that is appealing in its simplicity, but Harry Bowers, Art Shay and Edmund Ward produced versions that are worth a look.
How Much is a Vintage Freak Show?
Prices for a vintage freak show can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $1,200 and can go as high as $6,500, while the average can fetch as much as $1,200.
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