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Folk Art Sermel Tonala Signed Paper Mache Duck With Glass Base
Located in Bridgeport, CT
folk art life size colorful paper mache duck figure surmounted on a custom glass base. The duck hand-painted in bright orange and gold tones. Signed as shown.
Dimensions: 17 1/2" L,...
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20th Century Mexican Mid-Century Modern Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Glass, Paper
Vintage Paper Mache Rhino Sculpture Figure
Located in Asheville, NC
Adorable vintage paper mache rhino from India. See images for details
Category
Late 20th Century Indian Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Vintage 1960s Mexican Folk Art Large Papier-Mâché Hand Painted Angel Candelabra
Located in St. Louis, MO
Impressive 1960s large Mexican folk art hand painted papier-mâché angel with 5 arm candelabra. Hand painted details over white robe, include hair, face, gold gilt rope collar, pink a...
Category
1960s Mexican Folk Art Vintage Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Set of Three Sculpted Paper Mache Hanging Goose
Located in Pasadena, CA
Set of Three Sculpted Paper Mache Hanging Flying Geese. Each swan is in a different action pose. There is some discoloration to the exterior of the goose. Each paper mache bird...
Category
1960s Italian Modern Vintage Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store
Located in London, GB
19th Century encased paper model of an Indian grocery store
Quite simple this is an amazing decorative object, encased in a 19th century glass and pine display, a handmade paper model of an Indian grocery shop, with wooden hand painted elephant and working man at the steps. Spencer and Co...
Category
1890s Indian Folk Art Antique Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Rare Prototype / Maquette Cardboard Chaise Lounge by Joel Stearns
By Joel Stearns
Located in Buffalo, NY
One of only eight made !! Cardboard Chaise Lounge designed and created by Joel Stearns, similar to one in the Lois Lambert Gallery..Amazing modernist sculpture..
,Joel Stearns, wh...
Category
1990s American Folk Art Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Mexican Dia De Los Muertos Day of the Dead La Catrina Folk Art Figure Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A quite wonderful Mexican Day of the Dead (Dia De Los Muertos festival held throughout Mexico) La Catrina symbolic skeleton figure.
La Catrina is the festival’s most recognizable image/figure. She is the model of a high-society woman who has met Death, her maker. She represents something between the fear induced by her skeletal form and the revelry exhibited by the comical way she is typically portrayed, making her a perfect symbol of the Mexican holiday. She often appears in paintings, window displays, and costumes all around Mexico during the Day of the Dead festivities.
La Catrina was originally conceived in the early 1900s by newspaper illustrator and printmaker José Guadalupe Posada...
Category
20th Century Mexican Folk Art Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Wood, Paper
Neapolitan Polychrome Terracotta Nativity Heads from the 1700s Set of Ten Figures
Located in Milano, MI
Neapolitan Nativity Scene Heads in Terracotta from the 1700s set of ten traditional Neapolitan nativity scene figurine heads, in polychrome terracotta from the 1700s, small collectio...
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Early 18th Century Italian Folk Art Antique Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pottery, Paper
Swiss alp calendar
Located in grand Lancy, CH
Swiss alp calendar
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1840s Swiss Antique Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Giant Papier Mâché Bust, 1980s, USA
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Unique papier mâché bust of a man. Massive scale. Great piece of hand painted folk art in good vintage condition with wear as shown.
Category
1980s American Vintage Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Pair Handmade Painted Acrobatic Papier Mache Clowns Mexico Attr Jeanne Valentine
Located in Topeka, KS
Fabulous handmade & hand painted vintage acrobatic Papier Mache clowns from Mexico attributed to Jeanne Valentine a pair. Beautiful condition, keeping...
Category
Mid-20th Century Mexican Folk Art Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paste, Paint, Paper
Folk Art / Pop-Art Comic Strip Papier Mache Teddy Bear Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine folk-art papier-mache sculpture.
In the form of a teddy bear.
The papier mache appears to be from various 20th Century Philippine comic books, such as Superkat by L.S. M...
Category
Late 20th Century Unknown Folk Art Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper, Plaster
Early 20th Century Folk Art Appliqué Collages Henry vii & Queen Elizabeth 1st
Located in Lowestoft, GB
A really fabulous pair of Folk Art collages by a Sophie Louise Munns (signed on the original backing paper).
Full length portraits in interior sett...
Category
Early 20th Century English Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Textile, Paper
1995 Delora Buford Buchanan 3D Craft Paper Mache Doll Figurine Art Sculpture
Located in Dayton, OH
"Vintage 1995 3D arts and crafts paper doll by artist Delora Buford Buchanan. The doll features a sculptural female figure with crimped curly hair dressed ...
Category
1990s Arts and Crafts Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer, First Edition
Located in valatie, NY
The Surgeon and the Photographer by Geoffrey Farmer. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2015. First Edition hardcover, no dust jacket as issued. Publish...
Category
2010s Canadian Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Aerial Turbine Sculpture by Artist Michael Tichansky
Located in Dallas, TX
A vibrant, kinetic, and dynamic aerial turbine sculpture by artist Michael Tichansky. This colorful and fascinating piece was created by the artis...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Acrylic, Wood, Paper
Papier Mâché Folk Art Oversized Cockatoo Sculpture on a Stand, circa 1970s
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-287 papier mâché oversized cockatoo sculpture set on a custom wood perch from the workshop of Mexican artist
Sergio Bustamante, circa 1970.
Category
1970s Mexican Vintage Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint, Paper
Kiss of Apollo Photography an Sculpture 1845 to the Present by Jeffrey Fraen
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Kiss of Apollo: Photography & Sculpture 1845 to the Present by Jeffrey Fraenkel and Eugenia Parry Janis.
Title: Kiss of Apollo: Photography & Sculpture 1845 to the Present
Author: Fraenkel, Jeffrey; Eugenia Parry Janis
Categories: Art, Photography,
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Fraenkel Gallery / Bedford Arts: 1991
Binding: Hard Cover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Good
The history of “photography’s love affair with sculpture”, and a study of the ways in which new meaning can be created when one artist observes the work of another. Photographers include Atget, Eakins, Evans, Frank, Groover, Sheeler, Sommer, and Warhol among others in this handsomely designed publication.
Exhibition publication from the publisher's gallery is in excellent condition with rich orange cloth covers, gilt print at front cover and spine. Large, b&w full page prints throughout on R. page with descriptions on L. Binding is solid and square, covers have sharp corners, exterior shows no blemishes, text/interior is clean and free of marking of any kind. Dust jacket shows light shelf wear only, no tears.
105 pages with work by Richard Benson, Herbert List, Jan Groover...
Category
Late 20th Century Expressionist Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Monumental Gorilla Sculpture
Located in Peekskill, NY
Laurence likable (b.1986, Quebecois) Gorilla. Pieced cardboard. Created in 2012 for an exhibit at the Philadelphia Zoo. At 9 feet, this major work brings pleasure to all that behold ...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Sergio Bustamante Early Lion Papier-mâché Sculpture Hand-painted, 1975
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Sergio Bustamante (20th century, Mexican) life sized paper mache lion from the early years of his Family Workshop Studio in Tlequepaque, Jalisco, Mexi...
Category
Late 20th Century Mexican Folk Art Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Andreas Dettloff 2003 “My Polynesian Heart”
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Wonderful Sculpture by the noted German born Tahitian artist Andreas Dettloff. The sculpture is titled “My Polynesian Heart” and dated 2003. It, or an extremely similar one is depict...
Category
Early 2000s Polynesian Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell, Rubber, Paper
Original Abstract Architectural Paper Sculpture by Lucien Petit Unique Piece
By Lucien Petit
Located in Neuilly-en- sancerre, FR
Lucien Petit
French unique handmade sculpture by the artiste Lucien Petit
Famous french ceramic artist
This piece realised in 2000 is a paper sculpture with mixed media
O...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Torso Sculpture by Brunelli
By Brunelli Designs
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
8-273 Torso sculpture made from Japanese paper applied to a foam structure embellished with brass on a
polished brass base created by Brunelli in 1985.
Category
1980s Vintage Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
Cardboard Cubist Study of Womans Head
Located in Peekskill, NY
I found this interesting cardboard study in a New York Flea Market almost 50 years ago. It been on the shelf all that time and never gave it a 2nd thought. Its unsigned and I have no idea if its important or not... It is what it is...
Category
Early 20th Century American Modern Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Antique Folk Art Papier Paper Mâché Mardi Gras Halloween Voodoo Costume Mask
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique antique handmade folk art papier/paper mâché Mardi Gras/Halloween voodoo costume mask. The mask is handmade and painted by the artist. Signed "Michel" on the inside. Grea...
Category
Early 20th Century Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Antique Folk Art Papier Paper Mâché Mardi Gras Halloween Voodoo Costume Mask
Located in San Diego, CA
Very unique antique handmade Folk Art papier/papier mâché Mardi Gras/Halloween voodoo costume mask. The mask is handmade and painted by the artist. Signed "Michel" on the inside. Gre...
Category
Early 20th Century Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
Modernist Wire, Copper and Mache "Worlds Expansion" Albright Knox
Located in Buffalo, NY
Modernist wire. Copper and papier mâché "Worlds Expansion" Albright Knox, amazing hand executed sculpture, recently purchased from Buffalo NY estate, pos...
Category
1960s American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Copper, Wire
Singular, Kinetic, Vibrant Blue Geometric Sculpture, Irving Harper, 20th Century
Located in New York, NY
Irving Harper (1916-2015)
A striking and spirited painted paper and wood abstract sculpture, reminiscent of Tatlin’s Tower, by influential modernist designer Irving Harper. A legend...
Category
20th Century American American Craftsman Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paper
Early 20th Century Hand Carved Papier Mache Jockey Figure
Located in London, GB
Early 20th century hand carved papier mache jockey figure
An unusual English folk-art early 20th century papier mache figure, of a winning jockey. Standing proud with chest puffed out and whip in hand. This figure stands firmly on a textured fake grass top plinth. Original paint still intact if a bit faded and cracked in sections, revealing some old newspaper...
Category
1940s British Folk Art Vintage Paper Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
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