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Period: Mid-20th Century
Mid-Century Era Signed West Coast Cedar Haida Indigenous Canadian Totem Pole
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-carved cedar totem is signed by an unknown artist and presumed to have originated from Canada and dating to approximately 1960 and done in the West Coast Indigenous Haida s...
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Canadian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Cedar
Tall Floor Standing Brier Ash Tray, by Philippe Fulon
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Tall floor standing brier ash tray, by Philippe Fulon.
A good Atisanal piece made in brier with turned base and ash tray holder, the ash tray comes ...
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Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Art Deco Carved Wood Reclining Nude, Stylized Hair / Face
By Frankart
Located in Buffalo, NY
Large Art Deco carved wood reclining nude, Stylized Hair / Face, Iconic design, pose. Retains original surface, patina. Possibly held a planter, fish bow...
Category
American Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Vintage Vienna Dressmaker Mannequin Doll 1930
Located in Vienna, AT
Baldessari Vintage model / dressmaker mannequin 1930s, Austria Vienna, good condition.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Folk Art Rare Antique Gnome Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Gnome hand cast and painted American antique garden sculpture and coin bank/doorstop
In great condition considering its age.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
Antique Ghanian Ashanti Style Stool with Leopard Carved, Africa
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Carved Antique African Leopard Ashanti Style Stool.
Early 20th Century Ghanaian Ashanti style leopard stool.
Animal leopard stool hand-carved wood from ...
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Ghanaian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
STUNNING CIRCA 1950 ANTIQUE FRENCH ARTISTS LAY FIGURE MEDIUM SIZED LOVELY PATINa
Located in GB
We are delighted to offer for sale this lovely mid century French oak Artists lay figure
A lovely example and a great size, it was sold to me as circa 1900 but he looks mid century...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Oak
Large Vintage Toy Horse and Cart
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Impressive hand crafted toy horse and cart with a realistic cowhide cover horse with authentic tack on a wood platform with wheels. The hand painted c...
Category
American Sporting Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Oversized Antique Chinese Cork Diorama
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
Antique Chinese cork diorama depicting temple and garden scene.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood, Cork, Glass
Vintage Brazilian Hand-Carved Ironwood Sculpture of Whale and a Shark
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Brazilian hand carved Ironwood sculpture of a whale and a shark.
Hand carved Brazilian sculpture hand crafted in amazing detail from one of...
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Brazilian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Christmas Big Nutcracker, Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been thei...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Exquisite Brass and Bronze Bijan Wall Sculpture
By Bijan
Located in Voorburg, NL
An exquisite and warm brass and bronze artwork sculpture by late Master Sculptor Artist, BIJAN. This sculpture was part of Bijan's Golden Bronze artisti...
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American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass, Bronze
Hummingbird Pitcher
By Los Castillo
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Mid-century pitcher with a mother of pearl hummingbird floating over a hand crafted silver plate on copper vessel. Signed Los Castillo on the bottom.
Category
Mexican Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Silver Plate
Large Dutch Abstract Face Wall Sculpture
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Large monumental abstract face wall sculpture. Made in fiberglass with aluminium frame.
Category
Dutch Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Bold Master Work "Bullet Man" Handmade and Hand Glazed, Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
This is a fine and unusual handmade, hand painted and hand glazed Mid-Century Modern ceramic anthropomorphic effigy of a round form known as "Bullet Man" by the now deceased master d...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Japanese Signed Hand Carved Wood Noh Theater Omi-Onna Mask with Custom Box 1900s
Located in Studio City, CA
A truly beautiful, wonderfully crafted, alluring female mask made for the Japanese Noh theatre.
This mask is handcrafted and carved from natural wood and lacquer.
Omi-Onna's (...
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Japanese Showa Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Large Cast New England Bank Patriotic Eagle and Clipper Ship Plaque
Located in Nantucket, MA
Cast and Gilded Patriotic Eagle with Clipper Ship Plaque, with a Clutch of Arrows and an Olive Branch in it's Talons, mid 20th Century, from a Boston Bank...
Category
American Federal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Composition
Mid-Century Modern Sculptural Fish Cheese Serving Board
Located in Port Jervis, NY
Fabulous carving cheese board in the shape of a fish. Cast aluminum head and tail with a maple cutting board. In excellent vintage condition with minima...
Category
French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Aluminum
Jeri Summers Folk Art Sculptures, Set of 3
Located in Saint Paul, MN
Naive in nature, this set of 3 figures by Ohio artist Jeri Summers is reminiscent of tribal sculptures that decorate Parisian interiors. Each sculpture is...
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American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Concrete, Metal
1950s Norwegian Teak Sitting Bear Figure Sculpture Midcentury in Tjomsland Style
Located in Hyattsville, MD
A vintage 1950s solid hand carved teak sitting bear cub figure. Burnished markings; Genuine teak, made in Norway. Designer is unknown, but in the manner of Arne Tjomsland, and from t...
Category
Norwegian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Teak
Mid-Century Sculpture of Mother and Child
Located in Chicago, IL
Bronze sculpture of mother and child. Signed.
Category
Italian Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Scandinavian Folk Art Silvered Rabbit and Birds Candleholder/Centerpiece
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1170 Scandinavian Folk Art hand crafted candleholder/ centerpiece on a rough sawn hardwood base with silver colored metal
Artist unknown
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Incredible Mid-Century Modern Craft Dry Bar Box Sculpture
Located in BROOKLYN, NY
For the collector in mind. This Modern crafted and absurdly over complicated design is just fantastic. One of a kind and beautifully executed, utilizing master joinery techniques. Having all the hallmarks of 1970.s art /design at its climax.
Made from black walnut and inset cork details this sculpture has mounted gears on the outside if the box. When turing the crank the dowel pin releases the lock enabling you to open the top. Inside the box reveals a high pile carpet...
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
Folk Art Tree Branch Tabletop Easel
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Tabletop easel composed of tree branches nailed together (ca. Mid-20th century, USA).
Wonderful American Folk Art craft in the Adirondack / Rustic styl...
Category
American Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
Vintage Sculpture of an American Eagle Carved in Seri Ironwood
Located in North Hollywood, CA
Vintage Sculpture of an American Eagle Carved in Seri Ironwood.
Vintage hand carved Ironwood Southwestern seri sculpture of an Eagle.
Dimensions: 5.5" x 3.5". circa 1970.
Ironwood hand carved eagle or falcon...
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American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Black Forest Hand Carved Black Walnut Christ Figure Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-1056 hand carved black walnut figure of Christ from a tree branch.
Category
German Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Daniel Bouesso « Christ Head » Wenge circa 1930 African Art
Located in Beuzevillette, FR
Original sculpture, representing the head of Christ, made by Daniel BOUESSO. It represents Christ wearing the crown of thorns, with his eyes closed. His face is filled with a certain serenity. This head is placed on a visible cross above and on either side of his skull.
The sculpture is made in a tribal taste, reminiscent of African art. A dark wood (Wenge) is used as a support.
The back bears the name of the artist: Daniel BOUESSO.
Daniel Bouesso is a Senegalese artist of the second half of the 20th century. He comes from the Haouassas ethnic group. This sculptor is mainly known for his representations of African figures.
Category
African Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Signed Quebec Folk Art Carved Burlwood Wall Sculpture of a Bearded Man
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This folk art wall sculpture is signed by Noel Guay a Quebec wood carver of Canada and dates to approximately 1960 and done in the Quebec folk art styl...
Category
Canadian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Pair of 1950s Carved Horns with Dragon Motif on Wood Base
Located in Tarrytown, NY
Pair of 1950s carved horns with dragon motif on wood base.
They are a definite statement piece.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Horn, Wood
Matched Pair Oversized French Ceramic Cats Sculpture with Glass Eyes
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1160 Pair oversized matched pair one cream the other light brown French ceramic cat sculptures with glass eyes
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic
A wonderful 1950s signed abstract fibreglass sculpture by Ron Hitchins
Located in London, GB
A wonderful 1950s abstract fibreglass sculpture by Ron Hitchins in Verdigris finish, mounted on wooden stand with carved initials "RH" This piece was from...
Category
English Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fiberglass, Wood
Collection of Japanese and Chinese Masks
Located in Atlanta, GA
Collection of eight Japanese and Chinese masks, circa 1950s or earlier. These were recently purchased from the Manhattan estate of a Japanese man who travel...
Category
Japanese Chinoiserie Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Metal
COR Trillen, Arma Christi, Religious Art, 1960s, Wooden Carving, Unique Art Work
Located in ROTTERDAM, ZH
What a piece of religious art! This huge Arma Christi is made by Dutch sculptor Cor Triller. This huge carving is made in 1965 and is made of one piece of...
Category
Dutch Brutalist Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Wonderful, Massive Bronze Sculpture by Paul Ponsard
Located in Greven, DE
A woman kneels on a pillow and takes off a necklace, by Paul Ponsard (French sculptor).
A very attractive, graceful Art Deco bronze. Detailed and masterf...
Category
French Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Marble, Bronze
Mid-Century Quebec Folk Art Carved & Polychrome Pahined Robed Clergyman & Child
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This hand-carved wooden sculpture is unsigned, but presumed to have originated from Quebic Canada and date to approximately 1950 and done in the period Folk Art style. The sculpture ...
Category
Canadian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
Striking Large Abstract Adan Figure Arm Up, Ghana, Early 20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
The largest Adan shrine figure we have ever seen at 27 1/2 inches high. Usually Adan figures are a third of this size or less. At this scale the sculptural skill of Adan artists is f...
Category
Ghanaian Tribal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Richard Rohac Austrian Vienna Bronze Stylized Wading Bird Figure
Located in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire
A very stylish Austrian Art Deco stylized bronze figure of a wading bird by Richard Rohac (Austrian, 1906-1956) made in Vienna in the early 1930’s. Rohac ...
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Austrian Art Deco Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Wayang Puppet Wood Carving Set, Java, Indonesia, Mid-20th Century
Located in Jimbaran, Bali
This wood carving set depicts mythical characters that are popular amid "Wayang" puppet shows. "Wayang" is a type of shadow puppet show originating fr...
Category
Javanese Tribal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Ram Panel
Located in Chicago, IL
Terra cotta ram head panel.
Category
American Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Terracotta
Tall Whimsical Rooster Masterwork Hand Painted Gem Eva Fritz-Lindner
Located in South Burlington, VT
Proud rooster- A master work sculpture designed and hand-painted by Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017)
This is a tall, creative handmade, hand-painted and hand glazed sculpture of a standing rooster. It was designed and hand painted by the now deceased master artisan Eva Fritz-Lindner working at Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe over the past 50 years.
Creative design, lovely vivid colors in blue, green, and cream , good opportunity to collect.
Dimensions: 16 inches tall
Glaze: fine colors that only Eva Fritz-Lindner could execute by hand
Designer signature: signature i 3 on base
Only one.
Most of her larger sculptures were likely produced in less than 50 copies based upon research and all were hand painted individually by this artist ensuring each work of art was indeed unique.
Photographed in natural daylight for your viewing pleasure.
Provenance: private German collection.
Handmade, hand painted, hand glazed
About the artist:
The bold folk art sculptress and ceramist Eva Fritz-Lindner (1933-2017) studied at the Werkkunstschule Wiesbaden and Darmstadt and was a master student in the sculptor class by Erich Kuhn.
From 1955 she worked as a master designer at the Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe where she created and designed several hundred highly regarded ceramic folk art animal sculptures...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ceramic, Pottery
Vintage Big Bright Blue Nutcracker, Painted Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been thei...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Vintage Big Blue Nutcracker, Painted Wood, Erzgebirge, Germany, 1970s
Located in 05-080 Hornowek, PL
Big wooden nutcracker figure from the Erzgebirge. The region Erzgebirge formerly Eastern Germany is famous for this special kind of nutcrackers, where intricate carving has been thei...
Category
German Mid-Century Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Folk Art Tree Root Hand Carved Dolphin Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1197 Japanese tree root hand carved dolphin sculpture.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Folk Art Dog Sculpture Made from Sea Shells
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
2-327 Amazing folk art sculpture of two dogs made from various size and colors and shape sea shells.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Shell
Vintage Watermelon Hand Carved Sculpture Set, Decoy Decor, Trompe L’Oeil
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Vintage watermelon hand carved sculpture set, decoy decor, Trompe L’Oeil, hand painted melon sculptural set. Gorgeous. Signed by artist.
Largest pie...
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American American Craftsman Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Composition
Quirky Offbeat Vintage Male Shop Mannequin
Located in Chillerton, Isle of Wight
Quirky offbeat vintage male shop mannequin
A Striking Vintage Mannequin with a Gold Head and Hands, he is made in fibreglass with articulated arms
T...
Category
Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fiberglass
Arne Tjomsland Teak Bear Cub Vintage Midcentury 1950s Figure Sculpture Norway
Located in Hyattsville, MD
Arne Tjomsland was Norways leading souvenir designer in the 1950s and 1960s. Arne Tjomsland's artistic style is characterized by soft structural lines and minimal detailing on his cr...
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Norwegian Scandinavian Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Teak
Wooden Mask, Himachal Pradesh, North India, Mid-20th Century
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Wooden Mask, Karnataka, India, Mid-20th Century
Carved wood with fur and pigment decoration.
Category
Indian Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
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
British Folk Art Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Paper
1969 G. Reynold’s Signed California Wood Sculpture
Located in Charleston, SC
This incredible wall hanging of the state of California is signed G. Reynolds and dated 1969. This piece is made of a single piece of absolutely stunning wood.
Category
American Mid-Century Modern Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Figural Carved Tribal Fertility Slit Drum Phallus Bhuta Bali Red Painted
Located in Dayton, OH
Vintage Indonesian hand carved wooden slit drum / tribal fertility figure painted in red and black with bells around it’s neck and open space in the torso to...
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Tribal Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood, Paint
1930's Art Deco Streamline Arrow Plane Car Design Study Model
Located in Cincinnati, OH
A plaster design study attributed to an artist designer at the Hill Auto Body Metal company based in Cincinnati Ohio . The company specialized in streamline equipment for airplanes and would periodically go into the automotive field with race cars and streamline bodies . This study may be based on the 1932 rear engined teardrop car called the Arrow Plane for customer Lyman Voelpel a wealthy Chicagoan and may have served as inspiration for six McQuay-Norris Cars built during that period and into 1934. The bodies were aluminum over a steel and wooden frame work and has Ford under pinning's including suspension , brakes and V8 engines...
Category
American Streamlined Moderne Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Plaster
African Nigerian Igbo Wood Carved Maiden Spirit Mask Sculpture
Located in Studio City, CA
A finely carved mask from the early to mid-1900s made by the Igo People of Southeastern Nigeria.
Agbogho, or "maiden spirit" are worn strictly by m...
Category
Nigerian Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood, Paint
Vintage ANRI Folk Art Hand Carved and Painted Sculpture "Old Habitant" by Duquet
By ANRI
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This vintage Folk Art hand carved and polychrome painted sculpture is missing the paper label from its base, but being attributed to the ANRI group of carvers from Italy and done in circa 1960. This carving was bought from a private estate with another one of a Lumberjack, which has the identical script on the front and back and does have the ANRI label. These carvings were done by the master carvers of the ANRI factory who worked from a model, usually unique to them, but this one shows it is an example of a work done by the Master Quebec wood...
Category
Italian Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Softwood
Red-Toned Wooden Vintage Abstract Animal Sculpture, Swedish Mid Century Handmade
Located in Stockholm, SE
A lovely wooden sculpture designed in Sweden in the midcentury. It is in very good condition except from that one of its legs is repaired. The designer is unknown.
Category
Swedish Scandinavian Modern Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Stoneware
Japanese Art Deco Sculpture Lioness and Gazelle
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
3-541 Japanese Art Deco Folk Art hand carved sculpture of a lioness and its gazelle prey.
Category
Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ebony
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...
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American Folk Art Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Copper
20thc Folk Art Carved & Painted Horse
Located in Los Angeles, CA
This fun & folky 20thc hand carved and painted horse is carved out of wood. It has a wonderful aged patina but is a later version of a earlier horse.
Category
American Adirondack Vintage Mid-20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pine
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