Folk Art Art

Music Box A Phillips Etching, signed in pencil Image Size: 6.5 x 8.75 inches Size: 8.25 x 11.5 in. (20.96 x 29.21 cm)

Three Boys (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 20x25cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventor...

Three Boys (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 20x25cm, Edition of 10 plus 2 Artist Proofs. Archival C-Print based on the Polaroid. Certificate and signature label. Artist Inventor...

Two Unknown Boys (Stranger than Paradise) - 1997 - 44 x 59 cm, Edition 8/10. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist. based on the Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. ...

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Walden Pond in Spring, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Size: 22 in. x 26 in. (55.88 cm x...

Scarecrow Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: 1983 Oil on Canvas, signed l.l. Size: 40 x 30 in. (101.6 x 76.2 cm) Frame Size: 43 x 32.5 inches

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Purple Pansies in Cup, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 14 x 10 inches, Si...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Harpist. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8 x 6 inches, Size: 15 x 10.5 in. (38.1 x 26.67 cm), Description: Judith Bledsoe's small portrait of a harpist accompanied by several animals is a typical example of the artist's whimsical, often silly work. Playing a beautifully carved golden harp...

Christmas (Los Angeles) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition 3/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. Artist Invent...

Dust Bowl Farm (American Depression) - 1997 44x59cm, Edition 3/5. Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the original Polaroid. Certificate and Signature label. ...

“Kolovrat”, cycle "We Are" Nowadays, many sacred knowledge have been lost, but Kolovrat has passed through the centuries! Kolovrat was of great importance for our ancestors, since t...

Sunday, Late Afternoon, Ojai Building Rooftop (California Blue Screen) - 1997 Edition 5/5, 44x59cm, Analog C-Print, hand-printed by the artist, based on the Polaroid, Certificat...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Petite Portrait - Woman in Feathered Hat. Year: circa 1974, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: EA, Image Size: 8 x ...

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Emperor, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 22 x 9.75 in. (55.88 x 24.77 cm)

Group of original vintage color and black and white photographs related to Grandma Moses. Dimensions: Largest is 6 X 8 with mat. the rest are smaller. There are a total of photos. most with hand inscriptions and dated verso. They are not signed. Provenance: the collection of the Beers family and is from the estate. Anna Mary Robertson Moses (1860 – 1961), or Grandma Moses, was an American folk artist. She began painting in earnest at the age of 78 and is a prominent example of a newly successful art career at an advanced age. Moses gained popularity during the 1950s, having been featured on a cover of Time Magazine in 1953. She was a subject of numerous television programs and of a 1950 Oscar-nominated biographical documentary. Her autobiography, titled My Life's History, was published in 1952. She was also awarded two honorary doctoral degrees. She embroidered pictures with yarn, until disabled by arthritis. In her 1961 obituary, The New York Times said: "The simple realism, nostalgic atmosphere and luminous color with which Grandma Moses portrayed simple farm life and rural countryside won her a wide following. She was able to capture the excitement of winter's first snow, Thanksgiving preparations and the new, young green of oncoming spring ... In person, Grandma Moses charmed wherever she went. A tiny, lively woman with mischievous gray eyes and a quick wit, she could be sharp-tongued with a sycophant and stern with an errant grandchild." Moses's work has been a subject of numerous museum exhibitions worldwide and has been extensively merchandised, such as on greeting cards. In 2006, her 1943 painting titled Sugaring Off was sold at Christie's New York for US$1.36 million, setting an auction record for the artist. Her work is fundamental for any Naive art or Americana collection. She was known as either "Mother Moses" or "Grandma Moses", and although she first exhibited as "Mrs. Moses", the press dubbed her "Grandma Moses", and the nickname stuck. As a young wife and mother, Moses was creative in her home; for example, in 1918 she used house paint to decorate a fireboard. Beginning in 1932, Moses used yarn to embroider pictures for friends and family. She created quilt objects, a form of "hobby art". Lucy R. Lippard stated in "The Word in Their Hands" that she found "hobby art" to be "an activity so 'low' on the art lists that it still ranks way below 'folk art'". She found that hobby art often involves reuse of otherwise discarded objects. Moses painted scenes of rural life from earlier days, which she called "old-timey" New England landscapes. Moses said that she would "get an inspiration and start painting; then I'll forget everything, everything except how things used to be and how to paint it so people will know how we used to live." From her works of art, she omitted features of modern life, such as tractors and telephone poles. Her early style is less individual and more realistic or primitive, with a lack of knowledge of, or perhaps rejection of, basic perspective. Initially she created simple compositions or copied existing images. As her career advanced, she created complicated, panoramic compositions of rural life. During a visit to Hoosick Falls in 1938, Louis J. Caldor, an art collector who worked as an engineer in the state of New York, saw paintings made by Moses in the window of a drug store. He bought their supply and ten more from her Eagle Bridge house for $3 or $5 each. The next year, three Grandma Moses paintings...

A vibrant tapestry by Peruvian artist Victor Delfin, depicting four birds feeding on the nectar from a large flower. Four Birds Victor Delfin, Peruvian (1927) Date: 1978 Tapestry Si...

Artist: Muhammad Ali, American (1942 - ) Title: Under the Sun Year: 1979 Medium: Serigraph, signed and numbered in pencil Edition: 500 Size: 22 x 30 in. (55.88 x 76.2 cm) Frame: 36 ...

Mid century Chinese puppy box from the Shanghai collection ambitiously crafted in bamboo wicker with carved wood feet and tail.

Vic Herman, American (1919 - 1999) - Filippe, Year: circa 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 300, AP 45, Image Size: 24 x 16 inches, Size: 29 in. ...

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Ft. Point, San Francisco, CA, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Image Size: 12 x 25 in, Si...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Au Rouge Coq Chantilly, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 17 x 12 inc...

Artist: Jaimendes, Brazilian (1939 - ) Title: Pouring Coffee Year: 1983 Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed and dated l.r. Size: 16 in. x 13 in. (40.64 cm x 33.02 cm)

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Mt. Shasta, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Image Size: 11.5 x 24 inches, Size: 17.5 in...

Ira Moskowitz, Polish/American (1912 - 2001) - Native American Spiritual Man, Year: 1989, Medium: Ink on Paper, signed, Size: 13 in. x 10 in. (33.02 cm x 25.4 cm), Description: Rep...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Buena Fortuna, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 15 x 11.5 inches, Si...

MALCAH ZELDIS (American-Israeli, b. 1931) Moses and the burning bush, 1982, gouache on paper, Hand signed and dated lower middle. Paper 9''h, 11-3/4''w. Framed 14.5 X 17.5 Provenance: Estate of Laura...

This is a limited edition lithograph of the Paris Barge by Mary Faulconer. Framed and matted beautifully, allowing the art to pop, this piece is ready to hang!

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Farrah's Original Harrogate Toffee, Year: circa 1981, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Image Size: 26 x 2...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Ginger Beer II, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 35, Image Size: 17.5 x 12 inches, S...

Johnny Banks (1912-1988) San Antonio Artist Image Size: 13.75 x 20 Frame Size: 20 x 27 Medium: Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker "Daddy Playing in the Mud" Biography Johnny Banks (1912-1988) In my opinion one of the greatest Texas folk artists of all time. The following information was compiled and submitted by Stephanie Reeves: John Willard Banks, San Antonio, Texas, African American Folk Artist John Willard Banks, black self-taught artist, the son of Charlie and Cora Lee (McIntyre) Banks, was born on November 7, 1912, near Seguin, Texas. At the age of five his parents took him to San Antonio, where he attended Holy Redeemer School until the age of nine, when his parents were divorced and John returned to his grandparents' farm near Seguin. From childhood Banks's favorite pastime was drawing pictures on his Big Chief tablet. He later recalled, "As a kid I used to lie flat on my stomach, drawing and drawing. . . . My mother had to kick me off the floor to sweep." While helping out on his grandparents' farm, Banks completed the tenth grade before striking out on his own. His favorite activities during his youth were singing in a gospel quartet and playing baseball. In his adult years he worked in oilfields and cotton fields, drove a truck, and tended a San Antonio service station. During World War II he joined the army; he held the rank of sergeant and was stationed in the Philippines. After the war he returned to San Antonio, where he worked as a custodian at Kelly Air Force Base, at Fort Sam Houston, and at a local television station. Banks married Edna Mae Mitchell in 1928, and they had five children. The marriage ended in divorce around 1960. In 1963 he married Earlie Smith. His art career began in 1978 while he was recuperating from an illness for which he had been hospitalized. Banks's wife admired her husband's drawings and secretly took several of them to a San Antonio laundromat. There she hung the drawings on the wall, offering them for sale at the price of fourteen dollars. They were purchased and taken to a gallery for framing. Quite by chance, a San Antonio physician and collector of works of art by black artists...

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Boy and Dog by House, Year: circa 1975, Medium: Watercolor and Gouache on Illustration Board, signed l.l., Size: 14 x 20 in. (35.56 x 50.8 cm), F...

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Malibu, CA, Year: 1981, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 200, AP 40, Image Size: 20 x 16 inches, Size: 26 in. x ...

Kay Ameche, American (1904 - 2005) - Eisenhower Farm at Gettysburg, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 40, Image Size: 17 x 21 inche...

MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier ...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Anenomes, Year: 1979, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Size: 30 in. x 22 in. (76.2 cm x 55.88 cm), Descri...

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Afternoon Stroll, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 18 x 26 inches, Size: 21.5 in. x 29 in....

Jalal Gharbi, Tunisian/American (1920 - 2005) - Salt and Grain Sellers, Year: circa 1970, Medium: Oil on Canvas, signed lower right, Size: 36 x 40 in. (91.44 x 101.6 cm), Descript...

Jack Hofflander, American (1920 - 2003) - Barnyard I, Year: 1980, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, AP 30, Image Size: 30 x 22 inches, Size: 34.5...

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Main Street USA, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 18.5 x 26 inches, Size: 22 in. x 30 in. ...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Red Ferns, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 250, Image Size: 14 x 11 inches, Size: 26 in. x 22.5 ...

Mary Faulconer, American (1912 - 2011) - Beach at Brighton, Year: circa 1980, Medium: Lithograph, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: AP 18/30, Image Size: 15.5 x 20 inches, ...

Ari Gradus, Israeli (1943 - ) - Pigeon Feeder, Year: 1980, Medium: Lithograph, Signed and Numbered in Pencil, Edition: AP, Image Size: 26 x 18 inches, ...

Judith Bledsoe, American (1938 - 2013) - Libra from the Zodiac of Dreams Series. Year: circa 1970, Medium: Lithograph with Embossing, signed in pencil, Edition: EA, Size: 21 x 14.5 ...

MADELINE CHRISTINE CLAVIER (1913-2015) Signature: Signed lower right & titled verso Medium: Oil on canvas Provenance: The collection of the artist's family Marie Christine Clavier ...

This print was created by Peruvian artist Victor Delfin. Delfin found the source of his inspiration in the ancient Paracan culture of Peru, part of the broader Incan civilization. De...

This flat shadow puppet was created by an unknown Indonesian artist. This shadow puppet, 16" high and 5" wide with movable, was used in Indonesian Wayang puppet shows. Wayang (Krama Javanese: Ringgit ꦫꦶꦁꦒꦶꦠ꧀, "Shadow"), also known as Wajang, is a form of puppet theatre art...

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - The River. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, AP 10, Image Size: 20 x 25 inches, Size...

Woman with Flowers Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: circa 1980 Watercolor on Paper Size: 27.5 x 19 in. (69.85 x 48.26 cm) Frame Size: 30.5 x 22.5 inches

Oil paint.

Polaroid transfer, unique 1/1 print.

Ted Jeremenko, Yugoslavian/American (1938 - ) - Hillside Town. Year: circa 1985, Medium: Silkscreen, signed and numbered in pencil, Edition: 175, Image Size: 19.5 x 24.5 inches, Size...

Friends Yannis Amoryanos Greek Date: 1980 Screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil Edition of 300, AP 45 Size: 25.5 in. x 22 in. (64.77 cm x 55.88 cm)

Artist: Branko Bahunek, Croatian (1935 - ) Title: Woman with Dog Year: circa 1990 Medium: Bronze Sculpture, Signature 'BB' inscribed Size: 12 x 6 x 5 in. (30.48 x 15.24 x 12.7 cm...

American Outsider Folk Art Painting "The Wall-Flower" by Gussie Smith Roth C.1965 Original oil on masonite Masonite dimensions 28" wide x...

Speckles (Sidewinder), diptych - 2005, 127x126 each, installed 127x265cm, Edition of 5, 2 analog C-Prints, hand-printed by the artist on Fuji Crystal Archive paper, based on 2 P...

Fiddler Jovan Obican French/Yugoslavian (1918–1986) Date: circa 1980 Oil on board Size: 16 x 20 in. (40.64 x 50.8 cm) Frame Size: 21 x 17 inches

A colorful folk marriage scene by French artist, Rene Cazassus. The painting is signed lower right and beautifully framed.

19th Century Italian carved wood remnant with classical form and a worn silver leaf finish holding a tole bouquet with flowers and leaves with a perfect time worn patina.

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - The Feast, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker lower left, Size: 9.75 x 17 in. (24.77 x 43.18 cm)

Ernani Silva, Brazilian - Man and Child, Medium: Acrylic, Collage and Enamel on board, signed in marker, Size: 7 x 14.5 in. (17.78 x 36.83 cm)