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African American Folk Art

An American Civil War Era African American Southern Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
Georgia, with a devoted interest in preserving African American folk art from the Civil War era. Its
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Antique Late 19th Century American Quilts

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Early 20th Century African American Crazy Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
both a visual masterpiece and a powerful testament to the legacy of African American folk art
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Early 20th Century American Quilts

Materials

Wool, Cotton

Early 20th Century African American Crazy Quilt
Early 20th Century African American Crazy Quilt
$3,675 Sale Price
53% Off
H 77.5 in W 77.5 in D 0.5 in
African or African American Wood Sculpture
Located in San Francisco, CA
Really well done, cool hand carved man. I thought this was a piece of American folk art. I am now
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Early 20th Century African Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

African or African American Wood Sculpture
African or African American Wood Sculpture
$950
H 16.75 in W 5.5 in D 4.75 in
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
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Quilts

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Textile

African American Pine Burr Quilt
African American Pine Burr Quilt
$7,500
H 75 in W 60 in D 0.25 in
“40 Acres and a Mule” Satirical Folk Art Painting, American School, 19th C.
Located in Atlanta, GA
realism, as well as to the less documented but equally vibrant world of African American-themed folk art
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Paintings

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Canvas, Giltwood, Paint

Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
"Cars, Buildings People" Contemporary Outsider Folk Art African American Urban The painting
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1990s Outsider Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Masonite, Oil

"The First Time on Telephone" Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Rambling on My Mind: Black Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of African-American Life
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

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Crayon, Mixed Media

"Mamas Shock" African American Black Folk Artist LEON COLLINS OF TEXAS
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
quickly in the art business. Word of their “folk” art quickly spread. Their paintings hang from coast to
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil

Trucks in the City African American Self-Taught Florida Outsider Folk Art Urban
By Purvis Young
Located in New York, NY
Trucks in the City by African American, Folk, Self-Taught, Florida, Outsider Art Purvis Young Urban
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Late 20th Century Outsider Art Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

African Wood Sculpture
By Craft and Folk Art Museum
Located in San Francisco, CA
Very kool piece of African art. I am not exactly sure how old, but from bottom of base I would
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Vintage 1920s North American Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

African Wood Sculpture
African Wood Sculpture
$1,400
H 16.75 in W 5.5 in D 4.75 in
'Mending', African American Woman Folk Artist, Houston, Dallas, Blues Museum Oil
Located in Santa Cruz, CA
colors various aspects of African American secular and religious activities in Depression-era East Texas
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1980s Folk Art Interior Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Gouache

"MOTHER AND DAUGHTER" TEXAS BLACK FOLK ART FRAMED 38 x 26 AFRICAN AMERICAN
By Leon Collins
Located in San Antonio, TX
at his shop. Both Leon and Molly Bee were quickly in the art business. Word of their “folk” art
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21st Century and Contemporary Impressionist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

"Bouquet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Caress of Water, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Pompeii, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"China Cabinet, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Beach-Combed Mochaware, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Iridescence, " Mixed Media Sculpture
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Bouquet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Bouquet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
"Bouquet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
$5,880
H 11 in W 11 in D 12 in
"China Cabinet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

"China Cabinet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
"China Cabinet" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
$4,880
H 8.5 in W 9.25 in D 8.5 in
"Caress of Water" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Beach-Combed Mochaware" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Iridescence" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Stone

"Iridescence" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
"Iridescence" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
$4,980
H 9.5 in W 12.5 in D 12 in
"Pompeii" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
By Michael Thompson
Located in Chicago, IL
-me-not jugs or spirit jars, memory jugs are African American folk art objects that honor a loved one
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic, Stoneware

"Pompeii" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
"Pompeii" Memory Jug by Michael Thompson
$4,880
H 8 in W 10.5 in D 9.5 in

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Folk Art Island Painting; Savannah African-American Rudy Bostic
By Rudolph Valentino Bostic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A folk art painting by Savannah artist Rudolph Valentino Bostic. Bostic is a self-taught artist
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Late 20th Century American Paintings

African American Puppet
Located in Summerland, CA
African American Puppet Wood with hand stitched linen trousers and cotton plaid shirt.
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20th Century Toys

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Wood, Fabric

African American Puppet
African American Puppet
H 26 in W 4 in D 3.5 in
Horse Polo Painting by Southern African American Rudy Bostic
By Rudolph Valentino Bostic
Located in Los Angeles, CA
A very lively and interesting horse painting depicting polo horses and riders by Rudolph Valentino Bostic. Bostic is a self-taught Savannah, Georgia artist who works on cardboard wi...
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20th Century American Paintings

Girl With Chicken And Dog
By Lorenzo Scott
Located in Charleston, SC
Georgia art Atlanta art Neema gallery Neema fine art gallery Folk art Black folk art African American
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21st Century and Contemporary More Art

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Canvas, Oil

Holy Rain & video, a vernacular folk painting by a self-taught African American
By P-Nut
Located in Charleston, US
the inspiration for his folk painting of African Americans' catching rain water. "Holy Rain" depicts
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21st Century and Contemporary Folk Art Landscape Paintings

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Acrylic, Video

African American Boy Bust
Located in Summerland, CA
Circa 1920 Wood and original polychrome. African American bust wearing yellow cap. Sits on a
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20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures

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Wood

African American Boy Bust
African American Boy Bust
H 13 in W 9 in D 4 in
Modern African American Folk Art Acrylic Large Painting on Canvas
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This large acrylic painting on canvas brings together both a modern and folk element depicting
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20th Century Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Harriet Rosendale Painting
By Harriet Rosendale
Located in Westport, CT
Oil on canvas "mother with Child" African American folk art original frame Artist featured in the
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Vintage 1950s American Paintings

Harriet Rosendale Painting
Harriet Rosendale Painting
H 32 in W 24 in D 2 in
Mid-20th Century African American Hand-Stitched Southern Quilt
Located in Barrington, IL
, vintage American quilt, repurposed fabric quilt, African American folk art, interior design textile, home
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Mid-20th Century American Quilts

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Cotton

African American Concentric Squares Work Clothes Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very bold African American Concentric Squares Work Clothes Quilt. Made from discarded work shirts
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Vintage 1940s American Quilts

Alabama Surreal Folk Art Oil Painting African American Woman, Flower Headdress
By Maltby Sykes
Located in Surfside, FL
" written on the stretcher verso It is a Surrealist Folk Art figure of an African woman oil painting on
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1960s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

African American Boy with Ball, Realist Painting Folk Art Outsider
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
, these vignettes of experience will help to provide insight into some African American lifestyles and
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1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

Folk Art Mexican Boy Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

Folk Art Mexican Girl Oil Painting on Burlap Charming Naive African American Art
By Jose Maria de Servin
Located in Surfside, FL
"primitive" by Western academia, such as Native American, sub saharan African or Pacific Island art (see
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Mid-20th Century Folk Art Figurative Paintings

Materials

Burlap, Oil

African American Realist Painting 3 Ladies Folk Art Outsider Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art. September 28, 2008-February 22, 2009. Artists: Henry
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1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

African American Girl with jump Rope, Realist Painting Folk Art Outsider
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
, these vignettes of experience will help to provide insight into some African American lifestyles and
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1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Board

"Going to America" African Slave Ship by Black folk artist F.L. Doc Spellmon
By Doc Spellmon
Located in San Antonio, TX
African-American Life and Culture - Dallas, Texas. 1996. In: Art in America (July 1996). Brief review of
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1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

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Mixed Media, Oil

Large Wood Carved African American Man Folk Art Bust
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Nicely carved form of an African American Gentleman--likely a sharecropper. Simple, yet very well
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20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures

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Gesso

African Polychrome Seagrass and Silk Woven Basket
By Native American Art
Located in Moreno Valley, CA
woven into the sides. Very fine craft work, great Folk Art tribal collector piece. Dimensions: 6.5
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Mid-20th Century African Folk Art Decorative Baskets

Materials

Silk, Seagrass

American Indian Folk Art Walking Stick
Located in Southampton, NY
African Folk Art Walking Stick
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Early 20th Century Central African Collectibles and Curiosities

Materials

Mahogany

Folk Art Bill Potts African American Found Object, Cowboy Dan Bronco Busting Man
Located in Keego Harbor, MI
This painted wood "diorama" The Rodeo Cowboy Dan The Bronco Busting Man by African American
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Vintage 1980s Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Wood

French Bronze African American Boy Playing Banjo "What a Fly" E. Guillemin, 1870
By Émile Guillemin
Located in Charleston, SC
French Bronze Cold Painted African American boy playing banjo resting on squared molded plinth
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Antique 1870s American Folk Art Figurative Sculptures

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Bronze

Southern United States African American Chip Carved Folk Art Church Altar
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Amazing work of African American folk art. Very detailed and many layers of original paint surface
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Painted Furniture

African American Improvisational "Cross T" Temperance Quilt
Located in Santa Monica, CA
African American attributed black and white improvisational "Cross T" temperance quilt, Georgia
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Quilts

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Cotton

African American Abstract Quilt, Attributed to Gees Bend, AL
By Lucy Mooney
Located in Santa Monica, CA
African American abstract quilt. Attributed to Lucy Mooney Gees Bend, Alabama, circa 1930-1940. The
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Quilts

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Wool, Cotton

African American Memorial Work Clothes Quilt
By Annie Rogers
Located in Santa Monica, CA
African American made double sided Memorial Quilt. Wonderful abstract wall hanging. Constructed
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Vintage 1930s American Quilts

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Cotton, Wool

African American Pine Burr Quilt Late 19th Century, Ex. Demme Collection
Located in Santa Monica, CA
Very graphic African American pine burr quilt. The subtle colors on this quilt have faded down over
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Antique 1890s American Folk Art Quilts

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Cotton, Linen

Outstanding African-American Quilt, Mid-20th Century Abstraction
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Across the American South, African-American women made quilts to keep themselves and their children
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Mid-20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Quilts

Materials

Wool, Cotton

19th Century African American Southern Quilt Possibly of Gee’s Bend, Alabama
Located in Barrington, IL
African American Quilts, Americana, American Folk Art, Antique American Textiles, American Silk Quilt
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Antique Late 19th Century American Quilts

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Wool, Cotton

African American Realist Painting Sunday Hat Folk Art Outsider Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
the legacy of African American participation in the arts." Folk Artist, Outsider artist, Folk Art. His
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1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

African American Realist Painting Sunday Hat Folk Art Outsider Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art. September 28, 2008-February 22, 2009. Artists: Henry
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1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

African American Realist Oil Painting Baseball Outsider Folk Art Andrew Turner
By Andrew Turner
Located in Surfside, FL
the legacy of African American participation in the arts." Folk Artist, Outsider artist, Folk Art. His
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1970s American Realist Figurative Paintings

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Oil, Canvas, Acrylic

"Texas Longhorn" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African American
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of African-American Life and Culture in Dallas in
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

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Crayon, Mixed Media

"Mr. Kuni's Farm" Black Texas Folk Artist Johnny Banks African American
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of African-American Life and Culture in Dallas in
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

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Crayon, Mixed Media

"Peter Walks The Water" Jesus and Peter Black African American Folk Painting
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
Folk Art of the Southwest, organized by the Museum of African-American Life and Culture in Dallas in
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1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings

Materials

Crayon, Mixed Media

Venezuelan Naive Artist Feliciano Carvallo Oil Painting Latin African American
Located in Surfside, FL
anatomy, art history, technique, perspective, ways of seeing). Unlike folk art, naïve art does not
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1970s Folk Art Figurative Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Clementine Hunter African American Folk Artist, circa 1950's, Still Life
By Clementine Hunter
Located in Phoenix, AZ
images in the folk art style of plantation life in Louisiana. Her subjects included everyday activities
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Vintage 1950s Folk Art Paintings

Materials

Paint

African American Weathervane
Located in Summerland, CA
African American Weathervane/Trade Sign Sheet metal and polychrome. Double sided.
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Antique 19th Century American Weathervanes

Materials

Sheet Metal

African American Weathervane
African American Weathervane
H 36 in W 24 in D 10 in
African American Quilt
Located in Summerland, CA
Graphic African American Quilt Constructed of red, black and white cottons. Lining is
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20th Century American Quilts

Materials

Cotton

African American Quilt
H 59 in W 78 in
African American Hooked Rugs
Located in New York, NY
These unusual improvisational textiles were both done by the same African-American maker
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20th Century Rugs

African American Painting by Raymond Howell (1931 - 2002)
Located in San Francisco, CA
, California. African American artist, Raymond Howell (1931 - 2002). This work
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Vintage 1960s American Paintings

Southern African American with Top Hat and Banjo
Located in San Francisco, CA
This is another one that grabbed me and won't let me go. I keep waiting for him to play a chord. A mesmerizing Depression-era painting.
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Vintage 1930s American Paintings

Materials

Canvas

Antique African Tribal Asana Wood Sculpture
Located in Boca Raton, FL
Antique African Asana sculpture
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Antique 19th Century American Samoan Tribal Tribal Art

Tall, Black Man or "Darky" Whirligig
Located in Columbus, OH
This large scale African-American folk art male figure whirligig features a wonderful stylized
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Antique 19th Century American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Pine

Tall, Black Man or "Darky" Whirligig
Tall, Black Man or "Darky" Whirligig
H 39 in W 13 in D 4.5 in
African American Jockey
Located in San Francisco, CA
Exceptional and rare American bronze of a seated jockey.
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Vintage 1940s American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

African American Jockey
African American Jockey
H 22 in W 6.5 in D 12 in
Venus of Detroit
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
Ebullient African American carved wood folk art fertility figure. Wonderful form and a very strong
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20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures

Materials

Wood, Paint

Venus of Detroit
Venus of Detroit
H 12 in W 5 in D 5 in
Folk Art Wood Bust of an African American Gentleman
Located in New York, NY
Well carved portrait bust of a man with black features and painted hair and moustache. It appears to be carved from cheerywood by an unknown carver. Mounted on black wood base.
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Early 20th Century American Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

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