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Mingei Style Rustic A-Frame Wooden Bench Made of Railroad Ties with Stretcher
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Mingei style A-Frame rustic wooden bench made of East African railroad ties. Immerse your home in
Category
20th Century Javanese Country Benches
Materials
Wood
H 18.5 in W 75 in D 10 in
'Central Railroad' — Mid-Century African-American Artist
By Charles Elmer Harris
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
Charles Elmer Harris (Beni E. Kosh), Untitled (Central Railroad), watercolor, c. 1945. Estate
Category
1940s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, India Ink
Churchgate Station, Western Railroad Line, Bombay, India
By Sebastião Salgado
Located in New York, NY
photojournalist best known for his work covering Africa and Latin America and his collaborations with humanitarian
Category
1990s Black and White Photography
Materials
Silver Gelatin
Home, African Village Scene Orange Sky, African American Artist
Located in Miami, FL
An African village scene is characterized by bold colors and a punchy flat orange sky combined with
Category
1970s Post-War Landscape Paintings
Materials
Gouache
Rowing Sculling Team Regatta, Life Magazine - African American Illustrator
By E. Simms Campbell
Located in Miami, FL
E. Simms Campbell was the first African-American illustrator/ cartoonist published in nationally
Category
1930s Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Gouache, Pencil, Ink, Illustration Board
Original Antique Coloured Map of Western Africa, Published in 1882
Located in Langweer, NL
This is a map of Western Africa from the 1882 Blackie & Son atlas. The map details the West African
Category
Antique 1880s Maps
Materials
Paper
No Reserve
H 14.97 in W 22.45 in D 0 in
Charles McGee Oil Painting "Squares and Things" African-American 1967
By Charles McGee
Located in Detroit, MI
"Squares and Things" painted by the eminent artist, Charles McGee, literally breaths his African
Category
Late 20th Century American Modern Still-life Paintings
Materials
Oil, Masonite
QUILTING TIME Signed Lithograph, African American Culture, Interior Scene, Quilt
By Romare Bearden
Located in Union City, NJ
methods on archival Somerset printmaking paper, 100% acid free. QUILTING TIME by the African American
Category
1980s Contemporary Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Nude. African American Woman exhibited piece 1942 University of Iowa exhibited
By Coreen Mary Spellman
Located in San Antonio, TX
abstraction. Often the central subject such as in "Railroad Signal" was
the only suggestion of humanity
Category
1940s Impressionist Nude Paintings
Materials
Oil
illustrated map of Morocco created in 1950 by Delaye
Located in PARIS, FR
Beautiful illustrated map of Morocco created in 1950 by Delaye. Main roads, car tracks, railroads
Category
1950s Prints and Multiples
Materials
Paper, Lithograph
Roger Irriera's vintage travel poster for the Chemins de fer Algériens de l'État
Located in PARIS, FR
Biskra as the "queen of Zibans," is a captivating portal to a bygone era of North African adventure
Category
1930s Art Deco Prints and Multiples
Materials
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Reginald C. Webster Mixed Media "Village King & Queen"
Located in Fulton, CA
and more. Depicting an African King and queen. Framed under plexiglass. Measures 37.25 inches tall
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Wall-mounted Sculptures
Materials
Metal
Southern Landscape Oil Painting Hudson River School
Located in Fredericksburg, VA
painted in his courageous travels south. "Robert S. Duncanson born in 1819, was an African American Hudson
Category
Mid-19th Century Hudson River School Landscape Paintings
Materials
Oil, Canvas
"Home Away From Home 3" repurposed wood wall hanging
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1989, he spent his childhood and adolescence in Accra, Ghana. The articulation of his West African
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wood
"The Capture, " Jacob Lawrence, Harlem Renaissance, Black Art, Haitian Series
By Jacob Lawrence
Located in New York, NY
the African American experience in several series devoted to Toussaint L’Ouverture, Frederick Douglass
Category
1970s American Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Screen, Paper
"The Red Silo" Winold Reiss, Rural Regionalist Landscape, Sunny Day on Farm
By Winold Reiss
Located in New York, NY
inspiration from a range of cultures, particularly Native American, Mexican, and African-American.
As did
Category
Mid-20th Century American Realist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
JAZZ STORIES: MAMA CAN SING PAPA CAN BLOW #7: LOVE ME
By Faith Ringgold
Located in New York, NY
important living African American artists. An acclaimed painter, mixed media sculptor and writer, Ringgold
Category
2010s Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Permanent Marker, Screen
On the Marmaton River, Kansas,
By Benjamin Hartley
Located in Concord, MA
missionary work in Western Africa with his wife, Emily Griswold. After surviving near-death during a railroad
Category
1880s Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Board
Home of Colonel William H. Terrill Roanoke Virginia Original Photograph
Located in Soquel, CA
property. In the foreground, an African-American man is dressed in a suit and hat, holding the reins of a
Category
1870s Realist Black and White Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper, Ink, Silver Gelatin
H 16 in W 18 in D 0.25 in
"Andes Mountains Peru South America, " Joseph Yoakum, Black Folk Art Landscape
By Joseph Yoakum
Located in New York, NY
different accounts of his background, he was, throughout his life, classified as an African American
Category
1960s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Paper, Watercolor, Ballpoint Pen, Color Pencil
Abstract Modernist Drawing of a Nude Man with Winged Figure, Angel
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
which he was elected in 1976.
Born in 1931 in a small house by the Lackawanna Railroad in Nutley, New
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
"Rebound" David Robinson Charles Barkley Basketball tile Mosaic Black & White
By Jonas Perkins
Located in San Antonio, TX
Jonas Perkins Texas African American Hill Country Artist Image Size: 48 x 42 Frame Size: 55 x 50
Category
1990s Modern Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Mosaic
Man in Raincoat, Vintage Modern Watercolor Painting
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
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Born in 1931 in a small house by the Lackawanna Railroad in Nutley, New Jersey, where his grandfather
Category
20th Century Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Watercolor
Play at The Plate, Sporting Scene
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
Academy, to which he was elected in 1976.
Born in 1931 in a small house by the Lackawanna Railroad in
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Shot on Goal, Sporting Scene
By John Dobbs
Located in Surfside, FL
Academy, to which he was elected in 1976.
Born in 1931 in a small house by the Lackawanna Railroad in
Category
20th Century Figurative Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil
Large Mixed Media Mod Fabric Collage Textile Painting Modernist Art Wall Hanging
Located in Surfside, FL
through Europe, Scandinavia, Spain and North Africa. He has worked at a variety of different jobs
Category
1960s American Modern Mixed Media
Materials
Fabric, Textile, Canvas, Paint
Bowling Green, New York
By Louis Conrad Rosenberg
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
England, Europe, the Near East, and Northern Africa, creating thousands of sketches. He began his first
Category
1940s American Realist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
The Warning
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
. Henry’s “The Warning” a young African American man burst into a rustic and rural interior to warn Civil
Category
Late 19th Century Hudson River School Figurative Paintings
Materials
Oil, Board, Laid Paper
North on West Street (West Side Highway NYC Cityscape)
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa.
Margules also joined the
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Christopher Street (abstract Greenwich Village cityscape)
By De Hirsch Margules
Located in Wilton Manors, FL
Louvre and traveled to paint landscapes in provincial France and North Africa.
Margules also joined the
Category
1930s American Modern Abstract Paintings
Materials
Watercolor, Rag Paper
Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 9.45 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1940s Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 9.45 in W 12.6 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Pumpkin and Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Flowers
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of transportation that
Category
1940s Modern Figurative Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Henri Matisse (After) - Lithograph - Woman with Flowers in Her Hair
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of transportation that
Category
1940s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
H 12.6 in W 9.45 in D 0.04 in
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Guillaume Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Lithograph
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Original Lithograph - Henri Matisse - Apollinaire
By Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
early 1900s when tourism was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of
Category
1930s Modern Portrait Prints
Materials
Linocut
Creole Dancer
By (after) Henri Matisse
Located in Collonge Bellerive, Geneve, CH
was still a new idea. Brought on by railroad, steamships, and other forms of transportation that
Category
Mid-20th Century Modern Still-life Prints
Materials
Lithograph
1920s Four-Seat Folding Railroad Bench, Capetown South Africa, circa 1920s
Located in East Hampton, NY
Folding oak railway car bench, slatted back and seat. Each seat folds back individually. Solid construction and deep comfortable seat.
Category
Vintage 1920s Benches
Materials
Wood
William Edmondson Carved Limestone Birdbath
Located in 3 Oaks, MI
railroads. Other early jobs included stints as a farmhand and stonemason’s assistant and a position as a
Category
Vintage 1930s Folk Art Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Limestone
Vintage Mingei Style Backless Long Wooden Bench Made of Railroad Ties
Located in Yonkers, NY
A Mingei style long wooden bench made of East African railroad ties. This long backless wooden
Category
20th Century Country Benches
Materials
Wood
Vintage Moroccan Rug
Located in New York, NY
railroad tie bars that evolve into a mutual checkerboard pattern that is mirrored in each of the
Category
Vintage 1950s Moroccan Moroccan and North African Rugs
Materials
Wool
"International & Great Northern The Texas Railroad Depot" San Antonio Texas
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: Mixed: Crayon, Marker Pen & Ink
"International & Great Northern The Texas Railroad Depot" San Antonio
Category
1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
""Southern Pacific Railroad Depot" San Antonio Texas Black Texas Folk Artist
By Johnny Banks
Located in San Antonio, TX
: Mixed: Crayon, Marker Pen & Ink"
Southern Pacific Railroad Depot" San Antonio Texas
Biography
Johnny
Category
1970s Folk Art Landscape Paintings
Materials
Crayon, Mixed Media
"Pool Hall", Acrylic & Found Objects, African-American Outsider Artist
Located in Detroit, MI
the styles of Sly & The Family Stone, Grand Funk Railroad, Santana, et cetera... so I started copying
Category
2010s Outsider Art Figurative Paintings
Materials
Found Objects, Acrylic
"Southern Gentleman" Unusal White Subject. Known for his African American
By William Aiken Walker
Located in San Antonio, TX
, African Americans, and dock scenes. The son of a prominent cotton agent, he was a true Southerner, born in
Category
1870s Realist Portrait Paintings
Materials
Oil
The Dardanelles Strait: A Strategic Passage in a Colored Lithograph, 1853
Located in Langweer, NL
and statistical information on the Eastern and Western Hemispheres, Europe, Asia, Africa, Americas
Category
Antique 1850s Prints
Materials
Paper
Free Shipping
H 18.39 in W 6.7 in D 0 in
"Between You and Me" repurposed wood wall hanging
Located in Phoenix, AZ
1989, he spent his childhood and adolescence in Accra, Ghana. The articulation of his West African
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wood
"Log Cabin Checkers Board" repurposed wood construction
Located in Phoenix, AZ
articulation of his West African heritage and his African American identity is central to his art. This is
Category
2010s Contemporary Mixed Media
Materials
Wood
"Four Seasons" Abstract Architectural Edition 4/6 (Artist's Proof)
By John Thomas Biggers
Located in Houston, TX
. Because of the African origins of the "shotgun house"-a narrow, rectangular house popularized in the
Category
1990s Abstract Abstract Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
Passaic Falls, New Jersey,
By Benjamin Hartley
Located in Concord, MA
frame
Benjamin Hartley is best known for his missionary work in Western Africa with his wife, Emily
Category
1850s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
"Stone Carved Bird Bath" by William Edmondson
Located in Wiscasset, ME
-Chattanooga and St. Louis railroads. Other early jobs included stints as a farmhand and stonemason’s assistant
Category
Vintage 1930s American Folk Art Sculptures
Materials
Stone
Favela
By Mauro Fichman
Located in Paris, FR
the 19th century, the first settlements were called "African neighborhoods". These were the places
Category
1980s Photorealist Color Photography
Materials
Photographic Paper
Portrait of Abraham Lincoln
By David Bustill Bowser
Located in New Orleans, LA
Bustill Bowser was one of the first successful African-American artists in the United States. He showed a
Category
Mid-19th Century Academic Portrait Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Paper, Oil
"Uncle Tom's Cabin" with Harriet Beecher Stowe's Signature, Early Edition, 1853
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
describes the harsh conditions endured by enslaved African Americans.
In the years following its
Category
Antique 1850s American Books
Materials
Paper
H 11 in W 7.5 in D 2 in
Cherry Blossoms
By Nannie Ruth Ransom
Located in Soquel, CA
Frank Matoy a full blooded Indian who was a section foreman for the Santa Fe Railroad for $1.50.
In
Category
1940s American Impressionist Landscape Paintings
Materials
Canvas, Oil, Cardboard
Jimmy Lee Sudduth Signed Original Mixed Media Painting of Schoolhouse
By Jimmy Sudduth
Located in Atlanta, GA
work, though idiosyncratic, is firmly grounded in the African American culture of the rural South. Nor
Category
Late 20th Century American Folk Art Paintings
Materials
Acrylic
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African Railroad For Sale on 1stDibs
You are likely to find exactly the african railroad you’re looking for on 1stDibs, as there is a broad range for sale. You can easily find an example made in the contemporary style, while we also have 9 contemporary versions to choose from as well. If you’re looking for a african railroad from a specific time period, our collection is diverse and broad-ranging, and you’ll find at least one that dates back to the 19th Century while another version may have been produced as recently as the 21st Century. Adding a african railroad to a room that is mostly decorated in warm neutral tones can yield a welcome change — find a piece on 1stDibs that incorporates elements of gray, blue, black, beige and more. Finding an appealing african railroad — no matter the origin — is easy, but (after) Henri Matisse, Henri Matisse, John Dobbs, Benjamin Hartley and Johnny Banks each produced popular versions that are worth a look. Artworks like these of any era or style can make for thoughtful decor in any space, but a selection from our variety of those made in lithograph, paint and oil paint can add an especially memorable touch.
How Much is an African Railroad?
The average selling price for a african railroad we offer is $1,697, while they’re typically $159 on the low end and $148,500 for the highest priced.
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